Stella's POV:
I take Harry's hand in mine and lead him towards the kitchen. I introduce Harry to my aunts and uncles. My aunts are all so excited to meet him and greet him with hugs and kisses. My uncles just give him a tern handshake and a warning look. They will come around. It's not them that I am worried about. Next I introduce Harry to my cousins. He meets the girls first, Monica, Lisa, and Vanessa. My whole family isn't here thank God, because if they were, I don't know what I would do... "I cannot believe you and Stella are dating and that you're actually here with her right now, you have no idea how obsessed with you she was before she moved to London." Monica tells Harry. "MON!" I yell at her blushing. "What? It's true Stel, you were in love with him." Lisa adds in laughing. If I wasn't already as red as a tomato, I definitely am now. Harry squeezes my hand and smiles at me. "Well, lucky for her, I'm in love with her just as much as she was and hopefully still is." Harry tells my cousins. The girls burst into 'Aww's' and I smile as Harry plants a kiss on my forehead. "You really are so cute together." Vanessa says smiling at me. "Thanks V" I tell her. "Where's Alex?" I ask the girls. "He's in the backyard with Carlo and Marco." Lisa tells me. "You ready to meet him?" I ask turning t Harry. "Yeah sure." he seems so calm about this. I take a deep breath and lead him to the backyard. This is it. Alex better be good to him like he promised me he would. I see Alex and the two boys playing with a soccer ball in the yard and Alex turns to face me. "STELLA!" he yells sprinting over to me. I wrap my arms around my brother and he hugs me tightly. "I have missed you so much." he says releasing from the hug, "You look good!" I tell him. He smiles and flexes his arms. I roll my eyes and hug my two cousins. "Harry this is my brother Alex. Alex, this is Harry." I say introducing them. "Hey, nice to finally meet you." Harry says extending his hand to my brother. Alex ignores it stares Harry in the eyes. "Hey." he says coldly. Oh no, please don't do this Alex, I silently beg. "And these are my cousins Marco and Carlo, Carlo is 19 and Marco is 18." I tell Harry doing my best to avoid Alex's rudeness. "Hey, how's it going." Carlo says extending his hand. Harry shakes it and smiles. "Nice to meet you." Harry says turning Marco. They shake hands. They seem to be fine with Harry. Alex is still standing with his arms crossed in front of Harry. "Stella has told me so much about you, I hear you're a huge football fan." Harry says to my brother trying to create conversation. "Yeah," Alex replies. Really, could he not elaborate more. "What's your favourite club?" Harry asks. "Manchester United, who else." my brother says. "Of course, I was worried you were a Chelsea fan." Harry says. "Never, they are crap. Are you a United fan?" Alex asks Harry. Here we go, now he is warming up to Harry. "Of course. They are the best." Harry says. My brother turns to look at me as if to say 'not bad'. I smile. "Alright, I'm going to go in and talk to everyone, will you be okay?" I ask Harry. "Yeah I'm good, go ahead." Harry says smiling at me. I almost lean in a give him a kiss but I remember that my brother is standing right there and this is all new to him. "Thank you" I mouth to Harry and he just winks at me. I walk inside to mingle with my aunts, uncles and cousins. They only person I haven't seen yet is my dad. He and I don't really get along and I haven't talked to him much since I've been in London. I decide that I want to talk with my dad first. I see him sitting on the couch beside my Zio Peter. I walk over to him and he stands up. "Hi sweetie, I missed you. How are you?" he asks. "Hey dad, I'm good. How's everything been?" I say returning his hug. "Pretty good, your music sounds great." he tells me. "Thanks, I've been working really hard." I say. "Are you ready for the tour?" he says sitting back down motioning for me to sit next to him. My Zio Peter gets up and heads into the kitchen leaving just us two sitting here. "Yeah I think so, I'm really excited." I tell him. "Good, I'm happy for you." he says. He hasn't said anything about Harry so I decide to mention him. They have to meet at some point tonight and the sooner it happens the better so that I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the night. "Dad, you