Carina and her bambina ( a marina story )

Lets go home

Carina's POV

I open my eyes to find myself lay on the soft sand of the Italian beaches. I look around to see Andrea building a sand castle. "You just can't sit still can you ?" I ask him. "Well at least I don't just fall asleep on the hottest day of the year, look how beautiful the sand and the sea is." He tells me as I sit up and look around the beach. "Your right, it is beautiful, but why are we the only ones here, we are literally the only ones the this beautiful Italian beach in the middle of summer" I ask him. "Well maybe there is an incoming storm we don't know about, but right now, at this minute, it's nice, so let's enjoy our time together, because we don't know how much time we have left" he says to me. "Well that's a way to make the moment depressing, thanks Andrea" I say to him laughing.

"I can't remember the last time I was on an Italian beach, is so amazing, I went to Seattle beaches all the time but it's just not the same" Andrea says to me spinning round in circles. "I do" I said to him as my voice lowered. "Because it was my very last time at the beach, it was the day before you and mama moved to America, you probably don't remember but we had the best time, swimming, eating icecream, and just being siblings who didn't fight, it's a day I'll never ever forget" I said to him as he came to sit down next to me. "Why didn't you come back ?" He asked. "Papa" I said to him. "I'm sorry you had to grow up with papa alone, you didn't get to be a kid" he said to me as he took my hand. "You were responsible for his needs, his success and his failures." "And I'm sorry I lied to you when mama died, I guess I just wanted to protect you..... do you remember when I used to tuck you in at night and I used to sing you that song..." I said to before before he interrupted me by his singing. "You'll have smiles on your face like crickets and stars in August" The biggest smile then appeared on my face, I can't believe he remembered it. "You remembered it, it's been so long, you were so tiny then, I miss it" I said to him.

"Why do you think they split us up, I mean I know I've always just kind of accepted it as what they did but I mean why would you do that to a couple of kids, siblings, why send me half way across the way, why not keep us together, we were happy, we were best friends, I missed my sister...." He said to me before there was a break of silence. "I- ummmmm.... Andrea, that was actually my idea, one night I was tucking you in like I always did and I heard them talking about divorce and mama said she wanted to move to America and start fresh, but papa was screaming, at that idea, that it was tear the family apart, that he would be left alone and childless....... I already knew something was wrong with him you know, his extreme mood swings, his burst of anger.... But I can handle him and I didn't want you to be stuck with all that, with him you know, I didn't want you to be stuck with all that, you were my stupid little brother, I could not put all of that weight on your shoulders, I- so I told mama to take you with her and that I would stay with papa and I never regretted my decision, because I loved you enough to let you go and live the best life" I told him as he just looked straight into my eyes. "And you know it all turned out good in the end, we both became the doctors we were inspired to become, I have the most amazing daughter and wife and our lives are truly amazing, I don't want it to ever end" I say to him. "Thank you Carina" he says to me as he pulls me into the biggest hug.

"Excuse me but you can't be here, this is a private beach" a voice said to us as a shadow blocked the sun. We both look up to see a woman in her mid 50th's looking down at us. We both look at the woman, to each other and then back at the woman. "Mama?" We both said in unison as the woman's face lights up. "Carina, Andrea ?" She asks us as we both stand up and pull her into the biggest hug. "It's great to see you guys, but what are you doing here, you can't be here" she said to us as a confused look appears on both of our faces. "Why can't we be here, your here, why are you here, you died ?" Andrea asked in confusion. "This is my beach, this is why you can't be here, I don't want to see you here until you are at least 70" she tells us. "You need to go, back to your wife, back to your daughter and niece" "you know about Gabriella about Maya?" I ask. "Of course I do, you picked a good wife, and Gabriella, I mean wow, she this most courageous and beautiful
young woman I've ever met, she amazing and I wish I could have met" she says. "Yeah but you can mer here, your here now, so you can meet her" I says to her. "Yes Carina but I'm not really here, I'm not real carina, nothing is real, the sand isn't real, the water isn't real" she says to me. "Yeah. But but ....." "you guys have to make a decision and time is running out.... I'll miss you if you guys decide to go back. I'll miss you, but it will be okay bambina's" she says to us as a bright white light appears to the left of us. "What decision do we have to make, what's going on?" We both said to her. "Terra o cielo Bambina, terra o cielo you need to chose your home" she said to us repeatedly and she started to walk towards the bright light. "What do we do Andrea ?" I ask him confused. "I think we follow her" he says as he holds out his hand for me as I take it. "I love you Carina" he says to me. "I love you too Andrea" I say back as we slowly start to follow Mama home.

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I'm so sorry this has taken me so long to update I've just been so busy with sixth form and my job.
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