Saving Ma
Summary: After Frank proposed to Natalia, Rafe Ave and Emma team up to help their moms.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and I do not make any profit from this
Chapter 14
Goofy's kitchen had been tons of fun. The food was excellent and Emma got to meet and take pictures with Goofy and Cinderella. Outside they had asked another tourist to take a picture of the whole family Rafe stood next to Olivia who had her arm around Natalia, Ava leaning into her and the Bean in front of her mommies.
They were now at the Garden Walk looking through the stores. Rafe was getting really bored with the women shopping for clothes. "Ma, we passed a store earlier that sold swim trunks. Can I go and get some. We forgot to get me some back home. We're going to the beach Saturday and I don't want to wear my new shorts in the salt water."
Natalia looked up from where she and Ava were looking through racks. "We can go there next mijo, we won't be much longer."
Rafe groaned, Olivia chuckled. "Honey, he's about to die of boredom. I'll take him and help him pick out some trunks. I may get a new swimsuit myself. We can meet up later."
Natalia looked apprehensive. "I don't know Liv. I don't like to spit up."
Olivia wrapped her arms around her waist. "We'll be fine and look," she pointed at her pants. "I have button pockets for my phone."
They chuckled and Natalia nuzzled her ear. "Just don't be gone long. I need to be close to you." She whispered causing a shiver to run up Olivia's spine.
Olivia kissed her neck. "Ok call when you have pulled Ava and Emma away from the clothes and we'll meet up then. I'll find something to entertain our boy until then." She kissed her lips lightly and headed out with Rafe.
They found their way to the surf shop O'Neill's. Rafe found two pairs of board shorts he fell in love with. Olivia actually found a swim top that covered her scars and still allowed her to show plenty of skin and paired it with a pair of women's board shorts and a pair of bikini bottoms. She bought two sets so she had an extra. She hadn't been able to find any swimwear at home that covered her scars.
They headed to the store Olivia was really interested in and stopped at the sunglass hut on the way and Rafe got a pair of Oakley's. Olivia picked up a pair of Ray bans for herself and Natalia, and a pair of Oakley's for Ava. She got Emma a pair with Cinderella on them.
Once they made it to her intended destination she turned to Rafe. "I'm going to do this but I don't know when yet. I need you to keep it for me until I decide I need it. Natalia will find it if I keep it." She said in a rush.
Rafe chuckled. "Mom relax. I will keep it safe I promise. She won't find it."
She nodded and they walked into Madison & Co. Fine Jewelry. They looked at every wedding set the place had. Olivia was having a hard time picking one she thought Natalia would like. The sales associate was getting on her nerves and she was getting frustrated.
The sales associate sighed. "Perhaps if you look at these over here again…"
She snapped. "Ok look, I don't want to look at something I already saw and turned down. You have to have something else." Her voice was raising and Rafe was concerned about her heart.
He placed a hand on her back. "Mom."
She instantly calmed, "sorry." She whispered to him.
Just then another man came from the back. "Excuse me, is there a problem here ma'am?"
Olivia eyed the man. "And who are you sir."
The man smiled, "I'm the owner."
Olivia perked up. "Excellent, I am trying to find a wedding set so I can propose to the woman I love and this gentleman here keeps pushing me toward things I have already said no to. Perhaps you have something else in the back. Price is not a problem. I just want something that feels right."
The man thought for a moment, "I have three sets that I have just recently finish in the safe in my office. If you would like to come with me I would be happy to show them to you."
Olivia smiled. "Thank you. What size are they I need them today. We are from out of town here on vacation."
The man led them into the office. "They are a standard 7 but it will only take an hour for me to size them if necessary."
Olivia sat. "No size 7 is her size. I just know that custom jobs are not always standard."
He pulled three black boxes out of the safe and set them on the desk sitting down. He opened one of the boxes and handed it to her. "This set i…" he was about to explain the size and cut, but Olivia cut him off.
She held up a hand. "No that's not it." She said handing it back.
He nods closing the box, set it aside and handed her the next set. He waited for her reaction before explaining them.
She smiled lightly. "These are beautiful, but they're more my style than hers." She looked at them longingly and handed them back.
He set them aside. "And what about you? Are you going to be wearing a set? You look to be a 7 yourself."
She sighed. "Yes I am but if I bought something like this for myself she would kill me."
"I can put them up for her to look at later if you want." He asked
"No. It would be out of her price range." She said but Rafe nodded behind her. The owner saw and nodded slightly at him.
He handed her the last set and her eyes lit up so he explained the piece. "This is an Antique style Princess cut engagement ring with a 1 ¼ carat center setting. Both the engagement band and wedding band have wrap around diamonds totaling 2 ½ carats."
She looked up at Rafe and beamed. "This is it," she looked back to the owner. "I'll take it."
He smiled, "Would you like to know the price?"
She waved him off handing him her American express black card. "Doesn't matter. Ring it up, she just text me and we have to meet up with them."
He rang her up while his associate looked at her longingly realizing her screwed up and missed out on a big commission miss judging her ability to pay that kind of price. The owner shared a look with Rafe and they headed off to meet the others.
Rafe put the Ring box in his cargo pocked that zipped. "There all safe, as long as someone doesn't mug me for my shorts." They shared a laugh. "I'll put it in the lock safe in my room when we get back." She nodded positively giddy that she had found the perfect ring.
They met up at Johnny Rockets for lunch. When Olivia and Rafe arrived they were already seated waiting for them. Olivia leaned in and kissed Natalia gently on the lips and sat. "Sorry it took us so long this place is huge we were on the other side of the shops."
