GRENADE

beginning

"mummy you look very pretty like this" achille says

Camélia bent down and took her son in her arms before kissing him on the cheek, leaving a lipstick mark.

"thank you baby" she replied, caressing his cheek

"are we going to see primavera today ?"

"yes, we're going to see her, do you know why ?"

"today's a big day you said"

"yes, because she's getting married to Aurélien"

"mummy, what's marriage ?"

"It's when two people who love each other very much decide to join together for life, my angel".

"why didn't daddy do this with you?"

"because daddy wasn't ready to commit to me"

"he sucks"

Camélia smiled before putting Achille back down on the floor, and the little boy went to sit on the bed until his mother was finally ready.

The young woman had had her son at the age of 18, and her boyfriend, achille's father, was far too immature to accept the fact that he was a father, he wanted Camélia to have an abortion but she didn't have the courage and wanted to keep him.
And it was the best decision of her life, she thought. Achille was the perfect little boy that everyone dreamt of having, he was kind, cute, polite, adorable, and she was proud of what she had achieved as a mother. 

"why do we have to prepare so early?"

"because mum has been chosen as best woman for primavera"

"why?"

"because we're very close friends you know"

"and didn't aurélien choose you ?"

"no, I'm not as close to him as I am to prim, but he's a nice man who'll take good care of your godmother"

"and why isn't uncle here ?"

"joshua's on tour at the moment with his group, don't you remember ?"

"oh yes, I forgot"

Camélia spritzed herself with a little bit og perfume before walking over to her son and placing a kiss on his forehead.

"Are you ready ? Can we go now ?" she asked him, and the little boy nodded.

He took his mother's hand, squeezing it tightly with his little fingers, before following behind her. Camélia closed the hotel door and discreetly left with him. Even if no one knew who she really was - Joshua's sister, a kpop idol - she was always watching her back, and even more so now that she had Achille.

The two of them got into a black Mercedes benz, which was waiting for them outside the hotel, taking them to the church where the wedding was to take place.

"Achille, do you remember what we said ? Don't move away from Mum, stay close to me, don't be stupid and be polite to everyone, and if you need to pee, tell me, and don't hold back like last time" Camélia said with a smile on her lips, remembering that Achille had peed himself because he had held back too much, not wanting to disturb his mum.

"Yes, Mummy," he replied as she kissed him on the cheek.

"perfect, are you ready to see your godmother now?"

"yes !!!"

"here we go !" she said as she opened the car door.

As the two got out of the car, Camélia saw Vinicius with Eduardo talking to Aurelien. The three Real Madrid footballers saw the young woman smiling at them before going to talk to her.

"cam! you look radiant !" said eduardo as he embraced her.

"and you must be achille, right ?" aurélien said with vinicius as he lowered himself to the little boy's level.

"yes, I am, and you're footballers ? can I have your autographs ?!" achilles says excitedly as the three players smile and laugh.

"he loves real madrid" added his mother.

"he's got good taste, I can see he gets that from you" vini said as she hugged him back.

"vini stop making me blush" she joked

Achille was impressed to see these three great football stars in front of him, he didn't know that his mum knew them and was so close to them.

"Aurélien, congratulations, I'm so happy for you and prim" she said, kissing the young French footballer who was about to be married.

"thank you cam, I'm glad you could be here, I heard the flight wasn't easy".

"it's true, we almost missed the flight because a little boy had left his cuddly toy at home" camélia replied, teasing her son who was now in eduardo's arms.

"it's true that sleeping without a cuddly toy must be complicated" vini said, pinching his cheek gently.

as the guests began to arrive little by little, camélia had to go and see her friend

"Do you mind if I leave it with you for a few minutes while I go and see prim ?"

"no problem, go ahead, she'll be waiting for you impatiently" aurélien replied.

"we'll try not to lose him" eduardo joked, which made the young mother laugh.

"achille, is it all right if mum leaves you with them ?"

achilles nodded happily.

"I'll see you later then, I'll be back soon, I promise, Achille".