When I woke up I was in a hospital bed surrounded by tens of other coughing sick people. I could practically see all the germs in the air. I groaned and sat up. I didn't have any IV's in my arms or anything so I figured it was probably ok if I left to find Joseph. My dress was placed neatly on the table to my left. I pulled the curtain closed and hurried and put them on. The longer I stayed in this place the more paranoid I was that I was going to catch a deadly disease.

I stepped out into the hall. There weren't many people just the occasional nurse. I stopped one of them, "excuse me, can you tell me where Joseph's Coplands room is."

She looked me up and down. Apparently the people here didn't see women in bloody wedding dresses every day. "Miss are you alright? You have blood all over your dress." She went to lead me back to the room I was in before.

"No, the blood isn't mine." I said and stood my ground. I realized after I said it that it sounded a little odd. "Look I mean there was a shooting at my wedding earlier today and I just want to make sure that the man I married is still alive." I sighed and pleased her just to take me to his room with my eyes.

She watched me with narrowed eyes. "No ones allowed to go up to his room. It's a safety precaution. I don't think you realize just how many women in wedding dresses have come in here asking to see him."

I could've screamed in frustration. "We just got married! Then we got shot at, and then they took him here. I guess I fainted or something so I ended up here too. Please will you just take me to him."

"I'll have to pass it through Matthias. He's Mr. Coplands right hand man." She said.

I rolled my eyes. "I know."

She put her hands on her hips and glared at me. "Follow me." She and turned and sauntered off. I walked behind her. My shoes had gotten lost somewhere so I padded along the cold floor in my bare feet.

We got into the elevator together. She seemed upset at something. The ride up was silent. The doors finally slid open. The halls up here were much more crowded. "This is where the real patients are kept." I turned and glared down at her. I was a solid 3 inches taller than the nurse.

"You know ma'am I think that I can probably find him from here." I smiled wryly. She huffed and stomped away. I rolled my eyes again.

I walked up to the nurses station and waited for one of them to get off the phone. It was incredibly busy up here.

"Can I help you." One nurse asked slowly. She too looked me up and down.

"Yes actually, I need to know where Joseph Coplands room is."

"No one is allowed to be in there unless they have ID. I'm sorry miss." My nerves were shot and my patience was at roughly zero percent.

"Listen to me." I leaned over the counter so our faces were closer. The other nurses at the desk stopped to watch our exchange. "I just got married a couple of hours ago. Right after I said I do a man who is now dead came in and started shooting up the church. It's been a really hard day, and i have no patience for this right now. So if you could kindly take me to his room it would be much appreciated." I must have looked scary because she jumped right up out of her chair.

She hurried down the hall without saying a word. I figured that I better follow her. We finally stopped in front of a door with several of Joseph's men stationed on each side of it. Each of them nodded at me and opened the door. She shut it quickly behind me.

There he was laying on the bed. He looked so weak. I'd never seen him this way before.

"Jessica it's so good to see you." I jumped at the voice. Matthias sat on the couch in the corner. I didn't see him before in the dark room. "I'm sorry we didn't have someone downstairs waiting for you, it's been hectic since we got here. Joseph just got out of surgery. They said he should be ok. It was pretty much just a flesh wound but it's still a bullet wound. That's nothing small." I needed. I knew that from hands on experience.

"When is he supposed to be waking up? Did they say?" My voice was raspy and deep.

"They said that anytime now. Will you wait here with him. I need to make a few calls to sort some business things out. I'll be back in a few minutes."



I needed keeping my eyes on my new husband. He lie there motionless looking like he'd just gotten hit by a bus. Matthias left the room. I hardly paid him any attention. I wiped his hair away from his forehead while sitting down on the side of his bed. I stayed frozen watching him while I waited for his emerald green eyes to flutter open.

Matthias was gone for more than a couple of minutes. And it took a long time before Joseph himself started to stir. My eyelids were dropping and felt too heavy to continue to keep open.

"Joseph you're awake." I said in between yawns.

"My beautiful wife." He said and reached his not shot arm up to stroke my face, nearly ripping out his IV's. "You look so tired. Lay down next to me." He tried to scoot over on the bed, but his body didn't move an inch. I slid down into the small space next to him.

