I WANT IT, I GOT IT

Chapter Four

Ariana's Pov

The following few days were spent getting ready for Saturday, there was going to be a lot of us so we had a lot of things to do. It wasn't easy running a lot of errands with four kids, so Mom and Nonna stayed over a lot to watch them.

Our annual barbecue was a pretty big deal this year, considering it had been one of the most busiest years for everyone. Some of our friends and family were even flying out and we hadn't seen them in months. Others had been so busy with work and their families, it was hard for them to see us as much

The kids were all just as excited to see each other too. They used to spend so much time together when they were younger so I knew that this wasn't just a big deal to us adults. Which is why we were under so much stress getting everything done in time. We had been shopping since eight this morning and we were barely half way done with grocery shopping. Next we had to go home and move the furniture in place since today was the only time we had to do it.

"Wait, I thought the theme was brown," She said, as I placed a decent amount of decorations in our third cart.

"Oh no, it is, but that's for the outside, the inside theme is white." I explained, just as a grabbed another pack of paper towels. My wife was managing two carts while I pushed the other, and I was starting to think we were gonna need a fourth.

Maybe Frankie and Hale should've came after all.

"Baby, white? Everyone will get dirty fast as fuck."

"I know, so we'll just take pictures in white first and then change."

"Okay so, what else do we need then? We can split up to cover more ground,"

"Vegan chips, dips, drinks, and snacks for the kids. I have all the adult stuff in the first cart."

"I'll go get that then, but did we need anything outside of the party? The kids asked for more Oreos so I wanted to make sure I didn't forget anything else too."

"Oh, yeah actually, you know those little smoothies with the little frozen fruits—"

"-those are nasty, babe."

"No they're not, I've been craving them for weeks now. I just haven't had time to get any."

"I'm not kissing you after those then, the after taste makes them worse." She gagged, dramatically pretending to be disgusted. I laughed, watching my wife embarrass us. "Bet you'll kiss me now though,"

"No, I won't." She smirked, stepping back from me a bit, just so she could prove a point.

"Oh really?" Before she could say anything, I started to run towards her, and she just barely got away. I was chasing her down the sauce isles, barely catching my breath as I was full of laughter and watching everyone look at us weirdly.

It wasn't until we almost bumped into someone, that she stopped.

"Oh shit, sorry." Kai said, catching her breath as she helped the girl pick up her things. "I shouldn't have been running anyway, you okay?"

"Oh yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" I spoke up, catching her attention. "Jaiden?"

"Ari? Damn, it's nice to see you here." Jaiden smiled, engulfing me in a hug before turning to Kai. "And you must be the wife, Olive Jaiden, but my friends call me Jaiden."

Kai returned the smile, shaking her hand, as I moved closer to Kai out of natural habit. "Oh, well I'm Kai. It's nice to meet you Jaiden."

"Olive." Jaiden corrected, and it went silent for a few seconds until she let out a laugh. "I'm kidding, it's definitely a pleasure. Ari talks about you a lot,"