A/N: Just a warning or an FYI as a courtesy to some readers, there's going to be some explicit/mature content sprinkled in here and there, in the next few chapters...JP and Stella have years to make up for now that they are finally together again, *wink, wink*

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"Uncle Enzo! You wanna sit with me?" Lola asks and I look back and see Enzo walking back out of the house with Cristian. 

Enzo smiles at me before he walks towards Lola. "Of course I do, princess. How did you read my mind?" He asks her.

"I'm a good wife, hello?" Lola responds sassily. "But you're not going to know 'cause you don't want to marry me." 

Enzo smiles at her amused. "You might just convince me to change my mind." Her eyes light up as she smiles up at him, but then her gaze moves behind Enzo.

"Yay! JP are you going to sing to us?" Lola squeals and I look back at the house again and see JP walking out with his guitar and the Columbia sweatshirt under his arm. 

"Maybe a couple of songs," JP smiles at her before he sets his guitar down and then pulls me up to stand. "You're going to get cold, princess." He pulls the sweatshirt over my head and I'm engulfed in his scent; he places a soft kiss on my forehead. 

"Hey JP, a few of us want to get a poker game going you in?" Joey asks him. 

"Sure, sounds fun."

"Are girls allowed?" Lucy asks and the guys look over at her amused. 

"Do you even know how to play? It's not like gold fish, you know," Marco teases a few of his friends chuckle. 

"I'm a fast learner," Lucy gives him a smile while I hold back a grin; I taught her and the twins how to play, so this will be fun.

"Alright, well, I guess you guys can play one round." Joey says, failing to hide his annoyance.

We spend the rest of the evening sitting around the campfire and JP sings a couple of songs as do Kai and Miles. I notice Toby has fallen asleep on Cristian and my mom offers to take him to bed, but Cristian says he'll do it. 

I smile as I watch him shift Toby carefully in his arms as he stands and takes him back in the house, with my mom following.

"Stella can we all sleep in the same room? Just the girls and we can have one huge sleepover!" Carmen tells me excitedly. "We'll except Marco's girlfriends." She whispers, "they can stay with the smelly boys." 

"Sure, but Lucy wants to play a round of poker with the guys so we'll join you as soon as we are finished." 

Carmen looks disappointed, but Annalisa grabs her hands. "Come on Car, let's go do facials and paint our nails, while Stella and Lucy sit with the smelly boys." Carmen smiles at her and nods her head enthusiastically and they take Lola with them. 

"Hey handsome," I walk up to JP and reach on my toes to kiss his cheek but he turns to capture my lips instead and he holds my face as he moves his lips over mine slowly, and I melt into him. 

"Is this what they were like when they were younger?" I hear Miles ask and I smile as JP continues kissing me. 

"Worse!" Joey and Enzo say at the same time and this time JP smiles against my lips. 

"Alright, shit's about to get real!" Joey says as everyone heads over to the table. 

"To be continued..." JP tells me before he pecks my lips.

"It might have to wait, JP," I tell him quietly. " The girls are doing a huge slumber party and they want everyone to sleep in the same room. And you need to take it easy anyway."

He dips his head down and brushes my hair back over my shoulder, kissing me just under my ear. "Don't worry, baby; the only part of me that will be exerting any energy will be my mouth." He walks away leaving me flustered with an eruption of butterflies in my stomach and a throbbing pulse in between my legs. I clear my throat looking around, grateful none of the older kids were near us. 

I sit in between Enzo and Cristian and Lucy sits in between Marco and Santino. JP sits across from me and Miles, Kai, Santino, Mateo and Topo join the table as well.

Tej sits out when he gets a call he needs to take and sits at the counter working away on his Mac book. Marco's friends are playing video games in the large family room.

The first game begins and I find it endearing how Marco takes the time to explain to Lucy the how to's and what to look for and what are considered bad hands. 

"I think I get it, " Lucy furrows her eyebrows and bites her lip. "My cards all have to match by the same color or the funny little symbols on them, right?" 

A few of the guys groan in response.

I take a drink of the wine glass Enzo poured for me to hide my grin, she's doing a great job at playing clueless. 

Marco smiles at her sweetly. "Sort of. They can be in sequence or you can have two or three of the same suit or symbols as you called them, but the color doesn't matter, usually unless you have a flush."

"What's that again?" Lucy asks him innocently and Kai and Miles groan--playing into Lucy's act.

As the game progresses the pot gets bigger. I end up folding my useless cards and watch as Lucy is up against, Marco, Santino, JP and Cristian. 