know Harry is here right." his smile fades immediately. His eyes harden and he says "Yes. Where is he?" "He's hanging out with Alex in the back. Please dad just give him a chance, he really is a great guy and I love him." I tell him. "Please Stella, don't be stupid, you don't love him you're too young for that." he says rolling his eyes. "Dad I'm going to be 19 in a few months, I'm not a little girl anymore. He is very important to me and it would mean a lot if you gave him a chance." I say. This is mainly the reason that he and I don't get along. He thinks that I will be his little girl forever. He rolls his eyes and says "I will make my decision when I see him." "Whatever." I say standing up from the couch. Regardless if he likes Harry or not, I love him and that is something that won't change. It is up to him whether he wants to be in my life or not. I walk towards my mom and she sees the frown on my face. "What's wrong sweetie?" she asks rubbing my back. "Nothing, just talked to dad, nothing has changed I can see." I tell her. "You know him, he just hates seeing you grow up. He wants you to be his little girl forever." my mom says. "I know that, its just that he and I have nothing in common and ever conversation I have with him turns into an argument. If he doesn't like Harry, we are going to stay at a hotel for the remainder of our visit." I tell my mom meaning it. As much as I would love to stay at my old house with my family, if my dad isn't going to give Harry a chance, I am not going to put Harry through that. He has already done so much for me by coming here to meet my family and I won't let my father be rude to him on top of that. I look out the window to see Harry sitting on the bench on his own. "Harry," I say as I walk over to him. "Why are you by yourself?" I ask him frowning. "Just had a chat with your brother." Harry says avoiding my eyes. Oh no. "What did he say to you?" I ask. "Nothing, just talked." Harry said avoiding my eyes again. "Are you sure?" I ask. "Yeah" he says grabbing my hands. Something tells me he isn't telling the truth. "Okay..." I say trailing off and Harry kisses my forehead. "Want to meet my Nonno?" (Nonno means grandpa!) I ask Harry. "Yeah I would love to." Harry says and I stand up and lead him through the kitchen to the front sitting room. My Nonno is sitting with Lisa and Monica and my Zia Rita and Zia Carolina. "Ciao nonno, come stai? Mi sei mancato così tanto! Questo è il mio fidanzato Harry!" Hi Nonno, I have missed you so much! This is my boyfriend Harry! I speak to him in Italian because his English isn't very good. Harry is staring at me and his eyes are wide. Why is he looking at me like that? I turn my attention back to my Nonno, he is crying. He is honestly the cutest man in the world. "Ciao Harry, piacere di conoscerti. È meglio fare la mia nipotina felice, anche se in questo momento lei sembra come la ragazza più felice del mondo." he says shaking Harry's hand. "He says, Hi Harry, nice to meet you. You better make my granddaughter happy, although right now she seems like the happiest girl in the world." I translate for Harry. He smiles and says "Tell him I say it's a honor to meet him and that I am the luckiest guy in the world to have you." I smile and squeeze his hand. "Egli dice, è un onore conoscerla. Io sono l'uomo più fortunato del mondo ad avere Stella." I tell my Nonno saying what Harry told me to. Harry watches me speak and his eyes are full of love. My nonno smiles and pulls Harry in for a hug. I look at Harry and the smile on his face is huge. We say goodbye to my Nonno promising that we will visit him this week. I take Harry towards my father. "Dad, this is Harry, Harry this is my dad Angelo." I say introducing them taking a deep breath. "Nice to meet you Sir." Harry said extending his hand to my dad. "You think that by calling me Sir, that you will get my respect? You have it all wrong, you have to earn that." my dad spits ignoring Harry's hand. Harry's face turns white and he nods his head. "I'm sorry." "Dad! Are you serious? Did you not hear anything that I just said to you, you're unbelievable." I spit and take Harry's hand in mine leading him away from the monster that is my father. In the corner of my eye I spot my mom staring our direction with her hand over her mouth. "Bye everyone." I call out as Harry and I