Love At First Sight Part Two

Chapter 204 - Girls' Day

"Heyyyyy, so great to see you!", Maddy shouts as I open the door. In the next second she jumps into Cami's arms. The two hug and laugh and giggle because they are so happy to see each other again. "Hey, how're you?", I ask Marie who enters the apartment after Maddy. We hug each other and she answers: "I'm feeling great. Gio and I spent a few wonderful days full of love whilst he was injured and my body still is full of love." "That's great!", I say while taking her jacket and putting it aside. Together we all go to the living room where Gigi is sitting on the couch. Her twins still have to stay in hospital but the hospital staff needed more space and asked if she has someone she can stay with for the last few days she has to spend here. She called me and of course Erling and I gave her a guest room. In the last few days our friendship has grown and Gigi and Cami also became good friends. And today we all will have a girls' day. In the meantime Erling is having a FIFA day with the boys.
"Okay girls, what do you want to eat? We can order anything you want!", I say whilst handing them the alcohol free cocktails I made. Immediately a wild discussion begins. I hear pizza and burger and sushi and fries but they really don't find a compromise. After five minutes I decide to end the discussion and say: "Girls, stop! We can get all of the things, okay? Here, in this app there are loads of restaurants that we can choose and one driver will pick up all the food from different restaurants and take it here. So, who wanted what again?" one after the other they tell me their wishes. In the end our order consists of pizza for Gigi and me, sushi for Maddy, burger with fries for Cami and a kebab for Marie. Very healthy, I know. But for real, a girls' day without junk food isn't a real girls' day. We order our food and then clink our glasses. "To us.", I say and the others agree. Next Cami says: "To Gigi, Ben and their beautiful, perfect twins." and again we all agree and clink glasses. Gigi smiles bright and raises the third toast: "To Maddy, Julian and their unborn miracle." We clink glasses for a third time and laugh loudly. It's just such a wonderful, relaxed and happy moment.
"Okay, what will we do while waiting?", I ask my friends and immediately Cami says: "Let's play 'spin the bottle' and whoever the bottle points at has to answer a question about her relationship." We all agree on that and so we start playing. Marie spins the bottle and it points at me. "Okay, what do y'all want to know?", I ask while smiling at my friends. They discuss it for a moment, then Marie asks: "What is the cutest moment you have had with Erl and his family members?" wow, that's a rough question. There were so many great moments. But after a few seconds I find one. "That was when I first met his family. I woke up at night and heard someone cry quietly. I left our bedroom and went after the sound. It was one of his little sisters, she had a nightmare and was very scared. I asked her if she wanted to sleep in Erl's and my bed and she said yes. I took her there and we were lying down again, her in my arms and Erl's arms around me. In that moment it really felt like we were a family and that she trusted that much although we've known each other for such a short time only was so very cute. She immediately accepted me as her aunt and cuddled with me. That was so cute and wonderful. And yeah, that's it.", I tell them and all of them agree that that's very cute. Cami even says: "Oh my god, that's so similar to a cute story if mine! When Leo and I came together his little brother Luciano at first didn't really like me but that changed one day. He came home from school after a very hard day and was totally angry and I tried to make his day better by making pancakes and fresh orange juice and yeah... Later that day Leo and I were lying in the balcony and taking a sun bath and Luchi came there too and was lying down between us, just like he was out son. That was so cute." Again we all laugh, then I spin the bottle. This time it points at Gigi. I ask her  how she and Benjamin got to know each other and immediately her gaze becomes very soft and lovely. "That was when we were sixteen, so it was eight years ago, in 2012. I have wanted to go to another country for a year since I was 10 years old. My dream was to go to London but there were only a few schools that offered programs for Brazilian students and I did not get this chance. My second dream was going to France and that dream came true, I got the chance to live in a family and go to school in Maubeuge near Lille. And yeah, as chance would have it Ben was my neighbour and he was sitting right behind me in class. The family I was staying with didn't have a child in my age and so my start was a little hard but Ben noticed that and started talking to me and introduced me to everyone. We became very good friends and then, after a few months, we realised that we were feeling more than just friendship. One day I watched one of his matches and he even scored a goal. He formed a heart with his hands and showed it into my direction. After the final whistle he came towards me to talk about it but I just pulled him in for a kiss. And after this kiss he asked me to be his girl. And we've been happy ever since, even when I had to return to Brazil and we had to have a long distance relationship for a year. And now we're parents.", she says and as she's finished we all have tears in our eyes because that's just so cute. We really enjoy playing but stop as our food arrives.