Santino throws his cards down on the table in frustration and throws his drink back. Marco looks at Lucy and watches as she takes a peek at her cards and then ups the ante; Marco bites his lip in concentration as he looks as his cards and then matches her bet. 

JP folds his cards and now it's Cristian's turn to call or raise the bet. He calls and lays out his cards; he has a Flush. 

I watch as Lucy lays down her cards and Enzo spits out his drink, as he takes in her Straight Flush. 

"Is that good?" Lucy asks, her eyes wide. 

Marco looks at her cards in disbelief and then Santino grabs Marco's cards impatiently and lays them out; he had a Full House.

"I think we just got hustled," Cristian states as he lights up a cigar and winks at Lucy. She beams up at him and giggles. 

"You know how to play?" Marco questions.

"Of course; Mom taught me and the twins," Lucy says proudly. "But it was really sweet of you to 'teach' me, Marco." She ruffles his hair and he moves away annoyed and gets up from the table. 

"Oh come on, Marco, where's your sense of humor?" Lucy chuckles as she follows him out the back door. But I watch as Talia and the other two girls who are here with the group follow them out.

Kai and Miles get up, next. "We better make sure those two don't get into any trouble," Miles states, grinning at me, but I know they're just going to look out for Lucy.

"Well, now that the kiddies are gone, let's get down to business," Joey says and starts dealing out cards for a new game. 

An idea pops into my head and I smirk at JP, who narrows his eyes at me, questioningly. I head to the freezer and grab a popsicle, and head back to the table. 

Enzo smiles at me. "You and your need for sweets, Stella mia." 

"What? I didn't have dessert yet," I shrug but wink at JP who's still watching me. I pick up my cards and take a peek at them. I'm pleased with the cards I have but they could be better; I decide to play the hand out and see what happens. 

The guys start conversing about different things, I glance over at JP through my lashes and am happy to see he still watching me as I lift the popsicle to my lips, bringing the tip in my mouth slowly and trace the tip with my tongue and then I look at JP as I lick my lips, slowly. 

His eyes darken as we stare at each other and I watch as he takes in a deep breath. 

"Alright, let's begin." Cristian says. 

I add my own bet into the pot and then continue my own little game with JP as he continues watching me. I lick from the bottom of the popsicle to the top before I bring the tip to my lips again and then push it into my mouth. 

I can't help the slurping sound I make as it's starting to melt and I catch Enzo looking at me with his eyebrows furrowed. 

I smile shyly at him as I lick the dripping popsicle. "It's melting faster than I can eat it." I chuckle lightly as Enzo keeps looking at me like I'm strange. 

Okay, maybe I'm not good at this whole seduction thing after all, clearly I'm out of practice. I look over at JP and he has an amused look on his face as he traces his bottom lip with a finger in a way that makes my insides clench.

"JP what do you want to do?" Joey interrupts the trance I'm in and then JP looks away from me to focus on the game, too. 

I end up finishing the popsicle more out of necessity so it doesn't end up melting all over me, ending my flop of seduction game. 

After thirty minutes into the actual game, the only one's left are me, Topo, Enzo, JP and Cristian. Joey goes to the kitchen to grab some snacks and JP asks him to bring him something to eat, too.

It wasn't until I had my turn that I glanced over at JP and my mouth drops open, gasping quietly. I look down so I don't draw attention to myself and peek at my cards again, but I peer at JP and watch as he eats a peach. 

It's looks innocent enough--natural even; he's better at this than I am. 

So much better.

Juice from the peach drips down his hand and he uses his tongue to lick it up and my thighs clench at the sight. I watch as a small smile spreads on his face as he looks at the peach before he takes another bite, but then moves his lips over the peach in a way that has me starting to breath heavily.

"Piccola, you feeling okay? You look flushed," Cristian brings his hand to my forehead and I jump slightly.

"What? Oh yeah, just a little warm, and tired. I'm going to get ready for bed, my cards weren't good anyway," I tell him quickly and excuse myself from the table. 

I inhale deeply as I go to the room JP had my things brought to and head to the bathroom. I splash some cold water on my face and look up; my cheeks are flushed. 

I turn on the faucet to the tub and begin running a bath. 

I step into the tub, sighing as I lean back, letting the heat from the water relax and sooth me. I can't help but keep thinking of JP and that damn peach as I run my hands down over my neck and body and memories of when JP and I would take baths together come to my mind. 

Curiosity and still feeling flustered from watching JP, I look at the handheld sprayer next to the faucet and a small smile comes to my face as I turn it on. 

