"What does that mean?" Bones asked. She smiled at him.
"What 'colazione'? It just means breakfast. Around here that's usually expresso or cappuccino and a pastry, maybe some fruit or yogurt but nothing big like we do back home. You would've known that sooner if we didn't lock ourselves in that room," she teased. He tightened his hold around her waist and kissed her neck as they walked down the street, "Don't you dare."
Bones smiled, "Don't know what you're talkin' 'bout, darlin'."
Jamie smiled, "Yes you do." He decided to go back to the original subject.
"So, you can get breakfast in a bar?"
She chuckled, "A bar here and a bar at home aren't really the same thing but yeah, you can get breakfast at a bar."
After four days they finally emerged from the hotel. She talked Bones into walking around Florence, Jamie thought he might be a little grumpy but instead he held onto her as they explored and he asked a million questions. She even got a couple holos of him smiling, she sent them to Mama Ella before he could delete them; grumbling about his reputation. The pair took a tour of the Museum of San Marco and went to see Michelangelo's David before they had a late lunch.
Bones looked nervous, which bothered Jamie a little, "You know that's not a look that your wife wants to see on your honeymoon. What's wrong?"
He smiled, "Nothing's wrong. I just wanna talk to you about something." Jamie looked at him.
"Sounds serious. Should I be worried?" Jamie asked.
The doctor pulled his sunglasses off, "No, no more than usual. I wanted to bring up a conversation you had with Joanna. You think I didn't notice that she called you mama? Or that my mama says the same thing? Now granted, mama has been referring to her as your daughter for a while, more since dad died but Jo called you mama during the wedding and Donna said you two talked about it."
"She asked if she could. I told her if she wanted to, I don't mind. I didn't think to ask you if it was okay," she told him.
Bones chuckled, "It's more than okay with me. As a matter of fact, I was wondering if you want to make it official." Adopt Joanna; Jamie didn't even have to think about it.
"You think she'll be okay with that? Would you be? I'm not exactly 'mom' material. Closest thing I had to a mom was Hoshi… I have no idea what to do. What if I mess up? And what about Jocelyn?"
Bones laughed at her, "First, Jocelyn signed away her rights before I joined Starfleet so it doesn't matter what she thinks. Second, have you met you? You don't mess up, you come close sometimes but you refuse to fail. Besides, you are the most maternal non-parent I've ever met. You take care of everybody, Jim."
She shrugged, "That's different. I mean, you guys don't actually need me."
He shook his head, "Don't do that. Don't downplay your worth, darlin'. I need you. We all do in our own ways and none of us is afraid to admit it. My kid doesn't just connect with everybody, she loves you and you love her. I watched you, the way you are with her, Jim… you both just light up. It's like you have your own little world together and you just let the rest of us visit. You're such a good mom and you don't even realize that you're doing it. Me and Jo had this conversation months ago. You're already her mom, Jim. So, do you want to make it legal?" Jamie didn't even consider that Bones would want her to be Jo's mom, or that Joanna would want that too.
"I… I would love to. You won't let me mess up, right?"
He kissed the hand he was holding, "Course not, darlin'." Bones laughed and Jamie raised an eyebrow before he explained, "You run into danger, command ships and fight Romulans but our daughter is what scares you." She laughed; he had a point.
They spent some more time wandering around Florence before they decided to head back to the hotel. The second the door closed, they were on each other. Bones pinned Jamie to the door. She sighed, "We're never gonna get this outta our systems, are we?"
Bones chuckled against her skin, "I hope not, darlin'." They spent the rest of the day like they spent the other four.
"I don't wanna go back," she wanted to stay right where she was, which was laying across her husband's chest at the moment.
Bones chuckled, "You have a ship to get to and we have a daughter to see. We'll come back, okay?"
Jamie smiled and kissed his jaw, "Okay. Will we venture outside more?"
He smirked, "Doubt it."
The second they checked out, Bones' comm beeped, "McCoy." He shook his head and smiled, "It's your uncle, darlin'." Jamie assumed that it was for their beam out.
"Hey, you two. Have fun?" Trip asked as they materialized.
"Yes, Trip, we did. Thank you. Nice ship, by the way," Jamie said.
"It's the ship we got from Redux. I'll send you the specs, J.T. Comm me when you see what I see," her friend told her.
She nodded, "Are you keeping us?"
Trip chuckled, "I'd love too but your kid would kick me. She scares me, I swear she's so… you. See ya soon, lovebirds." He gave them both quick hug and beamed them back to Georgia.
"Daddy! Mama!" Joanna came running out of the house and collided with Jamie, who picked her up.
"You're way too big for this Jo," Jamie told her.
The girl shrugged, "Yep… but you love me too much to put me down." Jamie laughed but Joanna was right, she shifted her weight but kept her hold on the nine-year-old. They went inside to find Mama Ella sitting with Donna, Fred and Gaila.
"What are you still doin' here, chica?" Jamie asked.
Gaila smiled, "Never left, Mama Ella told me I could stay. I would've just gone back to San Fran by myself anyway. I guess I could've gone with Hiri but Mama Ella's offer included hanging out with Joanna. Besides, I'm still waiting on orders." Jamie sat between her sister-in-law and her green sister with Joanna in her lap.
"Only because your new CO was on her honeymoon." Jamie smiled as a look crossed Gaila's face. "You didn't really think I was leaving this planet without you, Gaila?"
The Orion looked at her, "But everybody else…"
Jamie shrugged, "Was already on the Enterprise, upholding active orders is easy. I had to get clearance for you and a couple of the people you beamed over with, I managed to get seven of you from the Hood and four from the Truman. The other ships were either total losses or the people I wanted left the fleet. You were at the top of my list though. Now I'm just waiting for Spock to make up his mind and my life will be complete." She asked her Vulcan friend to be her first officer; she was waiting on his answer. She didn't even know where he went for leave but Gaila did; he was in Kenya with Ny.
"So, how was Italy?" Fred asked as soon as Joanna ran off. "Did you actually see Florence?" Jamie blushed bright red and they all laughed. Bones rolled his eyes.
"Like you have room to talk," he told his brother-in-law.
Gaila smirked and brushed the hair away from Jamie's neck, "In all fairness, if I married Jamie, I wouldn't let her outta bed either." The look on Fred's face was priceless; Jamie upped the ante by taking Donna's hand and kissing it. "What do you think, Don?" the Orion asked. Fred shifted in his seat as his wife giggled and played along, resting her hand on Jamie's knee.
"I have to agree with Gaila," Donna said. Bones didn't say anything, he just watched as they made Fred uncomfortable, touching each other and giggling.
Mama Ella laughed, "You brought that on yourself, Fred." He nodded, stood up and grabbed his wife.
"We'll be back." Jamie and Gaila burst into laughter.
"That never gets old," Jamie said.
Bones laughed, "What am I gonna do with both of you on the same ship?"