This Kiss

Chapter 16

Olivia was sitting at the kitchen table working on her laptop when Natalia came in from the living room with pictures from Henry's christening, "Look at these. They are so cute. I wanna pick one and have it framed for Mallet and Marina."

"Awe cute."

She set the pictures on the table in front of Olivia. "Yes."

"Babies are cute."

"Well I think it's just great how everything turned out beautiful with the christening when it looked like it was gonna fall apart." Natalia said pouring herself a cup of coffee.

"You saved the day." Olivia offered, with a little bit of bite to her voice.

Natalia knew Olivia was still upset about Frank but chose to ignore it. "It wasn't me, it was Daisy."

"Well you're the one who talked her into stepping up. I mean you saw a problem in the Cooper family and you took care of it. You fit right in, really."

"I was just being helpful. I made a little food, I took some pictures, that's all, really."

"You we're being everything that Frank needed you to be."

"Really Olivia. I thought we talked about this yesterday. I don't want anything to do with Frank Cooper. I was there for Buzz, and Mallet, and Marina, and Henry, not Frank. You are what I want, you and our family."

"I know I'm sorry. I just get scared sometimes."

Sitting in the chair next to Olivia, Natalia took her hand and looked her in the face. "Look, I know you have a jaded past. You haven't told me a whole lot, but from what I do know, I know you were hurt, a lot, but you have to trust me. We wont work if you don't. And you have to stop thinking that anything is ever going to happen with me and Frank. I choose you. I don't know what I can do to prove that to you. I'm not going anywhere, Not now, not ever, and certainly not for Frank Cooper. Okay?"

"Okay. I'm sorry baby. You're right, my past does make it hard for me to trust. I know you love me and aren't going anywhere. I just hate having Frank in our lives at all. I don't think he is gonna quit trying to ruin us any time soon."

"You're right, he probably wont, so how about this, we limit our interactions with him as much as possible. I don't want to alienate the entire Cooper family, they have done a lot for me, but Frank, Frank I can live without. Will that help?"

"Yes, yes it will. Like I said I know you aren't going anywhere but Frank knows a lot of my past, he also knows how to use it to make me second guess myself. I think he understands I just want you happy and is trying to make me feel like I can't do that for you so I will sabotage this relationship like I have so many times in the past."

"Well I wont let that happen. You, Ms. Spencer, are stuck with me."

"Well that's good because you, Ms. Rivera, are gonna be living with me for a very long time."

"Okay, now that that's done, can we just do this. Can you just help me pick one out?" Natalia asked, picking the pictures back up off the table.

"Yes, absolutely."

"There are a lot in here. Some really cute ones too. I gave Ashley the camera half way through. There's a...oh, there's one, it's my favorite." Natalia found and gave the photo to Olivia. "Look at that, you are so beautiful."

"Well Ashley, um, did a good job. Not bad."

"Ashley didn't take that one. I did."

Olivia looked at her with awe. She leaned up sliding her hand to the back of Natalia's neck and pulling her down for a sweet kiss. Pulling apart Natalia looked into deep green eyes, "You really are beautiful you know." Olivia could only smile.