Two Of A Kind

thirty eight

Leonidas' POV

I have a twin brother, and my dads a fucking mafia boss. Raul Domenico Rossi. I've only heard that name a handful of times in my life. 
My ma didn't give me his last name, I have hers. Leonidas Alessio Ford, not Leonidas Alessio Rossi.

It's been 2 weeks since ma has told us. Tessa is out of hospital and is fine now. Me and Tessa are back to normal now, and my two girls are back and living with me. My next match is next week, and we found out Tessa is 7 weeks pregnant. 

"Leo?" My gorgeous girl next to me said. "Amore, what's wrong?" I perked up, leaning my back against the headboard. "What happens when Leonardo comes?" She asked me, "he'll find us eventually."
"I'd like to think he's under the influence of Raul, and not doing this purely because he wants to ruin my life," I sigh, running a hand through my hair. I pat my thigh, and Tessa moves onto it, inhaling a deep breath. 

"I really hope you're right, we have priorities now," she lifts up her shirt, rubbing circles across her small belly.
As of now, you wouldn't be able to tell she was pregnant, but she hell has all the symptoms. Morning sickness, fucking weird cravings, and a heightened emotional level.

"Go to sleep amore," I bend down and kiss her head, "when the time comes, we'll do what we have to," I put my hand on top of hers, manoeuvring to feel around for my little monster. 

I had no idea how long I was bonding with my child, but soft snores start filling the room. I smile at the sight, my two saviours.

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"Amore, how are you feeling," I snake my hand around her waist and pull her in, scrunching my protein bar wrapper. "I fucking want mustard on pickles," she whines, throwing her arms up in the air. I widen my eyes in shock, and I could see Carter, Adrian and Brielle have the same look too.
I've been experiencing this for days now.

"Tessa, baby," I begin, pecking her forehead. "You hate mustard, and you've never eaten a pickle a day in your life," I explain softly, knowing she could burst in tears any moment now. She immediately leans into my embrace unexpectedly. 

"Please," She sniffles, "I want it," and my heart nearly broke. Although I didn't cheat on Tessa, I caused her more pain than I could have ever imagined. I don't want to make her cry another fucking tear because of me.

I pecked her forehead lightly, "alright everyone," I announce, patting Tessas back, "we're going to get my baby mama some mustard on pickles."
They all shot up from their seats, walking out of the cafeteria without further a-due. 

I didn't mean for everyone to come along, but why not.

"I'm still confused as to how they let you guys walk out at the ass-crack of school," Bri speaks up, and a few chuckle. "You think they haven't tried to stop us?" Adrian retorts playfully, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

They're going to be a thing before we fucking know it.

We all jumped into my car, and I quickly started the engine. "Come on Leo!" she whines, tapping my arm rapidly. "I'm going amore, I'm going," I assure her, pulling the stick into drive and speeding off. 

"Someones going cray-cray," Carter sang, whirling his hand beside his head. Tessa's eyes hardened, before she whipped around and tried to jump at Carter, but I held her thighs down with my opposite hand.
"Don't make me fucking murder you Carter I swear to--" 
"Okay babe, you're okay," Bri cut her off, running her hand along Tessa's arm soothingly. 

Pride rushed through me. I know damn well she's capable of murder, self defense, any sort.

Tessa relaxed in her seat and faced forward again. Her eyes shifted to the front mirror and she ran her thumb across her neck threateningly.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," Carter held his arms up in surrender, and I smirked.

Before I realised, we were at the Woolworths parking lot. (Australian grocery centre.)
"You wanna come in?" I reached for her thigh, but she shifted it away, giving me a death glare. "You calling me lazy, big boy?" she taunts, crossing her arms. Jumping to conclusions. Who knew a pregnant girlfriend could be such a pain in my fucking ass.

"No, amore, let's go," I quickly opened my door, not trying to start an argument. I rushed over to her side, opening her door, and she stepped out with ease. "Thank you!" She sang, this was her emotional rollercoaster phase. 

Sad, angry, happy in 5 minutes. It's always a mix.

I wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her closer to me as I heard the other 3 not far behind us. "Just mustard and pickles?" I double check, but also scared of how she's going to react. "Hmmm," she smiled cheekily, "maybe some chocolates and sweets, I'm yet to find out," she shrugs her shoulders before racing into the store.

Here we go, pray for me.

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The grocery trip was successful for Tessa, and a pain in the ass for me.
She ended up spending $200, whether it be on food, makeup, and she even went as random as to buy cat food. I don't even have a fucking cat for crying out loud.

"Adrian, pass me the maltesers," I whisper-shout, trying not to annoy Tessa. She hates when people talk whilst watching a movie. Apparently you will 'miss a big detail' by speaking for 2 seconds. 

Suddenly, Tessa taps my arm rapidly, and I release her. "Amore, what's wrong?" but she had already raced to the bathroom, slamming the door shut. I get up immediately, racing over to the bathroom.

Before I could open the door, I could hear her dry-heaving. 
I twisted the knob and saw her bending over the toilet seat, liquid spilling out of her mouth. I paced over and fell to my knees beside her, grabbing her hair in a fist and rubbing her back soothingly.

"You're okay baby, you're okay," I whisper beside her, as she continues puking.
God, the pain women go through.
After a few seconds of silence, I notice she's holding her head in her hands, whilst her elbows are against the toilet seat. I flush the toilet before I lift her up carefully, walking over and sitting her on the bench near the sink.

Without wasting any time, I grabbed her toothbrush and rinsed it under the water, before adding toothpaste and rinsing it again. I turn around to her and put my index finger under her chin, lifting her head up slightly as she opened her mouth for me.
I slid the toothbrush in and started swiping from left to right, making sure I'm not being too harsh.

"Stick out your tongue for me amore," I say softly, once I've finished with her teeth. 
She hesitates. before sticking her tongue out. I swipe the toothbrush against her tongue a few times, before turning back to the sink.

Giving her a cup of water, she gurgles in before leaning by the sink to spit it out. Once she's back up, she stares at me. Almost like she's getting lost in my eyes. 
And only then do I realise how tired she looks. Her eye-bags are dark, her eyes slightly shut, but I can see them locking on mine.

A tear falls out of her eye, and I instantly pull her in before she starts sobbing. Picking her up, I stride upstairs, ignoring our friends in the living room.
"This is so hard Leo," she sobs against my chest. "Shh," I say softly, opening the door to my bedroom. "If I could take the pain away, I would without hesitation," I begin, lowering myself on the bed as she's still wrapped around me, "you're one of the strongest women I know, and I'm so proud of you for doing this," I kiss her forehead, wrapping the blanket over us.

"It'll be worth it in the end amore, I promise," I run my hands through her hair, as her sobbing calms down. "I love you so much, and you're doing fucking amazing," I applaud her, and I could hear her chuckle slightly. She looks up at me slowly, kissing my chin.
"For you, I'd birth a hundred of your children."

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