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Your hands clutch ginger hair as lips suck your nipple and you let out a gasp. The same lips go to your other nipple and sucks on it as well. That mouth is fucking magical with your body and those lips trail a path of kisses up to your lips and kisses you. As the kiss ends, you look up and see the lust in the eyes of your wife Melissa. Melissa is teasing your entrance with your fingers right now and she goes to lick the outer skin of your ear and give little bites and you let out a whine.

“Something you want, Amore Mia?” Melissa whispers seductively in your ear.

“Mel…baby, I need you.” Is all you manage to say.

“I’m right here Amore.” She teases you and pulls back to see your face and you look up and see the smile, the same smile that you love.

“I need you inside of me.” You tell her and she grins.

“As you wish Mia Amore.” She tells you then lines her strap with your entrance and enters you fully. You gasp in pleasure and your wife smiles at you and gives you a second. You nod then she starts moving in and out of you slowly then speeds up. “You’re so beautiful Amore, so fucking beautiful.” She says and you grab her head and pull her down to kiss her. You love it when she compliments you, it’s one of your love languages and she knows it and she loves complimenting you.

Melissa goes to rub your clit as she’s close since the strap is rubbing her clit everytime she moves. “Mel I’m so close…so fucking close.”

“Let go Amore, I’m so close too.” She tells you and that pushes you over the edge as you come with a moan, your wife comes right after and you feel it drip inside of you.

*3 months later*

You make it to the toilet just in time to lift it and throw up as Melissa holds your hair up. Melissa ran after you, knowing you’re experiencing morning sickness again.

“It’s ok Amore, let it all out. Not disappointed at all that our baby is rejecting my food.” She jokes and you laugh then throw up again. Melissa rubs your back soothingly and you lean into her touch. “I’m sorry that you keep having morning sickness everyday.” She tells you with an apologetic smile.

“It’s ok, we wanted to become mothers and I’m happy you got me pregnant.” You tell her and she smiles warmly at you. “I hope they have your hair and eyes.” You add and she laughs.

“Well I hope they have your cute little nose and chin.” She says as she boops your nose and you giggle. “Are you done?” She asks and you nod and flush the toilet. She lets go of your hair and helps you up. She gets you some water, mouthwash and gum to which you accept all gratefully.“We gotta go to work now Amore.” She tells you and you nod.

You both get into the car and she drives you both to school. You both met at Abbott when you started there 6 years ago. She tried to avoid you at first but couldn’t resist your charm and became attracted to you and you couldn’t help but get attracted to you either. She got the courage to ask you out after flirting for 6 months then got married 4 years later.

You both walk into the break room with one of her arms around your waist. “Here, sit down and I’ll make you some tea to hopefully get rid of that morning sickness again.” She tells you and you nod.

“Still having morning sickness every day?” Barb asks and you nod.

“That little Tesoro keeps rejecting my food. Starting to wonder if they’re actually mine.” She teases. You give her a look and she smirks at you and giggles. “Here you go Amore.” She says as she hands you the tea and sits down beside you. “You’re starting to show Amore. I still can’t believe we’re having a baby.” She tells you excitedly.

“Well I haven’t had sex with anyone else so it’s obviously yours.” You joke to her and she laughs. From the moment you both found out that you’re pregnant, she vowed to protect you and the little Tesoro at all costs. She already protected you anyways, she’s even punched a guy in the face at a bar when he wouldn’t let you go.

*3 more months later*

“Hey baby.” You ask Melissa as you’re laying in bed and she’s brushing her teeth, getting ready for bed.

“Yes Amore?” She tells you and spits the toothpaste out of her mouth into the sink.

“The little devil is kicking inside me again.” You tell her with a pout and she giggles.

“Give me 2 minutes and I’ll scold them.” She tells you with a laugh.

“I still don’t know why they only listen to you. They’re already favourtising.” You pout and she laughs again.

“Oh hun, don’t worry, they’ll love you as well.” She says as she gets into bed next to you.

“I hope so. I’m the one carrying the devil.” She smiles at you and gives you a kiss on the lips. She then puts her head on your thigh and talks to the baby.

“Little Tesoro, what did I say about kicking mommy?” She says and rubs your belly. As she rubs it, she suddenly feels a kick and jolts up then looks at you then back to the belly then back to you. “Was that a kick?” She says and you nod.

“I’m happy that you finally felt one.” You say. You told her the baby kicked for the first time 2 weeks ago and she pouted as she missed it. She tries to get them to kick again but never catches it. This was the first time. You look at your wife who’s watching your belly and her eyes start to fill with tears. “Oh come here baby.” You tell her and open your arms out to hug her. She moves and puts herself in your arms and rests a hand on your stomach. “Of course they stop kicking me after you talk to them. I was telling them to stop for 5 minutes.” You say and she lets out an airy laugh. “They better listen to me when they’re outside the womb.” You complain and your wife looks at you with a smile.

“I’m sure they will.” She says and kisses you. You could find out the gender at your ultrasound next week but you both want it to be a surprise. “Do you have any ideas for girl names?” She asks and you nod.

“I was thinking Caterina.” You say and she lifts her head and looks at you surprised.

“You want to name the baby after me?” She asks and you nod.

“I remember the meaning of your middle name when you told me. Pure. Which both you and the little one are.” You tell her and her eyes fill up with tears again.

“What about boy names?” She asks as she curls up in your arms again.

“I thought of Luca, meaning…”

“Light.” She finishes for you with a smile.

“Ya, do you have any ideas?” She nods.

“For a boy I was thinking Nico, and for a girl I was thinking Amelia. If it’s a girl and we name her Amelia then you can nickname both of us Mel.” She states proudly and you laugh. “Are you sure you want to go with an Italian name? Cause we don’t have too.” She says and you smile at her.

“I already told you that I want to do an Italian name. I love a lot of Italian names that I saw when looking. Your name is Italian and I love it.” You tell her and she kisses you.

You’ve been getting a lot of attention lately with your belly since you’re 6 months pregnant and a lot of people have been touching your stomach and it’s driving Melissa insane. She keeps giving glares and sometimes actually grabs the hand on your belly and pulling it off. She doesn’t like people, that’s not her, touching you.

She did that with Janine last week. Janine touched your belly but then Melissa came into the break room and saw it. She quickly stood beside you and pushed Janine’s hand off then hugged you and mumbled “mine” while glaring at Janine. A few parents have been doing it too but then quickly stopped when Melissa kept coming beside you with an arm around your waist and glaring at them.

You and Melissa have started building the baby room with a crib, a rocking chair, a little bookshelf with baby books to read to them and a couple stuffed toys.

Every day at lunch, she kept moving a chair over so you can put your feet up and then after a week, the chair suddenly stayed there, you think Melissa had something to do with that. Every morning and afternoon or whenever the halls were busy, she wrapped an arm around your waist and guided you through the hallway of children so you didn’t fall.

Melissa keeps attending to your cravings every day, she always asks what you’re craving tonight before she makes supper. She makes whatever you’re craving for you and sometimes has to make something for herself if she refuses to eat what you’re craving.

“Your cravings are getting worse.” She told you one night and you pout.

“Tell that to the little one, not me.” She laughs and does just that.

“Tesoro, will you start craving some Italian food, your mommy is missing my cooking.” She tells your belly and you giggle.

“I really am.” You say and she smiles and kisses your forehead.

You go on maternity leave a month later and you’re bored out of your mind. Melissa texted you on your first week off at every chance she got and video chatted you on lunch and during her prep period. When she got home she cuddled with you on the couch and nuzzled her head on your chest and talked to your belly while listening to your heartbeat. The first time she heard the baby’s heartbeat she was filled with tears and she got a video of it and plays it all the time.

She helps you up the stairs ever night, she started that when you were 5 months pregnant and she hasn’t stopped. She got you a little shower seat when you couldn’t stand for long without your back hurting too much. Every night she motions for you to lay down between her legs and gives you a small shoulder and neck massage. She’s always careful and makes sure not to push on any point that might send you into early labour. You usually fall asleep between her legs while she massaged you and she quickly became an expert at removing herself and lying down beside you without waking you up.

As for the sex, your sex drive went through the roof when you hit 4 months pregnant and it hasn’t slowed down since. The first day it hit you, you two had sex 4 times, she didn’t complain at all. At least until it happened 5 days straight and you kept waking her up at midnight cause you woke up horny and couldn’t fall back asleep. She’s given you quickies many times in the car before school, during lunch and after school. A few times she’s even done it in school in one of your classrooms as you two both had a prep period at the same time, she had to cover your mouth the entire time. She had to get a vibrator for you that was quiet in case it got really bad and you needed to get off and she was either busy or tired.

It seems the more pregnant you get, the more touchy and protective she gets. She’s next to you as much as possible and always has an arm on or around you somewhere. She wants to cuddle all the time at home while talking to the baby. In public places, like the grocery store, she usually has an arm wrapped around your waist as you push the cart. If you need anything, even small things, like refilling your water bottle, then she’s on in a second.

In your 8th month is when she was full on momma bear. She kept insisting that you stay seated, she went grocery shopping alone or said you had to be in a wheelchair if you came with her (which you stayed in the car every time), she got whatever you needed so you wouldn’t have to stand and got you headphones so you can listen to music if the baby was being a little devil and she wasn’t around. One day you did trip and fall on your stomach and she rushed you to the hospital and they told both of you the baby was fine after checking. And that only made her more protective and you barely stood all day.

One day while she was at work, you felt contractions getting closer and closer together. You thought it was Braxton Hicks contractions since you're only 8 months pregnant but they didn’t stop, you knew you were in labour. You quickly called Melissa to which she immediately threatened Ava to sub for her and rushed home to bring you to the hospital.

The labour was long, it was 10 hours before the little Tesoro was born. You kept swearing and yelling at Melissa, especially when she kept telling you to breathe like you both were shown in parenting classes. Barb was there too, holding your other hand and kept trying not to laugh when you kept yelling at Melissa

“I AM FUCKING BREATHING!” You yelled at her ones. “YOU GOT ME INTO THIS MESS *screams when contraction hits* YOU FUCKING BITCH!” She didn’t take any of it personally.

“That’s it, let it all out, yell at me about anything and call me whatever you want.” She told you when you first started yelling at her. At one point, one contraction got so bad that nothing she was saying was helping so she screamed with you.

When you were pushing, she kept telling you that you’re doing great and to keep pushing.

“I AM FUCKING PUSHING SO FUCK OFF! TELL ME TO PUSH ONE MORE TIME AND I’LL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE!” You yelled at her when you got annoyed.

“And I’ll still love you.” She replied to that and kept holding your hand. You squeezed so hard while pushing that you almost broke her hand, she didn’t complain about it at all. The baby finally came and they said it was a girl. As soon as they brought her to you for skin to skin contact, you named her.

“Hi, little Amelia.” You said and she looked at you and welled up with tears.

“You went with my choice?” She said and you nodded.

She kissed you while the baby was on your chest and Barb took a picture of you all as a family for the first time. After 10 minutes of skin to skin, then you handed Amelia over to Melissa to hold. As soon as the baby was in her arms, she started crying while talking to her daughter for the first time face to face.

“Hi my little Tesoro. So you’re the little trouble maker who kept kicking your mommy.” She joked and you laughed. Melissa looked at her daughter with little ginger hairs and her green eyes with your little nose and chin, just like you both imagined.

“My two Mel’s.” You said to her as she held the baby and she giggled.

You fell asleep after breastfeeding Amelia for the first time, and Melissa stayed awake and held Amelia while sitting in the chair next to your bed. She kept humming or singing some Italian lullabies that she sang to your belly at night when you were pregnant.

Melissa got a month off of work after Amelia was born. Ava had it all set up for her when Melissa requested a month off after the baby was born when you went on maternity leave.

The first month you both kept taking turns when Amelia cried. You had to use the breast pump and a bottle as she was premature and couldn’t suck the milk out of your breasts long enough.

After a month, Melissa had to go back to work and kept calling you and requesting pictures throughout the day. The first day she went back to work, you brought Amelia to see her at work at lunchtime. Although you were a little early and got there a few minutes before lunch and surprised Melissa at her classroom. All her students said “aww” when Melissa held her baby before class ended. At lunchtime she brought you and Amelia to the break room and introduced Amelia to everyone.

Barb held her first, even though she visited a few times in the first month to help you guys get some proper sleep. All of them took turns holding Amelia for a few minutes and then handed her back to Melissa who smiled at her daughter and held your waist.

Barb looked at her best friend and couldn’t be happier for her as she looked the happiest she’s ever been, holding her daughter and her wife at the same time.

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You stayed home with little Mel (as you both like to call her) for 7 months until the new school year started. In those 4 months that Melissa had to go to work, you took care of little Mel during the day, Melissa would take care of her during the evening, and you both took turns at night.

One day both you and the baby got sick and Melissa stayed home to take care of both of you. She might have complained a little bit but she secretly liked taking care of you both.

In the evenings were her favourite moments of the day. Where she got home, got to be near you again and take care of little Mel. She particularly enjoyed holding Amelia and just looking at her as she slept in her arms. She always put her in her little rocking chair and on the counter next to the stove while she cooked and gave her a bottle at the same time. Amelia breastfed during the day when you took care of her but then had bottles when Melissa came home.

One day Melissa came home to you sleeping on the couch and Amelia in her rocking chair beside the couch on the coffee table. She decided not to wake you up and just took Amelia immediately. You woke up and got scared when she wasn’t where you left her until you heard giggling from the kitchen. You entered the kitchen and what you saw warmed your heart. Amelia was in Melissa’s arms, playing peek-a-boo with her and Amelia was giggling while Melissa had a huge smile. You knew she would be a great mom, especially with how great she is with her students. You put a hand over your heart and just watched them. After a minute Melissa noticed you and smiled at you. “Hey, Amore. Saw you asleep on the couch so I just took the little Tesoro and let you sleep.” She told you.

“Ya I realised when I woke up and she was gone.” You said and made your way beside her and gave her a side hug as Amelia was in her arms. You both looked at Amelia who was smiling at both of you. She was 5 months right now and starting to babble but hasn’t said any words yet, just sounds, until now.

“Ma” she said and you both looked at her with wide eyes and then at each other.

“Did she…just say her first word?” Melissa asked you and you nodded. Melissa let a tear slip down her face and you gave her another side hug. “I know she doesn’t know what she’s saying yet but it’s still heartwarming to hear.” Melissa said as she began to cry.

“I know, baby. You can cry. Do you want me to take Amelia for a minute?” You asked and she nodded and handed her to you. She then proceeded to wipe away her tears and then kissed you and Amelia on the forehead.

She kept crying and went to go find Kleenex and that’s when you decided to FaceTime Barb.

“Hey y/n, what’s up?” She asked as she picked up.

“I think Melissa is having a breakdown since Amelia said her first word and it was Ma.” You told her.

“She did? Oh that’s wonderful. I’m talking about Amelia not Melissa.” She told you and you laughed. “Why don’t you hand the phone over to Melissa and I’ll talk to her.”

“Alright, Melissa? Baby?” You called her and went out into the living room to find her sitting on the couch and trying to stop crying. “Melissa , here, talk to Barb.” You told her and she took the phone.

“Hi Barb.” She said and wiped a few tears away.

“Hi sweetheart, y/n told me that Amelia said her first word.” She said to Melissa and Melissa nodded.

“Ya, and it was Ma.” She told her and then you proceeded to give them some privacy and went into the kitchen to get a bottle for Amelia.

Melissa came into the kitchen a few minutes later and she had stopped crying.

“Hey Amore.” She said and gave you your phone back.

“Hey Melissa, feeling better?” You asked and she nodded as you grabbed your phone and put it in your pocket.

Melissa looks at Amelia with so much love and rubs her head and runs her fingers through her ginger hair. Melissa then proceeds to place kisses all over Amelia’s face and she giggles. Melissa then blows a raspberry on her stomach and Amelia giggles more and squirms a bit. Melissa touches hands with Amelia and Amelia grabs her finger and doesn’t let go.

“How about you go sit on the couch and I’ll watch over her and make supper?” She says and you nod.

“If you’re feeling up for it.” You tell her and she nods. You hand Amelia over to her and then you leave the kitchen after casting a glance at them.

The two of you spend all summer break together, and taking Amelia out to the park often to meet other babies her age. Amelia starts to crawl around at 6 months old and babbles more and more.

At 7 months old Amelia stood up with help from Melissa and she was shocked and spun Amelia around in the air. You walked in on this and wondered what made her so happy.

“Hey, what made you so happy?” You ask her with a smile.

“Little Mel here stood up, with assistance but she still did it!” Melissa said and you smiled.

“Aw, did she really?!?” You asked and she nodded.

3 days before school started Melissa was freaking out. Amelia was in her playpen, Melissa was pacing back and forth and you were trying to calm her down.

“I mean what if the other children don’t like her? What if they make fun of her or exclude her from the group?” She was saying.

“Melissa, relax, it’s daycare. They said that they always make sure everyone is included.” You told her.

Amelia was starting daycare while both of you go back to work for the new school year, and Melissa wasn’t dealing with it well.

“What if something goes wrong or what if she thinks we’re abandoning her?” Melissa says with a pout.

“Honestly, she’s 8 months old, she probably won’t notice we’re gone.” You told her.

“That doesn’t exactly make me feel better.” She says and you see her whole body deflate as she blows a big breath out.

“Look, I’m nervous too. I’ve never been away from her for 8 hours before.” You say. “But a lot of babies go to daycare and they turn out fine. I mean I went to daycare at 6 months old and look at me now.” You tell her.

“You did turn out great.” She says and grabs your waist and looks at your face with a smile.

“And I have a great relationship with my parents. I don’t feel abandoned at all by them.” You add and she places her forehead on yours. “Now come on, let’s spend these last few days with Amelia before school and daycare starts.” You tell her, and you guys do exactly just that.

On the first day, Melissa was freaking out again. You understand why, Melissa became a mom later in her life while you just started in your 30’s. Melissa doesn’t want anything to mess up or ruin the life she has now and she’s terrified of that happening.

You end up packing the rest of the stuff in the bag for Amelia while Melissa was holding and hugging her daughter and telling her that her mom’s still love her. You rolled your eyes with a smile at her actions but didn’t stop her. When you had to leave to drop her off at daycare you drove there, afraid that Melissa might turn the car around and drive back home.

At daycare, Melissa was basically inspecting the place that Amelia will be all day. The teacher looked at you weirdly but you waved it off.

“I would just let her, she’s freaking out and if this makes her feel better than I’d just let her, or else she’ll never leave.” You tell the teacher and she nods her head, probably used to first time parents freaking out.

You gave the bag to the teacher and started to list off a few things that would help them with Amelia.

“We’ll take great care of Amelia.” She tells you guys and you practically have to drag Melissa out of there to get to work.

Melissa fidgets with her fingers for most of the drive to Abbott from the daycare. You end up playing a song from your Spotify playlist and turn it up and start singing the song.

“Oh Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine, you blow my mind, hey mickey!” You sung and Melissa looks at you while singing and smiles. It was one of the songs that you danced with her at your wedding and sung it while dancing. She starts laughing at you when you keep singing and start being crazy with it and you start dancing a little. “You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand.”

The song ended when you pulled up to the school and the next song lollipop by Mika started, you let it keep playing while you two walked in and you started dancing when you were inside. You eventually took her hands and started to get her to dance with you in the front entrance. You know whatever song will play next, you’ll just wing it. You’re trying to keep Melissa distracted (and yourself) as much as possible. Barb walked in the front doors while the next song started and the song that started playing was Ride by Sir Mix-A-Lot.

“I might get banned but I still like butts.” You say and shake your butt a bit and she laughed. You dance with her all the way to the break room and Barb laughs a bit as she watches you. “I wanna ride, Ride, Ride, can I ride Baby.” You say as you enter the break room and everyone turns to you. Ava smiles and starts rapping the song while you keep dancing with Melissa and Janine and Jacob join in and have a little dance party in the break room. When the song ends, Melissa hugs you, breathing a bit faster from dancing. You pause the music and then you guys go to sit down. “Thx for joining in you guys, literally no questions needed.” You joke with them and they laugh.

“Girl, when you play a song like that, I don’t need to ask questions.” Ava says and you laugh.

“Y/n is trying to distract me because apparently I was a little nervous this morning since Amelia started daycare.” Melissa says and you give her ‘really’ look. “What?”

“A little? Mel, you were having a full on meltdown.” You say and she scoffs.

“I was not.”

“You were.”

“Was not.”

“Were too.” You counter and Melissa pouts, she knows that you’ll just win the little argument in the end so might as well just fold now.

You both sit down and Melissa sighs. “Mia Amore?” She says and you look at her.

“Ya Mel?” You reply.

“I miss her and I’m scared.” She admits and she looks defeated.

You get up and go to stand behind her and give her a hug and she leans into your touch. “I know my love.” And you give her a kiss on the top of her head. You keep her comforted as much as possible until you all have to go to the gym to begin development week. “Look, I’ll be right across the hall from you, so if you need me, then come by whenever you need too.” You tell her as you both walk to the gym, hand in hand. She nods to you and you take a small breath of relief, you’re trying to keep it together yourself while also comforting your wife but you hope you don’t reach a breaking point that you feel is fast approaching. During the welcome back assembly, Mel is laying her head on your shoulder and you rub her arm.

After the assembly you give Melissa a small kiss on the lips and then remind her she can visit your classroom whenever she needs you. And she does, 30 minutes later she comes by with a knock on your door.

“Hey Mel, what’s up?” You tell her as you’re writing a ‘welcome back’ message on your boards.

“What would you be doing with Amelia around this time?” She asks you.

“Well let’s see, it's 10 o’clock, so feeding her. Then putting her down for her afternoon nap.” You tell her and you become upset at that. She would be in your arms or in her high chair, sipping on a bottle. During the summer, you switched her to bottle feeding and some liquid food except for right before bed when you’d breastfeed her. As upset as Melissa is, as soon as she sees the tears in your eyes, she’s immediately at your side, comforting you. “I’ve been trying so hard all morning to not break down and to comfort you but I miss her too.” You tell her and start crying in her arms.

“Amore, you don’t have to be strong for both of us. We could cry together.” She says and you laugh a bit at that.

“One of us has to be strong though or else we would have never brought her to daycare. I would have just taken another year off to stay at home with her.” You tell her.

“I guess you’re right there.” She tells you. “We danced to music this morning together, maybe we should do that again.” She offers and you look up at her at that. You give her your phone and she opens your Spotify, she’s scrolling through your songs until she sees the one she wants and clicks on it. You immediately recognize it, 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton. “Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen.” She begins and leads you out to the front of the classroom near your desk. “The folks like me on the job from 9 to 5. Ready?” She asks and you nod. “Workin’ 9 to 5! What a way to make livin’! Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’!” She sings the chorus while dancing with you.

You sing the next chorus with her with a smile on your face. She spins you around a few times during the chorus and you do the same to her. When the next song comes on she immediately snaps twice after the first word. “Jitterbug” snaps twice and repeats two more times.

“You put the boom boom into my heart.” She starts singing and spins you. “Left me sleeping in my bed, I was dreaming but it should have been with you instead!”

“WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO! DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING ON LIKE A YO-YO!!” You both sing and dance. And little by little you both feel better.

After the song ends, you bring her in for a hug. You stay like for a minute before she parts back to her class, but not before she says to you, “You know if you need me, I’m right across the hall.” She tells you with a smile, remembering what you said to her earlier and you nod.

At lunchtime you head to the break room and see Melissa and Barb at their usual table. Difference is Melissa has her head on her arms that are on the table, and she keeps banging her head on her arms gently. You walk up and grab her forehead when she goes to bang it again and force her to look up.

“Hey Amore.” She says with puppy dog eyes and the best innocent smile she can do.

“Rough morning?” You ask and let go of her forehead and sit down. Melissa always used to bring your lunch out and it seems she resumed doing that.

“You already know the answer to that.” She says with a pout.

“It’s the first day, I’m sure it gets better.” You tell her and look at Barb for confirmation since she has a daughter.

“It does get better. I know why you’re upset Melissa. I know you’ve always wanted a child and you gave up on that when you thought it was too late and now that it’s real, you’re scared of losing her. But daycare is safe, the teachers there do it every year like we do. And y/n, I know you spent 8 months at home with her and now you’re separated from her. But after a little bit, you guys will begin to appreciate the time to yourselves.” Barb says to both of you.

“Barb is right Melissa.” You tell her and she looks at you. You both go to eat your lunches and then carry on the rest of the day.

After you guys can leave, Melissa pretty much drags you out and to the car. Again, you drive, afraid Melissa might take the street rules as suggestions. You get to the daycare and Melissa bolts out of the car before you even turn the car off. You have to run to catch up to her after turning the car off and getting out and locking the car.

You get inside and as soon as Melissa sees Amelia, she runs to her, picks her up and hugs her. “Hi my little Tesoro.” She tells her and pulls away to look at her face. Amelia looks at her and brings her right hand up and touches Melissa’s face and Melissa smiles at her daughter. You walk up to them after taking a picture of the moment and take Amelia from Melissa and hug her as well.

Melissa carries Amelia to the car with a big smile on her face while Amelia is babbling. Melissa is listening and pretending to understand every word she’s saying. They’re your two Mel’s and you love them both so much.

Melissa feeds her some puréed baby food for dinner and you two play with her the rest of the evening. While you breastfeed her before going to bed, you feel something in her mouth and it pokes you and hurts. “Ow!” You say and Melissa immediately comes to your side and asks you what’s wrong and you pull Amelia off your breast.

“I don’t know.” You say and you take a look in Amelia’s mouth and that’s when you see it. “Oh I see, look at that! She’s got her first tooth!” You exclaim and Melissa looks and has a big smile.

“OMG! Yes! I can start making her little portions of pasta and meatballs and-”

“Woah Melissa, slow down, it’s just one tooth and it’s not fully in yet. We can’t feed her solids yet until she has at least 2 bottoms and 2 top. And even then we still have to give her liquid food more than solids.” You tell her and she pouts. “When she gets more teeth then I can tell you when you can start introducing her to Italian foods.” You say to her and she nods.

“Ok, sorry, I got really excited.” She says to you.

“I know, I can tell. It’s alright, I know how you are with cooking for people you love.”

“Are you going to finish breastfeeding her tonight or are you going to give her a bottle?” She asks you.

“Well considering she’s halfway through, I’ll finish breastfeeding her tonight, especially if it might be the last. I knew she was teething a month ago but it still surprised me.” You tell her.

You both end up finishing the rest of the week with less anxiety than the first day.

A few months pass and it’s thanksgiving day and you have it at your place and Melissa’s and your family comes over. Melissa is holding Amelia while talking to a couple people before you all sit at the dinner table. Amelia puts a hand on Melissa’s mouth and Melissa looks at her daughter and gently bites her hand playfully and her daughter squeals and puts her hand back.

“Ah! Momma.” She says and Melissa freezes and looks at her. She’s already said it before but only saying randomly and not knowing what she’s saying. This is the first time she’s looking at one of you and saying it. Melissa let’s a tear fall and hugs her daughter before running to you.

“Y/N! Y/N!” She yells before finding you across the room.

You turn to look at her frantically running to you with Amelia. “What?” You ask.

“She just called me Momma!” She says and you give her a confused look. “Like she said it while looking at me! Not just randomly!” She says and you smile.

“Oh my god! Really?!?” You say and boop your daughter’s nose and she giggles.

“Mommy!” She says through giggles and you freeze and look at her.

“Did she just call me mommy?” You say and Melissa is frozen as well.

“Omg she knows who is who!” Melissa says.

6 weeks pass and before you know it, you’re celebrating her first birthday on January 5 and Melissa goes all out as it falls on a Saturday. She invites her family and yours and the Abbott crew over to the house. She also invites a few of the families that you got to know at the park to have a few babies that Amelia can play with.

Everyone shows up at noon as you’re trying to finish feeding Amelia some apple sauce, which is her favourite. You dressed Amelia up in a pretty pink dress (Melissa picked it out at the store) and put a little pink bow in her ginger curly hair.

Amelia got a lot of gifts from everyone and while you and Melissa were cleaning up all the wrapping paper, you both glance over at Amelia and see her do a few steps by herself before falling down and you gasp and put a hand over your mouth.

“Omg Amelia, you walked by yourself!” You shout and go and pick her up. “Oh my little baby is starting to walk by herself!” You say and Melissa ran over too since she saw it as well.

You have cake and Amelia manages to get half of it in her mouth and half on herself. After you finish cleaning her up, Melissa picks her up and goes to bring her to the living room when Amelia speaks.

“Momma love.” She says and Melissa looks at her and smiles.

“Yes I do love you Tesoro.” She says to her.

“No. Momma love.” She says again and you look at the interaction and see that Melissa is confused by what her daughter is telling her.

“I think she’s telling you that she loves you.” You tell her and Melissa looks at you then looks at her daughter shocked.

“Oohh Amelia! I love you too!” She tells her and plants kisses all over her little face and Amelia giggles.

After a couple more months, Amelia is beginning to walk more on her own, and speak more words. Not very many words though, she’s only able to speak a small amount of words and no more than 2-3 at a time.

It’s gotten easier for you guys to bring her to daycare and leave her there while you go to work. You both already know that you’re going to enroll her at Abbott in a few years for kindergarten.

Until then, you’re all happy right now with where you’re at and sometimes you pick Amelia up a little later while you and Melissa have a little alone time together before picking her up as you have until 5.

In middle of May, you’re in the bathroom and staring at the white stick in your hand with a positive sign on it. You look at the other two as they say the same thing. You’re pregnant. You walk out of the bathroom and go to where you’re almost 18 month old daughter and your wife is playing blocks together.

“Hey Melissa.” You tell her and she looks up at you. “Do you mind going into the bathroom to go get something on top of the cupboard for me?”

“Sure what do you need?” She tells you and gets up. You totally forgot what’s there, oh right bandaids.

“Just a bandaid, got a paper cut earlier.” You tell her and she goes into the bathroom where you conveniently left the 3 pregnancy tests out on the counter.

You see her go in and 3 seconds later you hear her scream and then her running out holding them.

“OMG! You’re pregnant?!?” She asks you and you nod with watery eyes as she hugs you tightly. She then goes and hugs your stomach and then kisses it. “Hey little one, I’m gonna be your momma.” She says to your stomach and you giggle. She then runs over to Amelia and picks her up and hugs her, before bringing her over to you and you do a hug with Amelia in the middle. “I’m so glad I got a 3 bedroom house.” Melissa says and you laugh.

“What if it’s twins?” You tell her and she freezes before looking at you and narrows her eyebrows at you in question and you just shrug.

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You and Melissa both stare at the doctor at your ultrasound appointment, you’re 10 weeks pregnant at this point.

“I’m pregnant with what?” You say after a few seconds.

“Twins. You’re pregnant with twins.” She tells you and points to the ultrasound picture. “See there’s one and…there’s the other.” She points out and you both see it.

“There’s 2 little Tesoro’s in there?” Melissa says and the doctor looks at you.

“She’s asking if there’s really 2 babies in me.” You tell her.

“Yes, there’s 2 of them in there.” The doctor says.

You both walk out of the room and Melissa engulfs you in a hug. “Woah!” You say, surprised. She pulls back and has the biggest smile on her you’ve ever seen.

“Omg Amore! We’re gonna have twins!” She exclaims and kneels down and hugs your stomach. You see a couple look at you guys and they’re smiling at Melissa’s excitement.

“She’s really excited.” You tell them.

“Ya, that’s really obvious. Congratulations with the twins.” The woman says.

“Thank you.” You tell them and Melissa stands up.

“Omg I can’t wait to tell everyone!” Melissa says and bounces.

“Ok before we do anything, we have to pick Amelia up from daycare as it’s 4:15 and they close at 5.” You tell her and she grins.

“Omg Amelia, how are we gonna tell her she’s gonna be a big sister?” Melissa says and you laugh.

“Mel, honey, she’s 20 months old. I don’t think she’ll understand yet. She’s more focused on walking and getting into everything around the house right now.” You tell her and Melissa smiles. “Come on, let’s go pick the little terror up.” You tell her and Melissa practically skips out of the clinic

You get home after picking Amelia up and Melissa is still basically on cloud 9. You FaceTime Barb and she picks up on the second ring.

“Hey y/n! How are you sweetheart?” Barb says

“I’m good but Melissa is a little too excited since-“ you get cut off from the redhead herself.

“OMG BARB WE’RE GONNA HAVE TWINS!” She shouts and you have to pull back as it was right in your ear.

“Honey, no need to shout in my ear.” You tell her and she apologises then hugs your stomach again.

“Omg twins! Congrats you two!” Barb says and Gerald heard.

“Congratulations you two! We should celebrate this weekend.” He tells everyone and you all agree. Barb and Melissa talk for a little bit while you feed Amelia some dinner. Melissa has taken a particular interest in feeding Amelia as she has enough teeth now to have spaghetti. Although the first time she fed it to Amelia, she called it ‘the Italian test’, and Amelia loved it and Mel said she passed.

The next day, Melissa pretty much skips in the break room and she spins you around slowly. Everyone looks at you and smiles.

“What’s gotten you so happy?” Janine questions and Melissa looks at you, asking to share the news and you nod.

“We’re having twins!” She exclaims and everyone’s jaw drops. They all come up to you both and give you hugs with a congratulations. You then feel sick and run out to the bathroom, Melissa runs after you. You make it to the bathroom just in time for you to throw up and Melissa holds your hair up.

After a couple minutes you exit the stale and go to wash your hands. “This is the part of the pregnancy I don’t miss.” You tell her and she giggles.

“Well since you have two little critics in you, I packed an extra breakfast for you since you’re eating for 3 now.” She tells you and you perk up at the mention of more food.

Once you get to the break room she takes out the frittata she made you that you loved during your pregnancy with Amelia and hands it to you. You pretty much inhale it and Melissa is looking at you with heart eyes the entire time. Everyone sees it and they smile. Melissa’s tough bravado is only down for you and they love to see those little snippets of ‘Soft Mel’ they like to call it. To which Melissa rolled her eyes and glared at them when she found out.

“U know I still like the name Caterina.” You tell her and she smiles at you.

“Ya?”

“Ya, I think it’s a beautiful name.” You say and she kisses your cheek.

The both of you end up telling Amelia that you have 2 babies in your tummy after school. While Melissa was cooking dinner you put Amelia to sit on the kitchen counter in the middle and told her.

“Amelia, you’re going to be a big sister! I have two little babies in here.” You told her and put your hand on your stomach. And as you expected, she didn’t understand. “Told you.” You said to Melissa and she just smiled and went back to cooking.

Melissa keeps giving you more food than usual since you got little ones in you who also need to eat. And because of your morning sickness, she always packs an extra breakfast for you to keep your strength up. She always does little things for you and you appreciate it every time.

Your morning sickness does stop when you were about 4 months pregnant and she still keeps bringing you an extra breakfast in case you were hungry. Then the cravings start and Melissa throws a fit when you told her that you’re not in the mood for any Italian food. She starts swearing and ranting in Italian.

“Non ho voglia di mangiare cibo Italiano, per l’amor del cielo!” She rants while pacing around the living room. “What are you in the mood for then?” She says and crosses her arms. You think about it.

“Pea soup.” You state proudly with a nod and Melissa rolls her eyes.

“If I didn’t love you so much then I would just give you the store bought one.” She says and goes in the kitchen to make the soup.

“Ti amo!” You tell her as she walks in the kitchen.

“Ya ya.” She says with a smile.

You pick Amelia up then put her in her high chair to feed her dinner.

At dinner time, while you nearly inhale the soup, Melissa has a conversation with you that’s needed.

“We should move.” She starts and you look at her.

“What?” You say confused.

“We should move before the twins are born.” She tells you and you look at her confused. “This house only has 3 rooms, not 4.” She states and you finally understand what she’s telling you.

“Mel, we don’t have to do it before their born. We have like 3 years before they’ll start needing their own rooms. Or if they’re two boys or two girls then they can share. Or if one of each then the girl can share with Amelia.” You tell her.

“Face it y/n, our little household is growing and we need more room.”

“Are you ready for that? I know you love this place.” You tell her.

“I am. This place served its purpose and you’re right I do love it and I won’t forget it.” She tells you with a smile.

“Ok, if you’re certain then we can start looking and move when we find the perfect one.” You tell her and she nods.

A month later you have an ultrasound appointment.

“I want to know the genders of the babies.” Melissa tells you. “Do you want to know?” She asks.

“I do actually.” You say and she smiles.

At your appointment, the doctor squirts the gel on and brings up the video of the babies.

“Alright there they are.” The doctor says and she then looks at both of you. “Want to know the genders?” And you both nod. She looks for about a minute before she speaks. “Alright looks like one is a little camera shy but I found the genders. Looks like one’s a girl and the other a boy.” She states and Melissa lets a few tears slip and smiles.

“I’m gonna have another daughter and a son.” She says happily.

“That boy is gonna feel so out numbered.” You say and she laughs.

“There’s some boy cousins he can hang out with.” She tells you and tucks a strand of hair behind your ear.

When you get home, you hang the ultrasound picture on the fridge next to a picture of Amelia.

“So since we have a couple hours, why don’t we go upstairs and have a little us time?” Melissa says with a wiggle of her eyebrows and you laugh. It’s been about 3 weeks since you two had sex. While your sex drive skyrocketed with Amelia, it seems this time around it did the opposite. This time it’s Melissa who’s been using the vibrator when needed.

“Ya, I’d love too.” You tell her and she grabs your hand and pulls you to the bedroom.

*a week later*

“What do you think of this place?” Melissa says and shows you a house listing. You look at the pictures of the house.

“You like the kitchen don’t you?” You say and she giggles.

“I’ll admit that it is one of the attractions. But it’s got 4 rooms, a basement and a big open floor dining and living room.” She tells you.

“Ya it’s nice. We should check it out this weekend.” You tell her and hand her phone back.

“Great! I’ll message them now.” She tells you.

You two have been able to put money aside since you were living together in a place that Melissa was able to afford by herself. And since you’re selling the house when you move, then you’ll have enough to buy a bigger place. You’ve so far seen 5 places and none were speaking to you two. And because of that, when you went to see this new place, it surprised you that you both liked it. You found the place that you’ll call your new home, a place for you, Melissa, Amelia and the twins.

“Melissa!” You call out to her from the living room and she comes to you from upstairs.

“What?”

“I can’t pick up the box.” You tell her with a pout and she laughs.

“Where do you want it?” She says and stands in front of the box.

“On top of that box.” You tell her and point. She picks it up and brings it over to where you want. You’re 6 months pregnant at this point and you’re moving in 3 weeks. You’ve recruited the Abbott crew, and a few family members from both your families to come and help you on the day you move.

“The babies are kicking again.” You say with a hand on your belly and Melissa is immediately by your side and you put her hand where they’re kicking. She already felt them kick but she always loves to feel it when she can.

And just like last time, Melissa is extremely protective when it comes to other people wanting to touch your belly. And you get déjà vu when she pushed Janine’s hand off your belly and says “mine” while hugging you and kisses your forehead.

“Melissa, you should let Janine feel it at least once.” You tell her and she huffs.

“Fine. But just this once.” She says and Janine finally feels your stomach and one of the babies kick and she gasps. Melissa is glaring the entire time.

Amelia sees your belly grow and is a little confused as to why. She’s turning 2 in 4 weeks, but she’s still a little young to understand.

Melissa has been doing some of the same things she did for you as last time. Which is helping you up the stairs, putting a shower seat in the tub for you to shower with, guiding and holding you through a crowded hallway, and catering to your every craving (whether or not she approves of it).

It’s finally the day to move and you dropped Amelia off at your parents place for them to watch her.

“Don’t spoil her too much.” You tell them.

“You know we can’t promise that.” Your mom tells you and you giggle while you go back to the house to help pack up the loading truck. Turns out you do almost nothing, per Melissa’s instructions, and you end up telling people what to do instead. 3 hours later and the truck is packed up and house is cleaned for the new people that bought the place.

You and Melissa stand in the empty living room and look around one last time. Melissa hugs you from behind and puts her head on your shoulder.

“You ready?” She asks and you sigh.

“I think so.” You say. “Did you say a final goodbye to the kitchen yet?” You ask her, half joking half serious.

“Yep. It’s time to start a new chapter.” She tells you and kisses your head. You lean into her touch for a few seconds before you both decide to leave to the new place with everyone.

You get there and like before, Melissa instructs you to just tell people where to put what where. “I’m pregnant, not physically disabled.” You tell her annoyed and she glares at you before you cave and instruct people.

A few hours later and the kitchen and bathrooms are unpacked and a few things you’ll need until you can unpack more boxes. You unpack most of Amelia’s room and decorate it how she likes it. You get help to unpack the nursery which will be one of their rooms in a couple years.

2 weeks after and you’re celebrating Amelia’s second birthday. Most of the cake surprisingly ends up in her mouth instead of on her face. She gets a bunch of new toys and starts playing with all of them immediately.

You go on maternity leave when you’re 33 weeks pregnant and you end up using the days to unpack boxes and you end up finishing in 2 weeks.

“Momma.” Amelia says and Melissa turns to her.

“What’s up my little Tesoro?”

“Mommy tod mwe to come get you. Saying wabour.” Amelia tells her and Melissa immediately picks Amelia up and rushes to you.

“Are you in Labour?” She asks you from where you were on the couch and you’re holding your stomach and squeezing the arm of the couch.

“Ya, I thought it wasn’t the real thing at first, then my water broke.” You tell her and Melissa rushes to get your bag and her and Amelia’s bag to bring to the hospital for when the day arrives. She ushers you in the car and puts Amelia in her car seat and brings you to the hospital while you call Melissa’s sister, yours and Melissa’s parents, as well as the Abbott crew.

“I can’t believe you’re in labour, you’re only 35 weeks.” Melissa exclaims during the drive.

“They told us that most of the time with twins, they’re born early. Besides, I gave birth to Amelia when I was 37 weeks.” You say and a contraction hits and Melissa holds her hand out for you to squeeze.

You arrive at the hospital and Melissa gets Amelia out and helps you walk out and into the hospital. Melissa’s parents were there and they took Amelia while you and Melissa gets ushered into a room and prepped for labour. Barb arrives a few minutes after and this time your mom is able to be here as she worked last time and couldn’t get out of it. You sit on the table, as it’s easier to push that way instead of laying down, and you squeeze Melissa’s hand when a contraction hits.

“For fuck sakes.” You grit through your teeth and Melissa prepares to get yelled and cursed at again, all in the name of love she thinks.

Melissa starts humming a tune she knows soothes you when a nasty one hits and you lean into her.

“Ok, are you ready to push? You’re fully dilated.” The doctor tells you, an hour after you arrive.

“Don’t think I have much of a choice.” You say and Melissa laughs.

You start pushing and Melissa is saying praises to you the entire time.

“Oh shut up Melissa! Why don’t you try pushing!” You yell and she just ignores you and keeps doing the same thing. You have a death grip on her left hand and she has the other one rubbing your back.

“Ok, you’re doing great, push again.” The doctor says and you do. “I see a head.” She says.

“Mom! It hurts!” You complain while your mom is on the other side of you, holding her hand.

“I know honey, but you’re doing great and you’ll have 2 little trouble makers after this.” She tells you and you chuckle.

You push again and your second child is born. “It’s a boy!” The doctor says and Melissa cuts the cord. She hands the baby to a nurse and gets ready to help with the second one. “Ready for the other one?” She asks you and you groan.

“For fuck sakes!” You say and Melissa continues rubbing your back and she kisses your forehead.

“I know it’s a lot of work baby but look at what we get when it’s over.” Melissa tells you and points at where your son is.

You start pushing again and you end up cursing at Melissa to which she encourages you to keep doing it every time.

“Very good Amore! Don’t worry I still love you. Keep yelling at me.” She tells you.

And 6 minutes later your second daughter is born and Melissa cuts the cord again. The nurses give you both at the same time to do skin to skin contact for a few minutes until you hand your son over to Melissa to hold and you move your daughter to hold her in your arms. Your mom takes a picture of both of you with the twins.

“What names are you thinking of?” You ask Melissa.

“I’m happy with Caterina if you are.” She tells you and you smile and nod.

“Caterina Lisa Schemmenti.” You say and look at your newborn daughter.

“What do you think of Nico Schemmenti for this little guy?” She asks you and you nod.

“I love it.” You tell her.

Amelia comes running into the room a few minutes later and gets held up by Kristen Marie to get a good look at her siblings.

“They tiny.” She says and you laugh.

“You were this tiny too, little one.” You tell her and she looks at you shocked. Barb takes a picture of you and Melissa holding a twin each while Amelia is sitting between you both on the bed.

Melissa looks around the room and sees her parents and sister there, your parents are there too, Barb as well, and knowing the rest of the Abbott crew is outside the room. Then she looks at you holding Caterina with Amelia looking at her new sister, while Nico is sleeping in her arms and Melissa thinks she can’t be happier.

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You wake up with Melissa kissing your neck. Always your favourite way to wake up, cause who wouldn’t want a beautiful woman like Melissa waking them up with kisses.

You turn to face her and she smiles at you. “Good morning Amore. The twins and Amelia are both sleeping, I think we should use that time wisely.” She tells you and you smile at her. You grab her head and bring her to you to kiss her.

Melissa moves on top of you and continues kissing your neck and you moan out. You both take off your pyjama shirts and Melissa dives down to your nipples and sucks and licks them. You gasp out of that and she slides your shorts down. She slides two fingers in your entrance and you gasp and grab her hair.

It’s been a week since the twins were born and your sex drive recently returned to normal, much to Melissa’s relief.

Her thumb goes to your clit while she still fingers you, you gasping underneath her. You look at her with pleading eyes and she nods at you, telling you it’s ok to come and you immediately do.

She slows down and carefully pulls out of you. She looks at you with a warm smile and then kisses you. You pull her shorts off with her help and you look at her completely naked and you hum, not knowing how you got so lucky with her. Just as you line your fingers up with her entrance, you hear one of the twins on the baby monitor start crying. Melissa whines as she’s soaking wet right now and was so excited to have your fingers in her.

“I got it this time.” You tell her and then you give her a kiss on the cheek and she gets off of you. “Probably hungry.” You tell her as you slip a robe on then go to the twins. As you’re checking on the twins, Melissa hears Amelia calling out for one of you on the other baby monitor. She sighs and then slips her pjs on quickly then goes to Amelia.

Melissa goes to Amelia in her crib and as soon as Amelia sees her she squeals. “Mamma!” She says and Melissa smiles as she picks Amelia up.

“Ya Tesoro, I’m here.” She tells her and holds her on her hip. “What’s up?”

“Hungwy” Amelia says and Melissa sighs. She realises she might not get time with you until Amelia goes to daycare in 2 hours.

“Alright, Tesoro, I’ll make some breakfast. Whatcha want this morning?” Melissa asks as she makes her way downstairs with Amelia.

While you’re feeding Caterina, you hear Melissa go downstairs with Amelia as Amelia is excitedly telling Melissa about her dream.

“…and then the faiwy came and evewyone was saved!” Amelia says and Melissa does a gasp as she puts Amelia in her high chair.

“Wow! Thank god for the fairy.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods with a smile. Melissa goes into the kitchen and makes toast with Nutella as that’s what Amelia requested. She comes back out with the toast in 4 little pieces for Amelia to eat and puts the plate on her chair and Amelia immediately starts eating. Melissa also made one for herself and for you and starts eating her piece.

Melissa is eating her piece while watching Amelia and then you come down with the twins’s baby monitor.

“Mommy!” Amelia excitedly says and you go over to her and tickle her a little bit.

“How’s Caty and Nico?” Melissa asks you.

“Fell asleep as soon as I was leaving.” You tell her as she hands you a piece of toast. “Thanks.”

“Mommy, want to heaw about my dweam last night?” Amelia asks you and you turn to her and smile.

“Of course I do!” You tell her and she starts telling you all about it.

“Ok ok, it stawts with me and my faiwy fwiemd flying in the aiw…” She explains and Melissa holds your hand as you both listen to Amelia, even though Melissa already heard it.

Melissa drops Amelia off at daycare while you feed the twins and then you and Melissa go to the bedroom to finish up the activity from earlier. It doesn’t take long to get Melissa wet and then you slip your fingers in here.

“Omg Amore! Ugh, that feels so good!” She says while you finger her. She comes about a minute later and then you pull out of her. Melissa goes to clean herself up and comes back to find you asleep. It’s not really surprising since you get about 4 hours of sleep every night since the twins have been born. Melissa goes to the kitchen to make you something to eat and warms up some milk you pumped out earlier for the twins.

She brings the food and the two bottles up, leaves the food on your nightstand then goes to feed the twins. She goes into the nursery and sees Nico awake but Caty asleep, so she goes to feed Nico first. She feeds them both and then goes to the bedroom to spend more time with you and sees you still asleep. She gets in the bed and shifts over next to you and draps an arm around you. You stir awake and look and see Melissa there with a smile.

“Hey Amore, I made you a snack.” She says and you look at the nightstand and see the plate but you weren’t really hungry.

“Thank you but I’m actually good for now. I just want cuddles with you. Oh I should actually feed the twins.” You say but Melissa stops you.

“It’s alright, I just fed them with the milk you pumped earlier.” She says and you nod then go back to cuddling her.

Over the next week Melissa sees some changes in you. You don’t eat as much as you used too, all the shows you used to watch with her you’re not interested in, you seem to have almost no interest in Amelia or the twins, and you sleep most of the time. Melissa talks about it over the phone with Barb one evening when she was feeding the twins while you were downstairs feeding Amelia.

Barb comes over right after to come and see you, as Melissa is worried about you. You greet her and have a few conversations with her before Melissa comes down with the baby monitor for the twins. When you go take a bathroom break, Barb takes the opportunity to talk to Melissa.

“I think you’re right to be worried Melissa, I believe she has postpartum depression.” Barb tells her and Melissa sighs and puts her head in her hands.

“I knew something was wrong. How come I didn’t see it.” Melissa says and Barb rubs her back. “I can’t leave her alone with 2 newborns if she has postpartum. She shows almost no interest in them.” Melissa says as she goes back to work in 2 weeks .

“Melissa, she seems to be capable of taking care of the twins right now, but you should visit your doctor about her mental state so it doesn’t get worse and hopefully help cure her.” Barb tells her and then she goes to see the twins again and hold them. “They’re so tiny, I still can’t believe you have 3 kids of your own dear.” Barb tells her and Melissa chuckles.

I know, I’ve always wanted them and now it seems it came true.” Melissa says while holding Amelia then she looks at the floor.

“I know you’re worried about her, but she’s strong.” Barb tells her.

“She hasn’t been eating much or at all lately, she’s losing weight, I noticed that recently. I keep making food for her and she keeps declining it, stating she’s not hungry.”

A couple days later you end up fainting on the way to the twins while Melissa is out getting groceries with Amelia. Luckily she comes back a few minutes later and runs over to where you were when she notices. She brings you to the bed and checks on the twins then sets Amelia up with some toys while she makes lunch that she might have to force down your throat. She feeds Amelia then the twins, then she makes her way to the bedroom. She wakes you up and you blink a few times before you seem to remember where you are.

“Amore, I made you lunch.” She tells you while she starts eating her portion.

“I’m not hungry.” You tell her and you go to get up but she pushes you back down.

“Eat.” She tells you sternly and you look at her confused.

“I said I’m not hungry.” You snap at her.

“You know I didn’t expect to come home from the grocery store with our eldest child and find you on the floor. You fainted on the way to the twins because you haven’t been eating. And I know it’s not because of lack of sleep because you’ve been getting a lot of sleep recently.” She tells you and you start to cry. Melissa immediately pulls you in and hugs you. “Amore.” She tells you and lifts your head so you look at her. “I fear you have postpartum depression. I really want to help but I don’t know how.” She tells you and you blink at her. You reach over and grab the plate and start eating.

“You already help plenty.” You tell her and she rubs your back as you eat.

You end up going to the doctors with her and she diagnoses you with postpartum depression and gets you on medication that’s safe while breastfeeding. You start to feel a bit better over the week but still have moments where you lack interest and motivation for everything.

Melissa helps as best as she could but you break down with guilt when she helps with anything. “I’m so useless” you sob out while Melissa puts Amelia to bed while you feel too tired to move. Melissa finds you crying on the bed when she comes back and helps calm you down.

Over the course of the next week, you feel more like yourself and just in time for Melissa to go back to work. You end up doing what you did with Amelia and bring the twins to visit during lunch on her first day back.

You got to the break room before Melissa but you see Barb and Jacob there. Barb immediately comes over to you and wraps you in a hug and then holds Caty while Jacob holds Nico. And then everyone else comes in, as well as Melissa and she immediately goes and wraps you in a tight hug. She then wraps an arm around your waist and keeps it there while everyone takes turns holding the twins. Melissa gets to hold them both for the last 10 minutes of lunch and she thinks it’s not enough time.

“You’ll get to see them when you get home from work today.” You tell her when she refuses to leave to go get her students. It takes a lot of compromises from you, Janine agreeing to get her students with hers, and Barb pulling her away to her classroom where Janine is dropping off Melissa’s class, per Melissa’s instructions. You ended up agreeing to come everyday at lunch for a week to visit and to also come at the end of the day to pick her up. You end up having to drive Melissa to work in the mornings as it’s the only way she can get the time she wants with you and the kids at the end of the day.

At the end of the day on Tuesday, you’re there in the parking lot while Melissa comes running to you. You ended up picking Amelia up from daycare early and Melissa ends up being so excited to see her wife and 3 kids there. She scoops Amelia up in a hug and rests her on her hip and Barb and Janine end up coming over.

“Aww, you guys are so cute together.” Janine says.

“You really are. In all my years of knowing Melissa, I don’t think I’ve seen her so happy then she’s with you.” Barb tells you and you look over to Melissa who’s blushing.

A month after being diagnosed with postpartum, you end up feeling completely like yourself again. You start eating regularly, much to Melissa’s joy as she was a little insulted that you kept refusing her cooking. You gained most of the weight back since she fed you a little bit extra, you’re back to watching tv with her, and you have your usual interest in your kids again. A month later you visit the indoor pool with Amelia and Melissa while your parents watch the twins. You and Melissa wanted to teach Amelia how to swim since she seems to have so much energy lately.

So here you both are, you in a bikini and Melissa in a green one piece, and Amelia in a pink one piece, that Melissa picked out, with her ginger hair up in a little ponytail. Amelia seemed to have fun splashing around while one of you held her up just above the water. She had little floaties on just in case, and Melissa was trying to teach her to doggy paddle. She seemed to get a bit of it but had more fun splashing Melissa, that you taught her to do.

You ended up spinning Amelia around in the water and dipping your head underwater with Amelia on your shoulders and kept giggling when you did that. At one point Melissa took Amelia and got her to splash you as revenge.

The 3 of you left after about 2 hours when Amelia looked like she was getting tired and she was due for a nap. She ended up falling asleep in the car on the way home. Your parents wanted to spend the entire day with the twins so you didn’t have to pick them up until after dinner. You got home and put Amelia down for her afternoon nap and then went to the bedroom with Melissa.

The medication you took ended up taking away your sex drive but Melissa encouraged you to keep taking them until you felt better. She said she’d rather you be happy and have to wait to have sex with you, then to see you depressed. You were slowly getting off the medication and your sex drive was returning, much to Melissa’s delight.

You ended up falling asleep with Melissa after you two had sex and woke up to Amelia asking to get out of her crib.

“You know I think it’s time to get her a toddler bed.” Melissa says to you when you all go downstairs with Amelia to let her play.

“Ya you’re right. I know we should have done that months ago.” You tell her and she gets you to sit between her legs on the couch and hugs your waist.

The next day you go to the store to pick out a bed for Amelia. Your wife and her having fun trying out all the beds while you push the twins in the stroller.

At one point you had to start breastfeeding Caty and even though you had a blanket over as she prefers privacy, you still got weird looks from people.

“What are youse people staring at? Can’t my wife feed our daughter without judgement?” Melissa said at some point and everyone averted their eyes from you immediately. Melissa walked over to you and gave you a kiss on your forehead and then peeked at Caty who was happily eating. “She’s our happy girl.” Melissa says and then you hear giggles from Amelia who’s trying out another bed.

“Mommy! Mamma! What about this one?!?” Amelia exclaimed.

“Oh my little Tesoro, I think it’s perfect. What do you think?” Melissa asks you and you look at the bed. It’s a little pink bedframe and the mattress. Melissa sits on it to test it and deems it comfortable.

“I like it.” You tell them and then looked at Caty who fell asleep while feeding. You pull your bra back up and put her back in the stroller and then pick up Nico and put him at your other breast to start his feeding. Melissa kept glaring at anyone who sent you a weird look and everyone looked away right away, all afraid of your wife.

Once you got home, Melissa got to work putting the bed frame together, Amelia giggling while watching then got distracted by some toys. You put the twins down for a nap then came to help Melissa with the frame, you got it done in an hour. Melissa went to go start dinner while you and Amelia decorated her bed with blankets Amelia picked out herself. Melissa was so excited she picked out pink and purple blankets. You were feeding Amelia while Melissa came out with both of your plates, she always gets Amelia’s ready first.

You were trying to feed her some chicken Marsala but she spit out a piece and declared it ‘yucky’ and you looked at the food then at her. Melissa seemed offended that her daughter refused Italian food. It seemed you caught unto it quicker than Melissa as there was only one ingredient that you never fed to her before, mushrooms.

“Honey, I don’t think she likes mushrooms.” You tell her and then you proceed to feed Amelia a piece without mushrooms, after having to do an airplane, and Amelia ate it no problem.

“Like mother, like daughter.” Melissa mumbles then proceeds to collect all the mushroom pieces from Amelia’s plate and puts them in hers. Melissa added the mushrooms on the plate as you don’t like mushrooms and she doesn’t make a lot of meals that require them either.

You put Amelia to sleep that night in her new bed and at first she was fine and then she kept waking you up because she wanted her crib back. You ended up having to bring Amelia to sleep with you as Melissa needed to work in the morning.

Amelia kept getting annoyed at getting woken up during the night cause the twins were crying and you had to feed them a couple times. Melissa pulled her into her body and snuggled her when Amelia huffed a couple times. She immediately snuggled into Melissa and fell asleep. You came back and saw your daughter asleep in your wife’s arms and you took a picture and smiled at them. You got into bed and Melissa woke up a bit and told you that you lost your spot to cuddle and you giggled quietly and fell asleep next to Amelia.

Melissa woke up to everyone in the house sleeping and she couldn’t believe it. She had a shower and came back out to Amelia waking up. She immediately took Amelia to get dressed and told her to stay quiet and not wake you up. Melissa got Amelia ready and fed for daycare then brought her to daycare on her way to work, after giving you a kiss on the forehead while you slept.

A month goes by and the weather is getting warmer. The twins are 3 months old at this point and their hair is growing in. It seems your kids all have different shades of ginger. Amelia has a shade similar to Melissa, Caterina has lighter ginger hair, and Nico has dark auburn hair.

“You know Amelia is practically a spitting image of you.” You tell Melissa and she chuckles.

“I guess we do share certain traits.” Melissa says and you scoff.

“While she has my chin and nose, everything else came to you, right down to the glare.” You tell her.

“I know, when she glared at us I was so proud. I taught her well.” Melissa states proudly and you snort.

“You’re a dork.” You tell her and she smiles at you.

You all go to the park on a Saturday just before noon after you fed the twins. Amelia finds a few kids around her age to play with at the playground while you and Melissa sit on a bench with the twins in the stroller. Melissa has an arm around your upper back and is holding you close to her. She kisses the side of your head and hums softly.

“What are you thinking about?” You ask her.

“Just how happy I am that you’re in my life. I mean you’re crazy since you agreed to go out with me and marry me. And then you brought us 3 amazing kids.” She tells you and you laugh.

“Remember when I first started at Abbott you hated me?” You ask her and she chuckles.

“Well you did come as my aide right after being traumatised by Ashley.” She tells you and you both laugh. “I’m glad that you didn’t give up or quit though. And I was so proud when you finished your certification and was able to be a teacher.” She says and you smile.

“Ya, then I started teaching second grade with you and Janine after the other one quit.”

“Yep, and of course I couldn’t resist your charm and this cute little face.” She says and boops your noses and you giggle. “So I just had to ask you out, with the help of everyone else meddling.” She adds and you hum.

You both get lost in the memories of how you met that you don’t realise the time until Amelia comes running up to you tired.

Everyday after Melissa is done work, she goes to pick Amelia up from daycare then comes home and sets her up with her toys or with a show. Then goes to spend some time with the twins while you clean up the house a little bit. You pump out some milk while Melissa gets dinner ready. Then she feeds the twins after supper while you join Amelia in the living room.

Barb got Amelia a doll for her second birthday and she only recently started getting interested in playing with it. You sometimes play pretend with Amelia and sometimes she’s more interested in colouring or watching tv or playing with other toys.

Another month goes by and there’s only a couple weeks left until summer break and Melissa is so excited. She hates being away from her family and so she can hardly wait until she gets to stay home with them for 2 months.

Melissa comes home one day in mid June a bit upset. You figure out that one of her students failed and has to retake second grade. The parents were upset but placed no blame on Melissa or her teaching ability. You comforted her the best you could and she spent extra time with her kids while you made dinner.

While you were cooking dinner, she came up behind you and put her arms around your waist and placed her chin on your shoulder. You leaned into her touch and she moved your hair to the other side, out of her face.

“Tu sei il mia sole e mi hai regalato tre stelline” She whispers in your ear. And while you only understood half of it, you still melt as you love her Italian voice. You hum and she kisses your neck with a warm smile. “Hmm, you didnt understand everything I said did you?” She asks and you shake your head.

“No, something about the sun and stars, but you know you speaking Italian distracts me.” You tell her and she chuckles.

“I said you are my sunshine and you gave me 3 little stars.” She tells you and you smile at her.

“Hmm sei il mia anima gemella e la ragione di ogni mia sorriso.” You tell her and she beams.

“When did you learn those words?” She asks you and just smile at her.

“Segreta.” You tell her and she chuckles.

You speaking Italian turns her on and she sucks your neck while whispering in your ear “sei mia.” You turn the stove off and she backs up into a counter with you still in her arms. She unclips your bra and puts a hand under your shirt and cups your bra, while the other one she puts down your pants, and rubs your clit. You end up gasping and moaning quietly but still a little loud that Amelia might hear while she’s watching tv, so she removes her hands and spins you around to be face to face. She puts her hands back to where they were and kisses you. She also ends up grinding your thigh as she’s getting very wet and you place your hands on her hips and put your thigh up a bit to help her out. You end up cumming 30 seconds later as she’s rubbing your clit fast due to Amelia being in the next room and seeing and hearing you finish sends her over the edge.

She clips your bra back and hugs you, half keeping you upright and half helping you calm down. She gives your face a bunch of kisses and you calm down about 10 seconds later. Melissa goes to finish cooking after washing her hands while you get the plates. Just in time for Amelia to come barging in and asking if dinner is done, Melissa sending a smirk your way after you answered Amelia.

On the last day of school, you drive Melissa to school with the excuse that you need the car for a couple errands. You have 2 cars but you normally just use the mini van. At the end of the school day, you got Amelia from daycare and brought the twins with you, then you went to Abbott and waited outside your wife’s classroom.

She walks outside the class where her students were getting picked up and is surprised when you’re there with the kids. “OH MY GOD!” She says and hugs you and then scoops Amelia up. Everyone sees this and sends an “aww” your way, including some parents. The students in your class saw you, said hi and some hugged you. Melissa said bye to her students and the parents with Amelia on her hip. Amelia even high fived one of her students, you, Melissa and the parents of the student all said ‘aw’ at the cute scene.

You all said goodbye to Barb and the rest of the staff, even Ava and Mr Johnson then you walked out of the doors to go home. Melissa put Amelia down and held her hand on the way to the van with you pushing the stroller that the twins are in. Melissa had a hand wrapped around your waist and a huge smile on her face.

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You get home and you get the stroller out for the twins and then hand it to Melissa while you get Amelia. Melissa expertly sets up the stroller and then puts the twins in it. You all head inside and set Amelia up on the tv while Melissa sets the twins down for their nap. You don’t even question why she’s taking longer, you know she must have missed them and now you both can spend the entire summer, the 5 of you, just being together.

“Mommy?” Amelia pipes up.

“Yes honey?” You asked as you were sitting on the couch and Amelia on a little chair that Jacob got her for her birthday.

“How did you and Mamma met?” She asked just as Melissa was coming down the stairs.

“Well how we met was where we work.” You told her.

“I know that, but how?” Amelia asks.

“Oh, do you want the story, little Tesoro?” Melissa asks her and she nods. Melissa picks Amelia up and sits on the couch beside you with Amelia on her lap. “Well it all started about 9 years ago…

*9 years ago*

You were walking into Abbott Elementary, excited to start your first day as the new aide for Melissa Schemmenti.

You walk into the front office and get your badge and Ava brings you to the break room to meet Melissa.

Melissa was running late that morning as she overslept from staying up late making 2 lesson plans. She went to walk to the break room when she runs right into someone.

“Oh I’m so sorry, are you ok?” You say and stabilise whoever it was.

“Ya I’m fine. Are you okay?” Melissa asks and looks up to see the other person and you both lock eyes.

You look at her and your mouth goes dry, she was beautiful. “Um *clears throat* ya ya, I’m fine.”

“Oh well this is perfect, Melissa, this is your new aide y/n y/l/n.” Ava pipes up.

“Oh, perfect.” She says with a sigh and rolls her eyes.

“I was told she’ll be better than Ashley.” Ava says.

“She better be.” Melissa says and then looks at you. “Hey kid, why don’t you head down to the classroom and get settled, I’m just going to go get a coffee.” She says as she hands you the classroom key.

“Oh, where’s the classroom?” You ask as you take the key.

“Ava, you’re not doing anything, why don’t you show her where my classroom is.” Melissa says and then walks away, not giving Ava a chance to reply.

Ava brings you to her classroom and you go in. You’re shocked at the amount of desks there are. “How many students are in this class?” You ask Ava.

“It’s a split second and third grade class. 15 second graders and 10 third graders.” She tells you and you sigh.

“No wonder she needs an aide.” You say and Ava smiles.

“Alright I’m going back to my office.” Ava says and walks out.

You find the extra desk at the other end of the classroom and put your stuff down on it. You take a look around the classroom when Melissa walks in.

“Alright kid, I’m gonna be blunt with you. The first aide I had, she sucked, I got less work done with her here. So you better actually be helpful or I won’t hesitate to tell Ava to fire you.” She says and you’re taken back.

“Um, uh, alright.” You tell her.

“You alright?”

“I’m just, um, you’re a little intimidating is all.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Well good, then hopefully we won’t have a problem.” She tells you. She then goes over the lesson plan for today and what you’ll need to do today and you listen to her every word carefully.

After the first day she was impressed by how helpful you were. After about a month she decided to start being nicer to you as you proved you weren’t another Ashley. She noticed that at lunch time, you stay in the classroom and type on your laptop.

“Hey kid, why don’t you come and have lunch with us in the break room?” She asks you and look up from your laptop.

“I would love to, but I gotta finish this paper for school.” You tell her and that caught her interest.

“You go to school?” She asks and you nod.

“Trying to complete my teaching degree.” You tell her and she smiles. No wonder you were a good aide. She looks over at your laptop and takes a look at the paper you’re working on, she then brings both your lunches to the classroom and helps you with your paper.

After that day, you notice a change in Melissa, she actually has conversations with you now, she helps you with your teaching degree, she gives you her phone number for just in case, and she once split her lunch with you when you forgot one. And you have to admit that the lunch she shared with you was the best thing you ever had. There was something about you that just drawed her to you, she doesn’t want to but she’s attracted to you. After a month of working with you everyday, she’s developed a small crush on you. She has no idea where you stand though, maybe she should try flirting with you.

3 months pass by and you run into the break room one morning in search of Melissa. “Melissa! Melissa! Melissa!” You yell down the hall and you see her when you burst into the break room and she’s looking at you curiously.

“What’s up hon?” She asks you.

“I passed!” You tell and her jaw drops as she stands up.

“Are you serious?” She asks and you nod with a huge smile.

“I got 90%!!!” You exclaim. “I got my teaching certificate!” You shout and she runs and hugs you.

“Congratulations hon!” She tells you.

3 months pass by and it was the end of the school year and the end of you being her aide. You and Melissa decided to keep in contact as you became friends. Ava comes in to the break room at lunch to talk to you.

“Hey y/n.” She calls for you and you turn to look at her.

“Yes?”

“Wanted to let you know that you got the teaching position for third grade.” Ava tells you and you gasp.

“Are you serious?” Ava nods.

Melissa invites you over that night for dinner to celebrate your new job at Abbott. She gets you to taste test her food and she brings the spoon to your mouth as you take a taste. As soon as it hits your taste buds you let out a small moan. You swallow and Melissa is looking at you stunned. Before you can react, she puts her lips on yours and you kiss her back.

The two of you go out for a month before you have sex for the first time. You had a date at her place and it’s the start of August right now so you decided to wear a short dress and it shows some cleavage as well. Melissa keeps looking at your legs and chest the entire time and you see her eyes are blown a bit and she licks her lips multiple times that night. Melissa puts the dishes in the sink then goes out to the dinner table where you’re clearing the table. You’re bending over a bit to reach the other side of the table when Melissa pulls your body up against hers and kisses your neck. She has her left hand placed on your stomach to hold you to her and the other one is touching the exposed skin of your chest.

“It’s like you want me to snap and make you mine.” She tells you and you moan. “Is that what you want, baby? Want to be mine?” She asks with a husky voice and you gasp as she sucks on your neck.

“Yes! Yes that’s what I want. I want you to fuck me so good Mel.” You tell her and she smirks. Her right hand goes down from your chest and cups your boob through your dress.

“I see you decided to not wear a bra, naughty girl.” She whispers in your ear and you shiver.

“Want to know something else?” You ask her.

“And what would that be?” She asks you.

“I’m also not wearing any underwear.” You tell her and you don’t see the way her eyes are fully blown and all her self control leaves her. She brings you up against the nearest wall and trails kisses down your neck. She then hooks her fingers around your dress straps and you nod at her. She pulls them off your shoulders and lets the dress fall, and true to your words, you were completely bare underneath. She takes a few seconds to look at your body and she licks her lips.

“You’re beautiful.” She tells you and takes a nipple into her mouth. You moan and put your arms on her shoulders so you don’t fall to the floor. Melissa seems to understand your struggle and moves you to sit on the dinner table, the side you didn’t use to eat. As soon as you’re sitting on the table, she goes to put your other nipple in her mouth and you moan. You put your hands in her hair and hold her head to your nipple as it’s been awhile since you’ve had a skillful tongue on your breasts. She trails kisses down your stomach and she gets on her knees and keeps your legs separated. She then connects her mouth to your entrance and licks a long strip up and you gasp. She then puts her tongue in your entrance and starts sliding it in and out. You grab her head and keep it to your pussy so she doesn’t move as it feels so good.

Melissa is enjoying the fact that you want to keep her there, even if she’s getting less oxygen. She then brings a finger to your clit and rubs circles on it, you start bucking your hips and you’re slow close now. “Omg Mel, I’m so close.” You tell her and she moans. Your legs start to shake and your toes are curling and then you come seconds later. Melissa licks it all up and then she stands up. She connects her lips with yours and you taste yourself on her and you moan at that. She then slides a finger in your entrance while she’s kissing you and you gasp and pull her closer to you.

“You’re so willing for me aren’t ya? So willing for me to ruin you and make you mine.” She almost growls in your ear. She then adds a second finger and puts her thumb to your clit and you cry out.

“Omg! Yes Mel! Please ruin me!” You scream out then you whimper. It makes Melissa go faster and your legs start shaking.

“Come on baby, come for me.” She tells you and you cum for a second time.

You put your head on her shoulder to catch your breath while she pulls out of you and wraps her arms around you. Once you catch your breath you take the hand of hers that was in you, and put her two fingers she used in your mouth and you lick her fingers clean and you moan.

“Oh fuck hon.” She says breathless and then she whimpers. You then go to take her shirt off and she helps you by raising her arms, her bra following quickly after that. You go to kiss her neck but then she leads you to her nipples and you put one in your mouth. She gasps at the sensation and then you suck on it and she bucks her hips. While licking and sucking her nipples, you roam your hands all over her stomach and moan at feeling her soft skin. She notices this and it gives her a confidence boost as she was a bit self conscious about her stomach. “You love my body hon?” She asks you and you nod then switch to her other nipple. She lets you lick and suck her other nipple for 20 seconds before she gets impatient and pulls you away. “Then prove it, get on your knees for me, and make me cum with just your tongue.” She tells you and you get off the table and onto your knees. She spreads her legs for you and then you attach your mouth to her clit. You start licking and sucking and she leans forward to hold on to the table and moans. “Oh god baby! Yes keep coming, your mouth and tongue feel so good.” She says very breathy.

You do a rather hard suck on her clit and she falls to her elbows on the table. While sucking on her clit, you bring your hands up to cup her breasts as they’re right above your head, and play with the nipples. Her legs start to shake as she’s getting closer to an orgasm.

“Baby, put your fingers in me please. It’s been so long.” She says and while she said just your tongue at first, you won’t disobey her. You stick 2 fingers in her and she gasps. You stick a third finger in her and she cries out and then comes. You slow down inside of her and then pull out. Before you can react, she’s kneeling down to your level and pulls your legs so that you’re sitting with your legs out and she starts grinding your thigh. “Lick the fingers that were inside of me.” She tells you and you obey. “Mmm, so obedient.” She says and grinds on your thigh faster. You go and put a nipple in your mouth and she puts her hands in your hair. It doesn’t take her long for her to cum a second time. She slows down and catches her breath on you. She kisses you for a few seconds and then her breath evens out. “Thank you for sticking your fingers in me, it’s been awhile since something has been inside of me.”

“It’s not a problem Mel.” You tell her and then kiss her. In the morning she has you put the strap on and lay on your back while she rides it. You watch as the strap fills her entrance until it’s fully in and then she starts riding it. It’s such an amazing sight to see and it’s all for you. She comes and that’s when an idea pops in your mind. While she’s blissed out, you pull her off and then get behind her and put the strap in her and start fucking her from behind.

“Uh? Y/n…what are you- OMG!” She says and lets you pound into her as it feels so good. You find her clit and rub it and she falls forward as she screams out. You keep her hips lifted and the new angle makes it even better. She comes not even a minute after the first one. You don’t stop though as you’re just about to come as well and she notices. She feels her third building fast. “Y/n…come… with me… baby.” She says as her legs start to shake along with yours.

You cum and then the sound of you cumming sends her over the edge herself. You slow down inside of her and then pull out carefully. You take the strap off and then cuddle into her.

“Wow hon, where did that come from?” She asks with a giggle and you blush.

“I don’t know, it just came to my mind so I did it.”

“Hmm, well it was a nice surprise, it felt really good. But just remember that I’m in charge in the bedroom.” She tells you sternly.

“What if we fuck outside of the bedroom?” You respond slyly and she looks at you for a second before she bursts out laughing. She then tickles your sides and you start giggling, “ah Mel.” You say through giggles.

“You want to be sly then this is what you get.” She tells you while she’s laughing.

“Ok I surrender! I surrender! I got no white flag because I’m naked.” You said and she sighs happily and stops tickling you.

“Naked is how I prefer you.” She whispers in your ear and you smile at her.

“Hmm, naked is how I prefer you too.” You tell her and she smiles at you. “Hey Mel.” You say and look at her and she’s looking at you. “I love you.” You tell her and she beams.

“I love you too Amore.” She tells you and you smile and kiss her.

*11 months later*

Melissa is putting the finishing touches on the cannoli she made for you guys before putting it in the fridge. She wants everything to be perfect for your one year anniversary.

She hears the door open followed by a “Mel, I’m here!” You yell and she runs out of the kitchen and right to you. She reaches you and picks you up and spins you around. “Ahh!” You scream as she took you by surprise.

“HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AMORE!” She yells and you giggle. She puts you down and kisses your lips and you kiss her back.

You reach in your pocket and pull out an envelope and hand it to her. “Happy Anniversary Mel.” You tell her and she smiles at you.

“You didn’t have to get me anything Amore. The fact that you’re mine already makes me happy everyday.” She tells you and you smile.

“Nevertheless, open it, open it, open it! I’ve had to keep this a secret for 2 months.” You tell her and she giggles at your excitement.

“Alright I’m opening it.” She says and opens the envelope and pulls out the contents and stares in shock. “What? But these are really good seats… to an eagles game.” She says in disbelief and looks at you confused.

“I know a guy.” You tell her.

“Woman after my own heart.” She tells you and kisses you. “Thank you Amore.” She tells you and boops your nose.

You then go to her ear to whisper something. “I’m wearing your other gift.” You whisper and she shivers. You see her eyes go black with lust at that and you see a conflict in her.

“B-but… the food…it’s ready.” She says then looks at you. “Show me first.” She tells you and you pull your dress up to show her a small red lingerie dress and she becomes breathless.

“We should eat the food Mel.” You tease her and she picks you up with a growl.

“I’m gonna eat you first.” She says and pushes you up against a wall.

*1 year later*

You open her door to the house and she runs to you and kisses you after a hard day at work and all the stress leaves her body instantly.

“Happy anni-”

“Move in with me.” She blurts out and you look at her stunned.

“What?”

“Will you move in with me?” She asks you and you smile.

“Yes!” You tell her and she kisses you passionately.

*1 year later*

“Mel, I had to go to 3 different stores to find the exact ingredients you wanted.” You tell her as you walk into your shared home. You turn around and see Melissa coming towards you and pulls you to the kitchen. You walk into the kitchen and you see the meal you had when she first kissed you. You look at her and she’s smiling but also nervous about something.

“Amore, it’s in this very spot where the most important moment of my life happened. I couldn’t resist you any longer and I kissed you. And as soon as I did, I knew I’d want to spend the rest of my life kissing you.” She says and you’re confused as to what’s going on. “I was making this exact pasta for you when you got a full time job at Abbott.” She tells you and brings a spoon up to your mouth to get you to taste it. And it tastes just like it did 3 years ago and you hum. “Your first reaction was better.” She teases you and you giggle. “3 years ago we started going out and I don’t regret a single moment with you. You’re the love of my life Amore and I want you to be mine forever.” She says and gets down on one knee and pulls out a ring box. You gasp and she has a smile on her.

“Y/n, will you marry me?” She asks and before she opens the ring box, you tackle her into a hug.

“Yes yes yes yes yes!” You say.

“Woah!” Melissa says as she’s pulled back by the hug and falls to the floor with you in her arms. You kiss her lips and smile at her and she smiles at you.

*1 year later*

“I’m so nervous.” You say, pacing around the living room to one of her siblings' houses. You can’t remember which one at the moment as there’s too many thoughts in your head.

“Relax honey.” Your mom tells you. “It’s just pre wedding jitters. That girl out there loves you with her whole being. She’s not going to leave you.” Your mom tells you. Your mom is giving you a way today as your father just had a surgery and is walking with a cane for a couple months and can’t stand for too long. “You look beautiful honey.” Your mom tells you. You got the wedding dress of your dreams and your whole family put their money together to get it for you. “Now let’s go outside to that backyard and get you married to that bride out there who can’t stop smiling.” She tells you and you smile.

“She’s been smiling a lot?” You ask her.

“A few people have told her to stop for a bit or her cheeks will hurt before the night ends.” Your mom tells you and you link her arm with yours.

The people you chose to stand with you make their way down the aisle, then a little cousin of Melissa’s goes down and places flowers. Then the wedding song starts everyone stands up and looks at you. You emerge from the crowd and you and Melissa lock eyes. You see her in the best white pantsuit you’ve ever seen and she makes it even better and it takes your breath away.

“Fuck.” Melissa mutters. Only quiet enough for Barb, who’s marrying you two, could hear. You see all of Melissa’s siblings standing there beside her. And you see your long time best friends, as well as Janine and Jacob, standing near where you’re going to be. You walk down the aisle with your mom and you get closer and closer to your future wife. You eventually reach her and your mom joins your hands together and looks at Melissa with a glare.

“Don’t fuck it up.” She tells her sternly.

“I don’t plan too, I’d be an idiot if I did.” Melissa tells your mom and then looks at you and smiles more. “You look beautiful Amore.” She tells you with heart eyes. Barb starts the wedding and you and Melissa look at each other, both of you have hearts as eyes.

“And as I understand it, you two have written your own vows.” Barb says and you both nod.

Melissa goes to pull hers out and looks at it and then puts it back. “I know what I really want to say to you.” She says and then takes a deep breath. “When we first met, I didn’t like you. You were hired to be my aide and I got traumatised from my previous aide. You proved how good of an aide and teacher you are to those kids and to me. And somewhere in that time I became attracted to you. It took me a few months before I actually did something about my feelings, when I kissed you in the kitchen. Best and most important kiss of my life. You have been so patient with me and I never felt rushed or pressured with you, and I couldn’t be happier than to be able to love you everyday and now to be able to call you my wife.” She tells you and a tear falls down your cheek, Melissa wipes your tear away and then you go to speak.

“I should have gone first because you made me forget my entire vow.” You say and she chuckles, as well as a few people in the crowd. “Melissa, when I first laid eyes on you after bumping into you in the hall, you were the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I thought you were out of my league and was scared when I got feelings for you. I never thought I’d be able to even kiss you but now here you are, about to be my wife. My feelings and love for you has only grown since that first moment in the hallway and I know I will continue to love you more each and every day of my life.” You tell her and her eyes become watery. You’re two focused looking at Melissa that you barely register you two putting the rings on each other and everything else that’s said until Barb says those last words.

“I now pronounce you wife and wife, you may now kiss the bri-” Barb doesn’t get to finish as Melissa takes you and gives you a passionate kiss.

*a year and a half later*

“I want a baby.” Melissa suddenly says as you’re cuddling on the couch together and you turn to her.

“What?”

“I want a kid. I’ve always wanted one and never got the chance. I thought it wouldn’t happen for me so I gave it up but I’ve recently been thinking that I still want a child.” Melissa tells you and you smile.

“I want a child too.” You tell her and she smiles at you.

“Really?” She asks and you nod.

“Why don’t we start tonight?” You tell her and she immediately picks you up and brings you to the bedroom.”

*present day*

“It took a few months but then eventually we got news that mommy was pregnant with you and we were thrilled. Then she got pregnant with the twins and we were so happy. We married the love of our lives, and we have 3 kids now that we love.” Melissa explains and Amelia is looking at her confused while you’re looking at her with adoration in your eyes. You always loved remembering you and Melissa’s past, how you fell in love and built your family.

Amelia goes to play with her toys on the floor while you and Melissa cuddle.

“I love you Mel.” You tell her.

“I love you too Amore.” She tells you and gives you a kiss.

Chapter Text

You and Melissa wake up on the first day of summer break. You’re spooning each other and she begins kissing your shoulder.

“Morning Amore. Our little troublemakers are still asleep. Maybe we can have some adult time.” She tells you and you giggle as you crane your neck to kiss her lips. All you’re wearing is a long t-shirt of hers and she loves when you wear her clothes, a sign that shows her that you’re hers.

She reaches underneath the shirt and cups one of your boobs. She brushes the nipple with her thumb and you gasp into the kiss. As soon as you gasp she slips her tongue in and eagerly explores your mouth. She then brings her hand down your body, quickly finds your clit and begins rubbing it. You pull away and you try to stay quiet but a couple of moans slip out. She reaches under you and puts her hand over your mouth, and slips a finger in your mouth for you to suck on. It works to conceal your moans, just in time for her to slip a finger in your entrance. You suck on her finger harder and then she starts pumping in and out of you and you screw your eyes shut.

“Mmm, I love you Amore.” She says in your ear and then kisses and sucks your neck.

“I love you too Mel.” You come not even a minute later and she pulls out of you.

She gets you on your back and then she straddles your thigh and starts grinding. She bends down to kiss you while still grinding herself on her leg and she moans. You place your hands on her hips to help her as well as tense up your thigh muscles. She comes with a gasp and then stays sitting on your leg and catches her breath. Just then Amelia opens the door and walks in without warning. Melissa immediately gets off of you and covers both of you with the blanket.

“Amelia what did we talk about with the door?” Melissa says to her and Amelia looks confused and then guilty.

“To knock and let the pewson answe, sowwy.” She says and with that cute little voice and sad eyes, both of you can’t stay angry at her.

“It’s ok my little Tesoro, what’s up?” Melissa asks Amelia while getting up to hold her.

“I’m hungwy.” She tells Melissa.

“You’re hungry? Oh well we can’t have that now can we?” Melissa tells Amelia.

“No we can’t.” Amelia agrees proudly.

“So what do we want to eat for breakfast today?” Melissa asks as she leaves with Amelia to go to the kitchen downstairs.

Just as she leaves the twins start crying. You get up, put some shorts on and go check on the twins.

After feeding them, you bring them both downstairs and see Amelia happily eating apple slices while sitting on Melissa’s lap on the couch. Melissa looks up from the tv and sees you carrying the twins.

“There’s the piccole stelle.” Melissa says softly as you put them in their play pen to crawl around. You join them on the couch and Melissa hands a plate over to you with scrambled eggs and apple slices.

“Oh I get apple slices too? I’m flattered.” You tell her and she giggles.

“Thought you’d appreciate it.” Is all she says.

“Mamma?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“Yes Tesoro?”

“What does Tesowo mean?” Amelia asks her, this child is full of curiosity, surprising nobody as she’s the child of two teachers.

“Tesoro is Italian and it has two meanings. Direct translation is treasure but it can also mean darling.” Melissa explains.

“What about the one you gave my sibwings?”

“Piccole Stelle?” She asks and Amelia nods. “Well that means little stars. All 4 of you are bright stars in my life though.” Melissa tells Amelia with a big smile and eyes full of fondness.

“Will they get theiw own when they get oldew?” Amelia asks.

“Ya they will.” Melissa answers and then Amelia’s attention goes back to the tv.

Later in the day, you’re colouring with Amelia on the floor and Melissa is peacefully walking around the room while feeding Nico with a bottle. Then all of a sudden, Amelia gets up and runs to Melissa with a piece of paper.

“Mamma! Mamma!” Amelia says and then reaches her, as Melissa turns around to face her with a smile. “I made this foe you!” She exclaims and shows her the drawing she drew with you.

“Oh it’s beautiful! Thank you so much Tesoro!” Melissa tells her as she takes the drawing from Amelia. “As soon as I finish feeding Nico then it’s going right up on the fridge.” Melissa says and Amelia is smiling proudly.

The next day you arrived at the park. You’re pushing the twins in the double seated stroller and Melissa is walking hand in hand with Amelia.

Amelia runs off to play with the other kids after telling her to be careful and you and Melissa go join some other parents at a picnic table nearby. You’re on your way back home in the car when Amelia asks a question.

“How come I don’t have a daddy?” She asks, you look back at her and Melissa looks at her with the rearview mirror.

“What?” You ask her, thinking you heard her wrong.

“The othews talked about having a daddy and I don’t have one. Why don’t I have a daddy? Is something wong with me?” She says and Melissa pulls over at that so you can both look at her.

“Nothing is wrong with you Amelia.” Melissa starts.

“Families are always different than other families. You don’t have a daddy but you got a mommy and a mamma. Other kids might have two daddies.” You explain.

“Ya, and other kids might only have a daddy or might only have a mommy. Or in other cases, different family members taking care of them.” Melissa continues the explanation.

“Well, I’m happy I have two mommies.” She tells you both and you both smile at her.

Melissa continues the drive home while Amelia tells you what else the other kids talked about.

That night Melissa makes a move on you and you giggle at her. “Again? Was this morning not enough?” You asked her.