walk out to my car. When we get in I burst into tears. "I am so sorry Harry, I completely understand if you want to go home, I am so sorry" I manage to say between sobs. "Hey, don't apologize, I had a great night! You're family is great, you dad is just trying to protect you." Harry says putting his hand on my thigh. "But, your family was so friendly and welcoming and kind and-" I say and Harry interrupts. "Stella, you're family is the exact same with the exception of your dad and brother but that's only because they are protective of you." Harry says. "My brother? I thought you said you guys got along?" I ask. "Yeah, we did for the most part but I got a warning from him as well." Harry tells me smiling. "How can you be okay with this?" I ask him staring into his eyes. "Because I love you Stella and I won't let anyone get in the way of that. You dad will come around." he tells me rubbing my arm. "I love you so much Harry, I'm so sorry this had to happen." I apologize again. "Stop apologizing, your family is great!" he says. I start the car and pull out of the driveway. "Ice cream?" I ask Harry. "But of course." he says smiling at me. We pull up to Dairy Queen and I park the car. We get out and order our ice cream. We sit on the nearest bench and being to eat. "I didn't know you spoke Italian that well." Harry says taking a lick of his chocolate cone. "Yeah, I thought I mentioned that, it was my first language." I tell taking a lick of my cone. "Well you can feel free to speak it anytime you want, it's unbelievably sexy." Harry says winking at me. I laugh "Is it? That's why you were staring at me like that when I was talking to my Nonno." I respond. "Yeah, fuck it was hot." Harry says laughing. "I'm sorry again about tonight." I tell Harry quietly. "Stella if you apologize to me again I will go home." Harry says smiling at me. "You are the best, you know that?" I tell him. "No baby, you are." he says and he lifts my chin and kisses me softly on the lips.
We get into the car and head back to my house. Thankfully when we get there the lights are off and everyone is in bed. It sucks that I don't get to sleep with Harry for a week. I say goodnight to Harry at the door of my bedroom. "Goodnight baby, I'm so happy to be here with you." Harry says wrapping his arms around me. "Goodnight Harry, I love you." I tell him and he presses his lips to mine. My mouth parts just enough for him to slide his warm tongue into it. I melt every time we kiss, I can never get enough of him. "I love you Stella, see you in the morning." he says and walks to his room across from mine.
I wish tonight could have gone smoother. For the most part everyone was friendly to Harry. I am so angry with my father. He is unbelievable. You would think he would see how happy Harry makes me and he could try to give him a chance. Instead he is a rude asshole and made Harry and I both feel so uncomfortable. Who knows what will happen tomorrow. I really hope that he has it in him to apologize and start over, but somehow I know that he won't. Being at Harry's house last week was so different than it is being here. We both come from such different backgrounds and I don't know how Harry and I get along so well. Harry's family is so open and okay with everything including Harry and I staying in the same room. Now we are at my house and my father and brother were both rude to Harry and we are most definitely not allowed to stay in the same room. Sometimes I wish that my dad was more easy going and that we got along but he is stubborn and will never change. My thoughts are interrupted by phone vibrating. It's Harry. Instantly I smile and my stomach flutters.
From: Harry:
I had a great time tonight, stop thinking about what happened and be excited for tomorrow. It's a new day and I am so happy to be here with you. Goodnight baby, I love you. xx -Harry.
It's like he read my mind. He is the best.
To: Harry:
Thank you for everything, you're right. I will see you in the morning, I love you. xoxo
I plug my phone into its charger and climb into bed. Harry is right, tomorrow is a new day and I am so thankful to be here with Harry.
Thank you so much for reading! Hope you enjoy this chapter! The bold writing is the English translation! Let me know if you have any questions about the Italian! Leave me feedback in the comments! Lots of love.
xoxo,
Stella
