𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙀𝘿 𝙐𝙋 ➪ 𝙈Å𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝙄𝙈𝘼𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔

11. ROSA [T.R]

[You are Chiara]

"Don't worry, Anna, I'll take great care of her." I said as I waved goodbye to my older sister who, last minute, gave me her five-year-old daughter to look after as her nanny got sick and no one was available on such short notice. "Say goodbye to your mummy, Rosa."

"Bye-bye!" exclaimed the child excitedly.

"Bye! Have fun! And once again, thank you so much, Chiara. I'll do anything to repay you." said Anna, hugging me.

"Oh, come on. That's what sisters are for!" I said, winking at her.

"Thank you! See you later, Rosa!" exclaimed Anna as she rushed down the hall, already being late. I closed the door to mine and Thomas' apartment behind myself after Rosa said her last goodbyes.

"Can we go on the balcony?" asked Rosa, smiling widely at me. "I have this dog teddy that I want to try out outside but we don't have a balcony and I'm not allowed to bring it outside as it might get dirty as mummy says."

"Of course," I said, putting the little girl down. "I'll get the keys and you go to the door, alright?"

"Alright!" replied Rosa as she happily ran to the glass doors that led to the big balcony, her two long, blonde ponytails swishing behind her.

I went to the kitchen where the keys were kept and also took my phone to call Thomas as I had no clue how to look after a child since I didn't have any younger siblings, just an older sister and brother.

"Here, off you go." I said as I unlocked the door.

Rosa ran out into the balcony and put her teddy down as I turned on my phone.

"Rosa, dear, I need to go to the kitchen very quickly alright, come inside please just for a little while." I said.

"OK!" she answered running inside.

"I'll be right back." I said, walking into the kitchen while Rosa played with her toy cars.

"Thomas? Thomas!" I whisper-shouted into the phone after I went over to the far side of the kitchen.

"No, no, it's me, Ethan." said Ethan over the phone.

"Ethan! Is Thomas around?" I asked.

"No, he's just gone into the bathroom before we finish for the day." said Ethan. "Is there anything I can tell him?"

"Yes, please, please. Tell him to hurry up because I am here with a five-year-old having absolutely no fucking clue what to do with her." I replied and then put my hand over my mouth quickly, hoping Rosa didn't hear me swear.

"And you're swearing next to her?" laughed Ethan. "Well, that's an excellent start, Ara!"

"It was accidental, she didn't hear me though." I answered. "I hope."

"Oh! Here comes Thomas, I'll give you him." said Ethan.

"Great, thanks."

"Hello?" asked Thomas in confusion.

"Thomas, finally! Listen, you've got to get home as fast as possible, I've got Rosa here with me and you know just how horrible I am with kids." I exclaimed.

"Well, I'm about to leave the studio so I'll there in abou ten to fifteen minutes. Is that alright, love?" he asked.

"Yes, perfect. Now I'll just hope I don't accidently kill her and I'll be alright." I joked making Thomas laugh over the phone.

"See you in a bit. I love you." said Thomas.

"Love you too." I said and then hung up the phone. "OK, Rosa, you can go outside now."

"Yay! Can you come with me?" she asked and then I nodded.

"Sure." I said walking out.

Fifteen minutes later, I heard the door unlock and then close.

"I'm home!" shouted Thomas.

"Thank Goodness!" I exclaimed once I was inside. "Remind me to never have children."

Thomas laughed as he kissed me.

"Eww!" exclaimed Rosa and me and Thomas started laughing.

"You'll be doing this with your lover in the future." said Thomas.

"No, I won't." said Rosa, giggling.

"I'll remind you of this when you come to your cool aunt to tell me about your first kiss." I said, winking and Rosa giggled.

"Rosa, do you want something to eat?" I asked after half an hour of playing with Rosa's lego. "I can make you a toasted sandwich."

"With chocolate spread?" asked Rosa excitedly.

"Just don't tell your mother." I said.

"I won't! I promise." said Rosa and I stood up.

I went to the kitchen and as I was making the sandwich I felt arms wrap around my waist. I turned my head to see Thomas' head on my shoulder.

"What happened to Rosa?" I asked.

"I put on a cartoon for her and she completely got sucked in." he said. He took a spoon and took out chocolate spread from the jar and put it in his mouth.

"How was your day? I didn't have time to ask because of Rosa." I said when Thomas was taking out a drink from the fridge.

"It was fine. We added some finishing touches to 'Zitti E Buoni' for Sanremo and then hopefully Eurovision." he said, leaning against the counter, facing me. "I really hope we win Sanremo, that would be my dream come true."

"Oh, darling, I'm sure you will. You with your guitar, Damiano with his voice, Vic with her bass and Ethan with his drums? I mean, come on! There's no way you can't win." I said, emphasizing the 'can't'. "You guys are great and even if you don't win all that counts is that you tried, I'll still be proud of you. Always"

"This is why I love you. How did I get so lucky?" asked Thomas and I smiled.

"I should be the one to say that." I said and then he kissed my lips.

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had to come past my hate for children just for this chapter but it's back. 😍