The Record Label

Marco

"Home bella. I want to go home with you. I don't care which house we go to, but if you're there with me, I'll always be home" Carina said, pulling Maya in for a kiss.

AN – any conversation written in Italics is meant to be spoken in Italian <3

It was now Monday afternoon, and Carina and Maya were snuggled up in front of the fire in Carina's lounge. They had been watching movies all day and lying on the sofa, cuddling , hardly ever letting go.

Nothing could possibly ruin their perfect day together...

The pair had moved to Carina's kitchen, sitting on the stools and feeding each other ice cream. They were laughing together, Maya pretending to accidentally rub ice cream on Carina's nose and Carina attempting to lick it off.

Their laughter altered slightly when Carina's phone, in between them on the worktop, dinged and lit up. Maya's stomach turned as soon as she saw the name come up. Marco.

Did Carina message him after they talked with Andrea on Saturday? Did Maya cause this by asking Andrea to tell her the gossip? Did Carina miss Marco?

Carina knew where Maya still stood with Marco, even though she tried to hide it. So, Carina unlocked her phone, keeping it on the counter so Maya could see what the message said too. Unfortunately, it was all in Italian, so Maya couldn't understand it anyways.

Marco: Ciao Rina! It's been way too long! I am actually contacting you because I am going to be visiting LA for work this week, and wondered if you're free at all to catch up?

Maya didn't say anything as she didn't want to come across as jealous or controlling, but it was eating away at her not knowing what he said. She could see however that he was the first one to message, so that's a good sign at least.

"He said he is coming to LA this week for work and wants to catch up" Carina said.

"Okay" Maya said plainly.

"Bella if you don't want me to see him, I won't". Carina knew this was ridiculous, but she also knew how fragile Maya's past made her, so if reassurance is what she needs, she can have it.

"No, no please go, meet up with him" Maya said, kissing her forehead.

"Thank you bella" she smiled.

Maya made her way to the sofa, "I'll put a movie on and wait for you in there gorgeous".

"Okay I won't be a minute" Carina replied.

Half an hour later, there was still no sign of Carina. Maya went on her phone for another ten minutes before going back in the kitchen. She found Carina leaning over the worktop, typing away on her phone, smiling and biting her lip, completely unaware of Maya standing there.

She cleared her throat to make her presence known, but Carina didn't look up. She made her way to behind Carina, resting her head on her shoulder and wrapping her arms around her stomach. Carina finally zoned back in, immediately shut her phone off and turned to face Maya. She didn't turn her phone off so Maya couldn't see, her actions were completely innocent in that she wanted to give all her attention to her girl.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Maya questioned.

"No why would you say that?".

"As soon as I come over here and was in eyeshot of your messages to Marco, you turned you phone off" Maya said, slightly annoyed, but keeping the anger at bay.

"No, it wasn't like that, I just wanted to give all my attention to you, I'm sorry I took so long but I'm here now" she said kissing the end of Maya's nose, "plus you wouldn't understand anyway" she continued.