2 comments/ 7672 views/ 1 favorites FaceBook Reunites Her Heart By: IvoryItalian FaceBook re- unites her heart to the one man she ever loved "It is weird, moving back Upstate after 26 years of living in other States and even a different Country. Even , more weird, is after dreaming of owning my own business all these years, does it happen after my divorce. I don't understand that." she wrote in her journal. Mia shut her journal, closed her Daily Devotional book and headed off to work. It was Spring of 2012, Mia Mitchell filed for divorce 8 months ago. After their youngest headed off to college. Mia needed something that was not happening in her marriage. All they did was fight, even over the most foolish things. It seemed their marriage was a war based on who was in control and Mia was tired. The "kids" now 24, 20 and 18 years old were angry and hurt about their parents divorce, even blamed Mia. But, again, that was her ex's way of controlling even how they looked at her. The divorce was ugly on his side, Mia had shut off her feelings many years ago, so, she just went through the actions. What hurt her the most, was how the kids were treating her. Here she is, 46 years old, auburn shoulder length bob, blue, green, grey eyes, just lost 55 pounds and had at least, 35 more pounds to go according to the BMI. Mia took control of her life 8 months ago, changing everything in it, and her family was not happy, but then again, Mia stopped doing things for them and started doing for herself. She gave them all of herself their whole lives and now they are mad at her? Mia was angry that her ex did this. He showed them how to be self righteous, how to turn everything around and make it her fault, another reason she divorced him. She packed up, moved to Baldwinsville, New York. She found a cute fixer upper bungalow for a good cost, located 8 miles from her business. " My little nook", a small book store/coffee barista. Today Mia was interviewing several construction companies, to find whom she wants to hire for her house and business. Mia stepped into the empty shell of the store. 2500 feet of emptiness. In her mind, she knew exactly what she wanted, and had high hopes of finding someone who would understand her dream and help to make it real. Her first appointment was waiting for her. They walked around the store as she spoke, explaining what she wants for the store. Tom, the owner of Trepasso's Construction Company, kept interrupting her. After a few minutes, Mia had enough, she asked Tom to tell her what she expected . He looked down at her and told her what he saw for the store, not, what she had in mind. Mia curtly thanked him for his time and escorted him out of the store. The next few people were not much better. It seemed to Mia, the men wanted to tell her what was best for her instead of listening to her ideas. Mia was fed up with the chauvinistic attitudes. She sat on the old fashioned Bay window ledge, rough sketching the lay out of the store on a napkin. Mia was tired. She laid her head against the cold glass of the window , weary. Vinny Mancuso had just signed in to his FaceBook account. He went on maybe, once every 6 months. he had no time for this nor had the inkling to be on computers all day. He owned his own business since he dropped out of school, pretty much back in the day. he worked best with his hands. And made a very lucrative business at it. He was humble, something his father had taught him. Always a bachelor, a ladies man. He laughed at the remarks his buddies left, and clicked on his sister's page and saw something that caught his eye. His sister's old friend Mia, had moved back Upstate and was looking for help with her house and store, did his sister know of someone? He looked up the address and saw that Mia's store was just 4 miles away from his main office of his business. "Hm" he thought. Business was pretty good, he really did not need another job right now but, Mia was his sisters high school friend, and he did remember Mia from high school. She was a shy, skinny brunette with big glasses back then. He clicked off the internet and walked out of his house. It was 4:30 p.m., and Mia gave up on finding someone or a company that day. As she was locking up the old rustic door, she heard someone pull up behind her. Vinny pulled up his truck at the address her memorized and saw a curvy, reddish brunette in black pants and a pink blouse, locking a door. He hopped out of his truck and walked over to the woman. "Excuse me." he said. Mia turned around and literally gasped, fell back against the old door. "Oh my gawd!" she thought. "He still looks so damn handsome!" her heart was beating so fast. She gathered her wits and smiled. "Hi, Vinny.It has been a long time." "I didn't mean to scare you." Vinny was amused that she jumped when he spoke. "Mia?" Vinny was surprised to see the skinny girl was a curvy, very pretty, youthful looking woman. Though he liked his women, tall, blond and thin. "Um, Hi. What..?" Mia stuttered. "Oh, yeah, M.J. said you were looking for a construction company to do business with? " he handed her his business card. He looked in the window as she looked at his card. "Can we go inside?" he asked Mia. She unlocked the door and they walked inside the store. He saw the napkin with crude drawing on it, on the window seat and picked it up. Mia had the good grace to blush, "Uh, yeah. That is just a rough draft, I can't draw, but, I know what I see inside of my head." "Okay, so