It is what it is

9.

"Show me how you do that trick" Stefania said as she laid in bed while Danielle stood in front of the mirror, getting ready for another work day. Hearing what Stefania had just said, she just gave a foolish smile.

"Which one? The one that makes you scream or the one that makes you laugh?" Danielle asked following with a smirk. Stefania just pushed her tongue in her cheek as she eye fucked Danielle right in that moment. She wanted to do so many things, she knew Danielle had to go to work but she didn't care.

They eventually had a heated make out session and continued with their respective plans of their days.

Danielle reached their cafe's head office and was instantly shocked to see Carlos and Jaina pacing around, looking somewhat stressed. "Um, what is this that I'm walking into?" She chuckled nervously.

Jaina angrily looked at Carlos, almost as if she was waiting on him to give an explanation. Which she eventually did ask of him. "Ya tell her Los. Tell her what you've done. TELL HER THAT YOU BETRAYED US. YOU LET OUR DEEAMS DIE BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET THINGS RIGHT." Danielle was extremely confused and nervous at this point. "Whoa whoa okay. What's going on?" She managed to ask somehow. Carlos just looked at her with guilty eyes. None of them spoke as Danielle looked at both of them, waiting on an answer.

"He's got most of branches shut down because he - UGH- he turned this place into a drug market." Jaina managed to get out. Danielle just looked at both of them, thinking it was some kind of a joke. Which was made clear when Carlos couldn't take it anymore and started laughing loudly. It was a joke. Jaina smacked his arm playfully. "You couldn't keep a straight face for like 5 more minutes you idiot?" She asked as she started laughing herself. Danielle still stood there with no expression as she stared at both of them.

"You know what, you both can fuck off." She said and walked into her office. Carlos and Jaina bursted out laughing, knowing that they somewhere got Danielle with their stupid joke.

Danielle had some meetings with some suppliers regarding coffee. Now that she was with Stefania, the only thing she wanted was to get the coffee right. She has become like a coffee connoisseur. At lunch, she still acted pissed at Jaina and Carlos while they kept laughing about how they got her with their stupid joke.

Stefania on the other hand, wasn't having the best day. She was stressed at work. Victor as usual, wasn't a great help. Some shoots had been cancelled, her schedule had gotten messed up because of that. This was all something she could handle. But that one email, followed with a phone call, that she received, broke her. Her father. She was never close to her family, but knowing that her father was fighting in the hospital, probably left with a few days only, killed her. She was in a dilemma. She didn't know if she should fly back to Italy. What would she say to her family, knowing she ran away from home 5 years ago. What would she say to Danielle. No matter how messy the equation was, it was still her father, fighting a massive brain stroke, with a 10% chance of survival.

She finished soon for the day and headed home. She decided on going to her apartment for the night. She texted Danielle that she had a late night shoot, but in reality, all she wanted was to be alone and think this through. They had only started their relationship properly, and now if she were to go to Italy, she didn't know how long she'd go for. She didn't even know how long she could be away from work. Her mind was full with these thoughts until she received a text from Danielle.

Bambina: show me how you do it. And I promise you, i promise that i'll run away with you. You. Soft and only you. 🤍🤍
Take care baby, good luck for your shoot. See you tomorrow?!

Stefania just smiled. Danielle unintentionally just made her feel so much better. She thought how she'd have been a fool if she ever let her go. So she decided that the only thing that would make her feel better, was to be in Danielle's arms right now.

She grabbed her keys and drove to Danielle's place. She stepped out of her car, a few tears running down her cheeks. She didn't know why she was crying. The whole day, it was a lot for her.

Danielle was watching a movie while she also had her laptop open, pretending to work, but all her focus was on the movie. Then suddenly there was a knock. She looked at the clock, it was 12:30 am and she had no idea who it could be. She jumped up and opened the door.

"Hey." Stefania said as she gave her a sad smile. Danielle looked surprised, a happy surpriseed until she noticed Stefania's tears. "Baby. What's wrong? Hey come here." She said while pulling Stefania into a hug. They moved inside the apartment shortly, as they made their way to the living room. "Wait here one sec, I'll pour you a glass of water." She went to the kitchen and shortly came back with a glass of water for her girlfriend. Stefania was sitting on the couch, still crying. Danielle went and crouched down in front of her, holding her.

"I'm sorry I lied. I had no shoot." Stefania managed to say.

"Stefania, please don't apologise. Just let me know what's wrong. Did something happen at work? Did someone say something to you? Was it Victor?" Danielle bombarded her with questions.

"No no no. I mean work was stressful today, yeah. But-" she paused for a few seconds. "It's my dad. He's dying." She said and instantly bursted into tears. Danielle had no idea how to react to that so she just held her. She held her close and tight. "Hey hey shh. I'm here baby. I'm right here."

"I think I have to go to Italy for some time."

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