“It was, but can I not want my wife multiple times a day?” She says and wiggles her eyebrows.

“You can, just surprised.” You tell her and she kisses your neck.

“The twins sleep halfway through the night now which means we got a solid 5 hours until they wake us up.” Melissa tells you as she trails down your body on the bed.

“Hmm, how romantic.” You tease her and she smiles at you before she makes you come three times.

The following week you take Amelia swimming again as Barb and Gerald wanted to spend the afternoon with the twins.

“Are we still going to your family this weekend for July the Fourth?” You ask Melissa on the way to the pool.

“Yep, all my siblings will be there, everyone is excited to meet the twins.” She says and you smile.

You, Melissa and Amelia have a lot of fun at the pool. Amelia splashes both of you, you spin her around in the water and she learns how to doggy paddle.

On July the fourth, the 5 of you go to one of Melissa’s siblings' houses to celebrate Independence Day. Everyone there takes turns holding the twins and talking to Amelia. Amelia plays with some of her cousins while you and Melissa talk to Melissa’s siblings.

When you get home, you put Amelia to bed while Melissa feeds the twins before putting them to bed. She meets you in bed when she’s done and then the two of you snuggle and fall asleep immediately.

You wake up suddenly from a nightmare and Melissa is looking at you with a worried face. “Amore, are you alright? You were starting to scream.” She asks you.

“Uh ya ya, just a nightmare. I’m sorry I woke you up.” You tell her.

“It’s alright Amore, I just want to make sure you’re alright.” She says full of love and you smile at her. You lean into her and she wraps both arms around you in a side hug and kisses your forehead. She notices your worry of falling asleep again so she starts humming softly and you fall asleep in her arms and she falls asleep after you.

The next day you hug her from behind while she’s cooking breakfast for the 3 of you. She smiles softly at you and leans into your touch.

“Well this is a nice surprise, morning Amore.” She says.

“Morning beautiful.” You tell her and she blushes. “9 years we’ve been together and 5 years married and I still have the ability to make you blush.” You tell her proudly.

“You know you’ll always have the ability to do that.” She says and scoops the omelette onto the plate next to the orange slices. She then turns around to face you and wraps you in a hug. “Happy Anniversary Amore!” She says

“Happy Anniversary.” You tell her and she gives you a passionate kiss.

“Ew!” You both hear and then look to see Amelia standing there with a weirded out look.

You smile at each other and then bring breakfast out for the 3 of you while the twins are in their playpen.

“Tesoro, you’ll be spending the day with Grandma and grandpa today, and the twins as well.” Melissa tells her.

“Not with you?” Amelia questions.

“No, me and mommy are going to be spending the day with each other. We got married 5 years ago today, so we’re celebrating that.” Melissa explains and Amelia just nods and digs into her eggs.

You’re giggling as Melissa is kissing your neck and pinning you to the wall. You just got home from dropping your kids off at your parents house and Melissa is immediately on you.

“9 years I’ve been worshipping this body and I love seeing it everytime, you’re so beautiful.” She tells you as she puts her hands under your shirt. “I feel like I can never get enough of you.” She says with almost a growl to her voice. She then picks you up bridal style and carries you to the bedroom.

“Ah” You scream out as it took you by surprise and then giggle at her eagerness. “Major Deja vu.” You say as she places you on the bed and she winks at you.

She then takes your shirt and bra off, climbs on top of you and attaches her mouth to a nipple and you buck your hips and moan.

“I love it when you moan, my favourite music.” She says as she goes to the other nipple and gets the same reaction from you. You reach for her shirt and immediately take her shirt and bra off and she smiles at your eagerness. “So eager for my chest I see.” She teases and you nod.

“You know how much I love it or how much I love them.” You say as you place your hands on her boobs and she kisses you.

She places her body right on yours as she kisses your neck. You wrap your arms around her neck and legs around her waist. She makes sure to leave a few hickeys on your neck, she knows you love hickeys and she loves claiming you as hers, win-win.

She can’t wait any longer and takes your pants and underwear off at the same time and stares at you bare underneath her. “Hm Mia Principessa.” She tells you. “What do you want today? Tongue, fingers or strap?” She asks as she runs her fingers through your folds and you buck your hips. “Or all 3?” She adds and you think about it for a second.

“All 3.” You say and she smiles. She places herself in between your legs on her stomach and wraps her arms around your thighs. She dives to your pussy and runs her tongue along your folds before sticking her tongue in your entrance. You moan out as she runs her tongue all over and gasp when she slips into your entrance. She pumps her tongue in and out of you a few times before she moves her tongue to your clit. You grab her hair, moan out and buck your hips when she does. She pins you down with her left hand and with her right hand she sticks her middle and index finger in your entrance. “Omg Mel! That feels so good!” You gasp out as she pumps in and out of you.

“And you feel so good around my fingers, it’s just sucking them in, always wanting me.” She hums out when she pulls away from your clit to speak. She goes back to sucking and licking your clit and you get closer and closer to an orgasm.

“Mel, I’m so close!” You cry out and she speeds up her tongue and fingers, giving you permission to come. You come immediately and she slows down her movements and then pulls out of you and pulls her mouth away as well. While you come down from your high, she goes to the closet to retrieve the strap and puts it on. She walks back over to you and tells you to get on your hands and knees. You obey and get on all fours and then she gets on the bed behind you.

She runs her hands up along your back and over your ass, she loves the feel of your body and the fact that she gets to call you hers. She goes to your clit and rubs it a bit to make sure you get wet enough and then goes to feel your entrance. “Sei Mia Amore.” She tells you and you whine. You love it when she talks to you in Italian and love it when she calls you nicknames and tells you you’re hers.

She lines the strap up with your entrance and pushes it in. You moan out as you feel it fill you and she slides it all the way in. She gives you a second to adjust then begins pumping it in and out of you. She then puts a hand on your chest and brings you up so that your back is against her chest and you’re only on your knees. She places her hands on you, one on your breast and the other on your stomach. She continues pumping in and out of you and then places a hand on your clit and begins rubbing it. You are moaning and gasping against her and you start bucking your hips as you’re close. You reach behind you and place a hand in her hair.

“I know you’re close baby but I need you to hold it for a bit.” She tells you and you whine.

“Mel please, I need to come.” You tell her as she sucks on your neck and you moan. Your legs were getting shaky and the over sensitivity from holding it was getting to you.

Melissa was getting close to coming as well and wanted to come together. “Ok baby, come, come with me.” She says and you immediately let go and come for the second time today, Melissa immediately comes after you and she stops her movements. She pulls out of you and takes the strap off as you lay down on the bed. She lays down next to you after cleaning you both up and wraps an arm around your waist. She tucks the loose strands of hair that’s in your face behind your ear and gives you a kiss on your forehead. “Happy Anniversary Amore Mia.” She says softly and you smile at her.

“Happy Anniversary honey.” You tell her and she gives you a kiss.

The two of you continue to celebrate your anniversary together by going out to a restaurant on a date. You have a wonderful time together, just the two of you before you pick the kids up from Barb after supper time.

“Were they ok?” Melissa asked Barb as you grabbed the bags of stuff for the kids.

“Oh they were angels.” Barb says. “I absolutely adore your kids.” She adds and then pulls Melissa to her and whispers so you wouldn’t hear as you’re saying hi to Amelia. “I’m proud of you Melissa. You’ve come a long way from when I first met you, and you’ve built a lovely family.” She tells her best friend and Melissa blushes and smiles.

“Thank you. I’m very happy with my life. I have the most amazing wife and kids I could ever ask for.” She tells Barb and Barb smiles at her. You finish saying your goodbyes to Barb and Gerald and then you take the kids and strap them in the car. Melissa gets Amelia strapped in while you do the twins.

“Mamma guess what?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“What’s up my little Tesoro?” Melissa asks as she finishes with the straps.

“Auntie Barb taught me the alphabet.” Amelia says proudly and Melissa gasps.

“No way!” Melissa replies to her and then Amelia proceeds to sing the alphabet song.

“Now I know my ABC’s, next time won’t you sing wit me.” Amelia finishes and she missed about 5 letters but Melissa kept that to herself.

“Wow Tesoro! You did amazing!” Melissa congratulates her and Amelia smiles at her proudly.

The next day Amelia is playing with the twins as she barely knows them and she’s confused as to why they don’t know certain things. You’re sitting next to them on the floor, playing with sound books with the twins and Amelia.

“Mommy, how come they can’t talk or walk?” Amelia asks you.

“Because they haven’t learned to yet. When you were their age you couldn’t walk or talk either.” You explain to her. Melissa comes up behind you and joins you all. She hands Amelia a plate of her favourite fruits and vegetables for a snack as it’s lunch time and she wraps her arms around you and rests her head on your shoulder.

“Momma, awe you tiwed? I lay my head on mommy’s shouldew when I’m tiwed.” Amelia asks Melissa.

“I’m not tired, my little Tesoro. I’m just happy being near mommy.” She tells Amelia and you smile softly at her. Amelia happily eats her blueberries and cherry tomatoes that Melissa prepared on the plate, as well as carrot and banana slices. “I wonder if they’re teeth are showing yet.” Melissa says about the twins. “They started teething a couple weeks ago right?”

“It was a month ago and yes they’re coming in, why do you think I’m not breastfeeding anymore.” You joke and she laughs.

“Imagine all the meals I can make everyone.” She says and hums.

“The fact that you can only cook for 12 will come in handy.” You tell her and her smile widens.

“No it’s mamma.” Amelia says to the twins.

“Ma!” Caterina says as Amelia gets annoyed and Nico is just focused on the book.

“They’we not saying it wight.” Amelia complains to you both.

“They’re just babbling Tesoro, they don’t know what they’re saying right now.” Melissa explains to her.

“Remember when Amelia said her first word?” You tell her and she groans.

“Yes, I might have overreacted.” She admits and you chuckle.

“Might have?” You question and she hides her face in your chest.

“Ok I did.” She whines. You pat her head and run your fingers through her beautiful ginger locks and she hums softly. “Hm I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“Mamma.” Nico says and you both turn to look at him.

“He finally said it wight.” Amelia tells you both as she points to Nico. You both smile at the scene in front of you and kiss Melissa’s head.

“Yes he did Tesoro.” Melissa tells Amelia.

A few days later you return home with Amelia from the store and Melissa is feeding the twins applesauce for lunch.

“What do you want for lunch Amelia?” You ask her as you bring the groceries in to the kitchen. Amelia following behind you, carrying the loaf of bread.

“Um, PB and J!” She says and you smile at her.

“You had that yesterday. Is it your favourite?” You ask her and she nods. Melissa comes into the kitchen with the empty applesauce containers and throws them in the trash. “We got a PB and J lover here.” You tell her and she smiles at Amelia.

“Oh really? Are you having it for lunch?” She asks Amelia and she nods.

A couple days later…

“Come on open wide.” You tell Nico. You’re trying to feed them dinner while Amelia is watching Melissa cook from the kitchen counter. Nico refuses to eat anything right now and you huff. “What about an airplane?” You ask and proceed to do airplane. He still won’t eat anything and you give up. “Mel?!?” You call out to her and she peaks her head out of the kitchen a few seconds later.

“Yes Amore?” She asks.

“Nico won’t eat anything. It’s like he’s on an eating strike.” You say with a huff and she chuckles.

“How about we put some of the dinner in the blender and try feeding it to him? It’ll be done in a couple minutes.” She suggests. “I mean it’s about time they try my cooking anyway.” She adds and you laugh.

“Worth a try, no one ever refuses your cooking.” You say as you go to put the barely touched food jars away.

Melissa finishes cooking the food and she puts some in a bowl to give to you to put in the blender. She gets the plates ready and on the table while you finish blending the food and putting them back in the bowl to give to Nico. You sit down with the bowl and put it on the table and you take one scoop of it and bring it to Nico’s mouth. To your surprise he takes a bite and swallows it.

“Like you said, no one ever refuses my cooking.” Melissa says proudly as she gives Amelia a bite of food and you roll your eyes.

*one week later *

“So Amelia and the twins will be in the same room right? Just in a different section.” Melissa asks the daycare worker.

“Yep, your twins will be in the baby section there.” The worker points to a section of the room. “And Amelia will be in the toddler section over there.” He adds and points to a different side of the room. “That way we have all kids in one room but split into different age ranges so the kids can play with others their own age.”

“Ok. I guess this is where all 3 of them are going now, starting next month.” Melissa tells you and you nod. She sighs and you wrap an arm around her waist.

“I think they’ll love it here. I know it’ll be hard like it was for Amelia but I’m sure it’ll be great.” You say with a smile and she smiles back at you.

“You’re right, I know it’ll be alright but like you said, it’s hard.” She says and you give her a kiss. “Where do we register them to go here?” Melissa asks the worker.

A week later you’re celebrating Mel’s birthday and you have your coworkers from school and your families over to celebrate. It was a barbecue as it was what Melissa wanted and a few of her siblings took charge with the cooking. They all sang happy birthday to her with the cake that Amelia loved eating. After it was time to open presents and she got Amelia to sit on her lap and help her open gifts.

She eventually got to your gift and you signed all 3 of the kids names there as well. You got her a new pots and pans set as she started complaining that it was time for new ones and she smiles widely at it. “Omg you got the exact set I wanted! Thank you Amore!” She says and gives you a kiss.

The rest of the summer is spent bringing them to the park to get the energy out and socialise with other kids, going to the pool as Amelia loves to swim, going on picnics and overall just spending time as a family before school starts again.

On the evening of the last day, you and Mel are going around and making sure everything is prepared for tomorrow.

“You have the lunch for Amelia ready to go and the blended ones for the twins?” You ask her.

“Yes, it’s in the fridge.”

“And you put the teething rings in their bag?”

“Yes, I did earlier.”

“And you put Amelia’s stuffy in her bag?”

“Yes Teddy is in there.” Melissa can see you on the verge of a panic attack so she intercepts before you start. “Amore, everything is good to go for tomorrow.” She begins and holds your hands. “Like you told me last month, they’ll love it there and everything will be alright.” She tells you and you nod.

“Ok ya, you’re right. Everything will be alright.” You say and she places a kiss on your forehead and you let out a breath.

“Now, both Amelia and the twins are asleep, I suggest we get some too before they wake us up in a few hours.” She jokes and you giggle.

“Ok, I love you.” You tell her while looking into her eyes. She cups your cheek with a hand and looks back into your eyes.

“I love you too Amore.” She tells you, and you both get ready for bed and then fall asleep with you safely wrapped in her arms.

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You and Melissa both look at Amelia as she refuses to eat her breakfast.

“Mamma.” Amelia whines out and Melissa looks at her.

“Yes, my little Tesoro?”

“I don’t feel well.” Amelia says and Melissa feels her forehead.

“You do seem a bit hot.” Melissa says and you go and get the thermometer and Melissa takes her temperature. “101.3, that’s a fever alright.”

“What are we gonna do? We can’t skip out on today? Neither one of us can.” You tell Melissa and she sighs then looks at Amelia.

You both walk into Abbott after dropping the twins off at daycare. Melissa is carrying Amelia in her arms while you have her bag with some things for her to play with, other things you might need for her and some medicine.

“Why do you have Amelia with you?” Ava asks as she sees you 3.

“Well she’s got a fever and you told us we can’t skip today’s meeting that you have planned.” You tell her and she just shrugs.

“Alright, as long as it’s just a fever.” Is all Ava says and walks away.

“Hello girls.” Barb says behind you both and you turn around. “And Amelia…?” She adds.

“Fever.” Melissa says and Barb nods in understanding.

“I’m tiwed.” Amelia says and Melissa looks at her and rubs her back.

“You can go to sleep, my little Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia places her head on Melissa’s chest and falls asleep.

The meeting Ava held was indeed important as it went through some new rules that the district implemented and a few other things. You got a bunch of looks from other teachers but that was expected as Melissa is carrying a toddler. Jacob kept making faces at Amelia when she woke up and she giggled a few times.

When you were able to leave after the meeting ended then you both went to Melissa’s classroom and you put Amelia on the carpet. You got her food out as it was near her feeding time and you gave it to her. Amelia eagerly took it and began to eat happily. You feel her forehead and she’s still hot.

You sit next to Amelia as she eats and she cuddles into you and you put an arm around her shoulders. Melissa sees the scene and she takes a few pictures of you two with a smile. Barb walks in as Melissa was taking the pictures.

“Hello girls.” She says and you both look at her.

“Hey Barb.” Melissa says as she goes over the year plan for second graders. Barb walks over to Amelia and bends down to her level.

“Hi Amelia, great to see you again.” She tells her with a smile.

“Hi auntie bawba.” Amelia says and takes another bite of her food.

“Not feeling good?” She asks her and Amelia shakes her head. “Oh that’s not good, your mommies will take good care of you though.” She tells her and gets up. “I just came by to see if you guys need help with anything.” She tells you both.

“I think we’re ok for now, but we’ll let you know if that changes.” You say and she nods at you then leaves.

“You should probably get a few things done in your classroom.” Melissa tells you and you look at her.

“I know, when she’s done eating then I will.” You say and walks up to you both and sit down on the other side of Amelia and wraps an arm around you.

“I love you both.” She says and kisses both of your foreheads.

“You’re acting like one of us is dying, it’s just a fever.” You joke with her and she chuckles.

“I can’t just randomly say I love you both?” She asks you and you smile at her.

“Of course you can.” You say and you give her a kiss. “And we love you too. Right Amelia?” You ask her and she looks at you confused. “Do you love mamma?” You clarify and she nods her head as she takes her last bite. “You ate it all while being sick? You’re definitely Melissa’s daughter.” You say and Melissa bursts out laughing.

“Well like you said when you were pregnant with her, you haven’t had sex with anyone else.” She tells you and you laugh.

“And it’s true.” You look down to see Amelia asleep on your lap and you stroke her head. “I mean why would I want to sleep with someone else?” You ask slyly and she quirks an eyebrow at you before she leans in and kisses you.

“I bet no one else can get you to make the same noises I can get you to make.” Melissa tells you and you hum.

“I think you’re right, the noises are for your ears only.” You tell her and you both kiss again.

You both pull apart when there’s a knock on the door. You both look and see Janine there.

“Hey, I just wanted to come and see Amelia. Is she feeling better?” Janine asks you both.

“Afraid not, still has a fever but thankfully is asleep right now.” Melissa answers and Janine nods.

You end up going back to your classroom after handing a sleeping Amelia over to Melissa and you get started on getting your classroom ready.

About an hour later you hear little feet running and a pair of heels right after it. You peek your head out of the classroom and you see Amelia running to you and Melissa running after her. You kneel down and have your arms open and Amelia runs into your arms. You pick her up and Melissa catches up.

“She woke up and asked for you. Apparently when she’s sick then I’m not the favourite.” Melissa tells you and you giggle.

“Mommy.” Amelia says and nuzzles her head on your chest and sucks her thumb.

“It’s your heartbeat.” Melissa says. “Her brain must remember it when she was in your tummy and it makes her feel safe. Which makes sense as she heard it for the first almost 9 months of her life.” Melissa tells you and you rub Amelia’s back.

“They do say a mother that gave birth will always have a special bond with their child.” You say and Melissa smiles and then takes a photo of the two of you.

“That’s gonna be my new Home Screen photo.” Melissa says and changes it on her phone.

“What’s your Lock Screen photo?” You ask her and she shows you. It was the photo that Barb took when the twins were just born, you both held one of the twins and Amelia sitting beside you on the hospital bed.

“You know that there’s been recent family photos of the 5 of us right?” You tell her and she shrugs.

“This one’s my favourite, it’s the day I got the best family in the world.” She says and you smile at her.

“I don’t know how much more love I can have for you before my heart explodes.” You tell her and she kisses you.

“I feel the same as you, I didn’t know it was possible to love someone as much as I love you.” Melissa tells you and you both kiss each other again.

“Yucky!” Amelia suddenly says and you both pull apart and look at her.

“Oh your mommies kissing is yucky?” Melissa asks Amelia with a quirked eyebrow and Amelia nods. “Well what if I kissed you? Is that yucky?” She asks and Amelia nods again. Melissa goes and kisses Amelia all over the face and she starts giggling.

At lunchtime, the 3 of you head to the break room and sit on the couch. Melissa warms up the leftovers for all of you as Amelia is on your lap with her head on your chest. Melissa comes back and you get Amelia to get off of you and to sit on the couch so she can eat her food. Melissa sits beside you while you all eat and you put your head on her shoulder when you finish.

“Y/n? Y/n!” Melissa yells and your eyes snap open.

“What?” You ask her. “I had my eyes closed but I was awake.” You say as she looks at you.

“More like you were asleep as you also have a fever.” She says and you realise that Amelia is no longer beside you and Melissa moved her body so your head is now on her chest. You look around and see Amelia is being held by Barb and your body relaxes.

“Wait, what do you mean I have a fever?” You ask as soon as the words she said are processed in your brain.

“I mean you’re sick as well, and since the meeting is over, I think we should all go home.” She says softly as she strokes your head. “How does that sound? We can go home and you and Amelia can sleep on the couch and I’ll take care of you both.” She says and you hum.

“That does sound nice.” You tell her and she goes to get everything ready to bring you all home. “Are we going to get the twins first?” You ask her when you’re all in the car.

“No, I'll go get them when we normally get them. For now I’ll bring us home, give you both medicine for your fevers and then you and Amelia both have to rest.” She tells you and you nod and then you both turn to look at Amelia who’s asleep again.

“Her body must be tired from fighting off the fever all day.” You say.

“Yours will be too.” Melissa tells you.

You both get home and Melissa gets both of you to immediately go to the couch and get comfortable while she gets the medicine for you. She comes back in a couple minutes later with adult medicine for you and toddler medicine for Amelia. You both take it, Amelia rejects it at first, and then you both get comfortable on the couch.

“Mel?” You call out and she comes over and stands by your side.

“What’s up Amore Mia?” She asks and you look at her with puppy dog eyes.

“Can we cuddle?” You ask her and Amelia perks up at this.

“I want cuddles too.” Amelia says and Melissa giggles.

“We’d have to go upstairs and get in our bed if we want to do a group cuddle.” Melissa tells you both and then you both get up off the couch and go towards the stairs. Melissa picks Amelia up when you reach the stairs and she helps you up as well. When you reach the top, you all go to your bedroom and Melissa places Amelia down on the bed and you join her. “Little Tesoro, who do you want to cuddle with? Me or mommy?” Melissa asks her and Amelia thinks about it.

“Umm…mommy.” She says and you wrap an arm around her and she nuzzles her head in your chest. Melissa gets in the bed and wraps an arm around you and you let out a content sigh. You then fall asleep with Melissa cuddling you and you cuddling Amelia.

You wake up in the bed alone and figure they must be downstairs. You get up and slowly walk to the stairs. You grab onto the railing tightly and start the walk down. When you get downstairs, you see there’s no one here and you check the time. Oh, Melissa is probably picking the twins up. You go and sit on the couch and put something on. When Melissa returns with all 3 kids, you’re about to put Shrek on.

“Hey Amore, you’re up.” Melissa tells you when she sees you and Amelia runs up to you.

“Do you need help?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Nope, I got it. I’m about to put them in their playpen and then get some food ready for Amelia. Are you hungry? I can make a snack for everyone.” She says as she reaches the playpen with the stroller and unclips the twins.

“I’m good for now. Wanna watch Shrek with me? And Amelia, I think you’ll like this movie.” You say and she gives you a kiss after putting the twins in the playpen.

“I’d love to watch it with you. I’ll be right back.” She says and then goes into the kitchen to get food for Amelia and a couple of snacks for you both. “I was told they just fed the twins before I picked them up so they should be good for another few hours. Here you go Amelia.” Melissa says as she puts a plate down on the floor for Amelia to eat while she watches the movie. She then sets a plate down full of yours and hers favourite fruits and veggies. She then sits at the corner of the couch and you cuddle on her and then press play.

The rest of the evening goes by quickly as you switched to Disney movies and Melissa gets up now and again to either feed the twins, Amelia or you. At nighttime, you’re already in bed when she’s getting ready.

“I don’t know about you Amore but I’m exhausted. Who knew taking care of 4 people, 2 of them being sick, would be tiring.” She says sarcastically and chuckles a bit as she slides into bed next to you.

“I’m not tired.” You begin and then you climb on top of her. “But I know something that will make me tired.” You say slyly and she quirks an eyebrow at you.

“Amore, I don’t have the energy. We have a vibrator in the box, you should use that instead.” She tells you and then pushes you off of her.

“Woah!” You say as you fall off of her and on to your side of the bed. “Ass.” You quietly hiss out.

“I heard that.” She says unimpressed.

“Well…good.” You say and she turns to look at you. “If you want me to use the vibrator then I will but I’ll be doing it right here where you can see and hear.” You tell her proudly and she smiles.

“Go for it baby. I’d love to hear and see you satisfy yourself.” She says and you groan, that wasn’t the plan. Maybe if you start then she’ll want to continue it, you think, as you smirk and get the vibrator. You get back on the bed and you press the button to start it. It starts vibrating and you put it directly on your clit and you moan out.

“Oh god, oh that feels good.” You moan and you glance over and see Melissa watching you. You lay down next to her and you put one hand on your boob and start playing with your nipple. You gasp out and you think of an idea that might get her going. “Hmm, oh this feels better than when you do it Mel.” You tell her and she snorts.

“We both know that’s not true, baby.” She says and you look at her.

“Why don’t you prove it then?” You tell her and she shakes her head.

“Are you really that horny that you need me to make you come?” She asks and at this point you just want to be fucked by her no matter what, so you nod.

“Yes, I need you Mel.” You whine out and she smiles at you. She wraps her arm around your waist and pulls you to her. She snakes a hand down your pants while she kisses you. She starts circling your clit with her finger and you start bucking your hips and moan out. You grab a hold of anywhere on her as your orgasm is starting to build. “Omg Mel!” You cry out as you pull away from her kisses and she starts kissing your neck.

“It’s ok baby, I got you. Let go when you need too.” She tells you and a few seconds later you come with a muffled cry, as she kisses you as she knew you were about to come. Melissa pulls out of you and kisses your forehead and all over your face as you come down from your high. You both then hear a soft knock at the door and Melissa gets up to answer it and sees Amelia there. “Something wrong Tesoro?” She asks her.

“Nighmawe.” Is all she says and Melissa frowns and picks Amelia up.

“A nightmare, oh well that’s no fun. Wanna tell us what happened in your nightmare?” Melissa asks her as she brings her over to the bed.

“Well.” Amelia starts as she’s placed on the bed in between you and Melissa. “Thewe was actually a monstew undew my bed and it got you both and took you away.” She tells you both and you wrap an arm around her and rub her arm.

“Aw, sorry you had to go through that honey. But I promise that me and mamma are right here. We have no plans of leaving and it would take a lot more than a monster under the bed to take us away from you and the twins.” You tell her and she sniffles a bit.

“Tesoro, do you want to sleep with us tonight?” Melissa offers and Amelia nods as she wipes her eyes with her little hands and you both hate to see her upset. You get Amelia under the covers and you both snuggle her as you all fall asleep.

“ACHOO!” You sneeze and it wakes Amelia and Melissa up. Melissa looks at the time and sees that it’s 5am.

“You woke us up an hour before our alarm.” Melissa whines and you glare at her.

“Well I’ll try and sneeze quieter next time.” You say sarcastically and congested. Melissa quirks an eyebrow and looks at you.

“You alright there Amore?” Melissa asks you as Amelia falls back asleep.

“I feel worse than yesterday.” You say and she looks at you before getting up and quietly going to the other side of the bed without waking Amelia up. She feels your forehead and you still feel hot and you let out a cough.

“I think your fever has evolved into a cold Amore Mia.” She says softly and you groan. “How about today, I’ll drop the kids off at daycare and then I can stay home to take care of you?” She suggests and you shake your head.

“You have things to do to prepare for the kids.” You say.

“So do you and we can do it from home. I was going to work on the first couple of lesson plans anyway.” She says and you lean over to her and she puts an arm around you and cups your cheek. “Yours and our children’s health and happiness is the most important thing to me.” She tells you and you hum.

“Ok.” You tell her and she moves her hand from cupping your cheek to lightly scratching your scalp. “Hm, I love you.” You say and she smiles.

“I love you too.” She says and you fall asleep on her stomach and she chuckles at that.

When you wake up, it’s due to Melissa calling your name.

“Y/n?” She says and you open up your eyes. “Y/n, I brought some breakfast as well as some medicine. Then after you’re done I thought we could have a nice bath together.” She suggests and you look at her with a smile.

“I like what I’m hearing.” You say and she gives you your medicine and then hands the food over. “How long was I asleep for?” Noticing now that Amelia wasn’t there.

“About 3 hours. The kids are at daycare.” She says and you nod your head.

You eat and then she starts to draw a bath after you digested for a few minutes. She starts undressing as you’re sitting on top of the toilet in a robe. She takes her shirt and bra off and then you stand up and wrap your arms around her waist and nuzzle your head on her chest.

“I do have to finish getting undressed to have a bath Amore.” She says with a chuckle.

“You’re comfy.” You say with a hum and she strokes the side of your head with a smile.

“You can lay on my stomach in the tub all you want.” She tells you and you reluctantly let her get undressed. She steps in the tub and sits down on the side, opposite of the faucet, and you take your robe off and join her in the tub. You sit down with your back on her chest and she wraps her arms around you and lays her head on your shoulder. As much as she loves her family and children, she loves these moments of just you and her just as much.

“I love you so much, Amore. Do you know that?” She says and you lean into her.

“I mean you tell me everyday so I think so.” You joke and she snorts. “Seriously though, I do know. Even if you don’t say it, I can see it in your eyes.” You tell her and she smiles. “And I love you too.”

She realises that you don’t sound as congested and the steam of the water must be helping your nose right now.

“I don’t know what I’d do without you.” She suddenly says after a few moments of silence and you turn around to face her.

“Is something going through your mind?” You ask her with curiosity.

“Just that I love you and I don’t want to lose you.” She tells you honestly and you wrap your arms around her neck and look at her with a smile.

“Well I love you and I don’t want to lose you either.” You tell her and she smiles at you as she tucks a loose strand of hair behind your ear.

You lean in and you kiss each other full of love for the other. The kisses quickly turn into hungry ones and you place your hands in her hair and you get into a more seated position. Melissa pulls back at that moment to look at you.

“Are you sure you’re ok to do this? It’s ok if you’re not.” She says and you cup her cheek.

“If I wasn’t ok then I would have already told you.” You tell her with a smile.

“Ok.” She says with a nod and then you go back to kissing each other. You move your hands to cup both her breasts and she moans into the kiss. She wraps her arms around your waist and pulls your body closer to hers. You attach your mouth to her neck and you start sucking. She gasps out at the sensation and she moves her hands up and down your back. You then move down and put your mouth around a nipple. She gasps out again. “Dio mio bambina.” She says and you smirk at that.

There’s only been a handful of times that Melissa has gone full Italian. The last time you remember was when you got cravings when you were pregnant with the twins and you told her you don’t want Italian food. Another time was when you found out you were pregnant with Amelia. She does it when she’s overcome with emotions that she prefers speaking Italian. So the fact that she’s gone full Italian right now, you were impressed. The conversation you had right before must have helped.

While sucking on her nipple, you move your right hand down and run a finger through her folds. She quickly moves her hands from your back to your hair. You insert a finger in her entrance and she pulls your hair a bit and moans out. “Rapido.” She breathes out and you start pumping faster and insert another finger. “Dio mio, ti amo tanto bambina.” She gasps out and brings you closer to kiss you. You press your thumb to her clit and she comes a few seconds later with a moan. You pull back and pull out of her gently and she opens her eyes.

“You alright?” You ask her and she smiles as she nods her head. “You went full Italian.” You tell her and she blushes. “What does tanto mean? You said, ti amo tanto bambina.” You ask her.

“It means I love you so much baby. I guess I was very overcome with love.” She tells you and you smile. Before you get any chance to respond, she presses a finger to your clit and starts rubbing it. You gasp out as you place your hands on her breasts and she smirks at you. “You really love my tits, don’t you baby?” She asks you and then she inserts a finger in your entrance.

“I do, I really do love them.” You quickly say as you squeeze them a bit. She presses her thumb to your clit and it doesn’t take long until you come.

You both wait a minute to calm down from your highs before you get out of the tub. She helps to dry you off and then you slip some comfy pjs on.

“Why don’t we go downstairs and I can make us some food and you can relax on the couch?” She suggests and you nod.

“Sounds like a plan.” You tell her.

For the rest of the day, she helps to take care of you while also doing her lesson plan and helping you with yours. You both end up finishing when it’s time to get your kids. You both go to get your kids from daycare and bring them home. Melissa puts the twins in their playpen while you get Amelia situated on the floor with some of her favourite toys.

“Mommy, awe you feewing bettew?” Amelia asks you and you smile at her.

“I am honey, mamma took good care of me today.” You tell her and she nods.

At the end of the day, Melissa comes into your room after putting the kids to bed. “Hey Amore, ready for bed?” She asks and you nod.

“I feel bad that you did a lot of work in the past 2 days. Yesterday you took care of me and Amelia and then today you took care of me and you had to take more care of the twins because it was better for you to be near them instead of me.” You tell her and she walks over to you and grabs your hands.

“Amore, I will always take care of all of you and will happily do it as well. Yes it can be tiring but it’s worth it to me, ok?” She tells you and you nod.

“Ok.” You say and kiss her. You both finish getting ready for bed and fall asleep.

Chapter Text

*Halloween Day*

“Got to hold still.” You tell Amelia as you’re finishing up her hairstyle for her costume. While you just bought shirts and wigs for the twins and dressed them up as thing 1 and thing 2, Amelia wanted something different.

You showed Amelia Scooby Doo and she chose to go as Daphne, so of course Melissa contacted some people and now Amelia has a great Daphne costume.

While you were helping Amelia get ready, Melissa was downstairs putting the costumes on the twins and getting breakfast ready.

“Do you tink people will know who I’m dressed as?” Amelia asks as you’re putting the headband in and fluffing some of her hair

“Well Mamma found you a great replica so I think they will.” You tell her with a smile. “Alright turn around.” You tell her as her costume is complete. Amelia does a little spin and you giggle. “You make an adorable Daphne, honey.” You tell her.

“Breakfast!” You hear Melissa call from downstairs and you take Amelia’s hand and help her down the stairs.

“Coming Mamma!” Amelia says when you’re halfway down the stairs.

When you and Amelia get to the dinner table to eat, Melissa looks up and immediately has a huge smile. “You both look amazing!” She says as Amelia goes running up to her and sits on her lap. “You look cute, Amore.” She says with a flirtatious tone when you get to the table. She then puts Amelia’s plate right in front of her and Amelia starts eating immediately.

“So do you, Poison Ivy.” You say as you grab the bat that Melissa decorated for you to complete your Harley Quinn costume.

“I am worried though that your lack of clothing will send the wrong message to some people though.” Melissa tells you and you can hear some jealousy seeping through her tone.

“My love, most of the staff and parents know that we’re married.” You tell her and give her a kiss before you all eat your breakfast.

“You could have gone with the full body suit with the hat.” Melissa says as you’re eating.

“The one with the devil looking horns? I like the option I picked.” You tell her. “Love, I don’t think anyone will try and hit on me when they know I’m married to Melissa Schemmenti.” You say and she blushes and smiles at that.

“I guess you have a point.”

“Besides, if they do try.” You start as you pick up the bat. “Then I got this handy dandy bat I can use that my lovely wife taught me how to use on our fourth date.“ You say with a smile and Melissa lets out a little giggle.

“Want me to do your makeup, Amore? Get your face all white and half dead looking.” Melissa says with a smirk.

“Sure, I’d love that.” You tell her and then you all finish your breakfast. “Do you want to finish getting everything ready while I pump before you finish my makeup?” You ask her and she nods.

“Sure thing.” She says and gives you a kiss on the cheek. “Want to get my cheek kiss count before you push me away from doing them all day. Especially when you’re wearing that.” She says and looks at your outfit.

“Think I look sexy as Harley Quinn?” You say with a flirty tone.

“I think you look sexy in this outfit.” She says as she wraps her arms around your waist and gives you a kiss. You were about to say something but then you remember you have to pump or you’ll start leaking.

“Well thanks love but I do have to start pumping.” You say as you give her a quick kiss and then leave the room. You come back in the room to Melissa taking a bunch of pictures of the twins and Amelia. Amelia had no problem posing for pictures for Melissa. You watch the scene for a minute and then you let your presence known and tell Melissa to go stand next to Amelia and the twins to get a picture. Melissa crouches down next to Amelia with the twins on the other side of her and you set your camera up with a timer and take a family Halloween picture.

“Alright I’ll do your makeup quickly now, Amore.” Melissa says to you. “Amelia, why don’t you go do some colouring while I put the finishing touches on Mommy’s costume, alright my little Tesoro?” She says to Amelia which Amelia quickly nods and runs to her colouring books in the living room.

“Alright maybe we should do this in the living room cause last time she coloured with supervision, our walls paid the price.” You say to which Melissa laughs.

“She takes after me that way.” Melissa says with a smile.

40 minutes later and you and Melissa are walking into the break room at Abbott.

“OMG you guys look AMAZING!” Jacob squeals.

From across the room, Melissa can see another teacher checking you out. Melissa wraps an arm around your waist and sends a glare their way.

“Oh damn! Check you out girl!” Ava says as she enters. “You’ll definitely be on my mind today.” She adds and Melissa huffs. She knows Ava likes to tease her that way.

“I’d be better if you refrained from thinking of my wife.” Melissa says with a glare.

“Why Melissa, are you jealous?” You say teasingly. “Although you should all know that Melissa decorated Edith for me for today. So any funny business and your head will meet her today.” You say as you show them the bat.

“Omg! Can I see that! It looks so cool, looks just like her bat in the show.” Jacob says with a huge smile and goes to inspect the bat.

While walking to your classrooms to welcome the kids, you both hear someone do a catcall and look around and see Janine down the hall looking at you both with a huge smile.

At lunch you show everyone the pictures you both took this morning of the kids and the family picture.

“They all look adorable.” Barb says to Melissa as you’re showing the trio.

“They look so cute.” Janine says excitedly.

“Amelia is like a mini me of Melissa.” Jacob says and you turn to look at Melissa who’s looking your way with a smirk.

“Well there’s no denying she’s Melissa’s kid.” You say as you go to sit down next to Melissa.

“Was there any doubt that she was.” Melissa says with a quirked eyebrow.

“A little.” You tell her and she tickles your exposed stomach and you start laughing.

“Little minx.”

“It’s Harley to you.” You say after Melissa stops the tickles, you get Edith out and Melissa bursts out laughing.

When you’re saying goodbye to the kids, a few parents check you out and hit on you and you can feel Melissa’s glare on them.

“I didn’t like having to watch those parents hit on what’s mine.” Melissa says in the car when you’re on the way to the daycare to pick up your kids.

“Well I’m sorry I’m so irresistible.” You say with a smile and Melissa gives you a side eye before shaking her head with a smile.

“You are irresistible.”

“And I’m also yours, so no need to worry about a few parents. You should see it as evidence that they’re jealous that you have me instead of them.” You tell her.

“You’re right, I mean we have 3 kids and we’ve been together for 9 years. And we’re still happy.” She says with a smile and you give her a kiss on the cheek.

“Exactly, so put everyone else out of your mind, it’s time for Amelia to go trick or treating for the first time. And then to steal some candy later on.”

After picking up your kids, you all go home to have supper and then you put jackets on the twins and Amelia.

“But the jacket hides the costume, I don’t want a jacket.” Amelia complains the entire time.

“Ok how about we bring your jacket and when you get cold then you put it on. How’s that sound, Tesoro?” Melissa compromises and Amelia agrees.

You take her out trick or treating around the neighbourhood for a couple hours, with the twins in a stroller, before she says that she’s tired and falls asleep in Melissa’s arms on the way back to the house.

Back at the house, Amelia takes a small nap while you put on a movie while taking turns getting up to give candy out to trick or treaters.

“Oh look at all your costumes!” You hear Melissa say on one of her turns and you get up to go see and stand next to her. “A little shark, a pirate, a princess. You guys look amazing!” She says.

Half an hour later and you're each feeding a twin while Amelia is colouring on the floor. “Mommy! Look what I dew!” Amelia exclaims and you look to see her masterpiece.

“Oh wow, what a lovely heart honey. Why don’t you go hang it on the fridge?” You tell her and she runs to do that.

“How bad was it?” Melissa whispers to you.

“It’s terrible but adorable.” You whisper back with a smile and Melissa chuckles.

“Mamma, if I’m youw Tesowo, then what about the twins?” Amelia asks Melissa after being read a bedtime story.

“Well they’re my sole and Luna.” Melissa tells her. “Which means my sun and moon.

“I’ll always be your Tesowo wight?”

“Of course, forever and always.” Melissa assures her with a fond smile.”

“Which one is the moon and which one is the sun.”

“Well I decided that Nico is the sun as he’s always smiling and giggling. And Caterina is the moon as she has a little devil side to her. Now get to sleep, my little Tesoro.” Melissa says and gives Amelia a kiss on the forehead and tucking her in.

*Thanksgiving*

Amelia is holding on to her stuffy, Teddy, and sitting on the couch, while she watches you guys move around to get ready for thanksgiving dinner at Melissa’s family’s house.

You both go to the kitchen to get the food, and you instruct Amelia to watch the twins. One of the starts crying and when you run out to see what’s going on, you then see Amelia hand her stuffy to Caterina who immediately stops crying. You snap a picture of the moment before going to scoop Caty up in your arms and grab the stuffy from her eyes to give back to Amelia. As soon as you grab it, Caterina starts crying again.

“That was so sweet of you Amelia, and I’ll get Teddy back from her when we get Auntie Mary Camille’s place.” You say and Amelia nods.

“Why is Caty holding Teddy?” Melissa asks when she steps out with a couple bags of containers of food.

“Because Amelia gave it to her when she was crying and now when I try to take it from her, she just cries again.” You say and Melissa smiles at Amelia.

“You’re such a great big sister, my little Tesoro.” Melissa praises Amelia as Amelia smiles proudly.

You get to Mary Camille’s place and both of your families are all over the twins and Amelia. After 20 minutes, it ends up with Amelia playing with some of her cousins, Kristen Marie holding Caty and your mom holding Nico. You and Melissa sit down and let out a breath.

“Is parenting getting to you?” Vinny asks you both and you chuckle while Melissa gives him a hug.

“Getting to us but we love it.” Melissa says as you all sit back down after hugging each other hello.

“I’m very happy for you Mel. I mean my little cousin finally has the little family she’s always wanted.” Vinny says with a smile.

“What are you talking about little cousin, I’m older than you.” Melissa says.

“You may be older but I’m taller.” Vinny says with a smirk, while Melissa lets out a huff and crosses her arms.

“Are you torturing my sister?” Kristen Marie says as she comes to chat with you all. You and Melissa both turn to see that Caty is now being held by Toni.

“Which one?” Vinny jokes.

An hour later and you all get up to go get some food and you chop a little bit of food up on a small plate for Amelia and hand her a small plastic fork and her bottle. You already handed bottles to whoever was holding a twin about 10 minutes ago so they can be fed.

“Alright so before we all eat, I would like for us to go around the table and say what we’re thankful for.” Mary Camille says. “I can start us off. So I am thankful for my husband, my 2 boys and all 8 of my siblings. And also thankful for the rest of our family.” She says and then it’s Melissa’s turn.

“Ok, well I’m very thankful for my wife.” She starts and grabs your hand and looks at you with a smile. “Who gave birth to 3 of the most wonderful children I could ever ask for. And also thankful to my family for all the love and support we’ve gotten.” She finishes, still holding your hand.

“Well I’m also thankful for my beautiful wife and amazing kids. And I’m also thankful for all of you, for taking me in as your family even right as Mel and I just started going out. You all treated me like family right from the start and very grateful for that.” You say and then you both turn to Amelia. “Amelia, honey, do you want to say what you’re thankful for?” And Amelia looks at you confused for a second. “You can be thankful for the people that you love.” You explain to her.

“I’m tankful for my mamma and mommy. And I love my sibwings.” She says and everyone says ‘awww’ at that.

And then everyone at the table goes to say what they’re thankful for and then you all dig in to your meals.

A few hours later you both start to get ready to go home when Amelia falls asleep on you.

“You both can come anytime you want. We love to see you and your children.” Mary Camille says as she hands Caterina to you. Just then your mom comes in and hands Nico to Melissa.

“You can always bring your kids to see me and your father as well.” Your mom tells you. “And as well to see you and Melissa.” She adds on and you shake your head with a smile. “Looks like Amelia might need some help with her shoes.” Your mom says with a chuckle. You all turn and look down and see Amelia asleep on the floor, feet bare.

“Let’s put the twins in the stroller and then I’ll carry Amelia.” Melissa says and you nod in agreement.

When you get home you put the twins to bed while Melissa puts Amelia to bed. You both then flop down on the bed, ready to go to sleep. Melissa turns around and spoons you while you get comfy in her arms.

“Happy thanksgiving Mia Amore.” Melissa says softly in your ear.

“Happy Thanksgiving my love.” You say right back to her. You turn your head around to give her a kiss then you both fall asleep.

*Christmas Day*

“MAMMA! MOMMY! GET UP! GET UP!” Amelia yells while climbing on the bed and starts jumping. “Santa came! I saw presents under the tree!” She yells and sits on Melissa’s stomach.

“Oh, Amelia.” Melissa says, shocked as she wasn’t expecting for Amelia to sit on her.

“I want to open pwesents!” Amelia exclaims and throws her hands in the air, excitedly. Just as she does that, you grab Amelia and pull her off of Melissa.

“How about Mamma can go get the twins and we can go down and arrange the presents.” You suggest and Amelia nods excitedly. You bring her downstairs and read the names off the presents and then hand them to Amelia who was putting them in organised piles. A few minutes later, Melissa comes down with the twins and puts them in their playpen.

“Pwesent time?” Amelia asks excitedly as soon as Melissa joins you both.

“Yep, choose whatever present from your pile and open it.” You tell her and she does just that. While she excitedly tears the wrapping paper off, Melissa puts an arm around your waist after you both sit down on the floor.

“Mommy! It’s the Bawbie doll I saw at the store and I loved it!” Melissa exclaimed excitedly.

“Oh my god! Look at that, it seems Santa really does know everything.” You tell her as you go and look it over with her, pretending you didn’t send the idea to Melissa at the store when you saw Amelia light up at it.

You both watch her open all her presents and even let her open the twins Christmas presents as well. Melissa got a few pictures of her excitement from opening the presents. After she finished then she handed both you and Melissa your own presents and she watched you both open yours.

“Oh amazing! Santa got me a new bat to replace the one that broke!” Melissa exclaims and looks it over thoroughly. “And got the best one too.” She says and sends you a smirk to which you secretly wink at her.

After all the presents are opened then you and Melissa tidy up after getting a garbage bag. “Mamma.” Amelia says and looks at Melissa.

“Yes Tesoro.”

“I have to use the potty.” She says and Melissa gives you the garbage bag and brings Amelia to use the bathroom.

You both started potty training about a year ago and it seems she’s gotten the hang of it but still not quite tall enough to sit on the toilet or reach the sink herself yet.

They come back a few minutes later and you’re putting the twins in their chairs to feed them. Melissa was so excited to start introducing them to foods over the summer. Sometimes you put what Melissa makes in the blender instead of giving them store bought purée food. And to Melissa’s delight, they enjoy her food a lot more.

“For breakfast, how would you feel if I made your favourite frittata?” Melissa asks Amelia.

“No.” Amelia says, and Melissa sees that Amelia has another meal in mind.

“Ok, what do you want for breakfast then?”

“The tiwamisu crepes.” Amelia says excitedly. Melissa made the crepes only a handful of times before. Last time was the morning on the last day of summer.

“Oh, well I can definitely make that for breakfast.” Melissa says with a smile.

Melissa makes the breakfast with Amelia while you feed the twins. After the twins are fed is when Melissa is done cooking as it only takes about 20 minutes until they’re all ready.

You all eat breakfast and then get ready for the Christmas party at your parents house. Once you get there you see that a few of Melissa’s siblings are already there as you see their cars.

“How did Marie get here before we did? She’s usually late?” You ask Melissa who’s just as surprised as you.

“No idea, my only guess would be that Seamus stayed over at her place and hitched a ride with her today. And you know he likes to be on time.” She tells you. Melissa is holding Amelia’s hand while you push the stroller with the twins to the front door.

The door is opened by your mom who immediately bends down and brings Amelia into a hug.

“Hello my dear!” Your mom exclaims.

“Hi grandma!” Amelia says to her.

“Francesca and Liliana are already here if you want to go play with them.” Your mom says to Amelia who bolts to the living room after your mom helps take her shoes off.

“I guess we won’t have to worry about her for the rest of the day.” You joke as you wrap your mom in a hug. “Merry Christmas mom.” You tell her.

“Merry Christmas dear.” Your mom says back to you. “And Merry Christmas to you as well.” Your mom tells Melissa and hugs her.

“Merry Christmas Diane.” Melissa says to your mom.

“Well come in, come in. Many people are already here. Oh and Y/N your cousin Alex is here.”

“No way! I thought he was still in Germany.” You say.

“He was able to come back home for the holidays.” Your mom explains.

You and Melissa go into the living room and there’s about 40 people already there. You both say your hellos to everyone and the twins are already taken by family members.

“As much as I love the kids, I love when we get some time to ourselves without having to worry about them.” You tell Melissa, who gives you a kiss on the forehead and wraps her arm around your waist.

“I feel the same way, Amore.”

When everyone arrives then your mom shouts that it’s present time and all of a sudden, all the kids, including Amelia, comes running into the room.

“Weirdly enough, if we were to shout anything else then they act as if they didn’t hear us.” Mary Camille, who’s right beside you, says to you and Melissa.

“I mean that selective hearing can be tricky.” You tell her and she chuckles.

You all watch the kids open their presents and you rest your head on Melissa’s shoulder as you both are sitting on one of the couches.

“Mommy! Mamma! I got a new paint set! And it’s so big!” Amelia says excitedly as she shows both of you.

After everyone opens their gifts, then everyone gets up to go eat. It’s buffet style to make it easy with so many people. You and Melissa make a plate for yourselves and one for Amelia who’s busy playing with her new toys.

“Amelia, come and eat!” You tell her from one of the couches.

“But I wanna play!” She says and crosses her arms and pouts.

“You can play after you eat.” Melissa tells her.

“I nevew get to do anything I want to do.” She complains and pouts as she makes her way over to you both.

“Awe, my poor baby.” Melissa says and wraps her arms around Amelia and gives her a big dramatic hug.

“Ah! Mamma, wet me go!” Amelia says through giggles.

You all begin to eat and Amelia’s face scrunches up a bit when she’s eating something.

“What’s this Mamma?” She asks Melissa and points to the food on her plate.

“That’s spaghetti, Tesoro.”

“That’s not spe-tti, it tastes nothing like it.” She tells you. Then it hits both of you that the only spaghetti she’s ever had was Melissa’s, who’s only ever made Italian spaghetti.

“It is, just a different kind. Some people make things differently than Mamma does.” You explain to her.

“Well Mamma makes it bettew.” Amelia says as she takes another bite. You then look over at Melissa who’s beaming, from the comment her daughter said about her cooking.

After a few hours, Amelia sprints over to you both and climbs onto Melissa’s lap and lays her head on her chest.

“Getting tired, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her as she strokes her head and Amelia nods. “Alright, we’ll leave in a little bit.”

After you say your goodbyes, and get the twins back from whoever had them, you all leave to go home.

“You know, when we get home, then I wouldn’t mind opening my last present.” You tell Melissa, after checking that all your kids are asleep in the car. Melissa smiles after a second when she figures out what you mean, your seductive tone of voice certainly helped.

After putting the kids to bed, you and Melissa get ready for bed. As soon as Melissa steps out of the bathroom, you ambush her with a kiss.

“Oomph.” Melissa says as she didn’t expect it, but it was certainly welcomed. Melissa lifts you up and brings you both to the bed. Both your clothes are off quickly as you both can’t wait any longer. You were both excited the entire car ride home. The one downside of having kids is you can’t pull over and have spontaneous car sex anymore.

Melissa kisses all over your body before plunging two fingers in you. You moan out when she does and Melissa silents you with a kiss. You both don’t want to wake any of your kids at that moment.

Melissa keeps a steady pace as she fingers you. She wants you both to enjoy this so she goes at a pace that won’t make you cum in 30 seconds. She knows your body like the back of her hand, which is certainly an advantage in many situations, especially sexual situations. You keep moaning and gasping into the kiss as you get closer and closer to an orgasm.

“Come when you need to, baby.” Melissa pulls away to say that then goes right back to kissing you. You gasp into the kiss as you come seconds later and Melissa gently pulls out of you. After not having sex for 2 weeks, that was an intense orgasm. Melissa can tell you’re having trouble moving so she gets an idea as she knows you want to make her cum now. “Just stick out two fingers so I can ride them.” She tells you and you immediately obey. She slides down on your fingers and starts riding them as you watch her. It’s not the first time she’s done this, as she’s extremely good with her fingers, but you love it when she does. The fact that she’s bringing herself that enjoyment with your help, and on top of you, with her breast moving with her, it’s definitely one of your favourite sights. Her mouth then starts hanging open and you can feel her pussy wrap around your fingers tightly and you can tell she’s about to cum. “Omg baby, your fingers feel so good inside of me.”

“And I love having my fingers inside of you, being able to feel you.” You tell her, and at that, she comes. Melissa then flops down on the bed next to you and you’re both breathing heavily.

“Don’t know why you’re breathing hard, I did all the work.” She jokes with you and you chuckle.

“Well the sight took my breath away.” You say to her with a smile.

You then cuddle as she comes down from her high and you both feel very content at that moment. You then look at Melissa as an idea pops in your head.

“What is it Mia Amore?” She asks you.

“How do you feel about getting a puppy?”

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*New Year’s Eve*

It’s New Year’s Eve evening and you just put Amelia and the twins down for a nap before you wake them up in a couple hours. You’re both getting ready to go to your parents place as they always hold a New Year’s party and Melissa’s family is always invited and attends every year.

You pull up to their house at 8pm and get Amelia out while Melissa unbuckles both of the twins. You each carry a twin inside and you hold Amelia’s hand while Melissa is carrying the bag of baby supplies.

“Hey mom.” You say to her when she opens the door.

“Hi honey, Melissa, and AMELIA!” Your mom says and goes down to hug her granddaughter and Amelia runs into her arms.

“Mom I can’t help but feel like you love your granddaughter way more than your daughter.” You tease her playfully.

“Oh honey what a silly thing to say, of course I love her more than you.” Your mom says to you before letting you all inside.

“Rude.” You say and then your mom tackles you in a hug.

“I love you and Melissa as well.” She tells you and then brings Melissa into a hug after. “Now, how are my other grandkids?” She asks and says hi to each of the twins. “Oh Melissa, all your siblings are here already.”

“Really? I thought Toni and Tony were spending it at their partner’s places.” She says and then Toni comes into view.

“Oh my god! They’re getting so big!” She exclaims when she sees Amelia and the twins.

“Auntie Toni!” Amelia exclaims before running to her.

“Hey kiddo!” Toni says and picks Amelia up. “Oh you’re getting so tall and heavy, I might not be able to lift you soon.” She tells her and Amelia giggles.

“No hug for your eldest sis?” Melissa says to her with a smile.

“I got my arms full but if you don’t mind a group hug…” Toni tells her and Melissa engulfs her in a hug.

You and Melissa then go into the living room with the twins, Amelia in Toni’s arms. You all say hi to everyone and hand the twins off to however wants to hold them.

“You know I’ve been thinking about what you asked on Christmas, about a puppy?” Melissa tells you and you look at her.

“Do you think it’s too soon since the twins are only 10 months old?” Melissa then silences you by putting her finger over your lips and she smiles.

“I think it’s a great idea actually.” She tells you and you smile. “Probably a good idea to get one as Amelia is turning 3.” She adds on. “Probably best to get one just before summer as we’ll both be home for 2 months.”

“Good idea.” You say and then give her a kiss.

“Ugh, you guys are disgustingly sweet.” You hear and pull back to see John Anthony come over to you both. You wrap both your arms around Melissa’s waist and she wraps one around your shoulders.

“What can I say? We love each other.” Melissa tells her brother and then looks at you with a smile. “We were actually just talking about getting a puppy in the summer.” She tells him.

“Oh interesting, is Amelia excited about that?”

“She doesn’t know, we haven’t told her yet.” You say and he nods.

“Well I think it’s great.” He says.

“I’m gonna get something to drink, do you want something Amore?” Melissa asks you.

“Hm, surprise me.” You tell her and she nods before going to get the drinks.

“We all appreciate that you make Melissa happy and that you both still love each other after like a decade.” He tells you and you smile at him before Melissa comes back with the drinks.

“Hope you’re not flirting with my wife.” Melissa tells him and he chuckles.

“Of course not, I’d only do that if you pissed me off.” He says and Melissa glares at him. “I also know I’m nowhere near Y/n’s type so it wouldn’t work anyway.” He adds on and Melissa wraps her arm around your waist after flipping him off.

A few hours later and before you knew it, there was 20 minutes until midnight and your mom switched on the tv to the New York ball drop and show. Everyone huddles around the tv and Melissa finds a spot to sit on the couch, and you sit on her lap.

Melissa keeps one arm wrapped around your waist and the only hand on your thigh and you wrap your arm around her neck and lean into her. You all watch the New York concert from the tv and then all of a sudden there was one minute until midnight. You all watch tv intensely as the timer starts counting down.

“10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!” Everyone in the room shouts and you and Melissa immediately go and kiss each other. You both pull away as soon as you feel someone climb into your lap and you see Amelia there with a big smile on her face.

“Happy New Year Tesoro!” Melissa tells her as you both give her a big hug.

You finally get home at 1am and you put Amelia, who’s already asleep, in her bed and the twins, who are also asleep, in their crib before going to bed yourself.

You wake up to Melissa softly stroking your arm and you move your body to give her a kiss.

“Morning Amore.” She says softly and with a smile.

“Hey, did the kids wake you?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“No, a dream did actually. A dream where my fingers are inside of you and you’re moaning out my name.” She tells you and squirm a little bit. “I was hoping to make that dream a reality, start the new year off with a bang.” She says and wiggles her eyebrows.

“You’re such a goof, but I do love the sound of your dream.” You tell her and she surges forward and kisses you without pulling back. She then goes and straddles your lap and takes off the big shirt of hers that you wore to bed.

“I always love it when you wear my clothes.” She tells you and then surges forward to wrap her mouth around a nipple and you gasp and buck your hips. As she’s sucking on a nipple, you slip your hand down her pj shorts and quickly find her clit. She gasps and pulls back from your nipple and her mouth is hanging open. “Amore it feels so good, don’t stop.” She begins to tell you and starts breathing hard. “I’m so close.” She says and her eyes are closed as she reaches her peak and then she comes.

Right after she comes there’s a knock at your door followed by a “Mamma, I’m hungry.” She gets off of you and grabs her robe while you put the shirt back on. Melissa opens the door to reveal Amelia standing there in her pjs.

“What’s this I hear about a hungry girl?” Melissa says and Amelia smiles widely.

“I said it Mamma.” She responds with and then Melissa takes her hand and goes downstairs.

“Well we can’t have that, let’s go to the kitchen and find something to eat.” You hear Melissa say as they disappear from sight. Just as they disappear you hear Caterina start crying followed by a “Mama.” You sigh and then get your robe to go get the twins. You have to hand it to Amelia for always talking to the twins lately and helping them form words a bit quicker than she did.

You go to Caterina first and pick her up and try and get her to stop but she doesn't, which means she’s hungry. Just as you’re about to leave, Nico starts crying and then you pick him up as well and carry both of them downstairs. You put both of them in their feeding chairs which is next to where Amelia is sitting.

“Hi Mommy, Mamma is making breakfast.” She tells you and you smile at her.

“I don’t doubt that honey. Do you mind watching the twins while I get them some food?” You ask her and she nods. You quickly get them some food that Melissa blended for them last night and you return to see Amelia talking to Caty. Melissa sees you watching the dinner table and she quickly goes to see what you’re looking at.

“She’s a great big sister.” Melissa says and you nod.

“She’s half your daughter, I’m not that surprised since you helped raise all your siblings.” You tell her.

“Alright, thank you Amelia.” You tell her as you make yourself known. “You know I think they’ll be talking in no time with your help.” You say to her.

“Is that a good thing?” She asks.

“Of course, one of the things that children are taught is to talk.” You explain to her as you start to feed Caty. Caty starts happily feeding herself and then you get Nico’s food ready for him.

“Here you go, my little Tesoro.” Melissa says as she comes out with food for Amelia.

“Thank you, Mamma.” She tells her and Melissa boops her nose.

After everyone eats, you set Amelia up on the couch with cartoons and the twins in the play pen with some toys. You then drag Melissa into the kitchen after asking Amelia to look after the twins.

“We have some unfinished business from this morning.” You tell her seductively. Melissa then immediately begins kissing you. “We also have to do this quickly.” You remind her and she brings her hand into your robe and underneath her shirt you’re wearing and finds your clit. She continues kissing you while you’re moaning as she starts circling your clit. She stops momentarily to get you to sit on the counter and then she continues. You wrap your legs around her waist and bring her closer to you as your orgasm is building. You’re kissing her fiercely and passionately while also moaning into the kiss as you’re nearing your peak. You then come hard and wrap your arms around her neck and pull back from her lips to rest your head on her shoulder and get your body to calm down.

“Feel better Amore?” She asks you and you nod your head that’s still on her shoulder. You then bring your head up and give her a kiss that she immediately returns.

“So what time is everyone coming tomorrow for Amelia’s birthday?” You ask once you both pull away.

“1pm.” She replies with and you nod.

“I can’t believe she’s turning 3 in 4 days.” You tell her and she strokes your cheek.

“I know. It seems just like yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. After a long birth and you swearing at me for hours.” She tells you teasingly and you giggle.

“I never did apologise for swearing and yelling at you and also almost breaking your hand.” You say with a smile.

“No apology needed Amore. You gave us a beautiful daughter and then two more trouble makers 2 years later.” She tells you and then kisses you.

“I love you so much.” You tell her with a hum.

“I love you too baby.” She replies with and kisses you again.

“Mamma! Mommy! Nico is crying!” You both hear Amelia shouting. You both pull apart and Melissa goes into the room while you get down from the counter and follow after her. You see Melissa go and pick Nico up who immediately stops crying.

“What’s wrong hon?” Melissa asks him as she balances him on her hip.

“I think he just wanted attention.” You tell her as you walk up to them.

“I think you’re right, Amore.” She says with a small chuckle. “Is that what my little boy wants? Does he want attention from one of his moms?” She asks him and he grabs one of her fingers with his tiny hand. Melissa starts making funny faces at him and Nico starts giggling. All of a sudden Caty starts crying and you go and pick her up and then she immediately stops crying.

“Wow, we have some attention hogs.” You joke and Melissa giggles.

“Mamma, mommy, can you come sit and watch tv with me?” Amelia asks you both and of course you don’t say no. You both go and sit down with one of the twins on both of you. Amelia leans into Melissa and Melissa wraps her free arm around her.

*The Next Day/ January 2*

You slip the pink dress on Amelia that Melissa picked out for her yesterday for her birthday party. You seriously need to talk to her about the amount of pink stuff she buys, but it’s cute how excited she gets when she sees another pink outfit for one of the girls. You then put her hair into two braids and then take a good look at her.

“You look beautiful honey.” You tell her and she smiles. You then go and look at the mirror and finish your makeup with the lipstick.

“When can I wear makeup?” Amelia asks you as she looks at you curiously.

“When you’re older, like around 13.” You tell her and she pouts. “You don’t need makeup honey, you’re already beautiful.” You explain to her.

“But why do you need it? Mamma calls you beautiful.” She asks you and you smile at her.

“Because I want to wear it, I don’t wear much though. But I’ll tell you what, how about you wear a bit of lipstick?” You tell her and she smiles.

“The red one?”

“Alright, come here.” You say and she walks right next to you. You bend down and then you put the smallest amount of lipstick on her. “There you go.” You say and you pick her up so she can see herself in the vanity mirror.

“Pretty.” She says and she looks at you with a smile.

“You’re already pretty my darling. Even before the lipstick.” You say and then you get her down and then you both go downstairs. “Alright here’s the birthday girl!” You say as you enter the dining room where Melissa is feeding the twins.

“Oh well there’s my little Tesoro.” Melissa says as she gets up and picks up Amelia. “What’s on your lips?” Melissa asks.

“I asked mommy for makeup.” Amelia says and Melissa looks at you and you nod.

“I figured since it’s her birthday and she wanted makeup then a little lipstick wouldn’t hurt.” You explain to her and Melissa nods.

“Well I guess you’re just a little princess today then.” Melissa says to Amelia and then she looks at you. “Everything is set up, all that’s left is for people to show up.” She says and as if on cue, the doorbell rings. Melissa goes to answer it while still holding Amelia while you finish feeding the twins.

“Auntie Babwa!” Amelia exclaims and gets transferred to Barbs arms.

“Hello dear.” Barb says.

“I thought she was getting better with her R’s.” Melissa says while looking at Barb.

“It’s alright, I couldn’t pronounce my name correctly until I was 4.” Barb says to Melissa and then you come into the room, carrying the twins. “Hello dear.” She says to you and you go over to the door.

“Hey Barb and Gerald.” You tell them.

“Well hello Caty and Nico.” Barb says and they just look at her weirdly. Caty clings to you more after that.

“Mamma.” She murmurs.

“No, that’s mommy.” Amelia tells her and then points to Melissa. “That’s Mamma.” She adds and you smile.

“They don’t understand yet honey. You didn’t know that Mamma was Mamma until a month before your first birthday.” You explain to her.

“Isn’t it their birthday next month?” She asks you and you freeze. It actually is their first birthday next month.

An hour later and everyone is at the party. The Abbott crew was here, along with a few of Amelia’s friends from daycare, yours and Melissa’s close family members were here. You all sat in a circle as presents started.

“Ok and the last one is from Mommy and Mamma.” Melissa tells her as you bring out her present.

“We decided to get you your very first easel. A kiddie size one.” You tell her as you place it in front of her.

“It’s for your paintings. Remember how I told you about them.” Melissa tells Amelia and Amelia starts smiling.

“I remember now.” She says and gets up to go examine it. “So I can draw and paint however much I want?” She asks and you nod. She then starts jumping up and down all excited. “Thank you Mamma!” She says and runs and hugs Melissa.

“You’re welcome Tesoro.” She tells her and then Amelia runs to you and hugs you.

“Thank you Mommy.”

“You’re welcome honey.”

“Happy Birthday dear Amelia! Happy Birthday to you!” Everyone sings and then Melissa places the cake in front of Amelia and instructs her to blow out the candles. Amelia got the first piece of cake and happily began eating it.

“Mamma, did you make the cake?” Amelia asks.

“Of course Tesoro.” Melissa tells her with a smile. “Do you like it?”

“S’good.” Amelia responds with a mouth full of cake.

Around 6 is when people started leaving.

“We’re going to head out dear.” Barb tells you and Melissa with Gerald right beside her.

“Well I’m glad you were able to come.” Melissa says and gives her a hug.

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss my niece’s birthday.” Barb says to her.

“Amelia, come say bye to aunt Barb!” You yell and Amelia comes running.

“Auntie Bawbwa! Not that I’m three, am I old enough to be in your kindergarten class?”

“Not yet dear, but you’re very close. Just a year and a half to go.” Barb explains to her.

“But that’s in forever!” Amelia complains with a pout that matches Melissa’s.

“And they lived happily ever after.” Melissa finishes reading Snow White.

“Mamma, how did they know it was true love?” Amelia asks.

“Because it was how they felt when they were around each other.” Melissa says.

“Is Mommy your true love?”

“She is Tesoro.”

“Do you feel something in your body when around mommy?”

“I do.”

“What’s it feel like?” Amelia asks.

“Well, when around mommy, I feel happy, love and safe.” Melissa explains.

“Safe about what?”

“Well when two people are together, they have fights. It’s very common and can be healthy if dealt with properly and it’s not all the time. Me and mommy fight but we always resolve it and continue loving each other. I feel safe because I know it’ll always get resolved and we’ll continue loving each other.” Melissa explains to Amelia who’s looking a little confused.

“Do you think I’ll find someone who makes me feel that way?”

“I don’t know Tesoro, if you do then that’s great but people feel love differently. When it’s true then you feel it, you feel like you never want to leave this person and your heart misses them when apart.”

“I miss you when we’re apart.” Amelia says to her. “Does that mean we have a true love?”

“It’s a different kind of love than I have with mommy but yes. Now get some sleep, it’s the last day before mommy and I have to go back to work and you and the twins go back to daycare.” Melissa says and tucks Amelia in and gives her a kiss on the forehead. “Good night Tesoro.”

“Good night Mamma.”

“What took you so long? Did Amelia not want to go to bed again?” You ask Melissa when she enters the bedroom.

“She had a few questions about love after reading her Snow White.”

“Love? She turns 3 and all of a sudden she’s ready for love?” You say amused and go to brush your teeth.

“Well they do say they grow up fast.” Melissa says as she walks up behind you and puts her arms around your waist and gives you a kiss on the side of your head.

“She’s 3 now. I’ve been told they want to be independent at that age before they seek help.” You tell her and she hums.

“And it seems some of them never get out of that stage.” Melissa says.

“You know it’s really hard to brush my teeth when you’re giving me a hug and not wanting to let go.” You say with a smile.

“Can I not want to be close to my wife?”

“When we’re done getting ready for bed then we can snuggle.” You tell her and then give her a kiss on the cheek. “You got some toothpaste on your cheek.” You say with a smile and she looks in the mirror before wiping it off.

*The Twins birthday*

Everyone who was at Amelia’s birthday came back a month later to celebrate the twins first birthday.

“Has Amelia been liking her easel?” Barb asks you.

“She’s loving it. We had to get her an apron though as a quarter of the paint was ending up on her.” You tell her with a chuckle. “We set up a little spot in her room with some newspapers on the floor and a little hook on the wall where we put her apron. She learned how to put on the apron herself since it’s velcro and we usually find her painting when we go to get her in the morning.” You tell her to which you both laugh.

“By the way, not only is this the independent stage but they also explore a lot of different interests.” Barb explains to you. “Between the ages of 3 and 8, I think my daughter went through 100 different interests. So if Amelia strays away from painting then don’t be surprised.”

“Well thanks for the heads up about this expensive stage.” You tell her and you both laugh.

“Alright Amelia, why don’t you open the birthday gifts?” You hear Melissa say and then go over to where everyone is in a circle and you bring a garbage bag with you. You see Caty being held by Toni and Nico being held by Barb. You go over to where Melissa and Amelia are and give Melissa the garbage bag. Amelia starts ripping open the gifts and throwing the wrapping paper everywhere and you and Melissa keep cleaning it up.

After all the gifts were open, Melissa brought out the cake and you held Amelia up for her to blow out the candles on the cake. Melissa cut the cake while you passed out servings to everyone. You and Melissa got the twins to try the cake and half of it ended on their face.

“Alright we’ll see you at Easter!” You tell your mom, who’s the last one to leave the house. You go back into the living room where Melissa and Amelia are playing with the twins with some of the gifts.

“Ya, hit the button Caty.” Melissa tells Caty, who then gets the hint and pushes the button on the toy and a ‘moo’ is made. You watch the scene for a moment as well as take a picture before Melissa notices you. “Amore, come join us.” She says and you walk over with a smile. You all play and have fun together until it was time to put the kids to bed.

“I can do it myself!” Amelia argues as Melissa tries to help her get dressed in her pjs. Melissa then sits on Amelia’s bed as she watches Amelia struggle to put her pjs on. “Ah! I’m stuck! Mamma!” Amelia says when the shirt is stuck on her head.

“I thought you wanted to do it yourself Tesoro?” Melissa says while trying not to laugh.

“I need help.” Amelia says and Melissa goes to help her take her shirt off. Amelia then goes and puts her pjs on herself. “There.” Amelia says with a proud smile. Melissa looks at the time and saw it took 10 minutes for Amelia to get ready by herself.

“We may need to start getting up earlier.” Melissa says as she comes back in the bedroom where you’re in bed on your phone.

“Why’s that?” You ask her as you look up at her.

“Because she wants to do things herself and it takes her longer. She almost threw a fit when I tried to help her get ready for bed.” Melissa says as she gets changed in her own pjs and you giggle.

“Well Barb did warn us.” You tell her as she goes into the bathroom and closes the door. “So how much earlier?” You ask her as she comes back out and gets in the bed.

“Who took her 10 minutes to change into her pjs. So maybe 20 minutes or half an hour earlier.” She says and you set your alarm clock to half an hour earlier.

*Valentine’s Day*

“So Marie is taking all 3 kids for the whole day after school?” You ask and Melissa nods.

“Yep, just confirming with her now. Ok so she said to drop them off after getting them from daycare and then come and get them anytime before 10.”

“Well considering their bedtime is 8pm, we’ll get them at 7:30.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“Ya but it’s Friday and Valentine’s Day. I think if we take a bit longer and they fall asleep at her place then it’s ok.” Melissa tells you as you’re both in the break room before school starts. “Come and sit on my lap and you can eat the breakfast I brought that I couldn’t make in time because of ‘Ms I can do everything myself.’” Melissa says as you laugh. You sit on her lap and you both begin to eat the breakfast that she prepared last minute and everyone comes in.

“Oh, starting Valentine’s Day early?” Ava says amused to you and Melissa. You decide to indulge for a change and before Melissa speaks up, you cup her cheek and pull her in for a kiss. You stay kissing for quite a few seconds before you pull back from a reluctant Melissa. “Ooh you freaky girl!” Ava adds after the kiss and then she walks out.

“What was that for?” Melissa asks with a blush on her cheeks.

“I can’t just randomly kiss my wife?” You tell her with a smile. She then pulls you in for another kiss and Barb protests.

“As happy as I am that you’re both happy, can you keep the kissing down until you get home?” She says and you both pull back and see everyone looking at you.

After school ends, you both go to your car and pick up the kids from school and then driving them to Marie’s place with all their things. You drop them off and then go back home to where Melissa prepares a romantic meal for you two. After you both eat, you take your shirt and pants off to reveal some new pink lingerie as it’s your wife’s favourite colour.

“Happy Valentine’s Day.” You tell her with a wink and she goes over to you and pulls you in for a passionate kiss.

“I can’t wait for us to reach the bedroom.” She says before immediately going on her knees, pushing your underwear to the side and attaches her mouth to your clit. You immediately gasp out and hold onto the table behind you so you don’t fall.

Even after being together for almost 10 years, you both still love each other so much that Melissa still can’t sometimes wait a minute longer to reach the bedroom. She sucks and licks your clit, knowing how to get you to come with just her tongue.

“Oh Mel.” You moan out and grab her hair as you feel your orgasm building. Your orgasm draws closer and closer and before you know it you come and Melissa licks it all up. She then pulls away and stands back up and kisses you as you calm down. “Couldn’t wait a minute to reach the bedroom?” You tease her playfully and she smirks and shakes your head.

“You get new lingerie in my favourite colour and don’t expect me to act right away?” She asks you and you smile. “By the way would you be willing to try something?” She asks you and you look at her.

“Depends what it is.”

“Well I got a blindfold.” Is all she says and you smile as you mentioned wanting to try with a blindfold about a month ago. You then grab her hand and drag her to the bedroom and she giggles at your eagerness.

She puts the blindfold on you after you lay down before she takes all her clothes off. She then goes and touches your stomach and you flinch at the unexpected contact. She then takes your bra off and goes and sucks one of the nipples. The heightened sensation makes it feel even better and you actually keep her where she is when she goes to pull away. She laughs at your actions before speaking.

“I was just going to switch to your other nipple Amore.” She tells you and you reluctantly let go of her head before moaning when she wraps her mouth around the other nipple.

While her mouth is on your nipple she sneaks her hand down, moves your underwear to the side and slips a finger in your entrance. You gasp out at the sensation and you automatically bring her head up to kiss her.

“Can’t stay away from my lips?” She teases you with and you smile.

“They’re too addictive.” You say and then she moves her thumb to circle your clit and you grab her hair to stabilise yourself. She slips a second finger in you and you wrap your legs around her waist to keep her in place.

“I’m not moving anywhere.” She says with a smile as she knows why you wrapped your legs around her. “I’m having too much fun exactly where I am.” She tells you and you pull her head back to kiss her again. You reach your high and moan into the kiss when you come and she pulls out but keeps kissing you as you calm down. You then move your leg in between hers and bring it up to her centre as you remove the blindfold. Melissa gasps as your leg hits her pussy and she starts grinding on your leg. You lay your leg down flat and she keeps grinding on it. She grabs a hold of your hands and reaches her high a minute later. She goes to lay beside you and you cuddle up and place your head on her chest. You grab a hold of her hand and kiss it before falling asleep. Melissa ends up letting you stay in bed and gets the kids around 9.

*Easter*

“Sorry we’re late.” You say to your mom as you all made it to her house. You all walk in and your mom sees that Amelia is less than impressed and has a pout on her face.

“I think I see the reason you’re late.” She says to you and you look at Amelia.

“Yep, she threw a tantrum and Melissa had to calm her down.” You tell her as you give her a hug before handing her Caty. Melissa was holding Amelia’s hand while carrying Nico.

“Want to take your shoes off Tesoro?” Melissa asks Amelia and Amelia just crosses her arms.

“No.” She says sternly.

“I see you’ve hit the no stage.” Your mom tells you and you groan.

“It’s annoying as she also wants to do everything herself.” You explain and your mom just laughs and pays attention to Caty.

You end up helping Amelia take her shoes off before she runs away into the house and you let her go. You grab Nico from Melissa so she can take her coat and shoes off after you do. Some of the kids pay attention to Caty and Nico and keep them busy as well as keep an eye on them as they walk around everywhere as you go say hi to everyone. When more food is brought out, you get a plate for yourself, Melissa and Amelia.

“Amelia, come and eat honey.” You tell her and she shakes her head.

“No.” She tells you sternly again and you sigh.

You were trying to get her ready all morning as Melissa was getting the twins ready and she was defiant the entire time. You then hand Amelia’s plate over to Melissa and tell her to try.

“Tesoro, come and eat some food.” She tries.

“I said no!” Amelia says and stomps her foot.

“Alright I’ll give it to the twins then.” Melissa says and that gets Amelia to start eating the food.

After eating, you lean into Melissa on the couch and take a deep breath.

“You ok?” Melissa asks you and you nod.

“Just tired from fighting with Amelia all morning.” You tell her and she rubs your arm to provide you comfort. “I miss when she was 2 and listened to us.” You add and she chuckles.

“Well at least she’s doing stuff for herself now.” Melissa says and you roll your eyes.

“It takes her forever but I guess so.” You say.

“Amelia, for the last time, come and put your shoes on.” Melissa tells her as you guys are getting ready to leave.

“I don’t want to go!” Amelia says and ignores you both.

“Amelia Schemmenti! Come here now!” Melissa says sternly and Amelia reluctantly comes over and then Melissa helps her put her shoes and jacket on.

You immediately fall asleep that night as soon as you get in bed and Melissa finds you asleep after putting Amelia to bed. She gets ready for bed and then joins you in bed and pulls you to her and falls asleep with you in her arms.

*Last Day Of School*

“Alright have a good summer!” You cheerfully tell your last student that gets picked up.

“Bye Mrs. Schemmenti!” They tell you and Melissa comes and puts an arm around you. “And you as well Mrs. Schemmenti!” Your student adds when they see Melissa.

“Bye.” Melissa tells them and waves as they walk away. “Ready to go get the terrors and go home?” She asks you.

“I really hope Amelia is not as defiant as she was this morning.” You say as Melissa rubs your back.

“She’s setting an excellent example for the twins.” Melissa jokes and you laugh as you both walk out.

“Any summer plans?” Janine asks you both as the Abbott crew is gathered in the parking lot, talking about their summer plans.

“Nothing specific, but we’re celebrating Melissa’s 60th birthday.” You say and Melissa hides her face in your neck and groans.

“Don’t remind me.” She says and you giggle.

“You’re all invited of course, just trying to figure out which weekend to do it on.” You tell them all.

“Why won’t you tell me anything that’s being planned?” Melissa asks you.

“I told you, that’s between me and your siblings.” You tell her and she scoffs.

“I don’t know if I’m excited or nervous that you and my siblings are the party planners.” She tells you and you lightly slap her head.

“Well have a good summer and see you on the Fourth of July which is being celebrated at my place this year.” Barb says and you nod your head before you and Melissa leave.

You and Melissa snuggle in bed at the end of the day. You’re in her arms and get comfortable before you both fall asleep, ready to start the summer vacation.

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*Fourth of July*

“Amelia, for the last time, come and put your shoes on!” You tell her and she crosses her arms and ignores you. Just then Melissa comes up behind her, picks her up, and carries her to the car.

“Mamma! I don’t want to go!” Amelia complains.

“Well that’s too bad isn’t it.” Melissa says as she straps Amelia in.

“How do you get this thing off me?!? I don’t want to go!” She continues complaining.

“We’re going to Aunt Barb’s place, you love seeing her.” You say as you strap Nico in and Melissa straps Caty in. Amelia just continues pouting the entire way there.

When you get there, Amelia refuses to hold either of your hands and just tell her to stay close. Barb opens the door and can immediately tell that Amelia must still be defiant. Amelia runs away in the house and you both walk to the backyard while carrying the twins.

“Where’s Amelia?” Janine asks.

“Don’t ask.” Melissa says with a sigh.

“Ran away somewhere in the house. She’ll come out when she’s hungry, I hope.” You tell her and she nods.

“Is a 3 year old getting to you guys?” Jacob asks teasingly.

“Yes.” Is all Melissa says and sits in one of the chairs. All of a sudden Amelia runs out and goes to Melissa.

“Mamma?” She asks and Melissa looks at her. “I fell on my knees.” She says and Melissa looks down and sees a small cut.

“Alright, come on.” Melissa says after putting Caty down. “Barb, do you mind if I use one of your bandaids?” Melissa asks Barb.

“No, not at all.” Barb tells her and Melissa grabs Amelia’s hand and leads her to the bathroom. Melissa gets Amelia to sit on the toilet lid and then cleans the cut on her knee and then puts a bandaid on it after.

“Thank you Mamma.”

“Of course.” Melissa says and places a kiss on top of the bandaid. “Amelia, why do you keep not wanting to listen to us?” She asks.

“I don’t like being told what to do.” Amelia says.

“I understand that, I really do, but we’re your parents. If we ask you to do something, it’s for your best interest.” Melissa explains to her.

“I’m sorry.” Amelia says. “Am I still your Tesoro?” She then asks and Melissa smiles softly at her.

“Of course, you’ll always be my Tesoro, no matter what.” Melissa says and then Amelia gives Melissa a hug.

You see Melissa and Amelia walking back out and it seems Amelia is in a better mood right now. Melissa tells Amelia something and then Amelia runs up to you and gives you a hug. You immediately hug her back but then you look at Melissa confusingly. Amelia pulls back and then looks at Melissa who nods.

“I’m sorry mommy for not listening.” She says and you immediately move some strand out of her face.

“It’s ok sweetheart, I love you.” You tell her.

“I love you too mommy.” She says and then she goes and plays with some other kids.

“What in the world happened in there?” You ask Melissa.

“We had a little heart to heart, that’s all.” Melissa tells you.

“That’s all? She apologised for not listening to us.” You say and she nods. She then picks Nico up and places him on her lap.

“Mamma.” He says and she smiles at him.

“That’s right my sweet little boy.” She tells him.

“Food is ready!” Barb yells as Gerald is placing the burgers and hot dogs on plates. Everyone gets up and goes to get some food while you and Melissa wait until everyone is done. When people start leaving the food table, Melissa gets up, hands you Nico and then gets food for you, herself and Amelia.

“I don’t want the bun mamma.” Amelia says and proceeds to take the bun off the hot dog and gives it to Melissa. You and Melissa watch in amusement as she eats the hot dog without a bun.

“I’m not that surprised she has a weird quirk like you do.” Melissa tells you and you snort.

“You’re one to talk.” You counter and she laughs.

A couple hours later Amelia is playing with some other kids while the twins are playing with a toy on the ground near your feet. You’re sitting on Melissa’s lap on a deck chair and she has her arms around your waist while you’re nuzzling your head in her neck.

“So what are you planning for my birthday?” She asks.

“Not telling you, it’s a surprise.” You say and she sighs.

“Not even a hint.”

“If I give you a hint will you stop asking?” You ask her as you lift your head up and she nods. “Ok the hint is it’s gonna be awesome.” You tell her and then give her a kiss when she whines.

“You tricked me.” She says and you laugh.

“I did, and now you can’t ask me again.” You tell her. All of a sudden Caty starts crying and you pick her up and place her on your lap. “What’s wrong honey?” You ask her and she keeps crying but then adjusts herself to get more comfortable on you.

“I think she’s getting tired.” Melissa says as Caty starts falling asleep on you. You start scratching Caty’s scalp and she sighs happily before falling asleep on you.

“What time is it?” You ask and Melissa checks her phone.

“Almost 7:30.” She says.

“Their bedtime isn’t until 9, why is she already so tired?”

“Maybe it’s been a bit overwhelming for her. We should go soon anyway and feed them before bed.” She tells you and you nod.

“Why do we have to go just because my sister is tired?” Amelia complains as you say your goodbyes.

“Because we do.” You tell her and she pouts.

“Put your pout away, Tesoro.” Melissa says as she picks Nico up and onto her hip.

“But I want to stay, I was having fun.” Amelia says.

“Tomorrow we can go to the park and you can have fun with the other kids there.” Melissa offers and Amelia sighs before you all leave.

You both head home and you then put the twins down for an early night while Melissa plays with Amelia downstairs. Melissa puts Amelia to bed around 9 while you get ready for bed. You finish brushing your teeth and then you feel hands wrap around your waist and you lean into her touch.

“What are you doing?” You ask her and she hums.

“Just being affectionate with my wife.” She says softly and then she puts her hand under your pj shirt and trails up to cup your boob. You moan under her touch when she starts playing with your nipple.

“Just affectionate?” You ask and she removes her hand from under your shirt, and then moves your hair to access your neck.

“Can you blame me for wanting some intimacy? It’s been 4 whole days since we last had sex.” She says and goes back to your neck and starts sucking.

“You’re so horny.” You say and you hold her head in place.

She then spins you around and kisses you on the lips. She hoists you up unto the sink counter and you wrap your legs around her. She gets you to unwrap your legs and then she takes your shorts off of you. She bends down and dives down to your clit and starts licking and sucking. You’re gasping and moaning from the sensations she’s giving you and you have one hand in her hair and the other clutching the edge of the counter. She then slips two fingers in your entrance and you gasp out loudly, and pray that you didn’t wake any of your kids. You bite your lip to keep yourself quiet as she’s doing everything to give you the best sensations.

“Mel, I need your lips.” You manage to get out. Melissa pulls away from your clit and stands up and immediately kisses your lips. She then puts her thumb on your clit and begins rubbing it while also pumping in and out of you.

“I know you’re close baby, come for me, pretty girl.” She whispers in your ear. You cover your mouth on her shoulder as you come with a muffled gasp. She gives you a few seconds to calm down before she helps get you down off the counter.

