Something's Gotta Give (Jemily)

Chapter 44

"Hey moms? Can you take a listen to my midterm project? It isn't my best work, and I think that it can definitely use a lot of work, but I didn't have much time for it. I don't know if it's any good." Declan asked. It was almost Christmas break, which means that his midterm project for his music composition class was due. Declan played his arrangement for Emily and JJ and waited for their reactions. 

"You did this? You put this together?" Emily asked. 

"My thoughts exactly." JJ said. 

"Technically I didn't make the music myself. I just did an arrangement of two songs into one. I told you it wasn't my best work. It needs a lot of-"

"Declan this is great! You're only 15. Do you think that Beethoven was this hard on himself at your age? He was probably still in school." Emily said. 

"Actually Beethoven dropped out of school at 10 to study music full time with Christian Gottlob Neefe who was a court organist and wrote his first symphony at 12. So scientifically speaking, at the age of 15 and with young minds being so fragile with emotions, I do believe that Beethoven was hard on himself at 15. Since he was working on another composition at that age." Declan said. 

"Oh my God he sounds like Reid." JJ said in a monotone. Emily just chuckled. 

"Okay so he was. But for real, Declan. I think that it's really great, and I'm not just saying that because I'm your mom. I'm saying that because it's the truth." Emily said. She gave Declan a hug, and soon after, the doorbell rang. JJ answered it, and all Emily heard next was screaming. 

"JJ!!" 

"Maya!!"

Emily looked to the front door and saw JJ hugging another blonde she assumed to be Maya. She remembered her from when they were in JJ's home town because of Chloe. "You must be Carina." JJ said, shaking a brunette's hand. 

"I am. I've heard so much about you." Carina said. Emily could tell that she had an Italian accent. It made her have flashbacks to when she was in Italy, and they weren't pleasant flashbacks. 

"Hopefully good things. Come in!" JJ said, opening the door wider. Maya and Carina walked in and looked around. "Okay. Maya, Emily, you two have kind of met. Carina, this is Emily, my soon-to-be wife. Emily, this is Carina, Maya's wife." JJ said, introducing them. 

"Piacere di conoscerti." Emily said. (a/n- let me know if any of this is wrong. I'm using a translator and no not Google translator)

"Tu parli italiano?" Carina asked. 

"Sì. Ho vissuto in Italia per alcuni anni." Emily said. Maya and JJ were both confused as to what they were saying. 

"Care to share what you guys said? My Italian isn't up to par yet." Maya said causing JJ to chuckle. 

"Oh. She just said that it was nice to meet me and that she knows Italian because of living in Italy for a few years." Carina elaborated. 

"Gotcha. Your mom was an ambassador, right?" Maya asked Emily. 

"She was. Well, still kind of is. But she's retiring soon." Emily told her. 

"Oh okay. So can we meet the children and pets?" Maya asked. 

"Right this way." JJ said. She took them out to the kitchen and introduced them. "Okay. So the one feeding the baby and eating his snack is Declan. He's 15 and practically a genius. The tiny human is Daviana. She's learning everyday how to do things. The big pup waiting for anything to drop from Declan's plate is Nala. She's a fighter but a big softy at heart. And the one laying on the table without a care is Sergio. He's a sassy little guy." JJ said. 

"Declan, these are my friends Maya and Carina." JJ said. 

"It's nice to meet you guys." Declan said. 

"You guys too." Maya said. 

"Is sis almost done eating?" JJ asked. 

"Yeah. She's starting to slow down." Declan said. 

"Okay. After she's done, do you want to go get some ice cream? Maya and Carina know a great place from when they visited a few years ago." Emily asked. 

"Yeah!" Do we get to take Nala and Sergio?" he asked. 

"Of course! We wouldn't want them to feel left out." Maya said. 

"Your children are beautiful, Emily." Carina said. 

"Thank you." Emily said with a smile. 

"Daviana definitely looks a lot like you. I'm assuming Declan looks like his father?" Carina asked. Emily nodded her head. 

"Yeah. He has my smile and dimples though." Emily said. 

"Mom she's done! I burped her already while you guys were talking. Can we get ice cream now?!" he asked excitedly. 

"Well get ready if you!" Emily said. He nodded and handed her Daviana. He sprinted to his room to change his clothes and put on socks. 

"Do you mind if I hold her?" Carina asked Emily. 

"Oh, no not at all!" Emily said. She handed Carina Daviana and sat down next to JJ. Daviana started to giggle while Carina was making silly faces at her. It was making everyone laugh. Nala ran over to Maya and started to sniff her to figure out where she came from. 

"Hi there!" Maya said excitedly. She started to pet Nala, and Nala sat right beside her while she did. "Man she's the best behaving dog I know, and I've met a lot of them." Maya said. 

"I mean, I would hope so since I train her everyday." JJ said with a chuckle. 

"Oh yeah, I forgot! Speaking of which, Emily have you found a job since the last time I saw you? I know that you lost yours since you were kidnapped for a long time." Maya asked. 

"I'm actually attending the fire academy right now. I should be done next month as long as I pass the tests." Emily said. 

"That's awesome! In my opinion, being a firefighter is the best job there is. No offence to you police officers and OB/GYN's." Maya said causing them to chuckle. 

"I'm ready!" they heard Declan shout. They all got their things and put the leashes on Nala and Sergio. They walked to their destination; Emily and JJ not even knowing the ice cream shop existed. And they lived right down the road from it. 

A/N

Hey guys! I know it's a much shorter chapter. The next chapter will be the last one of this book. You might hate me for what I have planned in the next chapter...... but I promise I already have the sequel planned out and will publish it in a couple days! I just thought that this was a good spot to end this book. I hope you like this chapter!