I bring the sprayer down in the water and up against me and the pressure from the streaming water makes me jump but I like the feeling I get and I move the head of the sprayer over myself and a soft moan comes from me from the sensation. 

"What are you doing?" 

I scream in surprise to see JP standing watching me. 

"You scared the hell out of me, JP!" 

"What are you doing, Stella?" He repeats. 

"Nothing. Well, taking a bath, I mean." 

"Since when is moaning part of taking a bath?" He asks raising his eyebrows expectantly. 

I laugh nervously and embarrassed to be caught. "What's the big deal? It's not like you've never jerked off before. I remember you telling me you'd do it to the videos I sent you."

"Yeah, when I was traveling or when we weren't together," JP's eyes furrow as he watches me place the handheld back on the holder and can probably see what I was using it for, my face reddens even more. 

"If you needed to be taken care of you should have just asked, amore. Get out of the tub, now." He walks out of the bathroom.

"JP, you're still recovering," I tell him, "And this is your fault, for what you were doing during the game." I step out of the tub and wrap a robe over myself and follow him into the bedroom.

"Me? I don't know what you are talking about, I was just eating a delicious piece of fruit," He turns and steps up close to me.

He runs his nose over my face and then down my neck and I feel him start to lick and kiss my neck and it makes my knees go weak. "And I told you amore, after being apart for so long, I don't want to waste any more time, we're not rushing; but let me take care of you, the way you deserve, mia regina. " He whispers and I take in a trembling breath. "The only way that I can."(My queen)

"Come," He leads me to the bed and my heart begins to race. 

"JP, I really think--" 

He places a finger on my lips. "Shh...Do you trust me?" His darks eyes look at me waiting for a response and I nod my head. 

He keeps his eyes on mine as he pulls the sash on my robe and slips his fingers under the robe and pushes it off my shoulders so it falls on the floor. 

JP's heated eyes move over my body and he pulls in his bottom lip while my breathing is becoming quick and shallow as the anticipation of what he's going to do is building. 

His fingers trail from my hips up my sides until his big hands cover my breasts and I gasp softly as he begins kneading and massaging them. His hands then move around me and he pulls me closer to him as he brings his lips down on mine and kisses me long and slow, his tongue exploring my mouth sensually as I moan from the way he kisses me.

I feel his hands travel down my back until he squeezes my ass firmly and then one of his hands moves to my front and I gasp as he slips not one but two fingers inside of me and my grip on his strong shoulders tightens and I'm having a hard time standing.

He slips his fingers out of me and sucks on them as he watches me. "You have no idea how much I've wanted to eat you out that first night in Cristians' penthouse." He sits on the bed and pulls me forward, bringing me on his lap to straddle him. He kisses me and leans back, taking me with him. 

"I want you to sit on me, amore," His voice is husky. 

"I am sitting on you, JP." My breath is coming quick and fast as he continues moving his lips on my chest and then grabs my breasts as he puts his face in between them. 

"Not like this." 

I feel myself blush, and I shake my head when I understand what he means. 

"No?" He tucks some of my hair that's falling over us behind my ear. "It's no different than when you're laying down, only this time I'm laying down," He tells me as he holds my face and kisses me in between his words.  

"Come on, baby," His voice alone is making me shake right now.

He grips the back of my thighs and pulls me up further, until I hover over his face. "That's it, just like that," His warm breath hits my core and I shudder when his nose grazes me. "Mmm, its been too long, princess, far too long, I missed the smell of your sweet cunt." 

JP starts nipping and kissing my inner thighs, first. His beard adds to the sensations and I groan in pleasure as he grips my hips and pulls me down on his face and I gasp as his tongue slides up my folds. 

Hearing his moans send the fluttering in my stomach into overdrive. JP devours me like he can't get enough and a part of me wonders how the hell he's even breathing with how much pressure he's holding me down on him. The texture of his beard against my clit is driving me crazy in the most amazing way.

JP's large hands grab my ass and keep me from moving, holding me in place as he groans while he eats me out. I curse when I feel his tongue inside of me.

I find myself moving against his lips and tongue as a wave is reaching its peak within me, I moan out his name as I arch my back, screaming in pleasure as the orgasm goes through me. But JP keeps lapping and sucking and I don't want him to stop; his pleasurable torture on me continues as another wave builds.

I'm still coming down from the third wave, I've just experienced, laying face down on the bed--completely relaxed and spent; when JP comes back from the bathroom after washing his face and flips me around so I'm on my back, now.

"Don't you fall asleep," JP's mouths covers my breasts suckling them, then grazes my nipples with his teeth. 

"I'm not finished with you."