You then push her into the wall and press your body against hers. “Let’s see how turned on you are.” You tell her while you play with a nipple and she moans out. You then move your hand down her shorts and feel how wet she is. “You’re already soaking, I guess you really needed this.” You tell her and then insert a finger inside of her and she brings a hand to the wall. You start pumping in and out of her and bring your mouth to her neck and start sucking. You insert another finger and she gasps out. You then decide to test it out further today and insert a third finger and her legs nearly give out. “You need 3 fingers today? You must really need it. Want to feel me fill you up with my fingers.” You tell her and she whines out.

She then leans in and kisses you while putting her other hand in your hair. You feel her start to clench around you and then you go faster. She wraps her arm around her neck and then she comes seconds later. She pulls back from you and leans her hand against the wall and tries to catch her breath.

“How do you feel?” You ask her and she smiles at you.

“So much better, I really needed that.” She says and you kiss her and grab her ass before walking out of the bathroom.

Both you and Melissa are in a deep sleep and then Melissa feels someone shaking her. She opens her eyes and sees you still asleep and then she looks behind her and sees Amelia there.

“Tesoro, why are you awake?” She asks.

“I had a nightmare.”

“Again? This is the third night in a row.”

“I can’t fall back asleep.” She says and Melissa moves the sheets so Amelia can join in the bed. She climbs in bed and snuggles in Melissa’s arms and falls asleep.

When you wake up, the first thing you notice is you don’t feel Melissa pressed up against you or her arm around you like usual. You look behind you and you see her facing the other way. You sit up and you see Amelia in the bed again. You gently shake Melissa awake and she groans, not wanting to wake up yet.

“Mel.” You say and her eyes flutter open. She looks around and sees you looking down at her and she moves her head to face you.

“What is it, Amore?” She asks with a yawn.

“Did Amelia have a nightmare again?” You ask her and she nods. “We need to have a talk with her, something is obviously bothering or scaring her.” You tell her and then Amelia wakes up.

“Morning, Tesoro. Did you have the nightmare a second time last night?” Melissa asks and Amelia shakes her head. “Alright, good. But we have to talk with you.” Melissa says as she sits up. She then gets Amelia to sit in between you both and Amelia fidgets with her hands. “Now Tesoro, about these nightmares, is the same one every night?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “And what happens in it?” Amelia looks down at her hands and stays quiet.

“Amelia.” You start and she looks at you. “If you don’t tell us then we can’t help you.” You tell her and she stays quiet. “A nightmare one night is normal but a recurring one means something is bothering you or something scared you. We just want to help you so you don’t keep getting these nightmares.” You tell her and then you hold her hand.

“It’s about mamma.” She says softly and you both look at her with confusion and she continues. “On the last day of daycare, another kid mentioned her grandpa died and he was 60.” She tells you both. “Mamma is turning 60.” She admits and you both look at each other, not knowing what to say.

“Are you worried that I might die?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods. “Tesoro, come here.” Melissa says and Amelia crawls on her lap and lays her head on her chest and faces you. Melissa wraps an arm around her and rubs her back and places a kiss on the top of her head.

“Mamma isn’t going anywhere.” You begin but she interrupts you.

“She could.” Amelia says and you realise you have to try a different approach.

“You’re right, she could.” You say and Melissa looks at you. “But she’s not gone right now. It’s not something you should worry about or else you won’t enjoy the time you have with mamma right now.” You tell her and Amelia still looks worried. “I’ve worried about mamma too, we all worry about losing someone.” You tell her and Melissa cuts in.

“I’ve worried about mommy.” Melissa says. “And she’s 25 years younger than me.”

“Exactly, it’s normal because we don’t want to lose people we love. But we shouldn’t worry about it because they’re not gone yet and we shouldn’t worry about something that hasn’t happened.” You tell her. “Do you understand?” You ask her.

“Mamma is ok?” She asks and you nod.

“I’m perfectly ok, Tesoro. The doctor said I’m healthy and I’m not in pain.” Melissa tells her.

“How’s this, how about instead of going to the park, I take care of the twins and you and Mamma can spend the day together?” You offer and she nods. “Ok how about you go downstairs and play with some toys and we’ll be down to make breakfast shortly.” You tell her and she climbs off of Melissa and leaves. Melissa brings you to her and hugs you.

“I didn’t think my 3 year old would be worried about me dying.” Melissa says and you hum.

“Don’t kids think about death until they’re older? Like 7 and not 3.”

“Depends on the kid, and the situation.” Melissa says. “Jerome from your class this year, he was sad in my class everyday the year before, and Barb told me that his father got diagnosed with cancer when he was 4. Jerome told her that he’s worried about his father everyday. And he said that when he was 4.” Melissa tells you.

“He wasn’t sad this year though, he was happy.”

“He told me his father is recovering near the end of the school year last year.” She says.

“I‘ve worried about you as well. A couple of times since starting to plan your party actually. Kristen Marie has had to talk to me about it each time.” You tell her.

“Remind me to thank my sister after the party.” She says. “And we’ve already talked about this.” She adds and you pull away and look at her.

“I know we have but like we told Amelia, it’s normal to worry about the ones we love.” You say and she kisses you.

“Maybe you need to join us today.” She says.

“No, you and Amelia should spend it together.” You say. “Plus someone has to watch the twins.”

“Ask your parents if they’re free to watch them today. I think Amelia needs time with both her parents.” She tells you. “We can go swimming and then have a picnic in the park, maybe ice cream after.” She suggests and you smile.

“Ok.” You say and she kisses you before she gets out of bed.

“Call your parents, I’ll tell Amelia and start with breakfast.” She says and you grab your phone as she leaves.

After your parents confirm that they’re free to watch them, you go downstairs and go straight to the kitchen.

“Hey.” You tell her as she’s cooking eggs.

“Hey, are they able to watch them?” She asks and you nod. “Good, well I told Amelia and she was happy to spend time with both of us.” She tells you. Just then the toaster oven dings and you pull out one piece of toast onto a plate and put peanut butter on it and cut it up in 4 pieces.

After you all finish breakfast, you get ready for the day and then you go to get Amelia’s swimsuit and a towel for her while Melissa gets food ready for a picnic.

You all head to the pool and you help Amelia put her swimsuit on in the change room and put her hair in a ponytail. Melissa pulls her floaties out and puts them on her while you get changed.

“Alright, are we all ready?” You ask as you come out in your swimsuit and Melissa nods. You get in the pool first and then you help Amelia in as Melissa puts all your towels on a chair.

“Are you coming Mamma?” Amelia asks and Melissa makes her way over to the water.

“It’ll take her a minute to get in fully.” You tell her. “She’s a bit of a chicken with cold water.” You add and Melissa rolls her eyes at you.

Once Melissa gets in, you get Amelia to doggy paddle while Melissa holds her up by her stomach. Once she gets the hang of it, you back up a few feet and Melissa gets her to swim to you. She ends up splashing Melissa by accident when kicking her feet and you can’t help but burst out laughing and Melissa subtly flips you off.

After spending a couple hours at the pool, you all head to the park and find a picnic table to sit at. Amelia helps Melissa get all the food out of the basket and then you all have a nice lunch together.

“Now this is watermelon, it’s really juicy.” Melissa explains to Amelia as she hands her a piece. “And only eat the red part, not the green.” She adds before Amelia takes a bite. As expected, once Amelia takes a bite, some of it drips down on her and you quickly wipe it off with a napkin. “Do you like it?” Melissa asks as Amelia takes another bite. Once she swallows she nods her head.

“It’s good mamma.” She says and takes the last bite of the piece.

After eating, you watch as Amelia and Melissa throw a ball to each other for about 10 minutes while also packing up.

“You know I think I’m in the mood for some ice cream.” You say and immediately catch Amelia’s attention.

“Ice cream! Ice cream!” She shouts and jumps up and down. Melissa giggles at her daughter’s excitement and you all head to the car and go to the ice cream shop down the street. Melissa holds Amelia up so she can get a look at all the flavours she can choose from before deciding on chocolate.

“Do you want a cone or a bowl?” You ask her as you give your order to the worker.

“Cone.” She says.

“And one scoop of chocolate on a cone please.” You tell him and then pay. You all get your ice cream and you hand Amelia her cone while you all go to a table outside. Amelia sits on Melissa’s lap while you all eat and you watch in amusement as Amelia gets ice cream all over her face.

“How in the world did you get some on your forehead?” Melissa asks as she’s cleaning her daughter’s face with a wet wipe. “You have your mommy’s talent.” She adds and you scoff.

“I’ve never gotten ice cream on my forehead.” You tell her and she looks at you and raises her eyebrows. “It was one time.” You say and she smirks.

“Still counts.” She says and finishes cleaning Amelia up. “Alright let’s head home and digest this ice cream.” She says and stands up. “Should we pick the twins up now or later?” She asks and you text your mom. “My mom says she wants more time with them.” You say. “As if she doesn’t see them a couple times a month.” You add.

“Well that just gives us more time together. Maybe we could watch a movie and then go pick them up.” She suggests and then you head home and you all watch Sleeping Beauty. Amelia ends up falling asleep on Melissa by the end of the movie and Melissa brings her upstairs to bed while you go get the twins.

“And I’d be happy to take care of them and Amelia at any time.” Your mom says as you strap the twins in their car seats.

“I know mom, you already said that.” You tell her with a smile.

“Is Amelia feeling better?” She asks and you take a breath.

“I hope so, we’ll see tonight if she wakes Melissa up again due to another nightmare.” You tell her.

“Poor kid, it must have been tough to hear that about someone’s family member and then worry about one of your mom’s.” She tells you and you nod. “She’s strong though, just like the both of you.” She adds and you give her and your dad a hug goodbye.

You return home with the twins and you see Melissa isn’t downstairs. You go and check up on Amelia in her room and you see Melissa ended up falling asleep, on Amelia’s bed, cuddling her daughter. You snap a picture and then you head downstairs to keep an eye on the twins.

Melissa and Amelia both come downstairs a couple hours later. Nico is playing on his toy that makes animal noises and Caty is playing on her small piano toy.

“Mommy.” Amelia says and you look up and see both of them there.

“Feel better after your nap?” You ask both of them. Amelia nods while she comes to play with her siblings. You get up and go to Melissa. “Did you fall asleep with her due to her having another nightmare?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“I was just watching as she slept and ended up falling asleep.” She admits and you smile.

“Well you were cute together.” You say and show her the picture.

“You take photos of everything.” She says.

“And you don’t? How many photos do you have of the kids from the past 4 days?” You ask her and she thinks about it.

“Fair point.” She finally says and then gives you a hug. “I enjoyed today.” She tells you and you hum.

“So did I. And I think Amelia did as well.”

“She did, I asked her before we came down.” She says and you turn around in her arms to watch your kids playing together. “You know I still want to know what you’re planning.”

“And you’re gonna keep wanting to know.” You tell her.

“You know it seemed just like yesterday I was holding her in my arms and now she’s asking about death.” She says and you look at her.

“Mel, you were just holding her in your arms like 10 minutes ago.” You say.

“You know what I meant.” She says.

“I know, I just like playing with you.” You tease her and she hums.

“Well maybe just for that, I’ll play with you tonight.” She says and then starts tickling you. You start laughing and trying to get out of her hold and that catches Amelia’s attention.

She just looks back at her siblings and whispers to them. “You’ll get used to our mommys.” She tells them.

A few hours later Melissa rolls onto her back, after making you come 3 times. You move into her arms and lay your head on her chest.

“Today made me feel better.” You suddenly say. “Spending time with you and Amelia made me really happy.” You add and she moves some loose hairs out of your face.

“Today made me happy as well.” She says and looks at you. “I hope Amelia will finally get a good night's sleep without those worries getting to her.” She says and gives you a kiss on the top of your head. “Y/n?” She says and you look up at her. “I still want to know what you’re planning.” She says and you roll your eyes.

“Ask me again and I swear I’ll leave.” You say and she laughs.

“We both know that you’d never.” She says proudly and you sigh.

“Shut up.” You tell her.

“Maybe you should make me.” She says and you straddle her lap and kiss her.

“Gladly.”

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“Mamma!” Amelia yells and that wakes Melissa up. She opens her eyes and sees you there and all her 3 kids were on the bed. “Happy Birthday Mamma!” Amelia exclaims and jumps into Melissa’s arms and Melissa catches her daughter.

“Well isn’t this a wonderful birthday surprise.” Melissa says and gives Amelia a big kiss on her cheek and Amelia giggles.

“We all made you a card.” You tell her and hand her a piece of paper.

“It’s all of our handprints. I even made Mommy do it.” Amelia tells Melissa.

“This is the best card I’ve ever seen, thank you everyone.” Melissa says.

“Mamma.” Nico says and Melissa looks at him.

“Aw, my beautiful boy.” She says and picks Nico up and gives him a kiss.

“Mamma! Guess what?” Amelia says and Melissa looks at her.

“What?”

“Sweet Cheeks and his girlfriend had the babies!” Amelia tells her and Melissa’s eyes widen before she gives Nico to you, picks Amelia up and runs downstairs to the Cheeks family cage.

“Oh my god, they’re so tiny.” Melissa squeals as she sees the little baby guinea pigs.

“Sweet Cheeks is a father.” You say as you come downstairs carrying the twins.

“I always knew he could be.” Melissa says and puts Amelia down before she opens the cage. “Hey Sweet Cheeks and Miss Sweet Cheeks, can I see one of your babies?” She asks them and one of the babies crawls on her hand. You watch as Melissa shows Amelia the baby with a huge smile on her face. “You have to be careful when petting the babies, Amelia. Just use one finger and be gentle.” Melissa instructs her daughter.

When you both found out that Miss Sweet Cheeks was pregnant around the end of May, you brought both of them to your home so they could take care of each other. You both held off on getting a puppy so you can take care of the Cheeks family instead. Melissa then went crazy and bought a huge ass cage and a bunch of toys for them and the babies. Her and Amelia spent the whole afternoon decorating the cage and researching how to take care of the babies.

“And done.” You say as you finish putting Amelia’s hair in pigtails. “You look so beautiful, sweetie.” You tell her and then you hear Melissa downstairs.

“Sweet Cheeks! Don’t bite me, I’m just trying to say hi to your kids!” You hear and you snort.

“Melissa, we’re ready to go.” You tell her as you and Amelia go downstairs.

“Do we have to? I mean I don’t need a whole day of reminders that I’m 60. My muscles already do that everyday.” She says as she stands up.

“Come on, we’re going.” You tell her as you pick up Caty and she picks up Nico.

“But-” She tries to protest.

“We’re going.” You say to her sternly and Amelia holds Melissa’s hand.

“Come on Mamma, it gonna be fun!” Amelia exclaims.

“Your daughter is saying we should go.” You say and Melissa pouts and sighs.

“My little weaknesses.” Melissa mutters as she lets Amelia pull her to the car.

You pull up to Marie’s place 20 minutes later as she has the biggest backyard. You let Amelia out before you unbuckle Caty and Melissa unbuckles Nico. You then walk up to the door and the door opens before you even knock.

“Hey sis.” Kristen Marie says. “My, having a family really makes you look your age.” She jokes and Melissa rolls her eyes.

“Good to see ya too, sis.” Melissa says and you all step inside before making your way to the backyard. You all step outside and Melissa’s eyes widen as she sees the amount of people here. “How many people did you invite?” She asks you.

“Just your entire family and mine, I think over 100 people. But some couldn’t make it.” You tell her and she sees about 40 kids running around and people conversing with each other.

“Mamma, can I go play with the kids?” Amelia asks her and Melissa sees the other kids and holds onto Amelia tighter.

“There’s some toddlers and babies over there.” Kristen Marie says and Melissa looks over to the small group of toddlers that look around the same age as her kids.

“That’s perfect.” Melissa says and you both bring your kids over there.

“Hey honey.” Melissa hears and turns around to see her mother there.

“Ma!” Melissa exclaims and goes to hug her.

“Happy Birthday.” Teresa tells her daughter. “Good to see you again, Y/n.” She tells you and she goes to hug you.

“Hi Teresa. I’m glad you were able to make it.” You tell her as you pull back.

“Oh I wouldn’t miss my daughter’s 60th birthday party.” She tells you and you hear Melissa groan.

“Melissa, there’s banners and balloons that say your age. Are you gonna groan everytime you’re reminded of your age?” You ask her and she nods her head.

“Grandma!” You all hear and then Amelia runs to Teresa.

“Well hello Amelia!” Teresa says and you see Melissa go and talk to people.

An hour later you see Melissa playing with some of her nieces and nephews and you go and grab the microphone that her siblings set up.

“Can I have everyone’s attention please?” You say and everyone stops talking and looks at you. “Hi, for those who don’t know me or don’t remember, I’m Y/n Schemmenti, Melissa’s wife.” You introduce yourself to everyone and you see Melissa step forward to the front. “Now I’m sure everyone is aware of the celebration today, Melissa’s 60th birthday!” You say with a huge smile and everyone starts clapping as Melissa puts her head in her hands. “Now, I’ve asked her siblings to write down a loving speech about Melissa and then after the dj will start playing music and we can dance.” You tell everyone and Melissa shakes her head as Kristen Marie gets on stage first and you go to Melissa’s side.

“Hello everyone, I’m Kristen Marie, the second oldest child. Now Y/n said a loving speech, so I’m gonna tell a few embarrassing stories about Melissa, delivered with a lot of love.” Kristen Marie says and you widen your eyes as Melissa is not surprised at all by her sister’s antics. “Actually I think we all have embarrassing memories with Melissa that we’re all going to share, just to prepare you, sis.” Kristen Marie tells Melissa. “Now, my favourite memory of Melissa is when she was 10 and me, her and our brother John Anthony were trying to make breakfast for Ma as it was her birthday. Melissa had to go on a stool to grab the big bag of flour and she dropped it and it spilled all over her and she looked like a drug addict.” Kristen Marie says and you hear Melissa laugh.

Melissa has her arm around your waist through all the speeches and only lets go when the dj starts playing music.

“Are you having fun?” You ask her as you start dancing with her.

“I’m having a blast, thank you, hon.” She tells you and you give her a quick kiss before she gets you to twirl.

The second song to come on is the Macarena that all the adults start doing as no one can resist. At some point, you’re in front of Melissa and you wiggle your butt during the ‘hey Macarena’ and Melissa laughs at your antics.

“You’re such a goof.” She says with a big smile and you wink at her.

“Alright everybody, I just got told about a certain couple’s wedding song.” The DJ announces and then ‘I love you always forever’ starts playing and Melissa gasps as it was your wedding song.

“May I have this dance, signora?” She asks you and you happily take her hand before you both start to dance to the song. She then pulls you right up against her as the chorus starts and she starts singing it. “I love you always forever, near or far, closer together. Everywhere I will be with you, everything I will do for you.” She sings and then she gets you to do a twirl.

After an hour of dancing, Melissa has you wrapped in her arms as you sit on her lap.

“Mommy!” You hear and look to see Amelia running up to you both. “I was told to come get Mommy.” Amelia explains and Melissa lets you go and you follow Amelia to the kitchen.

5 minutes later the music stops and then Melissa hears people start singing happy birthday. She sees you come into view holding one of the cakes and Kristen Marie holding the other.

“Happy Birthday dear Melissa, happy birthday to you!” Everyone sings as you place the cake in front of Melissa. Melissa blows out all the candles and then you and her siblings get to work on cutting the cakes and passing a piece out to everyone who wants one. Melissa takes a few bites and then looks at her siblings.

“Which one of you Papera’s made the cake?” She asks them all.

“Your mother.” You tell her.

“Oh, no wonder it’s actually good.” She says and then continues enjoying the cake.

“Ok and this gift is from John and Kristen Marie.” She says as she’s opening all her presents. She opens the envelope and a stack of scratchers were in there. “Ah sweet!” Melissa exclaims with a huge smile.

“And you’ll be able to do those later.” You say as you take them away from her and she pouts. “You have more presents to open.” You add.

“Mamma, I made this for you.” Amelia says after Melissa opens all her other presents and cards. Amelia gives Melissa a painting she drew a week ago and Melissa looks at it, trying to figure out what it is.

“It’s a flower.” You whisper in her ear and she smiles.

“What a beautiful flower, Tesoro.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles. “Thank you.” She mouths to you and you smile and nod.

You all then hear a loud pop sound and everyone looks at where it came from.

“My bad!” One of the kids says and is holding the pieces of what used to be a balloon.

“Alright, let’s get back to dancing!” You announce and the DJ starts playing music again.

Melissa is sitting down a few minutes later with a plate of food and sees you dancing with one of her nieces. She then looks over at her kids and sees the twins playing with another baby, while it seems the toddlers started a game of duck duck goose. She sees Amelia gets tagged as the goose and starts chasing after the other toddler.

“Hey Melissa!” She hears and looks over to see the Abbott crew walking up to her. “We haven’t gotten a chance to talk to you yet.” Janine explains.

“There’s so many people here.” Jacob says.

“Ya, too many people.” Gregory says and Melissa chuckles.

“You can thank my wife for that.” She tells them.

“So how are you doing?” Barb asks her.

“Good, Y/n is trying to keep me busy though so I don’t have a lot of chances to think about the fact that I’m 60.” Melissa tells them. “Oh Sweet Cheeks and his girlfriend had 4 babies this morning.” She says and Janine’s jaw drops.

“No way! Can I come over and see them?” Janine asks her.

“Maybe when they're bigger, they’re really fragile and Sweet Cheeks bit me when I tried to grab one.” She explains and Janine nods.

“Auntie Mel! Come dance!” One of her nieces says as she comes up to Melissa and pulls her up.

“Calm down, Laura, I’m coming!” Melissa tells her niece. Melissa gets to the dance floor and the song ‘Bitch’ from Meredith Brooks starts playing and she can’t help but sing the chorus very loudly. “I’m a little bit of everything, all rolled into one!” She sings and you come over to dance with her. “I’m a bitch, I’m a lover. I’m a child, I’m a mother. I’m a sinner, I’m a saint. I do not feel ashamed! I’m your Hell, I’m your dream, I’m nothing in between.” She sings as she dances with you.

“Woah! Sing it loud cuz!” Annette says as she’s dancing close by.

Half an hour later you see Melissa go near the DJ and she’s handed the mic and the music turns off.

“Hey everyone!” Melissa says and you’re wondering what she’s going to say. “First of all I would like to thank you all for being here and coming to celebrate my 60th birthday. Oh wow, it feels weird saying that number. Anyway, I would also like to thank my lovely wife, Y/n and my siblings for putting all this together.” She says and everyone starts clapping. “I just want to say that I would like to thank Y/n for giving me a family. I have a beautiful wife, 3 adorable children and my Guinea pig just had 4 babies so I have family pets now too. I didn’t think I would have everything I dreamed of after I divorced Joe, but I’m happy about my life now. So thank you again and let’s get back to dancing!” She says and gives the mic back as the music starts again.

“You’re sweet.” You tell her as she comes to stand next to you and she hums. You then lean towards her, right at her ear. “I have another present for you.” You whisper before you pull back and wink at her.

“Oh ya?” She asks and you nod before you pull your shirt back slightly and show her the purple lingerie that you have on. “You’re making me want to leave my birthday party early.” She tells you and you hum.

“Well the twins and Amelia will be getting tired soon.” You tell her and she smiles before she continues dancing with you.

20 minutes later you’re watching as Melissa and Amelia are dancing together while you have a couple snacks and a dance break. Melissa picks Amelia up and holds her up in the air and starts spinning in a circle.

“Wee!!!” Amelia exclaims and giggles. “Again Mamma, again!” Amelia tells Melissa.

“Oh I can’t Tesoro or I’ll get dizzy.” Melissa tells her as she puts her daughter down. She then gets Amelia to spin around and Amelia is giggling as she’s dancing with her mother.

“Hey Y/n.” One of Melissa’s cousins comes up to you and you look at her.

“Ya?”

“Caty is crying and we think it’s because she’s tired.” She tells you and you immediately get up and go over to the twins.

“Oh, come here, sweetie.” You tell Caty as you pick her up.

Melissa ends up looking up and sees you’re not where you were a couple minutes ago. She looks around and sees you holding Caty and trying to calm her down as she’s crying.

“Come on, Tesoro, let’s go check on your siblings.” Melissa says as she grabs Amelia’s hand and heads over to where you and the twins are.

“Mommy, is Cat ok?” Amelia asks once they reach you.

“She’s a bit tired, sweetheart.” You tell her as you soothe Caty and she falls asleep on your chest.

“She looks very comfortable right now.” Melissa says as she goes over and looks at her daughter sleeping on you. “Although I don’t blame her, your chest is very comfortable to sleep on.” Melissa says softly and you chuckle at her comment. You then watch as Amelia helps Nico stand up and then starts dancing with him. “Aw, my perfect little family.” Melissa says as she hugs you from behind.

“We should get going, seeing as one of our kids fell asleep on me.” You tell her and she nods as she checks the time on her phone.

“It is 6 o'clock and we did cut their nap short.” She says and you nod.

You then both say your goodbyes to everyone before you leave.

Once you get home you put the twins on the floor so they can start playing with their toys and Amelia chooses to join them. You both sit on the couch watching them and cuddling each other. All of a sudden Caty starts crying while Nico is banging on the piano toy.

“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” You ask her as you pick her up and sit her on your lap. She continues crying and you’re trying to soothe her but you can barely hear yourself as Nico is playing that piano toy loudly. “Can you get Nico another toy to play with please?” You ask Melissa and she gets up and takes the piano away. As soon as Melissa takes the piano, Caty stops crying. “Aw, do you have sensitive ears?” You ask Caty and you see Melissa hand Nico a book with different textures. Melissa comes over to sit down next to you again and you hand her Caty.

“Hello my little dolcezza.” She says to Caty and you love all the nicknames she calls them. “I’m your mamma.” She tells Caty and Caty just stares at her.

“Doggy.” You both hear Nico say as he feels the texture of a dog.

You put the twins to bed just before 9 while Melissa goes and reads Amelia a nighttime story. You hear Melissa come into the bedroom while you’re brushing your hair and you turn to see her walking over to you.

“Have you noticed that Nico seems to be more vocal than Caty?” She asks you and you look at her.

“I have but she could just be a little late. If she’s still not saying by 2 then we can look into it.” You tell her and she nods.

“Now, I believe I was promised a birthday gift.” She says as she wraps her arms around your waist and trails up your stomach to your boobs. She noticed you still have a bra on so she turns you around and lifts your shirt to reveal the lingerie from earlier. This time she’s able to see it and sees a little bow in the middle. “Hm, my favourite gift to unwrap.” She says before bringing you to the bed.

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“Then you put the piece here.” Amelia tells Caty as she was helping her with a puzzle toy. “Mommy, Cat figured it out fast.”

“I see that sweetheart, and I see you teaching her. Your mommies are very proud of you for helping out with your siblings.” You tell her and give her a kiss on the cheek and Amelia smiles at the compliment.

“Hey Tesoro, come taste this.” Melissa says to her daughter as she emerges from the kitchen.

“What is it Mamma?” Amelia asks as she runs up to Melissa.

“I had to use a substitute for the meal as there’s two mushroom haters in the house.” Melissa tells her and Amelia tastes the food.

“I like it, Mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa smiles.

“Good, that’s what we’re having for lunch.” Melissa tells her before she picks Amelia up and places her on top of her booster chair as you place Nico in his high chair.

“Wow she already undid the puzzle and is putting it back together.” You say as you look at Caterina. You then pick her up and she whines at being pulled away from the puzzle but then settles her head on your chest. “And there we go.” You say as you place Caty in her high chair. Melissa comes out and places a bowl in front of Caty and Nico before giving Amelia a plate. She goes back into the kitchen and comes out with two plates for you and herself. You watch as the twins start eating before you take a bite yourself and you see that Melissa is smiling at Amelia who’s happily eating. All of a sudden you hear Melissa yelp and you look to see her looking at a piece of food on the table and see it’s a mushroom piece and looks at Caty.

“Am I going to have one child, just one, that likes mushrooms?” She asks and you try not to laugh as you realise that Caty threw a mushroom at Melissa. “Oh shut it.” She tells you as she sees you trying not to laugh.

“Looks like Nico is that one child.” You tell her and she looks beside her to see Nico eating everything, including the mushrooms. “Did Caty really throw a mushroom at you?” You ask her and she nods before she eats the mushroom that Caty threw. You then take Caty’s bowl and take out all the mushrooms and give them to Melissa. “We could have gotten them to taste mushrooms another way instead of sneaking them into their servings.” You tell her and she shrugs.

After lunch you both put all the kids down for their naps and then you go downstairs to see Melissa on the couch with her glasses on, reading something intensely.

“Whatcha reading?” You ask her and sit down beside her.

“How is it that Caty is still not talking? I’ve been trying to practice with her with all these tips and tricks I’m reading about but nothing seems to be working.” Melissa says and you get her to let go of her phone and take her hand and wrap it around you.

“She’s just a late talker, that’s all.” You tell her.

“And I get that but it’s been three weeks since I’ve been trying all these different things to help her and nothing is working.” She complains and you snuggle into her and you feel her body let the tension go.

“Stop stressing. Especially since we go back to work in 4 days. Just enjoy spending time with all of our kids without worrying about them.” You say.

“I worry about them all the time, all the time.” She tells you.

“I know, and so do I. But don’t worry about Caty, she’ll learn in her own time. And if she’s still not saying anything by 2 then it’s not like we don’t have a handful of teachers who would be willing to help us.” You remind her and she takes a breath.

“You’re right.” She says and you smile.

“Of course I’m right, now I’m feeling up for a nap myself.” You say and she looks at you with a smirk before you pull her to the bedroom.

*4 days later*

“You’re going to be a good girl for the caretakers, right Tesoro?” Melissa asks Amelia as you’re dropping her and the twins off before you go to work.

“Yes Mamma, the best one.” Amelia tells Melissa.

“That’s my girl.” Melissa says and Amelia hugs her. “We’ll be back at 3:30 to pick you and the twins up.”

“I can’t tell time.” Amelia reminds her.

“Sorry, I teach my second graders that all the time.” Melissa says with a smile before she places a kiss on Amelia’s forehead.

You and her go to work after and you’re both sitting in the breakroom before everyone arrives.

“You both got here early.” Barb says.

“We get up 40 minutes early as Amelia wants to do everything herself.” Melissa tells her.

“At a snail’s pace.” You add. “Although luckily she’s getting faster.” You say and Melissa nods.

“I remember Taylor being 3. By age 4 they seem to understand more and are quicker.” Barb tells you both and you yawn. You bring your chair closer to Melissa and lean your head on her shoulder.

“Tired Amore?” She asks and you nod. “Same, since Caty had a nightmare and woke
everyone up.” She complains and you hum.

4 hours later you’re decorating your classroom when you hear a door slam shut and recognise Melissa’s heels as she runs to your classroom. You look just in time to see a worried Melissa make it to your doorway.

“We gotta go.” She says as she walks into your classroom and packs up your things for you.

“What? Where? Why?” You ask her.

“There was an incident that happened at the daycare and Amelia was involved.” She tells you and you grab your things and you and Melissa head out quickly. You get to the daycare at the same time as another parent and you see Amelia and another kid sitting outside an office.

“Mrs and Mrs Schemmenti as well as Mrs Weller, right this way.” One of the workers says to all of you and you all walk inside the office. “So I’m afraid there was an incident involving Amelia and Dylan. A fight, more specifically.” They explain and you look at Melissa looking worried and see her fist clenching. “Dylan took something from Amelia, Amelia tried asked for it back and Dylan kept refusing and he pushed her and she pushed him back.” They further explain and Melissa starts to stand up but you pull her back to sit on the chair.

“Is that little brat your kid?” She asks the mother and she nods.

“Melissa, calm down.” You tell her.

“No, a kid bullied our daughter, I’m not going to calm down.” She tells you.

“Mrs Schemmenti, we understand this can worry or anger parents when they’re child gets into a fight, which is why we always hope to resolve these and make sure they don’t happen again.” The worker tells Melissa before looking at you and Melissa stands up before you could stop her.

“That little brat out there pushed my daughter, I think she deserves an apology as she tried the nice way and she had to defend herself.” Melissa says to everyone before she walks out of the room and you follow after her. “Tesoro, are you ok?” She asks Amelia as she gets down on her knees in front of Amelia.

“I fell down and it hurt.” Amelia tells Melissa and she wipes the tears in her eyes.

“Oh I’m sorry that happened Tesoro, you’re ok now, mamma and mommy are here.” She tells her and Melissa immediately brings her into a hug. Amelia wraps her arms around Melissa’s neck and Melissa tightens her hold on her daughter as she stands up, still holding onto Amelia. Amelia nuzzles her head on Melissa’s chest as Melissa turns towards the other kid.

“Dylan, did you take something and push this girl?” You hear the mother ask Dylan and you stroke Amelia’s head.

“She had the colouring pencil I wanted.” Dylan complains. “I tried asking for it but she wouldn’t give it to me.”

“Dylan, she didn’t give it because she was using it. You can’t just take something that someone else is using.” The mother tells him. “Now, I want you to apologise to Amelia.” She adds and Dylan turns to look at all of you.

“Sorry.” He says and you nod before you look at Melissa.

“Amelia, do you accept his apology?” You ask her and Amelia looks at him.

“Don’t be mean again.” She tells him and Dylan nods.

“I hope your son doesn’t touch any of my kids again.” Melissa threatens the mother before you decide to grab the twins and go home early with all your kids. You set the twins up with some toys as Melissa places Amelia down on the couch and sits beside her. “Do you want to talk about it or have any questions?” Melissa asks her.

“Why did he take something from me and push me?” Amelia asks and you go and sit on the other side of her.

“Some kids are mean and there’s not always an explanation as to why they’d rather be mean than nice.” Melissa explains to her, trying in a way that a 3 year old would understand bullying. And even though she didn’t ask it, you both know the other question that’s on her mind, the ‘why me?’ question.

“And sweetheart, there’s no explanation as to why certain people have people being mean to them.” You tell her and then open up your arms for her. She then crawls into your lap and rests her head where your heart is, listening to your heartbeat.

“I pushed him back.” Amelia admits after a few seconds and she looks guilty. “Are you mad at me mamma?”

“Of course I’m not mad at you, Tesoro.” She tells her. “We understand you were trying to defend yourself in a way that you know how. Next time just let an adult know and they can handle the mean person.” Melissa says and Amelia nods. You both set Amelia up with her favourite show and then you follow Melissa into the kitchen as you can tell she’s still mad. You watch as she grabs some food from the fridge and slams the fridge door shut.

“Melissa.” You say and walk up to her as she starts cutting a pepper up. “Melissa, honey you need to calm down.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“How do you expect me to be calm when my daughter was just the victim of bullying?” She asks you angrily and waves the knife around a bit.

“Ok, first, give me the knife or put it down.” You tell her and she sighs before she puts it down on the counter. “And I know it’s frustrating that it happened and you couldn’t protect her, but the situation is over and the kid apologised.” You say and grab her hands. “I know it’s not ideal but things like this happens between kids, especially kids around Amelia’s age.” You add.

“I know, I just don’t want anything to happen to her, to any of my kids.” Melissa tells you and you wrap your arms around her neck as you give her a hug and she wraps her arms around your waist.

“I know, I don’t want anything to happen to them too.”

“How have you been so calm?”

“Because one of us has to be, and I knew immediately that it wasn’t going to be my short-tempered wife.” You say to her and she smiles.

“You’re right, I’m very short tempered.” She tells you.

“It was more mama bear today though. You know even when I was just your aide, I always knew you’d make an amazing mother.” You say and she gives you a kiss.

“Thank you.” She tells you before she gives you another kiss. The kiss suddenly deepens and becomes more hungry and passionate and you pull away.

“Melissa, Amelia and the twins are-”

“In the other room, occupied.” She interrupts before she kisses your neck.

“If we get caught then it’s your fault.” You say.

“That’s alright with me.” She tells you before she trails her hand down your pants and finds your clit. “I can’t wait until tonight to have you.” She says. She goes to your entrance and gathers some of your wetness and then rubs your clit. You buck your hips and she traps you between her and the counter, pinning your hips to the counter with her body. “You’re so hot like this, wanting me to give you your release.” She says as you place your head on her shoulder to muffle your noises.

She then sticks a finger in your entrance without warning and you let out a muffled gasp. She lifts your head and instantly places her lips on yours, muffling all your noises another way, her much preferred way. She inserts a second finger in you and you feel the stretch, immediately wanting more so you pull away from her lips.

“Add another.” You say, panting.

“Another? I guess I’m not the only horny one today.” She tells you before she places a finger in your mouth and you suck on it as she inserts a third finger inside of you. You moan around her finger and she quirks an eyebrow at you before she inserts a fourth finger inside of you and you let out a muffled scream but you don’t stop her. She starts curling her fingers inside of you after a few pumps and your legs start shaking.

“I love you.” You say, a bit muffled around your finger and she smiles at you.

“I love you too, amore.” She tells you and then you suck her finger hard as you come around her fingers. When you come you lose your footing and it was good that Melissa pushed her body up even more so you don’t fall as she couldn’t catch you as both her hands were inside you. “I feel much better now.” She says and she takes her hands out of you.

“Do you want to come too?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Making and watching you come calmed me down.” She tells you and you wrap your arms around her waist and pull her right up against you.

“Tonight, we’re continuing what you started.” You say to her and she smirks.

“Can’t wait.” She tells you and gives you a kiss. “Now, how about you stay with our daughter and I’ll just continue the snack I was making?” She suggests and you nod.

“Just don’t go plotting against a 3 year old.” You tell her as you leave the kitchen. Melissa exits the kitchen a few minutes later and sees you running after Nico. “Runaway baby!” You shout as you catch up to him and lift him up into the air and Nico giggles. “You little sneakster, just like your mamma.” You tell him playfully.

“Alright I got some berries and peppers here for everyone.” Melissa says to the room as she places the plate on the coffee table. You place Nico down who goes running towards Melissa. He hugs Melissa’s leg and she smiles at him.

“Mamma.” He says and she lifts him up.

“That’s right sweetie.” Melissa says to him.

“Hamsters.” Nico says and points to Sweet Cheeks cage.

“They’re Guinea pigs.” Melissa corrects him as she brings him over to the Cheeks family cage.

“Mommy, why does Cat not talk?” Amelia asks you as she grabs a piece of pepper and you walk over to the couch.

“She’s just a little slow to learn but she’ll catch up.” You tell her. “She’s walking around just like you and your brother, but some people just learn to talk a little later than others.” You explain to her.

“Why was Mamma yelling at the daycare? I heard her in the office.” Amelia asks you and you see Melissa happily showing Sweet Cheeks to Nico.

“Because she loves you and we get frustrated or angry when people we love are hurt.” You tell her.

“You weren’t yelling.” She says and you nod.

“One of us has to remain calm to not go overboard, and we both know your mamma is not one to remain calm.” You say with a smile and Amelia laughs.

“What are you two laughing about over here?” Melissa says as she walks towards you both, holding Nico’s hand. You look over at Amelia and hold a finger to your mouth to tell her not to tell Melissa.

“Nothing, mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa raises her eyebrows and lets go of Nico’s hand and he goes to play with his toys with Caty.

“Nothing huh? Well maybe I have to tickle it out of you.” Melissa says as she goes up to Amelia who quickly gets off the couch and runs away while laughing. Melissa quickly catches up with Amelia and tickles her.

“Ahh! Mamma stop!” Amelia says while laughing.

“Are you gonna tell me now?” Melissa asks.

“Mommy! Help!” Amelia asks of you. You make your way over and grab Amelia and lift her up to your hip. Melissa grabs you and begins tickling you and you start laughing.

“Ok I fold!” You say while laughing and Melissa stops and tilts her head as she looks at you. “We were just saying out of the two of us, you aren’t the calm one. Amelia was asking why she heard you yelling in the office.” You say and Melissa hums.

“Well one of us has to be irrational.” Melissa says and kisses your forehead. “Did I scare you Amelia?” She asks her daughter.

“No, just wondering why you were yelling.” Amelia tells her and you hand Amelia over to Melissa.

“Well as your mommies, we want to protect you and I will always try to protect you and I was angry that someone harmed you.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nuzzles her head on Melissa’s chest.

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“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s super baby!” Melissa yells as she’s holding Amelia up in the air while running around and Amelia is laughing and giggling.

“Weee!” Amelia yells.

“Hey, Caterina, no hitting your brother.” You say and Melissa turns to look at you and the twins playing on the floor.

“Why did Caty hit him?” Melissa asks you.

“Because Nico put in the wrong ring.” You explain as Caty is putting the rings in the right order. After she puts the rings in order, she takes them off the pole and puts them on again.

“Mamma, wanna hear what we’re doing Monday?” Amelia asks Melissa and Melissa looks at her.

“I do but I have to make dinner, so how about you come and help me and tell me?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods enthusiastically.

While making dinner you have to call out for Melissa’s help as both twins started crying.

“Stay right here Tesoro.” Melissa tells Amelia, interrupting her story. Amelia sighs as she was just getting to the good part.

The next day you all decide to go to the park to let the kids run around.

“Why doesn’t Caty ever socialise with any other kids?” Melissa asks as you see Caty playing by herself while Nico and Amelia are playing with other kids. “The people at the daycare said that as well, that she doesn’t play with any kids while Nico is like the centre of attention.”

“Maybe she’s just shy.” You tell her.

“But she doesn’t even like to play with her own siblings either, and still isn’t talking. She’s said mommy and Mamma twice and never again” Melissa adds. “Also she doesn’t seem interested in many things. Everytime we come to this park she does the exact same thing. She doesn’t try to play with anything else or anyone.” Melissa says.

“I get that you’re worried about her, but you have to stop stressing about it. The twins aren’t even 2 years old yet and I’d prefer if they’re mamma didn’t give herself a heart attack or a panic attack.” You tell her and Melissa takes a deep breath.

“Mamma! Mommy!” Amelia yells as she comes running over. “Want to go on swing.” She tells you both and then you both get up. Amelia grabs Melissa’s hand and starts pulling her, getting her to the swings quicker. You happen to look over at Nico and you see him trip and slam his head into the play structure.

“Melissa!” You call out to her and run over to Nico as Melissa looks over to see what happened. Melissa picks Amelia up and quickly makes her way over to Nico.

“Is he ok?” She asks, worry lacing her words.

“He’s got a cut.” You say as Nico starts crying. “It’s ok my baby boy.” You tell him and pick him up. “It’s bleeding, we should grab Caty and go home to clean it up.” You say and Melissa nods.

“But what about the swing?” Amelia asks.

“I’m sorry Tesoro, we’ll go on the swings another time.” Melissa tells her and Amelia pouts.

You both notice Amelia looking angry the entire car ride home and Melissa is looking confused. You know she wanted to go on the swings but never knew her to be this angry. You both get home and Melissa brings both her daughters in as you bring Nico to the bathroom. Melissa sets Caty up with a texture book and a puzzle toy she loves doing.

“Amelia, do you mind watching Caty, I’m gonna make sure the bleeding stopped.” Melissa tells Amelia.

“No!” Amelia says sternly and Melissa looks at her in confusion.

“Tesoro, please?” Melissa says.

“I said no!” Amelia yells and throws a bunch of toys on the ground which scares Caty who starts crying while covering her ears.

“Amelia!” Melissa yells as you come out carrying Nico. “Shh it’s ok honey.” Melissa says as she picks Caterina up. Amelia then kicks the puzzle toy that Caty was working on. “Amelia Elena Schemmenti!” Melissa yells as Caty is still crying. You put Nico on the couch and then you take Caty from Melissa and put her on the couch next to Nico and give them your phone to watch a show they love. “Amelia, what’s going on?” Melissa tries to ask calmly.

“I don’t want siblings anymore!” She yells. She goes to one of the toy bins to throw it on the ground but Melissa stops her by crouching down and grabbing her hands.

“Hey! No more throwing toys.” Melissa tells her sternly. “What do you mean you don’t want your siblings?”

“I hate them! They ruin everything!” She yells. “Let me go!” She yells again as she tries to get her hands back from Melissa.

“Amelia, you need to calm down.” Melissa tells her and you’re watching from the couch as you keep an eye on the twins.

“No!” She yells and tries to get free again. “I hate all of you!”

“Amelia, go to your room.” Melissa says sternly and Amelia looks at her shocked. “Go to your room and we’ll talk when you’ve calmed down.” Melissa tells her and lets her go. Amelia kicks another toy of the twins before she stomps upstairs and slams her door shut. You walk over to Melissa who puts her head in her hands. “Can you help me up Amore?” She asks you and you help her stand back up. “I don’t understand what could have made her so angry about her siblings.”

“I don’t either, it can’t just be about the swings, especially since she said they ruin everything.” You say and Melissa lays her head on your shoulder for comfort.

“Is Caty and Nico good?” She asks.

“Yep, the cut is clean and I put a bandaid on it, and Caty stopped crying as soon as I put her favourite show on with my phone.” You explain and she wraps her arms around your waist.

“I hated yelling at her.” She says and you run your fingers through her hair.

“I know, she just needs to calm down as something set her off and then we can talk to her.” You tell her.

An hour later Melissa gets dinner ready as you put a show on for the twins on the tv. It’s been a bit since either of you heard anything from Amelia’s room so she stopped stomping around and throwing her toys on the floor. You decide to go upstairs and talk to her and you come back down a couple minutes later and walk into the kitchen.

“So she’s still mad.” You tell Melissa and she sighs. “Unless her throwing all of her stuffed animals at me is a sign of affection.” You try to joke but Melissa doesn’t look impressed. “She’s calmed down a bit and her room is a mess. She threw all her toys on the ground and even threw her blanket off the bed.” You explain as Melissa is chopping something up and accidentally cuts herself as she was distracted.

“Ow.” She says and sucks on the cut. You immediately grab her and bring her over to the sink to clean the cut. “I don’t need you tending to my cuts like I’m 4 years old.” She says sternly and you quirk an eyebrow at her.

“I know that but I care about you which is why I’m tending to it.” You say. “I’ll go get a bandaid, want one of the ones for the kids?” You ask and she glares at you.

“I’m not one of our kids.” She tells you.

“Then why have you been acting like one for the past 10 minutes?” You ask her.

“I’m not acting childish, I’m upset, there’s a difference.” She says as she turns the water off and gets a piece of paper towel. “I don’t need a bandaid.” She adds. “At the moment I just want some peace and quiet as I continue making dinner.”

“Are you sure you won’t cut yourself again?” You ask.

“Y/n, can you please just get the fuck out.” She tells you and you roll your eyes.

“Fine, you can continue to throw your tantrum by yourself then.” You say before you go back into the living room to watch the twins.

Melissa sighs as she puts her hands on the counter and takes a deep breath. She looks at the cut and sees it’s still bleeding and she groans before she walks out into the living room. She sees you on the couch sitting beside Caterina with Nico on your lap. You seem to be playing with his hands and getting him to clap and he’s giggling as Caty is just watching the tv. She walks over to you and you look up at her as she’s right beside you.

“Do you need something?” You ask her and she nods. You pick up Nico before you stand up and place him back on the couch. “What’s up?” You ask her.

“I’m sorry, this thing with Amelia threw me off, as well as I’ve been stressed about Caty and Nico hit his head. I just felt like I failed at being a parent today and took it out on you.” She explains and you immediately hug her and she hugs you back.

“Melissa, you haven’t failed at being a parent. We have kids that are going to throw tantrums, have accidents or fall a bit behind.” You tell her and put your hands on her cheeks. “Those things don’t define what kind of parent you are. If the kids are alive, healthy and happy then I think that means we’re doing a good enough job.” You say and she smiles before you give her a kiss. “How’s the cut?” You ask her and she removes the paper towel and you look at it. “Looks like it stopped bleeding, looks like you can go back to making dinner.” You say and she looks down. “Unless you want something else.”

“Can you put a bandaid on it?” She asks and you smile and nod before going to the bathroom. You come back out with a pink princess bandaid you have for Amelia and put it on the cut and place a kiss on top of the bandaid.

“A kiss to make it better.” You say softly and Melissa smiles and blushes.

“Your kisses can solve anything.” She says as she wraps her arms around you and pulls you closer to her before placing a kiss on your lips. “I just have to cook the food, should be done in 15 minutes.” She says and you nod before she goes back into the kitchen.

20 minutes later you’re putting the twins in their high chairs as Melissa is putting food in their bowls. She comes out and gives the twins their bowls of food. She then puts a small plate down for Amelia before bringing out the plates for you and her.

“I’m going to go get her.” Melissa says and you nod as you’re putting the bibs on the twins. Melissa walks up to Amelia’s room and sees her colouring a drawing. “Amelia.” She says softly and Amelia looks up at her. “Come and eat some food.” She says and Amelia goes back to her drawing. “You don’t have to say anything if you’re not ready but you do need to eat.” Melissa adds and Amelia sighs before she gets up and walks out.

Amelia and Melissa come down just as you sit down as you got the twins their cups. Amelia sits down, still looking in a mood and you see Melissa putting a finger to her lips, telling you not to talk to her. You all start eating dinner and you see Amelia just eating instead of talking a mile a minute like she usually does.

“Melissa, you had Dante in your class last year right?” You ask her and she nods. “Did he struggle with math last year?” You ask and she thinks about it.

“Ya he did, is he still struggling?” She asks and you nod.

“He was fine at first but he’s now starting to fall behind. I tried talking to him about it but he’s a bit shy.” You tell her.

“I can talk to him if you want.” She offers.

“I’d appreciate that, thanks.” You say and she nods.

After dinner, you’re playing with the twins as Amelia is sitting on the couch. Melissa comes over and sits next to Amelia.

“So, are you ready to talk?” Melissa asks her and Amelia doesn’t say anything. “Amelia, we want to know what’s going through your mind but we can’t unless you tell us.” Melissa tells her. “Or we can just sit here and watch your show.” Melissa adds after Amelia doesn’t say anything.

“Do you love them more than me?” Amelia asks after a couple of seconds.

“Love who more?” Melissa asks as she turns towards her daughter.

“The twins.” Amelia says.

“Of course not, I love all 3 of you equally.” Melissa tells her genuinely. “Amelia, earlier you said the twins ruin everything, what do you mean by that?” Melissa asks her.

“We always have to leave early or I can’t do something because of the twins and you pay more attention to them.” Amelia tells her as she plays with her hair.

“Tesoro, come sit on my lap.” Melissa says and Amelia wastes no time in doing that. Amelia sits on her lap, facing you and the twins and Melissa wraps her arms around her waist. “Tesoro, I’m sorry that sometimes we have to leave things early or you don’t get to do something you don’t want because of them and that we sometimes have to pay more attention to them. They’re 2 years younger than you and sometimes need more because of that, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t love you any less, it just means that the twins can’t take care of themselves the way that you can.” Melissa explains and Amelia leans her head on Melissa’s chest.

“I wish sometimes it was just you, me and Mommy.” Amelia says and then you both hear a sniffle come from her and Melissa looks at you as you see Amelia’s face. You mouth ‘she’s crying’ to her and Melissa holds her daughter tighter.

“Tesoro, I understand not always liking your siblings, you know I have 8 younger siblings, but you will all grow to love and be there for each other just like me and my siblings did. Do I still want to punch them? Sometimes yes, but I’m glad that they were born as well.” Melissa explains to her and you walk over and join them on the couch and Amelia looks at you.

“I’m an only child and I wish I had a sibling, either younger or older. Sure I got my parents' full attention but it was also lonely as I didn’t have someone my age to play with unless I talked to other kids.” You explain and then Amelia climbs onto your lap.

“Do you still love me?” Amelia asks as she looks at Melissa.

“Of course we still love you, Tesoro. There’s nothing you can do to make us love you any less.” Melissa tells her while holding her hand.

“We’ll always love you, no matter what.” You say. “I mean you threw and kicked toys on the ground, you threw all your stuffed animals at me and yet I’m still here saying I love you.” You tell her and she looks down before she nuzzles her head on your chest.

“I’m sorry, mommy.” Amelia tells you and you wrap your arms around her.

“It’s ok sweetheart.” You say. “Now you should hug Mamma as she felt really bad for yelling at you.” You tell her and then she goes back on Melissa’s lap and gives her a hug.

“I’m sorry, mamma.” Amelia tells Melissa and Melissa wraps her arms around her to give her a big hug.

“It’s alright, Tesoro.” Melissa says. “I love you very much.”

Melissa walks into the twins room a few hours later to see you fell asleep in the rocking chair while reading them a story. She checks on the twins and sees them both asleep in their cribs. She goes over to you and takes the book from your hands and puts it in the mini bookshelf. She then goes back over to you and carefully picks you up and carries you to the bed. She then goes and closes the door to the twins room before she comes back, gets in the bed and cuddles with you before falling asleep.

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You put the twins in the new stroller you both got as Melissa gets Amelia ready to go trick or treating. Amelia decided on being a fairy this year so Melissa took her shopping a month ago and came back with a pink fairy costume. The both of you didn’t go all out with your costumes this year as Halloween is on a Saturday.

“And give me a smile.” You hear Melissa say and look over to see her taking pictures of Amelia.

“Melissa, we gotta go or Minnie and Mickey Mouse over here will start fussing before we go out.” You tell her and she grabs Amelia’s hand and you both walk out of the house.

“No need to fuss, my angel.” She says as she gives you a kiss on the cheek.

“Are you going to keep calling me that all day?” You ask her and she nods.

“As long as you’re wearing this adorable angel costume.” She says and you pull her devil horns off her head. “Heyy!” She complains and you smile. “I’m supposed to be the devil, not you.” She adds as she puts the devil horns back and you smile.

“It’s called wife rights.” You joke and she rolls her eyes. Melissa then goes up to the first house with Amelia and you stay behind with the twins.

“Trick or treat!” You hear Amelia tell them and they put some candy in her bag. “Mommy, they gave me chocolate!” Amelia tells you excitedly.

“Woah! You’re favourite.” You tell her and then you pull the stroller with the twins in it as you watch Melissa and Amelia go to each house for an hour.

“My god this is a lot of walking and my feet are getting sore.” Melissa complains.

“I told you not to wear the heels.” You say.

“It completes the outfit to make me look like a sexy devil.” She says and you roll your eyes.

“You’re a sexy devil everyday, you don’t need horns and heels to be one.” You tell her and she giggles. You decide to continue trick or treating with Amelia as Melissa pushes the stroller.

“Bag is full again.” Amelia says and you get the garbage bag out and she dumps all the candy in. You go trick or treating for another 2 hours before Caty starts crying. “Does this mean we have to go home?” Amelia asks.

“How about you take the twins home and I’ll take Amelia trick or treating for another half hour?” Melissa asks you and you nod. Melissa takes Amelia and the garbage bag full of candy and they continue as you bring the twins home. You see the treat bowl that you left out was empty so you pick it up and go inside. You take the twins out of the stroller and Caty throws the Minnie Mouse ears across the floor.

“Alright, that’s fair, they can get uncomfortable.” You say as you pick the ears up. You then go and take the Mickey ears off of Nico and put them on the coffee table and look at the time. You go and put the twins to bed as they were falling asleep and it was near their bedtime anyway. You come back downstairs just as Melissa and Amelia come back home, garbage bag full of candy.

“Mommy! Mommy! Look at all the candy I have!” Amelia exclaims as she runs over to you.

“I see sweetheart, you got a lot.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Mamma, can I have some now?” Amelia asks Melissa and Melissa pulls out two chocolate bars and gives them to her.

“Just these 2 for now and then bedtime. Tomorrow you can organise all of your candy and have more.” Melissa tells her and Amelia happily eats her chocolate bars. Amelia gets some on her face and Melissa has to clean her face.

“Mamma!” Amelia complains.

“Stay still.” Melissa says and Amelia pouts. “There. How about you go get ready for bed, Tesoro?” Melissa suggests and Amelia pouts.

“Not tired, I want more candy.” Amelia tells her.

“Not tonight tesoro, but tomorrow you can have a lot more, even give you some at breakfast.” Melissa says to her.

“Aww.” Amelia complains and then goes upstairs. You go up to Melissa and wrap your arms around her waist.

“Something you want, my angel?” She asks with a smile.

“You’re so sexy.” You say and she smirks as she wraps you in a hug.

“Hm, how about I go put Amelia to bed and then we do a little trick or treating of our own?” She suggests and you smile.

“I like that idea.” You say and she gives you a kiss before she goes upstairs to Amelia’s room.

“So Tesoro, did you have fun today?” You ask her after reading her a bedtime story.

“I did Mamma, and I liked being a pretty fairy.” She says with a yawn.

“Well you made a pretty fairy but to me and mommy you’re always a pretty fairy, everyday.” Melissa tells her. “Good night, pretty fairy.” Melissa says and then tucks her in and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

“Good night, mamma, I love you.” Amelia tells her.

“I love you too, tesoro.” Melissa says before standing up and leaving. Melissa takes one last look at Amelia and sees her asleep before she closes her door and goes to her bedroom where you’re brushing your teeth. “I see you kept the costume on.” Melissa says to you and wraps her arms around your waist, careful not to get poked by your wings. You spit out the toothpaste and put your toothbrush in its place before you turn around in her arms.

“Well maybe I like being your angel.”

“Oh I know you like being my angel.” She says and then starts kissing your neck. Melissa puts her hands on your thighs and starts trailing up, under your white dress. “Has my little angel been naughty?” She then asks as she moves her kisses to the other side of your neck.

“Naughty just for you, for my sexy devil.” You tell her and she pulls back with a smile.

She then lifts you up and you wrap your legs around her waist as she brings you to the bed. She sits you down on the bed and carefully takes your halo headband off your head and places it on the nightstand.

“I want you to keep the wings on but take everything else off.” She tells you.

“What if I want you to take my clothes off?” You ask her and she quirks an eyebrow at you. “Also have to take the wings off to take my dress and bra off.” You add and Melissa takes your angel wings off as she kisses your neck. You then kiss her and help her take your white dress off of you.

“A red bra and panties? You planned this.” Melissa says with a smile and you nod proudly. “And when you were planning this, what did you imagine me doing to you?” She asks as she puts the angel wings back on and pushes you down on the bed and she takes her red cape off. She then takes her red dress off and you look at her body as you touch all the exposed skin you can reach. “What was my little angel imagining me doing to her?” She asks again as you got distracted by her body.

“I imagined your fingers deep inside me as you fucked me right into heaven.” You tell her and she hums as she runs her hands all over your body. She then unclips your strapless bra and flings it across the room. “And I want you to keep your devil horns on.” You add as she goes to take it off.

“And why’s that?” She asks as she places kisses across your chest.

“I think the devil fucking an angel is really hot, like an unapproved love.” You say and she smiles. Melissa then takes your underwear and sees how wet you are.

“Wings or not, you’re always angelic to me.” She tells you softy and you smile before she brings a finger to your clit and you buck your hips. “Does that feel good my angel?” She asks and you nod while having your eyes shut. She then trials down and slips a finger in your entrance. You snap your eyes open and gasp as you feel her finger enter inside of you and you see her smiling at you.

“Oh god!” You scream out and she winks at you. “You don’t need horns for me to know you’re already a sexy devil.” You say and she giggles. She keeps pumping in and out of you and then she slips another finger inside of you and you hold onto the sheets. She then starts going faster and harder, just like you want and she has to pin you down. “Oh god, don’t stop!” You scream and she covers your mouth with her other hand.

“Don’t want to wake the mini devils.” She tells you and you whimper. She then puts a finger in your mouth and you suck on her finger when you need to. She starts curling her fingers inside of you and you see stars right then and there. Your orgasm crashes over you not long after and you feel Melissa remove her fingers from inside of you and removes her other hand from your mouth. You’re breathing heavily as you try to calm down and you see Melissa looking at you with a smile.

“So, did I fuck you right into heaven, my little angel?” She asks and you nod. “Stay just as you are.” She then says and she takes her underwear and bra off. She then straddles your thigh and you feel how wet she is.

“Oh fuck Melissa, you’re soaking.” You tell her and she winks at you before she starts moving her hips, riding your thigh.

“I think you should know by now how hot I find it when I can make you come underneath me.” She says as she continues using your thigh to rub her clit. She then goes slightly forward and grabs your hands that’s near your head and lets out a gasp.

“Are you making yourself feel good my sexy devil?” You ask and she nods. You then look and see her breasts moving in time with her hips and can’t help but stare at them.

“After 10 years, I still catch you staring…staring at my breasts.” Melissa says and you look up at her face.

“I will always stare at them.” You tell her with a smile.

“I knew I married a perv.” She says and you roll your eyes before you let go of her hands and sit up and kiss her. She moans into the kiss before you go down to her neck. She throws her head back and then you go even lower and wrap your mouth around a nipple. “Oh my god, yes!” She moans out, louder than you two would like so you cover her mouth with your hand.

You pull away from her nipple and bring your hands to her beautiful ginger locks. You gather her hair into a makeshift ponytail and start tugging on it, forcing her head back. You then go to the other nipple and start sucking on it while still holding her hair. You then notice she starts moving faster on your thigh and her breathing is heavy.

“Are you close, my sexy devil?” You ask her and she whines. “What if I stopped you right now?” You ask, knowing you’ll get a reaction from her.

“No, please. I’m so close, please don’t make me stop, I’m just about to- ah!” She says but then is cut off as she comes on your leg. She puts her hands in your hair to help stabilise herself and takes a few deep breaths.

“You alright?” You ask her and she nods.

“Ya, just, catching my breath.” She tells you before she gets off your leg and lays down on her side of the bed.

“You know doing a little angel and devil roleplaying was pretty hot.” You say and she looks at you with a smile as she takes her horns off.

“Ya?”

“Yep, I mean forbidden love and all.” You say and she chuckles.

“Come here.” She says as she has her arms out and you take your wings off before you go into her arms and cuddle with her before falling asleep in her arms.

“What are you making for breakfast?” You ask her as you see she pulled a bunch of chocolate out of the candy garbage bag.

“Pancakes, and covering Amelia’s with a bunch of chocolate and candy.” She tells you.

“You know you’re dealing with the sugar rush right?” You ask.

“I know now.” Is all she says. “Want some of the chocolate?” She asks and you nod.

“Obviously. I walked with her for 2 hours.” You say and she throws you a few of your favourites.

You both watch in amusement as Amelia just stuffs her mouth with pancakes and chocolate, without using her fork. You both also know that by the end of it, she’s gonna need one of you to wipe her face clean as she’s already getting chocolate on herself.

“Is it good, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods.

“ ‘s good mamma.” She says with a mouth full of food.

“Amelia come on, give it back!” Melissa yells as she’s been chasing Amelia around for 2 minutes, trying to get her phone back. You’re relaxing on the couch, recording the entire thing on your phone while laughing. “You know you could help.” Melissa tells you.

“Nope, already told you that you’re dealing with the sugar rush.” You say with a smile and she huffs before chasing Amelia again. She eventually gets her phone back from Amelia and she slumps on the couch with a sigh. “Tired?” You ask and she nods.

“Who knew chasing a third year old hopped up on sugar for 5 minutes was gonna be tiring.” She says and Amelia comes up to her.

“Wanna play mamma!” She exclaims and Melissa groans before looking at you.

‘Help.’ She mouths to you and you roll your eyes.

“Amelia, why don’t you put your shoes on and we can all go to the park.” You suggest and Amelia jumps up and down before she runs to put her shoes on.

“Oh my god, I love you, Amore.” Melissa says and you give her a kiss.

“I know. By the way did you see what Ava said on our Halloween picture on instagram?” You ask and she shakes her head. You pull your phone out and go into your instagram account. “She said, it looks like Melissa is finally wearing something to match her personality.” You tell her and she rolls her eyes.

“Mamma, mommy! I put my shoes on.” Amelia says and you both get up and get the twins ready. Melissa puts Amelia’s jacket on and zips it up as you put a jacket on the twins.

You watch as Melissa pushes Amelia on the swings, Nico found another baby his age to play with and Caterina is having fun piling sand by herself.

“Ok, go run around and burn off that energy.” You hear Melissa say before she comes and sits beside you.

“Is your child hopped up on sugar?” You both hear and turn to see a woman there and you both nod. “Mine as well, which is why we came here. Mine is the girl in a blue sweater going down on the slide.” She tells you both.

“We only gave our oldest child some sugar, and then she stole my wife’s phone and was chased around for 5 minutes.” You explain and Melissa crosses her arms.

“Never giving her pancakes with chocolate again.” Melissa complains and you chuckle.

“We both know you will.” You tell her. “Our other 2 are the gingers.” You tell the mom.

“You got lucky with all gingers.” The mom says and you nod. Just then you see a kid kick Caty’s sand pile and she starts crying.

“I got this.” You tell Melissa and she nods before you get up and go over to Caty. “It’s ok honey, let me help you rebuild it.” You say to her and she looks at you rebuilding the sand pile. “There, it’s ok, see?” You tell her and she blinks at you. Just then you hear Amelia arguing with a kid and Melissa runs over to them.

“Amelia, what’s going on?” Melisa asks her.

“He’s the one that made Cat cry!” She tells her and points to the boy. Melissa has to hold off on feeling proud that Amelia is trying to protect her siblings. “Apologise to my sister!” She yells at him and the father of the boy comes up.

“What’s going on?” He asks you all.

“He made my sister cry!” Amelia says.

“Your son kicked the sand pile my other daughter was working on and she started crying and now my daughter here is defending her little sister.” Melissa explains to him.

“Nicholas, let's go apologise to the girl.” He tells his son and they go over to you and Caty.

“Tesoro, I’m proud that you wanted to defend your siblings today.” Melissa says as she brushes her hair to help her get ready for bed.

“Isn’t that what the big sister does?” Amelia asks and Melissa nods.

“Ya. I did that with all of my siblings.” Melissa tells her. Amelia then puts her pjs on and Melissa hums. “Looks like you need some bigger pjs, Tesoro.” She says and Amelia looks at her pjs and sees her ankles and wrists.

“But these are my favourite.” Amelia complains.

“We’ll find you some new favourite pjs.” Melissa tells her. “You can wear them for now but next weekend we’ll go shopping for some new pjs for you.”

Melissa then tucks Amelia in and gives her a kiss on the cheek before going to turn her night light on, turning the main one off and then closing the door. Melissa enters the bedroom with a sigh and you look at her from the bed.

“What happened?” You ask her.

“Melissa outgrew her pjs.” She says and you hum.

“Well that’s bound to happen eventually. We’ll get her new ones and put her current ones away for Caty with the others.” You say and she nods before getting into bed and putting her head on your chest and arm around your waist.

“She’s growing up too fast.” Melissa tells you and you put your phone down and stroke her head.

“I know, but that’s what happens with kids if you keep feeding them.” You joke and she lets out a big sigh. “We knew they would grow up, my love.” You add.

“I know but it’s just, well she’s my little Tesoro, our little Mel.” She says.

“I know but she will always be our little Mel and your little Tesoro.” You tell her.

“Is it wrong to want another baby?” She suddenly asks.

“For the reason that you want another one? Yes.” You say and Melissa looks at you. “You’re missing the kids being babies which is ok to feel that but I honestly think 3 kids is enough. Plus Sweet Cheeks and his family have grown as well. So there’s 7 babies in this house.” You say while still stroking her hair and she hums. “How about we go to bed? I’m sure you’ll feel better in the morning.” You tell her and she nods.

The next morning you see she’s taking more time hugging the twins goodbye then she goes to say goodbye to Amelia after you do.

“Goodbye my little Tesoro.” She tells her and wraps her in a hug.

“Goodbye Mamma.” Amelia says and she goes to pull away but Melissa keeps hugging her.

“Melissa.” You tell her gently and she pulls away from the hug.

“Sorry.” She tells Amelia and grabs her hands. “I love you, Tesoro.” She says softly.

“I love you too, Mamma.” Amelia says and then Melissa gives her a kiss on the cheek.

You then have to drag Melissa out of there and drive the both of you to school. As soon as you both enter the breakroom, Melissa sits in her spot and puts her head on the table.

“Everything ok?” Barb asks as you make coffee for both you and Melissa.

“She’s fine. It’s just our kids are growing up too fast for her liking.” You explain and then bring Melissa’s cup over and hand it to her.

“Oh, I know the feeling. I feel like Taylor grew up too fast as well.” Barb says.

“Amelia is turning 4 in 2 months and the twins are turning 2 a month after. They’re not going to be my babies anymore, all 3 will be toddlers.” Melissa tells her.

“They’ll be toddlers but to you both they’ll always be your babies. Taylor is still my baby and she’s close to 40.” Barb explains to you both and you rub Melissa’s back.

Later that day, you both pick up all your kids from daycare and bring them home. About half an hour later, you’re playing with the twins while Melissa is making meatballs in the kitchen while Amelia is telling her all about her day.

In the kitchen Amelia is sitting on the counter and watching Melissa mix all the ingredients together with her hands before taking a bit and rolling it into a ball.

“Mamma, can I help?” Amelia asks after Melissa rolls the first meatball.

“I don’t see why not. You gotta wash your hands first though.” Melissa says before she picks up her daughter and brings her over to the sink where Amelia washes her hands and brings her back to the counter. “Now you got to take about this much and then roll it into a ball like this.” Melissa explains and demonstrates. Amelia takes about the same amount that Melissa did and rolls it into a ball.

“It’s squishy.” Amelia tells her.

“It hardens when it cooks.” Melissa explains.

“Like this? Did I do it right?” Amelia asks and shows Melissa the meatball.

“Yes, you did it perfectly.” Melissa says with a smile and Amelia smiles proudly. Amelia ends up helping Melissa make dinner after that. After Melissa puts it in the oven to cook, she makes sure that both her and Amelia wash their hands and then they come out into the living room where you and the twins are. “Guess who just got their first cooking lesson.” Melissa exclaims and you look up to see they both have a smile on their face.

“I just helped Mamma make meatballs.” Amelia says and you gasp.

“Really? Oh my god, that’s so exciting.” You tell them.

“Mamma, can you teach me how to cook like you?” Amelia asks Melissa and you can tell that Melissa is overjoyed and about to cry.

“I’d be so happy to teach you.” Melissa says.

“Amelia, why don’t you come over here and tell me all about the cooking lesson.” You say, giving Melissa a moment to sneak off into the bathroom so Amelia doesn’t worry about why her mom is crying. Melissa comes back out just as Amelia was finishing the explanation.

“And after Mamma put it in the oven then we had to wash our hands again.” Amelia tells you. “Do you think I can be a good cook too?”

“Well your Mamma is the best cook ever so I have no doubt she’ll teach you everything she knows.” You say to her and then you both see Melissa listening to the conversation.

“Mamma, who taught you how to cook?” Amelia asks her.

“My Ma and my Nonna did.” Melissa tells her as she walks over to all of you. “And I know that if you want, you can be a really good cook just like me.” Melissa says to her.

“Really?” Amelia asks with a smile.

“Yep, you’re Sicilian, it’s in your blood, and you also have the best teacher ever.” Melissa tells her daughter and you roll your eyes.

Half an hour later, Melissa takes the meatballs out of the oven and takes a few pictures of them so she can show everyone that she taught her daughter how to make them. You put the twins in their high chairs and Melissa in her seat. You put the bibs on everyone before you go into the kitchen.

“Need some help cutting up the meatballs for everyone?” You ask her.

“Sure. I already did Amelia’s and I’m just working on the twins now.” She tells you and you nod. You start helping her cut up the meatballs for your kids.

“So, the best teacher ever I see.” You suddenly say and she looks at you.

“I wasn’t lying.” Is all Melissa says and you smile.

“I didn’t say you were and I’m certain that Amelia will take after you with the cooking.” You tell her.

“I’m going to have to see all the recipes that a 4 year old can help me to make.” She says and you hum.

“She’s not 4 yet.”

“She will be in 2 months. She’s closer to 4 than 3.” She tells you and then puts the utensils down and looks at you. “Can you believe that in 10 months, our oldest will be starting kindergarten? Kindergarten!” Melissa says.

“I know, just imagine that when she’s in grade 2 then you’ll be her teacher.” You tell her.

“There’s a chance she won’t be in my class.” She says and you scoff.

“We both know you’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she’s in your class.” You tell her and she smiles.

“We will make sure she’s in your third grade class as well.” Melissa tells you as she wraps her arms around your waist.

“Mamma! Mommy! I’m hungry!” You both hear Amelia yell and Melissa gives you a quick kiss before she brings out two plates, one for Amelia and the other for Nico. You bring out the other plate for Caty as well as bringing out the plates for you and Melissa. You all start eating the meatballs and you look at Melissa who’s smiling at Amelia. “Mamma, when will I get to use a fork like you and Mommy have?” Amelia asks her as she looks at her pink plastic fork.

“When you’re older.” Melissa tells her. “When you’re around 7.” Melissa adds.

Later that night, you’re all watching sleeping beauty and Amelia is sitting on Melissa’s lap. You look over to see Melissa braiding Amelia’s hair and she looks at you as she sees you looking and you raise your eyebrows at her.

“So was there a reason you were looking at me weirdly?” She asks as you both get into bed.

“Is there a reason you were so focused on giving her a perfect braid?” You counter.

“I like styling our daughter’s hair.” She says and you give her a look. “Alright, you know that I gave up on having kids before we met so it hit me really hard when Amelia asked if I could teach her how to cook. I always dreamed of one day teaching my child or children how to cook. And my ma used to style all 6 of her daughters hair sometimes and it was nice to remember all that and pass it on to Amelia.” She explains and you cuddle with her.

“Whatever memories you want to give Amelia, I’m sure she’ll love them.” You tell her and Melissa smiles. “By the way, we have to get the twins actually beds.” You suddenly say and Melissa widens her eyes.

“For fuck sake, they’re growing up too fast again.” She says before you fall asleep.

Chapter Text

“I can’t believe you.” You tell Melissa as you’re pacing back and forth in the bedroom with one of her shirts on.

“I already said I’m sorry.” Melissa says as she’s sitting on the bed.

“Did you do that on purpose?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Just forgot to pull out.”

“You finished inside of me, I could get pregnant again.” You say and Melissa gets up, comes over to you and wraps her arms around your waist.

“You know I would never do that purposely, I love you too much for that. I would never do anything that you don’t want me to do, especially something that concerns your body.” Melissa tells you and you look at her.

“I know, I’m sorry I got mad at you.” You say and wrap your arms around her.

“It’s alright. Although would 4 kids be so bad?” She asks and you look at her and raise your eyebrows.

The two of you had a stressful week at work so since it was friday night Melissa wanted to fuck you with the strap with the promise to pull out. You agreed straight away but Melissa got too into it and forgot to pull out in time.

The next day Melissa is leaning against the doorframe looking at the twin’s shared bedroom that will be changed today. You two both agreed that since the twins are getting their toddler beds then it’s time they got their own room. After all, you both moved into a 5 bedroom house so all your kids can have their own room. Melissa goes downstairs to see you writing things down on a paper at the dinner table and you have your phone out.

“What are you doing? She asks and looks to see all the kids playing in the living room.

“Writing down everything that we need to decorate both of the twin’s bedrooms.” You say and she goes to sit beside you.

“What’s on it so far?” She asks and you finish writing before you put your pen down.

“2 toddler beds, 2 nightstands, 2 lamps, 1 nightlight, 2 carpets, 2 sets of sheets, 2 pillows and 2 toy chests.” You tell her.

“Why do they need carpets? They’re toddles.”

“Caty likes carpets, haven’t you noticed she doesn’t play on the floor?” You tell her.

“I have. How come you didn’t put down a bookshelf?”

“They already have a bookshelf.”

“There’s only one.”

“I’m sure they can share, plus they can’t read yet.”

“They will have their own bookshelf as they’ll love reading.” Melissa tells you sternly and you raise your eyebrows.

“They’ll have their own bookshelf when they learn to read.” You say and turn back to the list.

“Fine. So what colours are we getting?”

“I was thinking of getting purple for Caty and-”

“Purple? Why not pink?” Melissa says, interrupting you but you ignore her.

“-and red or blue for Nico.” You continue and Melissa doesn’t look impressed. “Pink is already for Amelia and she likes it. And as much as I love pink, maybe our daughters should have a different colour palette in their room.” You say and she sighs. “And their wardrobe as well.” You add after a couple seconds and she looks at you with wide eyes and gasps.

“Different colour clothes as well? Now you’re just talking crazy.” Melissa says and crosses her arms.

“Caty will keep getting Amelia’s old clothes but we could get her things in different colours. Like purple or blue or green or even black. You know, go through the rainbow a bit.” You tell her calmly.

“I think between us we already represent the rainbow enough.” She tells you and you shake your head and roll your eyes. “Besides, pink goes well with ginger hair.”

“It does, but I’ve seen you in different colours and you look good in all colours but red and green also look really good on you.”

“Medium blue for Caty.” Melissa suddenly says and you look at her. “It calms the mind and she likes blue toys.” She explains and you smile before writing it down. “Red for Nico.” She says after and you nod.

“So your cousins are picking up the cribs tomorrow?” You ask her and she nods.

“Yep, he knows a couple who’s having twins in two months.” She tells you and you nod.

“How are you feeling about the whole ‘our twins are becoming toddlers’?” You ask her and she sighs.

“I’m liking it and not liking it.” She says softly and you go over and sit on her lap and she wraps her arms around your waist. “I like that they’re growing up and we’ll be able to do more with them together but they’re not our little babies anymore.” She tells you and you wrap an arm around her neck and turn your body sideways and she lays her head on your chest.

“I know Mel. But you’re right about the fact that we’ll be able to do more with them.” You say and she hums. “We gave Amelia her first swimming lesson when she was 2 and we can do it with the twins. We can go on picnics when it’s nice out or even the beach together. We can go to different restaurants as a family and you’ll be able to teach all 3 of them how to cook.” You tell her and she lifts her head off of you and smiles. Just then Melissa feels something hit her leg and she looks down to see Sweet Cheeks running around the house.

“Sweet Cheeks! But how…?” She says and looks at the Cheeks family cage to see Amelia there looking guilty. “Amelia, did you let him out?” She asks.

“I wanted to pet him.” Amelia tells her and you get off of Melissa, careful to not step on Sweet Cheeks. Melissa runs after Sweet Cheeks and catches him after a few attempts.

“Amelia, if you want to pet him then you know you have to ask me or mommy.” Melissa tells her daughter. Amelia goes over to Melissa and Melissa crouches down so Amelia can pet him.

“Guinea pig!” You all hear and look to see Nico walking towards Melissa and Amelia.

“That’s right. Sweet Cheeks is a Guinea pig.” Melissa tells him softly. “Do you want to pet him?” Melissa asks and he nods. “Remember to pet him gently.” Melissa reminds him. You watch Nico and Amelia pet Sweet Cheeks and then you see Caty playing by herself.

“Caty, do you want to pet him?” You ask her and she looks up at you before going back to doing her puzzle.

“Soft.” Nico says and Melissa smiles.

“He’s very soft.” Melissa tells him. “Alright I’m going to put him back in the cage with his family.” Melissa says after a minute.

“Alright, let’s go pick out some new pjs for Amelia and then go get some new furniture for the twins.” You say and everyone looks at you.

“So you can try this on and this one, as well as this one.” Melissa says as she keeps taking pjs off the rack and putting them in the cart for Amelia to try on.

“Melissa don’t you think that 20 pairs of pjs is enough for her to try on?” You ask her as you see Amelia sitting on the end of the cart, looking at all the outfits nervously.

“Fine. Amelia, are there ones that you want to try on?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods.

Amelia goes through the pjs outfits and picks 5 that she wants to try. Melissa puts the other ones back and then you all go to the change rooms. Caty starts crying while Melissa is helping Amelia put the outfits on so you take her out of the stroller and sit her on your lap. Caty rests her head on your chest and starts calming down just before Amelia comes out in the first pj outfit.

“What do you think of this one, mommy?” Amelia asks you and you can tell she really likes it.

“I like it, do you like it sweetheart?” You ask her and she nods with a smile.

Around noon, Amelia and Melissa are looking at all the toddler beds with Nico in Melissa’s arms and you’re pushing the cart with Caty in it.

“That one mamma.” Nico says and points at a red race car bed.

“You like that one?” Melissa asks him and he nods. She puts Nico down and he runs over to it and sits down on it. Melissa and Amelia walk over to it and you push the cart closer as the first bed may have just been found. “Alright if you like it then we’ll get it for you.” Melissa tells him and she finds the box for it and puts it in the cart. She looks back at the bed and sees Nico is still in it and she goes over to him with a smile. “Come on, hon.” She tells him and he shakes his head with a smile. “No? Alright you little trouble maker.” She says and starts tickling him and he starts giggling.

“Mamma!” He says through giggles and then Melissa picks him up and brings him over to where you all are with the cart.

“Alright, Caty’s turn to pick.” Melissa says and you take Caty out of the seat of the cart and Melissa puts Nico there in her place.

“Go pick a bed, sweetie.” You tell Caty when she doesn’t move. She then stays where she is and hugs your leg and doesn’t let go. Melissa then goes into her purse and pulls out Teddy.

“Here’s Teddy, hon.” Melissa says and Caty lets go of your leg and takes Teddy and holds the Teddy bear tightly. Teddy was once Amelia’s bear but Amelia gave him to her sister after it became Caty’s favourite.

Caty looks around at all the beds and she doesn’t move. You then pick her up and she looks at one and doesn’t look away from it. You follow her line of sight and you see she’s looking at a blue one with rainbows and clouds and a unicorn on the headboard. You bring her over there and she reaches out her free hand to it and you put her down. She goes over to the bed and gets on it. She then touches the unicorn painting and then looks at you with a smile.

“I think she likes unicorns.” Melissa says and you nod.

“I think so too.” You tell her and then Melissa puts the box in the cart.

“Alright let’s go find some nightstands and some lamps.” Melissa says and you nod before you pick up Caty and look at some nightstands.

“Oh, this is nice. It’s white so it can go with the blue palette or anything else that we want.” You say and Melissa looks at it. “What do you think Caty?” You ask her and put her down near the nightstand. She then runs over to a purple nightstand and touches it. Melissa leans against the cart and puts her head in her hands.

“Oh my god, my kids have no sense of style.” She says and you laugh. Nico reaches out to her and touches her head and Melissa looks at him.

“Mamma ok?” He asks and Melissa smiles at him and grabs his hand.

“I am, my sweet boy.” She tells him.

“Mamma, mommy, what about this one for Cat?” You hear Amelia say and she’s looking at a white one with 2 little unicorns on the front of the drawers.

“Oh, well that would match.” You say as you pick Caty up and bring her over to where Amelia is. You put Caty down and she goes over and touches one of the little unicorns.

“I think we have a winner.” Melissa says and puts the box in the cart.

“Vroom vroom!” Nico says and points to a race car nightstand.

“Since when was he into cars?” You ask and Melissa shrugs.

“I mean we did put the cars movie on a few days ago, maybe that’s when.” She says and you hum. “And lightning McQueen is red.” She adds and you smile.

“Well this is perfect, our kids are picking out what they want pretty quickly.” You say and Melissa goes to get the nightstand.

Half an hour later Melissa is putting the bed sheets for Caty in the cart and then you both go to the nightlights.

“Mamma, mommy, look at the princess one.” Amelia exclaims happily and shows Melissa.

“You already have a nightlight Tesoro. We’re here to get one more for the twins.” Melissa tells her and Amelia pouts. “Christmas is in 6 weeks, maybe Santa will bring you one.” She adds and then looks at you with a knowing smile.

“But I already sent my Christmas list to Santa, how will he know I also want a Princess night light?” Amelia asks.

“He knows everything, now come on.” Melissa tells her. After choosing a night light for Nico, as the current one the twins have is going to Caty, you move on to carpets. “This is a nice blue one.” Melissa says and you look at it. Caty reaches out, touches it and retracts her hand immediately.

“I guess that’s a no.” You say and Melissa hums before you both look at others. You end up putting Caty down and get her to touch all the carpets to pick out which one she likes. After a few minutes, she touches a blue one and touches it with her face after a couple seconds.

“I think we have a winner.” Melissa says and you look at the number on the carpet and grab one from the shelf. “Alright Nico, you’re turn to pick one.” Melissa tells him as she takes him out of the cart and puts him down. It doesn’t take him long to pick out a red and black one and you put it in the cart.

“Alright we’ll have to get the lamps and toy chests next weekend.” You say and she nods. “Let’s go get these things and put them together at home.”

You put all the kids in the car when Melissa manages to put everything in the trunk. When you get home, you set all the kids up with toys before you help Melissa bring everything into the house. Melissa quickly makes a quick and easy snack for everyone and you get everyone to eat while Melissa gets the cribs out of the room, in a few pieces. Melissa brings down all the pieces of the second crib and she lets out a breath. You see she put her hair in a ponytail, took off her leather jacket and just has a tank top on.

“Alright, the cribs are out of the room, so we can put the beds together.” Melissa tells you and you nod.

“Amelia, do you mind watching your siblings?” You ask her and she nods.

“I will, mommy.” She says and you give her a kiss on the cheek before going upstairs with Melissa.

An hour later Melissa tightens the last screw of the bed as you hold it in place and then you let go and you both look at the bed.

“It looks just like the one at the store, so I think it’s good.” You say as you go sit on the bed and smile.

“Think Caty will like it? She seems super picky about some things.” Melissa asks and you get up.

“Hopefully, or else we’ll be sleeping with a toddler again.” You tell her and then you both go to Nico’s room.

Another hour later you come back upstairs and see Melissa is just finishing up the bed.

“Is everything alright with them?” She asks and you nod.

“They were just getting bored so I set them up with the little mermaid.” You tell her and she nods.

“Well the beds are finished. I think I should start dinner before we get started on the nightstands.” She tells you.

“We could order dinner. I mean we’re doing a lot of work this afternoon and evening.” You say and she wraps her arms around you.

“You’re thoughtful but I’m good. Cooking helps get my mind off of things and it’s relaxing.” She says before she gives you a kiss and then goes downstairs.

“Mamma, can I help make dinner?” You hear Amelia ask her as you pick up the boxes and wrapping from the bed packaging.

“Of course, Tesoro. Come on.” Melissa tells her and then they both go into the kitchen as you come downstairs to watch the twins.

Half an hour later Nico goes into the kitchen and hugs Melissa’s leg.

“Nico?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at him.

“What are you doing in here, hon. Aren’t you watching a movie with mommy?” She asks him and he shakes his head.

“Mommy is not.” He says and Melissa furrows her eyebrows in confusion.

“Amore?” Melissa asks and she doesn’t get a response. She turns off the stove, gets Amelia off the counter, picks Nick up and walks out of the kitchen. She gets into the living room and finds you asleep on the couch with Caty sleeping on your chest. “You’re right hon, mommy is asleep.” She tells Nico softly. She then puts Nico down and walks over and gently takes Caty off of you.

“Should we wake mommy up?” Amelia asks and Melissa shakes her head.

“No, it was a stressful week for her. Let’s give mommy some quiet time.” Melissa says and then she brings Caty upstairs to her bed and turns on the baby monitor. “Alright, you two, let’s go into the kitchen.” She tells Amelia and Nico who follow her into the kitchen. She places both of them on the counter and then she turns the stove back on.

“Mamma, hungwy.” Nico says and Melissa looks at him with a smile.

“I know my ometto.” Melissa tells him and Amelia looks at her confused.

“What did you call him?” Amelia asks curiously.

“Ometto. It’s Italian for little man.” Melissa explains. “Dinner is almost ready.” She then adds as she stirs the sauce. She then takes the spoon out and carefully brings it over to Nico. “Here, open your mouth caro mio.” She says and he opens his mouth. She then gets him to taste the sauce. “Is it good?” She asks him and he nods with a smile.

“Good, mamma.” He tells her and she smiles at him.

“Here, Amelia, you can taste it too.” She says and Amelia tastes it.

“I love it, mamma.” She tells her. “What is it?”

“Bucatini all’amatriciana.” Melissa says. “Your mommy loves it and I haven’t made it in a little bit.”

“Are you trying to apologise to mommy for something?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at her in confusion.

