drown × calum hood [complete]

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Chapter Fifteen: Dive in when I'm down?

HOLY CRUDBALLS LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME

Dedicated to: ATCAgainstTheCurrent for all the support ❤🙈

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"Bella!" Ariana and Rico shrieked at the same time.

She welcomed them both into a hug, smiling. Rico had always been a cuddly person. He loved both getting and giving hugs.

"Bella!" Her mother called from their extremely small kitchen.

"Sí, Mamá (yes, mum)?"

"Ven y sirve la cena (come and serve your dinner)."

"Estoy yendo (yes mum, coming)," she muttered breathlessly. Her mother didn't seem to understand that she didn't like food.

She would never tell her mother that; she would get hit with a chancla. And her mother had a lot of chancla's.

"Qué hay para cenar, mamá (what's for dinner, mummy)?" Little Leo asked, twirling his long brown curls around his dainty fingers.

"Un poco de paella (just some paella)," their mother replied with a sigh. They had been eating paella for the last four days due to the lack of money Bella earned.

"Mamá," she said quietly.

"Sí?"

She debated whether or not to tell her mother that Calum had given her $15. It wasn't much to him, but it was like a million dollars to them.

"A boy - Un muchacho me dio un poco de dinero (a boy gave me some money)."

"¿Cuánto dinero te dio? (how much money did he give you)"

"Quince dólares (fifteen dollars)," she mumbled.

"Qué? (what)"

"Quince dólares," she repeated, saying it louder.

"Qué? Qué?!"

"Quince dólares, Mamá!" Bella finally shouted, getting annoyed at her mother repeating "What? What?"

"Mentirosa, mentirosa, eres una mentirosa (liar, liar, pants on fire)," Ariana said, sticking her tongue out.

"¡No estoy mintiendo! (I'm not lying!)" Bella said, feeling in her pocket for the fifteen dollars. She pulled the ten and five out after a minute of searching and expectant looks.

"Que no estabas mintiendo...
(You weren't lying...)" Ariana whispered in awe, plucking the two notes out of her hand and examining them in her tiny hands.

"Quiero mirar! (I wanna look!)" Leo suddenly said, snatching the notes out of Ariana's hands, ignoring her "Deténte, es mío! (Stop, it's mine!)" Rico stole the notes off Leo.

Soon enough, the three small children were fighting over the two precious notes, causing Bella's mother to cry out.

"¡Deténganse o lo rasgaran! (Stop! You'll rip it!)"

That made them stop fighting immediately. With a sheepish grin, Rico handed the two notes back to Bella gently.

"¿Vas a comprar algo, Bella?
(Are you going to buy something, Bella?)" Rico asked, looking at his paella with slight disgust so his mother wouldn't notice his expression.

"Creo que hay que guardarlo
(I think we should save it)," Leo said quietly, looking at Bella with wide brown eyes.

"¿Porqué quires guardalos si los puedes gastar ahora? (Why would you want to save it when you can spend it now?)" Rico said, glancing at the two notes in front of Bella.

"Porque cuanto más se ahorra, más se puede comprar (because the more you save, the more you can buy,)" their mother said, taking Bella's hand in hers and placing it against her baby bump.

She was confused as to what her mother was doing until she felt it.

A tiny kick.

She gasped softly.

"Qué?" Rico asked, raising an eyebrow at her. Bella motioned for him to come over and he did - hesitantly.

She took his hand in hers and placed it against their mother's stomach as her mother had done to her.

"Por qué - ah!"

After that, they all took turns feeling their mother's stomach for any kicks from their newest sibling.

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aww

i think this chap was pretty cute

also i do not know how to speak fluent spanish and if you do please correct me if i got any of these wrong and i'll rewrite it thank you :-)

bc google isn't always right

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