It's just a long vacation Roseangela. Yeah, a really long vacation with an unknown return date...that happens to involve working during your stay.
"Flight 626 to Austin, Texas is now boarding. Please have your boarding passes ready."
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"So it's settled then. We're getting married on the 26th of June," Cristiano said as he got up and made his way toward the door.
"Bambino there is still much more to decide than just the date," Carlotta called out to him.
"Mama I trust my bride with our wedding," Cristiano said smiling as he walked out of the library.
I smiled as my mind kept thinking that after 2 months of being engaged a date was finally set for our wedding.
"Oh that stubborn Cristiano," Carlotta said frustrated at her son, "we only have three months to plan this."
"Mama I'm sure it'll be just perfect," I assured her, " you planned my birthday in 2 days and it came out spectacular."
"But that's just a birthday bambina. This, this is a wedding. A very important date every girl dreams of since they're little."
"True but I mean I'm here now so it'll be two heads thinking instead of one."
"Thank goodness you're active in the planning. Camila had me do everything for her."
"Don't worry I actually have some ideas already of what I wanted our wedding to be like."
She smiled at me as she got up and walked over to hug me.
"I'm so happy Cris and you crossed paths again."
"I am too."
She sat down on the couch next to me and put the laptop in front of me.
"Do you have a Pinterest board about it? Because I know you younger women are all about Pinterest."
"Yes I do actually," I said laughing as I grabbed the laptop.
I logged into my account and showed her what I had in mind.
"Oh mio Dio. Questi sono sorprendenti. The wedding is going to be absolutely beautiful Rose." (Oh my God. These are amazing.)
I couldn't stop smiling as we continued to plan and talk about the big day.
"So what kind of cake," Carlotta asked me.
"Hmm I like just plain vanilla with butter cream but I know Cris loves chocolate cake so how about both?"
"Sounds very good. It's good to see you take his likes and dislikes into consideration during all of this."
"Thanks. I only hope he does the same in the future when he has to make decisions without me being present."
"I'm sure he will. By the way the estate has a nice empty area in one of the garden's we can use for the reception. Do you want to do it there?"
"I know what area you're talking about and I was just thinking to ask you the same thing."
"Good then reception is done no on to everything else," she said as we both began to laugh.
We went on and decided on color scheme, center pieces, lighting, invitations, the cake design, dinner, and everything in between.
"Alright all that't left to decide on is dress, shoes, hairdo, makeup and flowers for your and then Cris' suit," Carlotta said as she opened up a wedding catalog that had hundreds of dresses and suits.
"This is probably going to be the most time consuming," I said as I flipped through the pages of the catalog admiring the many dresses and suits that filled it's pages
"That's fine you have a month to decide on one for them to have time to make it and have a fitting then alter it if necessary."
I kept looking and looking and then I ended up in the men pages of the big book.
"I want him in this suit," I told Carlotta as I pointed to a charcoal grey suit with a light champagne tie.
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"Oh he'll looks so handsome in this. We'll order it right away."
I continued to look through the catalog as Carlotta called to order Cris' suit and I kept thinking that in three months I was going to be Mrs. De Luca.
Mrs. Rosangela De Luca...
I like the sound of that.
I like it a lot actually.
Soon Cristiano came back into the room only to take me away without his mother noticing.
"Where are we going," I asked him as he picked me up off the floor and ran up the stairs.
"We are going to go have some alone time," he said as he kissed my neck.
That sent shivers down my body but I loved it.
He walked into his room and plopped me on the bed.
"Let me make sure no one interrupts this," he said running to close and lock the door then back to me.
"Do you really believe I'm going to have sex with you just like that," I asked him.
"I believe it because I can feel it radiating off your body every time we're close to each other."
He was right. I was dying to be with him since before we were even engaged but I never wanted to be the one to mention it.
"See your silence says it all," he said as he began to rip off my clothes.
"Hey hey hey why are you still fully dressed," I whined once he had removed every piece of clothing from my body.
"Well then get to work missy," he said as he threw himself on the bed.
I got on top of him and began undressing him as his hands moved up and down my bare body.
"Protection," he asked me.
I hesitated and thought for a moment.
"Nah, if it's meant to happen then it will," I replied to him which sent a smile flying on to his face.
"Good 'cause I hate those things," he said as brought me into a kisss.
For the first time I actually wanted this more than anything in the world.
If I did ended up getting pregnant with our child then so be it. That child would be loved more than life itself.