you are looking to do.." and he pointed to areas in the store that was drawn and labeled on the napkin. They spoke for over one hour as they slowly walked around the store. Vinny took a pencil form his pocket and wrote on the walls. Mia was so excited that he got her. He understood what she wanted and offered small suggestions. By the time she was locking the store up again, they had agreed on a contract and fees. "Mail the contract to me." she said . "Okay, but, aren't you looking to have work done in your house too?" Vinny asked. "Yeah, but, I thought you only handled store front type of businesses?" Mia asked. "Nah, we do all kinds of construction." "Well, in that case when can you come over to see the place?" as she looked at him, she noticed that he was more handsome now than ever. Tall, dark auburn hair, dark eyes. "Hm,mmm,mmm" she thought to herself. "Well, if it is okay, I am free now, I mean, if you are not doing anything else?" "Okay, follow me." Mia walked over to her Prius, she looked behind her. She saw him watching her as she walked, she blushed and quickly opened her car door and hopped in. About a few minutes later, they pulled into the long driveway. Her bungalow was located in a working class neighborhood, on a sloped hill. A weeping willow tree hung over the left side of the house. Mia walked in and turned on the lights. The hardwood floors were in great condition through out the whole house, but, Mia wanted them stripped and re-stained. She wanted the kitchen gutted, explaining what she wanted then led him to the master bathroom through the master bedroom, which he saw she was not using. After that, she showed him the other bathroom. They walked back to the living room, as she looked outside at the sunset, she explained that she would need help with the yard too. He was impressed with her simplistic somewhat bohemian, modern style. He did not know what to expect, really. He thought she was a city chick, thought she would be snobby. But, she wasn't. Mia walked him to the front door. "I will draw up the plans for both places, get the contracts together and bring them by. It will be a couple of weeks. Until then, look around in the stores for appliances, the type of cabinets you may want, furniture for the store too. I will have Sheila, my assistant call you will addresses of some store up here." They shook hands and Vinny left. Mia watched him walk to his truck. "My goodness, that man is so damn fine still!" Mia waved as he looked over at he when he pulled out. Vinny thought about Mia's plans and really liked them. She had a good eye, she was right when she said she could not draw, he laughed at her crude drawing on the napkin that he still had in his possession. He took note that the house had three bedrooms, but, she did not open the other bedroom doors. He wondered where she slept. He did notice a loft area up the stairs. Mia had a southern accent mixed with northern accent, certain words were heavily southern marked and he wondered if she knew that. The place was barren, looked like she just bought the house, no pictures were hung up, minimal furniture. He drove home and went straight to work on contacting his people and making the floor plans, assigning who to what. Mia posted on her FaceBook status, "OMG! I found the perfect, most handsome man to handle the construction business! I am so happy! Can't wait to open my business in August of 2012!"" She completely had forgotten that her status could be seen by people who are not her friends, on her friends page. Yes, Vinny saw it and laughed out loud. To keep herself busy, Mia went to the stores Sheila had called her about, started running in her neighborhood, found a local, cheap gym to workout at when the weather was inclement. Vinny had called her cell asking if he could drop of the paperwork and plans, so she was heading to the store to meet him now. It had been 6 weeks since they last seen each other, but, stayed in touch over the phones. It was now May and Mia was meeting up with a bunch of old friends for dinner that night. She had on a black lace dress that formed to all of her curves, and 3 inch black heels. She was texting when Vinny pulled up to the store. He saw her through the glass front, and wondered who that sexy woman was, before she looked up and waved at him. His mouth fell open then he quickly shut it. He realized it was Mia. "Wow." he thought staring hard at her before he grabbed all the papers. She opened the door for him and gave him a peck on his cheek, surprised him again. "Are you busy? Cause I can come back..." he started to say. She waved his words away, "No, not now. I am meeting the girls for dinner in one hour, so I have time. " Mia was so excited to see the plans, her hands stretched out for the plans. He laughed and handed them over. She looked like a little kid. Mia walked over to the Bay window seat, and spread open the floor plans. Vinny watched her fingers trail over the blue prints slowly, his eyes traveled down her shapely calves and stopped when he saw the elaborate, swirly black and red letters cuffing her right ankle. He looked at Mia quickly, saw that she was buried in the plans, he looked closely at the words tatted on her ankle. Live,laugh,love. Was inscribed like a huge cuff around her ankle with a chain hanging over her foot, with a cross on the end. Vinny was surprised and wondered about Mia. Mia had tears in her eyes. "My dreams are coming real!" she said. She jumped over to Vinny