He Who Conquers Others Is Strong, He Who Conquers Himself Is Mighty

Auntie Amelia

Amelia: You free? xx

Instead of replying to her message I simply clicked on her name and called her from my laptop. "Pen Pen!" she beamed that smile of hers at me as I grinned back at her. "how are you?" I asked, watching her as she seemingly moved through her house. "good" she sighed as she dropped down onto her couch, in her living room with a can of beer in her hand. "it's been a long day" she said, before taking a sip. "Bobby is in Germany trying to navigate through a deal. So I'm left to do most of the heavy lifting" she rolled her eyes. "I thought that new girl was stepping in more?" I frowned, "who Jackie?" she snorted, "she's about as much use as a chocolate teapot" she scoffed. "when she first started, like a month ago, she was taking people out like some sort of assassin. But since Bobby flew out, she's been freaking out. She can't deal with the stress of trying to run the office." she told me. "someone's been fibbing on her CV" I sang to her and she laughed. "fucking has" She shot back. "I tell ya, when Bobby gets back he's gonna have some serious shit to clear up" she huffed. "oh dear." I cringed. "I know right. I mean, I've managed to keep the ship sailing- so have the guys, but to say he employed her to take on this opportunity and she's so far sinking it, well, there's some serious questions to be asked" she said taking another swig of her beer. "but as of right now, I don't care. I wanna hear about what happened today with my little niece or nephew" she grinned, "how are they?" I giggled at her cheesy smiling face and nodded. "good. They're growing well. A little too well" I widened my eyes making her laugh as I ran a hand over my bump. "He's feeling so bloody heavy" I sighed taking a breath, "I thought-"

"WAIT" she interrupted me. "She's a he?!" she almost screamed. I paused for a second until I realised I'd given it up already. "God damn it! I was gonna make you beg for it!" I snorted. "pah! I'm not Jules" she smirked back at me as I gasped at her comment. "but anyway he's a he! A little boy!" she sighed. "Penny, I am so pleased for you. How perfect" She gushed, clasping her hands together. I smiled and felt the butterflies in my stomach. "oh this means you can start narrowing down names for the little guy!" she gasped. "what do yo mean narrowing?! we haven't even thought about names yet" I huffed. "why the hell not?!" she asked me. "because J and I have barely done any baby related stuff lately. Other than the check ups. He's back into the new football season so if he's not got a game, he's at practice, or the gym, or media events" I sighed, rolling my eyes. "I'm surprised you guys even had time to make this baby with his schedule" Amelia giggled and I nodded. "I know, if it weren't for our honeymoon..." I added. "but I am excited to get ideas together for the nursery" I smiled, "I can sneak in as many swatches for paint colours and décor that I can carry whilst he's at work" I giggled. "I reckon he'd be worse than you!" she laughed- and she wasn't wrong. "how's things going with the candy shop?" she asked with a smile. I rolled my eyes. "honestly, I keep out of it. I mean, I love that he bought the place-"

"it's beyond romantic" Melia sighed. "well, it is now that the legal stuff is all sorted. We have a girl working there for us, but we need to hire a few more people. I mean, we have people lining up to hand in CVs to work in Julian Edelman's Candy store" I snorted. "but I can't let him do the interviews. I mean hell, he'd end up employing every bloody body" 

"And when the hell are you going to do these interviews?! With a baby in one arm and Nick on the phone in the other?" She laughed. "something like that" I sighed. "well, ya know if you ever need the little one taking off your hands for a few hours, Auntie Amelia's totally made for baby sitting!!" she offered excitedly. I frowned with a slight smirk, "and how- pray tell- are you proposing to that from thousands of miles away?" I asked. But Amelia gave me a smile which made every fibre in my body freeze.

"fuck me YESSSSSSSSS!!!" 

...............

"Have you told Bobby you're going to leave?" I asked her after an initial 5 minutes of us both screaming in excitement. "not...yet..." she bit her lip nervously. "Obviously I wanted to run it by you- and well, formerly accept Nick's offer before I let Bobby know" she said, which was clearly the right move, but still. "and I didn't want to drop it on Bobby via email. I have to wait until he gets back"

"yeah and he's sorting out the shit storm that Jackie's created" I cringed a little. Melia pulled a face too, but shrugged. "well, I reckon cleaning it all up before he gets back is the best move I can make. And he knows about my job offer with Nick" she said, when I nodded. Nick called him up and told him what he wanted to propose to Amelia. Just out of courtesy really. We'd known him so long and we saw him as a friend as well as a business acquaintance. He obviously didn't want to lose her, he'd already lost me, but he wished her well. And apparently there's no one that he's rather lose her to, which we were amused by. 

"that's just gonna rub salt in the wound though babe" I smirked. "I mean, you swoop in and save the day over the woman he's got in to cover him  and then he finds out that you're going to leave. Man, tough week to be Bobby" I said, but my expression turned to a smirk. "but" I continued. "I get my Meeeelia!" I sang cheerily making her giggle. "ugh my sister is moving here!!!" I almost yelled. I was so excited to be having her actually coming over. But as usual, my fantastic mood was cut short when my phone vibrated. 

"Is it Daddy?!" Melia asked me with a giggle, as I checked it. But I frowned and shook my head, "no..." I mumbled, totally absorbed in the message, which had my heart racing. "it's Olivia" I added, scrolling through the text. "she knows who started the rumours." I said, looking up to my laptop screen, "about who said the baby isn't J's"