Resound

chapter 8

Chapter 8:

Juliette POV:

When we finally arrive at the very ‘posh’ restaurant, which by the way, was Dante’s joke because we ended up at Mc Donalds, not that I’m complaining. We had ordered and were now waiting with Sarah fast asleep in Dante’s arms and me obviously cooing at just how cute this was and a thought strikes me. I take out my phone and snap a photo of the two of them and I just laugh when Dante catches me “It’s too cute to not be captured” and Dante being Dante, just grins and pouts “why, thank you, people always tend to tell me how cute I am” we both break out in laughter which then wakes Sarah up and in good time as our order arrives.

We sit down to eat and I notice Sarah doesn’t touch her food, I turn to her “Sarah, are you not hungry?” she just nods while I take a chip, dip it in the tomato sauce and tip it on her nose “hey!” Sarah turns to me with a pout but I can’t hold the laughter in and soon Dante and Shane join in as well as Sarah “come here” I wipe her nose with a napkin and lightly shove the food towards her and slowly but surely she starts eating. When we finish our food, we head out to the cars and Sarah climbs in my car while Shane climbs in Dante’s and just as I’m about to climb into the car, I feel hands pull me down by my waist and suddenly lips are crashed to mine. As we break apart I am still panting as I look into Dante’s eyes “so, am I seeing you later?” he grins while pulling me closer, if that was even possible, “I’ll just drop Sarah off at home first, ok?” he pouts “ok” and I just have to giggle, he is just so adorable. I’m feeling bold as I lean into his ear and whisper “I’ll hurry back” and I lightly nibble his ear as he lets out a groan. I quickly climb in the car and head out to Sarah’s house. Sarah is one of the children who live at home but go to the school offered at the shelter and therefore also gets to come to the music school.

“Sarah, honey, would you mind giving me your address?” I notice how her eyes widen but she then quickly rambles it off.  

I pull up at her address and my heart drops, the moment we entered this neighbourhood, I got that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. This place was know for its crime rate, poor housing and plain just not being a good place to live in. Sarah points to a run down house and I stop while she quickly jumps out and mumbles a ‘thank you’. “Hey, Sarah! Honey wait, slow-” I am stopped mid-sentence as a scary looking man opens the door with such force that the hinges almost fly off. I cringe back as the stench of alcohol is so over powering, the man looks gruffly at Sarah and then brings his blood shot eyes to me and slurs “anld whooo do we gotttss helre?” I simply grab a frozen Sarah by her shoulders and look the man square in the eyes “I’m her music teacher” he bursts out in a menacing laugh “music teacher?! Since when little Sarah?” but Sarah keeps her eyes focused on the ground when suddenly she is grabbed with unnatural force into the house and the door is shut in my face, but not before I see the scared eyes of Sarah as she forces a small smile that barely reaches her eyes, probably for my sake.

I contemplate weather or not I should take Sarah home with me but choose to rather not get involved with personal house issues, but I will surely look into it as I leave with a heavy and uneasy feeling in my heart.

I turn into the parking area of the apartment building and drag myself up the stairs as if I am on auto-pilot. I am just about to knock on his door when it opens and on the other side is standing a smiling Dante, but his smile drops when he sees my face with my plastered on smile. He hugs me tightly and lifts me bridal style into his apartment and sits on the couch with me on his lap. “Hey… Jules, whats wrong?” he lifts my chin so that I am eye to eye with him and he pecks my lips lightly and I immediately feel better. I lay my head on his chest “It’s just that… when I dropped Sarah off, I felt uneasy about leaving her there. Dante… you should have seen the state of their house… and her dad” I stopped speaking as I could not continue and Dante wiped his thumb over my cheeks and I didn’t even realize that I had been crying.

“ohh, Jules. Ok, how about we make a turn at their house tomorrow and I’ll check it out with you, does that sound okay?” I smile looking up at him and crash my lips to his “thank you, Dante, you’re the best”. I suddenly notice a wonderful scent coming from his kitchen “are you cooking?” he grins and nods. I look up at him and pout, trying my best ‘I’m hungry face’ he just kisses my nose and chuckles “Okay, enough with the face, let’s go eat” he pulls me up and he leads me to the kitchen. I take a seat at the counter while he walks around to dish up and that is when I notice “Dante!” I cover my mouth as I giggle at what I see “Yes?” he looks at me with his evil grin “are-are you naked under that apron?” he slowly walks around the counter and turns me around while he stands in between my legs. I read his apron and laugh “well… the apron should probably be obeyed” Dante tries looking at me with a serious face but I just giggle and rub my hands over his broad masculine shoulders which are on display “well… I might just do a little more than that if the food is half as good as the chef” I bite my lip and with that Dante lifts me up on the counter top and starts kissing me all over.

 Luckily there were no plates or glasses packed out yet and as Dante puts his hands under my top as to lift it over my head he whispers “I think we need to get you to my level” I giggle as my clothes are ripped off me by a very, very hungry looking cook and before he kisses me again I reach behind him to loosen the ties of his apron and when it is finally removed I smile “that’s better” he grabs my butt and lifts me ever so slightly from the counter top- oh no! we’re still on the counter top. “Dante, we’re-aaahhh!” I groan as he enters me and kisses me and we soon both reach our climax together as he collapses on top of me but we’re still looking at each other with hunger in our eyes and before I know it Dante is carrying me to the bedroom with me giggling and he throws me on the bed and pounces on top of me.

Finally after three rounds I lay with my head on Dante’s chest, exhausted and happy. It is then that I realize that I’ve fallen and fallen hard for this man. Before sleep takes over the words seem to tumble from my mouth so easily “I love you, Dante” I feel him stiffen under me and regret saying it until he wraps his arm around me tighter and kiss my head “I love you too, Jules” and with the biggest smile on my face I kiss him gently on his chest and let the sleep take over.

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-tear- i think this might just be my favourite chapter thus far... the plot thickens... ;)

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