“Why would you ask that?”

“There’s been a few times where I heard you both yelling and then you make something that she loves and you two love each other again.” Amelia says.

“You’re very perceptive for a 3 year old.” She says and Amelia looks confused.

“What does perceptive mean?”

“It means smart and observant.” She explains. “But me and mommy never stop loving each other. We just have disagreements sometimes which is normal and healthy in relationships. And I’m not trying to apologise for anything, we just did a lot today and this week and it’ll make her happy to eat something that she loves.” Melissa explains to Amelia and then turns off the stove. “How about you two go wake mommy up.” She says and then she gets them off the counter and they both run out of the kitchen.

Melissa gets 2 plates out, 1 plastic plate for Amelia and 2 bowls for the twins. She then goes to fill all of them with food and you then come into the kitchen as Amelia and Nico dragged you in there.

“I got a double wake up call.” You say and she smiles.

“I sent them to wake you up.” Melissa tells you and you hum. “By the way, Caty is asleep upstairs in her room, she fell asleep on you.” Melissa adds.

“Alright, I’ll go wake her up.” You say and she nods.

All 5 of you eat the meal together and you and Melissa watch as all your kids get sauce all over their faces and bibs.

“Well I guess that means they like it.” Melissa says and you chuckle.

“I guess so.”

“I don’t think the twins ever had it so I’m glad there’s something else I know that we all like.” Melissa tells you and you nod.

After dinner, you clear the table as Melissa is cleaning everyone’s face, and ignoring the complaints.

“Mamma!” Amelia complains.

“No!” Nico says and Caty makes a noise of complaint.

You then put on Cinderella as you and Melissa go back upstairs and put the nightstands together. An hour later you’re finished putting the second one together and then you move them beside the beds. Next Melissa puts the carpets in the middle of the bedrooms while you get the sheets out of the dryer as you washed them earlier. You make Caty’s bed while Melissa makes Nico’s. You then put Caty’s night light inside the drawer of her nightstand and Melissa does the same with Nico’s.

“What do you think?” You ask as you’re both standing in Nico’s room.

“They better fucking like it.” Melissa says and then you both go downstairs as Cinderella was ending.

“Alright, Nico and Caty, we want to show you your rooms.” You say and all your kids look at you. You pick up Caty while Melissa picks up Nico and Melissa grabs Amelia’s hand.

You all go upstairs and show Nico his room first. You all walk in and Nico runs around and then jumps in his bed with a smile on his face.

“You like it my Ometta?” Melissa asks him and he nods.

“Love it!” He exclaims and lays down in his bed, on top of the sheets.

“Alright, next is Caty’s room.” You say and then you all go to hers. You put Caty down and she looks around the room curiously and looks at you. “It’s your new room.” You say as you crouch down to her level. “What do you think?” You ask her and she walks around. She feels the blanket on her bed and looks at the nightstand and then the carpet on the ground. She sits down on the carpet and feels it before she lays down on it.

“Well at least we know she likes the carpet.” Melissa says and you smile.

Amelia then goes over to Caty and gets her to stand up. Amelia then brings her over to the bed and instructs her to sit on the bed. You both watch the interaction curiously and see that Amelia is becoming a great big sister.

An hour later Melissa watches as Amelia puts on one of her new pj outfits. She finishes and she looks at her wrists and ankles and sees the pjs cover them again. Melissa finishes folding the pjs that are too small on Amelia now and puts them in a pile on the floor.

“Mamma?” Amelia then says and sits down beside Melissa.

“Ya, Tesoro?”

“One of the kids at daycare said that it was wrong that you and mommy have a big age difference. Is that true?” Amelia asks and Melissa furrows her eyebrows.

“It’s not wrong, it’s just different. And I think the kid is just repeating what their parents said.” Melissa says. “Do you think it’s wrong?” Melissa asks her and Amelia thinks about it.

“No, but everyone else’s parents don’t have a big age difference.” Amelia says and Melissa picks her up and puts her on her lap.

“An age difference in relationships isn’t very common but it’s also not unheard of. It’s still different and I’m not surprised that there’s still people who think it’s wrong. When I was your mommy’s age and even before then, a big age difference was frowned upon. But the most important thing to remember is that your mommy and I love each other very much and we love you and your siblings, and the age difference shouldn’t matter as long as there’s love.” Melissa explains to her. “Do you understand?” She adds.

“I think so. What should I do if I get told that again?” Amelia asks.

“Just tell one of the adults that takes care of you or you can just ignore the child.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

“Ok, mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa places a kiss on top of her head. “I love you, mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa wraps her arms around her.

“I love you too, Tesoro, very much.” Melissa says and then she tucks Amelia in her bed. Melissa closes the door and walks down the hall and sees Nico asleep in his bed and sees you tucking Caty in her bed.

“Goodnight sweetheart.” You tell Caty and then place a kiss on her cheek and stand up. You see Melissa at the door frame and walk over and gently close the door. You look at Melissa before she grabs your hand and brings you to the bedroom and she closes the door. “What’s going on?” You ask.

“I need you to stop me from plotting against some parents.” She says and you tilt your head.

“Ok, I’m gonna need some context.” You say as you bring her to the edge of the bed and you both sit down.

“Amelia just told me that a kid at daycare told her that the age gap between us is wrong. And I highly doubt that the kid came up with that themselves so it’s obviously the parents that said that and they’re just repeating it.” Melissa explains and you wrap an arm around her but she gets up and paces. “I don’t want people saying crap like that to my daughter.” She adds.

“What did you tell Amelia?” You ask her.

“I told her that the age difference doesn’t matter because we love each other and all of our kids.” Melissa says.

“That’s a good answer.” You say and she huffs.

“I know it is but again, I don’t want people saying stuff like that to my daughter.” Melissa repeats and you get up and grab her arms and she lets out a breath.

“I know but you can’t stop it, and I can’t stop it either. The only thing we can do is explain to our kids what our point of view is to whatever they ask.” You tell her and she puts her head in her hands. “You can’t be surprised that some parents might think that as you thought that at first. Or do you not remember me calming you down about 2 months after we started dating about this?” You ask her and she moves her hands away and looks at you.

“I actually forgot about that.” She says and you wrap your arms around her.

“Well what you told Amelia is the best that we can do about the situation and we shouldn’t go plotting against the parents or threaten them.” You tell her and she sighs.

“Even though some crap was said to my daughter and it was about our relationship?” She asks.

“Even then.” You tell her and she kisses you.

“Alright.” She says and you kiss her again before you pull away and go to the bathroom. “Hey! Get back here, I was done kissing you.” She says and follows after you and you giggle.

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“Melissa Schemmenti!” You yell as you come downstairs and she looks at you as she was trying to teach Caty to talk. “Can I talk to you for a second?” You ask her and then walk into the kitchen, leaving no room for argument.

“Mamma’s in trouble.” Amelia says as Melissa gets up with a sigh. She walks in the kitchen and you’re looking at her with your hands crossed.

“What’d I do now?” She asks, confused.

“Remember 4 weeks ago when we had sex with the strap on?” You ask her and she thinks about it for a few seconds before nodding. “I think something became of that as my period is late.” You say and she widens her eyes.

“Well you could just be a little late, no reason to-”

“11 days late.” You interrupt her with. “I want you to go to the store and get me 3 pregnancy tests.” You say sternly.

“Why me? Not that I mind but you can drive as well.”

“Because I just threw up and it took a lot out of me. As well as I’m asking you to.” You tell her and she nods.

“Alright, I’ll be back in 20 minutes.” She says and she goes to kiss you but then remembers you just threw up so she kisses your forehead.

“Probably the best choice as I need mouthwash or gum.” You say and she leaves.

“Where’s Mamma going?” Amelia asks and you sit on the couch beside her.

“Just getting something at the store for me.” You tell her. And then you text her to also grab a couple packs of gum for you.

30 minutes later Melissa is pacing in the bathroom and she looks at the timer again, 30 more seconds. She paces again and then she sees you looking at her.

“What?” She asks.

“Nothing, I just can’t tell if you’re excited or scared.” You say.

“Both. I would love another child but I’m also happy with the 3 we already have.” She tells you and you hum. Just then the timer on your phone goes off and you both take a deep breath. You stop the timer and put your phone in your back pocket. “Ready?” She asks and you take a deep breath again before you nod. Both of you then flip all 3 of them over and you look at all of them. “Oh my god! This one is positive.” She says and looks at you.

“So are these 2.” You say and then look at her before bringing a hand to your stomach. You then sit on the toilet and look at her. “Are we able to have another child, financially and mentally speaking?” You ask her and she thinks about it.

“I’m not even mentally prepared for the 3 we already have, but I think another baby would be wonderful. And yes we are financially stable for another baby.” She says and you look at her with a smile.

“We’re going to have another baby.” You whisper and she smiles at you before she launches forward and hugs you. After she hugs you then she goes to your belly and places a kiss on it.

“Hi little one, I’m your mamma.” She says to your belly.

“We can’t tell anyone for another month, not even our kids.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“But Christmas is in 2 weeks and you expect me to keep this to myself?” She asks and you nod. “But…but…aww.” She says and then pouts.

“Sometimes I feel like I already have 4 kids.” You say and stroke her head.

A few hours later Melissa is cooking dinner with Amelia in the kitchen and you all of a sudden get a craving for sugar. You get up from the couch and go into the kitchen.

“Hey Melissa, do we-” You get cut off as you smell the food and instantly feel sick and cover your mouth as you run to the bathroom.

“Well I hope that’s not because of my food!” Melissa yells after you. She gets a text from you a couple minutes later and looks at her phone.

You: It was because of the food. I don’t think I can eat it, or rather the baby can’t

Melissa looks at it and groans.

“What is it Mamma?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at the food and thinks.

“I can’t believe I’m doing this.” Melissa complains and looks in the cupboard. “Amelia, you can’t say I don’t love your mommy as I’m about to do something that’s against everything I stand for.” Melissa tells her and gets some canned soup out. “Your mommy got this soup when I got sick a year ago. There’s a reason she doesn’t do the cooking, and it’s because she can’t.” Melissa explains to Amelia as she gets a pot out and puts the soup in it.

Melissa then goes to put the food on the plates for herself, Amelia and the twins while the soup for you cooks. When your soup is done she gets a bowl for you out and puts half of the soup in there.

“What’s going on with Mommy?” Amelia asks as Melissa gets her off the counter.

“Nothing, just not feeling great.” Melissa tells her. Melissa brings Amelia out just as you’re putting Nico in his high chair and she sees Caty is already in hers. Melissa goes back into the kitchen and brings out the plates for the twins and Amelia. She gives the twins their plates and then gives it to Amelia as you helped her sit in her seat with the booster. She then goes back and gets her plate and your bowl of soup and comes back out. “This goes against everything I stand for but I love you.” She complains as she gives you the bowl of soup and you smile.

“I love you too, thank you.” You say and she sighs.

“Mamma says you’re not feeling good, are you ok?” Amelia asks you and you nod.

“I’m not feeling the best but I feel better already.” You tell her and she nods.

That night you’re on your phone in bed and then Melissa slides in beside you and lays her head on your lap and rubs your belly.

“Hi little one, it’s your mamma. When you’re born you’re gonna be so loved and you’ll have 3 amazing siblings to play with.” She tells the baby and you smile.

“I’m getting deja vu.” You say and she smiles.

“Our kids should know my voice and that I love them right from the start.” She says and you lean against the headboard.

“Even if you didn’t talk to my belly every night, I’m certain they already know.” You tell her and she places a kiss on your belly.

“Are you sure that you’re ok with being pregnant again? I know that it can be hard for you.” She asks and you smile.

“I’m sure. I’ll have you to boss around and get me what I need.” You say and she chuckles.

“I don’t see how that’s any different from when you’re not pregnant.” She tells you and you flick her forehead. “Ow!” She complains.

“Oh, sorry, must have been a mood swing.” You say with a smirk and she rolls her eyes.

“Your mommy may seem like an angel but she is far from innocent.” She tells your belly and you laugh.

In the morning you both walk into Abbott and you go into the break room. Melissa made you an extra breakfast and tea just in case so you’re happily eating it and drinking your tea while Melissa smiles at you.

“You know I can always bring in more if you’re that hungry.” She tells you and you look at her.

“What’s that supposed to mean? Do you think I’m fat? Oh you probably do!” You say and run out of the break room and Melissa sighs and Barb looks at her.

“So she’s pregnant again?” Barb asks.

“Yep. Found out yesterday.” Melissa says before she packs up everything and runs after you. “Y/n!” She yells out as she leaves the break room. She ends up finding you in your classroom, writing something on the whiteboard. “Hey Amore.” She says cautiously and you look at her.

“Hey, I’m sorry, I know you didn’t call me fat, I assumed and overreacted.” You tell her and she places the food down on the desk as well as your mug of tea. She puts her purse beside your desk as well as your bag that you left in the break room.

“It’s alright. It’s the pregnancy hormones.” She says and you walk up to her and kiss her. “By the way, Barb found out that you’re pregnant. I think the extra breakfast and mood swing gave it away.” She says with a smile and you hum.

“That’s alright. Do you know how sexy you are right now?” You ask and kiss her again. You pin her against the whiteboard and she gasps before you kiss her again.

“Amore.” She says breathlessly as she pulls back and you kiss down her neck. “Y/n, we’re at work.” She tells you.

“Are you saying you don’t want me?” You ask her, sadness lacing your words.

“We’re at work.” She says and grabs your chin gently. “But after work we can go home, I can ravish you and then pick the kids up after.” She tells you and you whimper.

“But I want you now. I’m turned on now.” You say with a pout and Melissa sees the wide open door. Melissa goes and closes the door and then walks back to you.

“Fine, but only because I love you and I know your hormones are everywhere right now.” She tells you before she unzips your pants and sticks her hand down your pants and finds your clit. You grab your desk behind you and buck your hips. “Stay quiet though or I’ll stop.” She says and you nod.

She continues circling your clit quickly and you wrap your arm around her neck. She’s circling it quickly, wanting you to finish and have time to calm down before you both have to teach. Your orgasm is building quickly and losing your balance the closer you get to finishing. Melissa senses your struggle and pulls away to lift you up onto your desk. She goes back to circling your clit and your orgasm starts building again and you bury your head in her shoulder to muffle your noises.

“Are you close, Amore?” She asks and you nod. She applies more pressure and goes faster and you let out a muffled gasp and wrap your legs around her waist. You feel it get closer and closer until you let go and come all over her fingers. Melissa keeps you close to her to help you cool down and she removes her fingers from inside of you. She licks her fingers and hums at your taste. “I’ll never get tired of how you taste.” She says and you smile. “Feel better?” She then asks and you nod.

“The other 2 times my sex drive didn’t change until I was at least 4 months pregnant.” You say and she quirks an eyebrow at you.

“It did change when you were about a month pregnant as well but then it went back to normal pretty quickly. But your body is changing to support our baby, so whatever you need, I’ll provide it.” She tells you and caresses your cheek.

“How did I get such a loving wife?” You tell her.

“We fell in love, simple as that.” She says and you smile. “But you deserve to be treated the way I treat you. You’re carrying our fourth child and I want to make it as comfortable for you as possible.” She adds and you kiss her. You both pull away when you hear someone clear their throat and look to see Barb there.

“Sorry to interrupt but I just want to say congratulations as you’re carrying your fourth child.” She tells you both and you smile as you lay your head on Melissa’s chest.

“Thank you.” You say and Melissa strokes your head.

“Don’t get too comfortable on my chest, I have to go to my classroom to greet the little eagles in 5 minutes.” She tells you and you wrap your arms around her waist.

“Noo, I’m keeping you all to myself.” You whine out and Melissa smiles and Barb leaves you two be.

“I want to be by your side too but we got to work to make money to support our little devils.” Melissa says and you sigh. “How about we put the kids to bed early tonight and then you and I take a nice hot bath together?” She suggests and you hum.

“That sounds nice. And thankfully none of them can tell time yet.” You tell her and she laughs.

“Not until I teach them.” She says. “I just realised that once I start teaching Amelia, then there’ll be 4 years where one of our kids will be in one of our classes. Cause I’ll have Amelia in grade 2 you’ll get her in grade 3 then when she’s in grade 4 then the twins will start in grade 2.” Melissa tells you.

“Well they’ll have no excuse to not do homework.” You say and she laughs.

“I gotta go to my classroom and it looks like your little eagles are arriving.” She says and you look to see 5 of your students peeking their heads in. “Hey little eagles.” Melissa says and places a kiss on your forehead.

“Mrs. Schemmenti, are you teaching us again?” One of them asks.

“No, was just talking with my wife.”

“Aw, I miss being your little eagle.” They tell her.

“I’m literally right here, your current teacher.” You say as you get off the desk and you and Melissa go out into the hallway.

“Well now you're my wife’s little eagle.” Melissa tells them and she smiles at you before she goes to her own classroom.

At lunch Melissa places the container with your food in front of you and you push it away.

“Are you serious?” She says, looking offended.

“Yes.” You tell her and she huffs. “If I eat it then I will throw up.” You add.

“You didn’t want dinner last night and now lunch? I swear this child is more picky than the twins.” She tells you without thinking and everyone looks at you both.

“Y/n, you’re pregnant again?” Janine asks and Melissa then realises her slip up.

“Yea, but only 4 weeks right now. We were going to wait until after the new year to announce it.” You say to Melissa and she shrugs.

“I told you that I can’t keep it to myself.” She says and you roll your eyes before she goes into the fridge and gives you another container. “After you rejected last night’s dinner, I made you 2 lunches today in case you rejected my food again.” She tells you and you smile and eat the food.

“You’re definitely used to my pregnancy cravings at this point.”

“Unfortunately, yes. Which consists of my food being rejected for 4 months to the point that I question if the child is really mine.” She says and you smile.

“I don’t have sex with anyone else so it can only be yours.”

“You said the same thing with Amelia.”

“Yes, and she’s your mini me.” You counter and she smiles.

“Ya, she is.”

At the end of the day she drives you both to the daycare and you pick up all your kids and then drive home. You set the kids up with their favourite tv show and Melissa brings you into the kitchen.

“So what’s our little critic wanting tonight?” She says as she opens the fridge.

“I’m really craving chicken and wanting to order pizza from that place down the street.”

“I swear this one is so picky but you know what, fine, we’ll order pizza but I’m cooking the chicken.” She says and you nod. “Are you ok with having the chicken on the pizza?” She asks and you gasp as you lean on the counter.

“That sounds really good.” You tell her and she gets her phone out.

“I can’t believe I’m willing to go against everything I believe in again.” She says as she goes to get the phone number for the pizza place.

“It’s because you love me.” You tell her and kiss her.

“I do. Now go watch the kids and I’ll order the pizza and cook the chicken.” She tells you and you nod.

“Amelia, what are you doing with Caty?” You ask her as Amelia is grabbing Caty’s hair.

“Trying to braid it. Mamma taught me how but I forget how.” Amelia says and Caty slaps her hands away. “Ow.” Amelia complains and crosses her arms.

“You know Caty doesn’t like when you touch her hair.” You tell her and she sighs.

“Mommy.” Amelia then says and you sit on the couch between her and Caty.

“Ya?”

“There’s a kid in daycare that’s started learning how to read. When will I learn?” Amelia asks.

“Well when you’re ready. Some start learning at 3 but most start learning in kindergarten when they’re 5.” You explain.

“But I’m almost 4, shouldn’t I start learning before kindergarten so I can be prepared?” She asks you.

“We can definitely find out how to start teaching you if you really want. You might also learn in pre-kindergarten next school year.”

“I want to learn now.” Amelia says before she gets down and goes up the stairs to her room. She comes back down 30 seconds later with a book in her hand and puts it in your lap and sits down next to you.

“Sweetheart, I think we need to start with small words first, I mean you don’t even know the alphabet.” You tell her. “Look, I'll ask Barb how to start teaching someone to read.” You add and Melissa comes out.

“Why did I hear little feet running around?” She asks.

“Amelia wants to learn how to read and she went to get a book from her room.” You tell her. “Sweetheart, I promise I’ll ask Barb as I don’t know how to teach kids how to read as third graders already know how to.” You say to Amelia.

“I know.” Melissa says and you both look at her. “I’ve had a few students over the years that are late readers and I had to teach them the basics.” She explains.

“Can you teach me Mamma?” Amelia asks her and Melissa smiles.

“Of course I can but you have to learn the alphabet, which is all the letters that are used in the English language.” She explains to Amelia as she comes over to the couch.

“Ma…ma.” You both hear and look to see Caty rocking herself back and forth and babbling. Mamma.” She says and you look to see Melissa smiling as she goes over and kneels in front of where Caty is sitting.

“That’s right dolcezza, I’m Mamma.” She tells her and Caty smiles.

“Mamma.” Caty says again as she reaches out and touches Melissa’s face.

“Did you order the pizza?” You ask Melissa and she nods as she grabs Caty’s hand and smiles at her.

“Yep, it’ll be here in about 40 minutes.” She tells you and you nod.

“What is ordering a pizza?” Amelia asks you.

“It’s again, something that makes me go against everything I was taught since I was 5.” Melissa says and you roll your eyes.

“It means that we called a place that makes pizzas and they’ll make it and deliver it to us. It’ll taste a bit different then the pizzas that Mamma makes as Mamma makes Italian pizzas and we’ll be having American pizzas.” You explain to her.

“I make the best pizzas, that's what I make.” Melissa counters.

“If Mamma makes them better then why are we ordering pizza?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at you and raises her eyebrows.

“To give Mamma a break from cooking.” You tell her and you see Melissa rolling her eyes.

“I will be cooking some chicken though to put on the pizza.” Melissa adds.

About 50 minutes later, Melissa comes out of the kitchen with pieces of cut up pizza and chicken on little plates and gives them to the twins and Amelia. She then goes back in and brings out a plate for you and her.
“Here you are Amore, pizza with chicken.” She says and then leans into your ear. “This baby better start craving my cooking very soon.” She says before she goes to sit in her seat and start eating. You start eating the pizza and you look to see Amelia eating it with a weird look on her face before she takes another bite.

“I like it.” Amelia says and Melissa looks at her in shock.

“More than mine?” Melissa asks her.

“It’s different.” Amelia tells her. “What kind of pizza is it?”

“It’s cheese pizza with chicken that I cooked on it.” Melissa tells Amelia.

“Well, I like it.” Amelia says as she continues eating and is getting tomato sauce all over her face. You try not to laugh but then you look to see Melissa pouting and you can’t help but burst out laughing and Melissa subtly flips you off.

“I gave the best Italian food for 3 years but apparently that gets all undone by one night with an American pizza thanks to the cravings of the little one inside of you.” Melissa complains in the kitchen as you’re bringing in the plates. Melissa then grabs a cloth, runs in under water and then goes out to wipe the tomato sauce off of everyone’s face. You walk out of the kitchen 10 seconds later to Amelia complaining.

“Ahh!” She yells and Melissa holds her chin.

“How you managed to get some on your forehead I’ll never know, but I will say you got that talent from your mommy.” Melissa says as she finishes up Amelia’s face and stands up with a smirk.

“It happened one time and I’ll never live it down.” You mutter as you help Amelia off her chair and Melissa goes to clean Caty’s face.

“Ma…ma.” Caty says and Melissa smiles at her. “Mamma.” She says again and touches Melissa’s face.

“That’s right dolcezza, I’m your Mamma.” Melissa tells her and Caty smiles proudly.

2 hours later and Melissa is in the kitchen making your lunches for tomorrow as you are in the living room with your kids. Amelia is sitting beside you as you’re playing with the twins. Amelia then notices your phone sticking out of your pocket and she grabs it without you noticing. You only notice when your phone starts playing music and you look beside you. You’re about to take your phone back and turn it off when Amelia starts dancing.

It isn’t a song that you should play to children but you let her keep it on anyway as she looks happy and cute while dancing to it. Amelia gets up and keeps dancing before she goes over and takes Nico’s hand and includes him in the dancing. She tries to get Caty to do it as well but she doesn’t want to move. Melissa comes out confused as she heard the music and smiles when she sees Amelia and Nico dancing together and you’re taking pictures with your phone as it continues playing the music.

“So what happened here?” Melissa asks you as she came up to you.

“Amelia took my phone and started playing music and now it’s too cute to stop.” You say and she hums.

You then start feeling sick so you push your phone into her hands and run to the bathroom. You come back a few minutes later and your two kids are still dancing and it looks like they got Melissa involved as well. Amelia then sees you coming and she grabs your hand and brings you to join the dancing. She pushes you right into Melissa and Melissa smiles as she grabs your waist.

“Hi there, Amore.” She says and you smile. “Feel better?” She then asks and you nod.

“Ya. Just, you know, I threw up the pizza and chicken so there’s nothing in my stomach now.” You tell her and she quirks an eyebrow.

“Is this your way of asking for a snack?” She asks.

“Yes.” You say and she tucks some hair behind your ear.

“You can just directly ask me for one.” She tells you before she gives you a kiss and lets you go. “How about you round up the dancers and the watcher and set up a movie and I’ll get snacks ready for everyone?” She suggests and you nod.

“I like that idea.” You tell her and she goes into the kitchen.

Melissa comes out of the kitchen to see all the kids are on the couch and you’re on the loveseat and there’s a movie ready to go. She gives a small plate to all of the kids and gives you one with some veggies and dip.

At night you two are laying on the bed and Melissa is laying on your chest, rubbing your belly.

“And we will love you just as much as we love each other and our other 3 kids.” Melissa finishes saying to your belly. Melissa was telling the baby in your belly how you two fell in love. She then lifts up the shirt you’re wearing and places a gentle and loving kiss on your belly. “I can’t wait until you’re born and I can kiss you.” She tells your belly and then gets comfortable. You snuggle up next to her and she wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you in closer to her then places a kiss at the top of your head.

“Thank you for catering to my cravings, even if it is against everything you believe in.” You say to her.

“Of course, I’d do anything for you and our children.” She tells you. “Good night, Amore. Ti Amo.”

“Good night, I love you too.” You tell her and then you both fall asleep.

Chapter Text

“Sorry what?” You ask the doctor and Melissa is also looking at him in shock.

“There’s 2 babies inside of you.” The doctor tells you and you both look at him pointing at the ultrasound picture. “So here’s one baby and then the other one is over here.” He says and you both stare at it in shock.

“5 babies. We’re going to have 5 babies!” You yell and look at Melissa.

“This is a good thing, means 2 more kids instead of 1.” Melissa tells you excitedly.

“Yes, which means when they’re born we’ll have 5 kids under the age of 5.” You tell her.

“Yes, but we’ll have 5 kids. I can’t believe I’ll have a big family of my own.” She tells you with a smile.

“I’ll see you both in 3 months for your next ultrasound.” The doctor tells you both and Melissa helps you up.

“I wonder if we’ll have a boy and a girl again or two girls or even 2 boys.” Melissa says as you walk out of the office and to the car.

“Melissa.” You say and she turns around to look at you. “Can we even take care of 5 kids?” You ask. “5 kids under the age of 5?” You add and she thinks about it.

“Of course we can. And I think you’re forgetting that we’re not alone. We have so many family and friends who will be more than willing to help us or give us some time to ourselves.” She tells you and grabs your hands. “Amore, if you really can’t do this then I’ll support you if you want to end the pregnancy, but I think we can do this together because we have each other and so much support.” She says and you take a breath.

“You’re right, we can do this. I’m just really scared.” You tell her and she wraps you in a hug.

“I am as well, but I’m also really excited. I mean we get another 2 kids!” She tells you as she pulls away with a smile.

“I can see that you’re excited. I can’t wait to see if that excitement will disappear for the first 2 months after they’re born.” You say and she shrugs.

“I’ll always be happy when it comes to my family, even if I’m complaining and swearing about them.” She tells you and you laugh. “Now come on, we have to go pick the kids up from your parents place and get ready for my family’s christmas eve party.” She says and you nod.

“Why am I wearing a red and white dress instead of a pink one?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“Because it’s a Christmas party, and these are 2 of the Christmas colours.” Melissa says as she does Amelia’s hair. “And your little curls are perfect.” Melissa says and Amelia looks in the mirror.

“Am I pretty like you, Mamma?” She asks and Melissa smiles.

“You’re even prettier, you’re perfect.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles.

“Can you sit still?” You tell Nico as you strap him in his seat.

Amelia is sitting in the very backseat with her stuffed bunny named Hopper, looking out the window.

“Will my cousins be there?” Amelia asks as Melissa straps in Caty.

“My entire family will be there, so whatever cousins you’re talking about, yes, they’ll be there.” Melissa tells her.

“Well not your entire family. I don’t think there’s a big enough house to have your entire family in one place at the same time.” You say and Melissa raises an eyebrow as she looks at you and snaps the seatbelt in place for Caty. “I’m just saying that you have a big family.”

“I have an Italian family.”

“Exactly.” You counter.

“Tesoro, which cousins are you talking about?” Melissa asks.

“Francesca and Liliana.” Amelia says and Melissa nods.

“Yes, they’ll be there.” Melissa tells her and then closes the door.

On the way there you’re scrolling on your phone and Melissa glances over to see you looking at cars.

“What are you looking at Amore?” She asks.

“Looking at bigger cars.” You say and Melissa nods.

“For our whole family?” She asks.

“Yep.” You say and look to see Amelia distracted by her iPad and the twins playing with toys. “Because unless we get a bigger car then we’ll need 2 just to bring the entire family everywhere.” You whisper to her.

“I think they have 8 and 9-seater vans.”

“Oh they do. It looks like the length of a truck but it’s a van.” You tell her. “We’ll sell this one and buy a new one in about 6 months.” You say and she nods.

“Sounds like a plan.” She tells you.

“Oh Merry Christmas to you 5.” Teresa tells you all when she opens the door.

“Merry Christmas Ma.” Melissa says and hugs her mother.

“Mewwy Chris-ma.” Nico says and Teresa looks at him with a smile.

“He’s talking now.” Teresa says and Melissa nods.

“Ya, he went from babbling all the time to forming words about 7 months ago.” Melissa says and then they all go inside.

“Is Francesca and Liliana here Nonna?” Amelia asks her.

“They are, they’re just playing in the living room.” Teresa says and Amelia goes running after taking off her shoes.

“She’s been impatiently waiting to play with them for the past hour.” You tell her and Teresa laughs.

“It’s good that we have a big family, there’ll always be other kids for our children to play with.” Teresa says and you nod.

“Is there anything specific the little ones are craving?” Melissa whispers and you look at all the food. You then start putting some pasta on your plate and you look at something else. “You should add more, you are eating for 3 after all.” Melissa tells you.

“Eating for 3? Y/n, you’re pregnant with twins again?” Kristen Marie says as she was right behind Melissa and you both look at her. She asked it quite loud and everyone in the room turns to look at you and Melissa, and you don’t know what to say.

“Uh- well I’m only 6 weeks pregnant, and we just found out that there’s 2 babies this morning. We were going to wait until after the New Year to announce it.” You say as you glare at Melissa before you hand her your plate and go to the nearest bathroom.

“Y/n!” She yells out after you. She puts both hers and your plate on the table before she runs after you. She sees you walk into the bathroom and she opens the door to see you pacing.

“You weren’t supposed to say anything in case I have a miscarriage!” You yell at her. “Now if I do then everyone will be disappointed. And of course you had to go and tell everyone!” You say and Melissa hugs you.

“I didn’t mean to let it keep slipping out, I’m just extremely excited about having more kids.” Melissa says and you take a deep breath.

“I know you’re excited but they say to wait until after the first trimester to tell people as miscarriages are less common in the last two trimesters.”

“I know, it just slipped out and one of my sister’s heard it. I’m sorry that I keep accidentally telling everyone.” She tells you and you nuzzle your head on her chest.

“What if I have a miscarriage and everyone blames me?”

“No one is going to do that, and if they do then they’ll have me to answer to.” She says and you nod. “Now come on, you must be starving as you got 2 little critics in you.” She says before she takes your hand and brings you back to the food.

You get food for yourself and for the twins as Melissa gets food for Amelia, and you see Amelia telling Melissa everything she wants to eat. You put the food you got for the twins in their little containers before giving it to them on the floor. You start eating just as Amelia and Melissa come to sit on the couch beside you.

After everyone eats, then the presents get handed out and Amelia happily rips all of hers open. The twins are confused at first but then Nico opens his presents and Caterina copies him. Caterina saw that she got an actual toddler puzzle with big pieces and she studies it. You see that Nico got a musical toy and you know that’s immediately going in his room with all his other musical toys.

After everyone opens their presents, you see Nico and Amelia playing with their cousins while Caty already starts on the puzzle she got. You cuddle on Melissa as she does the scratchers that she got. You see her doing the crossword one and that she’s having a bit of trouble with it so you help point out the letters that she misses.

“Did you win anything?” You ask her once she finished and she nods.

“Yep.” She says as she looks at the winnings and adds them up. “$100.” She says.

“Well that covers half of the weekly grocery bill.” You tell her and she nods before she places a kiss on your forehead. “Do you think we’ll have to get a bigger house again?” You ask and she looks at you and shakes her head.

“No. If they’re the same gender then we can give them the biggest room and they can share.” She tells you and you nod.

“I hope they don’t get jealous that the other kids will have their own room.” You say and she puts an arm around you.

“I just hope that they like each other.”

“What if it’s like Nico and Caterina and they’re different genders?” You ask her.

“Then we can pair the boys together or 2 girls together.”

“Oh my god, if it’s two girls then Nico is going to be surrounded by women.” You say and you both start laughing.

An hour later and all the desserts are being brought out and all the kids run over to get some. You watch as Melissa and Amelia put about 2 of everything on a plate and then run back to the couch and you shake your head with a smile. You sometimes wonder how Melissa can act so tough and yet she’s just as excited as Amelia when it comes to dessert. You make a plate for yourself and then you make a plate for the twins to share and you go back to the couch.

“Nico, come try a few things.” You call out and he looks at you.

“Chocolate?” He asks and you nod.

“So much chocolate.” You tell him and he runs over. You feed him a bite of tiramisu and you see his face light up with excitement. Melissa sees his reaction and she smiles before going back to eating with Amelia.

“Quit hogging the cookies.” Melissa complains to Amelia as they were sharing a plate.

“But they’re almond cookies.” Amelia exclaims.

“I know, I would like to have some too.” Melissa says and you laugh.

If it wasn’t for the fact that you were pregnant with Amelia, you would have guessed that Melissa made a mini clone of herself. After dessert is finished, Melissa brings the empty plates to the kitchen and Amelia goes back to playing with her cousins. Melissa gets back and sits down next to you on the couch.

“Are you feeling better?” She asks as moves a strand of hair out of your face.

“I am actually.” You say and she smiles. “Still would have preferred to tell them after the first trimester ended like we did with Amelia and the twins.”

“You got pregnant with them in the spring, not late fall.There wasn’t any big family gatherings until you were already showing.” Melissa tells you and you hum.

“You do realise that these kids will have a birthday close to yours, right?”

“I do and I’m completely okay with that.” She says as she wraps an arm around you. “Have you realised that I think Amelia learned how to talk really quickly? And also picking up everything quickly?” She asks and you nod.

“I have. I see the other kids around her age and then our other kids and she really learns fast.” You say and then you watch Amelia running around with her cousins.

“Mommy.” You hear and look to see Caty in front of you and wanting to be picked up. You pick her up and place her on your lap and she places her head on your chest, over your heart.

“Are you getting tired dolcezza?” Melissa asks her and Caty nods as you check the time on your phone.

“It is close to their bedtime.” You say and Melissa sees it’s 8pm.

“Alright, I’ll get Amelia.” Melissa says before she gets up and goes to wherever Amelia went.

An hour later Melissa finishes reading Amelia a bedtime story as you put the twins to bed. Melissa is tucking Amelia in when she asks Melissa a question.

“Mamma, you’ll keep making time for me, right?” Amelia asks and that catches Melissa off guard.

“Of course, I always wil,l Tesoro. Why are you asking that?”

“Now that my siblings are growing up, you can do more things with them.” Amelia says.

“It’s true that we can do more things, but we’ll do more things as a family, with all 5 of us.” Melissa tells her with a smile and Amelia smiles back.

“I’m still your favourite right?” Amelia then asks and Melissa chuckles.

“I don’t have a favourite kid but you’ll always be my Tesoro.” Melissa tells her before she places a kiss on her cheek. “Now get some sleep as it’s Christmas tomorrow and you get to open presents from Santa.”

Melissa enters the bedroom as you’re getting the presents out from the closet. Melissa wraps her arms around you from behind and you smile.

“You know we have about half an hour before we can be certain that all the kids are asleep.” Melissa says in your ear and you hum.

“And do you have any suggestions on what we should do to pass the time?” You ask her as you turn your head and she kisses you.

“I have one.” She says as she pulls back and then trails her hand down. “If you’re up for it.”

“How about you get the strap?” You ask and she tilts her head and furrows her eyebrows at you. “Well you can’t get me pregnant when I’m already pregnant.” You add and she smiles before she lets you go and gets the strap from the closet.

An hour later Melissa is eating one of the cookies that she helped Amelia put out as she fills everyone’s stocking with chocolate. You carefully place all the presents under the tree as you hold a cookie between your teeth.

“I still can’t believe you talked me into getting 3 things for the Cheeks family.” You tell her as you place the presents for the Guinea pig family that you now own.

“They’re Schemmenti’s now, they should get presents.” She says with a mouth full of cookie.

“How are you still hungry? I saw you eating all the desserts with Amelia.”

“I’m Italian, eating and cooking is their way of life. Besides, Amelia ate most of the cookies we grabbed.” She tells you and you shake your head with a smile.

“So do you think Santa should leave a note for Amelia?” You ask her and she thinks about it.

“I guess we could. She apparently has been worried that we won’t make as much time for her now that the twins are growing up, maybe Santa can ease her worries.” Melissa says and you look at her.

“I know she’s turning 4 in less than 2 weeks but the fact that our daughter worries about things already worries me.”

“I know, but it is about stuff that kids would worry about, like losing a parent and being left behind because of other siblings.” Melissa says as she gets a piece of paper out and begins writing a note for Amelia.

The next morning Amelia excitedly knocks on your door. Melissa snaps her eyes open and groans before she looks at the time.

“Why doesn’t she just paint until at least 7:30? I mean it's just half an hour.” Melissa complains and you giggle. “Come in.” Melissa calls out and Amelia opens the door and runs towards the bed.

“Mamma! Mommy! I saw presents through the railing, Santa came!” She yells and then climbs onto the bed, onto Melissa.

“Not so loud, Tesoro or you’ll wake the twins.” Melissa tells her and you look at the baby monitors.

“They’re actually already awake.” You say and Amelia lays on Melissa and Melissa strokes her head. “We closed the baby gates right?” You ask her and she nods.

“Ya, why?”

“Because Nico found out how to open his door.” You tell her as you watch the twins and you show her and she laughs.

“Present time! Present time!” Amelia yells and Melissa sits up.

“Yes, present time, time to see what Santa got us.” Melissa says as she gets up while holding Amelia. She opens her bedroom door to see Nico holding onto the baby gate. “What are you doing there my Ometto?” You hear her say before you get up.

“Yeah! Presents!” Amelia yells as you bring Caty downstairs.

“Alright, get on the couch and I’ll give everyone their stockings.” Melissa says as Amelia and Nico go sit on the couch and you place Caty beside her brother. You sit on the loveseat as you watch Melissa give everyone their stockings, including yours. Melissa sits down with hers and then everyone pulls the chocolate and candy out of their stockings. After everyone opens all the presents and stockings, Melissa makes breakfast even though all the kids are eating some of their chocolate. Amelia is sitting on your lap as you show her the new book that you got her to help teach her to read.

“And this letter is B.” You tell her and she looks at it.

“B.” She says. “And what does a B sound like?” She asks and Melissa smiles as she came out of the kitchen and takes a picture. She looks to see Caty holding her new stuffed animal close to her as she feels the new texture book. She then looks at Nico as he runs around with his new toy car saying ‘vroom vroom’.

That night Melissa is laying on your chest as she rubs your belly and talks to the babies.

“So whatever noises you heard me and your mommy make last night, don’t worry it was just a game that adults play.” She finishes and you burst out laughing.

“Are you really trying to be PG when we definitely weren’t last night?” You ask her and she looks at you.

“Shh, I’m talking to my kids right now.” She tells you and you flick her forehead. “Ow!” She yells before she turns back to your stomach. “I’m going to chalk that up to hormones.” You hear her mumble and you shake your head as you continue to thread your fingers through her ginger locks.

“So the room is booked at the bowling alley right?” You ask Melissa when she lays down on her pillow.

“Yep, booked for January 8th.” She says and you nod. “Still can’t believe Amelia is turning 4, my little Tesoro.” She says and you look at her.

“She’s not that little anymore, she’s in pre-k in September and then the following year in kindergarten with Barb.”

“Don’t remind me.” She tells you as she covers her face with her hands.

“But, we also have the twins and the other twins who aren’t born yet.” You say and she gets you on your side and then spoons you. “Might as well cuddle and spoon while we can, before I start growing a bump.” You say and you feel Melissa’s hand trail up and wrap around one of your breasts.

“Your breasts have grown already.” She says and you smack her hand away.

“I know, but hands off as they’re sore.” You tell her and she brings her hand back to your stomach. “Have to get those pregnancy bras again.” You complain and she presses a kiss to your shoulder.

“Aren’t they more comfortable though?” She asks and you nod.

“They are but some of them are really ugly.” You tell her and she chuckles.

“Well I’ve already seen you wear a bunch of them and I think you look sexy no matter what.”

“Thank you.” You say before you lace your fingers with her hand that’s on your belly and then you fall asleep.

Chapter Text

“I don’t know what to wear Mamma.” Amelia tells Melissa. Melissa is sitting on her bed as Amelia is looking at all of her dresses.

“Well maybe you’d want to wear the birthday gift I got you.” Melissa says and Amelia turns around to see Melissa holding a wrapped box. Amelia runs to it and unwraps it quickly. She opens it and sees there’s white pants and a glittery pink shirt and Amelia gasps.

“The shirt is so pretty!” Amelia exclaims.

“And the bowling alley will have lights that will make white clothes glow blue.” Melissa explains and Amelia smiles.

“I love it, thank you, Mamma.” Amelia says and then hugs her.

“It’s not a problem, Tesoro. You only turn 4 once.” She tells her with a smile. “Do you need help getting ready?”

“No Mamma, I’m a big girl now.” Amelia exclaims and Melissa nods before she gets up and goes to the bedroom.

You were just coming out of the shower when Melissa goes into the bathroom and goes right up to you and puts her head on your shoulder.

“What happened?” You ask.

“Amelia just said she’s a big girl now and she’s right but I want her to be my little Tesoro forever.” Melissa complains and you wrap your arms around her.

“There’s still Caty and Nico and also the twins that are inside of me right now.” You say.

“And all of them will grow up as well and then I won’t have any babies anymore.” Melissa says and you sigh. Worth a try.

“Melissa, all 5 of them will always be our babies, no matter what age they are, they just won’t be… little anymore.” You tell her and she looks at you, still has her head on your shoulder. “Think of it this way, in 5 and a half years, there’ll be 5 Schemmenti kids at Abbott and we know they’ll cause so much trouble for Ava.” You say and she laughs.

“They will cause a lot of trouble.” Melissa says and you nod.

“So much. Usually parents let the teachers deal with them but we’ll be the parents and the teachers.”

“Ya.” She tells you and then she looks down. “Did you shave?” She asks as she pulls her head away from your shoulder.

“Possibly.” You say and she quirks an eyebrow at you. “It was getting on my nerves. The hair was scratchy so I just shaved it all off. We should get ready as everyone will be arriving at the bowling alley in an hour.” You say and go to move but Melissa grabs your hips and pushes you against the wall.

“I want to make you come first.” She tells you and then she kisses your neck and you don’t protest. “Do I still need to be gentle with your breasts?” She asks when she pulls away and you nod. She brings her mouth to one of your nipples and she gently sucks on it and you moan. She then brings her hand to your pussy and starts gathering wetness with her middle finger. “You’re already so wet, Amore.” She says as she pulls away from your nipple. She then watches you as she slides a finger inside of you easily and you gasp.

“You know how to make me wet fast and it helps that you look so damn attractive all the time.” You say between moans and she smiles. She slides her index finger in you and pins you with her body. She then silences your moans by kissing you and you wrap your arm around her neck. You feel your orgasm building quickly as she’s pumping fast as you need to get ready for Amelia’s birthday party. Your legs start shaking so Melissa wraps her free arm around your waist and pulls you right up against her so you don’t fall. Shen then feels you clench around her fingers and knows you’re right about to come.

“Nico, give me my toy back!” You both hear Amelia shout. “Mommy! Mamma!” She shouts and then you hear something fall.

Melissa looks at you and knows you heard her as well but she doesn’t stop. You then open your mouth and shut your eyes as your orgasm crashes through you and you come all over her fingers. She tightens her hold on you as you lose your balance and then she gently places you on the bathroom mat and hands you a cloth before she quickly goes to see what’s going on with the kids.

You all walk into the bowling alley 50 minutes later and you go to the party room that was booked. You watch as Amelia looks at the bowling games going on and Melissa walks up to her.

“Do you wanna bowl, Tesoro?” She asks her and Amelia looks at her.

“Will you teach me how?”

“Of course. We can wait until some more kids and your cousins show up and then we can teach you all how to bowl.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles.

30 minutes later most people have already shown up and you watch as Melissa teaches all the little kids how to bowl. You see some of the bigger kids bowling on their own or are at the mini arcade. You invited everyone at the daycare, and you convinced Melissa to even invite Dylan, the kid that pushed Amelia 5 months ago. Melissa didn’t want to invite him at first for that reason but then you asked the daycare if they get along and they told you that they do.

You then get asked by some of the parents to join them for a game and Barb agrees to watch the twins. Melissa watches as you start a game with a few people and smirks as she knows you’re going to kick all of their asses. She took you bowling on your third date and you played two games together. You pretended to play badly on the first game and then you two made a bet on the second game. Your first turn on the second game and you get a strike right away and you smirk at Melissa and she realises you played her, that honestly got her to respect you even more.

“Mamma, I got 3 pins!” Amelia exclaims and then jumps up and down.

“Oh, that’s amazing Tesoro!” Melissa tells her and then Amelia sits on Melissa’s lap as she waits for her next turn.

You come back to the party room 30 minutes later with a smile and you see Caty on Melissa’s lap as Nico and Amelia are talking to other kids. You walk towards and take a seat beside her.

“How’d you do?” She asks.

“Beat all of them.” You tell her.

“That’s my girl.” She says with a smile and then she holds her hand out and you give her a high five. “Now that you're back, maybe now we can do presents.” Melissa says, loud enough so that Amelia can hear.

“Ya! I wanna do presents!” Amelia says as she runs over to you both.

You both watch as Amelia excitedly rips all her presents open and shows you both what she got. You’re next to her handing her the presents and putting the wrapping paper in a garbage bag. When Amelia is opening the last present is when Melissa starts lighting the candles on the birthday cake. Amelia thanks the person who gave her the last present and then you all sing her happy birthday as Melissa comes over with the cake. Amelia blows out the candles on the first try and Melissa cuts the cake. When everyone gets a piece, Melissa puts Nico on her lap as he starts eating the cake. You have Caty on your lap as she starts eating and you eat your own piece. Nico takes a few bites and gets chocolate all over his face.

“Is it good my Ometto?” She asks him and he nods. He then notices that Melissa doesn’t have a piece so he puts some on his spoon and brings it over to her.

“Mamma, fow you.” He tells her and she smiles before she takes the bite.

“Thank you, you’re so sweet.” She says as she boops his nose and he giggles.

40 minutes later the kids start getting restless as the sugar rush is coming and that’s when everyone decides to start packing up to go. Amelia says bye to all her daycare friends as you get the twins ready to go. Once everyone leaves, you pick Caty up as she was falling asleep and Melissa grabs Nico’s hand. Melissa uses her free hand to grab half the presents while you grab the other half.

“Amelia, hold onto your brother’s hand, please.” Melissa tells her and Amelia holds Nico’s hand.

When you all get home, Melissa and Amelia head upstairs to her room to put all her new toys away and clothes in the laundry basket.

That night you’re cuddling with her, you have an arm wrapped around her waist and your head on her chest.

“Feeling any better about Amelia being 4? About her being a big girl?” You ask her and she sighs.

“Ya. I know that kids grow up and everything but didn’t know how I would feel about it. I mean it seemed just like yesterday that I was holding her in my arms for the first time.” She tells you and you hum.

“I understand that. And it does sometimes feel like that.” You say and she rubs your back. “I don’t remember the labour part as much but I do remember when they gave me her to hold for the first time and that’s the first time it really hit me that I’m a mother now.” You tell her and she puts a hand on your tummy. “In 7 months we’ll be a mother to 5 kids.” You add and she nods.

“Ya. And it seems like your stomach has hardened.” She tells you.

“Is it? I haven’t noticed, but I’m also not the one that touches my belly every night.” You say with a smile and she lets out a chuckle.

“Motherhood for me has been the hardest but most rewarding experience I’ve ever had. The 3 little ones that we already have make me happy everyday. And I just know that these 2 little ones inside of you will just add to that.”

“I share the same feelings as you.” You tell her and she places a kiss at the top of your head and wraps both of her arms around you before you both fall asleep.

*A Month Later*

“Amelia, come on.” You tell her and she crosses her arms. “What’s wrong?” You ask her.

“There’s a strand of hair that isn’t in one of the ponytails.” She tells you and you put a hand on your forehead.

“Jesus Christ.” You mumble low enough so she doesn’t hear it. You then take her two ponytails out and redo them. “There. Better?” You ask her and she nods. You then bring her downstairs and she watches the twins while you and Melissa do the last minute set ups for the twins birthday party.

Melissa goes into the kitchen where you are and she sees you munching on some chocolate and chips and she shakes her head.

“You know the chips are for the party right?” She asks you and you nod your head.

“I can’t help it though. They smell so good and I just had to have one and then all of a sudden one turned into 10.” You admit and she smiles.

“Eat whatever you want and however much you want, Amore.” She tells you and then kisses you and then kisses your stomach.

“I couldn’t fit in my jeans this morning. All my jeans don’t fit me anymore.” You complain and she wraps her arms around you.

“That’s because you’re growing twins. We’ll go to the store and get you some pregnancy clothes tomorrow.” She says and you nod. “Also I think it’s time to tell Amelia. The family knows and you started showing 3 weeks ago.” She tells you.

“You realise this time she’ll actually know what we’re saying.” You say and she nods.

“Yep.” She tells you and then she grabs the chips from you and you pout. “We’ll get you chips tomorrow but these are for the party. Continue having some of the vegetables if you’re hungry.” She says and then walks out of the kitchen.

“Why don’t you be pregnant and see how appealing vegetables are to you.” You say to yourself and then she pops her head in.

“I did hear that as we have a swinging door.” She tells you and you shrug.

You both finish setting up and look to see the guests should be arriving in about 15 minutes and you both sit Amelia down on the couch. She looks at you both and then you look at Melissa before you crouch down to look at Amelia.

“Amelia, sweetheart, we wanted to let you know something.” You start and Amelia looks at you.

“Ok, what is it?” She asks.

“Well, we want to tell you that I’m pregnant again, with twins.” You say and Amelia blinks a few times. “So you’ll be getting 2 more siblings in about 5-6 months.” You add and Amelia looks at Melissa who nods with a smile.

“So I’ll have 4 siblings?” She asks and Melissa crouches down as well.

“That’s right, Tesoro. We wanted to tell you as you’ll notice Mommy’s tummy will be growing and if you have any questions then we can answer it.” Melissa says to her.

“Why 2 more siblings? Having 2 siblings already is enough.” She says, a bit annoyed as she gets off the couch and walks away. Melissa lays her head on the couch as you lean your head on your hand.

“Well that went well.” You say sarcastically and Melissa looks at you. “Were you ever annoyed when you were told you were getting another sibling?” You ask her and she thinks about it for a few seconds and nods.

“I was annoyed with getting siblings 5-8.” She tells you and you hum. “Let’s just give her some time.” Melissa says and you nod.

An hour later and everyone has shown up. You invited the Abbott crew, immediate family members and some toddlers from daycare. You were eating some chips from the chip bowl and Melissa came and took it away from you. You gasped at that and looked at her in shock as she walks away with it. She came back to you and gave you some chocolate that she found in the kitchen.

“Chips taste better.” You say with a pout and she tilts your head up so you can look at her.

“I’m sure the little critics won’t mind some chocolate for now.” She tells you before giving you a kiss. “Have you noticed that Amelia is complaining to your parents about getting two more siblings?” She asks you and you look around and see she’s talking to your parents.

“Well maybe they’ll be able to convince her that more siblings is a good thing.” You say and then lay your head on Melissa’s chest. Melissa wraps her arms around you and you suddenly get turned on like crazy. “Melissa.” You say and she looks at you. “I’m very turned on.” You whisper to her.

“And as much as I would love to take care of that right now, we’re celebrating the twins' birthday.” She tells you and you pout. “Put that lip away, Amore. Come on.” She adds and then takes your hand and brings you over to the twins. “And look, Caty is playing with one of the toddlers.” She says with a smile and you see Caty playing with a toy with another girl toddler.

“Where’s Nico?” You ask her and she turns your body to the right and you see him playing with a few other toddlers.

“How are the little ones?” She asks you as she puts a hand on your tummy and feels your little bump.

“They’re good for now, they really like those chips you got and took away.” You tell her and she laughs.

“Well I promise that tomorrow I’ll go and get you 5 bags of those chips.” She says and sees your eyes light up. “How’s that sound, Mia Amore?” She asks and you pretend to think about it.

“Hm, I guess that’s good.” You tell her and she giggles as she turns you around and wraps you in a hug. She then leans her chin on your shoulder and you hold her hand that’s on your tummy.

“How about now we get them to open their gifts and have some cake?” She asks and you hum.

“Sounds good.”

“Alright Tesoro, give them this one.” Melissa tells Amelia and Amelia takes the gift and gives it to the twins. You help the twins open the present and you read the card as they look at the toy.

“And this one is from Janine and Gregory.” You say out loud and the twins are looking at the big truck.

“Vroom Vroom!” Nico says and you smile.

“Exactly sweetheart.” You tell him and you look to see Melissa taking pictures with a smile.

When all the presents are open, you light the candles on the cake as Melissa picks up both twins and holds them up. You then bring out the cake as everyone starts singing happy birthday and then you bring the cake to the twins. Melissa shows them how to blow on the candles and then Nico is able to blow out 2 out of 4 of them. You start cutting the cake as Melissa puts the twins in their high chairs. Melissa then sits in a chair and Amelia sits on her lap as you give Amelia a piece of cake.

“I don’t get a piece?” Melissa asks you and you shake your head.

“Kids and guests get it first.” You tell her.

“Here, Mamma.” Amelia says as she puts some on her fork and brings it to Melissa’s mouth. Melissa takes a bite of the piece with a smile.

“Thank you, Tesoro.” She tells her.

“Getting our kids to feed you now?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“No. It’s because they love me so much.” Melissa tells you as she raises her eyebrows and you laugh.

“So when’s your due date?” Jacob asks you after everyone is done with the cake.

“August 14.” You tell him. “The doctor says that they’ll more than likely be early again as I’m carrying twins. Maybe Melissa will share a birthday with them.” You say as you see Melissa walking over.

“And I would never say no to sharing anything with my kids.” Melissa tells you and places a kiss on the side of your head.

“Who would have guessed that Abbott’s most badass teacher would actually be the softest.” Gregory says and Melissa glares at him.

“If you want soft then how about I-” Melissa starts to threaten and then you take her hand and place it on your tummy. “What are you doing?” She asks you.

“Making you stop threatening Gregory.” You simply tell her and then you take her arm and wrap it around you. “He meant that you’re soft when it comes to your kids which makes you an amazing mom.” You say and then you look at Gregory who nods quickly.

“Mamma!” Amelia yells as she comes running over and Melissa lets you go and looks at her daughter. “Nonna is leaving.” Amelia says and all three of you go say bye to Teresa.

“You’re gonna love having two more siblings, Amelia.” Teresa tells her. “Your Mamma has 8 siblings and they played pranks on people a lot when they were growing up.”

“Ok, I think that’s enough.” Melissa says and hugs her mother. “Goodbye Ma.” Melissa tells her before turning to Amelia. “Don’t get any ideas and start doing pranks.” She tells her daughter and Amelia looks at her.

“What else am I supposed to do with 4 siblings?” Amelia asks and Teresa laughs as she opens the door and leaves.

“Lots of things. You could play together, do games, dance, talk, watch the same shows.” Melissa tells her.

“No!” You all hear Caty yell and look to see her running away.

“What happened?” You ask as you approach Marie who Caty was running away from.

“I was just trying to pick her up and say hi.” She tells you and you run after Caty. You find Caty hiding in a dark corner, rocking back and forth and clutching Teddy tightly.

“Oh sweetheart, are you ok?” You ask her as you go up to her and bend down to her level. She walks over to you and you wrap your arms around her as you pick her up.

“Mommy.” She says as she lays her head on your chest as she calms down. You come into the living room and you see Melissa holding one of Sweet Cheeks’ babies.

“She loves the guinea pigs.” Melissa says as she brings one of the girl babies over. Caty looks and reaches out and touches the baby and giggles.

Everyone ends up leaving an hour later and Melissa is laying on the couch and you come over and lean over so you’re in her view.

“Tired?” You ask her and she smiles as she reaches out and grabs your hands.

“Yes but if you need something then I’ll do it.” She tells you and you go over and lay between her legs.

“I’m tired too.” You say and she hums as she runs her fingers through your hair.

“Well you’re growing two little humans, of course you’re gonna be tired.” She tells you and you close your eyes as they’re heavy.

You open your eyes and you notice that Melissa is no longer underneath you and you don’t seem as tired anymore. You notice a pillow underneath your head and a blanket on you and you sit up.

“You’re up.” You hear Melissa say and you look at the dinner table and see Melissa there with all the kids. You see both of the twins in their highchairs and they look to be eating something as Melissa is making something with Amelia. “Ok, and then you just add the sprinkles.” Melissa tells Amelia. You get up and see that they’re making Valentine’s day cookies as it’s the 12th of February.

“They’re eating cookies before dinner?” You ask her and she looks up at you.

“They already ate dinner, you’ve been asleep for 3 hours.” She tells you and you look at your phone, 6:16.

“Huh. Guess I was more tired than I thought.” You say.

“Well I made you a plate. It’s in the microwave.” She tells you and you smile before you go into the kitchen.

You eat dinner as you watch Melissa and Amelia make cookies and see the twins enjoying being the taste testers. They give you one when you’re done eating dinner and you see Melissa looking at you with a loving smile as she runs her fingers through Amelia’s hair.

At night, you walk into the bedroom after you finish getting ready and see Melissa there, asleep. You join her in the bed and she unconsciously moves closer to you and wraps an arm around you. You smile as her hand is on your tummy, looking like she’s protecting the babies even in her sleep. You then shuffle closer to her and then fall asleep.

A couple hours later you get shaken and you mumble something before falling back asleep. A minute later Melissa gets shaken and she wakes up. She sees you’re sleeping beside her and she looks behind her and sees Caty there holding Teddy.

“Caty, what are you doing here dolcezza?” She asks her as she rubs her eyes.

“Scawy visions.” Caty tells her and wraps her arms around Teddy.

“Dolcezza, did you have a nightmare?” Melissa asks and Caty nods. “Do you want to sleep here tonight?” Melissa asks and Caty nods. “Come here and Mamma will protect you from anything.” Melissa tells her as she helps Caty into the bed and then wraps her arm around her before they both fall asleep.

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“Melissa. Melissa.” You say as you shake her awake and she groans.

“What?” She asks as she rubs her eyes and looks at you.

“I need your fingers inside of me.” You tell her and she reaches for her phone and looks at the time, 1:02.

“Amore, I already said if it’s the middle of the night then use the vibrator I got you 2 weeks ago.” She says and you pout.

“But your fingers feel so much better.” You tell her as you straddle her lap, baby bump more visible as you're 20 weeks pregnant.

“And I need sleep, we both need sleep as we have work tomorrow.” She says. “Use the vibrator then go back to sleep.” She tells you and then closes her eyes.

“I already used the vibrator and I’m still horny.” You tell her and she opens her eyes.

“Are you not wearing pj bottoms?” She asks as she looks at your clothes and you shake your head.

“Like I said, I already tried the vibrator.” You tell her and she sighs. “Please.” You beg and she puts her hands on her face, covering her eyes before she groans.

“This is part of your pregnancy that I don’t miss.” She says. “Get on your back.” She tells you and you smile before you lay down beside her. She brings her hand in between your legs and feels your entrance and you're already soaking wet. She then immediately sticks 2 fingers inside of you and you gasp. “Does that feel good? Is this what you need?” Melissa asks and you nod.

“Yes, oh god!” You say as you already feel your orgasm building due to it being your second orgasm. Melissa angles her hand so her palm is rubbing your clit at the same time and you scream out. She sits up a bit and moves so she can kiss you to silence your screams so you don’t wake the kids. You grab the sheets beneath you and Melissa’s shirt that you’re wearing as your orgasm reached its peak.

“Come for me.” She tells you before she goes back to kissing you. You gasp into the kiss as your orgasm rushes through you. Melissa pulls back and pulls out of you and licks her fingers as you calm down. “Feel better?” She asks and you nod.

“Thank you. It was intense tonight.” You say.

“Now go to sleep, you got twins to grow.” She tells you and you smile. Melissa goes on her side and puts her arm across your chest as your tummy is too big now.

Melissa has gone back to being protective of you just like she did with your last 2 pregnancies. At school she started wrapping an arm around you when it got busy, helped you up stairs and got a tub seat for you to sit down in the shower in case you got tired.

She caters as best she can to your cravings, there are times when she can’t as you have 3 kids to feed as well. She does seem happy that these babies seem to crave Italian food more than the other ones did. She made sure there was always some type of chip in the house as that’s your biggest craving this time. Melissa made sure to make you a good breakfast, a snack for before work, a lunch and something to snack on during the day.

At night she gives you a neck and shoulder rub and you usually fall asleep when she does as her hands are soothing. In the evenings she gives you a foot massage when she notices your feet hurt more than usual.

At 6 months you have to visit the bathroom more than usual and your students now know that when you leave, you’re going to the bathroom and you assigned 2 students to watch the class whenever you run out.

The twins have no idea what’s going on with you, Nico has mentioned that you look bigger than usual but nothing else. Amelia seems to mostly stick by your side right now, leaving Melissa confused as she wasn’t Amelia’s favourite parent right now. You both looked into it and it’s happened where kids become needy and clingy with the pregnant parent.

Your sex drive calmed down when you hit 29 weeks, much to Melissa’s relief as she can sleep through the night again. Much to your joy as well as you kept getting turned on when you were teaching, or even eating in the lunchroom. It was near the end of the school year when it went back to normal though.

It was the middle of June, you were 31 weeks pregnant and you suddenly got dizzy and fainted in your classroom. A couple of your students quickly ran to get Melissa down the hall who had a spare at that moment. She ran to your classroom and immediately took you to the hospital. The doctors informed you both that your blood pressure dropped and you’ll have to stay off your feet as much as possible until the babies are born.

After that incident, you both decided that you’ll go on maternity leave for the last 2 weeks of the school year. For the last 2 weeks of the school year, you were worried that Melissa might catch burnout, Melissa was taking care of you, your 3 kids and having to go to work. You then called your parents after the first week and asked if they could take the kids for a week, to which they happily agreed right away. Melissa was both relieved and sad to part from the kids for a whole week. You both ended up video calling your parents three times a day to check on your kids and so your kids know you didn’t abandon them. When your kids came back a week later, on the last day of school, Amelia ran to Melissa but also didn’t want to say goodbye to her grandparents.

“How much did you spoil them?” You ask them.

“Only the amount a grandmother would spoil their grandkids.” Your mom tells you and you facepalm. You were laying on the couch with Melissa on the loveseat and Amelia on her lap as Amelia was telling both of you about her week with her grandparents.

After the incident, Melissa changed your diet to make sure your blood pressure doesn’t drop again. She also made sure you drank more than you normally did, which also made you have to go to the bathroom more, which got you to complain about your bladder more.

Melissa ended up making a lot of frittatas for you and the kids in the mornings as eggs and milk were good if you have low blood pressure. She ended up having to find creative ways to hide some ingredients in the food when she kept feeding you the same things on rotation during the week. Even your kids complained, except for Caty, she seemed to love having to eat the same thing.

“Chicken parm again?” Amelia complained one night and you snorted but you sided with her.

“Yes, milk and chicken is good for mommy right now.” Melissa tells her daughter and you sigh.

“I’m with Amelia.” You tell her and Melissa rolls her eyes.

“Just eat.” She says sternly and you all look at Caty who already started eating with a smile on her face.

On July 18, Melissa was giving you a shoulder rub when you felt a strong contraction. You’ve been having contractions for the past 6 hours but they were minor and very spaced out. This one was stronger and the next one came 10 minutes later.

“Oh fuck!” You scream out and ended up squeezing Melissa’s thigh.

“What’s wrong?” She asks.

“I think I’m in labour.” You manage to get out.

“SHIT!” Melissa yells as she jumps out of the bed and immediately calls her parents and yours. “Ok, Barb and Gerald are coming over to watch the kids and our parents are gonna meet us at the hospital.” She says as she gets out of her pjs and into clothes. She then helps you up and downstairs and a few minutes later there’s a knock at the door. Barb and Gerald walk in and Melissa grabs the overnight hospital bag she packed and then brings you into the car. She drives you to the hospital and lets you grab her hand or arm whenever a contraction hits.

Your parents were waiting at the entrance of the hospital when you got there and took the overnight bag from Melissa and helped you to the receptionist. A nurse brings a wheelchair out for you and wheels you to your room where Melissa helps you get into the hospital gown and she gets into scrubs, along with your mom.

The nurses do a quick ultrasound scan to make sure everything is ok when they notice something on it.

“We’ll have to do a c-section.” They say and Melissa looks at them confused.

“Why? Is something wrong?” Melissa asks.

“One of the babies is in distress.” They tell you both and you feel Melissa squeeze your hand.

They then prepare for a c-section and Melissa keeps giving you compliments and praises the entire time. She ends up looking when they pull the first baby out, the one that was in distress.

“It’s a girl.” The doctor says and Melissa lets a tear fall when she sees the girl. One of the nurses goes to clean the baby and make sure it’s healthy when the doctor pulls the other one out. “And it’s another girl.” He says and Melissa lets out an airy and watery chuckle.

“We got twin girls, Amore.” She tells you and then looks at the other girl again. The first one gets brought over to you and you do skin to skin contact.

“She’s beautiful.” You say and Melissa nods as the other one gets brought over. Melissa helps you move the first one over so you can have both on you at the same time. “Where’s my mom?” You ask when you noticed she was gone.

“They sent her out of the room when they were preparing for a c-section. I got spouse rights and was able to stay.” Melissa explains as she gently strokes one of the babies heads.

“Here, take the first one.” You tell her and she carefully takes the first born and cuddles her in her arms.

“Well look at you, mia bella bambino.” She says and you look at her.

“Bella.” You say and she looks at you.

“What?”

“Her name, what about Bella?” You tell her and Melissa smiles.

“I think it’s perfect.” She says and then you hand her the second one. She holds both of them and she can’t help the few tears that roll down her face. “Il mia altro bella bambino.” She says and you smile. You get a little sleepy and you mumble something and Melissa looks at you. “What was that Amore?”

“Mia.” You tell her before you fall asleep.

You wake up a couple hours later and you see Melissa is holding one of the babies and your mom is holding the other. You hear Melissa humming to the one she’s holding and you smile.

“You’re awake.” She says softly and you nod. “Do you think you have the energy to try breastfeeding them?” She asks and you sit up.

“I think so.” You say to her and she carefully hands you the baby. You look at the name tag and see that you’re holding Bella. “They already have name tags?” You ask her and she nods. “I remember naming the first one but when was the second one named?”

“I guess you don’t remember but you said Mia right before falling asleep. So meet Bella and Mia. Identical twins as well.” She tells you and you widen your eyes.

“Identical?” You ask her and she nods. You then start feeding Bella and you look at Mia that’s being held by your mom. “They really are identical.” You say and Melissa nods.

“And they’re half Schemmenti, I don’t doubt that they’ll play identity pranks on people.” You tell her and you laugh.

“Like in Parent Trap?” You ask and she nods.

“Exactly like that.”

You end up being able to feed both of them and then Melissa sits down beside you on the hospital bed as she’s holding Bella and you finish feeding Mia. Melissa wraps an arm around you and places a kiss on the top of your head just as your mom takes a picture.

“They said you’ll have to stay here for a few days to heal as you had a c-section.” Melissa tells you and you groan and lean on her. “A few days of quiet as well, well kinda quiet. You’ll have to stay here with the twin girls while I take care of the 3 musketeers.” She says and you chuckle.

“Speaking of the other 3, are they ok?” You ask and she nods.

“Yep, Barb updated me while you were asleep. She said they’re all still sleeping peacefully.” She tells you and you hum. “They’ll be up in a few hours though. Should we tell Barb to bring them here?” She asks and you nod.

“Ya, they should meet their new siblings.” You tell her and she gives you a kiss before she gets her phone out and calls Barb.

4 hours later you’re feeding Mia when there’s a knock on your hospital door. Your mom already went home to get some sleep so Melissa went to answer the door. She poked her head out and saw her 3 kids, Barb and Gerald there.

“Hi Mamma! Aunt Barb told us you had the babies.” Amelia tells her and Melissa smiles at her.

“We did Tesoro, Y/n is just feeding one of them right now.” She explains. “One sec.” She says before she closes the door and reappears with Bella in her arms a few seconds later. “This is Bella, they pulled her out first.” Melissa tells them and Barb looks at her confused. “C-section.” She tells her and Barb nods. “We had identical twin girls.” Melissa says as she crouches down to show Bella to Amelia.

“Nico is outnumbered as he has 4 sisters.” Gerald says and Melissa smiles.

“Mommy?” Nico asks.

“She’s just in this room.” Melissa tells him.

“Mia is done.” You call out to her and Melissa stands up.

“Are you up for visitors?” Melissa asks you and you nod. Melissa opens the door and you see all your kids enter, followed by Barb and Gerald. Amelia runs right up to you and Barb helps her on the hospital bed.

“Meet your youngest sibling, Mia.” You tell her and Amelia looks at her.

“How do you tell them apart?” Amelia asks.

“Well they have hospital bracelets on right now and after we take them off then we’re gonna dress them in different colours.” You explain.

“I think it’s time for a family photo.” Barb says and you nod as they put Nico and Caty on the bed.

“Get on the bed.” You tell Melissa as you scoot over to make room for her. She gets on the bed, on top of the blanket, with Bella still in her arms. She then grabs Nico and puts him on her lap as Gerald helps you put Caty on your lap and then Amelia is in between Nico and Caty. Melissa puts an arm around you and you all smile as Barb takes the photo. She takes a few of them and then shows you both.

“It’s perfect.” Melissa says and you nod. “Can you send them to me?” She asks Barb and Barb nods.

“I can also take a few with your phone right now.” Barb offers and Melissa takes her phone out and hands it to Barb.

After all the photos were taken, Melissa puts the newborns in the little beds that the hospital provided and Caty stayed on your lap. Amelia sat on Melissa’s lap and Nico was having fun looking out the window, looking at all the cars passing by.

“How long do you have to stay here?” Barb asks you.

“5 days. They want to make sure I heal properly.” You tell her and she nods.

“Mommy you have to stay here for 5 days?” Amelia asks and you nod. “But who will take care of us?”

“I’ll be looking after you, Nico and Caty while mommy stays here with Bella and Mia.” Melissa explains to her.

“So we won’t see mommy and my siblings for 5 days?” Amelia asks.

“You’ll see them everyday. We’re going to come visit everyday and video chat before bed and in the morning.” Melissa says to her. “Which reminds me that grandma and grandpa are coming to pick you up and you’ll spend a few hours with them.”

“Why?” Amelia asks.

“Because I didn’t get any sleep last night as we were here all night.” Melissa says. “Mamma is tired so I’m gonna go home and get some sleep while grandma and grandpa are going to take you to get ice cream and to the toy store for a new toy.”

“Ice cweam!” Nico exclaims while clapping his hands.

“But I want to stay with you and mommy.” Amelia says and then her eyes well up with tears before she starts crying. Barb and Gerald take Nico and Caty out of the room while Melissa brings Amelia to the bed.

“What’s wrong Tesoro?” Melissa asks her.

“We had to spend a week without both of you not too long ago and then I woke up and neither of you were there. Now I won’t see either of you for a few hours again and barely see mommy for 5 days.” She says. “I feel like I’ve barely seen you recently, especially mommy as she was mostly in bed ever since daycare ended.”

“Sweetheart, come here.” You tell her as Amelia crawls off of Melissa’s lap and goes to you. She goes on your lap and lays her head on your chest as a few tears fall down her cheeks. “I know that it’s hard right now, it’s hard for us too. We don’t like being away from any of you, or even each other. But we’ll have to push through for 5 days and then me and your two new sisters will be back home. You’ll be spending a lot of time with Mamma and she’s able to call me whenever any of you really miss me.” You say.

“I miss you mommy.” She tells you and you hug her.

“I miss you as well, so much.” You say and rub her back. You both just stay there for a few minutes until there’s a knock at the door. Melissa gets up and goes to answer it.

“Hey.” You hear and immediately recognise your father’s voice.

“Hi dad.” You say and Melissa fully opens the door to let them in. Your parents go and see the newborns and then your mom sees Amelia’s wet cheeks.

“Amelia, honey, what’s wrong?” Your mom asks her.

“Don’t want to leave mommy or mamma.” Amelia tells her.

“She’s barely seen me in the past 5 weeks.” You tell your mom and she nods.

“Well we’re here to pick up your kids and let Melissa go home and sleep. You can pick your kids up whenever you want.” Your mom says and Amelia whines. “We’ll send Caty and Nico in and give you time to say goodbye to them.” She adds and you nod.

“Thank you.” You tell her before she says goodbye to Bella and Mia. They leave the room and you feel Amelia hold you tighter before the door opens and Caty and Nico run in. Melissa crouches down and they go running to her. She picks them both up and puts them on the bed.

“Tesoro, you need to let your mom say bye to Nico and Caty.” Melissa tells her and Amelia doesn’t move. Melissa then starts to pick her up and Amelia hangs on to you and yells.

“NO!” She yells out and Melissa puts her back down and gets Amelia to look at her.

“Tesoro, you’ll see your mommy again tomorrow and we’ll video call her tonight before you go to bed.” Melissa tells her.

“But I’ll miss her.”

“I’ll miss you too sweetheart but mamma will be there and she’s right. We can video chat tonight and she’ll bring you all to see me tomorrow.” You say to her and Amelia hugs you and places a kiss on your cheek before she lets Melissa take her. You then say goodbye to Nico and Caty as Melissa puts Amelia down. Melissa takes the twins off the bed and then she says goodbye to them as well. Melissa then says goodbye to Amelia.

“It’s just a few hours and then I’ll be there to pick you 3 up.” Melissa tells Amelia and Amelia nods. “I’ll see you soon Tesoro.” She says and then wraps her arms around Amelia in a hug. Melissa watches as her 3 kids leave down the hall with your parents. Amelia looks back at some point and waves and Melissa waves back to her. When they’re out of sight, Melissa goes back in your hospital room and sits in the chair and puts her head in her hands.

“Are you ok?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“No.” She says and then looks at you. “She brought up barely able to see you a couple weeks ago but I didn’t know it was this bad.”She tells you. “I feel bad now and I should go home and sleep but all I can think about is my kids.” She says and then Bella starts crying and Melissa stands up and picks her up. “Now I’m about to leave you alone with two newborns while you need to heal.”

“Melissa, the only reason they’re staying with me is because you’re taking care of the other 3 and I need to breastfeed them.” You say and she walks up and hands you Bella to feed.

“I know, I know. But I just…I don’t know.” Melissa says as her eyes start to water and she lets out a sniffle.

“Melissa.” You say and grab her hand as Bella starts eating. “I know you’ve been trying to hold it together ever since the fainting incident. It's also been an emotional 12 hours and you haven’t slept in over 30 hours. So go home, get some rest and then pick up our kids and take care of them for the evening. And while you’re at home, maybe let your emotions out instead of holding them in.” You tell her and she rubs her eyes and nods.

“Ya, I can do that.” She says and you nod.

“I know you can.” You tell her and then pull her closer to you. “Because you my love are an amazing mother, an amazing wife and honestly an amazing person.” You say and you see her blush. “11 years together and I can still make you blush.” You say and she smiles at you.

“We can be together for 40 years and you’ll still have the power to make me blush.” She tells you and you smile. “I should go home and sleep. Are you ok with walking a little bit to get the twins if they need you?” She asks and you nod.

“Ya. Go home and get some rest.” You tell her and she leans in and kisses you. She pulls away after a few seconds and cups your cheek.

“I love you.” She says and you smile.

“I love you too.” You tell her and then she kisses Bella’s forehead and then she goes and kisses Mia’s forehead.

“I’ll see you three tomorrow.” She says and you nod before she leaves.

Melissa gets home, tired from the day. She goes upstairs and takes off her clothes before crawling into bed. She goes on her phone and looks at the pictures that were taken an hour ago of all 7 family members. She then lets her tears flow and puts her phone down on the nightstand as she starts crying. She then lets her emotions out from the past month and cries until the tears run out. After the tears run out Melissa feels too tired to stay awake and then she falls asleep.

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You fell asleep right after Melissa left and woke up a couple hours later to Mia crying. You got up and walked the 4 steps to Mia. You picked her up and went to sit back down on the bed and started feeding her. You look around the room and see the hospital provided you with diapers and blankets. You honestly can’t wait to get home and put them in the baby room that you and Melissa got ready for them. You’re putting both of them in the last room that you had in that house and that’s where they’re both staying as they grow up.

You make sure to burp Mia before putting her back down and then you feed Bella. You get a bit lost in thought about what Melissa and your kids are doing now. Melissa is probably asleep at home, while your kids are more than likely at the toy store with your parents picking out a new toy. You then notice that Bella stopped eating so you burp and then put her back in the bed. You go back and lay down on the hospital bed and try to get comfortable. You can’t wait until you can shrink your belly so you can sleep on your side again, snuggled into Melissa, with her arm wrapped protectively around you. With those thoughts in your head, you passed out in seconds.

Melissa wakes up and blinks a few times before she picks up her phone and looks at the time, 1:04pm. She got 3 hours of sleep and figured that would have to do as she’s going back to bed in 9 hours anyway. She looks at the new family picture again before putting it as both her lock and home screen. You gave birth around 2:30am and now you two have 5 children. Melissa always dreamed of one day having her own family, big or small, but she preferred a big one as that’s what she grew up with.

Melissa felt somewhat rested but she also felt lighter than she has in a month. She was really holding on by a thread, emotion wise ever since you fainted. She was trying to take care of everything and everyone, including you, as she didn’t want you on your feet at all. You told her she should go home and let go of her emotions, so she did, and feels so much better now. She shouldn’t be surprised that you were right as you usually were, especially when it comes to reading her.

Melissa decides to get up, get dressed and then go to her parents in law to pick up her kids. She brings a small snack with her to eat on the way as she hasn’t eaten since dinner yesterday. She gets to your parents place about 15 minutes later, gets out and knocks on the door. Your father answers it a few seconds later and he lets her in.

“Hey, how were they?” Melissa asks him.

“Oh they were lovely. Amelia is still a bit upset though so of course she got some grandma cuddles.” He tells her and Melissa smiles. “I hope you’re not taking it personally or too hard. Amelia misses her mom and that’s normal but it’ll pass. You both are excellent mothers and I know how hard you try to make sure that all your kids and Y/n are happy.” He tells her and Melissa nods.

“It never seems like enough though.” Melissa says and he hums.

“It never does. But let me tell you that you’re doing an amazing job. Your kids are happy and healthy and they’re not shy about speaking their mind, which is a good thing, as it means they always feel heard.” He says and then leads Melissa to the living room where her kids are.

“Mamma!” Amelia exclaims and then runs over. Melissa crouches down and has her arms open wide and Amelia hugs her. “Are we going home?” Amelia asks when she pulls back and Melissa nods.

“Ya Tesoro, we are.” Melissa tells her and Amelia tilts her head.

“Mamma, are you sad?” Amelia asks her as she looks at her mom.

“I am actually. I’m away from your mommy and from my 2 newborn daughters. Your mommy is healing and has to take care of both Bella and Mia by herself for 5 days.”

“But we’ll see her tomorrow right?” Amelia asks and Melissa nods.

“Yes we will. We’ll be going around noon.” Melissa says and Amelia nods.

Melissa gathers up her kids and buckles them in the car before taking them home. She brings them all inside and the twins immediately go running for their toys downstairs, Amelia ends up staying by Melissa’s side for most of the afternoon.

“Can I play that game on your phone?” Amelia asks Melissa and Melissa gets her phone out and loads the game before handing it to Amelia. Melissa watches as Amelia plays the game and then sees the twins playing with a toy together.

“Amelia?” Melissa asks and Amelia briefly looks up before going back to the game. “You’re happy right? Like me and mommy do enough for you?” Melissa asks her and Amelia thinks about it.

“Ya, I love you and mommy.” Amelia simply tells her and Amelia leans into her and Melissa runs her fingers through Amelia’s hair.

7 hours later, Melissa facetimes you and your face comes into view after a few rings. You look like you just woke up as you rub your eyes and smile at Melissa.

“Hey Amore, your kids wanted to say goodnight.” Melissa tells you before she moves the phone to her right and your 3 kids are there.

“Hey, are you all ready for bed?” You ask them.

“Yes mommy, we’re in our pjs and Mamma is about to tuck us in.” Amelia tells you and you smile.

“Mommy.” Nico says and he moves closer to the screen and you laugh. When he realises he can’t touch you he looks at Melissa in confusion. “Whewe mommy?” He asks her.

“She’s still at the hospital, my ometto.” Melissa tells him and he looks at the phone. “Amelia, why don’t you go to your room and talk to Mommy while I put the twins to bed.” Melissa says and Amelia takes the phone and goes to her room. Melissa enters Amelia’s room a few minutes later and Amelia is telling you all about her day.

“Then after dinner Mamma put on Cinderella.” Amelia finishes.

“Did you like it?” You ask her and she nods with a smile.

“I loved it, I’m glad my siblings aren’t mean. Also her dress is so pretty even though it wasn’t pink.” Amelia tells you and Melissa leans against the doorframe, crosses her arms and smiles.

“Do you want to be her for Halloween?” You ask and Amelia thinks about it.

“I think I do, but I don’t have blonde hair.”

“We can always get you a blonde wig or just have your actual hair as it’s very pretty. But I’m sure we can find you a beautiful blue dress, right Melissa?” You ask her as Amelia’s back was towards the door and you see Melissa watching the conversation. Amelia turns around and Melissa walks towards her.

“Definitely.” Melissa says. “Amelia you gotta go to bed now so say goodnight to mommy.” Melissa tells her and Amelia pouts. “The sooner you fall asleep then the sooner you get to see mommy again.” Melissa adds and Amelia looks at the phone.

“Mamma says we’re seeing you at noon and I can’t wait.” Amelia tells you and you smile.

“I can’t wait till I see you all as well.”

“Goodnight Mommy, see you tomorrow.” Amelia says.

“Goodnight sweetheart, sleep well.” You tell her before Melissa takes her phone back, tucks Amelia in and then gets up and closes the door. “How are you doing?” You ask her once she’s in your shared bedroom.

“Hanging in there.” She says. “I had a good cry when I got home.”

“Did you?” You ask and she nods.

“I feel lighter, lighter than I’ve been all month and I feel better.”

“I knew you needed that.” You tell her and she hums.

“You always know what I need, even before I know what I need.” She says as she puts the phone down and starts getting undressed.

“Well I’m your wife and I pay attention to you.” You tell her so simply. “I really wish I was at home, and able to snuggle in your arms tonight.” You say and then one of the babies starts crying. “Not again, I just fed you not even 2 hours ago and changed your diaper, let me sleep.” You complain before you look at the phone and you see Melissa’s boobs. “I can’t even enjoy seeing your boobs as I have to feed Bella.” You tell her and she smiles.

“When you get home then you enjoy them in person.” Melissa says as she goes to get some pjs.

“Nice butt.” You tell her as you bring Bella to your nipple.

“Thank you, it’s all for you.” She says as she wiggles it and you laugh. “As well as my boobs.” She adds and you hum.

“I would like to say my boobs are all for you but you’re sharing them with 2 of your daughters for about 6 months.” You say and she chuckles.

“That’s fine, I mean I’m not sharing a birthday with them so I don’t mind sharing something with them temporarily.” She tells you.

“Speaking of your birthday, want to have a party this year?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“You had a big party for my 50th last year, I just want to celebrate with my wife and kids this year.” She says and you nod. She looks at you feeding Bella and she smiles.

“What?” You ask as you notice her staring and smiling.

“Just watching you feeding Bella. Seeing you with our kids makes me happy. It’s hard to explain it but my family makes me happy, no matter what they’re doing.” She says and you grab your phone and move it towards Bella that’s eating right now. “She’s so small, precious and innocent right now.” She says and you point the camera towards your face.

“Maybe you should be the one to answer their crying every hour and a half and I’ll see if you’re still saying that.” You tell her and she laughs.

“When I bring the kids to visit tomorrow then I’ll take care of them and give you a break.”

“I’ll still have to breastfeed them.” You say and she hums.

“Want me to bring a couple bottles and the breastpump?” She asks as she gets in the bed.

“Could you?” You ask her as Bella finishes eating and you put the phone down. “If you did then I might actually get a break when you come to visit. Although that’s assuming that they’ll actually drink out of a bottle. They’re half yours so they might be pretty stubborn.” You say and she giggles.

“I think we made perfect kids, all 5 of them, even if they’re all very stubborn.” Melissa says and you nod as you put Bella down and grab Mia.

“Mia seems to sleep more as I have to keep waking her up.” You tell her. “I should let you go so you can sleep.” You add as you look at the time.”

“I should go to sleep but I’m more interested in watching you feed them.”

“You might regret that decision in the morning when you got 3 toddlers to look after all day.”

“I did it for a whole month.” She tells you and then watches as you feed Mia.

“Ok now that’s she done, go to sleep.” You say and she sighs.

“Alright, I’ll see you around noon tomorrow, Amore.” She says and you nod.

“See you tomorrow my love.” You tell her.

“I love you.”

“I love you too.” You say and then Bella starts crying. “Oh for fuck sake.” You complain and then end the call.

Melissa has a smile on her face as she got to at least watch you feed the newborns on the first day again. She goes to look at the pictures again and brings her phone over her heart. She then puts it on the nightstand and then grabs your pillow and cuddles with it before falling asleep.

Half an hour later she gets woken up to someone calling out for Mamma and she blinks her eyes open.

“Mamma.” She hears again and looks behind her to see Amelia there.

“Amelia, what are you doing here?”

“Can’t fall asleep.” She says and Melissa sighs.

“Come here.” Melissa tells her as she puts your pillow back in place and Amelia climbs in the bed and goes to where you sleep. Melissa wraps an arm around her and then both of them fall asleep.

Melissa wakes up to her phone ringing and a small body climbing over her. She snaps her eyes open and Amelia is laying on her and grabbing her phone.

“Amelia, what are-”

“Mommy is calling.” She says and answers the phone. “Hi mommy!” She exclaims and you smile.

“Hi sweetheart, is Mamma there?” You ask her and she points the camera to Melissa.

