Smoke and secrets | 18 +

Tuscany

6 years later

"Come here piccina ." Tori says from the far end of our garden.

It's been six years since Tori and I got married and three since we had our first baby and now only one year since we had our little girl.

It's summer right now and Tori and I have decided to spend the summer out in Tuscany. We've stayed in Eden since getting married for obvious reasons but  each summer we come out to Tuscany with our entire family.

Even Danica and Rev come. They finally got married after us and had a baby girl, Alessia. Malia and Enzo come out here as well. They're still together after all this time too.

We had a little boy who's three now, Nico, and a baby girl, Chiara, who's only one.

Nico's got bright blonde hair and blue eyes exactly like mine. It's almost like looking in a mirror when I look into his eyes. He's such a bubbly and sweet soul. Chiara has her black hair and looks identical to Tori. She's a little ball of sunshine and trouble.

"Come to me bambina." Tori calls out to our daughter who's too busy looking at all the leaves on the ground.

"Chiara, come here piccina." Tori called out.

"No, mamma look. It's green." Chiara said as she walked up to Tori in a waddle.

"It is green piccina." Tori said as Chiara placed the leaves into her hands.

"Mommy!" Nico ran to my side with a giggle.

"Hi Nico." I said as I picked him up.

"Can we go swimming today?" He asked.

"I'm sure we can." I said and he hugged me as we walked further up to Tori and Chiara.

I placed Nico down and he ran into Tori's arms. Those two are best friends. Chiara came up to me in run and I picked her up. She's my best friend.

"It's green mommy." Chiara smiled holding up the leaf.

"It is green darling." I kissed her cheek and she continued to examine the leaf.

We walked up to Tori and Nico.

"Ciao bambina." Tori said.

"Hi my love." I said.

I took a moment to look at my wife who seemed to just look more beautiful as the days went on. She was wearing a white tank top and her usual black dress pants. Her hair down and flowing with the wind as she smiled at me.

I was in my usual sundress. I liked spending my summers in sundresses. With my hair clipped back, half up half down.

"Checking me out, bambina?" Tori said with a smirk on her lips.

"Just admiring my gorgeous my wife." I said with a smile and Tori placed a kiss on my lips.

We walked down to the overlook from our garden. You can see so much from here, all the hills and fields that last forever. It's gorgeous here.

Tori and I put the kids down and they ended up running back up to their nonna who took them with open arms.

"I've been thinking bambina." Tori turned to me.

"Thinking about what?" I asked her, her hands wrapped around her tugging me closer just that little bit.

"What if we moved all holidays out here? Christmas, new years, all of it. In the winter we can watch the kids all go crazy making s'mores, and at new years we have a clear view of the fireworks and well summer becomes that much better." Tori said.

I did quite like the idea, having all the holidays out here would be incredible. Our Tuscany house has become one of my favourite places in all of Italy. So the idea of having our family out here for the holidays seems appealing.

"I like the sound of it." I smiled.

"Mhmm, then we'll do it." She kissed my lips softly.

We stayed connected for a moment, our lips moving rhythmically, like they always have. Her hands tugging me closer with each movement.

"Mamma." Chiara said moving in between the both of us.

Chiara is her mother's child. She's very possessive, and doesn't like people getting close to either of us. She's quite possessive, much like Tori.

"What's wrong baby." I asked moving to her level while Tori giggled above us.

"Up please." She said as she clung to Tori's leg.

"Oh now you want to walk up to me piccina." Tori picked her up. I giggled.

"Come back we're about to brunch." Danica called from the top of our garden.

We walked back up the garden hand in hand with Chiara giggling with every kiss Tori and I planted in her cheeks.

Once we got up we all ate brunch and had a good laugh while the three kids made shapes with their food with their grandparents by their sides.

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"Mommy look." Chiara said full of excitement.

"What is it darling?" I sat up from my chair. It was after brunch and we'd all been around the pool for sometime, Rev and Lorenzo have been in the pool with Nico and Alessia. And the rest of us have been lounging around.

Chiara has been playing endlessly with Kylo and Miko, Dani and Revs dog.

"It's a farfalla." She said. Chiara hasn't quite gotten the different between Italian and English yet, sometimes she mixes the two but she's starting to understand their two different languages.
(Translation: butterfly)

"A butterfly." I said excited. Even Tori sat up beside me.

"Look." She held an orange and black butterfly in her hand, resting peacefully.

"It's beautiful baby, don't squash it okay." I said as Tori lifted her up onto her lap.

"È così carina." She said.
(Translation: it's so pretty)

"Sì piccina, è così carina." Tori answered before it flew away.
(Translation: it's so pretty)

Chiara giggled and waved before slumping in Tori's lap. She was tired and it was near nap time.

"Are you tired piccina?" Tori asked.

"I'm tired." She said.

"let's go upstairs darling." I picked her up from Tori's lap.

"I'll bring Nico." Tori said.

We walked up stairs together to put both our kids to sleep. Nico went down without an issue but Chiara wanted a story and then endless hugs. She wasn't tired but she needed to sleep.

And eventually she did go to sleep. She drifted off with just a few cuddles and a couple kisses.

We left closing her door behind us quietly.

Tori held my hand and we walked out onto our bedroom balcony which overlooked our garden and all the hills in the distance.

"Sometimes I feel really lucky that you're my wife." Tori said as her hands wrapped around me.

"Sometimes?" I said sarcastically with a smile.

"All the time bambina." She said with a smile before she placed a kiss to my lips.

"Can you imagine the fireworks over here, over the hills?" I asked her as we looked out onto our view.

"We'll see it this year bambina." Tori said before she placed a lasting kiss to my lips.

"I love you." I said as we pulled away.

"I love you too, amore mio." Tori said as we stayed close together for moment as the light breeze brushed our faces.