someone to stay

15

we went downstairs and went to keira lucy and georgia's room.

i knocked on the door and they let us in.

looking at these rooms you can tell ours is an upgrade.

they have a double bed and a single bed. their balcony is small and doesn't have a hot tub. their tv doesn't let them watch all the channels unless you pay separately. and their bathroom has shower bathtub.

"how come your room is upstairs" georgia asked.

"don't know" i shrugged.

"where are we going for lunch?" leah asked.

"dunno. rosa said she knew a place" lucy said.

"i do know a place" i said.

once all the girls were ready and in the lobby, we walked down the streets of rome. my birth place.

we walked into the pizzeria and i went and showed the girls to a big table in the corner.

"Rosa sei tu? (rosa is that you?)"

"Sì, sono io (yes it's me)" i said.

i ran over and hugged my cousin. i kissed both her cheeks.

"how have you been bellissimo" i said.

"good. you? i saw that you won the euros" she said.

"sì" i nodded with a smile.

"these all your friends?" she asked.

"mhm. friends, teammates" i said.

"nice. i'll bring over some menus" she said.

i went and sat down and noticed that leah was looking at me and was a little confused or maybe nervous about the interaction i just had.

"don't worry darling. that's just my cousin" i said quietly to ease leah. i put my hand on her thigh and rubbed my thumb over her knee.

"who's that rosa" beth said wiggling her eyebrows.

"my cousin, isabella" i said. "this is a family business"

"woah. your italian?" mary asked.

"half. my mums italian. my dad is english. i was born here but i've lived in england all my life" i said.

"that's cool" tooney said.

"i used to come here every summer holidays to visit my family but i've not been for a few years. one day when we aren't doing anything i might go and see them cause i haven't in ages" i said.

isabella came over and gave menus out and then said to call her over when we're ready to order.

everyone decided on what they wanted so i called her over again.

"isa" i called.

we gave our orders. we got 4 different toppings on the pizzas.

"it should be ready in about 30 minutes" she said.

"is she single" beth asked me jokingly.

"beth!" i said. "you have a girlfriend. and no. she isn't single she's got a boyfriend"

everyone laughed at beth and then we chatted while waiting for the food.

it soon arrived and we ate the pizzas.

isabella said it was on the house but i insisted on paying.

we went for a walk along the streets and then went back to the hotel.