“Amelia, do you mind getting off my bladder please.” Melissa tells her and Amelia climbs off of her and gives Melissa the phone. “Hi Amore.” She says as she sits up and Amelia climbs on her lap.

“Hey my love, I wanted to let you know that the Abbott crew said they’re visiting me today at noon so if you could actually be here before them that would be great.” You tell her and she sees you barely slept and need help with socialising.

“Of course. Tesoro, how about you check if your siblings are awake.” Melissa says and Amelia nods before hopping off the bed and running out of the room.

“So you had a cuddle buddy last night?” You ask her and she smiles.

“Jealous?” She asks.

“A little bit, ya.” You tell her and she laughs.

“She couldn’t sleep last night, I think she misses you.” Melissa says and you hum.

“Well besides the kids, I really miss sleep. Your daughters kept me up for most of the night. It’s like they're already working together.” You complain and she laughs.

“So right now they’re just my daughters?” She asks.

“When I’m this tired because of them, yes.” You say and she laughs again.

“Well I’ll be there around 11:30 with all 3 kids.” She tells you and you nod.

“Siblings are awake now!” Amelia yells.

“I gotta go parent now.” Melissa says and you nod.

“I’m already parenting.” You tell her and then point the camera down and she sees you feeding one of the twins.

“Looks like they love getting fed.” Melissa says.

“Oh they do, they love eating.” You tell her.

“Good, already the mark of a Schemmenti.”

“I’d rather it didn’t show yet as I want to sleep.” You complain. “God, you must have all driven your mother to insanity with 9 of you.”

“Mamma, we’re hungry.” Amelia yells and Melissa sighs.

“It’s hard to say bye to you but we’ll see you in about 3 hours.” She says and you nod as you put Mia down.

“I’ll be waiting.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Alright, I love you.”

“I love you too.” You say and then Melissa hangs up.

“And does Mommy miss us?” Amelia asks as Melissa straps Nico in.

“She misses all of us very much.” Melissa tells her. “I do have to tell you that she’s very sleepy. So if it takes her a moment to answer then that’s why.” Melissa warns and Amelia nods.

Melissa walks in the hospital, holding both of the twins' hands and Amelia is holding Nico’s hand. Caty is looking around, holding onto Teddy tightly, Amelia is smiling about seeing you again, while Nico is unaware of what’s going on. Melissa reaches your room, knocks and then goes in when she hears you say a soft “come in”.

Melissa enters and sees you laying down, holding one of the babies. You put a finger to your lip, telling all of you to keep quiet. You then get up and put the baby down in the bed. Amelia then runs over to you and hugs you.

“Hi sweetheart.” You tell her.

“Hi mommy, mamma and I made you some food.” Amelia says and then hands you the container in her hand.

“Really?” You ask and Melissa nods.

“Thought you might miss my cooking.” Melissa tells you and you open the container.

“Oh I do and I love you.” You say as you see your favourite dish in there. “I just got Bella to sleep. She’s a little fussy.” You tell her and Melissa goes over to look at the newborns.

“Well when the Abbott crew gets here, how about you take a small nap?” She suggests. “When they get here, you know all the kids will be busy.” She adds and then kisses your forehead.

“Ya, that sounds nice.” You say and then lean your head on her stomach.

“Mommy, are you sleepy?” Amelia asks you and you nod.

“I am, your siblings have been keeping me up.” You tell her and Melissa runs her fingers through your hair. “Oh I have to change their diaper.”

“I’ll do it.” Melissa quickly says. “Both or just one?”

“Both.” You say and she nods before you take your head off of her and lay down. Melissa sets up the twins with a couple toys while Amelia sits down on the bed and starts talking to you. Melissa then goes and changes the diapers of her daughters. She’s finishing up with Bella when the Abbott crew knocks. Melissa holds Bella in her arms and she answers the door.

“Oh my god, so cute!” You hear Janine squeal.

“Want to hold her?” Melissa asks and Janine nods as she gives her stuff to Gregory. “You can come in first.” Melissa adds and they come in before Melissa carefully hands Bella to Janine. “This is Bella, and the other one is Mia.”

“You had twin girls?” Janine asks and Melissa nods.

“Identical twin girls.” Melissa adds as she goes over and gets Mia. “One of you want to hold Mia?” Melissa asks and Jacob raises his hand.

“I do, of course unless Gregory if you want to…” Jacob says and Gregory shakes his head.

“No, I'm good.” Gregory says.

Melissa then hands Mia over to Jacob and Nico goes over to Barb. Melissa then goes and picks up Amelia and Amelia looks at her confused.

“Let’s let mommy sleep for a little bit.” Melissa tells her daughter and the rest of the room. Amelia and everyone else in the room nods before Melissa kisses you and then you close your eyes.

You snap your eyes open to one of the babies crying and you look to see one of the girls being held by Gregory.

“How come she began crying as soon as I hold her?” Gregory asks.

“She must know your hesitation.” Janine asks and sees that she’s not holding Bella anymore.

“She’s hungry.” You say and everyone looks at you.

“I was hoping you’d get more than an hour of sleep.” Melissa says and then takes Bella. She then hands Bella over to you, as well as a blanket and you start feeding her.

“I feel a little better now.” You say and Melissa moves some of your hair out of the way.

“When you finish feeding them then you go back to sleep.” Melissa tells you and you nod.

“So how was watching the kids yesterday by yourself?” You ask her.

“It was good, just watched them play, ate and watched tv.” She tells you.

“How did you think it’s going to be raising 5 kids?” Jacob asks you both.

“Oh it will definitely be hard.” You say and Melissa smiles.

“But I’m sure we’ll always have people to help, like you guys.” Melissa says and Janine nods enthusiastically.

“I will never mind watching my nieces and nephew.” Barb says while she’s holding Mia.

25 minutes later you finish feeding Mia and then Melissa takes her to burp her and for you to get some sleep. When you wake up again you notice the Abbott crew left and Melissa is sitting in the hospital chair in your room and she’s singing to one of the newborns.

“Oh, figlia mia, lu santu passau. E di la bedda mi ‘nni spiau. E iu ci dissi, “la bedda durmia.” E dormi, figlia di l’arma mia.” She sings and you just listen to the sound of her voice.

She notices you’re awake and she smiles at you while she continues singing. When Mia is asleep, she puts her in the bed and turns to you.

“The Abbott crew went downstairs with the kids to feed them and give you some time to sleep while I took care of the newborns.” She explains as she comes over to you. “You were asleep for 2 hours so the babies might be hungry any second.” She adds and you nod before she kisses you. “Haven’t been able to kiss you in awhile.” She says as she pulls away for a second and then kisses you again.

She only pulls away again when one of the twins starts crying and then she goes over to them. She picks them up and brings them over to you with a smile. She hands them over to you and she sighs.

“Reminds me of when the other 3 were born.” She tells you as you start feeding Bella. Just then Mia starts crying and Melissa sighs. “I just got her to sleep again.” She says as she goes over and picks her up.

“I remember you singing that lullaby with the other 3.” You tell her and she nods.

“My Ma sung it to me when I was born.” She tells you.

“You have a beautiful voice.” You say and she smiles at you. “And I love it when you speak Italian.” You add.

“Oh I know you do.” She says and you smile. “How are you feeling?”

“Much better, who knew 3 hours of sleep makes you feel better?”

“Ya I heard that helps.” She jokes and you chuckle. Just then you both hear a knock at the door and Melissa gives you a blanket to cover up your chest before she goes to answer it.

“The kids are fed and then they wanted to come back to see their moms.” Janine says and then Melissa opens the door more and your 3 kids run in.

“Mamma, can I hold one of the babies?” Amelia asks.

“When they come back home then you can.” Melissa tells her and she nods.

A couple hours later, Melissa goes back home with the 3 kids as it’s before supper. You feel much better after her visit as you got to see her and your kids again, as well as she helped you get some sleep.

After that day, she did the same thing everyday for the other 3 days. She came around noon, took care of all the kids and let you sleep for a couple of hours without being disturbed.

On the fifth day, Melissa was holding one of the babies as you just fed them both. Amelia was playing with a toy with the twins on the ground. Then there’s a knock on the door and Melissa sees you’re asleep. She gets up and goes to answer it and there’s a nurse there.

“Hi, sorry to disturb you, I’m checking on her stomach and if everything is good then I got the release paperwork for you.” She tells Melissa and Melissa smiles before she lets her in.

“I’ll just wake her up.” Melissa says before she goes over to you. “Amore.” She says and shakes you gently. You mumble something but don’t wake up fully. “Y/n!” She yells and you snap your eyes open.

“What?” You ask as you yawn and rub at your eyes.

“There’s a nurse here to look over your stomach and then we can all go home if everything is good.” She explains to you.

“Oh. Look at it all you want.” You tell her and the nurse nods before she goes to look at where they cut your stomach. Melissa starts singing the lullaby again to Bella while the nurse is checking you over.

“I see you both have quite the number of kids.” The nurse tells you and you nod as Amelia goes over to you.

“Is my mommy ok?” Amelia asks and you hold her hand.

“From the outside it looks like it’s healed enough but I’m going to do an ultrasound just to make sure it’s healed enough on the inside.” She says and you nod.

“I’m too used to ultrasounds at this point.” You tell the nurse and Melissa chuckles. “No more kids.” You tell Melissa and Melissa nods.

An hour later Melissa is strapping all 5 kids in the car as you put everything in the very back, next to Amelia. You both got a new car 2 months ago that seats 9 people. There’s no trunk space but you can put 1-3 seats in the very back down if you need to or just use 2 seats in the back for anything, beside Amelia. After putting everything beside Amelia, you get in the passenger seat and wait for Melissa to finish strapping all the kids in. You look to your left and you see Melissa strapping Mia in and you hear Mia giggle and Melissa laughs as well.

“You’re such a goof.” Melissa says to Mia with a smile and then finishes strapping her in. Melissa then gets in the driver’s seat and looks at you. “Ready to go home?” She asks you and you nod.

“So ready.” You tell her and she smiles before she starts the car and drives you all home.

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“Vò, vò, vò.” Melissa finishes singing as she puts Mia down in the crib.

Melissa then makes sure that the baby monitor is on before she goes to the bedroom. She sees you’re already asleep and she crawls into bed next to you. She wraps an arm around you and falls asleep beside you. Melissa wakes up a couple hours later when she hears some babies crying and hears you groan before you get up. She pulls you back down into the bed before she gets up.

“Get back in bed, Amore.” She tells you before she gets up. “I’ll bring them to you, just relax.” She says and you nod.

Half an hour later Melissa takes Bella from you and you fall asleep. Melissa holds Bella in her arms, humming to her as she walks her to the baby room. She puts her in the crib and then goes back to bed with you.

The next morning you get up and realise you have about half an hour before the twins need to get fed. Melissa then has you sit down as she turns on the breast pump and there’s 2 bottles filled a few minutes later.

“There. Now you can go spend time with your other kids while I take care of the girls.” Melissa says to you and you nod before you go downstairs and have breakfast with your 3 toddlers.

Amelia is happy to be spending time with you again and tells you all about the month when you were in bed.

“And then Mamma taught me to read the alphabet.” Amelia finishes and you gasp.

“No way! So you know how to read the letters now?” You ask her.

“Most of them. I’m still working on the ones after O.” Amelia tells you and then you hear one of the babies cry and footsteps moving.

Upstairs Melissa picks Bella up and then puts the bottle at her mouth. Bella doesn’t seem to take it but Melissa doesn’t give up.

“Come on, you need to eat. It’s breast milk I swear.” She tells her and Bella tries to get to her chest. “Those don’t work, I’m sorry.” Melissa says and then Bella reaches out to touch the bottle and then starts sucking on the bottle. “There we go.” Melissa says with a smile and just watches her daughter eat with a smile.

“Did it work?” She hears and looks to see you opening the door.

“Yep, took her a moment but she doesn’t mind the bottle.” Melissa tells you and you nod before you go back downstairs.

You go back downstairs and you see Caty watching the show you left on for everyone while she’s holding Teddy tightly and rocking back and forth. Nico is watching the show with interest while smiling and Amelia is just looking at the alphabet book and not even paying attention to the show. You look at Caty again and tilt your head, you and Melissa both have a feeling that something is different about her than every other kid. Melissa booked a doctor’s appointment for her that’s in the middle of August to see if they can figure it out.

You then go to sit on the couch beside Amelia as the twins are on the floor. You see she’s looking at the pictures that start with the letter E. You didn’t realise how tired you were and you ended up falling asleep on the couch and Amelia notices. Amelia doesn’t know what to do as Melissa is upstairs and there’s baby gates that she can’t get passed and doesn’t know if the door is closed. Amelia then goes on your phone as she knows the password, she goes to the green camera picture and clicks on Melissa’s picture.

Melissa is feeding Mia when her phone starts ringing and she carefully gets her phone out of her pocket and sees that you’re FaceTiming her. She adjusts her hold on Mia and accepts the request. The last thing she expected was for Amelia to be looking at her.

“Mamma.” She says.

“Hey Tesoro, why are you calling me?” Melissa asks, amused by the situation.

“Mommy fell asleep and I tried waking her up.” Amelia explains and moves the phone so it focuses on you sleeping on the couch. Melissa isn’t that surprised as you barely got any sleep in the past 6 days.

“Already I’m almost done feeding Mia, do you mind looking after your siblings until I get there?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods. “I’ll leave the door open so if anything happens then just shout for me.” Melissa adds.

“Ok Mamma.” Amelia says and then Melissa ends the call.

“When did your sister learn how to use FaceTime?” Melissa asks Mia as she stands up and opens the door to the nursery. “You’ll love your siblings. Amelia, your oldest sibling is very smart and very protective and your mommy says she’s a little me. Nico, the second oldest and your only brother, he’s very goofy, playful and loves cars. Then there’s Caty, she’s shy but she’s amazing at figuring out puzzles. I can’t wait to see what you and Bella are like. Your mommy has already mentioned that you love to sleep, you’re like her that way.” Melissa says with a smile. “As much as I don’t like that my kids have to grow up as you’re my babies, I love how I’m able to watch them grow into their own person and see their personalities shine through.” Melissa says and then Mia stops eating. Melissa then burps Mia and puts her back in the crib and watches how she easily falls back asleep. “Sweet dreams my little ones.” Melissa tells both of them before she brings the baby monitor and goes downstairs.

“Hi Mamma.” Amelia says and then goes back to her book.

“Hey Tesoro, so mommy fell asleep?” Melissa asks and sees you sleeping peacefully. Melissa then gets Amelia to move over to the other side of the couch and adjusts your position and puts a pillow under your head.

“How come Mommy always wakes up to crying but can sleep through a show being played?” Amelia asks and Melissa smiles as she picks Amelia up and places her on her lap.

“When the babies are crying, our mother instincts kick in which is why both of us wake when one of the babies cries.” Melissa explains to her. “By the way, how were you able to call me with mommy’s phone?”

“I knew mommy’s numbers to get in and then I’ve seen how you called mommy all week. It’s a little green thing with a white thing in it.” Amelia tells her and Melissa hums.

“You are my little genius.” Melissa tells her as she puts her arms around Amelia and Amelia giggles. “Although everyone said that our kids would catch on to things quickly as me and mommy are both teachers.”

“Is it ok that I used mommy’s phone to call you?” Amelia asks and then she leans onto Melissa’s chest.

“Of course, Tesoro. You did the right thing in calling me and letting me know the situation.” Melissa tells her. “Do you need help with the alphabet book?” Melissa asks as she sees Amelia is on the letter i.

“Yes, please.” Amelia says and then Melissa puts her head on Amelia’s shoulder gently and helps her with the book.

You end up waking up 2 hours later to the babies crying and you go up and feed them. Both you and Melissa take care of the 3 kids for the rest of the day while you go and feed the babies every 2 hours. At the end of the day, Melissa puts the kids to bed while you feed the twins and then you go to the en suite of the master bedroom and see Melissa naked and drawing a bath.

“Having a bath?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“We’re having a bath.” She corrects and you tilt your head. “I thought we could have a relaxing time together.” She says and then she adds bubbles. A few minutes later she turns off the hot water and she takes off your shirt and shorts before she gets in and then you join her. Melissa wraps her arms around your waist and you lean on her as you both just relax together in the bath. “Are you feeling any better now, now that you’re back home?” She asks and you nod and hum.

“I do. Thank you for your help.” You tell her and she grabs the bucket and pours water on you carefully and gently.

“They’re our kids and we’re a team, of course I’d do anything to make it easier for you. Especially since you just had a c-section, which is harder on the body than a natural birth.”

“I know but I still appreciate it, especially since I fell asleep downstairs when I was supposed to watch the kids and our 4 year old had to call you.” You say and Melissa puts the shampoo in your hair, along with a scalp massage.

“It can happen, and you haven’t been able to sleep while I’ve been able to get like 8 hours a night.” She tells you. “And Amelia is our little genius so it was all good.”

That night you crawl into bed, comfy summer pjs on as Melissa gets the breast pump out. She then gets it ready with 2 bottles, attaches it to your breasts and then turns it on. It starts filling up both bottles and you rub your eyes.

A few days later you all walk to the park and you see your 3 kids happily playing as you rock the double stroller with the newborns in it.

“Oh, your babies are so tiny, how old are they?” A parent asks you both.

“Just under 2 weeks.” Melissa tells them.

“And you have 3 other kids?” They ask and Melissa nods.

“Oh wow, you’re both like super parents. My wife and I can barely handle two.” He says and you look at your 3 kids.

You see Amelia with another kid on the teeter totter, Nico climbing up the play structure and going down the slide and then Caty rocking back and forth on one of the little animals.

“When is her doctor’s appointment again?” You ask Melissa.

“August 16th.” She tells you and you nod. “You know what I’m mostly happy about?” She asks and you hum. “That I don’t have to take any time off work to stay with all my kids and my wife for 6 weeks.”

“I like that too.” You say.

“When are you going back to work?” She asks.

“January 9. The same time when the kids get back from Christmas break.” You say and she moves some hair out of your face.

“I can’t wait for your stomach to shrink. That way I can wrap my arm around your stomach and pull you right into me.” Melissa says and you hum.

“I thought the same thing for the same reason when I was in the hospital.” You tell her. “Although you know what else I thought of doing while in the hospital?” You ask and she looks at you. You then lean in and capture her lips in a kiss. “There were times when I just wanted to kiss you and couldn’t.” You say with a pout.

“I understand your pain. I thought the same thing when I was at home taking care of the 3 oldest kids. And at night I couldn’t wait for you to be home and in my arms.” She says and you kiss her again.

“Mamma! Can I go on the swing?” Amelia asks Melissa and you pull away from the kiss.

“Of course, Tesoro.” Melissa tells her. “I’ll be right there.”

“One afternoon and you’re back to being the favourite.” You say and Melissa smiles.

“Don’t be jealous, Amore.” She tells you and then winks before she gets up and follows Amelia to the swings then Bella starts crying.

A few minutes later you’re feeding Bella with a blanket covering yourself and Bella while you watch all your kids, plus Melissa pushing Amelia.

You lift the blanket just to check on Bella and you see her happily eating and you smile. You lift your head back up and you see Caty a few feet away from you, walking over.

“Everything ok, sweetheart?” You ask her and she makes it over to you, hugs your leg and puts her head on your lap. “Come sit beside me.” You tell her and help her climb up on the bench.

Melissa is pushing Amelia when she looks over and sees Nico running around with another toddler. She looks over for Caty but can’t see her. She then looks over at you and sees Caty sitting beside you. She sees you have an arm around Caty, feeding one of the babies and rocking the stroller with your foot. Then Nico comes running over to her with a smile.

“Swing!” He exclaims and Melissa smiles at him.

“Want to go on the swing my Ometto?” She asks and he nods before holding his arms out. Melissa goes over, picks him up and puts him in the other toddler swing.

You finish feeding Bella and then you put her in the stroller before you go and wake Mia up and start feeding her. You look over and see Melissa pushing Amelia and Nico on the swings at the same time.

“Teddy.” Caty says and you reach in the bag with all the baby stuff and pull Teddy out and hand it over to Caty. She takes it and pulls it close to her chest. You look to see her rest her face on it and she takes a breath of relief.

“Did you have fun playing?” You ask her and she nods as she continues hugging Teddy.

A few minutes later, Melissa comes over with Amelia and Nico and then you all go home when you’re done feeding Mia. Melissa goes to start cooking dinner with Amelia as you go to put the babies down for a nap. You make sure the baby monitor is on before you go downstairs and play with the twin toddlers.

3 hours later, Melissa presses play on a movie and you cuddle into her on the love seat. You see the twins and Amelia on the couch and you just put the babies to sleep after feeding them.

“Comfy?” Melissa asks you and you nod before she places a kiss on the top of your head. You look to see all your kids start eating the popcorn that Melissa gave them and then you start eating from yours and Melissa’s bowl as you all watch the first Toy Story.

When the movie is done you both look over to see the twins asleep and Amelia starting to fall asleep. Melissa gets up and carefully picks up Nico and brings him upstairs to his room while you pick up all the bowls and get the breast pump set up. You both got into a routine of Melissa feeding the babies at night to give you a rest and so she can have that time with them. Melissa comes back downstairs just as you start the breast pump and she picks up Caty.

“Tesoro, want to come upstairs with me?” Melissa asks Amelia and Amelia sleepily gets off the couch and holds Melissa’s hand.

Amelia goes to her room when Melissa goes to put Caty in her bed. When Melissa gets to Amelia’s room she sees her past out on her bed and Melissa smiles softly. It was smart of you to suggest that all the kids put their pjs on before the movie so you didn’t have to wake any of them up to get changed. Melissa tucks Amelia in the bed before she goes downstairs and you’re putting the breast pump away.

“Here’s the 2 bottles.” You tell Melissa and hand them to her.

“Thanks Amore. Are you going to bed?” She asks and you nod.

“I’ll take 4 hours whenever I can.” You say and she gives you a kiss.

“Want me to tuck you in?” She asks and you hum.

“So I get a forehead kiss too?” You ask her and she nods.

A few days later you wake up to one of the babies crying and you see Melissa wake up as well before you check the time, 6:43. You tell her to go back to bed and you grab all the baby monitors as you go and feed the twins. After feeding the twins, you go and wake Amelia up and she opens her eyes and looks at you with a yawn.

“Morning Mommy.” She says sleepily and you smile.

“Morning sweetheart, want to come help me make a birthday breakfast for Mamma?”

“Mamma said you can’t cook.” Amelia points out and you chuckle, of course Melissa said that.

“I’m not the best but I can make pancakes for everyone.” You tell her and she gets out of bed. Amelia helps you gather the ingredients and watches as you put everything in a big bowl. “Ok, now mix it all together.” You tell Amelia and she uses the whisk to mix all the ingredients together. You take a look at the toddler twins and see that Nico is waking up while Caty is still sleeping.

40 minutes later you grab the twins as Amelia is carrying the plate with 3 chocolate chip pancakes on it for Melissa. You put the twins on the bed and you see Nico goes to talk but you silence him. Unknown to you, Melissa woke up 10 minutes ago and saw the baby monitors were gone and figured out you were planning something for her birthday. She’s facing away from you all and she smiles at you trying to be sneaky with the kids.

“Ok and 3, 2, 1.”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” You and Amelia yell and Nico catches on as Melissa flips over to look.

“Happy Biwthday!” Nico yells and Caty looks confused.

“Oh wow! Well this is a nice surprise.” Melissa says and you raise your eyebrows as you know that tone, she was already awake.

“Mommy and I made you this for your birthday.” Amelia says as she hands Melissa the plate.

“Oh, that is so sweet of you two! Thank you so much.” Melissa says as she places a kiss on Amelia’s cheek.

“Do you want to eat by yourself and together?” You ask her.

“Obviously with my family.” Melissa tells you.

“Alright, Amelia, let’s go get the other pancakes and bring them up.” You tell her and you both walk out of the bedroom and get the other pancakes you made.

You and Amelia bring the rest up and the kids eat on the floor while you sit next to Melissa on the bed. You both listen to Amelia talking about her dream last night and you rest your head on Melissa’s shoulder when you’re done eating. After everyone finishes, Melissa sets everyone up with toys in their rooms as you feed the babies. Melissa ends up ambushing you out in the hallway just outside the bedroom and you smile at her.

“Hello birthday girl.” You say and she kisses you hard. She then pulls away, grabs your hand and pulls you into the bedroom and closes the door. “Something you want?” You ask her as she wraps her arms around you.

“Oh I think you know, and I think you want it as well.” She tells you and she kisses your neck.

“Are you sure you’re up for it, I mean you’re 51 now.” You tease and she pulls back and glares at you and gets you to back up towards the bed.

“Are you saying I’m too old to fuck you?” She asks.

“That’s what I was implying.” You tell her and she pushes you on the bed.

“I think I know a better use for that tongue of yours.” She says as she climbs on top of you.

20 minutes later you’re cuddling Melissa, both out of breath after you both came twice. You’re both enjoying the feeling of each other after sex and the quiet in the household.

“So did riling me up work the way you wanted?” Melissa asks and you smile.

“Well I had to do something after you ruined your breakfast surprise by already being awake.” You say and Melissa laughs as she holds you closer.

“You read me too well.”

“We’ve been together for 11 years, if I don’t know you by now then that would be a problem.” You tell her.

“True, but sometimes you know what I want or need before I do.”

“That’s because you’re easy to read.”

“I am the most difficult person to read.” She counters and you raise your eyebrows as you look at her.

“Is that what you think?” You ask her and she nods. “Well I’m telling you, as your wife, that I can easily read you.” You say and you kiss her. “So now that you’re fed and satisfied, what do you want to do today?” You ask.

“As long as it’s with my family then I don’t care what we do.”

“What would you say if I dropped the twins off at my parents, then went to the beach with the 3 kids?” You ask her and she smiles.

“Love that plan.” She tells you and you smile before you get up. “Hey! You’re not going anywhere yet.” She says as she grabs your waist and pulls you back down and you gasp in surprise.

Melissa packs the food in the picnic basket as you feed the twins on the couch and Amelia is dancing to the music that you put on. You see Caty rocking back and forth to the beat and Nico is clapping his hands. Melissa comes out and sees her kids enjoying the music and she smiles and puts a hand over her heart.

“Nice little dance party here.” Melissa says and walks up to the couch with the picnic basket.

“Yep. My parents will be here in half an hour.” You tell her and she nods.

“How did I miss 6 extra milk bottles in the fridge from the past 2 days?” She asks and you shrug.

“I don’t know, is your eyesight going, old woman?” You say with a smirk and Melissa subtly flips you off before she gets right in front of you and gets closer to your face.

“Maybe you need a punishment when we get back home.” She suggests and you cover Mia’s ears.

“Careful what you say around innocent ears.” You say playfully.

“Oh please, they heard worse in the womb.” She tells you.

An hour later you pull Amelia’s dress off of her to reveal her pink one piece bathing suit and Melissa’s puts her floaties on. You put the floaties on the twins and then you walk the few steps to the water. The water splashes a bit and touches the twins feet and Caty gasps in surprise. Just then Melissa and Amelia run past you three and they go in the water. Melissa ends up falling over and you laugh at her.

“Holy crap it’s cold!” Melissa yells out and you have your jaw open in shock.

“4 sets of innocent ears nearby.” You tell her and she looks at you in confusion.

“Are you saying you have innocent ears?” She asks and you nod and she starts laughing.

Amelia runs around in a circle, splashing around and you manage to get Caty in the water quickly while Nico takes his time. Caty looks at Amelia and tries to copy her movements and splashes the water as well. Melissa can see you want to go swimming so she goes up to the twins and tells you to get the swimming out of your system. You then run into the water and you end up falling as well but then you start swimming and Melissa smiles. Melissa then looks at Amelia swimming and then sees Caty trying to copy her sister.

“Woah, you do not know how to swim yet.” Melissa says as she stops Caty from going deeper. She then sees you swimming back and you wave at her.

“Mommy, can you teach me how to swim like you can?” Amelia asks when you get close enough.

“Of course, sweetheart.” You tell her.

Melissa sits at the edge of the water as she watches the twins and you teach Amelia to swim more. Melissa laughs as she sees Amelia accidentally splashes you in the face and you cover your face to protect yourself from all the water.

An hour later you’re both sitting on the picnic blanket as you watch all your kids playing with the sand. Melissa has her sunglasses on and hair in a ponytail and you can’t help but stare at her.

“I see you staring at me.” Melissa says as she turns to you and smiles.

“I can’t help it if you’re stunning.” You tell her and she chuckles and wraps an arm around you. “How’s your birthday so far?” You ask her.

“Well let’s see, I got a surprise birthday breakfast in bed, some amazing birthday sex and a day at the beach with most of my family. I love it.” She says and gives you a kiss.

“I would have brought the twins but I think bringing 2 week olds to the beach isn’t a great idea, especially with 3 other kids.” You tell her and she smiles.

Melissa then gets her phone out and brings you closer before she takes a selfie of you two. She goes to take another one and you surprise her with a cheek kiss just as she takes it and you see her smile get bigger and brighter.

Another hour later and Melissa is taking out the food she packed and you hand the twins the cheese and crackers and they start eating it. Melissa then hands you and Amelia some sandwiches and you all start eating. You see Nico hold out a piece of cheese to Melissa and you watch as Melissa gently takes the piece with her teeth.

“Thank you Ometto.” She tells Nico and Nico smiles.

“I’m sensing favouritism…again.” You complain and Melissa starts laughing. “I push them out and yet they prefer you.” You say with a pout and Melissa gives you a kiss on the cheek.

“Well you’ll always be my favourite wife.” Melissa tells you and you look at her.

“I’m your only wife.” You say.

“Doesn’t mean you can’t be my favourite.” She tells you. “What about my favourite partner?” She adds.

“So I outrank Joe, Gary and all the other people you’ve been with?” You ask her and she nods.

“My favourite by a landslide, they don’t even come close to you.” She says and you smile.

“That does make me feel better.” You tell her.

After everyone finishes, Melissa takes the watermelon out and you watch the twins try it for the first time. You see as the juice drips down both of them and Caty looks at her hands. She then tries to rub the juice off but it’s still sticking to her hands.

“She really doesn’t like anything sticking to her hands.” Melissa says as she grabs Caty and brings her over to the water to wash her hands.

“Is it good Nico?” You ask him and he nods as he takes another bite.

You then all digest for a bit before you pack everything up and load it in the car. On the way home, you look at the kids and see everyone asleep.

“I think they all tired themselves out.” You say and Melissa looks at the extra mirror you got for the dashboard to see the kids.

“I think so.” She says softly.

A week later you slump on the couch and place your feet on Melissa’s lap. She looks at you and raises her eyebrows and places her arms on your legs.

“Everything alright?” She asks.

“My breasts feel numb, can you take the next feeding?” You ask her.

“I’m afraid mine don’t work.” She tells you and you glare at her.

“I meant can you use the breast pump to get the milk out of me?” You clarify and she laughs.

“I know, I’m just messing with you, Amore. I’ll feed them next.” She tells you and you huff.

“You know it’s half your fault that my breasts feel like this.” You say sternly and she does a fake gasp.

“I took no part in it.” She says and then you see a smirk on her.

“Uh huh. How did it taste?” You ask.

“Better than I thought, not surprised that all our kids kept preferring breast milk instead of formula.” She tells you and you massage your breasts.

“I still can’t believe you forgot this morning that my breasts are producing milk.” You say and she sighs.

“Again, I know they are but in the moment I forgot.” She says and you smirk.

Melissa then continues reading all about the pre-k place that Amelia will be attending in a few weeks. You then look at the tv and see that Melissa put on Frozen for everyone to watch.

A few days later the paediatrician is looking at Caty and you both explain all the information you’ve both gathered.

“You both might have to go to a specialist on mental disorders in young children.” The doctor says and you both look at him.

“What?” Melissa asks.

“From what you’ve told me about Caterina, it sounds like she might have a mental disorder.” The doctor explains and you look at Melissa.

“Do you have someone you recommend?” You ask him and he nods.

“I recommend this woman to everyone I suspect might have a mental disability.” He says and gives you the number. “She’s really good at her job and really good with the kids.” He tells you and you nod.

“Thank you.” You tell him and then you bring Caty home.

You explain what the doctor said to your parents and then Melissa calls the number and books an appointment for Friday.

“Well that was fast, she’s able to get us in in 3 days?” You ask and she nods.

“There was a cancellation. It was either Friday or mid September.” She says and you both look at Caty. “Is it possible that she could have a mental disorder?” Melissa asks.

“It’s always possible.” You tell her.

“We were told to bring all of our kids over the age of 1 just to test them all.” Melissa says and you nod.

Friday comes around and you leave the babies with Melissa’s sister, Marie. You enter the office and you see a few children's toys in a box and the office is a calming blue. You check in at the front desk and you’re instructed to take a seat. A few minutes later a blonde woman comes out and calls you all in.

“Hello, I’m Doctor Allen. I’m a specialist for mental disorders in young children.” She explains and you both shake her hand and introduce yourselves. “Which one is Caterina?” She asks and you pick her up.

“This one.” You tell her and Caty looks at the ceiling.

“So why don’t you start with telling me about what you see that’s different and let your kids play with the toys.” She says and you put Caty down and she goes over to the puzzle toy while holding Teddy.

“Well, we’ve noticed that she doesn’t interact with other kids, likes to play by herself most of the time. It took her longer to start talk, she still barely says anything. She rocks back and forth often as well as keep Teddy, her teddy bear, close to her body. She doesn’t like it when someone other than me or Melissa picks her up. She doesn’t like loud noises, like when Nico plays on her little drum toy.” You explain and Melissa nods.

“Interesting.” She says and writes something down. “And does she prefer a certain texture in clothes?” She asks and you think about it.

“Not that we’ve noticed.” Melissa says and you nod.

“What about repetitive movements or routines? Does she like those?”

“There was that 3 weeks where I was feeding them all the same thing repeatedly and she was the only one that didn’t complain.” Melissa says.

“Does she ever get overwhelmed easily? Like at an event or long day?”

“Yes, everytime.” You say. “Last time was at the park a couple weeks ago and she ran to me to get away from all the other kids. And there was another time when she chose to run and hide in a dark room and it was at their birthday party.”

“The boy and Caterina are twins?” Dr. Allen asks and you nod.

“Yes, her and Nico are and Amelia is the oldest, she’s 4 and we have newborn twin girls as well.” You tell her and she nods.

“How is she with her siblings?”

“Avoided them at first. She mostly did puzzle toys by herself or watch the same show over and over again.” Melissa tells her.

“Is she closer to one of you, prefers one over the other?” The doctor asks and you nod.

“She comes to me when she gets overwhelmed and likes to lay her head on my chest, over my heart.” You say.

“Ok, it sounds to me that Amelia is autistic.” She tells you both and you look at Melissa before back to the doctor. “The signs you describe fit it perfectly.” She says. “Delayed communication skills, easily overwhelmed by crowds, prefers to be alone, doesn’t like loud noises, the rocking back and forth is a repetitive movement to calm herself down. She also likes your heartbeat because it’s a familiar sound that she takes comfort with. As well as preferring puzzle toys, and watching the same show.” She explains.

“So what does this mean then? What do we do? Melissa asks her.

“I recommend researching it to know more about it. And I’ll print you a list of things you can do to help her.” Dr. Allen says as she gets up and goes to her computer. She hands you the list a minute later and then sits back down again. “So let’s see about your other kids.” She tells you both and you and Melissa both look at each other before looking at the doctor again.

After an hour Dr. Allen says that Amelia is starting to show signs of ADHD and hands you a list for Amelia. She then tells you that Nico isn’t showing signs of anything. You both walk out of the office, you holding Caty’s hand and Melissa holding Nico’s as Amelia skips down the hall.

That night, Melissa has both lists on her lap and her laptop out and writing things down that she finds. You walk in after feeding the twins and look at her.

“You look like you’re doing a school project.” You tell her and she continues scrolling.

“I’m reading up about Autism and ADHD in toddlers.” She explains and you crawl into bed beside her.

“And?”

“And the more I read about it, the more her actions make sense.” Melissa tells you and you look at what she’s written down. “Does anyone in your family have autism?” She asks you and you shake your head. “It says here that in most cases, it’s passed down from a parent or runs in the family.” She tells you.

“Anyone in your family?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Although we’re Italian, so if anyone was then they wouldn’t admit to it or get tested.” She says and then starts biting her thumb nail.

“What are you doing?” You ask.

“Biting my nail.”

“You’re in a gay marriage, you have no nails to bite.” You tell her and she chuckles slightly as she puts her hand back down. “Why don’t we look more into this tomorrow? It's been a long day and we should get some sleep before the babies wake us up in 2 hours.” You suggest and she closes her laptop and puts it away with the lists. She then crawls back into bed and she rests her head on your chest and falls asleep.

The following week Melissa is getting orange slices ready for everyone and you’re sitting on the floor with Caty. You go over the list and then look at her again. You then put the headphones on Caty and she looks at you then touches the headphones. You go on your phone and start playing music that she likes. You then see her smile and she continues holding Teddy and starts swaying to the music. Melissa then comes out with the food and hands you one of the plates to give to Caty.

“She likes the headphones or at least the music.” You tell her.

“It says that music is a common thing that helps calm a meltdown.” Melissa says as she hands a plate to Amelia and Nico.

“We should also get fairy lights or LED lights, maybe for all of our kids.” You tell her and she nods.

Another week goes by and Melissa is preparing all the lunches and snacks for herself and the 3 toddlers. You make sure to pack the list and the note for Melissa to give the daycare about Amelia and Caty. Melissa made a list of all things that help with both mental disorders so the daycare can know and help them.

“Are you sure you’ll be ok by yourself with the babies?” Melissa asks as she hugs you from behind.

“I’ll be fine. It’s only for 9 hours and it’s just 2 kids, I’ve done it before.” You tell her and she hums.

“Remember that if you get called by an emergency at the daycare then call me immediately.” She says and you turn around in her hold.

“I know, you’ve told me 3 times already.”

“Just want to be prepared for anything.” She tells you and then gives you a kiss.

“Oh, here are the bottles, go feed the twins and I’ll be in bed, asleep.” You say and she takes the bottles from you and gives you another kiss.

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“So Amelia is only here for the week and then 2 days a week after that?” The daycare person asks and Melissa nods.

“She’s going into pre-k but it only starts next week and my wife is already looking after newborn twins and don’t want to add to that.” Melissa explains and they nod. “Also for Amelia, she’s been starting to show signs of ADHD, so I made a list of things that could help her.” Melissa tells them and hands over the paper.

“Alright, thank you.” They tell her and Melissa bends down and hugs Amelia.

“I love you, Tesoro. I’ll pick you and your siblings up when I’m done with work.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

“I love you too, Mamma.” Amelia tells her before she runs off and talks to her friends.

Melissa walks into the breakroom and sees everyone already there. She sits down next to Barb and sips her coffee from her mug before getting her phone out before she starts a conversation with Barb.

“So Caty was diagnosed with autism and Amelia with ADHD?” Barb asks and Melissa nods.

“We both knew there was something and we were right.”

“Well she’s your daughter, of course you’d know if something was different.” Barb says and Melissa nods.

3 hours later they’re all coming out of the gym with a list of things they have to teach this year. Melissa looks at the trio talking excitedly about their students this year and Melissa is looking at the second grade curriculum.

“So how is Y/n doing?” Barb asks.

“She’s good. A lot more rested when we started using the breast pump and I’m feeding them before bed and in the morning. Amelia was also happy when she was able to catch up with her after not seeing her for a little bit.”

“That’s good, I remember her being upset about not being able to see Y/n.” Barb says and Melissa nods.

At lunch, Melissa is showing off all the photos she took over the summer with the trio and Barb. Janine and Jacob keep making comments on every photo while Gregory just nods, and Barb keeps saying “aw” or “oh”. When she’s near the end of her photos she sees you’re FaceTime-ing her and she accepts it.

“Hey Amore.” She says and you see everyone there looking at you. “Alright photo show is over, go back to your seats.” Melissa says and they all obey. “I was just showing them all the photos, what’s up?” She asks and sees you holding one of the twins.

“Bella doesn't want to sleep, I was wondering if you could sing that lullaby they like.” You say and she smiles before she grabs her lunch and walks to her classroom.

When she gets to her classroom she starts singing La Siminzina and by the end of it, Bella is fast asleep. Melissa smiles at seeing her daughter asleep in your arms and you breathe out a sigh of relief.

“Thank you. I’ve fed her twice and hasn’t slept since you left.” You tell her. “I think she misses you.”

“I know she caused you to get less sleep but I actually find it cute that she misses me.” Melissa says.

“How is it that I carry them, push them out and breastfeed them and yet over half of them end up preferring you?”

“Cause I’m extremely lucky.” Melissa says. “Also technically these 2 you didn’t push out.” She adds and you glare at her.

“Well I also stay home to take care of them.” You say.

“They do love you but I guess they must feel comfortable with me because I talked to them everyday that you were pregnant.” Melissa tells you.

“I know, and you helped a lot during all the pregnancies.” You say as you put Bella in her crib. “So how was it this morning?” You ask her.

“I met the substitute teacher that’s filling in for you until the Christmas break.” She says.

“Oh ya? What are they like?” You ask.

“He sat beside me and kept flirting with me.” She tells you, annoyance in her tone and you start laughing.

“I feel bad for him. He wants you and can’t have you.” You say and Melissa smiles. “I’m not surprised that you got flirted with. You’re perfect.” You say and she blushes.

About 2 hours later, Melissa was making her bulletin board when your substitute teacher came over.

“Need any help?” He asks her and she shakes her head as she holds the tape in her mouth. She sticks the paper on and then takes the tape roll out of her mouth.

“I’m good, I’ve done this many times.” She tells him.

“It does look like you have experience, better than mine.” He says and she looks over at the one that he did.

“Yours is pretty good.” She says and then she goes back in her classroom and he follows her.

“So I was told that my students were in your class last year and was wondering if you got any tips for me about them?” He asks her and she looks up at him and he hands her the list. Melissa then goes to explain a few tips and tricks she learned last year and then gives the list back to him. “I was wondering, since we’ll be working close to each other, if maybe you wanted to hang out after work today?” He asks and she sighs as she realises he hasn’t figured out she’s not interested or married.

“I can’t as I have to go home to my wife and 5 kids.” She says and she sees him look down and sees her wedding ring. “The teacher you’re filling in for is my wife as she had twin girls over the summer.” She explains and she watches as he turns to embarrassment real quick.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” He says and then almost runs out.

“Should have done that sooner.” She says to herself and turns to her whiteboard.

At the end of the day, she puts her purse in the van when the sub comes up to her and she sighs again.

“Just wanted to say I’m sorry again and I hope we’ll be able to work together over the next 4 months.” He tells her.

“Just don’t flirt with me again as only my wife can do that without getting a bat to the head.” She says and he nods before he walks off.

Melissa drives to the daycare and sees Amelia talking with another 4 year old girl. Melissa walks up to her and taps her on the shoulder.

“Hi Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia nods.

“Hi Mamma! This is Paige.” Amelia tells her.

“Hi Paige. I’m Melissa, one of Amelia’s moms.” She introduces herself.

“Paige also has 2 moms.” Amelia tells her and Melissa smiles just as one of Paige’s moms comes up to her.

“This is one of my mommy’s. Mommy this is Amelia” Paige says and Melissa shakes her hand.

“I’m Melissa.”

“Beverly.” Beverly says. “I guess our daughters became friends. Maybe we can have Amelia over some time or Paige over at your house so they can hang out.” Beverly suggests.

“Ya, that sounds great. I’ll have to ask my wife though. She’s at home with 2 newborns right now.” Melissa tells her and Beverly nods. “Come on Amelia, we have to pick up your other siblings and get home.”

“Alright. Bye Paige!” She exclaims and Paige waves at her.

Melissa, Amelia and the twins get home and you’re nowhere to be found. Melissa then hears footsteps upstairs and sees you at the railing.

“Hey Amore.” She tells you and you come downstairs.

“Mommy, guess what?” Amelia says as the twins immediately go to their toys.

“What?” You ask her.

“I made a friend, her name is Paige.” Amelia tells you and you smile.

“Oh, that’s great!” You say.

“Ya, I met one of her mom’s today and she suggested a play date.” Melissa tells you.

“Oh, she has two moms as well?” You ask and Amelia nods.

“We were drawing our families today and saw her drawing 2 moms.” Amelia explains.

“Well if you want then we can arrange a playdate with her.” You tell her and Amelia nods with a smile.

At night, you lay between her legs and have your head on her chest and Melissa is giving you a shoulder rub. When she’s done, she gives your arms a couple of gentle rubs and places a kiss on the top of your head.

“Rest up.” She says softly and you nod.

“I love you.” You say tiredly and she wraps her arms around you.

“I love you too, Amore.” She tells you.

On Friday afternoon, Melissa picks up her kids and confirms the play date for tomorrow with Amelia and Paige. Paige is coming over as Melissa doesn’t want to leave you alone with 4 kids to look after. Beverly confirmed that they’ll be there at noon tomorrow.

“Excited about tomorrow, Tesoro?” Melissa asks as you all sit down at the dinner table.

“Very excited!” Amelia exclaims before she takes a bite of dinner. “Paige and I have been playing together all week at daycare.”

“Ya? What have you two been playing?” Melissa asks her, smiling at her daughter’s excitement. Amelia then talks all about her week with Paige with a big smile.

In the evening, Melissa is humming to Bella as you feed Mia in the rocking chair. Melissa watches as you put Mia back in her crib and then she puts Bella back in her crib.

“Goodnight my little loves.” Melissa says to both of them and then you head back to your room.

When you get to the bedroom then you get a sudden urge to fuck Melissa. You grab her shirt and she yelps in surprise and then moans when you kiss her. Melissa attempts to take control but then you push her onto the bed and get on top of her. Melissa takes the hint and lets you touch her all over.

“Oh Y/n.” She moans out before you take her shirt off. You then wrap your mouth around a nipple and she arches her back and her clit rubs your thigh. “Oh my god.” She says and then you take her pj shorts off. “What are you planning to do?” She asks and you go to the nightstand with a smile.

“Something I haven’t done to you in awhile.” You tell her and take the dildo out. She widens her eyes as you get on top of her. “Now spread your legs.” You command her and she obeys. You then circle her clit as you put lube on the dildo. You then go on your knees and get her to go on her knees. You grab her hips and then you insert the dildo inside of her. She gasps out and then you do a hard thrust and enter her fully.

“Fuck.” She breathes out and you smile. You then start pumping inside her and she falls forward on her forearms.

“Think you can take it?” You ask her and she whimpers. You then start going faster, pounding into her and she lets out a loud gasp. You take her shorts and put them in her mouth to silence her. You then have to start going harder and you can tell she’s close to an orgasm. You then both hear a knock on the door and you both look at it.

“Mamma? Mommy?” You hear Amelia ask and Melissa takes the shorts out of her mouth. You keep going but you slow down.

“What is it, Tesoro?” Melissa asks breathlessly.

“I woke up from a weird noise.” Amelia says and Melissa has to cover her mouth to prevent a gasp.

“It was just me and mommy, go back to bed, Tesoro.” Melissa says.

“Alright, Mamma.” Amelia tells her.

You then start going faster and Melissa voluntarily puts her shorts back in her mouth. You keep pounding into her and hear her breathing gets deeper and deeper the closer she gets to an orgasm.

“Are you close, my love?” You ask her and she nods. She then puts her head down and you see her clench her fists. She lets out a muffled gasp as she comes. You then keep going for a few more seconds until you come. You stop moving and lean on her as you catch her breath and she seems to be catching her breath as well and takes out the shorts.

“So what spurred this on? Not that I mind getting fucked really good by my wife.” She asks as you pull out of her and she lays down on her back. You take the dildo off and throw it on the ground and lay down beside her.

“Just something that hit me and so I did it.” You tell her and she smiles. She then lets out a cough and looks at her nightstand to see an empty cup and she sighs.

“I need to drink but I don’t think I can move.” She complains and you get an idea.

“You know, my body does produce milk and I’m right here.” You tell her and she looks at you. “And it’s not like you haven’t done it before so you know what it’s like.” You add.

“Again, it was an accident as I forgot.” She says. “And also if I sucked on your nipple, then I’d just want to fuck you.”

“Well I would never say no to that.” You tell her and she looks at you before she smiles.

She then straddles your hips, still has to keep off your stomach as it’s still shrinking. She takes your pj top off of you and she looks at your body for a second. She then lowers herself to your nipples and puts one in her mouth. She glances at you before she does anything and you nod, confirming your consent. She then starts sucking, milk coming out of you and you moan out as she flicks her tongue, the way you like it best.

She trails her hand down and puts it under your pj shorts and feels your entrance. She finds that you’re still wet from when you fucked her so she slips a finger in your entrance. Melissa then pulls away from your nipple and goes to the other one, not wanting to leave you lopsided. She puts the nipple in her mouth and starts sucking milk out of it. She looks up at your face and sees you enjoy it, how your eyes are squeezed shut and mouth open and she can’t get enough of the sight. At the moment she’s basically getting dinner and a show. You put your hands in her hair and squeeze it tight, knowing she doesn’t mind it.

“Oh, I love you.” You say and she lets go of your nipple and kisses you. You taste some of the breast milk on her lips and she was right, it’s not bad.

“I love you too, Amore.” She says before going back to kiss you. She feels you clench around her fingers and she goes harder and faster. You bite down on her lip to stop a moan from slipping out as you come.

The next day you’re feeding the twins when you hear the doorbell ring. When you’re finished you put them in their crib and then go downstairs. You see Amelia and Paige running downstairs and Melissa talking to two adults.

“Amore, this is Beverly and Heather.” Melissa says and you go up to them.

“Hi.” You tell them and shake hands with them. “I’m Y/n.”

“I’m happy our daughter made friends with someone who also has 2 moms.” Beverly says.

“Mommy.” You hear and see Caterina running up to you. You pick her up and she lays her head on your chest.

“This is Caterina.” You tell them and they smile. “Our son over there is Nico, and we have another pair of twins upstairs, newborns, named Bella and Mia.”

“How do you manage to take care of 5 kids?” Heather asks you.

“We do it together, as a team.” Melissa says with a smile and wraps her arm around your waist.

“Mommy!” Amelia says and you turn around. “This is Paige.” Amelia introduces to you and you bend down.

“Hi Paige, I’m Y/n, Amelia’s other mom.” You tell her.

“Is it true that Amelia is leaving daycare?” Paige asks you.

“It is, she’s going to start pre-k on Monday but it’s just for 3 days a week.” You tell Paige and Melissa and Beverly nod.

“Let me show you my room.” Amelia says and Melissa opens the baby gates for them and follows after them. You go over to the couch and put Caty down and she stands up and peeks over the back of the couch.

“Here, sweetheart.” You tell her and give her your phone and put on her favourite show.

Upstairs, Melissa is leaning on the doorway of Amelia’s room, with her arms crossed and smiling at her daughter and Paige.

“And this is the toy Mamma got me when Cat and Nico were born.” Amelia says as she shows Paige her toys.

Both of Paige’s parents are talking to you downstairs as you watch Nico and Caty. Melissa is watching Amelia and Paige playing in her room. Melissa switched to sitting on the floor, leaning on the door and watching the playdate with a smile.

A few hours later, Paige and her parents had to go and you watch as Amelia hugs Paige goodbye. You’re feeding Mia when you say goodbye and have a blanket covering yourself.

A couple hours later Melissa and Amelia were in the kitchen when you hear the doorbell ring. You get up and open it to see that the kids fairy and LED lights have arrived and you smile as you pick it up.

After dinner, you’re feeding Bella as you watch Melissa hang up the LED lights. You watch as she’s on a stool and sticking it to the wall near the ceiling. When she’s done she gets off the stool and looks at her work and smiles.

“What do you think?” She asks and then you turn it on.

“I like it.” You tell her. “We should see what Caty thinks of it.” You say and she nods before she goes downstairs. A few minutes later you’re putting Bella in her crib when you hear footsteps come up. You go out of the room and follow them into Caty’s room.

“Alright Caty, so this light should be easier on your eyes and we want to know what you think.” Melissa tells Caty and Caty nods.

Melissa then goes and turns on the light and Caty gasps in awe. You then watch as Caty chooses the colour that she wants for the room. Caty ends up choosing the light blue and you smile as Caty smiles at the light while holding Teddy. You then turn towards Amelia and Nico.

“So do you guys want lights like this as well?” You ask them and they nod. Melissa then goes and puts the lights up in Nico’s room and then in Amelia’s.

Melissa then flops down on your bed, tired from putting up all those lights and you smile. You then get on the bed, on your side, hold your head in one hand and look at her with a smile.

“What?” She asks and you thread your fingers through her hair with your free hand.

2 days later Melissa is carrying Amelia’s pink school bag that you both got her as she walks in to where she’ll be starting pre-K. Melissa then sees the classroom number that she was told to go to and she walks in with Amelia holding her hand.

“Hello, and what’s your name?” A woman asks Amelia.

“I’m Amelia.” She says and the woman looks at her list.

“Amelia…Schemmenti. Yes I have you right here. Welcome to pre-k.” She tells her and Amelia looks around. Melissa then bends down and gently puts the school bag on Amelia.

“Now you have your lunch and your favourite toy in there.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods. “If there’s any issues and you want to leave, then tell one of the adults. They’ll contact mommy and she’ll come and pick you up.” Melissa explains and Amelia nods.

“Ok Mamma.” Amelia says and then Melissa hugs her.

“I love you, Tesoro.” She says and Amelia hugs her back.

“I love you too, Mamma.” Amelia tells her.

“Now I’ll be picking you up first after work and then your other 2 siblings.” Melissa says and Amelia nods. “Have a good first day.”

“Bye Mamma.” Amelia tells her and then Melissa waves to her and leaves.

A couple hours later Melissa is watching all her new students find their seats and she checks her phone. She sees she got a message from you half an hour ago and opens it up.

You: no calls from your little mini me or the t-twins. The other 2 are having fun seeing how much they can cry until I scream

Melissa looks at it and smiles, she always loves your updates.

Melissa: T-twins?

You: Toddler twins

Melissa: Keep me updated and call your parents if you need a break from our daughters

She sends the message and then she looks up at her little eagles and smiles before she takes attendance.

At the end of the day Melissa goes to pick Amelia up and sees she’s talking to a few other girls and she smiles. The teacher sees Melissa and goes up to her.

“Amelia is your daughter right?” She asks and Melissa nods.

“Is that a good thing? Did something happen?” Melissa asks her.

“Nothing happened. Amelia is actually a very smart girl and quite social. Does she have any siblings?” The teacher asks.

“Ya, 4 siblings. 2 of them are newborns though and Amelia is the oldest.”

“Well that explains how she’s so social with the other kids. And are you teaching her stuff at home?”

“Only what she asks us to learn. My wife and I aren’t used to having kids who want to learn before they have to. My wife and I are both elementary school teachers.” Melissa tells her.

“Well Amelia is lucky to have you both as parents.” She says and then goes to talk to other parents. Melissa goes up to Amelia and bends down.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia turns around and hugs Melissa.

“Mamma! Wait, is it the end of the day already?” She asks and Melissa nods.

“I take it you had fun?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods enthusiastically.

“This is Olivia and Evelyn.” Amelia says and Melissa smiles.

“Well it is very nice to meet you both. We gotta go pick up your siblings from daycare.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

“Come look at what I get. They call it a cubby.” Amelia tells Melissa as she grabs Melissa’s hand and drags her over. “They come with 2 hooks so I can put my backpack on one and on the other one I can put my sweater or jacket when it gets colder.” Amelia says and then she grabs her bag.

“That is very cool. When we get home then you can tell me and mommy all about your day.” Melissa says and Amelia nods.

All of you were eating at the dinner table a couple hours later. You just fed the baby twins and the toddler twins are happily eating what Melissa and Amelia made. You and Melissa are listening as well as trying to keep up with Amelia as she’s talking a mile a minute.

“And then the teacher picked me to name all the colours and I was able to do that and she gave me a sticker! Then after that we got free time and I played with this dollhouse with Olivia and Evelyn. The dollhouse is fun to play with but it’s so much more fun when you’re playing with other people.” Amelia says and you both smile at her.

“Sounds like you had an amazing first day.” You tell her and she nods. “So you’ll love going there every Monday, Wednesday and Friday then.” You add.

“I can’t wait for Wednesday! When is Wednesday again?” She asks.

“It’s in 2 days Tesoro.” Melissa tells her.

After dinner you got the 3 toddlers to watch a movie while you sat with Melissa at the dinner table as she goes over her lesson plan.

“So how was meeting your newest little eagles today?” You ask her and she smiles at you.

“They were just bursting with excitement today.” She tells you. “Your students told me that they can’t wait until you come back.” She adds and you smile.

“And has that sub flirted with you again?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Not since I told him that I have a wife and 5 kids.”

“I’m still confused as to why you didn’t tell him sooner.”

“He’s a sub, he didn’t need to know my business.” She tells you. “I thought me showing no interest would have made him catch on and stop, but apparently not.”

“You’re too hot for that. Obviously he would have kept trying.” You say and she chuckles. “I think putting Amelia in pre-k was a really good decision.”

“Ya, she loves it.” Melissa agrees and you nod.

At night you put your 3 toddlers to bed while Melissa feeds the babies. When you get back to the bedroom, Melissa walks in and falls down on the bed.

“Tired?” You ask with a smile and she nods.

“Like I said earlier, students were excited today.” She tells you and you get on the bed and crawl over to her. “Can I help you?” She asks as you’re looking down at her with a smile.

“Not really.” You say as you lay next to her and she smiles at you.

“Can I ask you something?” She asks and you look at her and nod. “Why are you with me?” She then asks and you look at her confused. “I’m much older than you, I have anger issues and I wasn’t nice to you when you started.” She says and you turn on your side to look at her, using your arms as a pillow.

“You aren’t really nice to anyone when they start.” You say and she quirks an eyebrow at you and you smile before grabbing her closest hand. “I’m gonna say exactly what you told me when I once asked the same question 5 years ago.” You tell her and she looks into your eyes. “I’m with you because it was impossible to stay away from you.” You tell her and she starts playing with the wedding ring on your finger. “Why are you asking?” You then ask and she looks up at you.

“I don’t know, I’ve kinda been thinking about it since my birthday.” She says softly. “Thinking about how lucky I got but then it turned into thinking about why are you with me.” She admits. You then lift your head and move her arm to be under your head before resting your head on her arm. After, you shuffle closer to her and she wraps her arm around you.

“We fell in love, it’s as simple as that.” You tell her before kissing her and she smiles.

“I see you’re quoting me.” She says.

“What you said is true and you can’t say no to yourself.”

“I love you.” She says and cups your cheek.

“I love you too.” You tell her and then kiss her.

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You were on your way to Abbott today to visit Melissa and everyone on their lunch break with the twin girls. You told Melissa that you needed the van to go and pick up costumes for Caty and Nico as Halloween is in 3 weeks. You ended up driving her to work and promised that you’d pick her up. You push the twins in the stroller to the break room and you walk in to see everyone there.

“Janine, that’s impossible.” Melissa says and then Janine sees you and excitedly gets up and runs over. Melissa turns her head around and sees you with the twins.

“Surprise.” You tell her and she gets up and quickly makes her way over and hugs you. “Weird that I had to get a visitor's pass even though I work here.” You say and Melissa looks at the twins.

“I thought you were getting costumes for Caty and Nico?” She asks as she picks up Bella.

“I did.” You say as you go into the bag and pull out two costumes and she quirks an eyebrow.

“Really? Dorothy and the cowardly lion?” She asks.

“They’re adorable.” You say and then look at Melissa’s expression. “It was the only thing I saw where they could match and wouldn’t be too uncomfortable for Caty.” You tell her. “You might not remember her flinging the Minnie mouse ears off last year but I do. Also I wanted to come here and surprise you with the twins, so just shut up and enjoy it.” You add and Melissa lets out a slight chuckle.

Everyone then takes turns holding Bella and Mia for the entire lunch break, giving you a small break. When Jacob is holding Mia and Barb is holding Bella, Melissa sits down in her spot and gets you to sit on top of her and she wraps her arms around you.

“Thank you for the surprise.” She tells you and you give her a kiss.

“I also needed a small break.” You whisper and she laughs. “Also is the sub here?” You ask her and she looks around and nods when she sees him.

“The lanky one with the dark brown hair on the couch.” She tells you and rests her head on your arm. Without warning you get up and Melissa whips her head up as she watches you go over to the sub.

“Hi, you’re the sub right?” You ask him and he looks at you nervously and nods. You then hold out your hand and he shakes it and casts a glance at Melissa. “Yes, I’m Melissa’s wife and the teacher you’re subbing for.” You tell him. “Just wanted to see that you’re already afraid of my wife which means that she threatened you which means that topic is covered. But I wanted to add that if you mess with anyone here, especially my wife and my students then I have access to my wife’s bat.” You tell him and you go back and sit on Melissa’s lap and Melissa wraps her arms around your waist.

“That’s my girl.” She says with a smile.

A week later Melissa is giving out the tests to her students when she gets a call on her phone. She looks to see you’re calling her so she ignores it as you probably forgot she has class. A few minutes later Ava knocks on her door and tells Melissa to step outside for a second.

“Alright my little eagles, start the test and I’ll be right back.” She tells them and then steps outside. “What is it?” She asks Ava.

“You need to pick up the calls from your wife. She called me about something that involves one of your babies and blood.” Ava says.

“Wait, what? What do you mean?” Melissa asks her.

“Girl I don’t know, I was only half paying attention. But she told me to tell you to call her now.” Ava tells her and Melissa immediately calls you. You pick up pretty much right away and you immediately look in distress.

“Melissa, I need you to come home and bring us to the hospital. Mia is coughing up blood, she has a fever and she’s not eating that much. I would take them but I can’t find the spare baby seats.” You tell her and you seem on the verge of a panic attack.

“Ok Amore, calm down.” She says and you glare at her. “Ava, I need you to take over my class.” She tells Ava and Ava looks at her confused. “They’re just doing a test, just make sure they don’t look at others test’s or talk to each other. They’ll hand it to you when they’re done and they can do whatever for the rest of the day.” She explains and Ava nods before walking into the classroom. “I’m coming Amore.” She tells you.

“Hurry.” You say and then end the call.

Melissa quickly gathers her things as she says a goodbye and an excuse to her students before she runs out of the building and to the car. When she pulls up she sees you coming out with the twins in a stroller. Melissa helps you strap them both in and then drives to the hospital. On the way there she sees you wiping off some blood that she assumed was from Mia.

“Did you Google it?” Melissa asks and you look at her.

“Of course I fucking Googled it.” You tell her sternly and run your hand through your hair.

“It’s going to be ok.” Melissa says and grabs your hand.

“They said it could be a possible chest infection and to get them to a hospital immediately.” You tell her and take a few deep breaths.

“Which is what we’re doing.” Melissa says.

You both get to the hospital and you get the stroller ready while Melissa gets Bella. She hands you Bella and you get her in the stroller while Melissa gets Mia. She decides to hold Mia and carry her all the way inside the children’s hospital. Melissa tells the receptionist what’s going on and she gets you to fill out some forms while she notifies the doctors. You end up having to feed Mia and Melissa fills out the forms.

“Why do we have to fill out these stupid forms? My daughter is coughing up blood!” You say and Melissa looks at you and puts a hand on your back and rubs it.

“It’s gonna be ok, Amore. Our kids are the strongest people I know and Mia will be perfectly fine. We just have to fill these out so they know what’s happening and then they’ll check her out and see what’s going on.” Melissa tells you calmly. “Is Mia eating alright?” She asks and you look under the blanket and see Mia happily eating and you nod.

“She is.” You say and rub your forehead with your free hand before looking at Melissa. “I’m sorry, I’m just scared.” You tell her and she kisses your forehead.

“It’s alright.” She tells you and then she checks on Bella. “All I see is a mother protective of one of her babies and nothing is wrong with that.” She says and you nod then feel that Mia is done eating.

“Here.” You say before you hand Mia over to Melissa and she begins burping her and then you adjust the blanket before you take Bella to feed her. “When daycare is over then you should get the kids.” You tell her and then place your head on her shoulder.

Melissa does end up having to leave to get the kids an hour later while you continue to wait for the doctor. She grabs the kids from daycare and then brings them to the hospital and she sees you’re still waiting.

“They still haven’t called you in yet?” She asks and you shake your head. Melissa gets the kids to sit in empty chairs across from you and gives them her phone to watch a show on.

“What is this place?” Amelia asks as she gives the phone to Nico and walks over to Melissa.

“This is a children’s hospital, Tesoro. Mia isn’t feeling well so they have to check her over.” Melissa explains and then lifts her up to see Mia.

“She looks fine.” Amelia says and then you hear Mia start coughing. You pick her up and put her vertical and rub her back. All of a sudden she coughs again and blood gets on your shirt. Melissa saw the entire thing and stares wide-eyed at her daughter in shock.

“Mia Schemmenti.” You hear a nurse say and you all get up. Melissa gets the toddlers to come to the room while you push the stroller. “Which one is Mia?” The nurse asks and you get Mia out of the stroller.

“Just watch the show.” Melissa tells Amelia when she sees Amelia paying attention.

“But I want to make sure Mia is ok.” Amelia says.

“Go watch the show.” Melissa tells her sternly and Amelia looks at her confused before going over to the toddler twins and watch the show before a doctor comes in. The nurse and doctor check her over and they confirm she has a lung infection. They give you a prescription for liquid medicine and they tell you to make sure she has lots of rest.

“Oh this one loves sleep so no problem there.” You say and the doctor nods before he leaves.

“Alright, let’s stop at the pharmacy and then go home.” Melissa tells you and you nod as you put Mia back in the stroller.

A few hours later you watch as Melisa puts the medicine in the bottle that you just filled with breast milk and then she closes the bottle and shakes it.

“Something you need?” She asks and then looks at you and you nod.

“I was thinking we should revisit our idea of getting a puppy.” You tell her and she tilts her head.

“Go on.” She says.

“I was looking at things that help with ADHD and autism and both have a dog on it.” You say as you walk up to her. “And plus it would be really nice to have a dog running around. You know I had one when I was growing up and it was so nice and the dog was so cute as a puppy.” You tell her and you see she’s thinking about it.

“I don’t know Amore, I mean we have 5 kids and then there’s Sweet Cheeks and his family.” She says.

“We can wait until the summer. That way the girls will be about a year old, Amelia will be 5 years old and Sweet Cheeks’s kids aren’t kids anymore, they’re over a year old.” You tell her.

“I’ll think about it. For now I gotta go feed the twins and you should get some sleep.” She says and you nod.

Melissa is feeding Mia and she thinks back on what you said 10 minutes ago. She wouldn’t mind having a dog, you two both were going to get one over a year ago but Sweet Cheeks’s girlfriend got pregnant. Mia then stops eating and Melissa burps her before she just holds Mia. Melissa smiles at her and Mia smiles back and giggles. Melissa grabs her little hand and chuckles.

“You’re a little goof aren’t you?” She asks her and Mia just giggles again. “You’re also so strong, just like your mommy. Now you gotta get some sleep and heal from the infection.” Melissa tells her as she puts her back in the crib.

The next morning Melissa walks in the break room as she gets her phone out from her purse. She looks back at the room and sees everyone staring at her.

“What are youse looking at?” She asks.

“Ava told us you left early due to a situation about one of your kids and blood.” Janine explains.

“Are your kids ok?” Jacob asks and Melissa nods.

“Ya, Mia was coughing up blood so we took her to the children’s hospital.” She says and Jacob and Janine gasp as Melissa sits in her seat. “She’s fine. She has a lung infection, we got some prescription liquid medicine for her so she’s healing.” Melissa explains.

The day goes by normally and Melissa says goodbye to her last student leaving and then she gets her things and goes to pick her kids up. She gets to pre-k where Amelia is and she looks in the room to see the kids that are waiting are all playing duck duck goose. She sees how Amelia gets tagged as the goose and the 2 kids run around the circle and Melissa smiles. She sees how the other kid makes it back safely without getting tagged by Amelia and then it’s Amelia’s turn to pick a goose.

“Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, GOOSE!” Amelia exclaims and then Melissa watches as her daughter and this other kid run around and Amelia makes it back safely without getting tagged.

“Amelia.” Melissa says as she makes her presence known and all the kids look up at her.

“Mamma!” Amelia exclaims as she gets up and runs to Melissa and gives her a hug while the kids return to the game.

“Have a good day, Tesoro?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “That’s good, go get your sweater and backpack and let’s go get your siblings.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

After dinner you’re playing with Nico while Caty does her puzzle toy. Melissa is on the couch with Amelia with a book as she teaches Amelia a couple of small words. You see Melissa has her glasses on and you see how she has to read the word a couple of times before she helps Amelia with it. You love how strong Melissa is and how she has such a love of reading, even with her dyslexia.

At night, Melissa gets back from feeding the twins and sees you’re still awake. She climbs into bed next to you, wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you right up against her.

“Trouble sleeping?” She asks you.

“I was asleep but then I woke up.” You say and she interlaces her fingers with yours. “I had a nightmare.” You admit and she hums.

“Want to talk about it?” She asks and you turn around to face her.

“In it, Mia was coughing up blood, a lot of it and then you blamed me for what was happening to her.” You say and she gets you to nuzzle your head in her chest and wraps her arms around you.

“That does sound scary.” She tells you and she feels you nod. “Mia is fine. Her temperature dropped and she stopped coughing up blood.” Melissa tells you. “Also I would never blame you for anything like that.”

“I know, but it felt so real.”

“I know, I’ll protect you tonight, Amore.” She says and you put a hand underneath her shirt to feel her skin before falling asleep.

A few hours later, Melissa gets woken up by someone shaking her and she opens her eyes to see Amelia on the bed and looking at her.

“Tesoro, what are you doing here?” She asks with a yawn.

“I woke up to a noise and saw Mommy is in the hallway crying.” She explains and Melissa sits up and hears a few sniffles.

“You can sleep here.” Melissa tells Amelia before she gets out of bed and goes into the hallway.

She sees you sitting against the door to the nursery and your head in her hands as you cry. Melissa doesn’t say anything, just goes up to you, sits down next to you and wraps an arm around you. You gasp at first as you didn’t hear her coming but then you lean into her as you continue crying. After a few minutes, you wipe your tears away with your pj sleeve and let out a breath.

“So, want to tell me why you’re by yourself and crying in the hallway at 3am?” She asks softly and you curl into her.

“I was feeding the twins, and I thought about what would have happened if we lost Mia.” You tell her. “She has such tiny lungs, it could have been worse.”

“Yes she has tiny lungs but we both know how strong they are with how long she can cry. Also the pipes on her…Jesus Christ, I don’t think our other kids were ever that loud.” She says and you let out a soft chuckle. “Yes it could have been worse, we’re lucky it was a minor infection. We should be thankful about that and that we’re all home, safe, healthy and happy.” She says and places a kiss on the top of your head.

“I know and you’re right that we got lucky.” You tell her. “Why are you awake at 3am?” You then ask.

“You didn’t notice a 4 year old walking past you as you were crying?” She asks and you shake your head. “She woke me up as you woke her up, not knowing what to do. She’s sleeping in our bed right now. At least I hope she’s asleep.” Melissa says and you both then get up and walk to the bed, you still in her arms.

You feel exhausted as you just let out a good cry. You both see Amelia fast asleep in the bed, in the middle, stretched out like a starfish. Melissa gently picks her up and puts her more on your side. You then get into bed and wrap your arms around Amelia while Melissa wraps an arm around you.

“Thank you for being there for me.” You tell her and you feel her tighten her hold on you.

“I’ll always be there for you.”

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“A-a-and…um… h-her.” Amelia reads from the book and Melissa smiles.

“That’s right, I’m so proud of you. You’ll be reading before you get to kindergarten.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles proudly. “Alright I think that’s enough for today, don’t want to overload that brain of yours.” Melissa says as she sees Amelia’s attention is focused on everything but the book.

“Mamma.” Amelia says before looking up at Melissa. “I think I’m ready for the training wheels on my bike to come off.”

“Oh you are huh?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “Ok, we can try again tomorrow.” Melissa says and Amelia nods.

The next day, Saturday at noon, you all go to the park, along with Amelia’s bike. You watch as the toddler twins run off to the play structure and the babies are sleeping in the stroller. Melissa puts the helmet and pads on Amelia before she takes the training wheels off.

“Are you sure you’re ready?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods.

“I’m sure Mamma.” Amelia tells her and then she gets on the bike. Melissa holds onto it as Amelia gets comfortable.

“Alright, test out the brakes first.” Melissa says and Amelia presses the brake levers. “Now you’re bell.” Melissa says after and Amelia rings the little bell. “Alright now start pedaling and I’ll hang on to the bike.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

You watch as Amelia takes a second before she starts pedaling. She goes slow at first and Melissa is able to keep up as she runs while holding the bike up.

“I think I got it.” Amelia tells her.

“Want me to let go?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. Melissa lets go and you all watch as she bikes down the path. You then watch her get close to a group of people walking and Melissa runs after her. “AMELIA RING THE BELL!” Melissa shouts and you shake your head in amusement. Amelia ends up falling down to avoid the group and Melissa catches up to her a few seconds later. “You ok, Tesoro?” She asks.

“I’m fine, Mamma.” Amelia tells her.

“Wanna try again?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. You watch as they try again and Amelia is able to bike again and comes close to you before she stops it.

“Mommy, I rode a bike without training wheels!” She exclaims as she gets off and you watch the bike fall on the ground as she comes bouncing over to you.

“I saw, congratulations, sweetheart.” You tell her with a big smile and she hugs you.

“Mamma, can we do it again?” She asks Melissa as she makes it over to you and Melissa takes a few deep breaths.

“Just…need a few minutes.” Melissa says and you smile.

“How about I do it with you Amelia? Melissa, you can watch both sets of twins.” You say and Melissa nods.

“Ya, that works.” Melissa tells you as you swap places. “Thank you.” She mouths when you pass by each other and you nod.

That evening you go into the kitchen to get some water and you see Melissa and Amelia making pizza. You pour some water into a cup as Melissa instructs Amelia on what to do. You see Amelia adding the ingredients on top of the dough and Melissa smiles at you.

“You haven’t made pizza in awhile.” You tell her and she nods.

“It was Amelia’s idea.” She says and Amelia smiles and nods. “Add some more cheese.” Melissa instructs and Amelia nods before adding extra cheese.

“Isn’t that the secret to every Italian meal? Always add more cheese.” You ask her and she quirks an eyebrow at you.

“I know you’re teasing but you’re not that far off from quite a few Italian recipes.” She says and you smile as you take a sip of water.

“Let’s hope none of our kids gets sensitive to dairy.” You tell her and her expression tells you that she never thought about that.

“I forgot that could happen.” Melissa says and you let out a small chuckle.

“Apparently autistic kids have a higher chance of having a dairy sensitivity, as well as texture issues with food.” You tell her and she hums.

“So what you’re saying is, enjoy it while it lasts?” She asks and you nod.

“Yep.” You say and then leave with your cup of water.

At night you just got back from feeding the babies and Melissa is on top of you in bed. She trails her hands down your arms and she smiles at you. She takes your top off and runs her hands over your body. She makes sure to avoid your breasts as you told her they’re sore today. She bends down close to your lips and hovers for a second before you close the gap. While kissing her, you wrap your arms around her waist and feel her skin. You then take her top off and run your hands over her body, mostly her boobs.

“You have a perfect body.” You say and she smiles.

“My whole body or my boobs?” She asks.

“Both.” You say and she chuckles before she goes down to your neck and starts sucking. You put your hands in her hair and pull it when she does a hard suck. When she’s sure she left a hickey, she then leaves a trail of kisses down your body and you buck your hips when she gets close to in between your legs. She shuffles down and pulls your pj pants off and looks at you completely bare with a smile.

“I’ll never get used to seeing your body.” She tells you before she bends down and kisses up your thigh. When she’s close to your centre, she then switches to your other thigh and places kisses on your other one.

“You’re such a tease.” You say and she winks at you with a smirk.

“You love it when I tease.” She says.

“Not when I’m very turned on and want you to fuck me.” You tell her and she laughs. She then places her mouth right in front of your centre and she looks at it for a second before she takes a big lick of the entire thing and you let out a whimper.

“Mm, you’ll always be my favourite meal.” She tells you before she goes to your entrance and starts tongue fucking you. She gets you to bend your knees and place your feet beside her on the bed to get a better angle and you put your hands in her hair. “Does that feel good, baby?” She asks, voice dripping with lust.

“Y-yes, don’t stop.” You say and she looks at you and sees your eyes are closed and you’re enjoying it. She then brings a hand to your clit and starts doing slow circles. You buck your hips and you tug her hair out of surprise. You feel her doing slow circles, wanting to draw this out as much as possible. “M-might want to go f-faster, we have 2 babies.” You remind her and you hear her sigh.

“Good point.” She says and then does faster circles on your clit. You then start to feel your orgasm building and you moan out. Melissa pulls away with a whine from you and takes her pj pants off. She continues circling your clit as she puts her pants in your mouth to silence you. “Are you close, my love?” She asks and you nod. She then takes her pants out of your mouth and kisses you. You then come with a muffled gasp and she gathers some of your wetness and sticks her fingers in her mouth. “I love how you taste when you come.”

“You really know how to make a girl breathless.” You tell her and she smiles. She then gets on your thigh and sticks a finger in your entrance. “Oh god.” You almost yell as she begins pumping.

She bends down and silences you with a kiss. She was on your thigh when she bent down and your thigh is putting pressure on her clit. She gasps quietly and puts all her weight on her forearm that’s right beside your head. She continues pumping inside of you while she begins grinding your thigh. It doesn’t take long for both of your orgasms to begin building.

“Oh, oh my god, I love you.” You say as she gently bites your ear.

“I love you too, baby.” She tells you and then kisses you as you reach your peak. You let out a muffled gasp as you come all over her fingers. You watch her as she comes on your thigh a few seconds later.

A few minutes later, you both are cleaned up and had a drink of water and Melissa is spooning you in bed. She presses a kiss to your head and pulls you closer to her body.

“Tesoro, time to wake up.” Melissa says as she enters Amelia’s room. She sees Amelia wake up but doesn’t move. “Come on, you have to get to pre-k.” Melissa says.

“Mamma.” Amelia whines. “I don’t feel good.” Amelia adds and Melissa walks up to her and feels her forehead.

“You do feel hot, Tesoro.” She says. “Stay here.” She tells Amelia before she goes and gets the thermometer. She comes back to the bedroom and takes Amelia’s temperature. “You have a fever, Tesoro, which means you’ll have to stay home.” Melissa tells her.

“I want mommy.” Amelia whines out and Melissa moves some hair out of her face.

“I’ll go tell Mommy, just stay here and rest.” Melissa says.

“No, I want mommy.” Amelia tells her and goes to get out of bed.

“I’ll go get her, but I have to talk to her first.” Melissa says and Amelia pouts. “It won’t take long.”

Melissa finds you in Caty’s room, helping her get dressed. You’re putting a sweater on her as it’s almost December and then you see Melissa in the doorway looking like she has to say something.

“Something up?” You ask her as you get up and walk over to her as Caty goes to get Teddy on her bed.

“Amelia is sick.” Melissa tells you.

“Oh, that doesn’t sound good.”

“I’ll call Ava and tell her I’m staying home so I can take care of her.” Melissa says.

“You don’t have to stay home, I can take care of her.” You tell her.

“Are you sure?” She asks and you nod.

“Yes, you need to go and teach some young minds and I’ll take care of the kids.” You say and she gives you a kiss.

“Alright, I’ll get the twins ready and bring them to daycare. Oh also Amelia was asking for you.” She tells you. Melissa then goes to Nico’s room as you head to Amelia.

“Mommy.” Amelia says tiredly.

“Hey sweetheart, I heard you’re not feeling well.” You tell her and she nods.

Melissa makes breakfast for everyone and you bring it upstairs to Amelia who picks at it slowly. About half an hour later Melissa is strapping in the toddler twins and then she gets out of the car just as you come out.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to stay?” She asks as you walk up to her.

“I’m positive. I just need to take care of the twins like I’ve been doing and Amelia mostly just wants cuddles when she’s sick.” You say and Melissa nods.

“If at any time it becomes too much then just call me and I’ll immediately get Ava to cover for me and come home.” She tells you and you nod.

“The only reason I’ll call is at lunch and to let you know that everything is good.” You say and she gives you a kiss.

“I love you, Amore.” She tells you.

“I love you too, my love.” You say and she gives you one last kiss before she gets in the car.

An hour later, you’re in Amelia’s bed, sitting up against the headboard, reading her a story as she’s cuddled up against you. Amelia has her head against your chest, right over your heart and you’re rubbing her back.

“And they lived happily ever after.” You finish reading.

“Why do they always end it with them being together?” Amelia asks you.

“Because the adventure is how they end up together, how they fall in love.” You tell her.

“Do you think they had kids?” She then asks. “If they were in love with each other as you and Mamma are, they’d have kids right?”

“They could, especially with the time period it’s set in. I mean everyone was having kids at that point.” You say. “How about we watch the second Little Mermaid.” You suggest and she looks at you. “It’s about Ariel’s daughter.”

“She had a daughter?” Amelia asks and you nod.

“Wanna see it?” You ask her and she nods.

An hour later, you finished feeding the twins and you’re bringing a snack out for you and Amelia. You sit beside her and take your phone back as she was playing a game to stay distracted.

“Here, sweetheart.” You say and hand her one of the plates.

“Thanks mommy.” She tells you and starts eating. You then get the movie ready and then press play.

An hour later the credits start rolling and Amelia is already cuddling into you. You take the empty plate from Amelia and then put an arm around Amelia. A few minutes later you get a call from your phone and look to see Melissa is requesting FaceTime with you. You accept it and Melissa's face comes into view and she sees you and Amelia cuddling.

“Hey Amore and Tesoro.” She says.

“Hey Mel, on your lunch break?” You ask her and she nods.

“Yep, just wanted to check in as you’re home with 3 kids.” She asks and you see her pop a tomato in her mouth.

“Everything is good.” You tell her and then Janine comes into view.

“Janine, what the-” Melissa starts to complain.

“Is Amelia feeling better?” Janine asks and you shake your head.

“No, she has chicken pox. I saw a rash on her about an hour ago and she’s itchy. Then more red dots appeared.” You say and you look to see Melissa looking upset and scared.

“I’m going to continue this in my classroom.” Melissa says and then stands up, packs up her things and leaves. You see she looks at you two almost the entire way to her classroom. When she gets to her classroom, she gets her food out and puts her phone down where she can look at the phone and eat at the same time. “I should be home with you, helping to take care of Amelia and the twins.” She tells you and you look to see that Amelia is asleep on you.

“Melissa I’ve got this, everything is fine.”

“Everything is not fine.” She tells you and you look to see she’s on the verge of a panic attack. “Amelia, my little Tesoro is sick, just like Mia was a few weeks ago.” She says and you see a tear fall down her cheek.

“Melissa, Mia had a lung infection which is gone now, the infection cleared up a couple weeks ago. Amelia has chickenpox, that’s all.” You tell her.

“I know I know, I just worry about my kids, even more since Mia.” She says.

“I worry about them too. Look, Amelia is right here, asleep and safe.” You tell her and point the phone to Amelia, asleep on you. “When she’s sick, I’m the favourite.” You tease her and she lets out a small chuckle and a sniffle.

“I know you got this but I still want to be there with you, helping you in any way I can.” She says and you smile.

“You’re the best.” You say and you see her blush. “You blushing with that little shy smile of yours is one of my favourite sights of you.” You add.

“What’s your favourite sight of me?”

“Well I can’t decide on just one. It’s like asking me to pick a favourite child.” You tell her and she laughs.

“Mamma.” You both hear and you look down to see Amelia is awake and looking at the phone.

“Wanna talk to Mamma?” You ask her and she nods. “Here.” You say and hand her the phone.

“Hi, Tesoro.” Melissa tells her. “Still not feeling well?”

“No, I don’t. I’m itchy and cold.” Amelia tells her. “Mommy told me I have to stay away from all my siblings until the red dots go away.” Amelia says and Melissa nods.

“That’s right. You can give it to them and they’re too young to fight it off properly.” Melissa tells her.

“I was going to give her a bath now, to help with the itchiness.” You say and Melissa nods.

“Well I wouldn’t mind talking to my daughter while you run the bath.” Melissa tells you.

“Alright, stay here and talk to Mamma.” You tell Amelia and she nods.

“Ok mommy.” Amelia says and then turns to the phone. “Have you ever had chickenpox?” You hear Amelia ask Melissa as you go up the stairs.

“I don’t remember it but apparently I did.” Melissa says and then you’re out of earshot.

20 minutes later you’re sitting on the bathroom floor near the bathtub as you watch Amelia happily playing with her bath toys.

“I’M GOING TO RULE THE WORLD! Not unless I sink you first. AHHH!” Amelia says while playing with her toys and you smile at the story she puts together in her head.

Half an hour later you tuck Amelia in bed and you put a cold cloth on her forehead. She seems to get some relief from it as you put calamine lotion on every red dot on her body.

“Feel any better, sweetheart?” You ask her once you’re done and she nods.

“Little bit. How did I get chickenpox? I didn’t come into contact with any chickens.” She asks and you chuckle.

“You don’t get it from chickens. I don’t know how it got the name but it’s actually a virus that most kids get before they turn 10.” You explain as you pull the blanket back on her legs. “Now try and get some sleep.” You say before you give her a kiss on the cheek and then leave.

A few hours later Melissa gets home with the toddler twins and sees you’re asleep on the couch. The twins go to play with their toys and Melissa makes her way over to you. She bends down to your level and moves some hair out of your face. You bolt awake at that and then you see her there in front of you.

“Tired?” She asks and you nod as you check the time.

“I fed the twins about an hour ago and then got Amelia to sleep again.” You tell her and she nods. “Come join me.” You say as you pat the spot on the couch behind you and make room for her.

“Well now that’s a request I can’t resist.” She says before she puts her stuff down and then climbs over you and lays behind you. “So how was it today?” She asks as she wraps an arm around you.

“Good at first, but then Amelia kept complaining about the itchiness while I had to go feed the twins or change their diaper or both.” You say and rub your eyes.

“I’ll take tomorrow off.” She says and you look at her.

“Mel-”

“No, I want to be here to help take care of my kids. Chickenpox usually lasts a week so at least let me help for a day or two.” She says and you nod.

“I don’t think I’m going to win this argument nor can I stop you.” You say and she smiles.

“You got that right. So might as well just support my decision.” She tells you and you nod. “So excited to go back to work in a month?” She asks and you think about it.

“I am actually. As nice as taking care of the twins are, I wouldn’t mind getting out of the house, spend time with kids that can talk, talk to adults.” You tell her.

“I’m an adult you can talk to.” She says.

“You’re sometimes just like the kids.” You tell her and she rolls her eyes.

“Everything is itchy! Mommy!” You hear from Amelia’s baby monitor and you sigh.

“I got it, just relax.” Melissa tells you as she gets up and goes upstairs.

*3 days later*

“I don’t want to be cooped up in my room any longer!” Amelia yells at Melissa.

“Tesoro you have to. You might still be contagious.” Melissa tells her. Amelia then throws a stuffed toy at her and Melissa catches it. “Why are you throwing toys at me?”

“I’m angry, I don’t want to be in here any more.” Amelia says and then throws another one that Melissa catches as well. “Stop catching them, I’m trying to hit you with one.” Amelia complains and Melissa puts her toys on the dresser.