and squealed as she gave him a big hug. Vinny was thrown off by Mia's hug, he blushed. "Sheila ..has this on our 3d program, so if you want to see what it will look like that way, you should call her to see it." "Yes!" Mia nearly yelled. She looked at her cell, "Oh! Time to go! She scooped up the plans and practically pushed Vinny out of the store. "I will drop the contracts off tomorrow! Bye!" Mia called as she hustled to her car. ___________________ Mia met her old, now new friends, at The Locke. They were outside on the deck having a blast. Mia felt severely over dressed. her friends were wearing jeans, while she had on her black dress. "Ugh" she thought. One of the girls pulled out their old yearbook, and they all were having a good old time laughing at the pictures. A couple guys were sitting at the bar, watching the group of ladies. Once in a while one or two would be brave enough to walk over and try to start a conversation. Vinny was taking his mother and sisters out to dinner with their spouses. He knew his mom liked The Locke so that was where they were, in the dining room section, when he heard loud laughing. They all looked out towards the deck. M.J. stood up, "Hey that is Mia!" sure enough, Mia was laughing ,her head thrown back enjoying what ever it was they were laughing about. Her laughter was the kind that made you laugh with her even though you had no idea why you were laughing. M.J. went over to Mia, they spoke and she brought Mia back to their table. Vinny groaned. "Mrs. M.! Happy birthday!" Mia exclaimed as she hugged Mrs. M.. Mia spoke with everyone for a few minutes, then asked if Vinny told them. Everyone wore a confused look. "Ok" Mia dragged the okay. "I found a company to do business with! " and she pointed to Vinny. Everyone was happy, asking her many questions. "I will tell you more later, this is Mrs. M.'s birthday, now is not the time. "Mia kissed Mrs. M.'s soft cheek and waved good bye to everyone. Mia walked to the bar and ordered a wine spritzer. While she waited, of all the people to come up to her was the pain in the ass, Tom, the owner of the first construction company she interviewed. He asked her if she had found a company to work with, who it was, then proceeded to tell her why her plans were all wrong. While he talked to Mia, he moved too close to her. Mia moved back about 2 feet and turned her body away from him, hoping he would get the message. He didn't. He laid his hand on her arm. Vinny watched as Mia told him yes, she found a company, it was not his business who it is and she could care less what he thought of her plans and that was why she did not choose his company, all while taking his hand off her arm and walking away. Tom was clearly pissed off and started to follow her when he saw Mia's cousin stand between her and him. He turned around and left the bar. Vinny watched everything go down, he saw Mia's cousin and texted him to watch out for her. Her cousin looked perplexed, but, when he saw how Tom was talking to Mia, he stood nearby. When Mia walked past him, he stood between Mia and Tom, clearly sending Tom a message. Mia never even noticed what happened. Mia's cousin walked up to Mia, they hugged and she invited him to join the group, he turned them down, having to go somewhere. Vinny dropped off his mother at her house, and drove past The Locke. It was now 1 a.m., and the girls were still kicking up a storm. Vinny shook his head and headed home. It was 9 a.m., as Vinny headed in to the main office. He saw the doors to the boardroom closed, which is unusual, since the room is hardly used. He popped his head in and saw Mia with Sheila, watching the 3d plans. Mia exclaimed in awe with every thing she saw. Sheila handed her a tissue, and was smiling. "Oh SHeila, it is perfect!" Mia was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. Vinny quietly shut the door and went to his office. He was pleased to see Mia happy. ________________________ Mia was taking a shower in the guest bathroom of her house since the master bathroom was being remodeled. It was 7 a.m., she did not hear anyone come in. She was singing her head off to the song on her Mac which was playing loudly in the bathroom. Vinny had brought the Italian styled sink that she wanted to the house, he was dropping it off for the guys, then heading back out. He knocked on her door, Then let himself in with the key she gave him for his crew. He walked to the master bathroom, carefully set the sink down on the rustic themed counter. As he walked in he heard Mia signing, off key, he laughed. The next thing he knew, Mia was walking in the nude while wrapping up her wet hair in a towel. She looked up and saw him, screamed so loud that he thought for sure the neighbors were calling the police and ran back into the room she came from, yelling "What the hell? over and over. Vinny was just as shocked as Mia was. "I knocked, you did not answer, so..I dropped of the sink." he said loudly as he walked to the front door. He was still thinking of the image burned in his brain. He swore he heard Mia saying "shit shit shit! oh no!" he laughed as he pulled out of her driveway. Vinny thought about her body all day. "Mia is not skinny anymore! " he thought to himself. She has full breasts, tiny waist, flared hips, strong thighs. She has a body like the women over in Costa Rica, very curvy. He thought he saw something on her back, but, she ran so fast.....he laughed a couple times throughout the day. He knew