Oh mon Dieu! - Damiano David

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June, 2018

     Margot enjoyed being a host. She enjoyed having people over, she enjoyed the havoc of preparations beforehand, and she enjoyed the havoc after. This trait came from her father's extroverted personality. Growing up, her father hosted numerous friends of his from the industry, as well as family members from all over France and Italy. He enjoyed being the life of the party, he enjoyed when people were liking what he was bringing out for them. Margot, even though she usually was the quitter one of the two, enjoyed observing the people at her father's parties. She enjoyed watching people be happy and laugh and smile which was always an occurring theme of her father's parties. All his parties ended with him on the piano, Margot next to him and all the guests around them as they played and sang till the early morning hours.

That is what she was doing tomorrow. She was hosting a small party for the newfound friends. She invited Maneskin over for the whole day. The weather forecast showed that it is going to be an extremely hot day, so why not spend it around a pool with your friends? Margot got the whole day planned out! When they come over, she would greet them with cold beverages and coffee. Next, they would go out at the pool and lounge for as long as they want. For lunch, with the help of Vittoria she prepared some traditional Italian meals, and for dessert she had planned for them to go and get some ice cream from the village's ice cream place. On the way back, she would drive to the coast, and they would enjoy the sunset on the beach. For dinner, she had planned for all of them to make pizza together.

This was another thing about Margot, if she knew she would have people over, she wanted to make sure that everything was perfectly planned and ready to be executed once the guests arrived. Her dad always had the best party planners around him once an occasion occurred, but this was different. These were her new friends and she wanted things with them to be more intimate than her father's parties. A few hours before the band was supposed to show up, Vittoria helped Margot sort everything out and reassured her that everything will be well and if she needed her she knew where she was. Vittoria did not have much to do since Margot was here. She usually delt with most of the yard work, but Margot enjoys doing it so they either do it together or Margot does it herself.

The band arrived on time; they decide to walk towards Margot's place. The whole way over, Thomas was complaining about how they made a wrong decision to walk due to the heath while Ethan and Victoria were basking in the hot rays hoping for a tan. Damiano was only focused on how much longer he must wait till he sees Margot. He wondered what she would be wearing, how she would smell. If someone read his thought, they would think he was some sort of a stalker, but Margot was the same way. she would not wait to see what Damiano was wearing.

She was putting the last touches to the back garden where they would spend their day, when she heard the gate being opened. She walked from the back yard to the front where the gate was opened and greeted her friend with warm hugs and three kisses on the cheeks. She gave Damiano a longer hug than the rest, basking in the glory of being near him and hugging him. Damiano deeply inhaled when he hugged her, wanting very badly to kiss her, but he could not do it in front of his friends, not until he gets her permission, or they talk about what they are.

The day was perfect, the sun was high up, the pool was cooling enough, and the drinks were cold. Kacey Musgraves was playing through the speakers, curtesy of Margot's versatile music taste. Surprisingly, Thomas was singing the lyrics as Margot guided them to the backyard. Victoria brought Chilly over so he would not stay alone at home at this heat. Damiano's cats would be fine, but Victoria though Chilly would be too lonely all day at home.

When they relaxed enough after their walk and had cold drinks in their hands, Margot gave them the official house tour. The doors to the garden were leading into the living room where comfortable couches were placed with pillows and throw blankets, pictures on the walls and over the fireplace as well as her dad's grand piano. Next was the spacious kitchen with a breakfast nook for a quick meal, the dining room that had a big dining table to fit at least 20 people. Easter was usually celebrated in Italy for her family because her grandad's side of the family was more religious than her grandma's side and they loved Easter. The weather was perfect that time of the year so her grandma could invite all her in-laws and open the windows for the spring breeze to come in.

