Because of Joe

Chapter 30

Chapter 30

The early morning sunlight peeked through the light mesh curtains. I moved around in the blankets finding my clothes on the floor. Sebastian was not beside me and I sat up pulling the blanket up to my chest. I cannot resist him anymore he's just got this power over me. Some pillows were on the floor signs of last night. I remembered that Joe was here a room away and I was afraid he was going to kick the door down and beat Sebastian up again. "Sebastian." I called for him. I heard the door open and he comes in a robe around him and a small plate of mini macaroons arranged into a pyramid. There was also a tiny candle at the top.

"Happy Birthday my love." He says sitting next to me holding out the plate. "Make a wish." I look at him and smiled. I wasn't sure if there was something gleaming in his eyes or he's just very happy. I blew the candle and he kisses me.

"Thank you so much Sebastian." I take a macaroon and bit into it. "This is very cute."

"May I taste?" He looks at the macaroon. I held it up to his lips and he takes a bite. "Yum." He grins placing the plate on the nightstand.

"I'm going to take a shower." I get out of the bed dragging the blanket along with me.

"Can I join you?" He asked a grin spreading on his face. God has he broken his good boy promise several times now. I looked over my shoulder with a devilish smirk on my face.

"If you would like." I walked into the bathroom and I hear Sebastian hurriedly walk into the bathroom before I closed the door.

* * *

Putting on my printed jungle leaf tshirt, distressed overalls, and low cut white Converse. Sebastian was sitting on the bed tying his shoelaces. He was in such a happy mood and it was contagious besides the thought off bumping into Joe coming into mind. We were going to The Louvre today and I was really excited. I put my camera, sketchbook, and other necessities in my tote bag from American Apparel. Simple today nothing to fancy. As well as Sebastian who was wearing the French national team soccer jersey, dark jeans, and a pair of white high top Converse. Matching shoes the caption I put on the blog, Instagram, and Twitter. I posted after a long hiatus. All my faithful followers commented saying they missed me. I saw others comments like 'Is that Joe?' Then others responded saying 'That's totally Sebastian.' I was greeted with Happy Birthdays and I responded to a few. I took Sebastian's hand as we walked down the hall. We passed Joe's room and I walked a little faster afraid he might suddenly open the door. Sebastian took a picture of me on his phone and I laughed trying to make him delete it. In the elevator I tried yanking his phone out of his hand but he has a strong grip. He set it as his phone background. "Birthday girl wallpaper." He chuckles kissing my forehead and wrapping his arm around me. I had his phone now and took random selfies while he hugged me. He looks down and makes a funny face at the camera.

"We are crazy."I went through his Camera Roll while he was fixing his hair at the mirror of the elevator. I found the pictures we just took and when I scrolled up I found an old picture. It was the one when we first met at my first ever fashion show. His hand was around my shoulder and he looked down at me with a smile. I never knew he fell in love with me there. I even had a small crush on him. That was when I met Joe too. There was another pictures of me modeling for Chanel. There was a few pictures of him and his outfits. I was in every other row. My smile faded because I was suppose to break up with him. A guy who loved me so much. Sebastian looks at me and puts his arm around me.

"Why aren't you smiling? It's your birthday." He kisses me and I exit the elevator with him. I smiled again and we walked out the paparazzi was right outside. They were familiar with Sebastian and I that they took picture of us. He wasn't too happy and he took me the other way. "What are they doing here? It wasn't like this before." He looks back at them. Joe's staying here that's why and Sebastian can't know.

We took the metro to the Louvre and as soon as we got in I was amazed at the masterpieces in front of me. I haven't been to the Louvre this was actually my first time. We walked around staying at one art piece at a time. Sebastian looks to be concentrating at every picture and he takes out his sketchbook to start designing. I stand behind him on my tiptoes to look at what he had in mind. They were women's wear. "Your doing women again?"

"Yea so you can wear my masterpieces." He laughs quietly. I kissed his jawline and his light beard tickled my lips. I got a text and I read it while Sebastian was busy deciding what kind of skirt his model would wear. 'Where are you?' Joe asked and it sounded urgent.

'Not your concern'

'It most definitely is.' He quickly texts back.

'Joe stop texting me'

'I need to give you my gift.' I didn't answer anymore because Sebastian turns around and asked if his sketch looked good. I turned off my phone and stood by him.

* * *

"I made some dinner reservation at the Eiffel Tower." Sebastian says as we were riding back to the hotel.

"Really?" I asked and he nods. "I don't think I brought something really fancy to wear."

"Yea right two dresses and a pair of those cute heels of yours." He runs his hand through his hair to keep it from falling down at his face.

"What about you? I don't expect you to bring a suit and tie." I said.

"I actually did." He grins.

"Okay." I put my head on his shoulder and he runs his hand down my arm.

"We're going to have some nice romantic time." He says.

"Aww." I looked up at him.

Sebastian went to get something for lunch for the both of us and I was at the hotel. I hurriedly went to my room and there was a box of chocolates and a bouquet of roses. There was a small note.

'Happy Birthday Gumdrop.Love you.'

He called me Gumdrop again. I hid the note and put the roses in the vase disposing the older roses. The chocolates looked good but I didn't want to ruin my appetite. I had to think of a story to tell Sebastian if he asks about it. I went out on the balcony to see if Joe was outside but he wasn't. I start to clear the table for lunch and I hear Sebastian whistling. He opens the door and I helped him with the bags. I checked inside and he bought lots of cheeses, a bottle of wine, bread, and salad for me. I put them all on the table and Sebastian spotted the chocolates. "Where'd these come from?"

"The hotel I think they know my birthday." I said and Sebastian shrugs. He sits at the table as I put the box away. I saw him watching me and he looked away. When I came back out Sebastian had filled two glasses with wine. I sat down and he raised his glass.

"For the love of my life." He grins is gaze softens when he looks at me. I clinked our glasses and looks at me over the rim of his glass. I took a sip and he offers me cheese and bread. I took a piece and he holds it up for me. "Is it good?" My mouth was full I had to cover my mouth. He laughs and I smiled.

"Yea can I try another?" I asked and he slices another piece for me. My salad was good he chose my favorite and he was still hand feeding me the cheese and bread. "Why haven't eaten the fruit they gave us?" I picked up an apple from the basket.

"Oh yes." He gets up to wash his knife and he picks up the apple. "Come on let's get more sun." I followed him out on the balcony holding our glasses. I put them on the little table he sits facing away from Joe's balcony. He wasn't there. "Come sit here darling." He motions to his lap. I sat there both my legs hanging of the arm of the chair. I laid my head on his chest us he carefully cuts a small chunk of apple for me. He holds it against my lips and then he eats it.

"I thought that was mine?" I said he lets me take it and he cuts. Piece for him self. We sit there on the chair silent and I was comfortable with his body heat since it was a windy day. There was music coming from down the street and Sebastian kissed my hair. I was like a little girl curled up against Sebastian and he was handing me pieces of the apple. I peeked over his shoulder and I saw Joe standing outside. I could see his pained face. He looks away and goes back inside. I turn my stare at Sebastian who was cutting another small piece of the apple for me. He notices and smiles handing me the apple. Before he lets go he kissed my knuckles.

"This is such a perfect day." He whispers and kissed me gently. It tasted of apples and wine.