Good Cop Gone Bad ~ Rewritten

71| new normal

•Aria Rossi•

        I gasped as I scrolled on Instagram and stared at Lilly's new post. Her and Nick are engaged now and it is the most adorable thing ever.
         I am lying down in bed because my feet and back hurt and my feet are swollen and I don't want to get up. Now heading towards the end of my pregnancy, I am not very energetic and I am fine with that.
        I technically have like nine weeks until I hit the forty week mark, but twins are more likely to be born around the 35-37 week mark, so still around a month or a month and a half.
       "Honey come here!" I gasped and screamed, telling my husband to hurry up getting ready and come out here so I can tell him.
       He soon walks out of our closet, looking really yummy. He's wearing his normal work suit, but he always looks good in it.
        "What is it, sweetheart?" he asks me, leaning down to kiss my forehead, fiddling with his watch.
        I flip the phone over to show him, "Nick proposed to Lilly," I say excitedly.
       He smiles at my excitement and smoothed my hair down with his hand. "That is great, sweetheart. I heard from Andrej that Nick's best friend who is Andrej's business partners son is also planning on proposing to his girlfriend soon. She is Lilly's best friend." he tells me.
        So two best friends dating and marrying two best friends? This is the cutest thing I have ever heard.
         "Oh my gosh. They are so cute. We should send them a gift." I tell him, going on Pinterest to search for a good gift for them.
        Matteo smiles, "Of course we should, melodia. You can pick it out since you are good at those things and like doing them. However for now, how about we go eat breakfast?" he asks, offering me his hand.
       I smile, taking it and standing up, my back not supporting that decision. I groan as I stand but once I am walking, I feel fine. The bump... it is there, it's not hidden, there is no hiding that, it's just out and about, I don't think it is even possible to try and hide it.
        I was not in the mood for dresses today so I am wearing a pair of baggy shorts and a shirt that is Matteo's, because my normal ones don't fit me anymore unless I want to walk around with a shirt that exposes my belly.
        But my boobs have also gotten bigger because that happens when pregnancy does. But they kind of hurt. So I don't even know if my normal shirts would fit over that.
        Anyways, we head downstairs and eat some breakfast together before he goes off to work. I am staying home today because there is no way that I am going out anywhere voluntarily.
         I head to the theater room and pick a movie, putting it on before Sofia shows up with Angelo. He is almost eight months old and he is such a cute baby.
        While Sofia and I watch the movie, he is crawling around on the floor in front of us, playing with his toys and babbling, making little noises.
        "How are you feeling?" Sof asks me, handing Angelo a teething toy. He sticks it in his mouth and starts adorably basically slobbering all over it.
        "In pain, but it is not that bad. I don't think. I just want to rest, I think I am starting to get just uncomfortable like I just want these babies out of me." I tell her, making her laugh. At her laugh, Angelo laughs as well, mimicking his mamma. "Here's the thing," I continue, "I feel like as soon as I give birth, I am going to want another baby. I have just always been the type to want a lot of kids and have them close in age." I tell her.
        She shakes her head. "I am the complete opposite. After this one, I am done," she points to Angelo, "Aless is getting a vasectomy soon, we don't want any more kids and the ones we do have are like five years apart. Around there." she says, taking a sip of her water.
        "I just can't wait to hold my babies. I am so happy that I am having twins." I tell her.
       "Have you decided on names?" she asks curiously.
       I shake my head, "Middle names, yes. First names no. We want the middle names to be our dads names, but the first names are hard. I suggested making their first names our dads names but Matteo said that papà told him 'If you ever give your child my name as his first name, if I am alive I will disown you and if I am not I will come out from my grave and take you back with me,'" I tell her, making her laugh.
       Papà chose his moments to be funny, and even though he was overall a serious man, he had a soft side.
       When Sofia decides to leave, I make my way to my room. I am exhausted and I haven't even done anything. It has only been around five hours since I have woken up.

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         "She is always sleeping," I hear Laura's voice sounding annoyed but also curious.
I hear Luca's sigh, "Well, it must be for a reason. Let her sleep," he says.
I open my eyes, blinking to adjust to the light coming in from the hallway and the windows. "Laura, you try growing two humans and not taking naps every day," I tell her.
She puts her hands up defensively, "I'm sorry, maybe if you were not straight, this would not have happened," she jokes, making Allegra laugh.
"People who like men confuse me, in all honesty," Allegra says sarcastically.
I smile at them all, sitting up in bed. "We brought you a present," Laura says, pulling something out of the bag in her hands. "Well, something to show you. All our twin pictures, since you are having twins, we thought we would show you," she says, sitting down next to me on the bed.
They sit down, showing me all the pictures they have of them two, some of us three.
         I want my kids to have the same bond the three of us have. The only difference will be that they will all be treated equally and my children will have a childhood they will want to return to, not one they want to run away from.

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         "I really like the name Lorenzo," I tell Matteo.
         "And I really like the name Emilio. It was my Zio's name." he says, a sweet look to his face.
         He always talks about how close him  and his Zio were. He really was like a second father.
After another twenty minutes of talking, we decided on our babies names. Our oldest baby will be named Lorenzo Riccardo Rossi, and our second baby will be named Emilio Leonardo Rossi.

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i'm at a party and still doing this 😘

anyways bye bye

~elle 🌸