“I don’t really see that as a good thing for me if I let it hit me.” Melissa tells her. Amelia then gets her pillow and throws it and Melissa catches it. “Oh come on, I just changed your sheets and made your bed.” Amelia then throws the sheets on the ground and Melissa sighs. “Tesoro, you have to stay in your room when Nico and Caty are home. You know that.”

“Why don’t they stay in their rooms instead? Cat prefers to be in her room anyway and Nico can play with his toy drums in his.”

“You really got the Schemmenti skill for arguments.” Melissa mutters to herself. “Caty and Nico might not understand that they have to stay in their rooms like you do.” Melissa tells her. “Staying in your room is the best way you can protect your siblings.” Melissa adds and sees Amelia starts scratching. “Stop scratching.”

“But it’s itchy.”

“Scratching might make it infected.”

“I’m already infected though.” Amelia counters.

“Jesus Christ, I think my daughter might outthink me one day.” Melissa mutters. “I’ll get the calamine lotion but just stop scratching them.” Melissa says and Amelia sighs. “Remake your bed to stay busy.” Melissa adds and then leaves.

Melissa is on her way back to Amelia with the calamine lotion when she catches sight of you downstairs and she stares at you. You’re folding laundry right now while with the twins and you look calm and relaxed even though she knows you’re tired. She knows that Amelia will probably be going back to school on Monday as the red dots are finally peeling and her fever broke yesterday, which is also why Amelia is restless, all that pent up energy.

*Saturday*

Amelia is all healed from the chickenpox and you both decide to bring your kids to the park, mostly so Amelia can burn off that saved up energy as she was lashing out, mostly at Melissa. You see Amelia running around the park, Caty going down the slide with a smile, and Nico going back and forth on one of the animals. Melissa is holding Mia while rocking Bella in the stroller and you watch your other kids. You hear Mia start giggling and you see Mia holding Melissa’s finger and Melissa has a big smile on her face.

“How do you manage to become the favourite for all of our kids?” You ask her and she looks up at you.

“I can’t help it, I’m just really charming.” She says with a smile and you roll your eyes.

“You’re charming huh?”

“Yes, I mean I managed to get you.” She tells you and you smile.

“Oh please, I got an immediate crush on you as soon as we bumped into each other outside of the office.” You say.

“Yes, because of my charming face.” She counters and you snort.

“RIght, just because of your face. Not like your hair, boobs and curves had anything to do with it.” You tell her and she laughs.

“Exactly.” She says.

“You do have really pretty eyes, I’ll give you that. And also really kissable lips, cheeks that are really pretty when you blush and a cute nose.”

“If we weren’t married, I would think that you’re coming onto me.” She tells you.

“Oh I’m definitely coming onto you, coming onto a married woman.” You say and she chuckles.

“Hmm, I wonder what my wife would think.” She tells you as she puts Mia back in the stroller. You grab a hold of her jacket and bring her closer to you as you lean in.

“She’s not here right now.” You say before you close the gap. Melissa wraps her arms around your waist and pulls you closer to her and you moan into the kiss.

“As hot as it is to make you come in public, an open park is probably not the best place.” She tells you as she pulls back from you.

“It’s been awhile since we did that. I think the last time was in a change room when I was trying on pregnancy clothes when I was carrying Amelia.” You say and she nods.

“You were horny as fuck for 3 months.” She says and you laugh.

“Well I think some of that is having a hot as fuck wife by my side.” You tell her and she smiles before kissing you again.

That night, Melissa comes into the bedroom after putting the kids to bed. You’re in the middle of the bed, spread out like a starfish and she smiles.

“Comfy?” She asks and you look at her.

“Very.” You tell her and she goes to the end of the bed, where your feet are.

“Good.” She says as she grabs your ankles and pulls you closer to the edge of the bed.

“Woah!”

“Don’t act so surprised, you kept teasing me during the movie.” She tells you.

“How was I supposed to know that tracing the inside of your thigh with my finger on and off for an hour would turn you on?” You ask, as innocent as you can and then you have to bite your lip to stop yourself from smirking.

“You’re a minx.” She says before she takes your pants off.

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Melissa has Amelia sitting right at the side of the couch for extra support. She then puts a pillow on the other side of her and one on her lap. Amelia looks at her weirdly and Melissa sees the look.

“Don’t want you to drop one of the babies.” She tells her and you’re holding Mia.

“Ok, ready?” You ask Amelia.

“I think so.” Melissa says and you snort.

“I was talking to your daughter.” You tell her and you look at Amelia who nods.

Melissa then goes to show Amelia how to hold out her arms and to rest her shoulder on the pillow. You then carefully hand Mia over to Amelia and she holds her sibling for the first time. You then see Melissa starts taking a bunch of pictures of the two of them together and you put a hand over your heart. You then go upstairs to get Bella and Melissa looks after Mia and Amelia.

After a few minutes Melissa takes Mia out of Amelia’s arms and you hand Amelia Bella. Again, Melissa takes a bunch of pictures and you shake your head at her actions.

You then look at the time and see if you have to start getting ready for the Christmas Eve party that you’re both hosting this year. You both originally were going to get bumped to next year as you just had twins but Melissa insisted.

You finish clipping Amelia’s hair the way she wanted and you look at her with a smile. She has a red dress on and a white sweater to go over top of it.

“How do I look?” She asks.

“Like your mamma. You look beautiful, sweetheart.” You tell her. “And I can’t believe you’re turning 5 in less than 2 weeks.” You add.

“That means I’m a big girl right? I’ll be using all my fingers on one hand, I’ll be a whole hand.” Amelia says and you giggle.

“Yes you will. Now how about you go see if your mamma needs help with anything. The baby gates should be open.” You say and she nods before she goes downstairs.

You come downstairs with the 2 babies and put them in the cribs Melissa got for downstairs. You didn’t ask any questions about how she got them as she told you she didn’t buy them.

You hear Melissa’s heels hitting the floor as she walks quickly around the kitchen, making last minute preparations. You then see Amelia coming out of the kitchen with wide eyes.

“She doesn’t need any help.” She says and then walks over to you. “She needs so much help.” She whispers to you.

“Alright, keep an eye on all your siblings for me.” You tell her and she nods before you go in the kitchen.

“Hey love, you doing ok?” You ask her and she nods.

“Ya I’m fine, why do you ask?” She asks you and see her with a towel over her shoulder as she has 4 different pans on the stove and a counter full of food.

“You’d think with all this food you’d be cooking for an army.” You tell her.

“Well it’s an Italian family so that’s a pretty close comparison.” She says. “Open up.” She tells you and you taste test the sauce.

“Perfetta.” You say and she smiles before she goes back to the food. “Want me to bring out some of the snacks as people will start getting here any minute.” You tell her.

“Sure.” She tells you and then tells you everything that’s a snack. You bring a couple dishes out and place them on the table. As soon as you’re putting them down, you hear the doorbell ring.

“Amelia, can you get that please?” You ask her and she runs to the door. You quickly go to the kitchen and grab a couple more snacks and you come out just as Kristen Marie and Dom enter. “Hey guys.” You tell them and then the doorbell rings again. You place the snacks down and Amelia opens the door to see Barb and Gerald there.

“Does my sis need help making actual good food?” She asks you, loud enough for Melissa to hear.

“Good to see you too sis.” Melissa says as she comes out with paper plates for the snacks. She then looks at Amelia and sees she’s busy talking to Barb before she flips her sister off.

“Hey Melissa.” Barb says and hugs Melissa as you say hi to Gerald. The doorbell rings again and Amelia sighs.

“Should I just leave the door open?” She asks before she opens the door. “Francesca!” She exclaims and hugs her cousin.

An hour later you come down with 2 bottles filled with breast milk and give them to whoever is holding one of the babies. You see Caty looking a little nervous with a lot of people here so you go and pick her up and she immediately clings to you. You see Nico following Amelia around and Amelia not wanting to be followed by her brother right now. You grab a couple snacks and hand them to Caty to try. You look to see Melissa talking to a couple of her siblings before she goes back in the kitchen. You follow her in the kitchen and she looks at you.

“Mind if Caty stays in here with you?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“Not at all, place her on the counter.” She says and you just that. “She’ll be my official taste tester.” She tells Caty with a smile and Caty nods with a smile of her own. You leave the kitchen as it seems Caty will feel better being in a room with one of her moms instead of like 50 family members.

“Nico, go play with someone else.” You hear Amelia say and look to see Amelia looking annoyed at her brother. “Mommy!” She then calls and you go over to them.

“What’s going on here?” You ask.

“Nico keeps following me around when I’m trying to play with Francesca and Liliana.” Amelia complains to you.

“I want to play with them.” Nico says at the same time.

“Alright calm down, both of you.” You tell them. “Amelia, why don’t you want to include Nico?”

“I’m with him everyday, I want to have a few hours to play with my cousins alone.” Amelia tells you and you nod.

“Ok, fair enough.” You tell her and you hold onto Nico as Amelia runs towards her cousins. “Nico, how about you go bug some of your aunts and uncles?” You tell him and he nods.

“Ok!” He exclaims and you see him go to Seamus.

“Hey sweetie.” You hear and turn around to see Barb there.

“Hi Barb, enjoying the party?” You ask her and she nods.

“Yes I am, and Gerald is enjoying Melissa’s cooking. I’m surprised it was at your place this year as you just had twins 5 months ago.”

“They were going to skip us for that reason but of course my stubborn wife took that as a challenge and insisted we do it this year.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Sounds like her.” Barb says and you hum. “Where is that stubborn wife of yours?”

“She’s in the kitchen with Caty.” You say and she nods before she goes into the kitchen.

“Hey Y/n, great party.” Seamus says and you smile as he’s already drunk.

“Thanks Seamus.”

“I seem to have a mini shadow this year.” He tells you and you see Nico behind him and he giggles.

“Nico, go bug another uncle.” You tell him and he goes to John Anthony.

Half an hour later you take a bite of a celery with dip and then you feel arms wrap around your waist. “This better be my wife or my elbow is gonna meet your nose.” You say.

“I like your spirit, Amore.” Melissa tells you and you lean into her.

“Where’s Caty?” You ask her.

“In the kitchen with Barb.” She tells you and then you spin around in her arms. “I heard you diffused a sibling battle.” She says and you nod.

“Amelia was getting annoyed about Nico following her everywhere so I told him to go bug his uncles and aunts.” You tell her and she laughs.

“So instead of bugging his siblings, you told him to bug my siblings?” She asks and you nod and she smiles. She then leans in and kisses you and you immediately kiss her back.

“So you have a few minutes where you don’t have to cook?” You ask her and she nods.

“I wanted to see my wife again so I asked Barb to look after Caty and the food.” She tells you and then kisses you again. “Want to help me bring out the food?” She then asks and you nod.

“Sure.”

10 minutes later you put the last thing on the table and then everyone comes to take what they want. Another 10 minutes later and you see Amelia and her cousins talking and eating, Nico seemed to have gotten food with Kristen Marie, Melissa got Caty a plate and they’re both eating together right now. You look around and see that a couple of her cousins are holding the newborns and you take a breath and just relax.

Melissa looks up from her plate and sees you talking with a couple of her cousins. She sees you seem to look relaxed and she smiles.

“Mamma, more.” She hears and looks at Caty. Melissa feeds her more and Caty happily eats it. Caty ends up going to play with one of her cousins after she eats and you sit beside Melissa.

“Hey.” You say and she smiles.

“Hey Amore.”

“So I was thinking of bringing one of the girl babies as my new class pet.” You tell her and she nods.

“Better not be Caty’s favourite one.” Is all she says and you smile.

“Of course not, Fluffy is staying here. I was going to bring Ginger.” You say and she smiles.

“Your students will love her.” She tells you and you smile before curling into her. “So what do you say we start something on the dance floor?” She asks in your ear and you tilt your head up to look at her.

“What song were you thinking?” You ask her.

“Carol of the Bells.” She says and you smile.

You then get up and go to the speaker and turn it on. You connect it to your phone and open up Spotify and type in Carol of the Bells and click on the Celtic Woman version. The song begins playing all over the house and people stop talking and look as you walk up to Melissa. You put one hand on her shoulder and the other you hold with her hand as she puts one on your waist. You both start slowly moving with the music and you see Melissa knows what version you put on and is prepared.

As soon as the beat picks up, she quickly gets you to spin before bringing you back to her and you start moving around the room while spinning. You found out quite early on that Melissa can ballroom dance so you took lessons without her knowing and then surprised her one day. You both started doing a fast waltz and bordering on foxtrot at one point. Amelia stopped playing with her cousins when the music started and saw you both dancing and she was mesmerised by it, by the dancing.

You spin around the room with Melissa and you’re both smiling at each other as the last time you both danced like this was before you got pregnant with Mia and Bella. The song is coming to an end so she spins you out and then spins you back and the song ends as you connect your hands together. Everyone there starts clapping and then the next song starts. You both have a big smile on your face as you look at each other and let out a small chuckle.

“I think we got their attention.” You tell her and she winks at you before she kisses you. You both pull back when you hear a few boo’s from some people and you laugh. You both then start dancing with a few other couples to christmas songs. At one point a playful song comes on and you all start dancing with the kids to it as they wanted to dance as well.

After an hour of dancing Melissa goes into the kitchen and starts bringing out the desserts. All the kids immediately run to the table to get as many desserts as possible before their parents can stop them.

“Mamma, Mommy, when did you learn how to dance like that?” Amelia asks you both as everyone else is getting dessert.

“I started learning when I was around 7.” Melissa tells her.

“And I learned about 11 years ago when I started dating Mamma.” You say and Melissa smiles.

“It was a very pleasant surprise.” Melissa says as she wraps an arm around your waist.

“Can you teach me to dance like that?” She asks and Melissa smiles at her.

“Of course Tesoro.” Melissa tells her and Amelia jumps up and down in excitement.

“Now go get some dessert before it’s all gone.” You say and she runs to the dessert table.

“We should do some ballroom dancing more often. Maybe do a rumba, maybe some jive, or something a little different like salsa.” Melissa tells you.

“I don’t think my hips can move enough for a salsa, but I like that idea.” You say and then kiss her. Melissa heard someone coming and opens her eyes without pulling away, she looked just in time to see Kristen Marie there about to throw food. Melissa ended up catching the cookie that was aimed for your head and you pulled away as you felt the movement.

“Did you really throw a cookie at my wife?” Melissa asks her sister without any anger.

“You guys are always so kissy, even though most of the family is right here.” Kristen Marie says and Melissa rolls her eyes before she takes a bite of the cookie.

“What would you say if I confiscated your desserts?” Melissa threatens before she starts chasing her sister.

You happen to look over at Amelia and it looks like she was trying to copy the dance that you and Melissa were doing with Francesca. You smile at the attempt as they were mostly spinning around and not knowing the footwork.

“I guess our daughter loves dancing.” Melissa says as she comes up behind you. You look behind you and you see her with a plate full of desserts.

“Is that Kristen Marie’s plate?” You ask her and she nods with a smile

“Want a cookie?” She asks and you take one and take a bite.

“Where’s Caty?” You ask her as you can’t find her.

“She was getting overwhelmed so I brought her upstairs to her room about 20 minutes ago.” Melissa says and then pulls a baby monitor out of her pocket and shows you Caty playing with her toys.

“Well maybe we should bring a dessert plate up for her.” You say as you both walk to the dessert table. 5 minutes later you walk upstairs and knock on Caty’s door before you enter. “Hey sweetheart, I brought you some dessert.” You tell her and put a plate down next to her and she smiles.

“Thank you.” She says and you smile.

“Not a problem. Are you ok up here?” You ask her and she nods.

“Mamma brought me here.” She tells you and you nod.

“I heard. Well just keep doing what you’re doing and if you need anything then just shout it and we’ll hear you ok?” You say and she nods. “Enjoy the desserts.” You add and then leave her in her room.

As everyone eats their desserts, presents are handed out to everyone. A few people give you and Melissa an envelope and you open half while Melissa opens the other half. You also end up being given Caty’s gifts as she’s upstairs and then you watch as Amelia and Nico are handed a few gifts. You look beside you at Melissa to see that you got some scratchers and she smiles before you take them.

“Hey! What gives?” She asks with a pout.

“You do them after the party.” You say and she crosses her arms. “You’re setting a great example for your kids.” You tease her and she rolls her eyes. You then look at everyone and see everyone is paying attention to their gifts. You take the opportunity to take Melissa’s hand and put it under your shirt and she feels your bra.

“That’s not a pregnancy bra.” She says and you shake your head.

“No, it’s not, it’s your Christmas present.” You tell her and you see her let out a deep breath before she removes her hand from under your shirt.

“And what exactly is my Christmas present?” She asks and you lean in to whisper in her ear.

“After all the kids go to bed then you’ll have 3 hours to do anything you want to me.” You whisper and you pull away to see her eyes got darker.

“Why 3 hours?” She then asks, once the other words process.

“Because I’ll have to feed the twins after 3 hours.” You tell her and she nods as she bites her lip. “Or…” You start before you lean in near her ear again to whisper. “I’ll have 3 hours to do anything to you.” You say and you hear her let out a breath before you pull back.

“Both are…um… very appealing.” She says, very breathy and you smile.

10 minutes later you’re talking to a cousin of hers near the kitchen door, and you can tell he’s tipsy right now. You’re talking with him and then he suddenly looks up and then back at you with a smile.

“We seem to be under mistletoe. It’d be wrong to ignore it.” He says and leans in. You back up and then you see him get pushed into the kitchen and see Melissa who has her hands on her hips.

“Now you’re not. Better luck next time.” Melissa tells him and looks at you.

“I still can’t believe he flirts with anyone who isn’t family by blood. Married people or not.” You say and she shrugs.

“He’d honestly flirt with furniture if it had a pulse.” She says and you laugh. “Come on, Amelia wants to show us what she got.” She tells you before she grabs your hand.

An hour later is when everyone starts packing up to go. You and Melissa are saying goodbye to everyone who leaves and you look over to see Amelia hugging Francesca and Liliana goodbye.

“See you at your birthday party Amelia.” Liliana tells her and Amelia nods. 30 minutes later Melissa closes the door on the last person and lets out a breath.

“Alright, everyone should get ready for bed, after all you gotta be asleep so Santa can drop off all the presents he got for everyone.” Melissa says to Amelia and Nico.

“Santa is coming!” Nico exclaims and then runs to the stairs. “Gate.” He says and turns around to look at you both.

Melissa goes and opens the first baby gate for him and Amelia and they both walk up the stairs. Melissa then opens the second one and they both run to their rooms to get ready. Melissa goes to Caty’s room to tell her to get ready for bed as well. Melissa walks over to you and wraps her arms around your waist.

“You know this time last year we found out I was carrying twins and I got mad at you for accidentally telling everyone that I was pregnant when I was only 6 weeks pregnant.” You tell her and she chuckles.

“You did, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut and I don’t regret letting the secret slip out.” She says and you roll your eyes. You then back up while she’s still holding onto you until you’re underneath the mistletoe. “I see you brought us underneath the mistletoe.” She says and you nod. “You don’t need mistletoe to tell me you want a kiss.”

“It’s a tradition though, kiss under the mistletoe.” You tell her and she smiles before she leans in and kisses you. She pulls you closer to her and brings one hand under your shirt and feels your skin. You put your hands in her hair and grip a handful on her hair to keep her in place. She traps you against the wall and her body and then puts a leg between yours.

“Mamma! Mommy! Help!” You hear Nico shout and you both pull away.

“Feed the twins, I want to continue what we started very soon.” She says before she gives you a quick kiss and then goes upstairs.

The next morning you both wake up to enthusiastic knocking on the door.

“Mamma! Mommy!” You hear Amelia say excitedly. Melissa grabs her phone and looks at the time, 7:03.

“Seriously?” Melissa says and wraps her arms around your waist and pulls you close to her. “Go back to bed Tesoro.” She tells her.

“Pwesents!” You both hear Caty yell and Melissa groans when she realises two of her kids are out there.

“Santa came!” You then hear Nico say.

“Fuck.” Melissa says, muffled as she puts her mouth on your shoulder. “It’s a Christmas ambush.” She complains and you laugh. You know that she’s more tired today as you both stayed up until 1am last night as she was opening her Christmas present, which was you in Christmas lingerie.

“I got Nico and Cat up.” Amelia says excitedly and Melissa groans. You then get up and Melissa complains about her body pillow leaving. You open the door and then they all start running into the room. Amelia and Nico go right to Melissa while Caty stays by your side, holding Teddy.

“Mommy.” You hear and look to see Caty holding her arms out so you pick her up. You then look at the bed to see Amelia climbing on it and Nico is standing beside the bed, shaking Melissa.

“Mamma! Mamma, wake up! It’s Christmas!” Amelia exclaims and then sits on Melissa.

“I’m awake Tesoro.” Melissa tells her.

“How about we go downstairs and take a look at all the presents under the tree and see if Santa enjoyed the cookies you baked for him.” You suggest and Amelia immediately gets off of Melissa and gets off the bed before her and Nico run out of the room. “Melissa, can you bring the babies down?” You ask her and she nods before you go open the baby gates for the kids.

“Alright guys, now here’s one for Amelia, then one for Nico and…here’s a gift for Caty.” Melissa says about 10 minutes later and you’re snacking on some chocolate while feeding Bella. You then watch your kids open up their first gifts, all with smiles. Melissa goes to you and sneaks a glance at Bella eating and she smiles.

“Mamma! Mommy! Look, Santa got me the Barbie dream house I wanted.” Amelia says and you both smile at her.

“Oh wow, it’s so cool.” You tell her as Amelia brought it over to show it off.

You then look to see that Nico is looking at his new drum with interest. You both decided to get him an instrument as he loves his music toys. You then look at Caty who’s looking at her gift with a confused expression. You decided to get her big lego pieces as she loves puzzles and might like lego as it’s putting something together, like a puzzle. You watch as Melissa keeps handing them more gifts and they all rip the wrapping paper off. You ended up wrapping most of the gifts while everyone was at daycare or school.

In the evening, you put Mia in her crib upstairs before you go back downstairs just as Melissa was handing popcorn to everyone. You all decided to watch a Christmas movie and you see the kids in their matching pj outfits that Melissa insisted on getting them a couple weeks ago, and you were powerless to say no to her pout. Melissa makes sure everyone is comfortable with a blanket on them before she sits down on the loveseat. You sit down between her legs and then you put the blanket on you both before she starts the movie. You both decide to show them the Jim Carrey version from 2000 as you and Melissa both love it.

While watching the movie you notice that Melissa is running her hands on your thighs and slowly inches closer to your centre. You stop her hand from getting closer as your kids are right there. You know your kids will more than likely not see anything as it’s a fluffy blanket that you have and they're paying attention to the movie. Melissa rubs your thighs as she leans in close to your ear.

“Relax baby, they won’t notice.” She whispers softly and you look over at your kids, they’re smiling at the movie and eating their popcorn and chocolate. You then let Melissa bring her hand between your legs and puts pressure on your centre and you have to bite back a moan. “Keep quiet though.” She adds and then trails one hand up your shirt and starts playing with one of your nipples.

You grab a hold of her legs to squeeze something so you don’t buck your hips as that might draw attention. She then slips a hand down your pj pants and runs her fingers through your folds. She feels how wet you already are and she smirks. She goes to your clit and starts doing slow circles and you quickly bring a hand to your mouth and start sucking and biting down on a finger.

Melissa moves her right hand down from your chest and brings it to your entrance and feels how wet it is. She feels you’re wet enough already so she slowly slips one finger in. You dig your nails into her leg and you bite down on your finger. She starts pumping inside of you while doing slow circles on your clit and you know she wants to draw this out. She’s been wanting to draw out an orgasm from you for about a month now and now has an opportunity that she’s not going to waste as you can’t do anything about it.

Melissa glances over at your kids and sees none of them are paying attention to you and her as they’re too focused on the grinch. She then curls her fingers inside of you and you accidentally buck your hips as she knows just where to touch you. Melissa glances at their kids again and none of them saw you move. She then keeps pumping and curling her fingers inside of you and she feels you dig your nails into her leg even more. She leans down towards you and starts sucking on your neck and hears your heavy breathing. She then feels you clench around her fingers and knows you’re close.

“You feel so good around my fingers baby.” She whispers in your ear. “You’re so tight and wet and your body is just begging me to give you your release.” She continues on and hears you let out a small whimper. “Go on and come all over my fingers baby.” She says and then circles your clit and pumps faster.

She’s able to see your eyes are screwed shut, and you dig your nails so hard into her leg that she thinks you might draw blood from her. She feels you clench around her fingers even more and she has to hold your hips down with her arm as you come. You came hard and all over her fingers and your body goes limp. She pulls out of you carefully and starts kissing your neck and cheeks as you calm down. You see her bring her fingers to her mouth and tastes you.

“I will never be used to your taste, you’re always so sweet.” She says before wrapping her arms around your waist.

“I hate you.” You say, quiet enough so your kids don’t hear and she giggles.

“We both know you don’t.” She tells you and you turn your head and she kisses you.

“You're right, I love you.” You tell her and she smiles at you before she kisses you.

“And I love you, so much.” She says and then places a kiss on your forehead.

Chapter Text

“How are you feeling?” You ask Melissa.

“I’m fine.” Is all she says as she’s putting a happy birthday Amelia on the cake.

“You sure?” You push as you wrap your arms around her and you feel her lean into you.

“I think I’m starting to get used to her growing up.” She tells you and you nod.

“Are you really?” You ask her.

“I can pretend I am.” She says as she puts candles on the cake. Before you say anything else you both hear the doorbell. You look at the time and realise that people are arriving for the party.

“Alright, well I’ll get the door and you can continue making the food.” You tell her and she nods before you kiss her cheek.

An hour later everyone is here that Amelia wanted to invite. There’s kids from daycare, pre-k and a couple cousins. There’s about 20 kids there right now and a few parents are sticking around. Melissa is bringing a few snacks for the kids, like chips, chocolate and a veggie platter, made by Melissa. You’re talking with a couple parents when Amelia comes up to you.

“Mommy, can you put on music?” Amelia asks you.

“Hmm, how about we play a dance game?” You suggest and the kids all cheer. Melissa comes out of the kitchen just as you’re explaining the rules to everyone. “Ok, so remember, you dance when the music is playing but you have to stop as soon as I stop it. Are you ready?” You ask everyone and the kids all cheer.

Melissa is feeding Bella as she watches her 3 toddlers dancing with all the other kids. Melissa looks down and sees the bottle is empty but Bella seems to still be sucking on it.

“Are you teething my little one?” She asks as she gets a teething ring before removing the bottle from her mouth.

Bella starts complaining until Melissa hands her the teething ring and Bella immediately starts sucking on it. You press play on the music and the kids start dancing as you look at Melissa as she hands Bella a teething ring. Another hour later you’re helping Melissa get all the ingredients ready for the pizzas when you ask her about Bella.

“So Bella is teething?” You ask her and she nods.

“I think she’s starting to.” Melissa says.

“Well good thing we’re feeding them more bottles.” You tell her as you put the onions in a bowl. You all watch as the kids put whatever they want on their pizzas before they hand it to Melissa so she can cook it. “I think they loved making their own pizzas. That was a good idea you had.” You say to Melissa and she smiles. You see Caty hands Melissa her piece of pizza before she goes to you and shows you her hands. “Want to wash your hands sweetheart?” You ask her and she nods.

You come back from the bathroom with Caty when you see all the kids started playing duck, duck, goose. You look at Caty and you see she seems nervous so you put her down and she goes to play with her own toys instead of with the other kids. You look at all the kids playing and you see Amelia rocking back and forth, clearly trying to keep herself busy.

When the pizzas are done Melissa calls everyone to come and get their pizza and then they all find some place on the floor to sit and eat. You, Melissa and the other parents are sitting at the table, eating your own pizza.

“So you’re going back to work on Monday?” One parent asks you and you nod.

“Yep. They’re almost 6 months old so I think it’s time, and they’re going to the same place as the other twins.” You say and Melissa smiles at you.

“Are you excited or nervous to get back to work?” Another asks you.

“Both. I can’t wait to meet my students. Melissa says that they’re all from her class from last year and they’re lovely.” You tell them and Melissa wraps an arm around you. “The sub sent me all the lesson plans and all the work they’ve been doing so I know around where they all are academically.” You add.

After you all eat lunch you stand on the couch while holding a piñata. You learned after the first kid, which was Amelia, to stand on the couch, out of the batting area. You see all the kids having fun trying to break the piñata with one of Melissa’s baseball bats. You bought two piñatas as there’s a lot of kids and didn’t want to chance one of the kids not getting a turn. Which turns out to be a good idea as 5 kids didn’t get to with the first one.

“Give it a good one, Caty.” You tell her as she goes to hit the second one. She swings the bat hard and ends up breaking it and all the candy falls out.

“Good job Dolcezza!” Melissa says with a big smile as Caty high fives her. All the kids are eating the candy they collected when you get them all to sit as Amelia opens her presents.

“And this one is from Evelyn.” You say as you hand the gift to Amelia after opening the card. Amelia opens it up and she looks at it curiously. “Oh, it's a science experiment kit.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Thank you, Evelyn.” Amelia tells her friend.

“Mamma, I’m hungwy.” Nico tells Melissa as he’s sitting on her lap.

“Hungry? What do you want to eat? Want some chocolate, Ometto?” She asks and he nods with a smile. Melissa gets up while holding Nico and they walk over to the snack table. “What do you want, Ometto?” She asks as she brings him closer. He holds out his hands and grabs a few chocolate pieces. He eats it while Melissa holds him and she smiles as he happily eats it.

“Did you make it, Mamma?” He asks her.

“I did, do you like it?” She asks him and he nods.

“Love it!” He exclaims and she smiles at him.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR AMELIA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!” Everyone sings as Melissa walks out with the cake. Amelia closes her eyes and blows out the candles with a smile.

“And how old are you now, Tesoro?” Melissa asks.

“I’m 5 years old!” Amelia exclaims as she holds out a hand.

10 minutes later everyone is happily eating a slice of cake and ice cream, only chocolate like Amelia requested. While everyone is eating their slice, you get the tv set up for a movie and play Amelia’s favourite animated film, How To Train Your Dragon. You put it on and it captures the attention of all the kids as they find a spot on the floor and watch it. Before the party you both moved the couch to be by the loveseat so that there’s more space in the living room. You and Melissa sit beside each other on the couch, she lays her head on you and wraps her arms around your waist. You put an arm around her shoulders and rub her arm.

“Comfy?” You ask her and she nods.

“Very, you’re very comfortable.” She says and you smile.

“That’s good.” You tell her. “So I was thinking of having a very small party for the twins. With only people that Caty is comfortable with.” You say.

“That’s a good idea.” She says. “So who are the people that Caty is comfortable with?” She asks.

“Well Barb, Gerald, the Abbott crew, my parents and your mom.”

“Sounds good.” She tells you and you get some strands out of her face.

During the movie you notice some kids start getting restless with all the sugar they had and the parents try to keep them calm. A few parents ended up leaving with their kids when their kids were too chaotic before the movie ended. After the movie ends is when everyone decides to head home.

Melissa and Amelia are at the door, handing out goodie bags and saying goodbye while you start cleaning up. When the last one leaves, you both put the couch back in place and you start eating the leftover snacks.

“You know I think the girls will get addicted to sugar with all the sugar you’ve been eating since they were in the womb.” Melissa tells you as she takes a chip from the bowl you’re holding.

“What’s your point?” You ask her.

“I think Mamma is telling you that you eat a lot of sugar.” Amelia chimes in and you quirk a brow at Melissa. “I don’t think there’s such a thing as too much.” She adds.

“Our daughter makes a very good point.” You tell her and Melissa rolls her eyes at you as she takes another chip. “Besides, you made the chocolate and the cake and I can’t resist anything you make.” You add and she smiles. “I mean you’re cooking is one of the reasons I married you.” You say as you take a bite of a chip.

“Oh, I know.” She says as she takes a seat beside you. “And I love cooking for you and our kids.” She tells you and you kiss her.

“Must you always kiss?” Amelia complains and you both pull back with a smile and look at her.

“Yes, because it means we love each other.” You tell her.

“It’s gross.” She tells you both.

“Well I hate to tell you that it’s how you’re alive.” You say.

“Well a little more than kissing was involved.” Melissa adds and you quickly cover her mouth with your hand.

“But that’s a conversation for another time.” You immediately say.

“I thought you said that parents have kids because of the love between them.” Amelia says. “Is that not true?” She then asks.

“It’s definitely because of love, Tesoro, but a lot of kissing is involved as well.” Melissa tells her.

A few hours later Melissa is tucking Amelia in after reading her a bedtime story. She makes sure the baby monitor is on, the night light is on before she turns off the main light and closes the door. When she turns around she notices that Caty’s door is still open, she thought you would have already tucked the twins in already. She peeks inside the room and sees you curled up with Caty in her bed, both of you asleep. She walks over to you both, bends down and shakes you gently.

“Amore.” She whispers and you groan. She then takes your arm that’s wrapped around Caty and gently picks you up and carries you to the bed. She puts you down on your side before she crawls into bed, places the blanket on you both, wraps an arm around you and falls asleep.

On Monday morning you’re both at the daycare as you drop off both sets of twins. You say goodbye to both of them before you take Amelia’s hand and walk back to the car. Melissa pulls up to the pre-k building and you all walk in as you hold Amelia’s hand. You enter the classroom and Amelia goes to her cubby and Melissa follows her as you look around the classroom.

“Hi, are you Amelia’s other mom?” A woman asks you and you nod.

“Yes, hi, I’m Y/n.” You say and shake her hand.

“Hi, I’m Ms. Gale, Amelia’s teacher.” She tells you. “Amelia talks a lot about both of you so I feel like I already know you.”

“She does? Oh that’s so sweet. I would have introduced myself sooner but I was taking care of twin girls for the past 6 months.” You explain.

“Yes, Amelia talks about her siblings as well. I already told your wife this but Amelia is very smart and loves to learn.” She tells you.

“I heard that and she’s the same at home, always asking questions and asking us to teach her something.” You say and then Melissa and Amelia come up to you.

“We gotta go to work.” Melissa tells you.

“Well it was great meeting you.” Ms. Gale says and you nod.

“You too.” You tell her before you bend down. “Bye sweetheart, have a great day.” You add and Amelia hugs you.

“Bye Mommy.” She says before Melissa says goodbye to her.

10 minutes later you’re walking down the hall to the break room as you go over your class list and lesson plan.

“And what about Dylan?” You ask Melissa as you enter the breakroom.

“He can be a bit of a troublemaker.” She tells you and you nod.

“Y/n!” You hear Janine squeal before she bounces over to you and gives you a hug. She then looks at Melissa and sees her carrying a cage and a guinea pig. “Oh my god is that one of Sweet Cheeks babies?” She asks and you both nod.

“This is Ginger. If we brought Fluffy then Caty would have had a fit.” You say and Janine says hi to Ginger.

“More than a fit, our house would have turned into a war zone. She sometimes talks to Fluffy more than she talks to us.” Melissa adds and you nod as you both walk to the table you share with Barb.

“Hello dear, how are you?” Barb asks.

“Good, I get to finally get out of the house and not have to breastfeed all day.” You tell her.

“Well we’re glad to have you back, it wasn’t the same without you.” Barb says and you smile at her.

“Thank you.” You tell her as you feed Ginger a bite of celery.

10 minutes before the bell rings, you and Melissa walk to your classroom and you put Fluffy on the table next to your desk. You look around the classroom and make a disgusted face.

“This classroom is terrible and looks like it was definitely decorated by a man.” You say and Melissa snorts.

“Looks like you have some redecorating to do.” She tells you.

“You mean we have some redecorating to do.” You correct her and she looks at you with a quirked eyebrow.

“I don’t really remember volunteering.” She says as you walk up to her and hug her.

“Of course you did, you did 7 and a half years ago when you married me.” You tell her.

“Ah. I remember now.” She says and you kiss her. You then take down the 3 posters that were in your immediate reach and hand them to Melissa until the students start arriving. “The little eagles are arriving.” She warns you and you look at the door to see students walking down the hall. You then take the posters from her and throw them in the trash. You both walk out of the classroom and some of your students smile when they see you there. “Have a great first day.” She says with a smile before she walks down the hall to her classroom.

She sees you saying hi to all of your students from the doorway and some of them even hug you as they already knew you from being in Melissa’s class. She sees a few of the parents stop to talk to you and welcome you back from maternity leave.

“Alright class, for those of you who don’t know me, I’m Mrs. Schemmenti. And yes I know the redheaded, second grade teacher down the hall also has the same name because she’s my wife.” You tell your class. “And I know I wasn’t here for the first 4 months as I had two little girls over the summer but I’m back now and very excited to get to know all of you.” You say to them.

You always like being open about your life with them as it helps them connect with you and to make them more comfortable with you. And it helps further down the line as you and your wife help with all their pre-teen relationships when they’re in the 7th and 8th grade. You then take attendance before you start the class.

While they're doing a worksheet, you go around the class and take down everything that the sub put up that you don’t like. Some of your students watch in amusement as you’re also muttering stuff like “who would put this up in a classroom” or “I can’t believe my wife didn’t already tear this down for me”.

At lunchtime you end up bringing them to the caf with Melissa and her classroom. You see her keep smiling at you and you know she’s glad to have you back at school.

“I noticed you kept smiling at me.” You tell her as you’re both on your way to the break room.

“I can’t be happy to have my wife back at work?” She asks.

“You can but you do realise you see me everyday at home.” You say.

“I know but it’s different and I like being near you all day.” She tells you as you both enter the break room. Melissa heats up both of your lunches as you show everyone pictures from the birthday party, like they didn’t already see them on your instagram page. “Alright, come and eat.” Melissa says as she drags you away from the trio and gets you to sit and eat.

“So how’s your day going so far dear?” Barb asks.

“Really good. Most of the students already know me so it makes it easier to connect with them already. Also when they were working, I was able to take down all the posters and decorations that the sub put up.” You tell her. “I’m gonna have to bring my stuff from last year tomorrow so Melissa and I can decorate tomorrow.”

“I feel like instead of offering to volunteer, I just keep getting voluntold ever since I married you.” Melissa says.

“Ya, pretty much.” You tell her. “It’s an invisible rule that you agreed to when you said I do.” You add and she snorts.

At the end of the day, Melissa locks up her classroom and sees you throw a bunch of posters and decorations in a big garbage bin that Mr. Johnson brought outside your classroom.

“Thanks again.” You tell him before going back inside the class and you walk back out when she gets to your classroom.

“Have a fun time purging?” She asks and you turn around to look at her after locking up your classroom.

“Yep, very satisfying.” You say as you both walk to the parking lot. Melissa holds your hand as you talk about your day to her all the way to the van.

You pick up all your kids and when you get home you go upstairs to breastfeed the girls while Melissa and Amelia make supper.

After supper you watch something with all 3 toddlers. You lay in between Melissa’s legs with the blanket on you and you have your head on Melissa’s chest while her arms are wrapped around you. During the movie you end up falling asleep on her and Melissa notices right away.

“Amore.” She says softly and you mumble something. “Why don’t you go upstairs and get ready for bed?” She suggests and you just get comfier on her.

Melissa ends up letting you sleep for the rest of the movie and does her best not to move so she doesn’t wake you. After the movie she wakes you up and you both put the kids to bed. Melissa enters the bedroom just as you take your top off and she closes the door and just stares at you getting undressed.

“Why are you just standing there?” You ask her as you take your pants off.

“Because I love looking at your body.” She says as she walks up to you and wraps her arms around your waist. She then picks you up with a yelp from you and brings you to the bed.

“What are you doing?” You ask her as she gently lays you on the bed.

“You’d think after almost 12 years of being together then you’d know.” She tells you as she pulls you closer to the edge and gets on her knees.

“No foreplay or kissing?” You ask her and she smirks.

“Baby, I will be kissing you, just not those lips.” She says as she points to your face.

She then does a big lick up your entire pussy and you gasp. She then goes to your entrance and sticks her tongue in and you cover your mouth with your arm. With your other hand, you grab her hair. She then brings her tongue to your clit and begins sucking and licking. You have to bite down on your arm gently to prevent making any noise. You start riding her face to get more pleasure and she pins your hips down.

Without warning, she sticks two fingers inside of your entrance and immediately begins pumping. You let a whimper slip out and she pulls her mouth away from you, gets on top of you and kisses you as she keeps pumping. You feel your orgasm building and you wrap your arms around her neck as you get close. You then both hear a knock on the door and you freeze.

“Mamma, Mommy.” You hear Caty’s soft voice. Melissa covers your mouth with her hand and continues pumping inside of you.

“What is it, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks as you start squirming underneath her as you’re close to your orgasm.

“Can’t fall asleep.” Caty says.

“Shit.” Melissa whispers. “Just give me a minute.” Melissa tells her and then speeds up inside of you and curls her fingers.

You arch your back and dig your nails into her right before you come. Melissa gets up, licks her fingers and throws your robe at you. You quickly put it on as she goes to open the door. She opens the door and sees Caty there, holding Teddy.

“You can’t sleep?” Melissa asks her and you can tell she’s still breathless from eating you out.

“No.” Caty says and holds Teddy tighter.

“Did you want one of us to read you a story or do you want to sleep here?” She asks her and Caty thinks about it.

“Can I sleep with you and Mommy?” She asks and Melissa nods and steps aside. You help Caty in the bed and she gets in the middle of it.

“We just have to finish getting ready for bed but make yourself comfortable.” Melissa tells her before you both go in the bathroom. “I really need you to finger me as eating you out made me very wet.” She whispers and you put your hands down in pj pants and find her clit. You push her into the sink counter and then you start circling her clit and she covers her mouth with your shoulder. You then bring your fingers down to her entrance and slip 2 fingers in as you bring your other down to her clit to continue circling it.

“How’s that?” You ask her quietly and you hear her heavy breathing.

“Don’t stop.” She mutters out and you go faster. It doesn’t take long until she comes all over your fingers and you pull out of her. You lick your fingers and taste her as she catches her breath.

“You might want to brush your hair, I messed it up when your tongue was inside of me.” You say casually and then grab your toothbrush after pushing her out of the way. You both come out of the bathroom and you see Caty is still awake and has Teddy on her chest.

“Is there a specific reason you couldn’t fall asleep?” Melissa asks her.

“I feel better sleeping with you.” She says softly.

“Better how?” You ask her.

“I like when your arm is around me, it helps me feel better and feel safe.” She tells you.

“Well you can sleep here tonight.” Melissa says as you all get comfortable. “Who do you want to cuddle with, me or mommy?”

“Mommy.” She says and you get her to go on the other side of you. You wrap an arm around her and push her close to you. You feel Melissa shuffle closer to you and puts an arm around you. You reach behind you and squeeze Melissa’s ass which caused a yelp from her as she was expecting it.

“Perv.” She whispers in your ear and you giggle.

“I love you.” You tell her and you feel her hug you tighter.

“I love you too.”

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You and Melissa are on the ground beside the bed, panting. Melissa reaches up and grabs the ends of the blanket and pulls it down to put over you both.

“Wow, it’s been awhile since we’ve had sex that…actively.” Melissa says. You’re on top of her and your head is on her chest.

“Well I think the kids not being here is helping.” You tell her and she chuckles. “Speaking of which, we should go get them.” You add and she looks at the time.

“5 more minutes.” She says and wraps her arms around you, tightly.

You’re both on your way to get the kids as you’re on your phone, looking at something. At a red light she looks over and sees you’re looking at something on Amazon.

“What are you looking at?” She asks and you scroll up and show her.

“This. It’s called a swivel chair and it helps kids with autism. I was thinking of getting it for Caty for her birthday. And then a little guitar for Nico.” You tell her and she nods.

“Ya, that sounds good.” She says and you add both items to the cart.

“By the way, how did we end up on the floor while having sex?” You ask her and she laughs.

“I rolled the wrong way when I tried to get on top.” She explains and you laugh.

“That’s what you were trying to do?”

“Shut up.” She says with a smile.

You both get to the daycare and you walk into the baby room and see Bella and Mia there. You see Bella playing with blocks and Mia on her tummy. You pick up the twins and place them in the stroller as Melissa talks with the supervisor. You both then go to the toddler room and see Nico and Caty playing with a dollhouse together.

“Hey Dolcezza and Ometto.” Melissa says and they both look up and see both of you there.

“Mamma!” Nico exclaims as he goes to run to her.

“Mommy.” Caty says as she runs to you.

“How was your day?” Melissa asks them both.

“It was fun.” Nico says with a smile and she smiles at him.

“Well that’s great. What about you Dolcezza?” She asks Caty.

“Ya, fun.” She agrees and Melissa smiles at her as well. You then go to the kiddie room and see Amelia there, sitting in a chair with a pout.

“Hey Tesoro, what’s wrong?” Melissa asks her and Amelia looks up and crosses her arms.

“You always pick me up before the big handle on the clock is on the 6 and the small handle is on the 3. The big handle is on the 1 and the big one is on the 4 which means you’re late.” She complains and Melissa looks at you.

“When the hell did she learn to read a clock?” Melissa whispers to you and you shrug.

“No fucking clue.” You whisper back to her.

“Mommy and I had something to do before picking all of you up, that’s all.” Melissa tells her and Amelia doesn’t believe it. Melissa looks at you and you lean on the stroller handle and gesture to Amelia. You’re putting it on Melissa as it was her idea to have sex before picking the kids up, although you agreed right away. “How about we make it up to you by watching whatever you want?” Melissa suggests as she bends down to Amelia’s level.

“No, because I’m not 4 years old anymore, why are you late?” Amelia asks and you try not to laugh as she sounds exactly like Melissa.

“I told you, Mommy and I had to do something.” Melissa tells her.

“What did you have to do?” Amelia asks and you know Melissa is at a loss for words.

“We-we, um, had to-had to finish something for work.” Melissa struggled through as she tried to think of something to say. “But we’re here now and we can all go home.” Melissa adds as she gets up and holds out a hand for Amelia. Amelia takes her hand after a few seconds and gets up off the chair. Amelia puts her coat and boots on as Melissa walks up to you. “What are you smirking at?” She asks.

“Nothing, just, she’s more like you everyday.” You tell her.

“You could have helped out, you know.” She says.

“I could have, but watching you fail was much more entertaining.” You say and she playfully shoves you and you laugh. She then traps you between the stroller and her and she puts her hands on the handle.

“Maybe next time when one of the kids is angry then I’ll just watch you deal with it.” She threatens and you quirk an eyebrow.

“That is such an empty threat. We both know that you love helping kids with whatever problem they're experiencing.”

“I hate it when you’re right.” She says as she pulls back and looks at Amelia putting on her mitts.

You both get home and you put the twins in their high chairs that you recently got them to get them to try food. Melissa comes out with applesauce and gives it to you before she goes to watch the other kids. Melissa looks up when you talk to the girls and sees you give Bella her first bite of food. She sees Bella swallow and then she opens her mouth for more. You give Bella another bite and then you go and give some to Mia. Mia has the same reaction and opens her mouth for more. You hear a couple toys hit the ground hard and look to see Amelia looking angry again.

“No!” Amelia shouts at Melissa before she gets up and sits on the couch with her arms crossed. Melissa sighs before she looks at you. You get her to come over to where you are and you give her the applesauce and spoon.

“You feed the twins and I’ll try to talk to her.” You say and she nods.

You get up and go over to the couch. Amelia looks up at you briefly before she goes back to looking out the window from the couch. You sit down beside her and have your body facing towards her.

“Sweetheart, what are you really angry about?” You ask her softly and Amelia sighs and doesn’t respond. “If you’re not angry at something then maybe you’re more upset about something.” You try a different approach.

“You were both late.” Amelia mutters out.

“We were. And how do you feel about that?” You ask her and she looks at you.

“How late were you?” She then asks.

“About 40 minutes.” You answer honestly.

“I didn’t know where you were or if you were going to come and get me.” She tells you and then looks at her hands.

“Did you think that we forgot about you?” You ask and she looks at you and you see her eyes get watery. All she does and nods and you reach out and grab one of her hands. “Sweetheart, we will never ever forget about you or your siblings.” You tell her as you rub her hand. “Sometimes Mamma and I will be late but we will always remember to come and get you and your siblings.” You say and you see a couple tears roll down her cheeks. “Come here.” You say and you have your arms out.

Amelia crawls on your lap and you hug her as more tears roll down her face. Melissa looks at you two in that moment and she has her mouth open in shock as she hates when one of her kids cries. After the girls finish eating, Melissa puts them in their new playpen and then she goes over to you two on the couch. Amelia already finished crying at that point and just has her head on your chest, over your heart.

“Wanna tell Mamma what you told me?” You ask Amelia and you feel her wipe her tears away. She stays curled up on you and you have your arms around her for comfort.

“I thought that maybe you both forgot about me.” Amelia says softly and you see Melissa’s entire face change from neutral to guilt very quickly.

“Tesoro, we’d never forget about you.” Melissa tells her.

“But I thought you did. I didn’t know where you were.” Amelia says.

“Ok that’s fair. How about when we know we’re going to be late, we’ll call the daycare or the pre-k place and tell them to tell you that we’ll be late.” Melissa suggests and Amelia thinks about it.

“I like that idea.” She says.

“Although you’ll be going to Abbott with us in September anyway, so we’ll be in the same building as you.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“I’ll be with you and Mamma all day?” She asks.

“Not specifically with us but in the same building.” You say. “You’ll be in aunt Barb’s class in September.” You tell her and she smiles.

At night you end up pining Melissa against the sink counter and she looks at you in shock and confusion.

“What are you doing?” She asks.

“I want to tell you that you shouldn’t feel guilty about what Amelia thought.” You tell her sternly and she looks down.

“It was my idea to go home and have sex before getting the kids and the entire time she thought we forgot about her.” Melissa says and you cup her cheeks.

“It’s not your fault, we didn’t know she’d think that or that she figured out with the clock when we pick her up.” You say and she nods.

“I still feel bad.” She tells you and you put your hand over her heart.

“And I love that you care so much about your family, it’s one of the reasons I love you so much.” You say and you see her blush. “Never change.” You tell her and she smiles.

“I don’t plan to.” She simply says and then kisses you. “By the way it looks like getting Caty a heavier blanket is working as she hasn’t slept with us in a week.” She says and you nod.

“Well I read that a weighted blanket works for autistic kids but can’t really get that for a 3 year old so I thought a heavier blanket might work.” You tell her.

“Let’s get some sleep.” She says and you nod as you both go to bed.

*2 weeks later, February 4*

“And cake is ready.” Melissa says as she takes it out of the oven.

“Do we add the icing now?” Amelia asks as she goes on the stool and looks at the cake.

“Not yet, we have to wait for it to cool down as it can fall apart if we do it right now.” Melissa explains.

Upstairs you finish tying a bow perfectly on Caty’s head. You have just enough time to take a picture before she grabs the bow and takes it off.

“Seriously? You had to wait to do that when I did it perfectly?” You ask her.

A few minutes later you come downstairs with the twins all dressed up just as Melissa comes out of the kitchen with some snacks with Amelia. You look at the playpen and see the two girls are in there playing with some toys.

“Did she not keep the bow on?” Melissa asks you and you shake your head.

“She waited until I did it perfectly on the fifth try and then she threw it off.” You tell her and she laughs.

“Well at least she likes the blue shirt with the pretty pink flowers on it.” Melissa says as she bends down to look at Caty’s new shirt.

“Do you like it Mamma?” Caty asks and Melissa nods with a smile.

“What about my shirt, Mamma?” Nico asks and Melissa looks at his outfit. She sees you dressed in a nice looking dark blue shirt and black dress pants. “Mommy says I look handsome.”

“Oh you look very handsome, Ometto.” Melissa says and then the doorbell rings.

30 minutes later you see the 2 toddlers playing with Nico, you both decided to invite the 2 kids that you’ve seen Nico play with at daycare frequently. You see Caty is sitting on Melissa’s lap as Melissa talks to your parents. Amelia is talking to Barb, talking about kindergarten while you put the two twin girls in their playpen as you just finished feeding them. You go and sit beside Melissa on the loveseat and Melissa smiles at you quickly before continuing to talk to your parents.

“So you didn’t invite any of your siblings, Melissa?” Your mom asks and Melissa shakes her head.

“We agreed that it would be too many people for Caty.” Melissa tells her.

“We didn’t want to overwhelm her again.” You add and Melissa nods.

“You are both supporting her amazingly. You’re both figuring out what she needs and what helps and doing exactly that.” Your mom tells you both.

“We’d do anything for our kids.” Melissa says softly before she starts tickling Caty and Caty starts squirming and giggling.

“Ahh! Mamma!” She squeals.

Half an hour later Melissa takes a bite of a chip as she looks at her family. Nico is playing with the 2 toddlers with his toys, Caty is showing her toy to Barb and Gerald, Amelia is talking to the trio about anything that comes to her mind and you’re talking to your parents and her mom.

“No, it’s true, I was able to read 6 words at pre-k this week.” Amelia tells the trio and they all gasp.

“No way, what words?” Jacob asks her.

“I read the words go, dog, mom, at, cat and no.” Amelia says to them.

“Oh my god, those are some amazing words to learn, you’ll be amazing in kindergarten in September.” Janine tells her.

“What grades do you all teach again?” Amelia asks.

“I teach second grade with your mamma.” Janine tells her.

“I teach first grade.” Gregory says.

“And I teach 8th grade social studies and history.” Jacob says.

“You teach second grade with my mamma?” She asks Janine and Janine nods. “So will I get two teachers in second grade?” She asks as Melissa walks up behind her.

“No Tesoro, just one. Janine and I teach the same grade but have different kids in our class.” Melissa explains to her.

“So which teacher will I get in second grade?” She asks Melissa.

“I don’t know, you might get me or you might get Janine.” Melissa tells her.

“Well I hope I get you, Mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa smiles.

“I hope you’re in my class as well, Tesoro.” Melissa says to her and then looks at you. “I think I have to go rescue your mommy from my ma.” Melissa suddenly says and everyone sees you looking horrified at whatever Teresa is telling you. Melissa walks up to where you, your parents and her mom are and can hear what her mom is telling you.

“And it got everywhere. Then all of a sudden Melissa was fine, like she wasn’t throwing up for a week.” Teresa tells you and you have your eyes wide.

“It almost seems like you’re telling horror stories with the way my wife is looking at you.” Melissa says as she stands beside you and wraps an arm around you.

“In a way she is.” You say, still in shock. “Stories about the horrors of having sick children.”

“How did you get on that topic?” Melissa asks you all.

“I honestly don’t remember.” You tell her.

“Hmm, well come on, let’s go get them to open presents.” Melissa suggests and you nod.

“So this next one is from Janine, Gregory and Jacob.” You say as you read the card out loud. Nico and Caty both rip the wrapping paper off to reveal 2 PlasmaCars. “Oh my god, I had one when I was a kid.” You exclaim.

“So did I, which is how I knew it would be perfect for your kids.” Janine tells you.

“Mel, did you have one?” Jacob asks Melissa and Melissa shakes her head.

“No, what do they do?” She asks as Amelia is on her lap.

“Well your kid sits on it, you push them and they get to move the wheel and control where they go. They can also use their feet to push themselves.” You explain as you look at the gifts. “Thanks guys.” You tell the trio.

Melissa gets the presents that you and her got them and you watch as they rip the wrapping paper off. Caty looks at the swivel chair in confusion and then Melissa picks her up and places her in the chair.

“What do you think?” Melissa asks Caty as Nico looks at his toy guitar.

“Comfy.” Caty says and then she leans back to relax in it.

“So you can look at your books or play with your toys in here.” Melissa explains and Caty smiles. Melissa then looks over and sees you’re freeing the guitar from the box for Nico. You free the guitar and pop in the batteries before giving it to him. Nico pushes a few buttons and it makes noise and he smiles.

You both watch as they open the rest of their gifts and they keep getting distracted by playing with their new toys. You ended up getting the scissors from the kitchen to get all of the toys out.

After all the toys are unwrapped and free from the restraints and boxes, then you let the twins play with their new toys. While they play with their toys, all the adults start talking to each other and Amelia chimes in every now and then.

“And all the kids make such cute little Valentine’s Day cards for their parents.” Janine tells everyone with a big smile.

“My students did as well, they had so much fun.” You say.

“Can I make a Valentine’s Day card?” Amelia asks and you all look at her.

“If you don’t make one at daycare or pre-k by Valentine’s Day then you can make one here.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

Half an hour later the twins start getting bored so Melissa goes into the kitchen to light the candles on the cake. She then goes out and you all see her come out so you stop talking.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Nico and Caty, happy birthday to you.” Everyone sings as Melissa brings the cake to them. Nico and Caty look at the candles and Melissa shows them what to do. Nico blows out his candles on one side of the cake and then Caty copies him with her own candles.

Melissa cuts the cake while you hand out the pieces to everyone. When everyone gets a piece, Melissa cuts a piece for you and her to share and you grab 2 spoons. You both sit at the dinner table to join everyone and Melissa puts the plate down and you both start eating it.

“So does anyone have any interesting plans for the rest of today or tomorrow?” You ask.

“Gregory and I are going to Bonetown for a date.” Janine chimes in and you see Melissa’s unimpressed face.

“I thought my wife asked if there was anything interesting you have planned.” Melissa deadpans.

“Well that could be interesting, I mean it’s cute that they still like to go on lots of dates with each other even though they’re married.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“Are you referring to the fact that we haven’t gone on a date in awhile? Cause I would like to point out that we have 5 kids.” Melissa tells you.

“I know and I wasn’t.” You say to her. “I’m just saying that it’s nice that they haven’t lost that spark to their relationship. I mean we haven’t lost the spark.”

“I think it’s more of a burning flame now.” Melissa tells you with a smile.

“Me, Janine and Gregory are going to trivia night at Ruby’s tomorrow night.” Jacob says and you all look at him. You then see Melissa taking a piece of the cake and you push it off her spoon and she looks at you with a quirked eyebrow.

“What was that for?” She asks you.

“Felt like it.” You say and then you go to take a bite but she pushes it off your spoon as payback.

“Do you guys want to come to trivia night with us?” Janine asks you both.

“Hell no.” Melissa immediately says.

“Melissa.” You say sternly and she looks at you.

“What?” She asks, clearly confused and you look at Janine.

“What she meant to say was we would love to come but can’t.” You tell Janine. “Right Melissa?”

“Sure.” Melissa says as she puts some cake on her spoon. You kick her shin and you see her mouth an ‘ow’. “I mean yes, that’s what I meant to say.” She says. “That was my shin.” She mutters to you.

Half an hour later she’s watching you from the couch as you’re sitting on the floor, playing with the twins and their new toys. She hears a tiny giggle and looks at Mia that’s on her lap after feeding her. She sees Bella is on your mom’s lap and still drinking from the bottle. She turns Mia around so they’re face to face and Melissa smiles at her. Mia then reaches out and touches Melissa’s face.

“I’m your Mamma little one.” She says and Mia smiles. She then looks over and sees Amelia talking a mile a minute to the trio.

“And then they did a spin like this.” Amelia says as she describes and shows an example of the dance you and Melissa did on Christmas Eve.

“We did a waltz to Carol of the Bells.” Melissa tells them and Amelia nods.

“Ya, they did, and it was amazing.” Amelia says. “Mamma has been teaching me so I can dance like her and Mommy.” Amelia adds and then somehow switches topics to something very unrelated to dancing.

You and Melissa have gotten used to her switching topics very quickly to something totally unrelated to what she was talking about before. It never really bothered either of you as it was often entertaining what would randomly pop in her head.

Melissa then grabs the teething ring and hands it to Mia and she sucks on it. She rubs Mia’s cheek as it’s been irritating her a lot lately and Mia leans into the touch and sighs.

“I know, it’s painful, my bambina.” She tells her softly. Mia then lays her head on Melissa’s chest and bites the teething ring to try and stop the pain.

About half an hour later is when everyone leaves and you both thank them all for coming. You both turn around and you see Amelia running around with a smile and her hands out like a helicopter.

“How much sugar did she have?” You ask Melissa and she shrugs.

“Wasn’t really keeping track.” Melissa tells you.

*10 days later, February 14*

You wake up from Melissa grabbing your waist and squeezing really hard.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, amore.” She says softly in your ear and you hum.

“Happy Valentine’s Day my love.” You tell her as she lets you go and you turn around. Melissa sits up and reaches inside the nightstand to pull out a gift. “When the hell did you get a gift? I help you put away the groceries.” You ask her as you take the gift.

“Snuck it in my purse and made Amelia swear not to tell you.” She admits and you laugh as you unwrap it. You see that she got you your favourite chocolates in a heart shaped box.

“Thank you.” You tell her and give her a kiss. “I got you something as well.” You say as you reach underneath the bed and then hand it to her. She unwraps it and sees you got her a printed version of the picture she took at the hospital after the twin girls were born. You got an engraved picture frame that says “La Mia Famiglia”.

“Oh my god, I love it.” She says and then gives you a hug. “It’s going right on my desk at work.” She says proudly as she looks at the photo. “I got it arranged where your parents are coming here to look after all the kids while we go to your favourite restaurant as I was also able to make a reservation.” Melissa says and you open your mouth before launching forward and hugging her. She didn’t expect you to do that so she fell back and took you with her and she laughs.

You both go to work and the both of you get valentine’s day cards from all of your students. A few of your students even gave Melissa a card as she is their favourite teacher, which didn’t surprise you in the slightest. At the end of the day Melissa wraps her arms around you from behind and puts her head on your shoulder.

“Ready for our date?” She whispers in your ear and you hum.

“Yes.” You tell her and then turn around in her hold and kiss her.

“Save that for when you get home.” Ava says as she walks by you both.

You both pull apart and you smile at her as she looks in her eyes. She holds your hand and she smiles.

“Even after almost 12 years I still love you so much.” She tells you and you kiss her cheek. “Come on, let’s go eat.” She says and she grabs your hand and then brings you to the van.

You both pick up all your kids from daycare and then drive home with them. Your parents arrive an hour later and then Melissa quickly brings you out to the van and drives you to the restaurant. She opens the car door for you and holds her hand out and you take her hand and step out.

“You’re such a gentlewoman.” You tell her and you kiss her.

She puts a finger under your chin and lifts it up. “Only for you baby.” She tells you and you smile at her. “I’m starving, let’s go eat.” She says and then they go and walk to the restaurant.

“Starving for just food?” You ask her and she laughs.

“Well for dinner and then some…dessert.” She says the last word while looking at you and winks.

You both sit at the booth you were brought to and you look at the menu. You look up from the menu for a second and you see Melissa looking at you.

“See something you like?” You ask her and she nods.

“I love the kids but we don’t have a lot of moments with just you and me anymore.” She says and you smile.

“I feel the same way.” You tell her. The waiter comes and you both say what you want and then he leaves you two be. You look at her and smile before you go and sit next to her.

“What are you doing?” She asks with a smile and she leans her head on her hand that’s on the table.

“Just sitting next to my wife.” You say and she grabs your hand.

You both then fall into a conversation until the food arrives. You both start eating and you place your left hand on her thigh. Melissa doesn’t think anything of it as you’ve both done that many times. You start rubbing her thigh and Melissa freezes and looks at you. You go to her inner thigh and Melissa grabs your hand.

“What do you think you’re doing?” She asks you.

“What? It’s not like we haven’t had sex in public before.” You tell her and she quirks an eyebrow.

You then trail your hand to the hem of her leggings and stick your hand inside it. Melissa is glad that there’s a tablecloth there to hide what you’re doing to her. You put your hand in her underwear and find her clit. You circle her clit and you hear her breathing deepen and quicken. She moves her body so that you’ll have room to slip a finger in her entrance, so you do. You slip 2 fingers in her and immediately start pumping and she bites her lip to keep quiet.

“Are you finding it difficult to keep quiet?” You whisper and she lets a whimper slip out.

“Y-yes.” She says, very breathy.

You start pumping faster and she grabs your thigh and presses her nails into your leg. She closes her eyes and tries to control her breathing and not look like she’s getting fucked right now. She feels you curl your fingers in her and hits the spot that makes her lose all thoughts. She feels her orgasm start to build and lets out a few deep breaths. You feel her clench around your fingers and know she’s close so you decide to tease her right before she does and you lean in close to her ear.

“Are you going to come all over my fingers like a good girl?” You ask her and she whimpers. You then feel her clench even more before she comes all over your fingers. You give her a second before you pull out of her and lick your fingers. “Looks like I got my dessert early.” You say and she’s trying to control her breathing.

“I don’t know if I hate you or love you for doing that in here.” She tells you and you smirk. She gets her breathing under control and then you both continue eating the food. When you’re done, she leans her head on your shoulder and hums. “That orgasm took a lot out of me.” She says and you kiss her forehead.

“Want me to drive us home?” You ask and she nods. The waiter comes to collect the empty plates and you ask for the bill. After paying, you walk her to the van while holding her hand and you open the door for her.

“I guess you’re being a gentlewoman now.” She says and you shrug before you close the door and get in the driver’s seat.

“Seems a common courtesy to at least open the door for your wife after fucking her in a restaurant.” You tell her and she laughs.

You get home to all of your kids there and Amelia looks to be playing a card game with your dad, the toddler twins are playing with their birthday toys and the girls in their playpen while your mom is on the couch and watching both sets of twins.

“Mamma! Mommy!” Amelia exclaims when she sees you both and you both smile.

“Hi, Tesoro, having fun?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods.

“Grandpa taught me how to play go fish and now playing snap.” Amelia explains and then you see Amelia and your dad continue putting cards down at the same time. “SNAP!” Amelia says as slams her hand down on the cards.

“Ah, you’re too good at this game.” Your dad says and you walk up to them and watch.

“How were the twins, both sets of them?” Melissa asks your mom.

“Oh they were perfect. We fed the girls the food you told us to give them and we gave the other 3 the dinner that you left for everyone in the fridge.” Your mom tells her and Melissa nods before she lifts Mia up.

“Hi little one, is your mouth still hurting?” Melissa asks her as Mia is biting the teething ring.

“She was fussy earlier, I think those teeth are coming in fast.” Your mom tells Melissa.

“Maybe everyone can have some ice cream tonight, and soothe those gums.” Melissa tells Mia and Mia lays her head on Melissa’s chest.

“You were born to be a mother.” Your mom says and Melissa looks at her. “You’re incredible with all of your kids.”

“I helped raise my siblings, so I got a head start.” Melissa tells her.

“You may have helped raise your siblings but not everyone will raise their kids with the amount of care and love that you do.”

“Thank you.” Melissa says and your mom nods.

“SNAP!” You all hear and look to see Amelia won the game.

“How did you win again?” Your dad asks and Amelia giggles.

“Alright, I think it’s time to head out now that the mothers have returned.” Your mom announces and your dad gets up.

You thank your parents for looking after them and then they leave after they say goodbye to everyone. You then take the cards from the table and shuffle them and Amelia looks at you curiously.

“Alright, time to see your go fish skills.” You tell her and Amelia smiles. “Let’s go to the couch.” You suggest and you both walk over.

Amelia sits on the couch beside Melissa who’s holding Mia and you sit on the loveseat. You deal the cards and then the game starts. Melissa watches you both play together and she even helps Amelia out.

“Ask for that.” Melissa says as she points to a card.

“Do you have any 4’s?” Amelia asks and you glare at Melissa before handing over three 4’s.

“I think this is cheating as you have a great memory.” You say and Melissa laughs. “Do you have any 10’s?” You ask.

“Go fish.” Amelia says and you pick a card from the pile. “I win!” Amelia exclaims 10 minutes later and she gives Melissa a high five.

“Alright, I think it’s time everyone got ready for bed.” Melissa says and you look at the time and see she’s right.

30 minutes later you close Nico’s door and then walk to the bedroom. You enter and see there’s a couple of electric candles on and the lights are dimmed. You see Melissa there and she walks up to you.

“You didn’t think Valentine’s Day was over, did you?” She asks as she takes your shirt off and then unclips your bra. “Because I still haven’t had my dessert.” She adds before she wraps her mouth around a nipple.

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“There, does that feel better?” Melissa asks the girls as she’s feeding them ice cream for their sore gums.

“Again Mommy, again!” Nico exclaims.

“Alright, one more time.” You tell him and you hold hands with Caty and Nico and they hold hands with Amelia. “We all have to sing it. Ready?” You ask and they nod.

“Ring around the Rosie, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!” You sing with them and they all fall to the ground giggling.

In the evening, you put the twins to bed as Melissa reads a bedtime story to Amelia. Amelia is curled up on Melissa’s side, clutching her favourite care bear.

“T-the ca-cat in the h-a-hat.” Amelia reads the title and Melissa smiles.

“That’s right, Tesoro.” Melissa says and then starts reading the book.

In Caty’s room, Caty has her head in your lap as she’s not tired. You’re petting her head as you start singing nursery rhythms to her.

“All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel, the monkey thought ‘twas all in fun, pop! goes the weasel.” You sing to her softly.

When you were finished you look at her and see she fell asleep on you. You carefully get her off of you and tuck her into bed. You close the door and turn to see Melissa standing there. You go to scream in surprise but she covers your mouth in time.

“What are you doing standing there like a creeper?” You ask her after she removes her hand.

“I heard you singing and wanted to listen. I love it when you sing.” She tells you and you smile. “Let’s get to bed, we have a lot of work to do tomorrow.” She says as she grabs your hand and brings you to the bedroom.

In the morning, you’re both sitting at the dinner table as all your kids are occupied. Amelia is dressing her Barbie dolls in different clothes, Caty is playing with one of her puzzle toys, Nico is playing with his toy cars, and the twin girls are in their playpen crawling around.

“So we put the porch swing here, the kiddie pool there, the grill here and of course the table and chairs over there.” Melissa says as she drew a map of the backyard on a piece of paper and labeled everything. It was the middle of April and the weather was getting warmer so you both decided to set up everything in the backyard.

“Ya, that could work.” You say and then grab the pen from her. “But don’t forget Amelia’s little house that we could put here.” You tell her and then mark an area.

“I totally forgot about her house.” Melissa admits.

An hour later you both place the patio table, chairs and benches where you want it. Melissa goes to the shed with the toddlers and hands them each a pillow for the chairs. They all run to you with their pillow and you take it from them and place it on the chairs. You originally had a set with 6 chairs but after having 2 more kids, you got a new set with 2 chairs and 2 benches, enough space for all your kids.

You both then bring out Amelia’s house and the outdoor toys and all the kids check them out. While they’re distracted, you both get the kiddie pool out. You both got a kiddie pool as all the kids love swimming so much. The pool is 2 feet deep and is 10x10 for length and width. Melissa then gets the grill set up the way she wants it as you bring all the kids inside.

You’re feeding the girls some yogurt when Melissa comes back in and then she starts on making lunch. You all eat what she made and then digest on the couch with a movie.

“I think I watched more kids movies in the past 5 years than I had in the first 18 years of my life, and I have 8 younger siblings.” Melissa mutters to you as you’re watching another animated kids movie.

“Some of them are pretty good.” You say and she hums.

After the movie, you have your arms wrapped around Melissa’s waist and prevent her from getting up as you’re comfy. She tries to get up again so you move to lay on top of her and she chuckles.

“I will have to get up at some point to make dinner and you’ll have to feed the girls.” She says.

“But we don’t have to get up right now.” You tell her and she wraps her arms around you. Amelia looks at the interaction and rolls her eyes, very used to her moms always touching each other. Melissa then gets her phone out, puts her glasses on and scrolls on instagram. You look up to see her on her phone and you take it from her and place it on the coffee table.

“You take my ability to move and now my phone?” She says after a gasp.

“I want both of your hands on me, not just one.” You tell her.

“So needy.” She says without any annoyance.

“We both know you love that about me.” You say and she smiles.

“I do.”

At night you get to the bedroom and see that Melissa is pulling out the Easter chocolate for the kids. You get a paper and pen out so you can write down all the places you hide the chocolate eggs. You both end up making out and wait about half an hour until you’re sure that all the kids are asleep. You’re straddling Melissa’s lap and you pull away from her breathlessly. You put your right leg over to join your other leg and stay sitting on her lap and she puts an arm around your waist and one on your legs so you don’t fall off.

“You think it’s safe to go hide the eggs?” You ask her and she nods.

“I think it’s been safe for 10 minutes, just got caught up in kissing each other.” She tells you with a smile.

“Well how can I not want to kiss this beautiful face?” You ask and she gives you a kiss. “We should go hide the eggs now or I’ll not want to leave your lap.”

“Well I wouldn’t say no to that.” She says and you chuckle. You give her a quick kiss and then you get off her lap and grab the eggs.

Melissa pops a chocolate egg in her mouth as she starts hiding the eggs as you write down the hiding spots. She complains about the taste of the chocolate egg before eating another one.

“Why complain but then eat another one?” You ask her.

“I don’t know. They’re terrible but good at the same time.” She says and you shake your head.

“Never change my love.” You tell her and she smiles at you. Melissa makes sure to hide them where they’ll see them, close to the ground.

Your kids bang on the door excitedly the next morning. The knocking startles Melissa and she ends up falling off the bed and you sit up and check on her from the bed.

“You ok down there?” You ask her.

“Ow.” She groans out and you pat her head.

“You’re fine, you’ll live.” You tell her and she smacks your hand away from her head. You get up and go to the door and open it to see all your kids there with a smile.

“Why is Mamma on the floor?” Amelia asks you.

“She fell off the bed but she’s fine.” You tell her as Melissa gets up.

“I’m gonna have a bruise the size of Texas later.” Melissa complains and you chuckle before you bring the kids downstairs.

“How nice of the Easter bunny to leave a list this year to make sure all the chocolate is found.” You say out loud as Melissa takes a seat at the dinner table and starts eating the chocolate you got for yourselves.

The kids look at the chocolate bunnies that the “Easter bunny” got them as well as their new egg hunt baskets. The kids all take their baskets and tell them the one who finds the most eggs wins before you start the game. You both watch as all 3 kids run around and look for the chocolate eggs. They tell you when they found one and you check it off the list.

They find eggs all over the house that Melissa spent 10 minutes hiding. Next to Sweet Cheeks cage, on the couch, on the tv stand, in between or on picture frames.

“Found a pink dot one.” Amelia exclaims and you look to see where she found it and check it off.

“Ok there’s one more.” You tell them all and they all search for it. They try looking for it for a few minutes all over the living room, dining room and entrance way. You see Amelia looks under the couch.

“Is it there?” Nico asks her.

“No, just another one of Mamma’s bats.” Amelia tells him. You look at Melissa who has a proud smile on her.

“I think they’re gonna find all your bats before they find the final egg.” You tell her and she shrugs.

“I’m good at hiding things, what can I say?” She whispers.

“Where in the house is it?” Amelia asks.

“In the entrance way.” You tell them and they all run there. They look all over until Caty finds it between the shoes a minute later. Then they all run to you and Melissa. Melissa counts Nico’s and you count Caty’s while Amelia counts her own.

“I got 15.” Amelia says.

“Nico got 14.” Melissa tells you all.

“And Caty got 16.” You say and Caty is declared the winner. You then give the chocolate back to the kids and they start eating it.

“I think it’d be pointless to make breakfast.” Melissa says as she watches her kids eat as much chocolate as they can.

“Maybe just a slice of toast.” You tell her and she nods. “With peanut butter or jelly instead of Nutella.” You add as she goes into the kitchen and you get the twin girls.

15 minutes later you watch as your kids eat their slice of toast as you and Melissa peel the shells off the hard boiled eggs she made for the girls. Melissa mashes the eggs up as you fill their sippy cups with breast milk. You pump more now that they’re teeth are coming in and you breastfeed them about 4 times a week. You and Melissa tried introducing formula to them but they prefer breast milk instead.

You come out of the kitchen with their sippy cups and hand one to Melissa who’s feeding Mia right now. Mia reaches for the sippy cup and Melissa brings it to her mouth. Mia starts sipping from it and puts her hands over Melissa’s and Melissa smiles at her. The twins can’t hold the sippy cups yet but they prefer it over the bottle.

Later in the day, you’re sitting on the porch swing with the twins next to you in their stroller as you watch Melissa try to show Amelia how to hit a ball with a baseball bat. You got the kids a T-Ball set for the summer. You wanted to start introducing the kids to sports and Melissa wanted them to learn how to swing a bat, so you decided on T-Ball.

“So you hold the bat like this…good…and then you have to back up a bit so you can hit the ball.” Melissa explains to Amelia. Nico and Caty are watching, as Melisa is also going to teach them how to play.

You watch as Amelia hits the ball off the stand a few times, never going far. She then gets Nico to hold the bat and it takes him a few seconds to hold it without it hitting the floor. The set came with a plastic bat which was perfect for the kids as 2 of them are only 3 years old and not very strong. You turn to the girls as you hear some noises and you see Bella wanting out so you unclip her and sit her on your lap.

You turn back to your other kids and see Melissa on her knees as she shows Nico what to do. All of a sudden you see your wife get off her knees faster than you’ve ever seen as Nico starts swinging the bat. Melissa looks at you as she hears you laughing and she sticks her tongue out at you. Next she shows Caty what to do and she doesn’t seem to be getting it. Caty then goes up to the ball, takes it off the stand and throws it before looking back at Melissa with a proud smile.

“I guess that’s one way to do it.” Melissa says. “Much more fun when you use the bat though.” Melissa adds quickly. Caty eventually understands as she also watched her siblings do it and she hits the ball with the bat. “Good job Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her and then Caty gives her a high five.

Melissa comes over to join you on the porch swing when the kids got bored of learning T-Ball and wanted to play with some other toys. She sits next to you and you hand her Bella. She turns Bella so she can see her face and starts talking to Bella with a big smile and Bella mirrors it with a smile of her own.

“Mamma.” Bella suddenly says and you look at her touching Melissa’s face.

“That’s right my little Bella, I’m your Mamma.” Melissa tells her.

“Why do they always say you first?” You complain as you cross your arms. “I mean it’s not like I carried them for 9 months or took care of them for 6 months.”

“Mamma is just easier to say than Mommy.” Melissa says.

“I know. It just seems like she actually understood who you were this time when she said it.” You tell her and she nods.

“I think she did.” Melissa tells you and then looks at Bella with a smile. “Which means that our little Bella is starting to talk.” Melissa says and Bella giggles.

A few hours later Melissa is in the kitchen with Amelia sitting on the counter while you’re in the living room with the 4 kids. You’re playing with Bella and Mia as Caty and Nico are watching a show they like. You then see Mia crawl to the couch then she holds onto it as she lifts herself up to her feet and you gasp.

“Melissa, come quickly!” You shout and Melissa bursts through the kitchen door.

“What? What is it?” She asks and you point to Mia.

“She stood up!” You exclaim and Melissa smiles as she walks over to Mia.

“Oh my babies are growing up so quickly.” She says as she grabs one of Mia’s hands.

About half an hour later you’re all eating supper and then you hear Caty gasp and you all look at her. You see some sauce dropped on Teddy and she tries to rub it off right away. You tried to get her to not bring Teddy to eat when she was around 2 but gave up very quickly when she kept refusing. She then turns to you as she’s right beside you and she gives you Teddy. You grab a napkin and wipe the rest of the sauce off before you give it back to her.

“This is why Teddy should be on the couch or somewhere else when we eat, sweetheart.” You tell her and she hugs Teddy tightly. “Just because you can accidentally get food and sauce on him.” You add quickly. Caty gets off her booster seat and walks over to the couch, sits on and huffs at you.

“I think she didn’t like that comment.” Melissa says to you while trying not to laugh.

“Really? I didn’t notice.” You tell her and then you both go back to eating as you were just about done. It was a quieter dinner than you were both used to as the kids reached their sugar crash and are tired right now and they were barely talking.

In the evening, you were all watching a movie that Caty chose as it was her turn to pick when Amelia comes over to you, sits on the loveseat and puts her head on your lap. You stroke her head and after a few minutes you see that she fell asleep on you.

“I guess it was a strong sugar crash.” Melissa says and you hum.

“It’ll be easier to put her to bed tonight.” You tell her and she nods.

Melissa ends up carrying Amelia to her bed after the movie. Melissa leaves the baby gates open so Nico and Caty can go upstairs and you can bring the twin girls upstairs. After you bring the twins up, you close the baby gates and then you go to Nico’s room and tuck him in.

“Goodnight Mommy.” He says sleepily.

“Goodnight sweetheart.” You tell him and place a kiss on his forehead. You then go to Caty’s room and see Melissa is already there and tucking her in. You stay out of sight but you watch them as you always love how Melissa interacts with each kid.

“Mamma?” Caty asks and Melissa looks at her after turning on her nightlight.

“Ya Dolcezza?”

“Why do you read to Amelia but not me?” Caty asks her and Melissa sits on her bed next to her.

“Do you want me to read to you at night?” Melissa asks and Caty nods. “Alright well you can come to Amelia’s room with me and I can read to both of you from now on.” Melissa tells her and Caty smiles.

“Ok. I love you Mamma.” Caty tells her and Melissa smiles.

“I love you too, Dolcezza.” Melissa says and then gives her a kiss on her forehead. “Good night.”

“Good night, Mamma.” Caty tells her and then Melissa gets up, turns off the light and then closes the door gently.

“How sweet.” You say and Melissa jumps and puts a hand over her heart.

“Jesus Christ Amore.” She says and you smile.

“You know Nico might want a story as well.” You tell her and she hums.

“I thought about that too, and I think our bed is going to get some more use out of it as I’ll probably end up reading to all the kids there.”

“More use than it already gets?” You ask her and she rolls her eyes.

“I guess it already does get used a lot.” She says as you both walk to the bedroom.

“I would say it has a lot of mileage on it.” You tell her and she laughs.

“It definitely has that too.” She says as she wraps her arms around your neck. “So what are we doing tomorrow?” She asks. “Weird time to have a 4 day weekend. Kids want to go outside but not warm enough for a lot of activities.”

“Maybe we can go out to the park and then go out to eat, like at McDonald's or something like that.” You tell her.

“I still don’t get why our kids love their chicken nuggets and fries so much. I mean I thought they’ré palettes would be better than that with all the food I make for them.” She complains as she walks to the bathroom.

“Their little kids, all kids love their nuggets and fries covered in salt.”

“I guess.” She says. “Ok, I like the park idea and then we can go to McDonald’s.” She agrees and you nod.

The next day in the afternoon you get all the kids out of the car and walk to the playground. You push the stroller with the girls in it while Melissa holds Nico and Caty’s hand. You get Amelia to either hold the stroller or one of her siblings' hands and she chooses to hold onto the stroller. You get to the playground and all the toddles take off towards it.

“And they’re gone.” You say and Melissa walks beside you. You find a free bench but before you go to sit on, Melissa goes up behind you and wraps her arms around you.

“Can you believe in 4 and a half months our little Amelia will be starting at Abbott?” She asks and you smile.

“I know, it’s gonna be weird and so wonderful to have one of our kids there.” You tell her and she hums.

“Ava promised me that Amelia will be in Gregory’s class in grade 1, mine in grade 2 and yours in grade 3.” Melissa says.

“Was that before or after a threat?” You ask her.

“I don’t have to threaten Ava anymore, she just knows that I will do something, especially when it concerns one of my kids.”

You both sit on the bench, Melissa has the twins facing her in the stroller as she talks to them while you watch your kids. An hour later you have your head on Melissa’s shoulder as she has Mia on her lap and holding a sippy cup full of breast milk for her. Mia takes a big sip and then looks at Melissa with a smile.

“Ya, breast milk is good, I know.” She tells Mia and you chuckle as she speaks from experience.

“So when are we going to ask them if they want a dog?” You ask Melissa and she thinks about it.

“I don’t know. If we ask them and they want one then they’ll more than likely want one right away so maybe around mid-June, a couple weeks before school ends.” She says and you nod.

“Ok, that sounds good.” You tell her.

You both round up your kids a couple hours later and you all go to McDonald’s. You get in line and you see Amelia goes to look at the toys in the display case. When it’s your turn, you order 3 nugget happy meals with chocolate milk, 2 Big Macs for you and Melissa, and 2 apple juices for the girls. You get the food about 10 minutes later and you find a table for you all to sit and eat. You set the meals up for your kids and finish as Melissa comes with ketchup for everyone for their fries.

You both get back home an hour later and start to get everything ready for tomorrow as everyone returns to daycare and you two go back to work. Melissa gets the meals ready while you pack everything for your kids.

Melissa ends up on your bed as she reads a book to all 3 toddlers and then you all have to carry them to bed as they all fell asleep. You and Melissa get comfortable in bed after putting all the kids to bed. You turn around to face Melissa and she holds your hand as she looks at you.

“What are you thinking about?” You ask her.

“I never thought I would ever love a domestic lifestyle so much but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” She tells you and you smile.

“Well that’s good. I mean we have 5 kids and 6 hamsters so it's a little late to back out now.” You joke and she chuckles.

“Technically 4 hamsters as 2 of them are currently at one of our students houses for the weekend.” She tells you and you smile. “Come here.” She says and then you move closer to her and she puts her arms around you. You nuzzle your head in her chest and you feel her kiss your forehead before you fall asleep.

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You all walk into the dog shelter and look at all the dogs and puppies there. Your kids look at all the dogs in the cages and pet a lot of them. You both left the twin girls with your parents for the afternoon as it was easier just to have 3 kids with you. You see Melissa looking around and you grab her hand. You don’t stay by her side long as you see this little golden retriever puppy in a cage and you run to them.

“Oh my god! You’re so cute!” You exclaim in a higher pitched voice. The worker there opens the cage for you and the puppy immediately runs to you. You pick them up and their tail is wagging the entire time. You look at the puppy and see it's a girl and you bring them close to your chest. The puppy then wiggles out of your hold and runs around you. “You’re so adorable!” You squeal and you don’t notice Melissa recording the entire thing. All your kids come up to you and the puppy runs to them happily. Melissa then looks at the worker and the worker looks at her.

“I think we found the one we’re taking.” Melissa tells them and the worker goes to get the adoption papers.

“So how old is this puppy?” You ask the worker.

“About 5 weeks old.” They say. “She was found wandering around a couple weeks ago.”

“Aw.” You say and then look at the puppy. “Would you like to come home with us?” You ask the puppy and she lets out a little bark.

“So this is the one you all want?” Melissa asks all her kids and they all nod as they pet the puppy.

You both sign the adoption papers from the shelter as the kids play with the puppy. After all the papers are signed, you bring the puppy to the car and she sits on your lap as Melissa drives you all to the pet store. On the drive there, the puppy sniffs Melissa and she glances at the puppy. At a red light Melissa holds her hand out for the puppy to sniff and gives her a couple pets on the head.

You walk inside the pet store and Melissa gets a cart for everything. You’re holding the leash that the shelter gave you as the puppy is walking around and sniffing everything excitedly. You pick out some puppy kibble while the kids look at the dog toys. Melissa just watches as you get the puppy to test out the beds and you put two in the cart. The puppy then sniffs a bunch of toys and grabs a toy that’s twice its size and drags it along. You end up putting it in the cart when she lets it go and all the kids pick out a variety of toys.

“You know, we’ll need a name.” You tell Melissa and she looks at you.

“What do you name a dog?” She asks.

“Anything you want.” You say and you pick up the puppy and put her in Melissa’s arms as you push the cart. You saw that Melissa was a little weary of the puppy as the only pet she’s ever had was Sweet Cheeks so you think the puppy cuteness will draw her in. You were right as a few minutes later Melissa is kissing the puppy’s head and petting them with a smile.

You end up finding everything you need and go to the cash register an hour later. You load everything in the car and then drive home. You get home and immediately take the puppy off the leash so they can go sniff around. Your parents see the puppy and they immediately get on their knees and the puppy goes to them. You see Melissa looking at the receipt from the pet store and she sighs.

“Already spent $400 on this dog.” She complains but there’s no anger or annoyance in her tone.