Nat smiled. "Did you find anything?"
Rafe smiled. "Yes, I got two pairs of really cool board shorts and mom found two sets of suits that she fell in love with."
Nat looked shocked "Really?" She asked Olivia knowing she was self-conscious about her scars and couldn't find a suit back home.
Olivia nodded happily. "Yes that's why I got two sets. I'll have to show you later. It's exactly what I was looking for but couldn't find back home."
Olivia seemed really excited and Natalia was glad that she and Rafe had found that surf shop. "That's great honey. I know you'll feel more comfortable now."
Olivia nodded and started pulling sunglasses out of the bags. "We all forgot to bring sunglasses from home so I picked us all up a pair." They all took their sunglasses gratefully and settled in to order and eat their lunch.
After lunch they decided to go to Bowlmor, a family fun center with bowling, laser tag, bocce ball miniature golf and arcade games. They spent a fun afternoon there. Natalia kick everyone's ass in bowling. Rafe killed in laser tag. Emma cleaned up in miniature golf. Olivia won at bocce ball. And Ava won the most tickets at the arcade. Before they left they gave Emma all their tickets and she happily spent them in the gift shop.
When they finally left they were all hungry and headed to Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. for dinner. They headed back after dinner and got in just in time to get Emma a quick bath and watch the fireworks from the balcony. They were all tired from the day and collapsed onto the loungers and snuggled together to watch the show. Rafe, Ava and Emma snuggled on one and their moms' on the other. Once the show was over the kids got up going over to Olivia and Natalia and shared good luck kisses. Olivia and Natalia shared a not so chaste kiss this time and the kids all headed to bed leaving them to their nightly alone time.
Natalia snuggled back into Olivia with a content sigh. "It was a wonderful day. I enjoyed my time with the girls but I missed you."
Olivia smiled. "I missed you too but Rafe and I had fun. I can't believe all they did to get us together especially Emma. I swear that girl is going to rule the world one day and we will all work for her."
Natalia chuckled. "I know. They are so sweet. I'm so happy that they are all ok with us and our family. I warms my heart. God has truly blessed us."
Olivia got quiet and just held her. Natalia noticed the change. "What is it baby?"
Olivia sighed. "What are we going to do when we get home? Not everyone is going to be ready to congratulate us. I can't imagine that your church will welcome our family with open arms."
Natalia turned in her arms. "I don't care what they think Olivia. They will either accept us or they won't. As far as the church is concerned I already started looking into new churches a couple of weeks ago. I found an Episcopal church I want to visit when we return home that accepts families like ours. The Episcopal church is similar to the Catholic church just more accepting."
She took Olivia's face in her hands looking into her eyes. "I have waited my whole life for this family. I love you and I will not apologize or be made to feel ashamed of my love for you. God is love, he loves me, or he wouldn't have given me this love for you." Olivia was in tears when Natalia leaned in and kissed her.
They had been kissing for a while when Olivia pulled back, a thought creeping in. "Sweetheart, why did you start looking for a new church before we even told each other how we felt?"
Natalia's eyes darkened and she looked a little angry. "Because Father Ray and I had a disagreement about Emma."
Olivia was shocked. "Emma? What did he say about Emma?"
Natalia took a breath, it still angered her weeks later. "You know that she's been calling me Ma or mama off and on for a while now. She did it at church that week and Father Ray took me to the side and told me he had heard about the 'my two mommies' report and that we shouldn't encourage her to think of us as a family. We argued about it and I told him that it did not hurt her to have extra family or two mommies that loved her. He got angry and told me we were poisoning her and I haven't been back since."
Olivia was speechless. She was sticking up for them with her church even back then. "You amaze me you know. I didn't think I could love you more but sticking up for Emma and our family like that. You just make me love you all the more." She leaned in and kissed her passionately.
She had had Rafe go ahead and give her the rings when they got back because the safe in his room wasn't locking properly. She was going to sneak and lock it in hers when Nat wasn't looking, but she felt that now was the right time.
She pulled out of the kiss and got up off the lounger kneeling in front of Natalia.
She took her hands. "When we get home and you have chosen a church that is right for you, I want to start going with you, Rafe and Emma. We may even get Ava to join us." Natalia gasped never expecting that Olivia would attend church with her.
"I want to learn about your god. I want to be a part of every aspect of your life that is important to you. I want to share that with you. You are a part of everything important in my life. You are my everything, and I want to be yours." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the box and took out the engagement ring. "Natalia Rivera, will you marry me and let me be you're everything?"
Natalia sobbed, overwhelmed by this woman in front of her. "Oh god Liv YES!" she squealed and launched herself into her arms. "A million time yes, but baby you are already my everything. I would be honored to be your wife and share every part of my life with you and teach you about my god." She leaned in and kissed her with all the love she felt at that moment.
When they broke the kiss Olivia slipped the ring on her finger. Natalia just stared at it. "Oh Olivia, it's beautiful, but when did you get it?"
Olivia chuckled, "while Rafe and I were shopping today I stopped in at the jewelry store on the strip." She kissed her lightly. "I had actually planned on doing this differently but the moment felt too right and I just had to do it now."
Natalia hugged her close. "It was perfect baby, I can't imagine you asking me any other way that would have meant more to me." She pulled her into a soft but passionate kiss.
When she ended the kiss she got up pulling Olivia up with her and headed in locking up and leading her to their room. It was time to celebrate.