Mia would have a hard time facing him. He realized that his own body responded to Mia's at that moment. "Damn it." Mia wanted to die, really. No man has seen her naked except her ex in years, and to top it of-it was Vinny! She wanted to die, she howled into her pillow. She had to put on her big girls pants and move on. It happened, so what. So, Mia shook off the shock, dressed for the day and went to her store, hoping with every fiber in her that he would not be there. The new floor had been laid, the coffee barista area was being painted today-dark red with black wax rubbed in. Mia watched as the second hand furniture was brought in. She was promised that the couch and chairs were professionally cleaned, but, she had them doubly cleaned just in case. Mismatched furniture, she loved it. Two winged back leather chairs, a faded couch, a chaise and matching end tables and a coffee table placed strategically to say "Come sit here". The coffee barista was towards the front of the store, while the book store was in the middle and extended to the back. The spiral wood staircase with wrought black iron was very inviting, Mia set random books on every other step and was placing the two ornate floors lamps when she heard him talking to one of his workers. She silently looked over the lip of the small upstairs loft created for her office. She saw Vinny working with his guys, so she softly walked back and continued to work on her office loft. There was so much noise in the store that Vinny did not hear Mia upstairs. The two doors were open, but, it was muggy inside of the store, a couple of the guys took off their t-shirts. Mia felt hot, and she knew she would need to buy a good a.c. unit but, for now she would run to Walmart to buy a fan or two. She slipped on her sneakers and quickly walked down the stairs. She looked up to see almost all the men, half naked, working hard. And these guys were buff. I mean, buff! Mia bit her lip, ducked her head ran out the door asking if any one wanted a cold drink and what it was. They yelled their order to her and laughed because she would not look at them and was running. Mia came back, she honked her horn because she needed help bringing all the drinks in and the two large industrial fans. Steve and Joe came out to help her. While Mia placed the cold drinks on the coffee bar, the guys set up the fans and turned them on. Everyone took their drinks and thanked Mia. Mia flashed them a smile, "No problem guys." and went back upstairs to her loft office with a smaller fan. Vinny told the guys to go to lunch after a bit. When Mia stuck her head out to look down stairs, she saw nobody. She turned around to go down stairs, when she bumped into a hard, sweaty body. She screamed and jumped behind her large desk, grabbing a letter opener. Vinny laughed loud and hard this time. He put his hands up, "Hey! it is me! I came to see if you wanted lunch?" "God damn it Vinny! " Mia yelled and fell into her chair, gasping, holding her chest. but not letting the letter opener go. "I don't think I can handle more than twice a day." Mia said, then she busted out laughing. Mia was laughing, crying and admiring his hard abs, thick arms all at the same time. Vinny straight up looked at her like she was a lunatic. "Um, lunch?" he asked again. "Sure why not? You've seen me naked, I see you half naked, I think lunch is in order now." Mia said while laughing. Vinny noticed how the red tank top molded to her breasts, and her black jeans fitted, very nicely, to the firm ass. As they walked down the stairs, Vinny spoke. "Listen about this morning.." , Mia cut him off, "Don't worry about it, it is what it is. I'm not mad. Just really didn't think someone would be by so early." Vinny could see Mia blushing as he put back on his t-shirt. They walked over to the pizzeria a few blocks down, ordered a couple slices and drinks and sat in a booth. They talked for a good hour, when a couple of the guys came in the pizzeria looking for their boss. They all walked back to her store together, laughing and joking around. Vinny noticed how a few of the guys were trying to flirt with Mia and how she ignored the flirts but, paid attention to the character of the men. Mia happened to mention that her son was bringing the baby up for a visit, when Steve asked, "Son? baby?" FaceBook Reunites Her Heart "Yeah, I have a grandson." Mia answered. "No way!" the guys exclaimed. "That's not possible, Mia." Joe said. "Um, yeah it is, my son is 25 years old, and I have a 1 year old grandson." Mia blushed. "Damn Mia, did you have your son as a teenager?" Kyle asked. Mia laughed, "No, I was 20 years old, so now you know my age." The guys shook their heads, Vinny heard Steve say "No fucking way! She is a hot gramma!" Vinny threw a rag at Steve, Steve laughed as he walked away. _____________________________________________________ It is now the month of July. 4 weeks away from the grand opening of "My little Nook", and it was hot as hell. M.J. was having a barbecue at Sylvan Beach and Mia to come. Mia asked who would be there. So, as far as she knew no Vinny, which was great because Mia could not handle seeing him almost naked again. She started having dreams wit him in them! It was too much! Mia was helping M.J. cook, when David, M.J.'s husband took over. "Go take a dip ladies, I got this covered." Mia changed into her one piece Speedo suit and was headed out when M.J. saw her. "What the hell? " Mia looked own at herself, "What?' "Mia, really? Have