“How about we pick out a name?” You suggest as you put some kibble in a bowl and the puppy immediately goes to eat it. You then fill up another bowl with water and put it beside her kibble bowl.

An hour later Nico and Caty are running around the living room with the puppy as you, Melissa and Amelia are looking up Italian names online. You see Mia and Bella standing up in their playpen as they look at the puppy. You already laid out all the beds and toys all over the house. You also put pee pads all over the house as she’s not house broken yet.

“What about Elena?” Melissa says as she reads the name. “It means shining light.” Melissa adds and you look at the puppy. “It’s also easy for all the kids to pronounce.”

“I love it.” You tell her. “What do you think Amelia?” You ask her and she thinks about it.

“I love it too.”

“Caty, Nico.” You say and they stop running and look at you. “What do you think of the name Elena for the puppy?” You ask them and they look at the dog before nodding and then continue running around. “I think we have a name.” You tell Melissa.

An hour later Melissa gets started on dinner as Elena is passed out on the floor. You take a few pictures of Elena and then post it on your instagram page, which you know is going to be pictures of your kids and Elena and almost nothing else. Your instagram started out with pictures of you in high school, then college, then the Abbott pictures started. After that pictures of you and Melissa started showing up as you started going out together. After that it was pregnant pictures that Melissa mostly took of you when you were pregnant with Amelia. After that then your instagram was just pregnancy, kid and family pictures and one or two of just you and Melissa together.

Right before Melissa is finished dinner, Elena wakes up and you see her sniffing the air and walks to the kitchen. You see her slip inside and hear Amelia say her name. You see her come outside with a piece of chicken and you try not to laugh as you knew Melissa would spoil her quickly. You go inside the kitchen and you see Melissa putting the food on plates.

“So I saw Elena coming out with a piece of chicken.” You tell her.

“What’s your point?” She asks as Amelia goes to the dinner table.

“I find it cute how you didn’t know how you’d feel to have a dog and you’re already spoiling Elena after a few hours.” You say.

“She’s cute, I mean how can you say no to her face?” Melissa asks you and you smile.

“It’s very hard to say no to those eyes.” You agree with her. “And hard to say no to these eyes.” You say as you point at her eyes.

“What the fuck, you say no to me all the time.” She says as she puts a hand on her hip.

“I said it was hard, not impossible.” You tell her and she laughs.

Through dinner, Elena keeps eating the pieces of food that fall from anyone, mostly the twin girls. You put a piece of chicken aside that Melissa notices before you go back to eating.

“And you say I spoil her.” Melissa says and you shrug.

After dinner Melissa, Amelia and Caty ended up taking Elena on a walk around the neighbourhood. Elena was wagging her tail the entire time as she was sniffing everything. Melissa looked at the dog and she seemed so happy and full of life and thinks she’s going to be a great addition to the Schemmenti family.

In the evening, everyone went to sit on the couches and Elena looked at all of you and you see she looked scared to jump that high. You bend down and Elena ran up to you and you picked her up and placed her on the loveseat with you and Melissa. Melissa pressed play on the movie that Amelia picked to watch tonight. During the movie, Elena moved on the couch and walked over to Melissa and layed on her lap.

“Even the dog picks you as the favourite?” You ask and you see Melissa has a smirk on her face.

“I told you that I’m irresistible.” She tells you and you roll your eyes before you scratch Elena’s back. Elena rolls on her back and you give her tummy scratches.

“Can I pet Elena?” You both hear Amelia ask. You pick Elena up and you place her on the other couch and Elena goes over to the kids. Elena goes to Caty who’s in the middle and lays on her lap.

“I think Elena is going to fit in nicely here.” Melissa says and you nod.

“The kids love her and they’ll make sure she gets her exercise and energy out. The girls will drop enough food to feed her at dinner but of course I know you’ll feed her as well. Golden retrievers are great family pets, they’re great with kids.” You tell her and she wraps an arm around you.

In the evening, Elena is laying on your bed, cuddling with Amelia as Melissa reads everyone a bedtime story. When everyone falls asleep, Melissa brings Amelia to bed as you bring Nico to bed. When you come back from bringing Caty to bed, you see Melissa cuddling Elena and Elena fast asleep.

“Did I lose my night time cuddles?” You ask her with a smile as you get in bed.

“She’s so cuddly.” Melissa says softly. “I think you did lose your night time cuddles, at least for tonight.” She tells you and you move in close to them before falling asleep.

You awake a couple hours later to high squeak barking and you see Melissa is awake as well. Elena is barking while trying to jump down and you think that she probably has to pee.

“And to think these days were over.” You say as you get up. You pick up Elena and bring her to the backyard and she immediately pees on the grass. Elena then looks at you and wags her tail. You then bring her back inside and she goes to drink some water right away. “Next time wake Melissa up.” You tell her. When she’s done, you pick her up and go upstairs to the bedroom where Melissa already fell back asleep. You get in the bed and cuddle into Melissa and she unconsciously wraps her arm around you and spoons you. You then put an arm around Elena and spoon her as she gets comfortable.

The next morning all the toddlers are running around the backyard with Elena. You and Melissa were sitting on the porch swing with the girls in the playpen that Melissa got for outside. You have your head on Melissa’s shoulder as you’re tired as you got woken up 3 times last night by Elena. You know Melissa is tired as well as she took Elena out 2 times during the night and this morning. Amelia then throws a ball and Elena goes to chase it. She gets to the ball but it’s too big for her mouth so she paws at it.

You watch the kids and Elena play for a little bit until Elena just collapses on the grass and lays there. You smile at that as puppies never know when to stop and just collapse when they have no energy left. Amelia and Nico decide to keep playing by themselves and Caty lays down next to Elena. You watch as Elena licks Caty’s face and Caty giggles as she tries to get away from the licking attack. Elena eventually stops and then cuddles with Caty and falls asleep.

At lunch Melissa is making tuna melts for everyone and gives Elena some tuna as she was in the kitchen. You come into the kitchen and see Elena licking the ground and you quirk an eyebrow at Melissa.

“I regret nothing.” Is all she says and you get the breast milk from the fridge that you pumped earlier.

“You know if you and the kids keep giving her food then she’s not going to have room for her kibble.” You tell her.

“That’s fine with me, Elena deserves the best anyway.” Melissa says and you smile.

“I knew you’d love having a dog.” You say and give her a kiss on the cheek. “Although I don’t think Cheeks' family thinks the same. Sweet Cheeks is shaking a bit and Caty is calming him down.” You tell her. “I’m going to place them higher where they won’t have to fear Elena.” You add and she nods.

“Alright.” She tells you and you leave the kitchen.

A couple minutes later Melissa comes out with the food and places it on the table for everyone. She places some mashed potatoes for the girls in their high chairs and they begin eating it. Melissa then places some more tuna in Elena’s bowl and then she goes to sit in her chair like nothing happened.

After lunch you, Caty and Nico took Elena on a walk around the neighbourhood. Elena sniffs everything again and you even run into another dog owner and their dog. Elena goes up to the other dog, tail wagging, and they sniff each other. During the walk, Elena finds a stick that’s about the same size as her but she still picks it up and brings it with her. Caty ends up picking it up for her and bringing it the rest of the way for her. Once you all get home, Melissa looks at the stick in Caty’s hand before she gives it to Elena and Elena starts chewing on it.

“So the 20 toys we got for her aren’t enough, she’s bringing in natural toys?” Melissa asks and you nod.

“Apparently.” You tell her and she sighs.

“You’re cleaning up the mess that she’s making with that stick.” Melissa tells you before she grabs her car keys and she helps Amelia put her shoes on and then brings all the toddlers with her to the pet store to get Elena a name tag. They return almost an hour later and you take Elena’s collar off of her and give it to Melissa so she can put the new name tag on. You see that Melissa got a pink princess one and you’re not surprised in the slightest.

At night, you come back from putting Caty in her bed and Melissa attacks you with kisses. She pins you against the door that you just closed and kisses you roughly. She then trails down to your neck and starts sucking and biting, trying to leave as many hickeys as she can on you. She takes off your shirt and then brings you to the bed, careful not to place you on Elena or disturb her.

She takes a nipple in her mouth and you let out a small moan as you run your hands through her hair. She takes your pj shorts off and throws them somewhere on the ground before she kisses you again. She feels your entrance and sees you’re already soaking and she smiles. She slips 2 fingers in you and you moan into the kiss as she begins pumping. She then curls her fingers and you buck your hips into her. All of a sudden you feel a tongue licking your face and you look to see Elena there and you try to cover your face from all the licks.

“Excuse me, missy, we’re a bit busy, so go sleep for a bit furball.” Melissa tells her and Elena licks her. Melissa ends up petting her while also pumping inside of you and you would laugh if Melissa didn’t have 2 fingers deep inside you. You end up coming a couple minutes later all over Melissa’s fingers and she pulls out of you and licks her fingers before she looks at Elena. “You don’t have to be a part of everything.” She tells her and Elena just goes on her back and Melissa rubs her belly. “You’re lucky you’re cute.” Melissa says and you smile.

“I feel like we’re slowly becoming a trio.” You tell her.

“Still a couple with someone who will soon learn about a time and a place for demanding pets.” Melissa says as Elena does a downward dog pose, wanting to play while wagging her tail. Melissa ends up playing with a toy with her as you get dressed. Melissa then ends up taking her out before she puts Elena in front of you to cuddle and then she goes behind you and wraps an arm around you.

For the next month, everything is the same everyday. The kids continue to play with Elena everyday, Caty seems to be closer to her then the other 4. Melissa puts food in her bowl at every meal, the girls continue dropping food on the floor that Elena is more than happy to clean up. You end up taking Elena with you to the park as it’s dog friendly and she socialises with other dogs and people.

You filled the kiddie pool with water with the hose and all the kids use it almost every day and they started to bring Elena in the water after she showed an interest in the water. Elena immediately began to doggie paddle and started playing with the kids in the water. At night, Elena cuddles with one of the kids as Melissa reads the toddlers a bedtime story. Elena seemed to gravitate more towards Caty and you both thought that maybe Elena can sleep with Caty when she stops needing to go outside during the night.

You both celebrated the girls first birthday on the 15th and it seems Elena was the most popular guest there. You both had an outdoor birthday party with Melissa on the grill and you invited everyone in the baby group at daycare for the girls to socialise with. You also invited Francesca and Liliana for Amelia and the 2 kids that you invited for Nico and Caty’s birthday. You told them they could bring their bathing suits and they all did and every kid played in the pool. Janine and Jacob spent most of the party petting and feeding Elena.

“Stop feeding her or she’ll get sick and I’ll hold it over your heads until Elena’s first birthday.” Melissa threatens them and they immediately stop feeding her.

You end up celebrating Melissa’s birthday 3 weeks later. Melissa wanted to do another backyard party and Elena was the most popular guest there again. Everyone ended up getting her scratchers for her birthday and Melissa was more than happy about that and she spent an hour doing them.

Barb ends up taking an updated family picture with Elena. You’re all standing outside, you and Melissa are on your knees. You’re holding Bella, Melissa holding Mia, you have Caty standing beside you and Amelia, while Nico is beside Melissa and Amelia. Amelia is in the middle holding Elena. Barb ends up taking a bunch, per Melissa’s request, before she gives Melissa’s phone back to her. Melissa looks through all the photos and there’s one where no one is blinking, looking at the camera and Elena has her mouth open looking happy.

You both ended up getting pet stairs for Elena so she can go up and down your bed when she wants. You then ended up having to put a pee pad down when she keeps not waking you up and going in your room. She learns quickly that you don’t say anything when she goes on the pee pad. You’ve gotten woken up a few times when she plays with her toys that have squeakers as she loves making them squeak. You ended up bringing all the squeaker toys downstairs and brought up squeaker free toys to replace them.

Most nights you or Melissa end up cuddling with Elena. There’s been a few nights where she sleeps at the end of the bed or on the other side and uses your pillow as you are usually on Melissa’s side as she likes to have you close for cuddles. During the last week, you brought Elena to Caty’s room to see what will happen and Elena just sleeps at the foot of her bed. When in Caty’s room, you still had to quietly wake Elena to bring her outside to pee in the middle of the night but then bring her back. The first time you brought her to sleep with Caty, you forgot to tell Caty and she was surprised when she woke up with Elena looking at her.

You did end up putting the Cheeks family cage up higher as they freaked out when you brought Elena home. You moved them up higher and they immediately calmed down when they figured out Elena couldn’t reach them.

You both decided on a feeding schedule instead of just always having food out as she kept eating whenever there was anything in her bowl. Melissa kept giving her something whenever she made a meal. Melissa said it’s what she deserves as she’s also one of their children and a growing puppy.

You both don’t know the exact day of her birth as she’s a rescue so you decided that it’s June 1 as the shelter said she was about 5 weeks old when you got her at the beginning of July.

One morning you woke up and felt that Melissa’s arms weren’t around you but you heard her. You saw her at the foot of the bed, balancing on her forearm next to Elena, playing with her.

“Might not bond with the dog, my ass.” You say and Melissa looks up at you briefly before continuing to play with Elena.

You both thought that you got the perfect puppy for the family. She has the energy to keep up with the kids for a while, she’s social with other dogs and people, it seems like she can tell that Caty needs her support more, and she loves cuddles and belly rubs.

You have planned that your parents are going to come take Elena out around 11am so she can go pee, have a small walk and socialise.

When there was 2 weeks left of summer break, you bring all your kids to the store and get school supplies for Amelia as she’s starting kindergarten. You let her pick out the design/colour of the school supplies. She gets a glittery pink pencil case and a pack of Barbie pencils. She picked out a pink binder and got a stack of line paper. She chose purple scissors, they were out of pink ones, and some glue sticks.

On the last day before development week, you get all your kids ready for daycare and Melissa gets everyone’s meals ready for the week. You and Melissa also pack all the supplies you’ll need for your classrooms. You get back from putting Caty to bed and you see Melissa snuggling Elena and talking to her.

“Now we’ll be gone for a long time but we’ll be back for you everytime. Us leaving does not mean we don’t love you, we just have to get money to pay for more things for you.” Melissa tells Elena as she gives her ear scratches. “Mommy’s parents will come to visit you in the middle of the day to make sure you’re ok and to let you out.” She adds and you stand in the doorway. Melissa gives her a kiss at the top of her head and then they both notice you’re there.

“You two want some time alone?” You ask.

“No, just making sure she knows she’s loved.” Melissa says as she starts giving Elena belly rubs.

“I’m sure she knows.” You tell her as you get into bed. “But I will miss this face.” You say as Elena comes up to you and give her a kiss on the head. You cuddle up close to Melissa and Elena comes to you and lays right beside you and you put an arm around her.

“Good night Amore and Elena.” She says softly.

“Good night my love, and Melissa.” You say and she sits up and glares at you as you laugh. “Couldn’t help it.” You tell her and then pull her back down. “Good night my love, and Elena.” You say and Melissa places a kiss on you before you both fall asleep.

Chapter Text

In the morning, you wake up to see Elena on her back, paws up and her fast asleep. You get all your kids up and ready as Melissa goes to make breakfast and get everybody’s stuff ready.

You buckle Mia in and you see Melissa disappeared so you go back inside to see if she forgot something and you see her saying goodbye to Elena again. You see her give her a kiss on the head and a hug before she makes sure the camera is on. On Saturday, Melissa ended up getting a camera to set up to watch your pets at home, like a baby monitor.

You manage to pull her out of the house and she drives everyone to daycare. When you both get to school, you go to the break room and Melissa pulls out her phone to check to see how Elena is doing.

“You realise we only left an hour ago, right?” You tell her and she looks at you.

“What’s your point?” She asks.

“That she’s fine.” You say and she gives you a glare. “It’s cute that you think your glares still work on me. I’m immune to the Schemmenti glares.”

“It’s mostly to make sure you know that your comment is unwanted or stupid.” She tells you and you hum.

“It’s funny how you were worried that you wouldn’t bond with Elena and now you’re worried to be away from her.” You say.

“Oh she’s on camera.” Melissa says and everyone gathers around to look. It shows Elena walking around and playing with a toy and you see Melissa’s eyes soften.

During the welcome back presentation, Melissa as usual just eats candy and doesn’t pay attention at all. She also pulls out her phone a few times to check on Elena. You mostly just rest your head on Melissa’s shoulder as she shares her candy with you.

After the presentation, you convinced Melissa to help you out with some decorations, and by convince you mean you asked her with a kiss. After she helps you out, she ends up going to Barb’s classroom.

“I was wondering when you’d stop by.” Barb tells her and Melissa smiles. “Amelia is on my list and she has a spot right up front.” Barb explains.

“What if the other kids are mean to her or she ends up hating school?” Melissa asks her.

“I don’t tolerate any bullying in my class and Amelia loves learning and loved pre-k, I doubt she’ll hate school.” Barb says.

“You’re right, sorry, just worried.” Melissa says.

“I get it, your first born is going into kindergarten, that’s huge.”

“Ya, it is huge.” Melissa says and picks at one of the desks.

“What is it?”

“It’s just, I never thought I’d get to have this in my life. Having kids, a wife, pets. Being able to hold my kids, teaching them how to cook or to swing a bat, or take a picture on their first day of school.” Melissa explains. “It feels perfect and I just keep thinking that it might crash down on me.”

“Melissa, Y/n isn’t Joe. That girl loves you more than anything, well as much as she loves her kids. Your kids all adore you, your pets adore you, her family loves you.” Barb tells her.

“I know. I don’t always have this fear but it comes up unexpectedly.” Melissa says and then you knock on the door and they both look at you.

“Hey, thought you might be here. Can you come settle a debate about decorations between me, Janine and Gregory?” You ask her and Melissa smiles.

“Of course, Amore. I’ll see you later Barb.” She tells her before following you.

A couple hours later you’re both at the front as you’re filling out some paperwork and Melissa is keeping you company.

“Melissa, that's crazy. There’s no way the eagles can lose this season, they’ve gotten so much better.” You tell her as you were discussing football. Melissa was on the other side of the desk while you both talk.

“I hope so.” She says.

“Hi, do you two know where I can find principal Coleman?” You hear and you both look to see a man there.

“That depends, you a parent or teacher?” Melissa asks.

“New teacher, just got told an hour ago that I’m the new music teacher this year at Abbott.” He explains.

“She might be in her office.” You tell him and point behind you.

“Thank you. Oh I’m Adrian.” He says and you both shake his head.

“Melissa.”

“Y/n.” You tell him and he looks at you with a smile.

“Oh wow, you’re very-” He starts to say but his cut off by Melissa.

“Very much taken. She’s very taken by me.” Melissa tells him and he looks between you both. He then looks down and sees the wedding rings and then Melissa’s glare.

“I would just walk away while you still can. Melissa can beat anyone’s ass.” You hear Ava say as she comes up behind you. “Especially if you flirt with her girl or harm any of their kids.” She adds and you nod as Melissa cracks her knuckles. “Also I’m principal Coleman. We should probably go to my office, out of Melissa’s reach.” She tells him and he quickly walks to her office with her. You then look at the time on your phone and hum.

“It’s 1:19 on the first day and you already threatened a teacher, I think that’s a new record.” You tell her and she shrugs. “And you always look super sexy when you get possessive.” You add and she smiles and blushes.

A few minutes later the new teacher and Ava comes out and he goes down the hall to see his classroom.

“Well Melissa didn’t scare him off and he just signed the contract.” Ava tells you both. “He also hopes you’ll accept his apology and not kill him.” She adds and Melissa hums.

“I’ll have no reason to kill him if he stays away from my family.” Melissa tells her.

At the end of the day you and Melissa go pick your kids from daycare. You then get home and Elena runs up to all of you. Melissa immediately gets on her knees and pets her.

At dinner, you notice Melissa gives Elena more food than normal and you shake your head as she’s apologising to Elena for leaving her home alone for so long. The week passes by quickly and before you both know it, school starts tomorrow.

Melissa is making sure Amelia has everything in her bag. She then gets everyone’s meals ready and adds some chocolate in Amelia’s lunchbox.

In the morning, Melissa gets Amelia to pose for first day of school pictures while you strap both sets of twins in the car. You come to get them and you see Amelia holding a sign that says ‘kindergarten’.

You drop off both sets of twins at daycare and then you make your way to Abbott with Amelia. Melissa holds Amelia’s hand as you both walk to the front and Amelia sees all the kids and squeezes Melissa’s hand.

“It’s ok, Tesoro, we’re both here with you.” Melissa says and you rub Amelia’s shoulder for comfort.

“There’s lots of people here.” Amelia says and Melissa picks up Amelia.

“It’s all the students at Abbott this year.” Melissa explains.

“Mrs. Schemmenti?” You hear and you both turn around to see someone with a vest.

“Which one?” You ask.

“Y/n Schemmenti.” They say.

“Oh that’s me.” You tell him and he shows you 5 students.

“These are your students.” He tells you.

“Thank you.” You say and a couple of the kids hug you as they’re glad they’re in your class.

“Mommy.” You hear and look to see Amelia looking at you.

“I have some students right now but Mamma will bring you to Ms. Howard’s class sweetheart.” You tell her and give her a kiss on the cheek before Melissa walks off to find Barb.

“That was your daughter?” One student asks you and you nod.

“Yep, my first born.” You tell them. “She’s starting kindergarten.”

“Melissa.” Barb says as Melissa walks up to her. “Hi Amelia.” Barb tells her and Melissa puts Amelia down and bends down.

“Now, you have everything you need, if something happens then Barb will tell me or mommy. If you get lost then ask anyone wearing one of these badges and they’ll help you.” Melissa tells her as she shows Amelia her badge.

“Mrs. Schemmenti.” She hears and someone is looking at her.

“Be right there!” She calls out. “Ok I have to go but you’ll have an amazing first day, I just know it.” Melissa says and hugs her. “I love you Tesoro.”

“I love you too Mamma.” Amelia says and then Melissa gets up and goes over to welcome her new students. Barb gets Amelia to go in line and she can tell Amelia is overwhelmed by the size and amount of people. Barb then looks at her list and sees she has everyone so she leads them inside. Amelia takes one last look and sees both you and Melissa saying hi to your students.

Amelia finds her name on one of the front desks and puts her bag at the back of the chair before she takes a seat. Amelia looks around and takes a breath as there’s much less people now.

“Hello class, I’m Mrs. Howard, welcome to kindergarten.” Barb says. “Now I wanted to go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves and tell us one thing about yourself. It could be anything that you want to share. Any pets, toys, favourite show or movie, anything.” Barb says. “Amelia dear, how about you start?” Barb suggests and Amelia nods.

“My name is Amelia and my mommies got a puppy over the summer for me and my siblings, her name is Elena.” Amelia says with a smile.

“That’s adorable and thank you for sharing. Ok next.” Barb says and Amelia smiles.

Barb gets her class to lineup and then they exit the class to go to the cafeteria. You end up being right behind Barb’s class as you bring your third graders. Amelia sees you and she moves to the back of the line to be close to you. Barb sees her move and doesn’t stop her as she knows what she’s doing.

“Mommy.” Amelia says and you look behind you to see Amelia there and the rest of Barb’s class.

“Hi sweetheart.” You tell her. “Everyone, this is my daughter Amelia who just started kindergarten.” You say. “How is it so far?” You ask her as you keep an eye on your class.

“Good, everyone introduced themselves and then we got to colour.” Amelia tells you.

“Oh, sounds like a fun morning.” You say. “Dante, back in line.” You tell your student and then you see Melissa a bit behind you with her class. Melissa turns around and sees you with Amelia and she smiles. “Do you know what you’re doing after lunch?”

“No, other than a nap and a story.” She says and you all reach the cafeteria.

“I’ll be right back but you need to go sit down and I need to get my class setup for lunch.” You tell her and she nods before she follows her class. Amelia watches as you and Melissa set your classes up for lunch and Melissa makes her way over to Amelia first.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia turns around and hugs her.

“Hi Mamma.” She says.

“Your mommies are the two Mrs. Schemmenti’s?” One of Amelia’s classmates asks and Amelia nods with a proud smile. “Woah, my brother was in their classes and he said the Schemmenti’s are his favourite teachers.” They say and Melissa smiles.

“So Tesoro, did you have a fun morning?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods.

“I was telling Mommy that we all introduced ourselves and then we got to paint.” Amelia explains.

“Wow, that sounds so fun.” Melissa says. “Ok mommy and I will be wanting to hear all about your day after school but we’ll let you eat lunch while we go eat our own lunch.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods. Amelia then looks over and sees you and you wave at her and she waves back.

You and Melissa make your way over to the break room and sit down after you get your lunches. Melissa then checks on Elena quickly and then puts her phone down to eat and talk.

“Amelia seemed to have a fun morning.” You say to Barb and Melissa.

“Ya, she told us about it.” Melissa says. “So how were the other kids with her?” Melissa then asks.

“They were fine, they’re all just trying to settle into being in kindergarten.” Barb tells you both. “She was overwhelmed at first but she relaxed pretty quickly when she mentioned Elena.” Barb adds.

“The kids all love the new puppy.” You say as you start eating.

“Hey Melissa, when you’re done eating then there’s some paperwork for you to fill out.” Ava says as she makes her way over to the coffee machine.

“Alright.” Melissa says and then goes back to talking to you and Barb. When the kids go from the cafeteria to recess, Melissa finishes eating and then goes to the front desk to sign the papers and you follow to keep her company.

“What papers are they?” You ask and she looks at it.

“Looks like an updated medical record for one of my students.” She says as she reads it. About 10 minutes later, Melissa signs it, staples it and gives it to the front desk person before you begin to walk back to the break room to grab some coffee. “So how are your students?” She asks and you smile.

“You should know as they were all in your class last year.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Ya, but-” Melissa starts to say but then you both see Amelia limping and getting brought to the nurse’s office by Jacob who is on recess duty. “Amelia?” Melissa asks and both Amelia and Jacob turn around to see you both.

“Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” You ask as you both go up to her. She lets go of her arm and you see she’s bleeding from her elbow and knee. Melissa faces Jacob and gets in his face.

“What happened? Did another kid do this? I want first and last names.” Melissa asks and Jacob puts his hands up.

“Woah Mamma bear, it wasn’t another kid.” Jacob says.

“I was playing with some other kids and I tripped and fell on the pavement.” Amelia says and Melissa bends down.

“Besides your elbow and knee, are you hurt anywhere else?” Melissa asks and Amelia shakes her head. “Alright, well come on.” Melissa says as she picks Amelia up and then walks to the nurse’s office.

“Isn’t there a rule against holding kids like this?” The nurse asks as soon as Melissa steps in.

“She’s my daughter.” Melissa tells her and she nods before she puts Amelia on the table. The nurse then gets to work on wiping all the blood off before she disinfects it.

“Ow.” Amelia says and then looks at Melissa.

“It’s ok Tesoro, she’s just cleaning your cuts.” Melissa says as she holds Amelia’s hand and you watch from the corner with Jacob. “It’s painful for a couple seconds and then it feels so much better.”

The nurse is able to disinfect the cuts and then puts a princess bandaid over both cuts. Amelia is then given a lollipop for being strong and is helped off the table by Melissa before they walk out of the office.

“Tesoro, how about you see our classrooms, where we teach?” Melissa suggests and Amelia nods as she puts the lollipop in her mouth. Jacob ends up going back outside on duty as you, Melissa and Amelia walk to your classroom first.

“This is my classroom, sweetheart.” You tell her as she looks around. You watch as Amelia walks around the classroom, seeing all the desks with backpacks, all the books in the shelf, all the school supplies in containers, and Ginger in a cage by your desk.

“Will I be here in grade 3?” Amelia asks.

“You will be.” You tell her as you sit on your desk. Amelia then sits at one of the desks, lollipop still in her mouth.

“Can I start now?” She asks and you smile.

“What I teach is a bit advanced for you at the moment sweetheart.” You say and then she looks at Melissa.

“What I teach is also a bit advanced for you.” Melissa tells her. “But in 2 years, you’ll be in my classroom and I get to teach my daughter everything that she needs to know in the second grade.” Melissa adds and Amelia smiles.

“Why do you teach third grade?” Amelia asks you.

“Oh, well I guess I just always like teaching the smaller kids. I mean I started helping Mamma with the third graders in her class, that I guess I just prefer that grade.”

“And you’re amazing at it too.” Melissa says and you hold her hand with a smile.

“Mamma, why do you teach second grade?”

“Mostly for the same reason as Mommy. I did teach older kids at first but then I got here and taught second grade and taught the same grade ever since.” Melissa tells her. “So what were you playing with other kids when you fell?” Melissa asks Amelia.

“This game called tag.” Amelia says. “It’s where you have one person who’s it and they have to chase after the other kids to tag them.” Amelia explains. “The person was chasing me and ended up on the pavement and I tripped and fell.”

“Are you feeling better?” You ask her as you get off the desk and walk up to her and bend down.

“Much better.” She tells you. “Still hurts but not as much as before.”

“Do you want to go back outside?” You ask.

“Can I see Mamma’s room first?” She asks and you look at Melissa.

“I don’t see why not.” Melissa tells her and holds out her hand. Amelia gets up, walks over to Melissa and grabs her hand. You lock your classroom and then follow them down the hall. Before you get to her classroom you hear a little kid call out for one of you.

“Mrs. Schemmenti!” They yell and both you and Melissa turn around. You both look to see it’s one of your students and see them looking at you.

“Nora, is everything ok?” You ask her as you walk up to her. Melissa unlocks her classroom and walks in and you both don’t notice Amelia looking at the interaction. Amelia watches as you bend down to talk to your student and hug them to provide comfort. Amelia looks down at the ground before she walks into Melissa’s classroom.

“Everything ok, Tesoro?” Melissa asks as she sees Amelia looking upset about something. Melissa puts her purse down on the ground underneath her desk.

“Do you and Mommy help every kid here?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at her.

“Not every student. Nora is in Mommy’s class this year which is why she seeked her out.” Melissa explains to her. “Why do you ask?”

“No reason.” She says and Melissa walks up to her and bends down to her level.

“Is something wrong?” Melissa asks and Amelia looks at her.

“No, everything is alright.” Amelia tells her and Melissa tilts her head. “Can I go back outside?” Amelia then asks before Melissa can say anything else.

“Of course.” Melissa tells her before they walk out of the classroom.

“Where’s mommy?” Amelia asks as you’re nowhere in sight.

“Either helping Nora or had something to do.” Melissa says as she’s locking up her classroom. “Let’s go get you back outside.”

At the end of the day, Amelia is walking down the hallway with Barb as you and Melissa are still saying goodbye to your students. She sees Melissa helping a kid tying their shoelaces and Barb feels Amelia’s grip tightened.

“See you tomorrow.” You tell your last student before you see Barb and look to see her holding Amelia’s hand. “Hey sweetheart.” You say as you bend down and Amelia runs up to you. “Did you have a fun day today?” You ask her and she nods but you can tell something is bothering her. “Everything alright, sweetheart?” You ask and she nods. “Are you tired or hungry?”

“A little hungry.” She says.

“Alright, I think we have something you can have as a snack at home.” You tell her and she nods. “I’ll just go grab my things, I think Mamma’s kids are almost all gone.” You say before you go grab your things and then lock your classroom. You grab Amelia’s hand and then you walk over with her to Melissa’s classroom and you see Melissa grabbing her things. Melissa looks up and sees you and Amelia at her doorway and she smiles.

“Well now this is a nice sight, my wife and one of my kids.” She says as she walks towards you both with her things and then locks her classroom. “So how was your day, Tesoro? I want to hear all about it.” Melissa asks her.

“It was good. After lunch, we had a nap, drew our household and then explained our household to the class.” She explains.

“Do you have the drawing with you?” Melissa asks her and Amelia shakes her head.

“Aunt Barb kept it.” She says.

“Well she might have hung it up, we can go see it.” Melissa says with a smile as she knows Amelia likes to show off her work to them.

“I’m actually getting hungry, can we just go home?” Amelia asks and Melissa looks at you with concern before looking back at Amelia.

“Ya, of course. We have to pick your siblings up first then we can go home.” Melissa tells her.

You all get home and Amelia drops her bag off at the door before she goes to the stairs. She opens up the baby gate then goes upstairs and you both watch as she goes to her room.

“Did something happen?” You ask Melissa.

“I don’t think so or else Barb would have told us.” Melissa says as she picks her bag up and hangs it up. She opens her bag up to get her lunchbox out and she sees a piece of paper in there and pulls it out. “Maybe something did.” Melissa then says and you turn around to see the family picture that Amelia drew in class.

“Why didn’t she want to show us? She loves showing off her drawings.” You ask as you take Mia out of the stroller.

Melissa goes upstairs a few minutes later and knocks on Amelia’s door.

“Tesoro, can I come in?” Melissa asks and opens the door to see Amelia taking off her uniform. “Hey Tesoro.” She says and Amelia turns around in just underwear. “Don’t like the uniform?” She asks as Amelia goes to her closet.

“No.” She tells her and then puts on a skirt and top that don’t match.

“I brought up a small snack as we won’t be eating for another couple hours.” Melissa says as she hands Amelia a cheese string.

“Thank you.” She tells her and takes the cheese string.

“I’m gonna go on a walk with Elena. Wanna come with us? Nico and Caty want to tag along as well.” Melissa asks her and Amelia shakes her head.

“Just want to stay here for now.” Amelia says and sits down on her bed.

“In your room?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “Did something happen at school, Tesoro?”

“No.”

“I grabbed your lunchbox out of your bag and saw the family drawing. Why didn’t you want to show us?” Melissa asks as she sits down next to her.

“Didn’t feel like it.”

“Are you sure nothing happened?” Melissa asks again.

“Nothing happened, just want to be by myself.” Amelia snaps and Melissa sighs.

“Alright, if you need something while I’m out walking Elena then mommy will be downstairs with the girls.” Melissa tells her before she gets up and closes her door.

The next day you and Melissa walk in with Amelia and she sees a few of her classmates so she lets go of Melissa’s hand and runs off to them without saying a word.

“No bye or I love you?” Melissa mutters and you grab her hand before going to the break room. Melissa puts her stuff down before she walks up to Barb who’s getting coffee. “What happened in class yesterday?” Melissa asks her sternly and you grab her arm.

“Melissa, we were gonna ask her gently.” You remind her.

“When our daughter is barely talking to us then I don’t do gentle.” She tells you and you sigh.

“Nothing happened in class yesterday.” Barb tells you both. “But I noticed her mood changed after lunch.” Barb adds as she sits down and you notice everyone looking. Melissa sits down, puts her head in her hands and groans. “She might just need some time, kindergarten is a big change.” Barb says.

“No, it’s more than that.” You say as you also sit down. “She’s barely talking, keeping her answers short, she didn’t even want to walk with Elena and stayed in her room for most of the evening.” You explain and Melissa nods.

“And she didn’t even want to show us that family drawing she did in class after nap time.” Melissa adds.

“She did that family drawing before lunch.” Barb tells you both. “And she was excited to show you both after school.” Barb adds and Melissa leans back in her chair and crosses her arms before you both turn around to look at Jacob.

“What?” He asks and Melissa gets up and puts her hands on the table to look at him sternly.

“Anything else happen during recess besides the fall?” Melissa asks him and he shakes his head.

“Not that I saw.” He tells her. “I did notice she was by herself after she came back outside and didn't want to join the other kids.” He adds. “She was playing with her classmates with a smile on her face, then when she came back she was shut down. Did something happen at the nurse’s office? I mean you guys were with her after.”

“No, she was treated, we showed her our classrooms and then Melissa brought her back outside.” You say and Melissa sits back in her seat until she remembered something.

“She did seem upset when she came inside my classroom, I wonder if that’s where it started.” Melissa says and you look at her.

“What happened in your classroom?” You ask her.

“Nothing.”

“You weren’t with them Y/n?” Janine asks and you shake your head.

“Nora came to talk to me while we were walking to Melissa’s classroom and she needed help with something.” You tell them.

“Amelia was wondering if we help every student here. It was a bit odd as she asked that when I asked her if everything was ok.” Melissa says.

“When I brought her to you both at the end of the day, I felt her grip tightened. I followed her line of sight and she was looking at you tying one of your students' shoes.” Barb tells Melissa and you gasp.

“Oh my god, I think she got jealous.” You say and Melissa furrows her eyebrows.

“Jealous about what?” Melissa asks.

“About us helping our students.” You tell her.

“That can’t be it, she knows we’re teachers.”

“But I don’t think she fully understands what comes with that. I don’t think she knew that we help our students outside of the classroom.” You say and Melissa gets up and goes to walk out but you stop her. “Where the hell are you going?”

“To find Amelia and talk to her.”

“And tell her what?” You ask.

“That…well I’ll think of something on the way but we need to sort this out.” She says and you walk up to her.

“We do but it’s almost 8, we can talk to her at lunch.” You tell her and Melissa looks down.

“I don’t want her thinking that she needs to be jealous of other students.” Melissa says and you grab her hands.

“I know but we have a job to do. We’ll talk to her at lunch and sort it out then.” You tell her gently and she nods.

“Ok.”

At lunchtime, you’re walking with your class down the hall and you see Barb’s class up ahead. You hear Melissa and look to see she’s right behind your class. You both get to the cafeteria and you make sure everyone gets their lunch out before you look at Amelia. You look at Melissa and she nods before you go to the break room. Melissa goes up to Amelia and taps her on the shoulder and she turns around.

“Hey Tesoro.” She says gently.

“Hi Mamma.” Amelia tells her.

“Can you bring your lunch and come with me?” Melissa asks her and Amelia looks confused.

“Am I in trouble?”

“No, just come on.” Melissa says with a smile and Amelia grabs her lunchbox and follows Melissa.

She follows her to your classroom where you’re at your desk with both you and Melissa’s lunch. Melissa closes the door and then gets Amelia to sit in one of the chairs. Amelia starts eating and then Melissa sits down next to her and faces her. Amelia looks at her confused but continues eating the sandwich that Melissa made her.

“Tesoro, mommy and I want to ask you something and we would like for you to answer honestly.” Melissa tells her and Amelia looks at you before looking back at Melissa.

“Ask me what?”

“Yesterday when Mommy went to help Nora, did that make you upset?” Melissa asks and Amelia looks down, confirming that you were right, she is jealous.

“Yes it did.” Amelia says softly and Melissa takes her hands gently and gets Amelia to face her.

“Tesoro, we want you to know that helping our students outside of the classroom, it sometimes comes with the job of being teachers.” Melissa explains.

“Why?” Amelia asks.

“Because we want to help them succeed and make sure they’re getting the support they need.” Melissa tells her.

“Sweetheart.” You say as you go over to them and bend down beside Melissa. “Even though we help our students, you and your siblings will always come first, no matter what.” You tell her and Melissa nods.

“I saw you hugging her and I watched Mamma tie another student's shoes. You do that for me too. I guess I thought, "What else do you do for them that you also do for me.” Amelia admits.

“Well I won’t lie to you, I do read them stories at story time, mommy does the same with her students. Also there’s times where we watch a Disney or Pixar movie in class.” Melissa tells her. “But I don’t cook for anyone in my class, I don’t take them home with me, I don’t tuck them into bed, and while I care about them, I don’t love them.” Melissa says and she sees a tear fall down Amelia’s face.

Amelia then gets up from her chair and walks in between Melissa’s legs and hugs her. Melissa immediately wraps her arms around her and hugs her back tightly. Melissa hears a sniffle coming from Amelia and starts rubbing her back to provide comfort.

“I’m sorry.” You then both hear and you look at Melissa, confused.

“What are you sorry about, sweetheart?” You ask Amelia and she pulls back from Melissa and looks at you.

“For how I acted.” She tells you and you grab her hands and rub them with your thumb.

“Sweetheart, we aren’t mad in the slightest for how you were acting, if anything we were worried about you.” You say.

“Mommy is right, we were worried and we didn’t know how to help you.” Melissa adds and Amelia lays her head on Melissa’s chest.

“I didn’t know what to say or if I should have brought it up.” Amelia says and Melissa scratches her scalp as it helps calm her down.

“We always want to know if something is bothering you.” You tell her. “And all you have to say is what you’re feeling and why you’re feeling that.” You add and she nods.

“I can do that.” Amelia says and you smile at her.

“Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia pulls back and looks at her. “I don’t want you to ever think that we don’t love you and care about you, because we love you so much.” Melissa tells her and Amelia looks down before nodding.

“And I love you both as well.” Amelia says before she hugs Melissa. Melissa wraps her in a big hug and you see she’s smiling.

The both of you spend the rest of lunch with Amelia and then Melissa takes her outside for recess while you go to the break room.

“How’s Amelia doing?” Janine asks as soon as you enter and you smile.

“She feels much better and I was right, she was jealous.” You tell them. “We talked to her and got it all sorted out.”

“That’s good.” Janine says as you sit down.

“That’s very good actually, or else we would have to deal with an angry Melissa.” Gregory says and you snort.

“Believe it or not, that wasn’t her angry, that was her worried and upset. You could get them confused unless you know her like me and Barb do.” You tell them and Barb nods. “Her angry is much scarier.” You add and you can see Barb shaking her head at you. Before anyone can say anything else, Melissa walks in. “Ah, speak of the devil.” You say and she looks at you with furrowed eyebrows.

“Were you talking about me?” She asks as she sits down in her seat.

“Maybe. Did you get Amelia outside with the other kids?” You ask her and she nods.

“Yep, and she can’t wait to tell us all about her day today and yesterday.” Melissa tells you and you smile.

“That sounds more like her.” You say and Melissa nods.

At the end of the day Barb brings Amelia to you both just as you’re locking up your door. You see Barb and then look to see Amelia with her and you smile.

“Hey sweetheart.” You say and she runs up to you with a smile.

“Hi, mommy!” She exclaims and you hug her. Amelia looks to see Melissa tying up the same kids shoes as yesterday and you follow her line of sight.

“Are you ok?” You ask her and she looks at you and nods.

“Ya, she’s not their mamma, she’s mine.” Amelia tells you with a smile.

“That’s right, she is.” You say and then you stand up and walk over to Melissa with Amelia.

“Mamma!” Amelia exclaims and hugs Melissa.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa tells her and you see there’s still a couple students there with their parents.

“Bye Mrs. Schemmenti and Mrs. Schemmenti!” One kid says as he waves at both of you.

“Bye Aidan, see you tomorrow.” Melissa says. “Ready to go pick up your brother and sisters and then go home?” Melissa asks Amelia and Amelia nods. Melissa gets her things, locks her door and then you all walk to the van.

“Mamma, are you walking Elena today?” Amelia asks and Melissa nods.

“Yep, everyday.” Melissa tells her.

“Can I join?”

“Of course, Tesoro.” Melissa says as they get to the van.

On the way to the daycare, Amelia tells you both all about her 2 days at school. You both smile at that as she’s back to herself.

“Sounds like you’re going to have a fun year.” You tell her and she nods.

When you all get home, you get settled in and then Melissa puts Elena on the leash and all 3 toddlers leave with her. When they get back half an hour later, Amelia enters and she’s in the middle of telling Melissa something. The twins are behind her and they run after Elena when Melissa lets her off the leash.

“Did Barb give you any work to do at home?” You ask Amelia and she shakes her head.

“She did give us a piece of paper to give to our parents.” Amelia says as she goes in her backpack and pulls out a piece of paper. She gives it to you and you look at it.

“Oh, it’s everything you’ll learn this year.” You tell her as you sit down with her on the couch. Melissa walks to the back of the couch and leans on it as you both go over the list with Amelia.

“How can I learn all of this in a year?” Amelia asks after you tell her everything on the list.

“It’s a lot but we know you can do it, Tesoro.” Melissa says with a smile.

At night, Melissa read a bedtime story and Nico and Caty fell asleep near the end of the story while Amelia was petting Elena. You bring Nico to bed and Amelia goes over to Melissa and lays on her. Melissa strokes her head lovingly and you come in and see it. You just grab Caty and go to her room.

“Something on your mind, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her.

“Scared.” Amelia says softly.

“Scared about what?”

“I started school and I’m scared about it.” She tells Melissa.

“It’s ok to be scared since it’s new. But always remember that me and Mommy will always be here for you for whenever you need us.” Melissa tells her.

A few moments later without hearing anything from Amelia, Melissa looks and sees Amelia fell asleep. Melissa picks Amelia up, brings her to her room and tucks her in. Melissa gets back and sees you in the bed, cuddling Elena. She gets in the bed with you and wraps an arm around you.

“Is she ok?” You ask her and she hums.

“She is, just a little nervous.” Melissa tells you and you nod. Melissa shuffles closer until your body is pressed right up against hers before you both fall asleep.

Chapter Text

“Alright, this shouldn’t take long to fix.” Melissa says to Amelia in the break room. It’s Halloween and Amelia decided to go as the wicked witch of the west and some of the makeup came off before lunch and Melissa offered to fix it. Melissa has Amelia sitting on the couch while you warm up both you and Melissa’s lunch.

“Mamma?” Amelia asks as Melissa starts doing the touch ups with the green face paint.

“Ya, Tesoro?”

“You and Mommy aren’t going to get a divorce right?” Amelia asks and Melissa furrows her eyebrows and you look over.

“No, mommy and I are happily in love.”

“Ok good.” Amelia says.

“What makes you think that mommy and I are getting a divorce?” Melissa asks her.

“Well last night I heard these noises.” Amelia starts and everyone looks over. “And then I heard mommy screaming and you swore.” Amelia explains and Melissa’s face goes red as everyone tries not to laugh. You then put your head in your hands and groan and Ava starts laughing.

“Melissa and Y/n, I think you need to have a talk with your kid.” Ava says. “Although it’s so funny that your kid is unknowingly spilling some tea.” Ava adds.

“Sweetheart.” You say as you get up and go over to Amelia and Melissa. “So typically the noises you hear, followed by one of us screaming or swearing or both, it does not mean we’re getting a divorce. It just means that we’re playing a very adult game in our room.” You explain to her.

“What game?” Amelia asks.

“One that you don't need to know about yet.” You quickly say.

“Was it a fun game?” Amelia then asks.

“Oh, extremely.” Melissa says with a smirk and you flick her head. “What was that for?” She asks you and you raise your eyebrows. “I was just answering her question.” She tells you and she finishes fixing Amelia’s makeup. “And there we go, all good.”

“Thanks Mamma.” Amelia tells her.

“Not a problem, Tesoro. Come on, I’ll take you to the cafeteria.” Melissa offers and she gives you the makeup before Amelia takes her hand and she brings her to the caf. As soon as Melissa and Amelia leave, everyone bursts out laughing.

“Your kid spilled so hard.” Janine says.

“Alright. It’s not like me and Melissa having sex is new as we have 5 kids.” You tell them.

“Didn’t know you were so loud though.” Ava tells you. “Loud enough for your kids to hear.” She adds and you flip her off. Melissa comes back a few minutes later and everyone looks at her and she sighs.

“Alright, everyone go back to doing whatever you were doing.” She says.

“Or what?” Ava asks. “We already know you got lucky last night, which explains your extra good mood today.” She adds and you hand her your coffee mug.

“Here, you might need it.”

“To throw at Ava or to drink?” She asks you.

“Either one.” You tell her and Ava runs out. You then lean forward, closer to Melissa. “I told you we were too loud last night.” You whisper and she shrugs.

“Maybe, but it was really good.” She tells you with a smirk and you roll your eyes.

At the end of the day you were talking with Melissa and you see Amelia coming with Barb and she has a small bag of candy and a smile on her face. Melissa turns around and sees Amelia and she smiles and bends down.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says and Amelia runs to her and hugs her. “Did you get some candy?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods as she shows her what she got.

“Aunt Barb allowed us to have a chocolate bar at the end of class.” Amelia adds and you both look at Barb.

“You let her have chocolate before you send her home with us?” You ask her and Barb nods.

“Yep.” Barb says with a smile before she walks away. “Good luck.” She adds and Melissa looks at you.

On the ride to the daycare, you both notice that Amelia is more restless than usual and you can tell the chocolate is taking effect. You see her bouncing her leg, tapping her leg with her hands and humming when she doesn’t know what to say.

“Are Nico and Cat going to go trick or treating this year?” Amelia asks.

“Yep, they are.” You say as you scroll on your phone. You all go into the daycare and pick up both sets of twins there and you and Melissa strap them into their car seats.

“Are you ready to go trick or treating, my Ometto?” Melissa asks Nico and he smiles.

“Ya, am I going to get to eat lots of chocolate, Mamma?” He asks and Melissa smiles and ruffles his hair.

“You’ll get a lot of chocolate and I’ll allow you to eat a couple pieces.” Melissa tells him and then she closes the door and gets in the driver’s seat. “How were your students today?” She asks you and you hum.

“They were distracted and just wanted the day to end, like every Halloween.” You tell her as you relax in your seat. “Were yours the same?” You ask her and she nods.

“Yep.” Melissa says as she stops at a red light and looks at all 5 of her kids in the mirror and she smiles.

You guys all get home and Melissa makes dinner for everyone as soon as you get back as the kids want to go out as soon as possible. After everyone finishes eating then you make sure everyone has a jacket and they’re candy bags ready, as well as a few garbage bags to fill all the candy with that you put in the stroller. You put Bella and Mia in the double stroller and Melissa is pulling the little wagon for when Nico, Caty or Amelia get tired, as well as have a place to put all the candy.

Amelia wanted to do a costume theme with you and Melissa to the wizard of Oz. So Amelia chose to be the wicked witch of the west, Melissa is Glinda and you’re Dorothy. Then you have Caty dressed up as little red riding hood and Nico as the wolf. A couple weeks ago Melissa saw 2 adorable green fairy costumes that would fit the girls so she got them for Bella and Mia.

“This dress is so fluffy and hard to walk in.” Melissa says as you all walk towards the 4th house.

“I told you to get your guy to get you a less poofy version of the dress.” You tell her.

“But this one is as poofy as the original.” She tells you.

“But the original Glinda didn’t have to walk to about 100 houses.” You say and Melissa crosses her arms. “Alright, how about you push the stroller and I’ll walk up to the houses with the kids?” You suggest and she smiles.

“Thank you.” She tells you.

An hour later Amelia empties her bag of candy into the garbage bag for the second time and then she runs up to the house with you and the twins.

“Trick or treat!” All 3 of them exclaim and the woman puts a chocolate bar in all of their bags.

“Mommy I got more chocolate!” Nico tells you.

“I see that, what do you all say?” You ask.

“Thank you.” They all tell the woman and then they run to the next house.

An hour later Caty is walking with Melissa, holding Teddy as she had enough socialising with strangers. While you, Amelia and Nico walk up to the next house, Caty spins in her dress and shows Melissa how it twirls. Caty ends up getting dizzy and Melissa catches her and picks her up.

“You alright Dolcezza?” Melissa asks her and Caty nods.

“World was spinny.” Caty says and Melissa smiles.

You get back with the kids and Nico empties the candy in the garbage bag. You see as Caty lays her head on Melissa’s chest with a smile and Melissa places a kiss on her head. You go to the next house and then Melissa hears one of the twins call out for her. Melissa walks in front of the stroller and sees Mia is falling asleep and Bella is looking at her.

“Mamma.” Bella says.

“What’s the matter my little one? Are you hungry?” Melissa asks her and Bella nods. Melissa goes into the carry on bag and pulls out a container of goldfish cookies and gives it to Bella. Bella then holds the container in her lap and eats the goldfish. Melissa then goes back to the carry on bag, and with one hand, as she’s still holding Caty, takes out a blanket and carefully puts it on Mia who fell asleep. “You really do love to sleep and sleep whenever, even when the household is noisy.” Melissa says to herself.

Another hour later Nico and Caty are both sitting in the wagon and you can tell Amelia is slowing down. Amelia comes from the house that she was just at and goes up to Melissa and hugs her leg.

“You done, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her softly and Amelia nods with a yawn. “Alright, let’s head back home.” Melissa says and you nod before you both turn around and start walking back home. About 10 minutes later and you both notice Amelia stops walking and just sits down on the sidewalk.

“You alright sweetheart?” You ask her.

“Legs hurt.” She tells you and wipes her eyes tiredly. Melissa then goes up to her and picks her up.

“I’ll push the wagon, you push the stroller.” Melissa says and you nod.

You both get home 15 minutes later and Amelia is falling asleep on Melissa, both the girls are asleep in the stroller, Caty is wide awake and holding Teddy while Nico is falling asleep in the wagon. You end up having to wake all your kids up and then get them all into their pjs. You put both sets of twins to bed as Melissa helps Amelia take all the green face paint off in the bath.

“Alright, and all the green is off.” Melissa says with a smile and puts the soap and cloth down. Melissa pulls the plug to drain the tub and Amelia tiredly stands up. Melissa gently wraps Amelia’s animal towel around her and picks her up. “Ready for bed my little Tesoro?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods as she lays her head on Melissa’s shoulder.

Amelia falls asleep as soon as her pjs are on and Melissa tucks her in and kisses her cheek. She then turns the nightlight on, turns off the LED lights and then closes the door. Melissa quickly checks on all her other 4 kids and sees all of them are sleeping in their beds and cribs before she goes to the bedroom.

“How did it feel to take the dress off?” You ask her as she took it off before giving Amelia a bath.

“So freeing. I don’t understand how women were able to move in dresses like that.” She tells you and you smile.

“Were you able to get all the green off her?” You then ask and she nods as she walks up to you in the bathroom. You take a makeup wipe out and start taking off her Glinda makeup. “You make a beautiful Glinda.” You say and she smiles.

“More beautiful than the original?” She asks and you nod.

“You’ll always be more beautiful than anyone.” You say as you wipe the blush off her cheeks to reveal her natural blush. You then wipe the eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara off her eyes. You cup her cheek and she wraps her arms around your waist.

“You make a cute Dorothy, with the plaid dress and ponytails.” She tells you and you kiss her.

You pull away to throw out the makeup wipe and then you kiss her again. She pins you against the bathroom counter and then she picks you up and you wrap your legs around her waist. She brings you over to the bed and lays you down gently.

“We have to be quiet this time.” You tell her as she kisses down your neck. She lifts your pj shirt up and wraps her mouth around a nipple and you moan out. Melissa takes your top off and puts it in your mouth to silence you and you look at her.

“Like you said, we have to be quiet. Don’t want to give Amelia anything else to say about our sex life.” She says and then goes to your other nipple and both of you let out a muffled moan.

Melissa then trails up and starts kissing and sucking your neck while she moves her hips against yours. She then goes in between your legs, goes on her stomach, takes your pants off and then grabs your thighs. She then dives in and swirls her tongue around your entrance and you buck your hips. Melissa pins you down and then brings her tongue to your clit and you let out a muffled gasp. You put your hands in her hair and you see her burying her face in between your legs and making sure that you’re enjoying what she’s doing. She already knows what you enjoy though, as you’ve been together for 12 years, but she does enjoy your reactions.

She then pulls away and replaces her tongue with her middle finger on her left hand and sits up. She then removes the top from your mouth and gets you to suck on two of her fingers on her right hand. You swirl your tongue around, making sure they’re all wet and you see Melissa looking at you with dark eyes, your juices on her chin and her mouth is slightly open from enjoying your tongue on her fingers.

“My god, your tongue makes me want to pound into you with the strap but I can’t as you’re ovulating.” She says quietly and you notice her breathing is heavier and quicker. She then goes back in between your legs and runs her two fingers down your folds and pulls her finger away from your clit. “Remember before the kids when I used to spend about an hour between your legs, just eating you out, making you have multiple orgasms?” She asks and you nod.

“You're so damn good with your tongue.”

“What did you used to say?” She asks as she sticks two fingers in your entrance and you gasp. “Didn’t you used to say that I would eat you right into heaven?” She asks you and you nod, unable to talk as she’s pumping two fingers inside of you, slowly but still feels good. “You’re always so tight for me, even though I fingered you yesterday.” She says as she’s almost knuckle deep in you.

“Oh god.” You say a little too loud and Melissa takes her shorts off and puts them in your mouth.

“You’re the one who said we have to be quiet and yet you can’t be quiet.” She tells you as she goes harder and you buck your hips and grab the sheets.

You try to close your legs when she starts rubbing your clit with her other hand but you can’t with her in between you. She then straddles one of your thighs and starts moving her hips, getting your thigh to rub her clit. You say an “oh god” around her shorts but Melissa is able to understand, used to having to put clothes in your mouth to silence you. Melissa can tell your orgasm is close so she curls her fingers inside of you and speeds up on your clit. You arch your back and shut your eyes as your orgasm comes rushing through you. Melissa pulls her fingers out of you as she’s still riding your thigh, trying to get her orgasm. She then leans forward enough to put her fingers back in your mouth, getting you to clean up your juices. She lets out a quiet moan as she closes her eyes and just feels your tongue moving all over her fingers.

“My god baby, your tongue feels so good.” She says breathlessly.

She starts moving her hips faster, getting more turned on with her fingers in your mouth. You grab her left hand as it’s not in your mouth and lace your fingers with hers. She leans forward more to get more stimulation on her clit as she’s close and pins your hand to the bed with hers. You tense your thigh muscles and she lets out a squeaky gasp as she comes. She takes a few breaths as she lets her brain come back to her body before she gets off and lays beside you.

She gets the cloth that it’s in the nightstand, as you two always keep one in there for moments like this, and she cleans both of you up. You take her shorts out of your mouth and put them beside you and see she’s still wearing her shirt. You look at the baby monitors and see that all your kids are asleep so you pull at the hem of her shirt. Melissa gets the hint and helps you take her pj shirt off. You throw it on the ground somewhere and then rest your head on her chest and wrap your arm around her waist.

“I should know better than to keep clothes on around you in bed.” She says and you smile.

“I like snuggling more when you aren’t wearing anything.” You tell her and she places a kiss on the top of your head.

“So do I. I just hope none of our kids get a nightmare so they don’t come here just to see both of us naked.”

“It’s not like it’s anything new, I’ve breastfed before with them in the room.” You say and she hums. “And you’ve bathed them while being topless many times.”

“That’s because they like to splash and I don’t want my pjs to be wet.” She tells you and you wrap a leg around hers.

You then fall asleep in her arms right after that and she just feels you in her arms for a few moments before she closes her eyes. Before she falls asleep, she hears crying from one of the baby monitors and sees it’s one of the twin girls. She sees you start to stir as you hear the crying so she carefully gets you off of her, grabs the baby monitor and mutes it so you don’t wake up. She then grabs her robe, puts it on and goes to the nursery. She sees it’s Mia whose crying which is unusual as she usually sleeps through the night.

“Hey my little Mia, what’s up?” She asks her as she picks Mia up. Mia then bites down on the tip of her sleeve and Melissa grabs a teething ring and hands it to her. Mia takes it and puts it near the end, getting some of her bigger teeth. “Got more teeth coming in?” Melissa asks as Mia lays her head on her chest as she chews on the teething ring.

Melissa tries comforting her as best as she can but Mia keeps crying when she’s put back in the crib. Melissa then sits in the rocking chair, trying to rock her back to sleep but it doesn’t work. So she quietly goes into the bedroom, hoping Mia doesn’t start crying, she grabs her phone and then goes back to the nursery. Melissa sits back in the chair and looks up ways to soothe teething pain. She then puts her phone down, grabs the teething ring from Mia and then massages the gum where the new tooth is coming in. Within a few minutes, Mia is fast asleep on Melissa’s chest and Melissa waits a few minutes before she gets up and gently puts her in her crib. She then grabs her phone and goes back into the bedroom, takes her robe off, unmutes the baby monitor and then crawls back into bed and cuddles you.

The next day right after lunch, Melissa is trying to teach a lesson but all the kids are restless and won’t sit still or pay attention. Melissa can probably guess that they had Halloween chocolate at lunch that the parents packed for them.

“Alright class, let’s go outside and get that energy out.” Melissa says and all the kids put their shoes and sweaters on before she leads them outside to the playground. When she gets there she sees you and Barb are already there with your classes and the both of you are talking on a bench while watching your classes. Melissa’s students start running around and you look behind you and see Melissa there with her students.

“Your class had a lot of chocolate at lunch too?” You ask her and she nods.

“Oh my god, they couldn’t pay attention for 30 seconds.” She tells you and you move over to let her sit next to you on the bench.

“My kindergarteners wouldn’t fall asleep for nap time.” Barb says and you both look to see Amelia running around with a couple of her classmates.

“Nice to know she’s making friends with her classmates.” You say as Melissa places an arm around your shoulders.

“Oh she’s a social butterfly. Talkative and social.” Barb tells you both. Amelia then notices Melissa is there as well and she runs up to you both with another girl.

“Mommy, Mamma, this is Annie.” Amelia introduces her new friend to you both.

“Well hello Annie.” Melissa says.

“The two Schemmenti’s are your mommies?” Annie asks Amelia and Amelia nods. “My sister is in the third grade, her name is Robin and she’s mentioned the two Schemmenti’s.” Annie says.

“Your sister is in my class.” You tell her.

“Do you have any sisters?” Annie asks Amelia.

“Ya, I have 3 sisters and a brother.” Amelia tells her and Annie widens her eyes.

“You have a lot of kids.” Annie tells you both before they run off to the playground.

“Wow, a 5 year old just said we have a lot of kids.” You say and Melissa chuckles.

“Well I guess technically we do as most households have 2 kids, not 5.” Melissa says and you hum. “But I couldn’t imagine not having any of them.” She adds and you look at her with a smile.

“Well I hope so as it was a lot of work being pregnant with them.” You tell her and she smiles.

“And I appreciate you going through it 3 times.” She says and then gives you a kiss on the cheek.

After half an hour, the sugar crash comes and you all bring your classes back inside. You’re all able to teach again without them getting distracted and the kindergarteners immediately fall asleep.

You say goodbye to your last student at the end of the day and you look to see Melissa is helping with the shoelaces of her last student and you don’t see Barb and Amelia coming like they usually are. You furrow your eyebrows and you grab your things and lock your door and see they’re still nowhere in sight. You then look and see Melissa is making her way over to you with her purse and see she already locked up.

“We should probably go see what’s holding them up.” Melissa tells you and you nod before you go make your way to Barb’s classroom. You walk in and you see Barb sitting next to Amelia and Amelia is sitting at her desk, getting frustrated by something.

“Hey sweetheart.” You say and Amelia looks up before she looks back down. Amelia tries moving the pencil and then slaps it down on the desk with a frustrated sigh.

“Why can’t I do it?” She asks and Melissa walks up to her.

“What are you trying to do, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her.

“Trying to write the letter A.” She explains and Melissa moves the paper and looks at her attempts.

“These are pretty good, you’re almost there.” Melissa tells her.

“Most of the class was able to do it.” She says before she leans back in her chair and crosses her arms.

“You’ll get it eventually, Tesoro, in your own time.” Melissa tells her softly.

“She didn’t want to move from here until she got it. Saying she wanted to make you both proud.” Barb explains and you go over and bend down in front of her desk.

“Sweetheart, you make us proud everyday.” You tell her and you see her eyes get watery.

“But I can’t write an A fully.” She says softly and Melissa holds her hand.

“And that’s ok, a lot of kids aren’t able to do things at the same time as others, but they always catch up. Also, schoolwork isn’t everything, and you’re so smart in other ways.” Melissa tells her and Amelia looks at her.

“In what ways?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“Well you're an amazing great sister, you figured out quickly what to do if one of your siblings needs us if we’re in another room. You learned how to help me cook and bake very fast, which not even your mommy knows how to do.” Melissa explains and you look at her.

“What a way to throw me under the bus.” You mutter and Melissa hits your leg with her free hand. “Ow.” You complain with a pout and Amelia looks at you.

“Why can’t you cook?” Amelia asks you.

“Just not gifted in that area.” You simply tell her. “But you are.” You add and she looks down.

“You’re also so smart socially, you always make friends wherever you go. Not a lot of people can do that.” Melissa adds.

“So even though I’m behind in something, you’re still proud of me?” Amelia asks Melissa and Melissa smiles and nods.

“We’re extremely proud of you, Tesoro.” Melissa says and tucks some strands of hair behind Amelia’s ear. Amelia pulls her hand away from Melissa’s and then launches herself at Melissa. “Oh.” Melissa says in surprise but catches her daughter and hugs her. Melissa stands up with Amelia in her arms and you stand up as well and Barb gets out of the chair.

“I do have to lock up so I can go home.” Barb tells you all and Melissa looks at her daughter.

“Ready to get your siblings and go home?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods.

At home you see Amelia is practicing the letters again and Melissa goes up to her with a blank piece of paper.

“Instead of trying to draw on the lines, how about you try it without any lines?” Melissa suggests as you’re holding Mia and she has a teething ring in her mouth as Melissa told you about last night.

You then watch as Amelia looks at the lines for the letters and then tries to write it on the blank paper. She tries it a few times before she’s able to get it and she gasps. Amelia jumps up and down and then looks at Melissa.

“Mamma, I did it!” She exclaims and Melissa smiles at her.

“Ya, you did.” Melissa tells her and rubs Amelia’s back.

At night you get into bed next to Melissa and you sigh. Melissa looks up from her phone at you and quirks an eyebrow.

“Something on your mind, Amore?” She asks you and you nod.

“Amelia learned some things really fast, like talking and reading.” You start and Melissa puts her phone down. “What if she learns other things quickly and the others feel like they’re not smart like how Amelia felt today?” You ask her and she thinks about it. “Or what if Amelia feels that way again because she thinks she has to get everything right away?” You add and Melissa grabs your closest hand.

“If that happens then we’ll fix it just like we did today.” She tells you and you look at her.

“If it happens again with something you’re not good at then maybe I’ll throw you under the bus.” You say and she quirks her eyebrows at you.

“And what am I not good at?” She asks and you think about it and come up blank.

“That’s actually a good question.” You say and cross your arms. “Oh actually, you sometimes have trouble controlling your emotions.” You tell her and she laughs.

“That’s the best you can think of?”

“It’s the only thing that came to mind actually.” You say and she smiles.

“How about the fact that I have trust issues?” She tells you and you furrow your eyebrows.

“Ok first of all, most people do, and second, are you helping me figure out a flaw for you?” You ask her.

“Ya. I mean I did point out one of yours to our 5 year old so why not?” She tells you. “What about that I’m not as physical as I used to be?” She tells you.

“I don’t know, you were pretty physical last night and the night before that.” You say and she laughs. “But see, you’re perfect. Both of us can’t find a flaw about you.”

“I’m not perfect Amore, I’m just perfect for you.” She tells you. “Just like you're perfect for me. I mean I think it’s great that you can’t cook which means I get to feed you and my entire family the most amazing meals. And I get to pass it on to my kids.” She says. “As well as you’re just as crazy about me as I am about you, and I find that perfect.”

“You know what I just thought that’s not really a flaw but can be used against you?” You ask her and she quirks an eyebrow at you. “You hate the show that Caty and Nico are obsessed with.” You tell her.

“You tell them that and I will divorce you.” She threatens.

“You’ve gotten so bad at threats since being with me.” You tell her and she rolls her eyes.

“I say you’re perfect and you’re threatening to tell my kids that I hate their show?” She asks and you nod.

“It can be used against you whenever I like.” You say with a smile.

“I’ve been such a bad influence on you.”

“I think the skills I’ve learned from you are very useful. Where to swing a bat at an intruder, swearing in Italian at someone who pisses me off and they won’t understand a word I say, how to threaten people. And because I married you, I have connections all over the city.” You tell her and she hums.

“I regret telling you about a few connections.” She says and you kiss her.

“Let’s go to bed.” You tell her and then you both get comfortable. “Did you put a cloth in the fridge in case Mia gets teething pains again?” You ask her.

“Yep, there’s one in there. Top shelf next to the lunches.” She says before she puts an arm around you and pulls you up against her body.

“I hope you know that I’m not mad at you for pointing out I can’t cook, and that I love your flaws.” You tell her and you feel her hold you tighter.

“I know.” She says. “You weren’t serious when you said you’d use that I hate the kids show against me, right?”

“Oh I was definitely serious about that.”

“I hate you.”

“I love you too.” You tell her before you both fall asleep.

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“Go to sleep, Caty.” You tell her as she sits up in bed.

“Not tired.” She says and you sigh.

“You need to sleep or you’ll be tired tomorrow.” You say and she crosses her arms.

Caty has been having trouble sleeping recently and neither of you know why. You then sit against the open door and read a book that you brought in case you need to wait at her doorway until she falls asleep. You just opened the book when you see Melissa come out of Amelia’s room and she closes the door. Melissa turns around and sees you sitting on the floor and she sighs.

“Caty, back in the bed.” You tell her and she ignores you.

Melissa walks up to you and sees Caty take a book from her mini bookshelf. Caty then walks over, sits next to you, opens the book she grabbed and pretends to start reading it, even though it’s upside down. Melissa covers her mouth with her hand as she tries not to laugh at her daughter’s antics. Melissa steps over you and sits next to Caty, she then takes her book and puts it on her lap as Caty looks at her.

“Why aren’t you tired, Dolcezza?” She asks Caty and Caty shrugs.

“My mind is awake.” She tells Melissa.

“Is your body tired?” Melissa then asks.

“I don’t know.” Caty says and then you both hear one of the girls start crying.

“Why don’t you check on that Amore.” Melissa tells you and you nod before you stand up and go to the nursery. “Come sit on my lap, Dolcezza.” Melissa says and Caty climbs on her lap and looks at her. “So because you need to sleep, what will make you fall asleep? Do you need another story? Want me to sing? Want some cuddles?” Melissa suggests and Caty thinks about it.

“I already cuddle with Elena.” Caty tells her.

“Ok so no cuddles then.” Melissa says.

“Well…maybe a story with cuddles?” Caty suggests and Melissa smiles.

“Ok, that can definitely be arranged.” Melissa tells her and Caty gets off of her. Melissa gets Caty to lay in her bed before she gets in with her and wraps an arm around her, with Elena at the foot of the bed. “Ok so what story do you want to hear?” Melissa asks as Caty turns around to face her.

“Cinderella.” She says and Melissa already knows that story by heart as it’s Caty’s favourite.

“Alright, so once upon a time, there was a girl named Cinderella.” Melissa begins and Caty nuzzles her head in Melissa’s chest. “And then she went to him and hugged him before she was brought back to the castle, where they lived happily ever after.” Melissa finishes as she scratches Caty’s scalp the way that soothes her.

Melissa looks down and sees that Caty is fast asleep. Melissa attempts to get her off of her and get up but Caty unsconsciously grabs Melissa’s pj shirt and holds tightly.

“Well… shit.” Melissa mutters.

A few minutes later, Melissa walks in the bedroom carrying Caty and you look up from your spot on the bed. You then see Elena come walking in behind them and then she uses the stairs to climb up on the bed.

“I think you brought her to the wrong bedroom.” You say and she sighs.

“I read her a story while cuddling her. When I attempted to leave, her sleeping form literally grabbed me and held on tightly.” Melissa explains as she lays down with Caty sleeping in her arms. You look and you see Caty’s hand grabbing Melissa’s shirt tightly and you tilt your head.

“First she can’t sleep and now she wants to be with a parent all night, even unsconsciously?” You ask and Melissa looks at you.

“Seems that way.” She tells you.

“I’ve been looking into it to see if maybe it’s an autistic thing and it seems it might be.” You say. “It says autistic people can have a harder time falling asleep cause some have irregular melatonin levels.” You explain and Melissa strokes Caty’s head. “Also it could be from sensory overload. They’re so stressed that they can’t sleep and being with a safe person, like a parent, at night helps them de-stress enough to sleep.” You further explain as you read from your phone.

“Isn’t that what Elena was supposed to help with?” Melissa asks and you both look at the foot of the bed to where Elena was sleeping on her back with her paws in the air.

“Yes but I guess she hasn’t developed a deep enough connection with Elena yet like she has with us.” You guess.

“Maybe.” Melissa says. “You know this means you lost cuddles tonight right?” Melissa then asks and you pout. Melissa smiles at you before you give her a kiss and then get comfortable before you get an idea. You grab her closest arm, have it spread out and then cuddle into her side that way and she looks at you. “Apparently I’m a damn bed tonight.” She complains as she has Caty on her chest and you cuddling into her side. She wraps her arm around you before she falls asleep.

Melissa wakes up in the middle of the night to something hitting her and she snaps her eyes open. She looks at you and sees that you seem to have moved to cuddle with Elena during the night but you’re fast asleep and not moving. She then looks at the other side of her and sees Caty sleeping there but it seems she’s having a nightmare. Melissa grabs Caty’s feet as they were kicking her and she wraps her arm around Caty and strokes her head as it always seems to calm her, asleep or awake. Caty seems to calm down after a few seconds and stops moving. Melissa lets go of her feet and then falls back asleep.

The next morning Melissa lifts her pj shirt up as she’s changing and you see some small bruises on her. You walk up to her and touch one of them and she looks at you.

“Jesus, did you get into a fight that I don’t know about?” You ask her.

“I guess in a way. Caty had a nightmare last night and I woke up to her kicking me in her sleep.” She explains.

“Do they hurt?” You ask and she shakes her head.

“Just a little sore.” She tells you. “That girl has a really good kick, I’m quite proud of it.” She adds and you bend down. You then gently kiss the 3 bruises that you see before you straighten yourself back up and look at her.

“Maybe instead of teaching her to swing a bat we should teach her to kick a soccer ball.” You say and she wraps her arms around you.

“We could do that next year when the weather starts warming up.” She tells you and you kiss her. “Come on, we gotta finish getting dressed and then dress our kids and get everything ready.” She adds before she gives you a quick kiss and then goes to finish getting dressed.

You all walk in through the doors with Melissa holding Amelia’s hand and you see the hallways already have quite a few students already as there’s 10 minutes left until the bell. All the kids were moving a bit slower this morning for no reason which caused you to walk in closer to the bell than you both would have normally liked. You both see Barb unlocking the door for her kindergartners and you take a sip from your coffee mug. You then walk over to Barb’s class and Amelia hangs up her coat before she hugs Melissa goodbye. She then goes to you and hugs you goodbye and then she sits at her desk and talks to the kids next to her. Amelia watches you both leave for the day and then a few minutes later the bell rings and Barb stands up and smiles at her class.

“Good morning to all of you. Now does anyone want to share what they did over the weekend?” Barb asks and a few students raise their hands, including Amelia. Amelia plays with the fidget toy Melissa bought her when Amelia mentioned she has trouble paying attention in class after long periods of time. Then Barb looks at Amelia and asks for her to share what she did over the weekend.

“Well my mommies were putting everything in the backyard away for the winter while I watched over my siblings on the balcony and played with toys. Then me and my mamma picked a dish to make for Thanksgiving next weekend.” Amelia explains. “Then yesterday we all went shopping for food and then I got to pick a movie for us all to watch in the evening.”

“Sounds like a fun weekend.” Barb tells her before she points to another student and they explain their weekend.

After that Barb has them singing the alphabet before she hands them all a piece of paper and gets them to practice writing their name. Amelia struggles at first then she eventually gets it and looks at the first successful attempt and smiles. Amelia writes it a few more times and then she goes to Barb and shows her the attempts.

“Good work Amelia.” Barb says and then puts a sticker on the piece of paper. “Now how about you draw a picture of your household?” Barb suggests and Amelia nods with a smile before she goes back to her desk.

Half an hour later, Barb has them all count out loud to 10 and then has them try to write all the numbers up to 10. Amelia plays with her fidget toy as she writes everything down and Barb notices that it seems to be helping her concentrate more. At lunchtime, Amelia is talking to the one in front of her in line and misses both you and Melissa looking at her with a smile.

“And then the huge ice storm goes away and Anna saw Elsa almost got killed so she stopped the blade but froze. But because that was an act of true love, because it’s sister love, it melted her frozen heart.” Amelia explains the plot of Frozen to one of her classmates on the way to the cafeteria.

“My mommy and I watched one of the barbie movies last night.” Her classmate tells her.

“There’s a barbie movie?” Amelia asks.

“There’s a lot of them. Most of them went on Youtube about 10 years ago.” Her classmate explains. “My favourite is definitely Barbie of Swan Lake.” Her classmate adds.

Amelia and her classmate sit down and start eating as her classmate, Lara, explains all of the barbie movies that she’s seen. Amelia then sees Melissa break up a fight before Melissa goes back to you. Amelia tilts her head before she gets an idea. She stands up and goes right up to you both and you both look to see her coming.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says with a smile.

“Don’t Tesoro me, you didn’t tell me about all the Barbie movies that are out there.” Amelia tells you both as she points at Melissa. “Lara was just telling me about her favourite ones.” She adds as she crosses her arms. “Why didn’t you tell me?” She asks and Melissa looks at you as she didn’t know about them either.

“They must have just slipped our minds.” You say.

“Last time I checked you have to already know about them for it to slip your mind.” Melissa says. “I didn’t even know they were out there.” She adds.

“Ya you would have been about 20 when they came out.” You tell her.

“Mommy, you knew about them?” Amelia asks and you know she’s going to be shocked about what you say next.

“I didn’t just know about them, I watched them when I was your age.” You say and Amelia’s jaw drops.

“You kept it from me?”

“It’s not like I did it purposely sweetheart. I don’t remember every movie out there.” You tell her.

“I want to watch one tonight.” Amelia settles on after a few seconds and you nod.

“Alright, whichever one you want.” You say and she nods before she goes to sit back down. “Why do I feel like we just got scolded by our 5 year old?” You ask Melissa and she chuckles.

“We basically did.” She confirms and you laugh.

After lunchtime, Amelia is escorted outside with her classmates and they go to play on the play structure. Her and Lara run up and all around and go down the slide a few times together. After recess then Barb puts them all down for naptime on the carpet and Amelia uses her sweater as a pillow. When she gets woken up half an hour later then they get storytime as everyone wakes up.

After storytime then they work on writing down every letter in the alphabet for a bit until everyone is able to complete it a few times. After practice with that then everyone does group art work until the bell rings for the end of the day. Amelia puts everything in her school bag after she washes the paint off her hands. After she gets her shoes and jacket on as all her classmates leave with their parents. Barb then takes her hand after she locks up and takes her to you and Melissa.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says as she already said goodbye to all of her students and was making her way to you.

“Mamma!” Amelia exclaims as she runs to Melissa. Melissa wraps her in a hug and lifts her off the ground.

“Did you have a fun day?” Melissa asks her and Amelia nods.

“Lots of writing as well.” Amelia says.

“What were you writing?” Melissa asks as the 3 of you walk to the van.

“Barb had us write our names, the alphabet and got us to write up to 10.” Amelia explains. “And I did all of them successfully.” Amelia exclaims proudly.

“Oh wow! You’re so smart, my Tesoro.” Melissa tells her and you make it to the van a few seconds later.

Amelia plays a game on the iPad you both got her as you all go to the daycare to pick up all your other kids. She puts the iPad down and then you undo her seatbelt as Melissa gets the girls stroller ready. Amelia looks at all the babies crawling and walking around before she sees her sisters playing with blocks. Amelia holds Melissa’s hand as you put Bella and Mia in the stroller. You then all walk to the toddler room and she sees Nico playing trains with another toddler and Caty trying to draw something.

Amelia plays on the iPad when you strap everyone in and also all the way home. She plays on it while you two get everyone set up with toys when you get home and while you both make sure neither of you need to do any grading or finish any lesson plans. She gets off the iPad about half an hour later to help Melissa with dinner and she sits on the counter.

“Ok, and then fill it to the top of the cup.” Melissa explains as Amelia adds the oil in the measuring cup.

“Why not add more or less?” Amelia asks.

“Well it's just to make sure the chicken, the sauce and spices don’t stick to the pans. If you add more then it wouldn’t really make a difference, but if you put less then things might start sticking to the pans.” Melissa explains as she turns on the stove. After everything is done cooking then Amelia helps bring out the utensils to the table for everyone as Melissa puts everything on the plates.

Everyone then eats dinner that was prepared and Nico is explaining his day in messed up sentences that were all over the place. It makes Amelia question a few times if he was still talking about his day but she doesn’t say anything. After he’s done then Caty says a few things about what she did but she mostly sticks to her food. Then Amelia talks about her day in great detail.

After dinner then everyone plays with some toys for about an hour until it’s bath time. Melissa ends up giving Amelia a bath that night while you watch all the other kids. Melissa is applying the shampoo to her hair when she’s distracted with the toys until Amelia starts complaining.

“There’s some in my eyes!” Amelia yells out and Melissa looks.

“None of it is close to your eyes, Tesoro.” Melissa tells her.

“Then why are my eyes hurting?” Amelia complains.

“Cause you are definitely my child and love to be dramatic.” Melissa says and Amelia doesn’t even know what to say to that.

After bath time, you take Nico up to give him his bath while Melissa is downstairs and brushing Amelia’s hair so she doesn’t get tangles. While brushing her hair, Caty goes up to the couch and looks at what she’s doing.

“Hey Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her with a smile.

“No curls?” Caty asks as she looks at Amelia’s hair that’s straight right now as it’s wet. Melissa then realises that Caty has tighter curls than Amelia so her hair is curly even when it’s wet.

“Not yet, the curls will come back as it dries.” Melissa says and then she runs her fingers through Amelia’s hair to make sure she got all the tangles.

About 10 minutes later you come down with Nico and then you bring Caty to have a bath. Melissa brushes Nico’s hair as Amelia looks at all the Barbie movies and chooses which one she wants to watch when you come back with Caty. Amelia ends up choosing the one that Lara said was her favourite, Barbie of Swan Lake, and then she gets all the popcorn ready for everyone with Melissa as you brush Caty’s hair. Amelia sits her popcorn bowl on her lap as she watches the movie.

At the middle of the movie, Amelia looks at her siblings and sees them falling asleep and then she looks at her moms and sees them kissing and she rolls her eyes. Amelia takes a piece of popcorn and she throws it at you both and it hits you in the shoulder and you yelp into the kiss. You both pull apart and you look to see Amelia looking at you both while crossing her arms.

“Amelia, did you throw a piece of popcorn at me?” You ask her and she nods.

“I want to watch the movie, not you two kissing.” She says sternly and Melissa chuckles.

“Tesoro, if you watch the movie then you won’t see us kiss.” Melissa tells her and then gives you a kiss on the cheek and you look at her with a smile. Melissa goes to kiss you again but then gets hit with a piece of popcorn that Amelia threw at her. “Seriously, Tesoro?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. You two start watching the movie and you’re a little lost as you weren’t paying attention for most of it. “Never thought my child would pussy block me.” Melissa whispers and you look at her.

“Pussy block?” You ask.

“Well it can’t be a cockblock as you don’t have one.” She explains as she looks to see Amelia looking at the movie. She then rests her head on your shoulder and wraps her arms around your waist.

After the movie, you bring the twins to bed as Amelia helps Melissa bring the popcorn bowls into the kitchen. You come back downstairs after a couple minutes and grab Bella as Melissa grabs Mia. Amelia follows you both upstairs and she goes to her room as you put the girls in their cribs. Amelia gets in her bed and then Melissa comes in a few seconds later.

“Ready for bed?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods.

“Yes Mamma.” Amelia tells her and Melissa holds the blanket up as Amelia crawls underneath the covers.

“Sleep well my Tesoro.” She says and then gives Amelia a kiss on her forehead.

“Good night Mamma, I love you.” Amelia says sleepily.

“I love you too, Tesoro, good night.” Melissa says and then she turns the LED lights off, turns the nightlight on and closes her door. Amelia looks at the door that Melissa was just at and yawns. Amelia starts closing her eyes and then hears you giggling in the hall.

“Melissa, not out here.” Amelia hears you say and Amelia rolls her eyes before she turns in the bed to face away from the door. She then closes her eyes and falls asleep in seconds.

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Melissa sits on the couch beside you with a plate of food and 2 forks. She hands you one and the both of you start eating off the same plate.

“Did you put both of our favourite dishes on the plate?” You ask her and she nods.

“Of course, why would I put something else?” She simply says and you smile at her. You then put your hand on her waist and you kiss her and she immediately kisses you back.

“Ugh, I don’t know how your kids survive with how lovey dovey you two always are.” Kristen Marie says as she sits down next to you and you both pull apart.

“Amelia threw popcorn at us last week when she saw us kiss.” You tell her as Melissa continues eating.

“Sounds like something I’d do too if I had some.” Kristen Marie says.

“You’re so supportive sis.” Melissa says sarcastically.

“You’re at a family gathering, at a thanksgiving dinner and you two still can’t keep your hands and lips off each other. You’d think after almost 10 years married then you’d be able to control yourselves but apparently not.” Kristen Marie complains and Melissa smiles at you.

“I can't help it if my wife is super cute.” She says and you smile at her.

“You’re super cute as well.” You tell her and you see a small blush form on her cheeks.

“You guys realize I’m still right here right?” Kristen Marie says and you both look at her.

“And?” Melissa asks.

“Come on, I haven’t seen you or your chaos gremlins since Easter. Catch me up on your life.”

“You can always come over anytime. I mean we also have a puppy now.” Melissa tells her as you both continue eating.

“You mean the one that all the kids are chasing right now?” Kristen Marie says and you both look to see about 10 kids chasing Elena and Elena is wagging her tail, loving the game.

“Elena!” Melissa yells and Elena stops and looks around. “Elena!” Melissa yells again and Elena looks at you both and runs over. Melissa gives her a piece of chicken for listening and some head scratches. “This is Elena.” Melissa introduces her to her sister.

“She’s been amazing with all the kids, especially Caty.” You say and Melissa nods as she puts the plate on your lap and then continues to pet Elena. “And Melissa is just in love with her.” You add and Elena jumps on Melissa’s lap.

“We never had any pets growing up.” Kristen Marie tells you. “We never knew what having pets was like, just siblings.”

“Yep.” Melissa agrees and you look to see Elena is on her back as she plays with Melissa. You see Melissa has a huge smile as she tries to tickle Elena and Elena is playfully pawing at her.

Half an hour later, Melissa goes to put more food on the plate and you look around to make sure all your kids are alright. You see Amelia playing with her 2 favourite cousins, Francesca and Liliana. You see Caty is talking to her aunt Toni while Nico is running around with a couple other toddlers. You see Bella is being fed by your mother and Mia fell asleep on Melissa’s mother. You then look to see Elena is going around the room to see if anyone dropped any food for her to clean up, you think it’s cute how she walks as she hasn’t grown into her paws yet.

“All our kids are fine.” Melissa says as she comes back with another plate full of food.

“How’d you know that’s what I was doing?” You ask her and she looks at you.

“You think I don’t know what a concerned mother looks like?” She asks as she feeds you a piece of a meatball. “Here, you loved this last time you had it.” Melissa says as she feeds you something else.

“Are you planning to feed me the whole time?” You ask her after you swallow.

“Maybe. Would it be bad?” She asks and you shake your head before she feeds you another bite.

“Then BOOM!” Caty finishes explaining her dream to her aunt.

“Oh wow, what an interesting dream you had.” Toni says and Caty shakes her head.

“And it came creeping out at you…the sea monster!” Francesca says and then both Amelia and Liliana run away while screaming.

“This is my favourite toy.” One of the cousins says to Nico and shows Nico the toy and how it works.

“Want another bite?” Your mom asks Bella and Bella nods before she opens her mouth to get fed again.

“And then they lived happily ever after.” Teresa finishes telling Mia a bedtime story.

“Good doggy.” One of the kids says as they feed Elena a piece of food.

An hour later you’re chatting with one of Melissa’s cousins when Caty comes up to you and tugs on your shirt. You look down at her and she holds her arms out, wanting to be picked up.

“Hey sweetheart.” You tell her as you pick her up. Caty then realises that someone else is there with you and she hides her face in your neck.

“I’m glad my cousin found you, she was never this happy with that Joe guy, and even after being with you for over a decade.” The cousin tells you and you smile at them.

“Thank you. Many of you have told me that over the years. I never met Joe but from what I hear about him, he wasn’t good enough for her.” You say to them and they nod.

