FUUU. I'm doing it again. Where I fall in love with a story, write four, five chapters in a row then let it drop, and only update like once every 2 months. So I'm sorry if that'll happen here. And I'm sorry I haven't updated anything in a while. Chocolate For Luck I'm gonna try to work on after this. But honestly, this is just too cute to wait for. Also, should I add some Bella drama? And are the characters to OOC? Lovino was for sure. And Antonio felt too... Well serious. But I hope they're circumstances will show why. I mean, Antonio's a dad in this, obviously he's going to be more serious than normal. Bella also seems too bitchy. I normally write her all sweet and shit, but nope. Not today. Also, sorry about the choppyness of the last chapter. I noticed that after I uploaded it.
Also, unless you've seen the area in which Antonio and Sofia in, you can't really know what it looks like. Maybe try to google a picture, it'll help. Anyway, enjoy the sweetness of this chapter and try not to get a cavity.
Antonio carried Sofia up the front steps and into the small house. It was a two bedroom one bath row home. A row home is a house that a house on a street where all the houses are connected, and in the case of the their house, the street was a steep hill, so the houses were level in flooring but the house on the left was three feet higher than the one on the right. He put Sofia down and unlocked the door. He took their coats and hung them up in the small coat closet by the front door.
"Have fun at Abuela's today, niña?" Antonio asked Sofia as he walked into the kitchen.
"Si~ We made cookies!" She said following him, and holding out her arms. He smiled, picked her up and sat her on the counter. "And I played with Morgan, and her sister Quinn!"
"Who are Morgan and Quinn?" Antonio asked, digging in the fridge for the chicken he put in to defrost.
"My new friends! I found out, that even though their sisters, they don't have the same mommy. Quinn only lives with her dad on weekends, but their dad and Morgan's mom are married so she lives there during the week. They asked me if I lived with both my parents, but I told them I don't have a mommy..." Sofia said sadly. Antonio sighed, he knew what was coming next. "Daddy, why don't I have a mommy?" Ouch. Right in the heart.
"Well... You do, she's just in heaven." He said grabbing a cutting board and started to cut the chicken.
"She died?" Sofia asked.
"Yes. She died when you were born." Antonio told her with a sad smile.
"Her name was Mia, right? My middle name?"
"Si... I named you after her. Sofia Mia Fernandez-Garcia. Though I think we should get it changed to Garcia comes first. And you could be Sofia Mia Garcia-Fernandez." Antonio said desperately trying to change the subject.
"But why did she die?" Sofia asked.
"Well... It's hard to explain... I'll tell you when you're older, ok?"
"I'm old enough! I wanna know now!" Sofia said pouting and crossing her arms.
"Oh niña, I wish I could tell you but it' very hard to understand." Antonio said chopping harder.
"Did I kill my mommy?" Antonio stopped cutting. He turned to look at Sofia, his jaw open. She looked like she was about to cry.
"Wha- no! It wasn't your fault! It wasn't anyone's fault! It was a terrible accident!" He dropped the knife and scooped Sofia and held her close. "No.. It wasn't your fault... Don't you ever think it is..." He was about to cry himself. He fell to the ground in a sitting position and hugged her. He started to sob. "No... An accident..." Together for 20 minutes they sat there and cried.
The rest of the evening went smoothly, and soon it was time for Sofia too go to bed.
"Noooo!~ I wanna play!" Sofia said sitting on the floor, trying to stifle a yawn. Antonio chuckled and picked her up princess style.
"Come on Sofie~ let's put you to bed." He said. She started fighting him, but she slowed as they reached her room. He helped her get ready for bed, and avoided stepping on her toys as he got her into her bed. Sofia's room was plain, but cozy. The toys on her floor were few, but nice. They didn't have many things, but they had nice things. Antonio was worried though, they were running out of money, and his job just wasn't going to pay the bills. The money he had saved over the years was running out. If he didn't get a good job the minute he graduated they were going to lose their house. But he stowed those worries away for now.
"Daddy... Tell me about mommy..." Sofia requested.
"Well... Mia was a beautiful woman, very nice and very kind. She was also smart and stubborn. She had long curly brown hair." Sofia smiled and took a hold of her own curly brown hair. "Brown eyes~" She giggled. "And she was tan." She smiled brightly. "And looked just like you~" He said kissing her forehead.
"Did she really?" Sofia asked her eyes wide with wonder.
"She did. Well, you have my nose~ BUt other than that you look just like her. You act like her too." Antonio said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, just ask Abuela! I bet you anything she'll tell you the same thing!" He said. "Alright, well hun it's bed time so sleep ok?"
"Ok... Night daddy!" She said laying down.
"Night princess." He said leaving and shutting off the light. He walked back downstairs and fell onto the couch. Finally he could relax. He pulled out his cellphone, it was a decent phone. It called and texted, and that's all he needed. He also pulled out the car Lovino gave him. He quickly put it into his phone sending Lovino a simple text.
Hey! It's Antonio, the coffee guy from earlier!
A moment later his phone buzzed.
Hey bastard.
Antonio smiled and they texted back and forth like that for about two hours. They friendly chatted, and flirted. Things even leaned towards a sexual side, though only slightly and briefly. Yeah Antonio needed to see this guy again.
Hey well I'm working again tomorrow. Maybe you should stop by sometime during the day? Antonio texted him.
Sounds good. I'll show up sometime during the afternoon.
I'll have your coffee waiting~
Good. Make sure you don't fuck it up.
I won't~ It's my job to handle coffee. Even if it's a stupid shitty job that's going to drive me insane one day.
You really hate your job that much? Lovino asked
It's awful
Hm... Ah fuck, I gotta sleep.
Same here. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then, Lovi~
Yeah yeah. And don't call me that stupid!
Antonio chuckled before replying with a simple good night. He walked upstairs and put himself to bed.