you ever worn a two piece suit?" Mia shook her head no. M.J. threw a scrappy piece of red material over to Mia, "GO! Don't come back until you have that on woman!" Mia was mortified. She looked in the mirror. The two tiny triangles just covered her nipples, leaving plenty of tit exposed, and the bottom was scandalous, she made sure the gauzy white wrap covered her hips and ass. Mia walked out of the bedroom, trying to cover up, M.J. squealed! "I knew it woman! You are hot!" and grabbed Mia's hand dragging her down to the dock. Mia was so embarrassed, David and his friends looked at the hot ladies as they ran by. "Was that...Mia?" he asked. "I think so!" answered Kyle. Kyle whistled. Mia grabbed the sunblock and was applying it to her never seen the sun breasts and belly. M.J. grabbed the bottle and squirted some on her back and rubbed it on. "WoW, nice tat!" Mia laughed at her friend, as M.J. squirted sunblock all over her 38d's, M.J. reached over to rub the sunblock in, Mia pushed her away-they began to push each other around and they fell into the lake. They came up out of the water laughing like kids, trying to dunk each other under. Mia pulled herself up on to the dock, just as Vinny walked out of the camp. He could clearly see her nipples poking out against the red tiny material, the swell of her creamy white flesh not covered by the thin material, and she turned around , he saw the tat on her back. A blue rose with a gold sword in the middle of the rose, green vines going down her hips. "shit!" how could the skinny girl turn into this completely sexy woman confounded Vinny. M.J. knew her brother was ogling her friend and she knew her friend used to be in love with her brother when she was 16 years old. She also knew how shy Mia was, so she was setting her up. Mia slipped on a t-shirt before leaving the dock. That was when she saw him. "Fuck!" He was drinking a beer, watching the girls on the dock. She stopped in her tracks, thinking, "If I walk up there I have to talk to him, so maybe I will stay here." she turned around and went back to the dock. M.J. yelled up to Vinny, "Hey bro! Bring us some sun block" Mia took off the t-shirt, jumped into the water before he could get to them and floated on her back. "Hey Mia! You need more sun block." yelled M.J. "I'm good." Mia yelled back. Mia heard a splash then someone swim up to her. She looked over to see Vinny staring at her, with sun block in his hand. "No you aren't. You are turning red." Mia took the sun block from him and put some on her chest and shoulders, he grabbed the bottle and put some on her back, rubbing it in, as he reached her tattoo, she felt his fingers trace the tattoo. She shivered. She turned around quickly. "You still have some...." and she watched, like a slow motion movie scene as he reached over, touched her left breast, rubbing in the sun block with one finger. She held her breath, watching him. "You really need to be careful , Mia. Your skin is too fair for the sun." he sank into the water and swam away. Mia swam to the dock, climbed out, and asked if there was any aloe around. David said "yes" and where it was. Mia went inside to find it and apply it before she changed. She took a cold shower, changed into shorts and a tank top, wearing a big floppy hat she went back outside. Everyone either swimming or playing card games or talking. Kyle asked Mia if she wanted to ride the ski jet , she said yes, hopped onto the jet ski behind Kyle and hung on as he flew around the lake. M.J. watched as her brother watched Kyle fly by with a huge smile on his face, with Mia pressed up against his hard, much younger body. Mia was laughing at something Kyle said. M.J. sat next to her brother, "So, next week her kids are coming to visit her." Vinny grunted. "how is the store coming?" That got him to talk and they did. Kyle pulled up to the dock, tied up the jet ski and helped Mia get up. Vinny watched as Kyle's hands were too close to Mia ass as they hugged, or as Mia gave him a thank you hug. Everyone went to their own rooms or campers by midnight after the bon fire, games and dinner. Mia was writing in something, sitting at the camp fire alone. Vinny watched her. He saw her ever so lightly wipe her cheek, that was when he noticed she was crying as she wrote. "Mia?" he heard his sister ask as she walked over to Mia and sat next to her. M.J. said something softly, Mia bowed her head and her shoulders shook as she wept, without making a sound. M.J. just held her friend. All he could hear was, "Gave it my all, don't believe in love, just hurts." then M.J. said something again ,and Mia busted out laughing. Her laugh echoed across the lake. "You got this girlfriend. After everything, here you are, on your own, making your dreams a reality." his sister told her. Vinny walked away, knowing this. He could not get Mia's body out of his mind, nor how she reacted to him when he was near her. He often wondered if what M.J. told him years ago was true, did Mia fall in love with him when she was 16 and she was too shy to show it? _____________________________________________________________ One week later, Mia posted on her FaceBook status. "This is it! I am so excited, all are welcome to come to the grand opening of "My little nook" at 12 p.m., today. Vinny knew what to give her for her grand opening. It was 10 a.m., 2 hours before the grand opening. Mia wore a white with blue dots, summer dress, with an apron over it as she prepared the