"I was so worried about you." I whispered into his shoulder. He tightened his grip around me, which was surprisingly strong considering he just got out of surgery.

"As was I about you. I saw you fall after they were rolling me away to the ambulance. I almost got off the gurney and came to you but they told me you would be taken care of. I threatened them with their lives to see to it." I laughed. "Well did they do their jobs or do I need to hunt down some paramedics?" I smiled up at him.

"I don't think that anyone else needs to die today. Or for the rest of the month at least." I joked and leaned up to plant my lips on his.

"Hmm. That can be arranged, mrs. Copland." He returned my kiss and then leaned back and whispered in my ear. "I'd do anything to make you happy."

"I love you Joseph."

"And I you Jessica." He kissed the top of my head and then I fell asleep.

*****

A few days after we were moved back to Joseph's mansion/castle. The doctor he kept there was more than capable of taking care of Joseph.

It was a few weeks more until he was walking around almost normally again.

We found ourselves alone in the kitchen. Me cooking of course.

"Do you remember the last time that we were in this kitchen alone together." He whispered coming up behind me. His breath fanned hot across the back of my neck. I sucked in a deep breath. His hands moved from the counter or my hips while I replaced the spot where his had been with mine. His palms slid up and down my sides.

"Yes." I whispered as he kisses behind my ear taking his sweet time moving south towards my shoulder. I moaned lightly when he hit one spot that triggered me unlike any other spot he had hit before. He groaned in response and pushed he handed into the counter with his hips. He sucked harder on that one spot and my knees buckled underneath me. His arm wound around my waist to keep my upright. I flipped around quickly and attached my lips to his. Kissing him fiercely with a passion I had never had the pleasure of feeling before now.

His warm hands slid underneath my shirt and up my torso until his fingers were massaging the skin right underneath my bra. Slowly they slid up into the fabric and lightly moved over my breasts. Slowly and gently at first and slowly progressed to rough and hard. My lips parted as I panted underneath him. "Joseph." I whispered as he returned back to my neck and sucked on that one sensitive spot. He lifted my legs and folded them around his waist.

"Let's continue this somewhere more private shall we little one." He whispered in my war as he carried me from the kitchen.

I hummed in response and took this opportunity to go ahead and find his sweet spot. I latched my lips to his neck and placed deep kisses everywhere sucking lightly until I heard him groan. I grinned and continued to attack that spot. "Shit." He groaned and pulled my body even closer. I lightly ground my hips down on his every time he took a step. "Dear lord." He cried out and threw his bedroom door open and slammed it shut behind him.

He dropped me onto the bed and climbed over me, his knees on either side of my hips. He lowered his pelvis to mine and made slight thrust motions through our clothes. His eyes were screwed shut. I pulled his shirt over his head and pressed my finger tips into his perfectly toned stomach. He leaned down and attached his lips onto mine once again only breaking it to pull my shirt over my head. His hands trailed up and down my torso until they finally rested on my breasts resuming their harsh kneading. I gasped around his mouth. He smirked and detached his mouth from mine. He moved down to where my bra was covering my boobs. I looked me in the eyes and then pulled each of the sides away from my skin. He then attached his lips to the nipple. I gasped and arched my back to push my chest more into his mouth. His hips were still grinding hard down on me and the stimulation of both evens at the same time drove me crazy.

He tested the other the same and when he was satisfied that he had serviced that area enough he moved down to my shorts. He undid the button of them and pulled the zipper down. I held my breath as he pulled them off. He looked up at me while he undid the button on his own pants.

"Are you alright?" He asked concerned.

"I have never felt better my entire life." I gasped. He pulled his pants completely off. Now we were both just left in our underwear.

"This is your first time. I just want to make sure that you're ok." He said and caresses the side of my face.

"Yes I'm..." i gasped before I could end the sentence. His other hand hand moved and began to rub over a place I had never before been touched. "Ohh." I whispered/moaned and pulled his lips back to mine. Before I knew it my underwear was off and his thumb and fingers were rubbing and moving around me hard. He pulled his thumb away and I groaned. He smiled slightly.

"Are you ready?" He asked gently.

"Yes."