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5 years later

I feel a tickle on the bottom of my foot

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I feel a tickle on the bottom of my foot. Thinking it was a dream, I ignored it. It then happened again, and again. The fourth time I shot up in the bed and heard giggles from the bottom of the bed. I pull the blanket up and see messy little curls sticking up and PJ pants with cupcakes on them. 

I yank the blanket up and hear a loud laugh let out. "I gotcha!" I said. A laugh was let out again and then I watched as she covered her face with her hands.

"Hm, I wonder where Lia went?" I said pretending. I slowly make my way down my bed and then grab her. She starts laughing as I tickle her. "You found me mommy!" She exclaimed. "I did!" I said. 

I notice Leone's missing. I pick Aurelia up and we make our way of of my room.

"Where are we goin?" She asked. "To go find daddy." I said. We walk down the stairs and see the table set and smell the delicious smell of food. We walk into the kitchen and see Leone making bacon and is watching sports. 

He insisted we put a TV in the kitchen for that reason.

"What's all this?" I said placing Lia in her chair. 

"Breakfast for my girls." He said giving us both a kiss. I nodded and thanked him. I got the orange juice out of the fridge and the fruit. "Can I p-please have pine...pine...pine-" Leone stops her, "pineapple?" He says. She frantically nods her head. 

I pull the pineapple out and cut it into smaller pieces for her.  I put a piece of bacon, a cut up waffle, and pineapple on her pink plate. Pouring orange juice in her cup, me and Leone sit down too. 

Aurelia puts her hands in the syrup, Leone gets up and grabs a wipe, "neonata, please don't play with your food." He said. He will say words in Italian and she'll try and repeat them back. 

We adopted Aurelia when she was three months old, that was four years ago. Her original name was Kaia, which was beautiful, but it didn't fit her. We decided to name her Aurelia Rose. Aurelia means 'the golden one.' We thought it fit her perfectly. 

Our lives have been great. We have a house in the states, and in Italy. We go to Italy almost twice, if not three times a month. Leone's parents love seeing their granddaughter. 

Today everyone's coming over because it's the first time everyone is able to either fly across the country or around the world. 

Mama, Papa, The Ricci's, Gia and Lorenzo, Nat, Enzo and Alonzo. The whole crew. It's a good thing we built this big ass house, or else we wouldn't be able to fit everyone in here. 

I say this because everyone is married now. The only person that has kids is Nat but she's not bringing them because she wants a night with her and her husband. 

"So who's turn is it to take her to dance class?" I said. "Mine." Leone said making his way to the kitchen. 

Aurelia takes dance, she loves it a lot. She comes home and tells us everything she learned.

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