A/N: So I have some good news and some bad news… and the bad news isn't all that bad… First is the "bad" news… I've finally found a stopping point for this series… after this chapter, there are going to be seven more installments to tie up some loose ends… and they're going to be so sweet and sappy that you might just go into a coma from all of the fluff that I'm dishing out :) Now the good news! I've finally finished the prologue for my new series! I'm not going to post it until I finish the trailer, which is giving me a difficult time so please send me good creative energy in regards to the trailer! Because the sooner that it gets done, the faster I'll post! Alright, happy reading and keep the comments coming!!
Butterflies
"You don't have to come, you know?"
Lulu took a look at her fourteen year old son and rolled her eyes. He was at that age where he was embarrassed by every single thing that his parents did. He folded his arms across his chest as he waited for Johnny to get his blazer.
"God, when did you get to be so big?" Lulu muttered as she gently touched Christian's cheek.
"Ugh, Mom!" he groaned, immediately pushing her hand away and she giggled softly.
He was growing like a weed. He was almost as tall as she was and he was looking more like Johnny every single day. Christian's dark brown hair was cropped short and modeled off his father's hairstyle. He had a lean build, most likely from his love of soccer and hockey, and of course he had inherited his father's trademark smirk. All mothers thought that their kids were the best looking but there was no question when it came to Christian.
Lulu knew, without a doubt, that she had a fantastic looking kid...
And everyone began to notice him too, especially the girls at his school. As soon as he hit his fourteenth birthday, girls began calling the house. Johnny, being the proud father he was, looked on as Christian began interacting with girls while Lulu had a mini panic attack every single time a little girl would call the house asking for Christian. Johnny said that it was karmic justice for all of the headaches that the twins had put him through.
"Ready to go?" Johnny asked as he pulled on his blazer.
"Yes…" Christian said, headed towards the door.
"Are you coming with us to drop him off?" Johnny asked his wife and Lulu looked Christian for an answer. She quickly got it as he shook his head.
"No, I think I'll sit this one out… besides, it's probably the one weekend that the girls aren't attached to their boyfriends' hips this entire summer so I'll make the most of it…" Lulu said.
"Speaking of the girls… I know that they wanted to see you off tonight… they're so excited for you…" Johnny said and Christian blushed furiously.
"Dad…" Christian grumbled but his father ignored him
"Regan! Ava! We're leaving!" Johnny called upstairs.
Regan and Ava immediately appeared at the top of the stairs upon hearing their father's words. They were home for the summer, per Johnny's request of course. If it was hard to believe that Christian was now a teenager, it was next to impossible to think that the Zacchara girls were now twenty years old and about to start their junior year of college. Regan and Ava could barely contain their excitement for their little brother and Christian winced as they both gave him kisses on his cheek.
"Ugh, gross! Can we go now?" Christian whined as he wiped his face of any traces of his sisters' lips.
"Aww… so we can't wish you good luck on your first real date?" Ava chuckled.
"No!" Christian yelled and the girls laughed.
"Alright… enough teasing your brother… have fun…" Lulu said, ushering both Christian and Johnny out the door.
Lulu watched from the dining room as Johnny pulled out the car and sped out of sight. It was hard to watch her baby go on his first real date. She sighed and folded her arms across her chest, wanting to have gone with Johnny to drop Christian off at the movies. Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Lulu turned around and saw Regan, with Ava at her side, jingling her car keys in front of her mother.
"Let's go spy on him…" Regan snickered.
Against her better judgment, Lulu piled into Regan's small sports car. Surely Christian would never forgive her if he caught her spying on him on his date but she couldn't help herself. She just wanted to see that he was ok. Regan was an expert at staying under the radar behind Johnny's car, a skill acquired when she was sneaking off to meet Jake Morgan most likely. The three of them watched as Christian hopped out of his father's car and walked over to a petite brunette.
"That must be Christian's date…" Ava whispered.
She turned around and smiled upon seeing Christian. She gave him a warm hug and Lulu heard her daughters sigh dreamily, thinking that the two of them looked positively adorable together. Christian's face immediately lit up as the young girl embraced him and she smiled.
"Who is she?" Regan asked, turning towards her mother.
"Angelina Barrett… she and Brenda moved back here after Brenda's divorce from that Italian vineyard owner…" Lulu said.
"Hey, she's half Italian and we're half Italian! If they got married, we could totally have one of those authentic Italian weddings!" Ava cried excitedly and Regan shook her head.
"If you're not planning your own wedding, you're planning someone else's…" Regan muttered.
Lulu began to say something when she saw Christian take Angelina's hand and they began walking along the mall towards the movie theater. Christian had always been such a charismatic boy. He carried himself with confidence, with a hint of arrogance, that outshone everybody. However, to see him to be completely awestruck by someone was different.
"He really likes her… I can tell…" Ava sighed.
"I think so too…" Lulu said with a smile.
"Yeah… but she better treat him right or else she's going to have the three of us to deal with…" Regan said, folding her arms, and Ava nodded in agreement.
"Don't you think that you guys should be heading home?"
All three of them blanched at the voice and turned around to see that Johnny had pulled up beside their car. Johnny frowned disapprovingly and they all smiled sheepishly, knowing that they were caught. Regan and Ava giggled nervously and tried to put the charm on their father but he just shook his head.
"You should leave before Christian spots you… you know that he'll never forgive you guys if he finds out that you staked out his first date…" Johnny chided them.
"Fine…" Regan sighed as she started up the ignition.
"Oh and Lulu?" Johnny asked.
"Y—Yes?" Lulu stammered.
"I told Christian that you would pick him up at ten-thirty… I hope that's ok…" he said and Regan nudged her mother as Ava giggled in the back seat.
"Thank you…" Lulu whispered.