coffee and cleaned up, last minute. Her heels clicked on the floor as she walked to the stairs, going upstairs to catch her breath, She sat at her desk, head between her hands, taking deep breaths. She heard foot steps on the stairs. "It's me" Vinny announced ahead of himself. Mia laughed, "come on up." He wore pressed dark green slacks with a light brown shirt with a tie for today. Mia never has seen him wear anything but jeans, so this look was refreshing. Vinny walked over to Mia and handed her something wrapped in gift paper. Mia sat on the corner of her desk, "what is this for?" as she took it from him. "Well, I thought this would be most fitting for this day, something to look at and say this was just a drawing, now is my dream." Mia open the wrap and saw the napkin with her crude drawings of the store on it-framed in a stunning antique frame. Mia thanked Vinny, her voice thick with emotions. "Do you like it?" he asked her. Mia looked up, as a tear slipped down her cheek, she wiped it away. "Yes, yes I do." She stood up and kissed his lips very lightly. "You saw past the drawing, to my dream and helped make it real. Without you, I would not be opening this special place of comfort today." Vinny blushed , was about to say something when they heard foot steps coming up the stairs. He pulled back, putting distance between them, as she moved behind her desk. Her two daughters and son, with his wife and baby came to her office, all looking at Vinny inquisitively. Mia introduced Vinny as the owner of Mancuso Construction Company, the company that helped built My Little Nook and working on her house too. Mia introduced her daughters, then her son who was eyeing Vinny, her daughter, and last to her baby grandson, whom she was holding, adoring him with many kisses as he laughed. There was barely any room for them all in her tiny loft office, so she suggested they all go down stairs. Vinny walked behind Mia, she felt his hand touch her softly as they walked down stairs. "Ma, take off the apron ,will ya?" her older daughter complained, Mia handed the baby to his mommy and slipped off the apron, handing it over to Tessa, one of the new barista people. She looked around to see the 4 new employees looking just as nervous as she was, looking around to make sure everything was in place. Mia loved the floral arrangements made by her local floral shop, a spray of beautiful orange, reds and yellow flowers, to match the month of August weather. "Vinny, when I cut the ribbon, I would like you to be by my side, since this all is possible because of you." Vinny shook his head no, but, Mia would not let him give up. So, everyone headed outside, the PR for the Mayor was moving everyone to position for the photo, Mia made sure Vinny was next to her while her kids were slightly behind her and the Mayor held the big yellow scissors with Mia and they posed for the camera, then the Mayor said a few words of kindness, they cut the ribbon, people clapped and Mia led the way into the grand opening of her, My little Nook store. Mia automatically hopped behind the coffee bar and starting helping Tessa and Kari with the orders. People were milling in, taking pictures and talking. Mia watched her daughters watch people, while her son looked bored to death, and her daughter in law went to the bookstore part, found a comfy chair for her and the baby and read books to the baby. Time flew by in the midst of the commotion and flurry of people. At one point Mia met the owners of the store next door, they were 80 years old each and the absolute sweetest people Mia had ever met. She sat with them on the couch and they talked for a long time. At one point, Mia stood up to get them drinks, but, Larry, one of her employees ran over and asked her what she needed. Larry took care of the order for her, allowing Mia to mingle and enjoy her company. Mia met Larry's wife, Michelle and the parents of the three college students she hired. It was 7 p.m., a long day for the first day of business. Mia announced that they would be closing in 30 minutes,to make sure they check out the hours of business and thanked everyone for coming out. She and her staff cleaned up and left by nine p.m.. Since the next day was Sunday, and she refused to open on Sundays, the one and only day she will have off for a long time, she drove home and walked through her renovated kitchen, smiling at the pile of dishes her kids left, as usual. She heard the girls talking in their room, saw her son playing video games in the guest room, while his wife and baby slept. She knew they were leaving in the morning, back to school and what not. She headed to her loft, slept in the chaise. ------------------------------- The next morning, after cooking for everyone, she said good bye and kissed her grandson good bye. She hopped into the new master bathroom shower. The shower head was directly above you, she turned the dial to rain and just stood under the soft pelting water, singing with Christina Aguilera, "You lost me". Vinny knocked, rang the door bell, even called her cell this time. He unlocked the door, stepped in and waited. He heard her singing again, to a sad song this time. He shut the door and walked to the master bath door, pushed it open just a little and saw her reflection in the mirror. The room was full of rolling steam, she was leaning both hands against the side wall, the shower stall was a rectangle glass wall unit in the middle of the bathroom, while the old fashioned