Red

Meeting The Parents Part II

The dishes were done and we'd joined Kimi and his dad in the lounge. The fire had been lit and I snuggled up beside Kimi under a blanket on the couch. "do you have blankets everywhere you go?" I asked with a smirk. "it is Paula. He gets it from her" Matti chuckled. I looked across at him and smiled, "no matter where we fly to he always has a blanket of some kind with him" I laughed. Kimi just sat there grinning. "what are your plans for the holidays Arabella?" Paula asked me. "mom, call her Bella" Kimi chuckled. "oh I'm sorry. Sebastian said you preferred Arabella but you were too polite to say" she said. Fucking Vettel. Wait til I get my hands on him! Kimi laughed out loud, most probably reading my thoughts. "call her Bella" he repeated. She smiled at me and I blushed, "erm well, usually I go home for Christmas, but my family are all over the place this year, I kind of left it to the last minute to plan something, but Kimi had already decided I'd be spending it with him" I said, throwing a glance his way. He smirked at me, "it is nice to have some quiet time alone. Especially as you are both so busy during the year." Matti agreed. Kimi was yet to really say a word, but he pulled me against his side tightly, placing a kiss on my head. "the hot chocolate is done, let's get some marshmallows" his mum suggested getting up of the other couch. I was really getting to like it here.

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"thank you so much for having us" I kissed his mum goodbye. "you are welcome any time my dear. Anytime" she smiled kindly, eliciting a thank you from me. I stepped back as Kimi embraced both his parents. It was the first time I had seen him do that. He kissed his mum and shook his dad's hand. He bid them goodnight and we took the steps down to the car.

"that went well" Kimi sighed as we waved to them as he pulled out of the driveway. "yeah it actually did" I sighed, looking out onto the snowy landscape outside. "they really do like you" he told me, taking my hand gently that sat in my lap. I looked at him and smiled, "yeah, more than Jenni. I know" I added, I couldn't help it. Kimi frowned. "your mum told me so in the kitchen," I smiled a little, "I got the whole story of you two" I said, seeing Kimi groan and rub his free hand over his face. "it's okay Kim, she just wants you to be happy" I tried to reassure him. "don't say anything to her. She didn't mean any harm" I added, having no intention of mentioning the baby thing. That would probably send him over the edge, and hopefully it was wrong.

Kimi sighed and looked at me, I gave him a smile which he returned and looked back to the road. "thank you for going tonight" he said quietly, "and for listening to my mom" he added. I smiled and shrugged. "of course. I actually had a good time." I nodded, smiling at him. "I'm gonna kill Seb though" I sighed. Kimi let out a loud laugh.

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Not too much later, we arrived back at Kimi's place. He drove into the underground parking garage and we climbed out. "I dunno about you, but I think I wanna head to bed" I yawned. He laughed, telling me he'd be up in a little while so I headed on up alone. I was kind of glad in a way, I mean, the things his mum had said to me where swirling around in my head. Maybe I should have said something to him? So I wasn't getting ahead of myself? I wasn't sure. I thought it maybe best to have some time alone and think about it. That or call Sophia. Hmm, it was midnight. Maybe not the best idea then.

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I tossed and turned in the bed, no matter what I tried I just couldn't get comfy. I wondered why it was bothering me so much, the things Paula had said. Well, about the kids thing. I mean yeah I was still young and I loved my job, I wasn't ready to give that up. But all this was simply speculation. I'd not heard Kimi even mention babies. Not to mention the fact he might not even want them with me. I was being silly. I needed to chill the fuck out and not let things spoil these few weeks. It was probably a harmless comment. Nothing to get freaked out about. Probably.