The night we met

Chapter 46

We were all sitting in the living room as Mia opened a gift beside Angelo which was also doing the same as Mia.

I laughed as he opened one that Elia had bought him.

"Fuck, this is too much babe," Angelo said with a pout in his face.

"You aren't supposed to say bad words," Mia said firmly crossing her arms against her chest.

"You're right Mia. I will say Fudge instead."

He said and Mia nodded getting back to her gift. But I laughed at his answer and so did Charlotte.

Mia started to scream. It was a beautiful bike she had asked to Santa.

"Mommy, mommy! Look want Santa brought to me! Yay," Mia said loudly.

Charlotte smiled at her and gave her a hug.

I remembered when my mom did that with me. I wrote the letter with her and we both placed it on the tree a night before Christmas. The next day I always went down running and screamed as I saw the gift below the tree. My parents always sat down to watch my reaction to the present. Isn't it nice that second of happiness when you just get your Christmas wish in your hands. I guess we have all been there and it will then be repeated with our own kids, giving them that kind of happiness.

Gifts is a way of showing thoughtfulness, love and affection. They just bring joy to the one receiving it, and so the ones giving it. It usually makes us feel good.

We all gave to one another, even Salvatore gave one to Lorenzo. I saw how even William talked to them as a good friend, they even looked as best friends. I don't know their relationship between them but it may be a nice one to hear.

I gave a gift to Charlotte which she almost cried. It was a bracelet with the initials of our favorite movie in it. Since our movie nights are always the best nights we love to have. It just brings us memories when we laughed, cried. Well all the emotions you could ever think of.

Without Charlotte I could have never had a best friend, a sister or a good adviser like her. She just needs more recognition as a good friend, hard working woman, mother and a wife.

We all laughed as we continued to open the gifts and Matteo, Noah and Domenico bothered Angelo by the way he was acting with the gifts. They all laughed between them with their own inside jokes. The four of them sat down trying to build a train road which made me laugh even harder. They all looked as small children reading instructions, fighting and excited to see if it worked.

"Its not like that. Give me the instructions," Matteo said.

"No. Its my train," Angelo said as he read the instructions again for the eighth time.

"A train that it won't work if you don't let us help you. We want to see the fucking train work," Noah said as he grabbed the instructions from his hand.

"It won't work," Domenico said covering his face with one hand.

They all spent like thirty minutes building it up until it finally worked and moved around nicely. They all screamed of joy as it even made sound.

Charlotte, Lily and me were listening to Elia talk about planning a trip to the beach with all of us someday. I suddenly said yes without hesitating and they all laughed at me. We started discussing about the small details but then I turned around and saw Fanny and William with Mia playing.

They laughed together and thats when I finally realized.

Shit.

Fanny was the one that William had fell in love with.