claw foot brass tub was sitting in front of the frost window, plants surrounded the tub, and Orchids were scattered around the bathroom. The walls were painted a dark brown and then yellow wax was rubbed into the walls, making the walls looked crackled. There were two heavy ornate old Italian mirrors set above the on the counter sink bowls. The floor was bamboo. Mia wanted natural organic materials used for her remodeling. It was costly but worth it. She designed a unique organic Italian styled bathroom. The rich dark blue bamboo towels with ruby red accessories made the bathroom very exotic. He watched as she just stood there, her head hung as the water dripped down her body. Mia imagined Vinny watching her, just then. She leaned her head back into the water, reached her hands above her head as if she was trying to grasp the shower head. She grabbed the shampoo and lathered her hair as she sang, she moved her hips, then she came to a part of the song that was deeply moving and crying out, she crossed her arms in front of herself, like to protect herself and bent over, looking anguished as he sang, " I feel like our world's has been infected, and somehow you left me neglected." he could not help but to get upset. She looked vulnerable, sad and angry but hell, sexy as hell with the soap sliding down between her tits, down over her tummy to the bare v between her thighs. He wanted badly to get in the shower with her. Mia thought she heard something, so she washed the shampoo out of her hair and rubbed the steam off the wall to look out. Nope, nothing. Vinny wasn't sure of what Mia wanted or if she wanted anyone or thing. He went to her back deck and pulled out the tools. Mia dressed and wrapped her hair up in a towel and went to the kitchen. She saw Vinny and Kyle working on her deck, waved "hi" and brought them some iced tea and water. She left them alone and went to her store. It was her day off but she was so excited, she had to see how much they brought in their first day. She slipped on a white gauzy skirt, with a white tank top. Since no one was around she went bra free. She pulled up to her store, ran in and pulled down the pale pink roman blinds in the two windows, lit one lamp. She pulled the register tape and counted the money she locked in the floor safe. SHe was thrilled to see they earned over $2,589.45 . She counted the money again then put it back into the safe. She went to shut off the lamp when she heard a key in the door. She pulled up the shade to see it was Vinny. he waved to her. She opened the door for him. "Hey are you guys done?" Vinny gasped when he saw he nipples through her tank top, then recovered quickly. "Yeah, was driving through and saw your car here, everything alright?" "yeah! Oh man! We earned a good amount for our first day!" Mia jumped around and did a little jig. All Vinny could do was stare at her. Since she was wearing all white and stood in the lamp light, all he saw was a almost naked body. He couldn't stand it anymore. "Mia" he said as he walked towards her. Mia stopped her dance and looked at him as he approached her. "Uh?" He wrapped his hand around her neck and pulled her towards his body, as he lowered his mouth to hers. He tested her, softly, seeing what she would do. Mia kissed him back, moaning and pressing into him. "Need you Mia" he said in between kisses. They weren't so soft anymore, he wanted her badly. Vinny lifted Mia up and carried her to the chaise, sat her down while they still kissed, neither one wanted to break the bond. He felt her hands ball up in his t-shirt. "Mia?" he asked her. Mia looked scared. "Vinny, I know that I am not your type and well ,I never have been with a man since I was married, except my husband, ex-husband." She looked really scared. Vinny lifted her chin, "Look at me." She lifted her blue, green eyes up to look at him. "SH." he said as he slowly pulled her tank top up and over her head. Mia almost covered herself but he grabbed her hands and placed them on his chest. "Touch me Mia." Mia looked into his dark eyes as she pulled his t-shirt up over his head too, caressed his thick neck, she leaned forward, trailed her tongue from his lips to his jaw, caressing with her fingers then kissing where her fingers once were. Vinny groaned as soon as her mouth touch his neck. He felt the tips of her breasts graze his chest, he moaned loudly. "Mia, I need you." he pushed her back onto her back, pulled up her skirt and ripped the thin panties she was wearing, while he punished her nipples with his mouth. Mia cried out as soon as his mouth took in one nipple, as he nipped and sucked his finger slipped inside of her pussy. He cursed feeling her heat, "mia" he groaned as he kicked off his jeans and slid between her legs. Mia cried out when Vinny slowly pushed his thick cock into her heat. Vinny groaned, low and long as he teased Mia, back and forth slowly. Mia looked at him as he watched her. She grabbed his tight, firm ass and whispered just before she kissed him, "Fuck me Vinny!" Those words alone set him off. Vinny drove his cock deep and fast into Mia's hot, wet pussy. Mia scratched his back as she came over and over with each thrust, Vinny knew he could not last long feeling her pussy squeeze his cock, Mia arched up under him, allowing him to further thrust into her. He groaned as he came inside of her, skin slapping skin, sounds of pleasure permeating the air. He felt Mia's legs shake as they were wrapped around his waist. They