Good Cop Gone Bad ~ Rewritten

57| forever

•Matteo Rossi•

"You will be fine, why are you so nervous?" Aless asks Rafi as he adjusts his tie, looking in the mirror at himself.
"How did you feel on your wedding day, Aless?" Aria's dad asks him, making Aless have a suspicious look on his face.
Aless turns to him, "I had two energy drinks and stayed up until seven the next day playing card games with my wife until we both crashed out on a random towel on the beach," he says while nodding and starting to dance around.
        I shake my head, leaning back on the couch. I remember that day. It was not as fun as it sounds.
Just then, I decide to leave and go see Aria. I haven't seen her in over two hours against my own will and it is driving me insane.
I stand, heading for the door but Rafi stops me, "Where the fuck do you think you're going?" he asks me.
"To see my fiancée," I say, turning the doorknob but Aless stops me.
"If I don't get to see my wife, then why do you get to see your fiancée?" he asks, sounding like a toddler talking back to his parents.
I roll my eyes at Alessandro, "I don't get to see mine either so sit your ass back down," Rafi says. Leonardo, Aria's dad, is just watching this all happen while laughing.
"It is your wedding so you do not count," Aless says to Rafael who rolls his eyes.
        "No one is holding you captive, Alessandro, you can go with me right now to see them," I tell him.
        He has this look on his face as if he just now remembered he isn't chained to the wall here. He grabs Angelo from the crib we placed in here and holds him. "We will be back in a bit!" Aless says to Rafi who looks at us like he wants to kill us.
        We left him with Leonardo who is very easy to get along with and Alvaro is in there too he's just changing into his suit in the other room. He's fine.
        We walk to the room where the girls are getting ready, but when we walk in, we see Aria hugging Lia Emma who seems like she is crying, Vittoria running around, Sofia trying to get her to calm down but she is still recovering from having Angelo so she is laying down on the couch to rest, Allegra chasing Vittoria trying to catch her, and Laura sitting at a table drinking with my mother.
        What the fuck. We left them alone for two hours maybe. Not even that because Leonardo came to check on them like half an hour ago.
         The makeup artist and hairstylist are done I think so they already left, thankfully because I don't know if they would want to see this.
        Aria leads Lia Emma to the bathroom, "I'll be right back, just give me a minute," she says to her, then stops Vittoria running around, picking her up and handing her to Allegra, "Take her to the playground on the other street, she has way too much energy." she says and Allegra nods, walking past us to leave the room. She grabs a pillow from on top of a table and goes over to Sofia. Sofia lifts her head and Aria tucks the pillow under, then moves her hair so it is not being smooshed by the pillow.
         "Thanks Ari," Sofia mumbles, then Aria sees us and smiles before running back into the restroom with Lia Emma.
         They come back out two minutes later, Lia Emma looking better and Aria smiling.
         She finally walks up to me and hugs me. She is wearing her light blue bridesmaid dress and she looks so cute. "Hi lovey," she sighs, pressing herself against my chest.
        Lia Emma gasps, "Ari, there's a rip at the bottom of my dress," she says.
       Aria rips herself away from me, walking to a dresser and grabbing something off of it. She tells Lia Emma to sit and Aria starts fiddling with the bottom of the dress.
       "What are you doing?" I ask her, going over and sitting on the floor with her.
       "Sewing the dress," she says, sounding very focused. I sit with her as she concentrates on the fabric in front of her, playing with her hair. A few minutes pass and she sighs, "I'm done." she says, putting the things away in the little box.
         I stand up and pull her up with me, holding her. "You okay, sweetheart?" I ask her.
        "Mhm. Tired." she mumbles, then pulls herself away from me and grabs a bag from the same table where everything else was. "I have to redo Lia's makeup."
        She walks away and goes to Lia. I turn to see Sofia basically asleep on one couch and Aless laying down on the other with Angelo on his arms.
        I sit next to Aria as she does Lia's makeup and when she is done, she leans on me. I wrap an arm around her and hold her.

•••••

        Once the ceremony ends, we go to the reception for cocktail hour.
I have an arm around Aria's back as I lead her through the crowd. There are a lot of people here since it's both people from the Spanish and Italian mafia. But the wedding is in Italy.
I find our table and we sit down, leaving our things. Aria said she didn't want to carry her purse anymore but she said she didn't want me having to carry it either.
So, I carried it until we got to the table.
I take her to meet some new people. Alvaro's parents, Rafi's parents, some new business partners, whatever. I don't care much. But she bonded well with their wives or girlfriends which I knew she would.
"Now this one," I say, as I see a familiar man approaching us, "No one likes him. Most people in this room have refused to do business with him for at least two decades." I tell her.
"Why?" she asks curiously, looking up at me.
"He cheated on his wife. Any man that is willing to cheat on the person he made a lifetime commitment with will betray anyone he wants to. Plus, people like that just are not good to be around." I tell her right as he gets to us.
She keeps a smile on her face. She is never rude to anyone unless they do something to her first. We also both understand that no matter what, being rude to someone is just bad for business.
He shakes my hand, then shakes Aria's. He tries to bring her hand up to his mouth to kiss it, but she pulls it away before he can.
I pull her closer, my arm tightening around her waist and she leans her head on me.
He has this stupid, annoying smirk on his face that is just so aggravating. And the entire time, I can tell he is flirting with Aria. There is no hiding it, he is doing it very clearly.
"Sweetheart, why don't you go sit at our table and I will be there with you soon?" I ask her. She looks at me confused but nods and walks over to our table.
        I shoot the nearest guard to her a look and gesture over to our table. He nods and walks over, standing near the table and keeping watch over her.
I pull the man with me into the hallway for a 'talk', however the first thing I do is deliver a harsh punch to his stomach.
He was doubled over, groaning and clutching his stomach with his hands, "You stay the fuck away from my fiancée," I say, my voice coming out hoarse and harsh, "If you ever pull some shit like that again, it will be worse than some weak ass punch that has you acting like a fucking child." I tell him, raising my knee quickly to hit him once again.
He falls onto the floor groaning in pain as I readjust my suit and enter the room again. I walk over to Aria and sit next to her.
She smiles and leans over to me, placing a kiss on my cheek. "I love you," she mumbles, interlacing our fingers and holding my hand.
"I love you too," I say, kissing the top of her head.
Lia and Rafi make their entrance, going straight into their first dance.
       Once their first dance ends, most people make their way to the dance floor as well, like Aria and I.
       It was slow music at first, spinning Aria around, swaying her back and forth, it was actually pretty fun.

•••••

AAAAHHHHH TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOLLLLLL

so ready for it to be over but also can't believe it's over. this was such a good year for me for the most part and i already know i'm going to cry.

also bc my best friend is a grade above me, this is our last full school year together bc she checks out before my last day of school 😭 i already cried about it and it hasn't even happened yet

anyways i'll survive. bye bye
~elle 🌸