de Santis (complete)

chapter twenty six

jordan cruz

noah checks the time "what time do you have to be at your great-grandparents?"matias asks "i have a few minutes"noah says

my dad has five siblings, his oldest sister sofia then pia my other aunt then my dad then salvador my uncle then tianna my aunt and then my uncle ciro the yougest

sofia has two kids there twins mia and iker there 4

pia has three kids vanessa 17, irene 13 , lucia 8

my dad only has me i'm 16

salvador has three kids matias 17, maria 11, andres 11

tianna also has three kids ula 20, elvio 18, rio 15

and then my uncle ciro has two kids desi 12, luis 10

my abuela and abuelo names are mora and paz

"what'd you get for christmas so far?"maria asks "uh a lot of clothes and a pet kitten"noah says "you got a kitten?"luis whines noah nods

"i want a kitten"luis says as he looks at his mom i laugh

"i did get you guys christmas presents but i won't be here for you guys to open them so send me a text"noah says as he gets up

"you have to go?"i ask noah nods "i'll walk you to your car"i say he nods

noah and i go outside

"i've missed that"noah says "what?"i ask "feeling safe in a home that i don't sleep in"noah says i kiss him

"come on there just as much your cousins as they mine"i say "gross were dating"noah says i laugh and kiss him again

my hands grip noah's waist softly as we stare into each others eyes

"i have to go"noah says "stay a couple more minutes, just us in the snowy weather"i mumble noah blushes

noah and i start to makeout our kisses getting sloppy and wet

"babe"noah says out of breath "can we continue this at the apartment your cousins are staring at us through the window"noah laughs i laugh and pull away "see you later my gorgeous sexy boy"i say as i open noah's car door "see you later"noah laughs he gets in his car i kiss him again and close his car door

i watch noah drive off then back inside

"you kissed!"iker giggles "i did"i say as i pick my cousin up by his leg he giggles harder and grabs onto my shirt

i put iker on my shoulders and go into the living room "i hope your using protection"ula says "who's using protection?"my aunt pia asks "jordan and noah are fucking"rio says

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"open your present glo"oby says to noah

noah opens the christmas present "it's a limited edition burberry skirt"aspen says noah nods and closes the box

i clench my jaw as i see noah trying to fight tears

once everyone is done opening there presents we all go the dining room

noah sits by me and fiddles with the rings on his fingers

noah de santis

jordan and i text while everyone eats

"you aren't eating?"my dad asks "i can't eat prawns"i sign "i don't have an epipen"i sign he nods

"nonne this has prawns in it"my dad says "it's good isn't it?"she asks "it's very good but noah's allergic"my dad says "she's put on some weight ace, missing a meal will help her"my dad's nonne says i look down embarassed

"were seeing the new batman, ace, enzo are you guys coming?"one of my aunts asks

"oh um noah do you wanna go see the batman movie?"dad asks "actually we only bought tickets for you and enz"my aunt says

"not chole"she adds i bite my bottom lip to keep it from quivering

"we'll pass"nonno says

lorenzo de santis

"so chole, i saw your friends instagram. do you think you could take a few pictures with me for my insta?"madi asks

noah nods and bites his bottom lip harder

seeing my nepew like this. sad and mute makes my heart hurt

"oh! we got you a pair of shoes"rocky says to noah

noah opens the shoe box "it's the new chanel high heels"rocky says noah nods and puts the box down

i get up "noah, let's go get some food that your not allergic to"i say "can i come?"madi asks "are you allergic to anything on this table?"i ask "no"madi says "then no"i say

noah gets up "go wait in your car, i'll be out in a minute. ace go with him"i say noah and ace nod and leave my parents house

"noah cameout to you guys two years ago, he told you guys he was transgender because he thought you guys would support him"i say "you support ace and you support andre and his husband but, you somehow don't support noah"i say "grandp-" "don't even speak right now madison, i would never hit you but that does not mean i wouldn't hire someone to do it for me!"i say to my niece "this will be the last christmas my son and grandson and i spend here, noah means the world to me and keeping him in my life means more to me than all of you combind. so merry christmas i hope you guys enjoy the presents noah and i spent weeks trying to find for all of you"i say "you all disgust me"i say

i leave my parents house and get into noah's car "noah, go spend the rest of christmas with your new kitten or with jordan i don't care as long as it makes you happy"i say "ace you and i our going to your penthouse and were going to watch trashy christmas movies and drink"i say noah and ace nod

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"i love your nonno"i say as i hug noah

"keep hugging me"noah whimpers "are you okay?"i ask he shakes his head and hugs me tighter

noah's cried before in front of me but he's never really cried in front of me

"they got me skirts and high heels"noah says "i'll fucking slash there tires and throw bricks threw there windows"i say noah laughs into my shoulder

once noah's done crying i hold his face peppering kisses all over it "do you want to burn what they got you?"i ask "no your cousins can have everything" noah mumbles "you are so adorable"i say

noah and i go into my aunts house

noah sets down everything he got from his cousins "you guys can have this stuff, it's a bunch of skincare, high heels and skirts"noah mumbles

"noah and i our going to go back to the penthouse but we'll visit before we go back to caifornia"i say my family nods

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