laid together for a while before Vinny said, "I just want you to know I can last a lot longer than that.' Mia responded, "I have no doubt about that." they laughed. ---------------------------- 6 months have gone by. Mia's business has been so successful, their relationship remained on fire. Vinny liked the fact that Mia never bugged him, never called him a hundred times a day like other chicks did, never asked him nosey things or got into his business. They worked, he would show up to her house or she would show up to his, cooked, ate, watched t.v., made love, fell asleep, woke up, kissed each other, lots of times made love again in the morning and then went on their way. She never made demands of him. He began to ask her if she needed anything done at her house, if so she would tell him. He had to go out of town a couple of times, she did not ask where or what, just accepted him happily when he did come back. He wasn't a deep conversationalist nor spent tons of time talking but, when they talked it was positive, fun, good conversations. It seemed Mia wasn't too much into chitter chatter like most women. Vinny loved that. A couple of times, he saw that she was upset but she would not tell him anything unless he asked. Then she would speak frankly and candidly, another refreshing thing about Mia. She did not complain, or whine, She was practical in everything and if she did not like something she would let him know and why. There were a few things they did not agree on, nothing major. They would talk about it and that was that. No screaming, no fighting. Mia enjoyed her life and enjoyed Vinny too. She knew he came close twice to getting married but , never did, she knew he most likely would never marry. She was not looking for marriage. She simply enjoyed what they had. Winter was rough as far as the weather this year. But, because it was so cold, more people came in to ward off the chill and ended up buying coffee and a book or two. With 6 employees now, she was able to work a schedule that allowed everyone to have 2 days off. It was February now. Mia hated Valentine's Day. She asked Tessa and Kari to handle the decorations. They were doing something new. They were having "Open Mike night" once a month and had a vote that it should be on Valentine's Day. Mia asked Lou to order flowers, as she changed the roman blinds to the red blinds, changed the light bulbs to pink bulbs and watched as Tessa wrapped rose garland around the staircase rail. Mia groaned loudly. "What is wrong Mia?" Tessa asked. "I hate, loathe, despise Valentine's Day." Mia muttered. Tessa looked very worried. "Mia, aren't you going to be here for the first open mike night?" "I really don't want to be." Mia groaned. Tessa was texting on her phone when Mia looked up. "What is wrong Tessa?" "Oh it is nothing, have to make sure Larry is coming in, he said he was feeling ill." FaceBook Reunites Her Heart "Oh NO! If he calls out sick I have to be here."Mia groaned. Just then the store phone rang. Kari answered it. "Mia, for you." Mia answered the phone and found out that Larry was ill. Inwardly she groaned but wished him to get better soon. The My Little Nook was filling up fast. There was standing room only. The people that came to perform were actually very good and Mia found herself enjoying the night. It was 8 p.m., Mia announced they were closing in one hour. People protested. Mia went upstairs to her loft office, sat down wearily. SHe had not heard from or seen Vinny at all today. All of the sudden, it was way to quiet in her store. Mia looked over the edge, down stairs. When she did, she heard at least 80 people say "Oh Mia." she jumped up and ran to the railing. Everyone laughed, looking up at her. They pointed to the make shift stage. Mia looked over and saw Vinny standing there. Then she saw his sisters and mother in the crowd. Vinny took the mike, and spoke. "I met a woman that turned me around, upside down, inside out." Everyone laughed. "I met a woman who had a dream, drew it on a napkin, then trusted a stranger to see her dream and help make it real. A woman who demands little, but offers so much of herself, a woman who I did not know fell in love with me when we were teenagers. She was just my sister's friend then. Now she has my heart and I want her to know, that I love her. Mia come down to me." everyone was hollering and clapping as she blushed and cried. Mia walked downstairs, people cleared the way for her. SHe saw Larry and and his wife, and fake hit him, they laughed. Vinny lifted Mia up and swung her around in his arms. "Mia, I know what love is. it is you. " Then he looked at the crowd and they all shouted, "Will you marry Vinny?" Mia was shocked! She looked at Vinny who was now on one knee holding a ring, a heart shaped yellow diamond ring in his hand. "Will you marry me Mia?' Mia shook as she looked at this man that she loved since she was 16 years old, but, took 30 years to tell him. "Yes I will." he smiled as he slipped the ring on her finger , as everyone cheered, laughed and cried. The following August, on the store's 1st anniversary, Mia and Vinny had gotten married. The store was closed for a great reason! Vinny pulled up his Face Book and laughed at Mia's status. "I finally married the man of my dreams! Dreams do come true!" Mia came out of the bathroom, dressed scantily in the all white tiny outfit that M.J. gave her at her shower. "Damn! Yes dreams so come true." he said out loud to his wife. The end.