The phoenix

26 - a bouquet of black roses

POV Elizabeth Jacobs

Time flew by. Summer was gone and fall started. Fall is my favorite season for photography. I love how the light players with the changing colors of nature. 

I went out a lot to take pictures. Suzy and Olivia came often with me for a walk. And they become, after Lorenzo off course, my favorite models.

Susy and Aiden started going on dates every now and then. I looked forward to those evenings or days. That's when Olivia stayed with me, till they were back. She was a sweet baby, and we cuddled a lot together on the couch. Or I sketched while she slept beside me.

Lorenzo was often with us those moments and he made didn't hid the fact that he was looking forward to seeing me pregnant with his baby in my belly. But that is a little too fast, we are only dating for a month. He knew that. 

And I was pleasantly surprised to see him with Olivia. Someday he would be a great dad. 

We are going strong, we go for long walks on the beach, eating ice-cream or dinner at Nonna's place. He asks almost every day after my favorite color of that day. We watched a lot of movies already, cuddling in bed.

I love every second of it, we spend almost all our free time together. The whole family is now moved to the house. And most of the time it's very busy there. I like that, but sometimes we like to have the silence and peace we find back at my place. So If we want a quiet evening, we spend it at my apartment.

We talk also about his business, but not that much.
He told me about Amber, I was glad that he was honest about their relationship. She still works for the family and they are good friends. And Amber would like to meet me, she wants to introduce her boyfriend Theo. Lorenzo was relieved that I took it so easy, so I told him about John. And how he, Lia and I are good friends. Being honest and open, talking about everything is important for me. So, yeah, we talked a lot. Both not wanting to have a repeat of what happend when I returned from London.

Kate and Jake came luckily to an agreement. Lia and John started working and they loved it. Lia's pregnancy was going well, her boss wasn't that trilled seeing her pregnant. She is already 6-7 months far.

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Today Aiden was watching Olivia and the girls were coming to my place for a girl's evening, because it was a long time ago that we did something all together.

Ana and Julia were mixing cocktails in the kitchen. Lilly was putting a facial mask on Suzy, talking about Olivia. I sat on the couch drawing Lilly and Susy. Suzy had painted my toenails and I was waiting for them to dry. Music was playing in the background. Later tonight we were going to order some take-out. Lorenzo was texting me; it was the first evening in a long time that we weren't going to spend together.

"Lizzy, tell my brother to stop disturbing you. He has had almost every night with you, tonight you are ours." Julia told me hands on her hips.

"I'll tell him. They are going to the club tonight."

"Who is going to the club?" Lilly asked

"Marco, Rick, Sebastian, James, Matteo and Lorenzo" 

"Matteo too?" looking all sad.

Ana groaned "Not again, Lilly. If you want him, you should tell him. You need to give him a sign."

"When we are going home, you enter his room and crawl in his bed." Julia told her.

Lilly was now blushing now hard and hid herself behind her hair.
"Stop pushing her." Suzy said defending Lilly.
"No need to worry Lilly, Matteo isn't going to do anything at the club. He has only eyes for you." She guaranteed her.