Mr Mafia and Me

Chapter 12

The rest of dinner was nice and quiet. Lenard still made rude comments, but I just let them slide off. I can't blame him for worrying about his brother. Giovanni and Marcel went to start the cars and put the kids in their car seats. Both of them were already passed out. Lacey oddly kept to herself, no matter how often Amelia and I tried to involve her. Amelia and I, however, I could tell would be great friends.

"I really enjoyed getting to meet you tonight. I do hope this will not be the only time I see you. Will you be around for the holidays?" Amelia asked as we both sat at the table still. What was I supposed to tell her? Obviously I'd be there. I live there.

"You will most definitely be seeing Nova and I for the holidays coming up. I enjoyed speaking with you tonight. It's been really nice." I smile at her. About that time I saw Leo and Nick rush in.

"Morgan, not to cut things short, but we need you guys to get out to the cars. Now. Giovanni's orders." Leo helped me up and Nick helped Amelia and Lacey.

"What's going on Leo?" I ask as he keeps me by his side. He leads me towards the door when we hear gun shots. Next thing I know is Leo is pushing me to the ground and covering me. Where is Giovanni and Enzo and where is my baby? I look up and see men across the restaurant shooting at us. Leo and Nick both firing back. I nudge Leo.

"Give me your extra hand gun." I demand. He just looks at me. "I said hand me the other one! Now!" This time we does exactly that. I turn back to see Amelia grabbing Nicks and looking at me confused. I wink at her and she understood. We both got up and shot 2 of the 5 men instantly and ducked again. Amelia and I exchange smiles. Yeah, she's definitely going to be my best friend. Leo shot a 3rd guy, then the other two ran off. Giovanni and Marcel rush back in. Giovanni coming straight to me.

"Amore are you hurt? Why do you have a gun?" He asks in a panicky tone.

"Where is Nova and Enzo?" I ask looking around. Giovanni looks confused.

"What? They are outside safe in the car with my mother and father. Amore, are you okay?" He asks placing his hands on both sides of my shoulders getting me to look at him.

"Yes I'm fine. I was just worried about the kids." I said as Amelia and the rest of them stand up. I hand him the gun I had.

"You need to send those men of yours to target practice. Amelia and I on the first shot got 2 of the men before they unloaded half their clips. No offense you guys." I said as I looked back at the men who were blushing.

"Morgan! Where did you learn to shoot like that?" Amelia came over and hugged me.

"Not to break this moment, but everyone back to my house. Before the cops show up." Giovanni said as he grabbed my waist. Amelia smirked at us. Yeah he sucked at this 'just friends' thing. We all went out to the cars and started back to the house. Giovanni was silent for the first bit before he finally spoke up.

"I'm so sorry about tonight. I never meant for you or Nova to be in this mess. Are you okay? I know physically you are, but you did just shoot someone." He asked as his eyes stayed focus on the road. His knuckles almost white from anger.

"Right now I'm fine. Mom mode kicked in and I was worried about our kids. Tonight when everything settles I may be worse, but for now yes I'm okay." I say while looking at him. His knuckles relax. He even smiled.

"My girl, a great shot. Even worried about a kid that's not hers." He finally looks at me. I looked at him confused. "What amore?"

"Giovanni I want to make this clear. When we are officially together, I will except Enzo. I mean I already do. He will be treated as I treat Nova. Just because I'm not his biological mom," I pause as I look back at the sleeping boy, "I'll still show him what a mom is." The car stopped at the last light in town. Giovanni turned to me, grabbed my face, and kissed me hard. His tongue slipping into my mouth, causing me to melt in his touch. He pulls away right as the light turns green.