Jems Pov:

I looked at our clasped hands and rolled my eyes. He's so dramatic and who'd have thought Mr. Conceited and oh so worldly was as insecure as little ol' me.

I hid my smile and met his eyes as I stood up.

"Oh so... right... I'll uhh" He stuttered probably thinking that I was still pissed at him.

Dumb ass! Like I could stay mad at him. 

In all honesty the last 4 days where the hardest of my life and I had to turn my phone off because his texts and voicemails made me want to throw myself in his arms and tell him he didn't do anything wrong. But that would set a bad precedent. 

"Come on Sex-Nip. I'm hungry and we should talk. Not beg forgiveness or bitch. Just talk, catch up on the last few days. There's an all night diner a few minutes away that has the best hummus."

He stood up and had to steady himself a bit. Before I could make a comment he grinned at me. "I'm good"

We sat down in a booth in the cute hippie diner.

"Okay I gotta ask. How the hell did you manage to get the room next door to mine?"

He chuckled and winked. "Davie is my new best bud. He's how I found you and he set up the reservation with his killer hackerness"

"Yeah but why the room right next door?"

He looked like he was holding in a laugh and I narrowed my eyes. "What did you do?"

He winced and placed his hands flat on the table. "Alright so I had flowers sent to your room but I got you something else that couldn't be delivered. So I sorta had to break in and the easiest way was to do it was through the connecting doors. Before you flip. I swear I just put it on the desk next to the flowers, I didn't snoop or do anything creepy like sniff your dirty panties or use your toothbrush to scrub the toilet."

I snorted and threw a chip at him. "You are such a dork. Those things didn't even cross my mind. Please tell me you haven't ever used someone's toothbrush that way."

He laughed "Well I might have borrowed Skip's to clean my bathroom when we were in school. But it was totally justified. He'd come home wasted and ended up puking all over my bathroom because he was too messed up to realize he wasn't in his. When I told him to clean it the next morning he flipped me off and threw a shoe at me."

"So what have you been up to?" He asked hesitantly.

"Not a lot. I shopped and hung with Paul, Skip and VIn. Tina didn't tell you the guys were taking turns looking after me? Their words not mine. Skip stayed the night when he came but slept on the couch. You know he can be really sweet and mature when he's worried. Haha he even offered to go kick your ass and knock some sense back into you."

"What the fuck? I didn't even know he was back. How did they know where you were and why the hell didn't anyone tell me?"

I rolled my eyes. "Well I called Tina on my way here and she conference called Robby and we talked about where I was going and blah blah blah. Anyway by the time I got to the hotel Tina had set up the reservation and Paul was in the lobby waiting."

"She knew? That damn woman played me! She was all 'you poor thing I know you're worried but she needs time.' Acting all sweet and maternal. Ughh I should have known."

I laughed and nodded. "I guess you were the only that didn't know. Even your mom and dad called up here. But they all knew I was coming home tomorrow after I pick up my dress."

"Seriously everyone sucks. But I deserved to stress and I'm just glad that you weren't alone and that you know everyone loves you, even more then me apparently." He laughed and grabbed my hand.

"Is it me or does this totally reek of awkwardness? I feel kinda like this is our first date and I'm nervous about saying the wrong thing."

I gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. "Look I don't want to start over, This wasn't a break up. I just wanted a few days to cool off so I didn't kick you in the balls or something. It wouldn't have been a fair fight because your casts are still on. So how about we just forget that I was on vacation the last few days and act like our argument never happened."

He took a second and thought that through. Then shook his head no.

"No, it happened and now that we're talking we should finish. I promise you right now that I will never jump to conclusions and if something like this ever comes up then I'll talk to you first instead of freaking out. I will also do my best to make damn sure you know that I see you as my partner, my equal. On the same hand, I need you to not worry about how you measure up because there's no comparison. You're it for me. We both need to agree to put all our worries and insecurities aside and know without a shadow of a doubt that we're in this together and if one of us has worries or questions we have to be able to talk it out without it causing all hell to break lose. Agreed? Because Baby, we have a long and happy marriage on the line here and I never want to go through the last few days again."

I nodded and with tears in my eyes got up and threw myself into his lap. "Agreed. I missed you so much Michael."

He held me close and kissed my tears away. "I missed you more Jems. I was so miserable."

Then he finally kissed me and all was right in my little world. I snuggled into his chest and changed to a lighter topic.

"So I was very happy when Robby Pop called and said you had a long heart to heart with him. He said that you apologized like a girl and that it was very pretty." I laughed at his expression.

"Well you weren't the only one I was an ass to. I even sent him and Carr on a date a few towns over."

He chuckled. "I still cant get over them two together. I'm not gonna even lie, that totally blindsided me. Jack always seemed so manly and... I don't know... by the rules kind of a guy and Rob is kind of a goofy big ass jock. They both struck me as hetero players."

"Have you seen them together? They are so cute. Jack makes Robby blush. I've never seen him lose his cool."

"Did you actually walk in on them getting it on? Jack was so embarrassed. When he told me, that was the only time I laughed while you were gone."

"I actually screamed and then giggled like a crazy person. I mean I had a suspicion about them but damn it was a shock to see. Wanna know who was top and bottom? You might be surprised."

He rolled his eyes. "I think I'll pass. I'm happy for them but I don't care about anyone else's sex life. Just ours." He said wiggling his eyebrows.

The waitress came with our ticket and looked at us with a sweet smile. "You two are so cute!" She gushed. We thanked her and Michael took care of the bill.

We got out of the elevator and walked down our hall. "Your room or mine?" I purred.

He laughed and pulled me to him. "I don't care as long as I have you."

We walked into my room and I looked around. 4 dozen of my favorite flowers were on the table and desk. I walked over and breathed in the fresh rose scent. I absolutely love white roses.

I grabbed the card and read his squiggly handwriting with a smile.

Jemma,

A dozen white roses for each day you were away. I'm sorry for being a jealousy jerk and hope you can forgive me and come home soon. Life just isn't life without you. I miss you terribly. I cant bare you being hurt by my actions. I've loved you from the beginning. When you walked into my class that day it was like the sun came back after so long and little by little your sweetness and silly antics warmed my soul. Please don't take my sunshine away.

Love always.

Sex-Nip

I reread the card and laughed at the last line. I always sing that song in the shower.

"Sex Nip you realize you plagiarized the last line right."

He nodded. "Yeah but it's true. Here open this." He handed me a box.

"Oooh he went to Jared" I joked.

He snorted. "Look who's plagiarizing now Sweetheart. At least I borrowed a piece of the classic song. You straight up copied the commercial."

I stuck my tongue out and opened the box. It was so beautiful. It was something I would have picked out for myself.

"I love it." I praised running my finger along the intricate knot that symbolized love.

We made love until the early hours of morning and I gotta admit that make up sex is pretty freaking earth shattering. We lay tangled together panting and trying cool off.

"Maybe we should fight more often if we're gonna make up like this." I wheezed out. He ran his hand through my hair and chuckled.

"We'll only argue about the little stuff. Like me leaving the toilet seat up or you forgetting to put a new roll of toilet paper in the thingy."

I snorted. "You never leave the seat up and I never replace the paper, you do cause you have OCD"

"Fine we'll never argue and we'll make up for that by having make up sex when other people argue. Like every time a couple fights on Jerry Springer we'll have make up sex for them!" He said laughing.

"Mike you really are a dweeb and I love that about you." I snuggled closer and fell asleep to his quiet laughter.