Finding The 10

38 - Forever

Frankie's POV

I watch with bated breath as the last customer leaves. His feet ascend the stairs and I hear the door open and then close behind him.

"Thank fuck for that!" I yell before scrambling upstairs and locking the door to the bar.

When I make it back down the stairs Eli is shaking his head, laughing at me.

"What?"

"You can't wait to get out of here, can you?" He asks as I make my way over to him. He is wiping the bar down and I have never seen a simple action look sexier.

"I want to hurry up and get out of here so we can head home and finish moving my things into your room." I say as I lean over the bar and plant a sweet kiss on his lips. He returns it with a smile.

"Don't you mean our room?"

I press my lips to his again and again until I hear Marco approach.

"Really? Are you two at it again? Just because you are dating and all doesn't mean you have to be all over each other all the time." He says jokingly as he points a finger between the two of us.

Eli laughs it off and throws the nearby dish towel at Marco's face. Marco ducks just in time and it lands on the floor.

"Missed me!" He says triumphantly. "Are you guys ok to close up by yourselves? I just got a call from Beth asking me to get some chocolate ice cream and gummy bears from the store."

"That baby of yours is going to come out the size of the house the way that Beth eats those sweets." Eli says laughing as I join in.

"Either that or the baby will have diabetes before it's even born."

Marco ignores our jests and heads for the stairs just as Eli makes his way to me. Eli wraps his arms around my waist from behind and pulls me close to him so that my back is flush with his chest.

"Go get your woman her sugar fix before she runs rampant in the streets." Eli says.

Ever since Beth's cravings kicked in, she hasn't eaten a single meal without something sweet on her plate. All that baby wants is sugar, I swear. By the end of her pregnancy, Beth's blood will be syrup.

"Ok and you two need to stop the lovey dovey shit around me. It's weird." Marco says with a fake shiver.

"Oh, does this make you uncomfortable?" Eli asks before showering my cheek with hundreds of kisses while I squirm, ticklish underneath him.

"I'm going now!" Marco yells over his shoulder as he stomps upstairs and leaves Eli and I to our own devices.

We stand wrapped in each other for a little while longer until I start to break away to get some cleaning done. But Eli is quick to spin me around and then slam our bodies together once more. He then runs a hand through my ebony hair before plunging his mouth onto mine for a feverous kiss.

I melt instantly as he takes control and squeezes me tightly towards him before releasing me just slightly enough to look me in the eyes.

"It's your turn to mop." He says with a smirk.

I punch him lightly in the arm which makes him laugh before heading out the back to full up the mop bucket.

While the water takes it's time, my eyes find their way to the noticeboard we have in the back area. A strip of four pictures is what catches my attention.

The top picture is Eli and I laughing together effortlessly. The next is of us pulling a stupid pose and the last two are of us kissing. A pink heart circles us in the last one.