While touring the house, Damiano paid special attention to the pictures and flowers all over the place. There were pictures of her as a young girl with her dad, her dad's rockstar pictures on stage, her grandparent by the Seine in Paris, her little family stomping grapes of what it appeared to be the vineyard that they see over the hill every day. All sorts of family pictures were on the walls, reminding him of his family's home where pictures of him and his brother as babies were hanging, wedding pictures of his brother's wedding and birthday and Christmas photos of his nieces could be seen as well! What he also notices were that there were pictures of what it appears to be her dad embracing a brown-haired woman that had facial features like Margot's, which was safe to assume it was her mother. He noticed there was a bigger portrait in the living room of her with some unlit candles under neath it and many flowers.

The band's favourite part of the house was the spacious living room that Margot made a mental note to get all of them there for a movie night next. After the house tour, the group went to the garden and started their party. All sorts of pool floaties were in the pool, lounge chairs for tanning and endless drinks were poured with ice. Victoria stayed close to Margot having "girl's chat", Thomas was trying to drown Damiano in the pool, while Ethan tried his best to get to know Margot. Damiano was jealous that Ethan and Victoria were hogging Margot all to themselves, he felt that he could not have one minute with her without someone interrupting them, but he understood! She was captivating, she was interesting and fun to be around, of course they would hog her!

"I'm telling you! I am never sharing a room with Thomas ever again! He snores, he turns too much when sleeping. One time he almost knocked me off the bed, I could have broken my head on the nightstand! Never, ever, ever again!" – Victoria shouted the last part as she was explaining her turbulent room sharing with Thomas while Ethan and Margot were dying from laughing from her over-the-top expressions. "One time, he started sleep walking and I was very fed up with him at that point, so I just let him wander off in the hallway of the hotel and he went to Damiano's room. He banged on the door loudly and moaned while doing so, when Damiano opened the door Thomas just saluted him and came back!" – Ethan could not finish the story without being interrupted from his laughter making the story even more fun to listen to. Margot could not believe that the shy little boy could be that big of a "troublemaker".

Even though Damiano was fighting Thomas in the pool, he could hear her laughter that was coming from the edge of the pool where her and Victoria positioned their lounge chairs. Ethan was sat right next to her, legs touching which made Damiano jealous all over again. "You hear that Damiano, stories about me make her laugh!" – Thomas whispered in Damiano's ear as he came back from under water, attempting to rile up and distract Damiano from her, but he just earned himself a dunk underwater all over again. The whole time Victoria and Margot did not go in the water, just tanned. Thomas finally escaped the wrath of Damiano and got out of the pool to sit next to Victoria, trying to sneak a sip from her drink. Chili was chilling under her lounge chair as it provided a shade for the little dog that did not mind the commotion from the five.

"Making fun of me again, Victoria?" – Thomas sassed Victoria, trying to seem vengeful. "I am just telling the truth buddy!" – She sassed back, both Ethan and Margot watching as their banter continued opposite them. In the corner of her eye, she could see Damiano swimming towards where they were sitting and leaned on the edge of the pool, watching Victoria and Thomas, as well! Margot noticed the water droplets falling from his long locks of hair on his torso, the water droplets dripping from him nose to his mouth. He looked breath-taking, and he took her breath away when he noticed her subtly staring at him and he winked making her blush.

"Well then buddy, if you make a joke of me and laugh at me, all of you need to be punished for your actions!" – Thomas got up and put his hands on his waist. Before Victoria and Margot had time to react, Thomas grabbed Victoria and pushed her in the pool right over Damiano which left Margot with an opened mouth. "What is the matter miss Frenchie? You think it is funny, huh?" - he turned to Margot as she tried to form a sentence without exploding from laughing at the sight of "angry" Thomas. All the noise she produced was a loud breathy laugh which turned into a scream as Thomas picked her up and chugged her the same way as he did to Victoria. When she resurfaced, thanks to Damiano pulling her by the hand, she could not contain her laugh anymore as everyone jumped in the pool and started splashing Thomas.

This was going to be an interesting, long day!