In The Morning| 18+

TWENTY ONE

T E R E S A

"And.....release" 

My whole body practically just shuts down as I allow myself to collapse onto the mat, I try to catch my breath as I turn my head to look at Alejandro who looks calm and....happy almost. 

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I pant, he turns his head as he gives me a one over, "What happened?" He asks making me furrow my eyebrows. "I hate you" I say as I press my hand onto my forehead and close my eyes, fuck me. 

I haven't worked out in a while, I was distracted by him then I got distracted by myself and now I got distracted by Emma and her family. The dust has settled now and I could feel myself getting weaker so I asked Ale if he wanted to do a class with me. 

Now here we are, he hasn't broken a sweat and I am sweating my ass off and my legs were all wobbly and I lost my balance during all of the positions. 

A cold towel gets placed on my chest then another one on my face making me open my eyes, I press the cold towel onto my chest as I take the cold towel and wipe it around my face. 

"You haven't worked out in maybe two months" He says as I move the towel off my face, "So why aren't you feeling pain, shame and embarassment?" I ask as I look at him. "I worked out two days ago, pilates was never apart of my routine and it still isn't I only do it for you but I have still been doing my own routine" He responds. 

I force myself to sit up and move my hair out of my face, "In three weeks you will be back on your game Ylenia." He holds out his hand for a high five making me take a deep breath as I try to lift up my hand, "Dramatic" He grabs my hand and high fives me before dropping my hand back down gently. 

He looks at the clock then back at me, "We have time to get breakfast c'mon" At the mention of breakfast I suddenly gain the strength to sit up then actually stand up. 

We make our way over to our cars and drive separately to Mildred's, she absolutely delighted to see us and immediately seats us at 'our booth'. "What does Christmas look like for you?" He asks as I continue to chug my water. 

I hold up my finger as I place my cup down, "Um what do you mean?" I chuckle as I wipe my top lip. Christmas is my favourite holiday, I have a lot of family traditions. 

Christmas Eve we go to mass, then actual Christmas morning it's just us three and we open gifts, watch movies, spend time together and then I get started on whatever meal or meals I have been tasked to bring to dinner.

Christmas dinner is always at the Anderson house. I bring my mother, distant relatives arrive and it's a big family affair. I love it so much. 

"What do your holidays look like? Dinner? What?" He asks, "Christmas eve mass. Actual Christmas morning, I head over to um my mothers house and we just spend the day together. Sometimes we cook, sometimes we order in" I lie with a smile on my face. 

"And you?" I ask, he raises his eyebrows as he sits up. "I don't even know where to start. My mother absolutely loves Christmas so I always fly home, we also go to chruch but she does 12 days of Christmas which is twelve days of Christmas themed food, movies, clothes, activities."

"Christmas day is spectacular, she goes all out with the gifts, activities and the vibes. As a gift for her birthday once, my father gave her a parade filled with memories now it's a tradition. A halloween parade, Christmas, Easter, and when the seasons change there is a parade" He says. 

Ale is a family man. Whenever he talks to about romance, family, his way of thinking and anything like that it always goes right back to his parents. You would really never ever guess that he is a son of two notorious mafia dons, him and Damon.