The Reunion (Part 1)

chapter 64

If there was one thing Carina didn't miss about Seattle, it was the winter, although by now she was used to the cold after living in London for so many years. But two things made London different from Seattle.

The first was that the weather in Seattle was cooler and snowier than in London, but the second was that Maya Bishop was in Seattle, so no matter how cold, no matter how snowy, the best place in the world was of course here; especially since no matter what the weather was like, her sweetheart's arms were her favorite place in the world, the place where her heart was warmest.

Christmas had always been a very important holiday for Carina, it had always been a family holiday, but this year she had asked Maya to let them do Christmas just the two of them.

- "but are you sure?"

- "yes"

- "is it because you don't want to do Christmas with my dad? We don't have to do it with my side, we can do it with Andrea, or with your mom and Jerry"

-"no, really Maya I only want to do Christmas with you".

-"But you've always wanted to do this kind of celebration as a family. I know you were a little sad when you had to have Christmas at my house instead of in Italy with your family."

- "that's the thing"

- "that's what?"

- "Maya you are my family... It may sound unsociable... But I've been wanting to be a family with you for sixteen years, and I want more than anything in the world for you and I to have our first Christmas together, just the two of us."

- "if that is your wish"

- "unless... Unless you don't want to do Christmas with just me".

- "of course I do. I just thought you might want more..."

- "more?"

- "more than 'just' me"

-"I wouldn't say no to celebrating it with little blonde heads who would call us both mom... And to whom I could tell about their big brother's first Christmas, but for the moment my family consists of a beautiful blonde with blue eyes, with whom I am madly in love."

Maya had looked at Carina with the most tenderized eyes in the world.

- "and what do you want for a Christmas present?"

-"Nothing, I just want to spend my evening in your arms, watching Christmas movies, with the fireplace at my back. But I don't want a present... Promise me that."

- "Carina!"

-"Promise me Captain Maya Bishop"

- "no!"

- "you can give me something in London if you want, but I don't want a present"

- "why?"

- "you are all I need"

- "you always come up with this kind of cheesy phrase..."

-"You know very well that I can like literally afford what I want... And what I want more than anything in the world, is at the same time the thing that is priceless, the thing that is most valuable, but in any case cannot be bought. It is you, and right now I am the richest person in the world because I am loved by the person I love, so for me, I can't think of a better gift than the one you give me every day when I wake up in your arms."