Brother's Girl✔️

Viente y siete

Dominique's POV

I couldn't believe I broke down and started crying in front of Matteo. What was I thinking? I was so stupid, I just didn't know. I literally felt like I was falling apart. And he was right cutting my hair was just proof, I would never cut my hair like that. I love my hair, I stand looking in the mirror of my new haircut. I was starting to miss my hair, but I did look sexy with the low cut and Gabriel said he liked it. I smiled, I mentally slapped myself, why was I even happy about him liking my hairstyle? 

I throw my shirt on me, Matteo was taking me out to remind me of who I was. It wasn't going to be a success anyway, maybe I should put Gabriel and him in one room to compare them. That would help, they were both wonderful guys, but I couldn't have them both. I couldn't have Gabriel to begin with so that wasn't an option. The door opened and Matteo sneaks his head inside, "babe, we're about to leave," he said. 

"Be out in a sec," I said. He nodded his head and left the room. I put some shoes on and walked out the door. As I walked outside, I spotted Gabriel. He stared at me up and down, he let out a deep breath and walked away. I sighed and walked out the house to spot Matteo and Veronica waiting outside on the porch. I smiled when I spotted them, "who's ready to have some fun?" I asked Veronica. She smiled and jumped on me. I smiled also and carried her to Matteo's car. 

Matteo came and took her putting her in her seat in the back. I opened the passenger side and hoped on waiting for him to finish. "You feeling better?" Matteo asked as he entered the driver's side putting the key in the ignition. The memories of what happened the day before once again ran through my head. 

"Better now," I answered him. I meant it, I was feeling a little better of just the three of us in the car. It was my baby girl and my boyfriend, life seemed simpler inside the car. He smiled and started driving the car out of the driveway. The radio was on playing a stupid pop song, Veronica started singing in the backseat, I smiled looking at her in the rearview mirror. I leaned my head on the window looking at the beautiful streets as we drove. "Where are we going?" I asked Matteo. 

"Park," he answered. I nodded my head and went back to staring at the streets. After a few minutes, we arrived at one of the biggest parks in downtown Miami. Veronica quickly undid her seatbelt and ran out. I got out following her to slow down, "Vee, behave," Matteo said running after us. We reached a small hill and I took a seat on one of the benches as Veronica started running down the hill. "She looks so happy," Matteo said taking a seat beside me. 

I nodded my head as I watched Veronica looking so carefree running up and down the hill. The wind was blowing her hair but she didn't care. "You created that," Matteo said. I smiled and looked at Veronica, I did, I said to myself. I felt proud, I guess that was one positive thing that came out of me. "Her birthday is coming up, what do you want to do?" He asked me. 

"I don't know," I answered. Growing up my parents were not big on birthdays. My dad used to just buy me a cupcake, put a candle on it, and I would blow the candle. It wasn't much, but I was happy. My family was there and that's what was important. "What if we just spend the day with her?" I asked, "we can go out and eat and do something fun. She loves when we watch The Little Mermaid with her," I said. If you wanted to make her happy, just sit and watch the movie with her. 

"What if she goes to see Ariel?" Matteo asked me. I raised my eyebrow so he can elaborate more on the subject, "we can take her to Disney World," he said. I frowned and shook my head no, "why?" He questioned. 

"We took her there last year for her birthday," I told him. 

"So?" He asked, "she loved it," he commented. 

"I know," I replied, "she can't always get what she wants."

"But she can, we have the money and it's just a five-hour drive," he defended his cause. I did not want her to grow up being spoiled. She had to know these hard truths, she could not always go to Disney World, she could not always do something special. Life is not about the big gestures, it's about love, happiness, and family. That's all you need to survive and I wanted her to know that and nothing else. 

"I know," I told him again. "Matt, we cannot teach her that her birthday means she has to go to a fancy place and waste money. I just want us to spend time together and laugh, tell jokes, and enjoy each other's company," Matteo looked at me and nodded his head understanding my point. At least I thought he understood my point. "I called the office of the therapist her doctor recommended, her appointments are set up months and advance so she only could get us in next month," I told him.

"Next month?" He asked. I nodded my head, he sighed and rubbed his eyes. "She's the best in Palm Beach County, so I guess we'll have to wait," he added. 

"Yeah, thanks for bringing me here, it kind of helped me clear my head," I added after a while.

"You're welcome; babe, what's really going on?" He inquired. I put my head down feeling shameful, "whatever it is, I want to know. I want you to know I am here for you and we will get through it together," was he going to help me get rid of my feelings for his brother or something?"Is it us?" He asked me. 

"Us?" I questioned raising my eyebrow. 

"Yes, us. I mean our relationship," he clarified. 

"No, I mean yes. It's complicated," I told him. 

"Uncomplicate it," he told me. 

"I-I," I did not know what to tell him. "What are we doing?" I asked him. "Our relationship in some shape or form has become more of a thing we do instead of I don't know like when we first started dating," I said. I did not know if what I said made sense, but the sooner I was able to define what we were, the better it would be. 

"I'm a bit confused," he told me. "Our relationship is more than a thing at least to me. I'm not together with you because it is what needs to be because we have a kid together; I love you Dominique and I know the last few years has been a bit shaky," he said. "What's broken can be mended. We live together so I understand how it might feel like the love, the excitement we started with is not there," he said. "Just give me a chance to change that," I nodded my head. 

"Mommy, daddy, let's play tag," Veronica came running to us. "You're it!" She yelled tapping her father. She started running down the hill. Matteo tapped me and ran away. 

"That's not fair!" I got up running after them, "I did not start playing yet," they laughed and started running. I ran trying to catch Matteo since he was the one who tapped me and it would not be fair to get Veronica. 

"You can't catch me!" Matteo yelled. At that moment, everything did feel okay. The doubts of our relationship all seemed to go away. I was happy, just the three of us.