Half an hour later, both of the twins are with you, both holding a paper plate as you put some sweets on their plate from the dessert table. You see Melissa and Amelia in line as Melissa is holding Amelia up so she can decide what she wants.

“You have to put these cookies on their plates.” Maria Christina tells you as she’s right behind you and you look at her before putting the cookies on the twins plate.

“I’m guessing you made them?” You ask her and she nods.

Melissa comes to sit beside you after a few minutes with a plate full of sweets and you shake your head playfully. You both watch as all the kids sit somewhere on the floor as they talk to each other while eating.

“So it seems like the kids will be tired and most likely will fall asleep right away.” You tell her and she looks at you.

“I believe so. What should we do with that extra time?” She asks with a smile.

“I have an idea.” You say before you lean in and whisper in her ear. “Maybe I’ll let you do anything you want to be.”

“Anything I want?” She asks and you can see she’s thinking about everything she wants to do to you.

“Anything.” You confirm and she hums.

“I like your idea.” She tells you and you smile.

“Thought you would.” You say and then take a bite of a cookie.

“Elena!” You both hear and you look to see Caty chasing Elena and Elena has Teddy in her mouth.

“Shit.” Melissa says as she quickly puts her plate on your lap and then runs after Elena.

“Give Teddy back!” Caty yells and Melissa manages to catch Elena and gets her to let go of Teddy. Elena runs aways and Melissa looks at Teddy and sees that he has a rip on his leg.

“I’m sorry Dolcezza, he has a small rip right here.” Melissa tells Caty gently as she shows Teddy to her.

“Elena ripped Teddy open? I hate her!” Caty yells and Melissa hugs her as she starts crying.

10 minutes later, Melissa is sitting on the couch beside you with Caty in her arms as you look at Teddy. You see that Elena ripped the seams in the leg and it could be easily sewed back together.

“You know, I think Teddy can be fixed with a small operation.” You say and Caty looks at you.

“What?” She asks.

“I think grandma can sew him back together for you, make him as good as new.” You tell her.

“Can we ask Grandma right now?” She asks and you nod. You and Melissa stand up and make your way over to your mom, with Caty still being held by Melissa.

“Hey mom.” You say and she turns around to look at all of you.

“Hey sweetie, what’s up?” She asks and you see that Bella is now being held by your dad.

“Well Elena-”

“Ripped Teddy open.” Caty interrupts you with annoyance in her tone. You show Teddy to your mom and she sees the tear.

“Would you be able to fix him?” You ask her and she nods.

“Ya, looks like an easy fix. I can fix him up and give him back in 2 days.” She tells you and you look at Caty.

“Thank you Grandma.” Caty says and your mom smiles at her.

“Feel better Dolcezza?” Melissa asks her and Caty nods.

“Still mad at Elena.” She says and Melissa hums.

“Well there’s some mistakes that Elena will make, just like humans. Elena isn’t perfect just like the rest of us.” Melissa explains.

“I want down.” Caty tells her and Melissa puts her down and Caty runs off.

“Why do I get the feeling that Elena will be sleeping with us until Teddy is back?” You ask and Melissa looks at you with a sigh.

The 8 of you get ready to leave an hour later when both of the girls are asleep and the other 3 kids are getting tired. Melissa manages to catch Elena with some help from family members and puts her on the leash. Melissa puts Elena in your seat as you two strap all the kids in their seats.

You all get home and get the kids ready for bed right away. You change the girls into their pjs and then put them in their cribs and they fall back asleep right away. You then get Caty changed as Melissa helps Nico while Amelia is changing herself. After all the kids are put to bed, you bring Elena to the bedroom and she uses the stairs to get on the bed.

“Amelia needs a new bed.” Melissa says as you both get changed into your pjs and you look at her.

“Why?”

“Because her feet are near the foot of the bed.” Melissa explains and you nod.

“So she needs a big kid bed then.” You say and Melissa nods. “Alright well next weekend we can go shopping for one.” You tell her.

“We can worry about that then, but right now I believe you said I could do whatever I want to you.” Melissa says as she walks over to you and traps you between her and the nearest wall.

“I did say that.” You tell her and she immediately kisses you.

“And it’s been so long.” She says as she trails down to your neck and you giggle.

“It’s been 5 days.”

“Like I said, so long.” Melissa says and she takes your shirt off. She goes to put a nipple in her mouth when there’s a knock on the door.

“Mamma, mommy.” Caty says and Melissa groans as she lays her head on your chest.

“Noo.” Melissa complains as she’s very wet right now. Melissa picks up your shirt and gives it to you and you put it on as she answers the door. “What’s up, Dolcezza?” She asks Caty.

“I can’t sleep since someone ripped open Teddy.” She says and then glares at Elena who’s fast asleep on the bed.

“Well what do you want then?” Melissa asks and you can see she’s trying to keep it together since she’s incredibly turned on.

“Can I sleep here?” Caty asks.

“You can but just know that Elena is sleeping here as well.” Melissa tells her and Caty thinks about it for a few seconds.

“Ok, I can live with that.” Caty says and Melissa steps aside to let Caty in.

“Make yourself comfortable Dolcezza.” Melissa says as soon as she lifts Caty up on the bed. “We’ll be right back.” Melissa tells her.

As soon as Melissa closes the door, Melissa pins you against the wall. She quickly puts her hand down your pants and finds your clit and starts doing circles. You buck your hips into her hand and she quickly covers your mouth with her other hand as she starts kissing your neck. She feels your entrance and feels that you’re really wet so she slips 2 fingers inside and you let out a muffled moan. She starts pumping in and out of you and puts her palm on your clit.

“Hm, Melissa.” You let out, even though her hand was covering your mouth. You’re already close to your orgasm and you wrap your arms around her neck and she presses her body closer to you.

“Go on, Amore.” She whispers to you and you clench around her fingers. You feel her stick one finger in your mouth and you suck on it as you come. You take a few seconds to catch your breath as Melissa takes her fingers out of your mouth and pants. “You alright?” She asks and you nod.

“Felt amazing.” You tell her as you try to even out your breathing. You then touch her waist and go to put one hand down your pants when you both hear Caty.

“Elena no! I don’t want to pet you. Stay away from me.” Caty says sternly and Melissa whimpers.

“You’ll have to wait until tomorrow.” You tell her before you kiss her and then go into the bedroom.

Melissa wipes off the wetness before she goes into the bedroom. She sees you get in the middle of Elena and Caty, with Caty in the middle of the bed. Melissa crawls in bed and gets comfortable before she wraps an arm around Caty.

“You comfortable, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks and Caty nods before she nuzzles her head in Melissa’s chest. You then all fall asleep in minutes, with you cuddling Elena and Melissa cuddling Caty.

The next day you drop off both sets of twins at daycare and then head to Abbott with Amelia. After Amelia joins her classmates in the hall, the both of you go to the break room and sit at the table. Melissa immediately goes on her phone as you get some coffee. As you put some sugar in your cup, you feel a vibration in your pocket.

“I see you didn’t leave your vibrator at home.” Ava teases as you get your phone out of your pocket and you flip her off. You look at the text you got and see it’s from Melissa.

Melissa: I can’t wait to pin you down and have my way with you tonight 😉

You look up from your phone and she’s not looking at you but she’s smirking. You sit in your spot and you feel a foot go up and down your leg and you see Melissa bending forward, to reach you.

At the end of the day Melissa says goodbye to her last student and she grabs her things before she locks up and makes her way to you. She wraps an arm around your waist and gets you to turn around in her arms so she can kiss you. You both pull apart when you hear someone clear their throat and look to see Barb and Amelia there. You see Barb has her eyebrows raised and Amelia is not impressed.

You both get home and you get the twins set up with a couple of toys, the girls in their playpen and Amelia with the iPad. Melissa wraps her arms around you from behind and lays her head on your shoulder.

“I can’t wait until tonight when I get to pound into you with my fingers.” She whispers in your ear and you shiver. You can tell she’s getting tightly wound up from not getting any for 5 days.

At night, as soon as she finishes putting Caty to bed, she comes in to find you fast asleep cuddling Elena. She crawls on the bed and starts kissing your neck, trying to wake you up excitedly. You groan out and cuddle closer to Elena and Melissa sighs. She gets more comfortable in bed and puts an arm around you. She feels a wetness between her thighs and rubs her legs together and she whines softly. She wonders if she should masturbate quickly to get some relief for now. She then remembers that she’ll just get you back tomorrow for falling asleep on her. She falls asleep thinking about everything she’ll do to you tomorrow night with a smile on her face.

The next day you’re getting changed for the day and Melissa comes out of nowhere and pins you to the wall. She kisses your neck, just long enough to almost give you a hickey and you moan out. She then pulls away with a smile and then goes to the dresser and pulls some clothes out.

“I hate you.” You tell her, catching your breath and she looks back at you with a smirk.

“That was for falling asleep right after putting the kids to bed.” She says with a wink and you cross your arms.

“The kids were more excited for a Monday than usual, what did you expect?” You tell her and she shrugs.

“Just hope you got enough rest to stay up tonight.” She says as she takes her pj top off and picks up her bra.

“And miss this wonderful sight?” You ask her as you also start getting changed.

“You did last night when I came back to find you fast asleep, cuddling Elena.” She tells you as she puts her bra on and you look at her breasts in the bra.

“Well I’m more rested today. So even if they are excited then I’ll still have enough energy for sex tonight.” You say and she smiles.

“Good.”

In the break room you see she bends over on the table, scrolling through her phone. You look and see that she wore a more revealing shirt than usual, almost not school appropriate, almost. You also notice that she wore one of her push up bras and you quirk an eyebrow. She looks at your quirked eyebrows and she smiles, pretending that she’s not trying to rile you up on purpose. When she sees Barb isn’t looking, she winks at you and leans back in chair and crosses her arms, lifting her breast up even more. You get your phone out and text her and she looks at her phone.

You: I know what you’re trying to do and it’s not going to work

Melissa: We’ll see. I know you can’t resist my boobs

At lunch, you two have recess duty together and you see she wore her leather jacket, the one that is your favourite of hers. She crosses her arms when she sees you looking and she pushes her breasts up. She walks up to you with a smile and you look at her. She grabs your hand as you both watch the kids and you feel her squeeze your hand.

“Ready for tonight?” She asks you and you look at her. “I’m gonna pound into you until you can’t walk.” She adds and she pulls you in closer and wraps an arm around your waist.

“Mamma! Mommy!” You hear and look to see Amelia walking up to you both.

“Hey Tesoro.” Melissa says.

“Can you not touch each other right now, all my classmates and friends are watching.” She says as she points at all her classmates that are watching you two with head tilts and curiosity. Melissa unwraps her arm from around your waist and wraps it around your shoulders.

“Tesoro, everyone knows we’re married.” Melissa tells her.

“Yes but showing affection is different. You already do it enough at home, but at school too?” She asks and you try not to laugh.

“We always have sweetheart, you just weren’t here before.” You say and she rolls her eyes and walks away. “Now I feel like we should keep showing PDA, mainly just to embarrass her.” You tell Melissa and she chuckles.

“We’re her mothers, it’s one of our jobs to embarrass our kids.” She agrees as she kisses your cheek.

In the evening, while watching a movie, you and Melissa are sitting together on the loveseat with a blanket covering you both as the kids are on the couch. You feel Melissa is rubbing your thigh near the end of the movie, trying to get you excited and ready for tonight. You know that she can barely go 3 days without sex, so the fact that it’s been 7 days is a long time for her to go without. When you got with her, you had no idea that she had such a high sex drive but you aren’t complaining as yours is just as high and she’s irresistible.

You lean back into her as you’re sitting between her legs and you let out a small whimper as she’s still rubbing your thighs. She then bends forward and starts kissing your neck, on the side where your kids can’t see what she’s doing, mainly Amelia. She starts sucking and you slightly buck your hips and she pins you down.

“You are insatiable.” You tell her and you feel her smile on your neck.

“It’s been a week and we keep getting interrupted. Well been a week for me, as I gave you an orgasm on Sunday.” She says.

You put Caty to bed with Elena at the foot of the bed. Your mom dropped Teddy, good as new, off not long after you home. Caty inspected Teddy and smiled and told a quick thank you to your mom before she went and forgave Elena. You close the door and you immediately have your arm grabbed and dragged to the bedroom. You only have time to register the door being closed before you’re thrown on the bed and then Melissa is on top of you.

She quickly takes both of your shirts off and kisses all over your chest. She then puts a nipple in your mouth and you buck your hips into her. You put a hand in her hair and grab a handful as she does sinful things with her tongue on your nipple. She switches to your other nipple and starts doing the same things she did to your other one. You buck your hips into her again and then you both hear crying from one of the girls.

“Oh come on!” Melissa yells as she hits the bed with her hand angrily. You give her a kiss before you push her off of you and you get off the bed. She groans as she flops down on the bed and you giggle.

“It sounds like Bella, she started teething again.” You say and she covers her face with her hands. You pick up the first shirt you see, which turns out to be her pj shirt and you put it on before you walk out of the bedroom.

After you come back from calming Bella down, you both know the moment has been ruined and you crawl in bed beside her. You wrap an arm around her waist and lay your head on her naked chest and then fall asleep.

The next morning you can tell she’s more grouchy than usual and you know it’s because she hasn’t had an orgasm in a week. In the car, she plays music louder than she usually does which gets Caty to throw a toy at her. It missed but it got her attention as it made a sound and she turned it down.

On the way to Abbott, she stops at a red light and sighs before checking on Amelia in the mirror who’s on her iPad. She then turns to you and sees you’re on your phone playing a game. You drop Amelia off with her classmates and then make it to the break room. She slumps down in her chair and you grab both yours and her coffee mug and then start to make a new pot. She puts her hand on her forehead and groans.

“You look terrible.” Ava comments and Melissa glares at her.

“Fuck off Coleman.” She says sternly and Ava looks at you confused. Melissa is normally not grouchy in the mornings since you both get up at 4:30 and have woken up enough by the time you get to school. You just shrug at Ava as you don’t want to tell them, much less Ava, the reason why she’s annoyed this morning.

“What’s the matter, did you not get lucky last night?” Ava asks and you turn around with the coffee just as Melissa slams her hands on the table, scaring Barb who yelps. Ava then runs out of the break room and you put the coffee down in front of her. You see everyone is looking at you both and you shake your head, telling them not to say anything to her.

You see she says hi to her students with a smile like always, never showing anger or annoyance to her students.

At lunch, she stabs her fork at the food in the container that you warmed up in the microwave for her as she scrolls on her phone. You quirk an eyebrow at her and she looks at you before looking back at her phone and stabs her food again. Barb looks at you and you subtly make a scissor motion along with a shake of your head and Barb nods.

Melissa ends up leaving 10 minutes before the bell rings, claiming she needs time to calm down before she has to pick up her little eagles. Everyone then turns to you when she left and you look at them in confusion.

“What?” You ask.

“Melissa is more…angry than normal, like a lot more angry. She really calmed down when she got with you.” Janine says and you sigh.

“Why is she so angry and frustrated?” Jacob asks.

“She’s fine, she’s just a little…pent up.” You tell them and all their jaws drop.

“Wait wait wait. You’re saying that she’s angry because she’s sexually frustrated?” Janine asks and you nod.

“We’ve been getting interrupted by our kids recently and I guess she reached her boiling point.” You explain. “Just don’t tell Ava.” You add and they all nod.

At the end of the day, Melissa storms past you just as you’re locking up and you run after her and grab her arm. She gasps in surprise before she turns around and looks at you.

“What’s wrong?” You ask her.

“Parents are so irritating and the kids gave me a headache today.” She says as she crosses her arms. Oh, she really needs an orgasm tonight.

“Mamma!” You both hear and then Amelia hugs Melissa’s waist and Melissa strokes her head.

“Hey Tesoro.” She tells Amelia tiredly.

“You ok Mamma?” Amelia asks as she looks up at her.

“I’m fine, just tired.” She says. “Let’s go home.” She adds before you all walk to the van.

On the way to the daycare and on the way home, Melissa has more road rage than usual and you probably should have driven when she’s this frustrated. Later on, you’re playing with the girls when Amelia comes running out of the kitchen and goes to you.

“Mommy!” She yells and you look up at her. “Mamma cut herself and she’s really annoyed.” She tells you and you stand up.

“Watch over your siblings please.” You say before you go into the kitchen. You see Melissa is pacing around in the kitchen with a piece of paper towel pressed to the cut on her hand.

“Stupid fucking knife.” She mutters angrily and you put your hands on your hips and clear your throat and she looks up at you.

“I’m glad none of our kids are in here to hear you drop an f-bomb.” You tell her and she sighs. “Let me look at the cut.” You add as you go up to her and remove the paper towel.

“I’m fine, it’s a small one.” She says and you see she cut off enough skin that she’ll need a bandaid for probably a week.

“Let’s go to the bathroom so I can clean it and patch it up.” You tell her and she groans.

“I don’t need that, I need to finish making dinner.”

“I don’t think you understood me because I wasn’t asking.” You say sternly before you grab her arm and drag her to the bathroom.

At dinner she does the same thing at lunch and stabs her food before she puts a bite in her mouth. Amelia and the twins notice some tension from her but they don’t say anything as they don’t know what to say.

At night she comes back from checking on the girls and you immediately kiss her as soon as she turns around from closing the bedroom door. She yelps into the kiss at the surprise but quickly starts kissing you back. You then pull away and spin you both around and start getting her to walk backwards until she falls on the bed. You take her top and pants off and she looks at you in surprise.

“You were grumpy today, you must be very sexually frustrated.” You tell her and she whines out as you squeeze her boobs.

You then take your top off and then bend down to suck on her nipples. You see she’s already quite wet but you want her more than ready for what you have planned. She’s been this grumpy before from being pent up and she needs to be fucked really good. She moans out as you lick her nipple and you pick up the first piece of clothing you could, which was her shirt and you put it in her mouth. You really don’t want any interruptions tonight. You then lean down close to her face and she looks at you. You take the shirt out and kiss her as well as roll your hips and she looks down before looking back up at your face.

“Is that what I think-” She starts to ask but you put the shirt back in her mouth.

You then get off the bed and flip her over on her stomach with her legs dangling off the mattress. You then take your pants off and feel up and down her back and ass. You then align the dildo with her entrance that you put on when she was checking on the girls. You insert it slowly and she lets out a muffled gasp. You see her grip the sheets as you bottom out inside of her.

“You good?” You ask and she nods quickly.

You then start pumping in and out of her and she lets out muffled moans and gasps. You grab her hips before you start pounding into her and she lets out a muffled yelp of surprise. It doesn’t surprise you when you have to start going harder as she’s clenching already as she was really pent up. You let go of her hips and bend down to be on top of her and grab her hands.

“Close already?” You ask and she nods. You can hear her heavy breathing and you see it’s quicker as well as she’s close. “Do you think you deserve to come even after all the attitude you had today?” You ask her in her ear and she whimpers. She nods after a few seconds and you place a kiss on her back. “You're right, you do deserve it. Go on and come.” You say and she grips the sheets tighter and squeezes her eyes shut as she comes.

You get off of her and pull out of her. While she’s coming down from her orgasm, you flip her onto her back and insert the dildo back into her and she gasps out, still with the shirt in her mouth. You pump into her hard and fast, how she prefers it and she bucks her hips. You bend down to be closer to her and she wraps her legs around your waist to keep you there.

You then trail your hand down and start circling her clit and she tilts her head back and lets out a muffled scream. You then know she’s clenching already and you look at her gripping the sheets again and her eyes are shut. You apply more pressure to her clit as you’re about to come as well and she arches her back and gasps as she comes. A couple more thrusts and then you come as well and you stop moving.

You pull out of her and take the strap off and you see she’s breathing heavily. You go into the nightstand and pull out the cloth and you clean both of you up. You throw the cloth into the hamper before you look back at her. She rolls onto her stomach, takes the shirt out of her mouth and starts to crawl to her side of the bed but fails right away and falls onto the bed. You smirk at that as you know you fucked her good that she can barely move.

“Having problems?” You ask as you go to your side of the bad and she looks at you.

“You gave me two intense orgasms.” She says and you smile.

“Good, that was the plan.” You tell her.

“Jesus Christ.” She says and you chuckle. She then attempts to crawl again and is able to make it to her side of the bed before she collapses. “I can’t move.” She tells you as she’s still on her stomach and you know she wants to cuddle. You then help her roll over onto her back and cuddle into her side and she places a kiss on the top of your head. “Thank you.” She tells you after a few seconds.

“For what? For the two orgasms?” You ask.

“Pretty much ya.” She says and you laugh.

“You definitely needed it, everyone was asking why you were angry.” You tell her and she hums. “You should apologise to Ava for scaring the shit out of her this morning.” You add.

“I should, but I probably won’t.” She says and you wrap an arm around her waist.

“I know you probably won’t, my fiery redhead.” You tell her and she winks at you.

The next morning Melissa walks into the break room humming a song that was on the radio and everyone looks at her as you go to make a coffee. Everyone sees her good mood and could guess what probably happened last night.

“Feeling better Melissa?” Gregory asks her and Melissa looks at them.

“What?” She asks.

“You were a little angrier than normal yesterday.” Janine says.

“Was I? I didn’t notice.” She tells them before she turns to her phone and smirks at you. No one says anything else, and no one comments on the hickey that’s on her chest that wasn’t there yesterday.

Chapter Text

“Mommy wake up!” You hear and you snap your eyes open. You look and you see Amelia on top of you, Caty and Nico looking at you on the bed, with Caty petting Elena, and then Melissa is beside the bed holding both of the girls. “Happy birthday!” Amelia yells and then launches at you and hugs you.

“Woah!” You gasp out in surprise. “Thank you.” You say after she pulls away.

“Breakfast.” Nico says as he looks at you.

“We made breakfast my Ometto.” Melissa corrects and you look at her. “We made your favourite.” Melissa says as she looks at you with a smile.

“Tiramisu crepes?” You ask and she nods.

“Come on, I can’t delay the kids any further. They tried to sneak a few bites while making it.” She tells you as Amelia gets off of you and runs out.

You get downstairs to a set table, a plate in the middle with a stack of crepes and a few other items to put on the crepes. You see icing sugar, Nutella, syrup and chocolate syrup, no doubt the chocolate was the kids decision.

“You guys did this for me?” You ask and Amelia nods as Melissa places the girls in their high chairs.

“Mamma woke me, Nico and Cat up an hour ago.” Amelia tells you and you smile. You walk over to Melissa, wrap your arms around her neck and then kiss her. Melissa places her hands on your waist and kisses you back and you hear her moan into the kiss. You also hear Amelia makes a sound of disgust and you just smile into the kiss. Melissa pulls away from you with a smile of her own and tucks a strand of hair behind your ear.

“It’s your birthday and yet I feel like I’m the one who just got a gift.” She says.

“Mamma, mommy, we’re hungry.” Amelia says as she sees her siblings looking at the food. You go back to your seat as Melissa starts putting food on every kid's plates along with the toppings that they want.

You all start eating and Melissa smiles at you after she takes a bite. You watch as Amelia takes another bite with a smile on her face and getting chocolate over her face. You see Caty and Nico eating with their hands and their fork, then the girls are grabbing the pieces that Melissa cut up for them.

After you finish eating Melissa goes into the kitchen and comes out with a couple wet cloths and hands one to you. Melissa washes Amelia’s face first and Amelia complains as you wash Caty’s face.

“Mamma no, I don’t like this.” Amelia tells Melissa and you see Melissa holding Amelia’s face as she gets all the chocolate off. After she gets all the chocolate off, Melissa gives Amelia a kiss on the cheek and then she goes to Nico.

After all the kids are cleaned up, then you dress them all and you and Melissa sit on the couch as all your kids are playing. Melissa puts a hand in your hair before she pulls you forward and gives you a kiss. She puts her other hand on your waist and pulls you forward so you’re on her lap. You place your hands on her chest as you straddle her lap. She trails down to your neck and she begins sucking on it and you let out a moan. The moan gets your kids attention and they look at you.

“Mamma, mommy.” Amelia says and you both pull back and look at her. You look at Melissa with a smile before you lay your head on her chest and she strokes your head and places a kiss at the top of your head.

“Happy Birthday baby.” Melissa whispers in your ear and you hum. Melissa then reaches inside her leather jacket pocket and pulls out a small package.

“You got me a birthday present?” You ask her and she nods with a smile.

“You think I would just make you breakfast for your birthday?” She asks as you take the gift from her.

“I thought you would be my birthday present.” You tell her and she hums as she kisses your neck.

“Believe me, a few orgasms today is your other gift.” She whispers and you giggle. You then unwrap the gift and see a small box. You open the box and see a necklace inside and you smile. She got you a heart but there’s 8 different gemstones lining it. “It’s a heart with both of ours and all of our kids birthstones.” She explains and you smile.

“I love it.” You tell her and you take it out and hand it to her before turning around and holding your hair.

She unclips it before she puts it around your neck and clips it back. She puts her hands on your waist and you turn back around to look at her. You take the heart and you look at it with all of its gemstones. You see a green Peridot for Melissa, a Blue Topaz for you, a red Garnet for Amelia, two Amethysts for the twins, 2 Rubys for the girls and an Emerald for Elena. You then think that it's quite similar to what you’re getting her for Christmas that’s in 3 weeks.

“So what’s the plan for today?” You ask her and she smiles.

“We are dropping our kids and Elena off at your parent’s house for the day while we have some time to ourselves.” She tells you and you hum.

“And what would happen in that time to ourselves?” You ask and she trails a finger on your knee and goes up to your thigh.

“When we’re together my finger won’t stop until it’s right between your thighs.” She whispers and she can hear your breathing deepen.

You and Melissa strap all the kids in the car and you see Bella grabbed Melissa’s finger and Melissa is smiling at her. Elena gets in the passenger seat with you and lays on your lap. You get to your parents house and Melissa gives the bags to your dad while your mom says hi to all of her grandchildren. After that she wraps you in a surprise hug.

“Happy birthday honey!” She says and you smile.

“Thanks mom.” You tell her and hug her back.

“So what are you and Melissa doing today?” Your dad asks and Melissa wraps her arm around your waist.

“We’ll be spending time together at home and then after that it’s a surprise.” Melissa tells them and you look at her.

“You have the entire day planned out don’t you?” You ask her and she nods as she rests her head on your shoulder.

“Planned it all 2 weeks ago.” She says softly and you smile at her.

“Is that a new necklace?” Your mom asks and you nod as you show both your parents.

“It has all of the kids, mine, Melissa and Elena’s birthstones.” You explain. “Melissa gave it to me this morning after she prepared breakfast for me with the kids.” You add.

“It’s beautiful.” Your mom says and then Amelia tugs on your shirt and you look at her.

“Are you and Mamma leaving?” She asks and you nod.

“We are but we’re returning soon.” You tell her.

“After dinner.” Melissa adds and you look at her.

You then hug and say goodbye to all of your kids. You and Melissa get back in the car and Melissa holds your hand as she drives you both back home. You get back home, take your boots and coat off and Melissa wraps her arms around your waist from behind.

“Ready for your birthday present?” She whispers seductively.

“Mm, I’m always ready.” You tell her and she puts her hands under your shirt and feels your stomach. She then quickly pulls away, spins you around and pulls you in for a kiss. She trails her lips down to your neck and begins kissing and sucking.

“I love you.” She murmurs softly and puts her hands on your hips. “And I love your body.” She adds before she pins your hands to the wall and looks into your eyes. “Your body is so soft and just waiting to be dominated.”

“I only want to be dominated by you.” You tell her and she rolls her hips against yours and you gasp. She then picks you up and brings you to the bedroom, and places you on the bed. Melissa takes your top and bra off and looks at your bare chest.

“I always love to see your body.” She says and then takes your pants off. She places a kiss on your stomach, right under your belly button and then takes your underwear off.

“Why am I naked and you have all your clothes on?” You ask her and she smiles.

“Because that’s how I want it.” She tells you.

“But I prefer it when you’re naked, and it is my birthday today.” You say and she quirks an eyebrow at you. You raise your eyebrows and then she sighs before she takes her clothes off. You run your hands all over her chest and she hums. “I love your body.” You tell her and wrap your hands around her boobs.

“My body or my boobs?” She asks.

“Both.” You say with a smile and then she straddles your lap. “So what are you going to do to me?” You ask her.

“That’s for me to know and for you to find out.” She says and then she bends down and wraps her mouth around your nipple.

You arch your back and you gasp and she smirks. She then goes into the nightstand and takes out the blindfold. You look at the blindfold and her smirk before she ties it around your eyes and then you can’t see a thing. You then feel her mouth wrap around your other nipple and you moan out. You feel her sucking and licking your nipple, doing everything she knows you like and you feel yourself getting extremely wet. She feels your entrance and feels how wet you are and she hums.

“You’re so wet baby.” She tells you, voice lower than normal. You then feel her move off of you and then hear her get off the bed.

“Where are you going?” You ask.

“I’m not going anywhere except getting a few things from the closet.” She says and then you hear the closet door open, hear some movement and then the closet door closing. She then puts some things down on the nightstand before getting back on top of you. She spreads your legs more than they already were and then she gets in between them. “Lift your hips baby.” She tells you and you obey.

You lift your hips and then you feel her slide a small pillow underneath you. You settle your hips back down and then she wraps her arms around your thighs. You then feel her tongue touch your entrance and you gasp out. You grab her hair as you feel her tongue circling all over your entrance before she sticks it in. She sticks her tongue in as far as she can and starts licking inside your entrance. You buck your hips and she has to pin you down with one hand.

“Me-Melissa, ohh, oh that feels so good.” You moan out and she keeps going.

Not long after she moves her left hand from around your thigh to your clit and begins rubbing it and you gasp out. Your orgasm starts building at that point, your juices spilling out of you and you feel Melissa is licking it all up, wanting every drop of you. You start moving your hips, you can’t keep still and Melissa lets you. Your orgasm is close, it’s at the peak when Melissa suddenly pulls her tongue out of you and stops rubbing your clit.

“What the? Melissa I was so c- oh my god!” You scream out as 2 fingers slide inside you, effectively cutting off your complaint.

“I know you were close, baby, but I want to watch as you soak my fingers as you come.” She tells you and you whimper.

She starts curling her fingers inside of you and you buck your hips. You then start moving your hips in time with her thrusts, chasing your high that she's already denied you. You feel your orgasm building quickly, and you can tell it’s more intense as you were denied the first one.

“You’re so fucking tight, and you feel so good.” Melissa breathes out and you can tell from how breathy she is that feeling inside of you is turning her on, like it usually does. Melissa knows you’re close again as she feels you start to clench. “How badly do you want this? How badly do you want to come?” She asks you and you whine.

“I want it so bad, Mel. I want nothing more than to come and soak your fingers.” You tell her, and even blindfolded you can tell she’s smiling.

“Come for me, baby. Soak my fingers.” She says and she feels you clench even more and arch your back before you come, soaking her fingers. She pulls her fingers out and puts them in her mouth, tasting you and cleaning her fingers. You feel her reach over and grab something from the nightstand and then she goes back in between your legs.

“What are you doing?” You ask her.

“You’d think I’d only give you one orgasm on your birthday? You know me better than that, baby.” She tells you and then you feel something cold and rubbery touch your clit and you immediately know what it is.

“Is that a vibrator?” You ask her and she hums before she takes off the blindfold.

“It is.” She says and then turns it on to the lowest speed. Your hips jolt at the sudden sensation and then you watch as she moves on top of it. She puts her clit on it, making it push more on yours, giving you more stimulation. “I thought we could come together.” She tells you with a smile before she ups the speed. She then lays on top of you, having her body above yours, touching as much of you at the same time as she can. “What do you think about that, baby?” She asks you and it takes a second for your brain to process that she said something.

“That sounds really hot.” You tell her and she ups the speed again. You see she grabbed the remote control one as you heard her click the button as she has the remote in her hand. You put your arms around her, grabbing locks of her hair as you feel your orgasm building.

“If I recall, there’s 5 speeds on this one, and we’re only at number 3.” She says and you can tell hers is building as well. “What happens if we go to number 4?” She asks and then pushes the speed button.

It starts vibrating even faster and you buck your hips. You moved your hips up and it made the vibrator go up as well, pushing it even more on Melissa’s clit and she fell. She was holding some of her body up with her forearm but she couldn’t hold herself up when it pushed even harder on her. She pushes the speed button again, turning it to the highest speed, knowing you’re at your peak. She throws the remote on the bed and then looks at you as you’re about to come.

“Oh god, Mel, I’m about to come.” You say as you dig your nails into her back.

“I’m about to as well, baby.” She tells you.

You then arch your back and gasp out as you and Melissa follows right after you. She immediately lifts her hips up, getting herself off the vibrator and then just watches you. You let out a squeak as your next orgasm is already building and the over sensitivity is hitting you. Melissa grabs the vibrator and tilts it, angling it so it gives you more stimulation and you whimper. You dig your nails into her and then arch your back as you come again.

Melissa then grabs the remote and turns it off and watches as you take quicker, deeper breaths. She rolls off of you, grabs the vibrator and then grabs a cloth from the closest nightstand. She carefully cleans you up, making sure not to touch your clit, and then she cleans herself up. She throws the cloth on the ground, puts the vibrator and remote on the floor before she cuddles right up against you. You turn your body towards her and she wraps her arms around you.

“How are you feeling?” She asks and you let out a tired, satisfied hum.

“Good, I feel really good.” You say and she places a kiss on your head.

“That’s good. Now, get some sleep Amore, we’ve got a date to go on after.” She whispers and then you fall asleep in her arms.

Your dad opens the door and sees you and Melissa there and he steps aside to let you in. You walk in and you barely have time to register anything before your parents, your kids and the Abbott crew shout happy birthday. You then see your mom holding out a cake with lit candles and Melissa guides you over to her. You blow out the candles and then your mom gets to work on cutting it up and handing out pieces to everyone. Janine comes up to you and ambushes you with a hug.

“What are you all doing here?” You ask them.

“Melissa asked us to be here at 7. She planned this 2 weeks ago.” Janine explains and you look at Melissa.

“You just keep on surprising me today.” You tell her and wrap your arms around her waist and she smiles.

10 minutes later, your parents, Jacob and Gregory are talking to your kids while Barb, Janine and Gerald are talking to you and Melissa.

“It’s so sweet that Melissa even included Elena’s birthstone on the necklace.” Janine says as she looks at it.

“Why wouldn’t I include hers? She’s part of the family.” Melissa asks, taking offence that she’d not include Elena.

“She’s saying it’s sweet because most people don’t usually include their pets in things like this.” You explain to her and she hums.

“Well, they should.” She says and looks to see Amelia giving Elena belly rubs.

An hour later you’re strapping Caty in and then you look to see Melissa saying goodbye to your mom as she’s holding Elena’s leash. Your parents absolutely adore Melissa and they love that she takes amazing care of you and your kids. They were a little wary of her at first with the age difference but they kept an open mind. You close the door of the van just as Melissa and your mom hug each other goodbye and then Melissa comes over to you with Elena.

“Kids all ready?” She asks and you nod. Melissa opens the passenger seat door for you and you get in and Elena jumps in after you.

At home, you’re giving Amelia a bath as Melissa gets Nico and Caty ready for bed. You both already put the girl twins to bed and they both fell asleep quickly. You help Amelia out of the tub when she’s done and you have her wrapped in her favourite animal towel as you blow dry and brush her hair. You tuck her in, turn on her princess night light and then turn off her LED lights and close the door.

You walk in the bedroom and Melissa is brushing her hair and looks at you with a smile. You walk over to her and then notice she’s not in pjs, she’s wearing her robe.

“Why are you in a robe?” You ask and she finishes brushing her hair and puts the brush down.

“Because, Mia Amore, I’m not done with you.” She simply says before she gets you to back up, back into the bedroom. She undoes her robe and you look to see her skin appearing and realise she’s not wearing anything under that robe.

“What do you have planned?” You ask her and she smiles as she starts taking your pj shirt off.

“As cute as you are in my pjs, I’d much rather see what’s underneath them.” She tells you. You usually wear Melissa’s pjs every night even though you have your own. Melissa has made comments about why you even have your own pjs if you keep stealing hers, but you know she likes it when you wear her clothes. “My plan is that I’m getting in the bed and you’re going to sit on my face. Then you’re going to stay there until I say otherwise.” She says and then she lets her robe fall to the ground.

Chapter Text

“Alright there wasn’t enough leftovers for everyone so 4 of us will be having leftovers and the other 3 will be having whatever I decide to make tonight.” Melissa announces as she comes out of the kitchen.

“Not saying what you’re making tonight really makes the decision easy.” You tell her sarcastically and she looks at you.

“You and your smart mouth can zip it and have whatever I make tonight.” She says, volunteering you to have the new unknown meal.

“I guess the decision was made for me, even better.” You say with sass and she gently smacks your head. “Rude.” You mutter.

“I’ll have whatever mommy is having.” Caty announces and Melissa nods.

“I will as well.” Amelia volunteers.

“Ok, I’ll go see what to make.” Melissa says and then disappears into the kitchen.

Melissa ended up making lasagna for dinner and also heats up the leftovers as you watch all the kids. She brings everyone’s plates out as you place the bibs on all the kids. She gives Caty a plate of lasagna with small cut up pieces while she gives one to Amelia. She then gives the girls and Nico plates of pasta that you all had last night. She then brings a plate out of pasta for herself and another plate of lasagna for you.

“I see you decided to make your famous Italian lasagna.” You say and she smiles and nods.

“Yep, haven’t made it in a little bit so I thought everyone would like it again.” She tells you and you nod. “And also because it was one of Amelia’s suggestions.” She adds and you hum.

At night you come back from putting the twins to bed and you feel a bit of pain in your stomach. You crawl into bed just as Melissa comes in from putting Amelia and the girls to bed and she sees you rubbing your stomach.

“Something wrong, Amore?” She asks.

“Ya, I think my stomach might just be having some trouble digesting dinner.” You tell her and she crawls in bed beside you.

“Come here.” She says as she spoons you and then you move closer to her. She then puts her hand underneath your shirt and puts it on your stomach. “Here?” She asks and you nod.

“Ya, thank you.” You say and then fall asleep.

A couple hours later Melissa gets woken up with Elena licking her face. She pushes Elena away and then looks to see you’re not in bed. She then turns around to see Caty there hugging her stomach.

“What’s wrong Dolcezza?” She asks her as she gets out of bed.

“I don’t feel good mamma.” She tells her and Melissa rubs her tummy.

“Is your tummy hurting Dolcezza?” She asks and Caty nods. Just then Caty turns her head to the side and throws up. “Good thing it wasn’t on the carpet.” Melissa mutters as she holds Caty’s hair up. She waits until Caty finishes and she rubs her back. “How are you feeling now, Dolcezza?”

“Still not feeling good.” She tells her as she leans on Melissa. Just then you come out of the bathroom not looking good.

“You don’t look good.” Melissa tells you and you shake your head.

“I just threw up.” You admit and Melissa furrows her eyebrows.

“Well do you mind getting some paper towels from downstairs as Caty just threw up on the floor?” She asks and you nod. You open the door and you see Amelia about to knock and you gasp in surprise.

“Tesoro, why are you here?” Melissa asks.

“My tummy hurts.” Amelia admits before she runs to your bathroom in the bedroom and immediately throws up in the toilet. You follow after Amelia and hold as much as her hair up as she empties her stomach.

“What is going on?” Melissa asks, confused as to why you and two of her kids are sick. Melissa then moves some hair off of Caty’s face and she frowns before she puts her hand on Caty’s forehead. “You feel a little hot Dolcezza.” She says before she picks Caty up and places her on the bed. You come out of the bathroom with Amelia and Melissa sees you’re still looking sick.

“I feel tired but my tummy still hurts.” Amelia says and Melissa goes up to you both.

“Tesoro, why don’t you go next to Caty.” Melissa suggests and Amelia nods but doesn’t move. Melissa lifts Amelia up and feels her forehead and she doesn’t feel hot. Amelia then crawls over next to Caty and then Melissa sees you swaying on your feet. Melissa then feels your forehead and you feel hot.

“I don’t- I don’t feel good.” You tell her and lay your head on Melissa’s chest.

“Ok, go into bed. I’m going to go get water for all of you, clean up the puke and then take all of your temperatures.” Melissa tells you all and you climb into bed. Elena goes and lays next to Caty and Amelia and they snuggle with her.

Melissa comes back with glasses of water and paper towel and sees Caty sitting up against the headboard with Elena on her lap. She then sees you and Amelia are nowhere to be seen and sees the bathroom light on. Melissa cleans up the puke and when she’s done you come out with Amelia and then she uses Elena’s stairs to get on your bed. Melissa throws out the paper towel and then you pull her aside, away from the bed.

“What is it, Amore?” She asks you.

“Amelia just had diarrhea and there was a bit of blood in it.” You explain and she widens her eyes. “I hate to say this but I think we got food poisoning from your lasagna.” You add and she huffs.

“There’s no way, I always cook everything perfectly.” She defends.

“One of the ingredients we got at the store could have been contaminated.” You say and then you fall forward and Melissa catches you. “Hm, I’m so tired.” You mumble out and Melissa picks you up bridal style and brings you to the bed.

“Ok, I think all of you and me are staying home tomorrow.” Melissa says as you two have work and everyone else has kindergarten or daycare.

“Mamma, you’re not sick.” Amelia says and Melissa shakes her head.

“I know, but someone has to take care of you guys.” Melissa tells her and then brings a cup of water to her and Amelia drinks it. “Are you thirsty Dolcezza?” Melissa asks her and Caty shakes her head.

“My tummy hurts.” She says and then Melissa gets the garbage can and puts it at the end of the bed.

“Ok, if any of you feel sick then throw up in here.” She explains and they nod. “Ok, I’m going to get the thermometer.” She adds and then goes into the bathroom. She comes up and sees you falling asleep so she sticks the thermometer in your mouth first. “Hold still for a minute, Amore.” She says and then moves some hair out of your face. It beeps a minute later and then takes it out of your mouth and looks at it. “101.9, definitely a fever.”

“M tired.” You mumble and Melissa kisses your forehead.

“Get some sleep Mia Amore.” Melissa tells you softly and you nod before you close your eyes and fall asleep. Melissa then takes the temperature of the other 2 and it seems you and Caty have a fever.

You wake up a couple hours later and you see Amelia sleeping on Melissa and Melissa’s arms are wrapped around her. You then see Caty cuddling Elena and you shuffle closer to Melissa. You unwrap one of her arms from around Amelia and then cuddle into her. Melissa wakes up a couple hours later and looks to see you cuddling into her.

“Hm, my cuddle bug.” She whispers with a smile.

You wake up a few hours later and you see Amelia sitting between Melissa’s legs and Melissa has her arms wrapped around Amelia. You then see Amelia snacking on a piece of toast with Nutella on it. Melissa looks to see you awake and then she hands you a plate with toast on it and slices of bananas. You look at the plate and then quirk an eyebrow at her.

“I looked up what will get rid of food poisoning.” She says and you nod.

“So you believed me when I suggested it could be food poisoning?” You ask her and she sighs before she nods.

“I looked up the symptoms and they match it, as well as the fact that it hit you all at the same time and it was only the 3 people that had the new meal.” She tells you and you hum.

“Mamma, I can’t eat this.” You hear Caty say and then she puts the plate on Melissa’s lap.

“Dolcezza you haven’t eaten anything since last night, you need to eat something.” Melissa tells her and Caty shakes her head.

“Don’t want to be sick again.” Caty tells her and she lays her head on Melissa’s side and Melissa wraps her arm around her.

“I know it’s hard but you gotta keep your strength up.” Melissa says and Caty shakes her head. “Ok how about you take 3 bites and I won’t bother you about eating again today.” Melissa tries to compromise.

“3 bites?”

“3 normal size bites.” Melissa adds as Amelia has tricked her with the bite size before. Caty then takes the piece of bread and takes a bite.

“How’s Nico and the girls?” You ask Melissa.

“They’re at daycare.” She says.

“How long was I asleep for?”

“I don’t know when you woke up to cuddle me.” She tells you and you quirk an eyebrow at her. “It’s 9am.” She ends up saying.

“I see our daughters are enjoying cuddles with you.” You say and she smiles as Amelia is sitting between her legs and Caty is snuggling into her side.

“Jealous?” She teases and you hum.

“No, I’ll find a spot to cuddle on you, just like I did last night.” You tell her with a smile and she lets out a small chuckle.

“So I’ll be a couch for all of youse I guess.”

“Yes, but we both know you love it.”

“Hm, I do.” She tells you.

“Did you eat?” You ask her and she nods.

“Easy enough as I’m not sick.” She says. “Told the daycare that Caty will be staying home today and then I called and told Ava that both of us and Amelia are staying home.” She explains and you nod. Before either of you say anything, Caty quickly goes to the trash can at the foot of the bed and throws up in it.

“We need a new trash can.” You say and Melissa nods.

“At least it’s not on the floor again.” She adds and you hum.

“Mamma, tummy hurts.” Amelia complains with a pout and Melissa rubs her belly.

“Feel better Dolcezza?” Melissa asks when Caty is done and Caty glares at her.

“You made me eat and then I got sick again.” Caty complains and Melissa sighs. Caty then goes to you and cuddles with you.

“I try to make sure my kids stay alive and then they get mad at me.” Melissa mutters and you try not to laugh.

“We both know Caty prefers me to begin with. Basically the only one in the household that prefers me instead of you.” You tell her and then you lay your head on Melissa’s shoulder when you’re done eating. Melissa feels both you and Caty’s forehead and you’re both still hot.

“We might have some medicine that might help break your fevers.” She says and tries to get up but Amelia complains when she starts to move.

“No Mamma, tummy still hurts.” Amelia tells her. Melissa then keeps rubbing her belly and you look around for Elena. You see Elena laying in one of her beds, paws up and fast asleep.

“Elena.” You call out for her and she wakes up and looks at the bed. “Elena, come here.” You say and she closes her eyes, ignoring you.

“I think she’s ignoring you.” Melissa says and you look at her.

“Really? What gave it away?” You ask. “Caty, I’m going to grab some medicine for us, stay here with Mamma.” You tell her and she nods. You go and get up and head over to the bathroom cabinet. You find the medicine that’s for the flu and ibuprofen and decide to bring both. “So there’s medicine for flu and ibuprofen.” You tell Melissa and you hand them to her.

“Ibuprofen might actually help more.” Melissa tells you. “At least for you. Our kids can’t take it.” She adds.

“Why did we never think of getting Advil for kids?” You ask and she shrugs.

“We can give them the one for the flu, I’m sure it’ll help as well.” She says. “Ok, Tesoro, Dolcezza, come take some medicine.” She tells them as she pours some in the little measuring cup that comes with it. She gives it to both Amelia and Caty while you take some ibuprofen. Caty ends up falling asleep on you as Amelia just cuddles with Melissa.

“Maybe I’ll go put her in her own bed with Elena.” You suggest and Melissa nods.

“Make sure to put her trash can near her bed.” She says and you nod. You get up and take a few steps and you suddenly get dizzy. Melissa sees you suddenly stop and grab the dresser so she immediately puts Amelia on the bed and runs over to you. She puts an arm around you to help stabilise you and she takes Caty. “I’ll take her, you go back to bed.” She tells you and you nod. She then gives you a kiss on the top of your head and you go back to bed with Amelia.

You watch as she walks out of the room with Caty and Elena follows her. You place the covers on you and immediately fall asleep as Amelia cuddles you. Melissa puts Caty in her bed as Elena jumps on it at the foot of the bed. Caty opens her eyes as Melissa tucks her in and Melissa smiles at her.

“Go back to sleep, Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her softly and strokes her head.

“Why am I really sick?” Caty asks her and Melissa sighs.

“You got food poisoning, Dolcezza. But you’ll be fine in a couple of days.” Melissa says. “Now get some sleep, hopefully you’ll feel better when you wake up.” She adds and Caty closes her eyes and falls asleep.

Melissa decides to go downstairs and check on the food that she made you 3 last night. She checks the meat from the lasagna and she groans.

“Fuck.” She mutters and then she fills some cups with juice. She goes back upstairs and sees Amelia cuddling with you and both asleep. She smiles as she goes over to the bed and moves towards you. You wake up when shuffles close to you and you look at her. “Hey Amore.” She says and you smile as you take her hand and lay your head on her arm. “So it turns out the meat was undercooked. I can’t believe I made a mistake with cooking, I haven’t made a mistake in 30 years.”

“My love, you cook 2 times a day, you’re bound to slip up every now and then.” You say and she sighs.

“But I’m a Schemmenti, and Schemmenti’s don’t make mistakes when it comes to cooking.” She says and you carefully get Amelia off of you without waking her up.

“Melissa, you’re human, and humans make mistakes.” You say as you cup her cheek.

“The mistake made you and 2 of my daughters sick.”

“And we’ll get better, plus you’re taking care of us.” You tell her and she kisses you.

“No matter what, I’ll always take care of all of you.” She tells you and you smile.

“I know.” You say before you turn around, grab her free hand and put it on your stomach where it hurts. She gets the hint and starts rubbing your tummy to help you feel better.

“I love you.” She says softly.

“I love you too.” You tell her and she places a kiss on your shoulder. You end up falling asleep in her arms and she just holds you as you all sleep.

You wake up and you see Melissa and Amelia aren’t in bed. You also see Melissa must have left some juice for you and you take a few sips. You then carefully and slowly get up and you see Caty and Elena aren't in her bed. You go over to Amelia’s room and you see all of them there in Amelia’s new bed. You see both of them are snuggling into Melissa as she reads them both a book. You then see Elena is at the foot of the bed, fast asleep and you smile. Melissa sees you a few seconds later and gestures for you to join them. You climb onto the bed and Elena comes up to you and you start petting her.

“And they lived happily ever after.” Melissa finishes the story and closes the book.

“Mamma, how come I’ve slept a lot but I’m still tired?” Amelia asks her.

“Because you’re sick. Remember when you had chicken pox and you slept a lot and was really tired?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “Well your body is fighting the sickness and it takes a lot of your energy.” Melissa explains.

Melissa eventually has to get Nico and the girls a couple hours later after she tucks you all into bed. She comes back with them and sets them up with some toys before she slumps down on the couch, tired from getting woken up during the night and for having to take care of 3 sick people. She goes upstairs after putting the girls in their playpen and checks on everyone. Her daughters are still asleep but she sees you awake, on your phone, and you turned on the baby monitors.

“You should be resting.” She says and you look up at her.

“You were getting the rest of our kids, so I was keeping an eye on the ones here.” You say as she comes over to you and places a kiss on your forehead.

“Well they’re downstairs so you can get some sleep now.” She tells you.

“Then who will take care of them when you’re cooking dinner?” You ask and she looks down.

“I’m going to just cook one of those canned soup meals.” She admits and you furrow your eyebrows.

“Why? That goes against everything you stand for.” You say and she plays with the hem of her shirt. “Melissa, is this because you accidentally gave the 3 of us food poisoning?” You ask and she nods. “Melissa, come here.” You tell her and she sits down next to you. “Melissa, you've been cooking for me for over a decade without fail. I know making a cooking mistake is hard for you but you accept it and move on.”

“I don’t want to accidentally get you and my kids sick again.” She says with a sigh and you grab her hand.

“I highly doubt you will, but if you do then we’ll recover from it with you helping us through it.” You say and she raises her eyebrows.

“Saying that I might do it again doesn’t help.”

“Melissa, you’re as human as they come, you’re flawed and you make mistakes, which makes you perfect. If you didn’t make mistakes then I’d wonder if I married a robot.” You tell her and then kiss her. “But you feel pretty human to me and very pretty as well.” You add and she smiles.

“You’re not mad at me that I gave you food poisoning?” She asks and you shake your head.

“I’m a bit annoyed because I’m sick but I’m not mad at you in the slightest. You made a mistake and you feel guilty about it. If you didn’t feel bad then I’d be mad.” You say and she lets out a sigh.

“You’re right, I’ll just be more careful about the food.” She says and you smile. “Are you feeling any better?” She asks as she feels your forehead.

“I’m not throwing up which is nice but I’m still tired.” You explain and she hums.

“You’re still hot as well.” She tells you.

“Well you married me, so I hope you think I’m hot.” You joke and she giggles.

“I see your humour is still intact.” She says and you nod. “I’ll go downstairs to keep an eye on those 3 and then start supper. If you, Caty or Amelia need anything then shout for me or text me.” She tells you and you nod.

“I will.” You promise and she gives you another kiss before she goes downstairs.

At night, Melissa is putting the girls to bed as you put Nico to bed. Amelia and Caty already fell asleep about an hour ago. Mia is refusing to go to sleep so Melissa decides to sing her a lullaby while holding her. She reaches the end of the lullaby just as you pass by and Mia is falling asleep.

“That's my Carina.” She says softly and then she puts her in her crib. She turns around and sees you looking at her from the doorway and then she goes over and closes the door.

“Gave them an Italian nickname?” You ask and she nods.

“I gave the other 3 nicknames, seems only right to give these 2 a nickname as well.”

“You’re cute.” You tell her and she smiles as you enter the bedroom. She gets you comfortable in bed and then she sticks the thermometer in your mouth. It beeps a minute later and she looks at it.

“Still have a fever. But at least the vomiting ended, as well as the dizziness.” She says and then gets in the bed next to you. You immediately cling yourself to her and she gasps at the surprise and then wraps an arm around you.

“I want to cuddle you all night.” You say and she smiles before she places a kiss at the top of your head.

“You say that like we haven’t cuddled for the past 2 days, when we have.” She tells you and you hum.

“Feels like forever ago.” You mumble.

“At least tomorrow is Friday and then 2 weeks off of work for Christmas.” She says.

“Shh.” You say softly before you fall asleep in her arms.

The next morning she immediately sits up as one of the kids is shouting and she looks at the 4 baby monitors. She sees that Caty is calling for one of you and then she notices that you’re not in bed.

“Amore?” She calls out.

“In the bathroom.” You reply.

“Alright, if you need me then I’m just checking on Caty.” She tells you and then goes to Caty’s room. “Hey Dolcezza, how are you feeling today?” She asks her and feels her forehead and she still has a temperature. Caty lays her head on Melissa’s stomach and whines. “Still not feeling good?”

“No.” Caty tells her and Melissa tucks some strands of hair behind her ear. Just then Amelia runs in and Melissa whips her head up and looks at her.

“Mamma, I feel so much better.” She exclaims and then she looks at Caty. “How come Cat is still sick?” She asks.

“Food poisoning can affect people for a few hours or a few days.” Melissa explains to her. “Mommy is still sick as well.”

“Woah!” They all hear and Amelia runs to your bedroom and then runs back to Caty’s room.

“Mommy fell on the floor.” Amelia tells Melissa. Melissa gets Caty to lay back down and leaves Amelia to look after her before she goes to the bedroom. She sees you laying on the floor, on your back.

“You alright, Amore?” She asks as she goes up to you. “Did you get dizzy again?”

“My legs gave out and I fell, tired.” You explain and she lifts you up and brings you to the bed.

“Caty is still sick as well, Amelia is all better though.” She says and you hum.

“You should go to work. I can take care of myself and Caty.” You tell her and she shakes her head.

“I don’t want to leave you two. I’ll drop off all the kids and then come back for you and Caty.”

“Melissa, you need to show up for your students.” You say.

“I need to take care of my family.” She counters and crosses her arms.

“Well then be with Amelia, she’ll probably want to go to school today and she might still get sick.” You tell her and she sighs.

“I hate you and your valid points.” She tells you as she walks out. “I’ll get the kids ready and let Elena out before I leave.” She adds and then goes to make breakfast.

Caty and Elena end up joining you in the bed for the day and cuddles you as she sleeps. You promised to send Melissa a text every half hour to check in unless you were asleep. At around 11 you wake up to your phone ringing and you feel a little body crawl over you and picks up your phone.

“Mamma’s picture.” Caty tells you and then presses the green button. Caty watches as Melissa’s face comes into view and Melissa chuckles.

“Hey Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her.

“Hi Mamma!” Caty exclaims.

“How are you feeling?” Melissa asks.

“A little better, still a bit tired.” Caty says.

“Is Mommy there?”

“Ya, she’s right here, so is Elena.” Caty tells her and shows Elena.

“I see that, can you hand the phone to Mommy please?” Melissa asks her and she gives you the phone as you sit up.

“Hey Melissa.” You mumble out and rub your eyes.

“Still not feeling better?” She asks and you shake your head.

“I also just got woken up.” You admit and she hums.

“Well if you’re hungry then there’s applesauce and some rice and chicken from last night.” she says and you nod.

“I’m actually quite hungry.” Caty says and you look at her.

“I guess we should go downstairs and get you some food then.” You tell her as you get out of bed and carry her downstairs. You leave her at the dinner table as you go into the kitchen and Melissa just watches as she eats lunch.

“Caty barely ate anything yesterday, I’m glad she’s feeling good enough to eat again.” Melissa says as you get last night’s leftovers out.

“Ya, she needs to eat to fight off the sickness.” You say. “Did you happen to see my students today?” You ask her and she nods.

“They wanted me to tell you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” She tells you and you smile.

“Well tell them I say that as well.”

“I already did, I figured you’d want me to tell them that.” She says and you see she’s not eating in her classroom.

“Are you in the break room?” You ask and she nods.

“Everyone is here too but I told them not to overwhelm you on the phone.” She explains and she points the phone to the trio and they all wave at you and you wave back.

“Melissa actually threatens us so we wouldn’t overwhelm you.” Jacob says and you laugh.

“That sounds more like her than just telling you.” You tell them and then the microwave signals the food is done.

“Any plans for the rest of the day?” Melissa asks you. “Hopefully non physical plans.” She quickly adds.

“Yep, I figured me, Caty and Elena can relax on the couch and watch whatever movie Caty wants.” You say as you walk out of the kitchen and hand Caty a plate of food.

“That sounds like a good plan.” She tells you and you nod.

You and Caty talk with Melissa until she has to go get students from recess as lunch is ending. You say bye and then you let Elena out in the backyard as Caty goes to the couch. Elena rolls around in the snow and pees before she runs back inside. You join Caty on the couch and Elena cuddles with Caty. You place a blanket on them and then you grab one for yourself and grab the remote for the tv.

Melissa comes back a few hours later with all the kids and sees you and Caty watching a movie with hot cocoa. She takes the girls out of the stroller and sets them up in their playpen as Nico and Amelia entertain themselves with toys.

“How are you two feeling?” She asks you both.

“Our fevers broke.” You say and Melissa sees the thermometer on the coffee table.

“Well that’s good news.” She says and you nod. Melissa looks at Caty and she takes a sip of hot chocolate from her sippy cup.

“Caty wanted hot chocolate.” You tell her and she nods.

“Well we’re both off for 2 weeks now.” She then says and you smile.

“You seem excited.” You say and she nods.

“I thought of so many things to do with the kids.” She tells you with a smile and then sits down beside you. “So I thought we could take them sledding and then one day we drop the girls off and then take the other 3 to a skating rink and teach them how to skate.” She starts with and you smile. “And since there’s quite a bit of snow this year, we can build a snow fort in the backyard and some snowmen, have snowball fights.”

“Were you bored today?” You ask her and she nods.

“The students mostly just wanted to talk to each other and I just sat at my desk.” She admits and you smile.

“Well those ideas sound really fun.” You tell her and offer some hot chocolate from your mug. She takes a sip and hums before she hands it back to you.

At night you both put all the kids to bed and Melissa spoons you in bed. She gives you a kiss and then you both get comfortable before falling asleep.

Chapter Text

“Here you go.” Melissa tells you as you’re sitting on a chair on the deck in the backyard. Melissa hands you a cup of hot chocolate as you were watching the 3 kids attempt to build a snowman, which has turned more into a snow dog. You see Elena running around as one of the kids occasionally throws a snowball at her and she goes to catch it.

“Thanks.” You tell her and you take a sip.

“You should go inside, you just got over having food poisoning, you’re still recovering.” She says as she sits down beside you.

“I already told you I’m fine, besides I’ve been cooped up for 4 days, I need some fresh air.” You say.

“You’ll get a bunch when we go sledding with them in 3 days and plus we’re going to your mom’s tomorrow for Christmas, now get inside.” She tells you sternly and you quirk an eyebrow at her.

“Didn’t think you’d become a mom to me as well.” You mutter but Melissa heard it.

“If you weren’t so stubborn then I wouldn’t have to be.” She counters and you sigh before you stand up with the baby monitor and go inside to take care of the girls who are playing in their playpen.

“Mommy.” Bella says as soon as she sees you and you smile.

“Hi sweetheart.” You tell her and go over to the playpen and she hands you the toy she was playing with. “Oh, thank you, but you should play with it, looks like you were having fun.” You say.

An hour later Melissa, the kids and Elena come back inside and you see Melissa is covered in snow. All the kids take their outdoor clothes off before they run into the living room and Amelia runs up to you.

“What happened to you?” You ask Melissa.

“Mamma challenged us to a snowball fight.” Amelia explains and you laugh.

“I think I know who won.” You say and Melissa combs her hair with her fingers to get the snow out.

“They cheated and just tackled me.” Melissa complains and then shoves snow in your face when you keep laughing.

“Now that was uncalled for.” You tell her as you wipe the snow off your face.

“Nah, it was totally called for.” She says with a smile as she sits next to you on the couch. You then get her to face away from you and gently get the rest of the snow out of her hair. “Are you sure you’re feeling alright, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks and Caty nods.

Caty then goes up to Melissa and holds her arms up so Melissa pulls her up on her lap. Caty then nuzzles her head on Melissa’s chest and lets out a contented sigh.

“What movie are we watching tonight?” Amelia asks as she takes the remote and goes into Disney+.

“Seeing as it’s Christmas Eve, we’re going to watch another Christmas movie.” You tell her and you look over to see Caty gently grabbing Melissa’s necklaces.

“Do you like them, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks and Caty nods.

“They’re pretty.” Caty says and Melissa smiles.

That night you’re all curled up on the couch or loveseat after you put the girls to bed. You settled on watching the Grinch, the live version. You’re sitting between Melissa’s legs and she has her arms wrapped around you as you both take popcorn out of the bowl that’s on your lap.

“Can’t believe you drowned the popcorn with popcorn shake again.” You whisper to her and she leans her head on your shoulder.

“You know me, I like flavour on my popcorn.” She tells you and then places a couple kisses on your neck and you smile. “I also wouldn’t mind tasting something else.” She adds and you turn your head to face her.

“Getting pent up again?” You ask her and she nods. “Hm, I guess you did patiently wait while I recovered.”

“Very patiently.” She agrees and you giggle. You put your hand on her cheek and then give her a kiss and she smiles at you.

*2 hours later*

“Finish eating the cookies?” You ask Melissa as she climbs into bed beside you and she nods.

“Yep.” She tells you and then straddles your lap. She doesn’t waste any time, she patiently waited for 5 days while you recovered from food poisoning. She leans forward and starts kissing you roughly, claiming dominance already. She puts her hands in your hair and you put yours on her waist.

“You’re not wasting any time.” You say as she starts kissing and sucking your neck.

“You know I can barely go a few days without sex.” She mumbles against your neck and you hum.

“I know, you’re my hot sex gremlin.” You tell her playfully and she looks at you with a smile.

“A hot sex gremlin?” She asks and you nod before she takes your shirt off. “I like it.” She says before she pushes you down on the bed and wraps her mouth around a nipple.

You buck your hips at the sensation and put your hands in her hair. She flicks your nipple with her tongue a few times and you moan out at that before she covers your mouth with her hand. She then switches to your other nipple and gives it the same attention. You start pulling at the hem of her shirt and she allows you to take it off and you touch all over her chest. She sees you lick your lips when you touch her breasts and she winks at you before she takes your pj pants off. You spread your legs slightly and she sees your wet pussy on display just for her and she hums.

“Merry Christmas to me.” She tells you breathlessly and then she gets on her stomach in between your legs. She then takes a big lick up your pussy and you gasp. She wraps her arms around your thighs before she attacks your clit by sucking and gently biting it. You immediately grab her hair with one of your hands while the other is clutching the sheets.

“Melissa, oh god.” You gasp out, trying to stay as quiet as you can so you don’t wake the kids.

“Mmm, you always taste so fucking good.” Melissa says, lust lacing her voice. She then goes further down and swirls her tongue around your entrance, licking up your juices and tasting you. You buck your hips as she thrusts her tongue in your entrance and she pins you down. You accidentally pull her hair too hard but all Melissa does is moan. “You like pulling my hair, baby?” She asks and you look at her. She has your juices all over her chin, lips wet and her eyes are dark. “Do you want me to make you come?” She asks and you nod.

“Yes, please.” You beg and she smiles before she goes and sucks your clit. You gasp out right before she sticks two fingers in your entrance.

“Is this what you want?” Melissa asks and you nod, unable to say anything else. “And how do you want your Christmas present baby?” She asks and she slows down so you can think of an answer.

“Make me come hard and fast.” You tell her and she smiles before she nods.

Melissa snaps her eyes open the next morning as a little body lands on her. She looks to see Amelia sitting on her lap and smiling at her.

“Mamma, Santa came last night! So many presents!” Amelia exclaims and Melissa smiles at her and then looks at her phone.

“Why are you awake at 6:30?” Melissa asks her and she looks to see you wake up.

“Because there’s so many presents to open.” Amelia tells her. “Let’s wake my siblings up and go downstairs.” Amelia adds and Melissa nods before Amelia uses Elena’s stairs to get down from the bed. Melissa watches Amelia running out of the door, yelling her siblings names and she turns to look at you.

“How are you feeling this morning?” She asks with a smirk and you chuckle.

“You and your fingers are secret weapons.” You tell her and she wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you closer.

“Ya?” She asks and you nod.

“Ya, your mouth too.” You add and then give her a kiss and she smiles.

10 minutes later Melissa hands you a cup of coffee as you sit on the couch and Amelia is giving everyone their stocking. Melissa sits beside you with her own cup of coffee and watches with a smile as the kids open everything in their stockings.

An hour later you’re washing your hair in the shower and then you feel two arms wrap around your waist and ginger hair in the corner of your eye. Next thing you know, you’re pinned to the shower wall, hands above your head and Melissa is looking at you with a smirk.

“Was last night not enough?” You ask with a smile and she shakes her head.

“I will never have enough of getting my wife to come.” She says seductively. “And while it was nice sitting on your face last night, I have another thing in mind.” She adds and you quirk an eyebrow. “If I’m correct, which I am as I track your cycle, you finished ovulating and you’re going to start in a couple days.” She tells you as she grabs something from outside the shower and you see it’s a dildo and strap on.

“So you want to have shower sex with a strap?” You ask her and watch as she puts it on.

“Unless you have any objections.” She says as she looks and you shake your head. “Good. But it’s not just shower sex, I’m gonna pound into you.” She whispers in your ear and you shiver. “Merry Christmas baby.”

Melissa makes sure to leave hickeys on your chest instead of your neck as you’re all going to the family Christmas party later today. You feel the dildo rub against you as she kisses your lips and neck and you let out a whimper. She pulls back and cups one breast while the other goes to your centre.

“You’re soaking wet, baby. You must want it as much as I do.” She says breathlessly into your ear. She then sticks one finger in your entrance and you moan as she starts fingering you. “Do you want more? Do you want my strap to make you feel so full of me?” She asks and you nod. “Then bend over.” She commands and you turn around, put your hands on the side of the tub and then you feel Melissa touching all over your back and butt.

She then slides the tip in your entrance first and goes slowly as it’s been about a month since she used the strap on you. You whimper as she bottoms out inside of you and then begins moving slowly. She quickly begins going faster and faster until she’s pounding into you, just like she promised. You don’t have time to miss the feeling of being full before she’s pounding it back into you. Melissa has to already go harder as you start clenching around her, close to your orgasm already. She then sees your legs start shaking so she grabs your hips in case your legs give out when you come.

“I know you’re close, baby, I am as well.” She tells you and then you gasp out as you come. Melissa does a couple more thrusts before she comes as well and she gently pulls out of you. You catch your breath before you straighten back up and Melissa wraps her arms around you from behind. You lean into her touch and hum contently before she helps you finish your shower.

2 hours later Melissa is putting the containers of food in a bag and then Amelia is bringing it to the door for stuff to put in the car. You’re already outside as you’re strapping both sets of twins in the car as Melissa makes sure you both don’t forget anything.

“Mamma wants this bag in the car as well.” Amelia tells you as you finish strapping Bella in and then take the bag from her. You put the bag in the car and then you strap Amelia in just as Melissa comes out.

“All ready to go?” She asks and you nod before you get in the passenger seat.

“Is Elena all good?” You ask her and she nods.

“She was giving the sad puppy eyes and almost gave in and brought her. I resisted though and she’s got food and water.”

“How much do you want to bet that the food is already all gone?” You ask and Melissa chuckles as she gets ready to drive out.

6 hours later you all get back home from the Christmas party and get the kids ready for bed as they are starting to fall asleep. Melissa looks at Caty as she falls asleep cuddling Elena and Melissa smiles at the scene before quickly taking a picture. She gets back to the bedroom and sees you getting in bed. She climbs into bed beside you and wraps her arms around you.

“Everything alright?” You ask her and she nods.

“I’m just very happy today.” She says with a smile and you both lay down in bed.

“What are you very happy about?” You ask as you nuzzle your head in her neck.

“15 years ago I was living alone in this house, and now there’s 14 living beings living here.” She tells you and you hum. “I have a loving wife, 5 wonderful children, the best puppy ever, and Sweet Cheeks family. Of course I know the 2 girl Guinea pigs are back temporarily as it’s the Christmas break, but it's still nice to have so many people and animals living here.” She admits and you smile and kiss her neck.

“I’m happy that you’re happy. And I love the family that we made.” You say and she places a kiss on the top of your head before you both fall asleep.

2 days later Melissa is packing up some food in a bag while you’re putting outside clothes on Amelia, Nico and Caty. Your parents arrived and your dad is doing a human airplane with Mia while your mom is ticking Bella.

“Ready to go to the hill?” Melissa asks as she comes out of the kitchen.

“Yep. We can go right after Caty puts her mitts on.” You say and look at Caty who’s looking at you in shock.

“Don’t like them. They’re itchy and sweaty.” Caty complains and you go into the closet and pull out the new ones you got her for Christmas, ones that a lot of autistic kids prefer. You put them on her and she looks at them, thinking about it and she nods her approval.

“Alright, ready now.” Amelia exclaims as she bounces over to Melissa and drags her to the door.

“Ok, calm down Tesoro, we’re going.” Melissa tells her with a smile. You grabbed the twins' hands and Melissa grabs the sleds as you all leave after you say goodbye to your parents.

“We there yet?” Nico asks after a couple minutes of driving. You let out a small chuckle as you scroll through instagram.

“Not yet, Ometto, just a few more minutes.” Melissa tells him and he nods.

“We there yet?” Amelia asks a couple minutes later and Melissa lets out a sigh.

“They’re teaming up against us more often now.” You whisper to Melissa.

“Couple more minutes Tesoro.” Melissa says.

A couple minutes later Melissa pulls into the parking lot and the kids are bouncing with energy and excitement. Melissa gets the sleds out as you unstrap the kids and get them out of the car. Amelia grabs Nico’s hand as Caty only wanted to touch your hand. Nico grabs your other hand and you bring them all to the top of the hill. You wait in line as there’s a small group of people sledding as well.

You get to the front and Melissa puts one of the sleds down and you get on in the back and the twins sit in front of you. Caty grabs the rope in the front and holds on tight as grab a hold of both of them. Melissa gives you a push and you three start going down the hill at full speed. The twins have never been sledding before so you get to witness their first experience. You hear Caty giggling and Nico screaming in excitement. You get to the bottom and stop after a couple seconds and Caty and Nico get up quickly with a smile.

“Again Mommy! Again!” Caty exclaims and you laugh as you grab the rope to the sled. You see Amelia and Melissa coming down quickly so you immediately get Nico and Caty out of the way.

“Weee!” Amelia exclaims as she has her hands in the air and Melissa is holding onto her with a big smile and holding the rope with her other hand. Amelia and Melissa’s sled stops as you and the twins start walking back up the hill. Melissa and Amelia quickly catch up to you three and the kids start running up.

“So I’m guessing they liked it?” Melissa asks you and you nod.

“They loved it, they immediately wanted to do it again.” You tell her and she laughs. “You should ride with them this time and I’ll go with Amelia.” You suggest and she nods.

Melissa gets on the sled and the twins sit in front of her and Nico is up front this time and he holds the rope. You give them a push and they start going down the hill and get faster and faster. You hear the start of cheers from them before they’re out of earshot. You get on the other sled with Amelia and see the other 3 just reached the bottom before you use the ground to push the sled. You get to the bottom and you see the twins pushing the sled up the hill, hoping to get there faster and Melissa has a smile on her face at their antics.

“We went so fast and it was so fun!” Nico exclaims as you and Amelia catch up to them.

You see the 3 kids start a conversation, each of them talking a mile a minute. You and Melissa lost the conversation right away and just held hands as you all walk up the hill.

5 slides down the hill later and Melissa is catching her breath at the bottom of the hill. You see the kids are still full of energy and then Melissa dramatically lays down in the snow, like a starfish, and doesn’t move.

“You’re such a drama queen.” You say and she sticks her tongue out at you. “You can’t be that tired already.” You tease and she quirks an eyebrow at you.

“I’ll see what you say about walking up and down a hill a few times in 15 years.” She counters and you smile before you walk over to her.

“Come on, Mamma!” Nico exclaims and the kids go into another conversation of theirs.

“Need to catch my breath.” Melissa tells you and looks at you. “Wipe that smirk off your face.” She says, trying to hide her smile but failing.

“Wow, you usually have much more energy than this in bed.” You say and she laughs.

“Sex doesn’t require this much walking.” She says and you hum.

“Excuses, excuses.” You tease and she slaps your leg. “Come on, one more and then you can stay at the top while I slide down with them.” You suggest and offer your hand. She thinks about it before she takes your offered hand and stands up.

“Ok, that sounds good.” She tells you and you nod.

For the next hour, Melissa watches you go down the hill with the kids and then walk back up again. Melissa smiles as she sees you and her kids having fun and she takes lots of pictures. At one point she throws a snowball at you as you make it back to the top of the hill and it hits you right in the face. You gasp out in shock and then look to see Melissa laughing as well as the kids. You quickly make your own snowball and throw it at her and it hits her right in the stomach.

“I swear I had better aim.” You mutter and you see your kids making snowballs. Amelia throws hers at you while the twins aim it at Melissa.

“Why am I getting ganged up?” Melissa asks as she dodges both snowballs. Melissa runs towards the twins and quickly picks them both up and they start giggling as she spins around. You see a few parents looking over at you all and smiling.

“Come on, let’s make some snowballs and throw them at Mamma.” You whisper to Amelia and she nods with a smirk. Once Melissa puts the twins down, you and Amelia throw the made snowballs and Melissa covers her face and tries to dodge them.

“Oh I’m gonna get you.” She says playfully and runs towards Amelia who runs away while laughing. You go towards the twins and watch them as Melissa picks Amelia up and spins her around.

“Ahhh!” Amelia screams out while giggling. You then check the time and see it’s getting late as Melissa puts Amelia down.

“How about one last time down the hill but we connect the sleds together so we all go down together?” You suggest and Melissa smiles and nods. Melissa puts the robe around your waist as you get on one sled with the twins. Melissa and Amelia get on the other one and then you and Melissa give it a push and you all go down at the same time.

On the way back to the car, you see Caty get on of the sleds and then Nico and Amelia start running while pulling the sled. Melissa wraps her arm around your waist as you watch the kids with a smile. Melissa then sees a car come out of nowhere and she runs and grabs Amelia out of the way just in time before it hits her. The car immediately stops and the driver gets out to make sure everyone is alright. Amelia is a little shaken up but Melissa got her out of the way just in time.

When you get home, Melissa drags the sleds to the backyard before she goes inside while holding Amelia who’s clinging to her. Amelia has her arms wrapped around Melissa’s neck and her head on her chest, just below Melissa’s neck.

“Is Amelia ok?” Your mom asks you as she senses something is wrong.

“Amelia almost got hit by a car in the parking lot of the hill.” You explain and Melissa starts rubbing Amelia’s back. “Luckily Melissa saw the car coming and got Amelia out of the way just in time.” You add and your mom’s eyes widen.

“Poor kid, and thank god for Melissa’s fast reflexes.” She says and you nod.

Half an hour later you give the twins their sippy cups with hot chocolate in it and you hand Amelia a plastic cup with hot chocolate and marshmallows.

“Here you go sweetheart.” You tell her and see she’s still a little shaken up. “This will warm you right up and make you feel better.”

You go back into the kitchen and get another two cups ready for you and Melissa. You come out and hand one to Melissa who’s on the couch and Amelia still clinging to her.

“How about we watch a movie and you can pick Tesoro.” Melissa suggests and Amelia shrugs. “How about one of the Barbie movies? I’m sure there’s a winter themed one.”

“There’s actually one that’s really good called Barbie in the nutcracker.” You say and Amelia gives a small nod.

Amelia ends up falling asleep on Melissa near the end of the movie and Melissa kept rubbing her back for comfort. Melissa puts Amelia to bed as you get the twins ready for bed and then Melissa helps you put the girls to bed after. When Melissa is brushing her hair before bed, you go up to her and take the brush from her as she’s in deep thought.

“You know it’s not your fault right?” You ask her as you continue brushing her hair for her.

“I should have kept them closer instead of letting them run ahead and Amelia almost got hit because of that mistake.” She says with a sigh. You finish brushing her hair and put the brush down before you get her to turn around and she looks at you.

“Melissa, you can’t keep them from danger forever. The important thing is that you got her out of the way just in time.” You tell her and grab her hands. “You’re an amazing mom and this proves it even more as your first instinct was to make sure your kids were out of danger.” You add and you see her shoulders fall as she lets go of the guilt. “Now let’s get to bed, I believe you wanted to teach them how to make a snow fort in the backyard tomorrow.” You remind her and she hums with a smile.

“Snow forts are very important to learn how to make.” She tells you and you smile.

“They’re very important.” You agree and she gives you a kiss.

“Thank you. I don’t know how but you always know how to make me feel better.” She says and you wrap your arms around her waist.

“Sometimes it’s reminding you of who you are or reminding you of the law. Other times it’s comforting you with physical touch.” You tell her. “I mean who knew the badass of Abbott Elementary is basically a leach when it comes to physical touch.” You add and she chuckles.

“Only with you.” She tells you and you give her a kiss. She pulls back with a smile and tucks some hair behind your ear and cups your cheek. “I love you, Amore.” She says softly and you smile.

“I love you too, my love.” You say and then you both get in the bed. “Melissa.” You start and she looks at you. “Do you mind putting your hand on my lower stomach?” You ask her.

“Got your period?” She asks and you nod.

She turns off the lamp and then gets you to lay down, back pressed up against her stomach and she places her hand where your cramps are. Melissa is quite used to you needing her body heat to soothe cramps and she knows exactly where to put her hand without even looking.

“Does that feel better?” She asks you and you nod.

“Thank you.” You tell her and she places a kiss on your head before you both fall asleep.

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“3…2…1…HAPPY NEW YEAR!” Everyone shouts and Melissa immediately kisses you and you kiss her back. She wraps her arms around your neck and you place your hands on her waist. She’s the first one to pull away after a few seconds with a smile.

“Hm, kissing you is the best start to a new year.” She says and you smile.

You place your head on her chest and you see a few family members kissing or hugging to ring in the new year. You see a few others start to pack up to leave as they have young kids, and there’s one of Melissa’s cousins in the corner shouting ‘happy 2035!’ to another cousin.

“We should probably get home and take your parents off grandchildren duty.” Melissa tells you and you nod but don’t move. “That means you have to stop using my chest as a pillow, Amore.” She adds and you hum.

“That’s why I’m not moving, you’re comfy.” You tell her and she chuckles.

“When we get home and get in bed then you can fall asleep on my chest.” She says and you move your head to look up at her. “Plus our little devils will probably wake us up in 6 hours so we should go.” She adds.

“I know, just another minute, please.” You say and she strokes your head.

“For you? Anything.” She promises.

The next morning you’re cuddling into Melissa as all the kids are watching tv or playing with their toys. Melissa wraps her arms around you as she knows you’re a bit tired as you got 4 hours of sleep. Mia ended up waking you both up around 5 for whatever reason and she was crawling out of the crib when you got there.

“Why don’t you take a small nap while I watch the kids?” Melissa suggests and you hum in approval but don’t move. Melissa looks at all her kids and sees they're all busy then she looks back at you and sees you asleep on her. “Tesoro, can you look after your siblings for a minute? I’m just gonna go bring Mommy to bed.” Melissa asks Amelia and Amelia looks over at you both.

“Why’s Mommy asleep?” She asks as Melissa carefully gets up and then picks you up bridal style.

“She didn’t get a lot of sleep last night.” Melissa explains and then goes upstairs and tucks you into bed.

You wake up a couple hours later and you look to see Melissa sitting beside you on the bed, scrolling on her phone. She looks at you when she feels you move over to her and you place your head on her lap.

“Feel better?” She asks and you nod.

“Shouldn’t you be taking care of the kids?” You ask her and she pets your head.

“You’ve been asleep for a couple hours, it’s nap time for all of them.” She explains and then looks at her phone. You quickly grab her phone out of her hands and you see she was scrolling on Amazon. “Hey! You don’t see me stealing your phone.” She complains but doesn’t try to get her phone back.

“Spousal rights.” You tell her and she scoffs. “You’re looking for birthday present ideas for the twins?” You ask as she searched for gifts for 4 year olds.

“Ya, I don’t know what to get them. We deal with 8 and 9 year olds all the time, not 4 year olds.” She says and you look at the toys and add a few to the cart.

“They’re 4 years old, I doubt they’re gonna be picky about what toys and books we get them.” You say as you give her the phone back.

“Caty might be.” She tells you and you hum.

“Since Mia attempted a jail break from the crib this morning, I think it’s time to get them toddler beds.” You tell her as you lay your head on her lap and she scratches your scalp.

“We can go in a couple of days.” She says and you hum.

“Hm, the head scratches are nice.” You say and she smiles.

“I know, you do it for me quite often.” She tells you and you smile.

“You deserve them for being an amazing wife and mother.”

“And you deserve them for the same reason.” Melissa says and you hear barking from the monitor. Melissa grabs Caty’s monitor and watches as her and Elena run around the room. “We’re raising very happy kids.” She says and shows you the monitor. You take the monitor from her and watch the scene with a smile.

“You know I thought 5 kids would be too much, but I wouldn’t trade any of these moments for anything.” You tell her and Melissa takes the monitor from you and puts it on the nightstand. Melissa goes back to scratching your scalp and then there’s a knock at the door. “Come in.” You say and Caty and Elena run in. Caty uses Elena’s steps to get on the bed and crawls to Melissa.

“Hey Dolcezza, have a nice nap?” Melissa asks her and Caty nods.

“Had an amazing dream! Wanna hear about it?” Caty asks her and then one of the girls starts crying.

“I would love to, Dolcezza but I should check on the twins. But how about you tell Mommy all about it, I’m sure she would love to hear it.” Melissa says as she picks Caty up and puts her on your side of the bed as you sit up. Melissa gets up and walks out of the room as Caty starts telling you all about her dream.
An hour later you’re all eating dinner at the dinner table and the 3 toddlers are talking all at the same time. All of a sudden you see Bella throw an apple slice and it hits Caty in the face.

“Ah! Mommy, Mamma, did you see that? Bella did that on purpose!” She complains and you stop Bella from throwing another slice.

“Dolcezza, it was just an accident.” Melissa tells her and Caty’s jaw drops in shock.

“No, it wasn’t! Mommy had to stop her from doing it again.” She points out.

“I meant it was an accident that it hit you, Dolcezza.” Melissa explains and Caty crosses her arms.

An hour later Caty looks to see you’re playing with Mia and Bella as Melissa is teaching a hand game to Amelia as Nico watches. Caty looks down and just continues playing with her puzzle toy. Bella then starts crying and you pick her up and Melissa looks over.

“Bella alright?” Melissa asks and you nod.

“Ya, just hit herself with a toy by accident.” You explain and Melissa nods before paying attention to Amelia and Nico. A few minutes later Melissa gets up and goes to grab Mia with a smile.

“Hi Carina.” She tells Mia and Mia smiles at her and grabs her hair. “Like Mamma’s hair?” She asks and Mia nods. Caty watches as you interact with the twins and she sighs before she looks over and sees Nico and Amelia playing together.

“Mamma, Mommy, want to play with me?” Caty asks and you both turn around to look at her.

“I’ll play with you in a few minutes, Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her and you see Caty looking disappointed for a few seconds before she continues playing. True to her word, Melissa puts Mia down after a couple minutes and then goes to play with Caty.

A couple hours later Caty holds Teddy close to her chest as she watches the movie that’s playing. She knows you’re upstairs as you had to put Mia and Bella to bed and she can’t help but feel upset. She doesn’t know why as she knows she’s loved by both you and Melissa but doesn’t get as much attention since the girls have been born.

At night, Caty goes to her room to get in her pjs, as well as Nico and Amelia. Caty passes by the girls bedroom and sees one of them in your arms, getting soothed by you. Caty walks over to the doorframe and watches as you rub their back and they’re laying their head on your chest.

“Aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for bed, Dolcezza?” She hears and Caty looks over to see Melissa walking towards her, in her pjs.

Caty takes one last look at you with one of the babies and then she goes to her room. 10 minutes later Elena comes into her room and lays right on her bed, followed by Melissa. Melissa looks in and sees Caty on the bed, holding Teddy and she seems zoned out, lost in thought.

“Ready for sleep, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks and Caty doesn’t move. Melissa walks over to her, crouches down to her level and Caty looks at her. “Everything alright?” Melissa asks and Caty nods after a couple seconds. “Alright. Well I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted. Are you tired, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks with a smile and Caty nods. “Well let’s get you into bed so you can get some sleep.”

Melissa then pulls the covers back and Caty gets comfortable in bed before Melissa tucks her into bed. Melissa gives her a kiss on the forehead before she gives Elena a kiss on the head.

“Good night Mamma, I love you.” Caty says and Melissa smiles.

“I love you, too, Dolcezza. Good night.” Melissa tells her as she turns the night light on. Melissa then walks to the door, turns the LED lights off and then closes the door.

Caty lays in bed, thinking about how you weren’t the one to put her to bed tonight. She knows that it isn’t always you who puts her to bed, but most of the time it is. She can’t help but feel that it’s her sister’s fault for taking your attention away, causing her to not get a good night kiss from you. She then holds Teddy closer to her chest as a tear falls down her face and then she falls asleep.

The next morning, Caty doesn’t feel much like talking so she keeps quiet through breakfast. Halfway through, both you and Melissa notice that she hasn’t said anything and that she seems deep in thought.

“So, tomorrow we’re all going to the furniture store to pick up toddler beds for Bella and Mia.” You announce to everyone. Bella giggles beside you and you smile at her. Caty watches the interaction and stabs at the food on her plate and eats it angrily. Melissa looks over and sees her expression and tilts her head and furrows her eyebrows in confusion.

“Dolcezza, you haven’t really said anything, something you want to talk about?” Melissa asks her and Caty just shakes her head and continues eating. “Alright, arms up.” Melissa tells Caty as she’s helping her get dressed. Caty puts her arms up and Melissa puts the shirt on her and then hands her Teddy.

“Do we have to get new beds for Bella and Mia?” Caty asks and Melissa looks at her.

“We do as they attempted to break free from their crib yesterday. Luckily Mommy caught them before they fell to the ground.” Melissa explains and Caty looks down. “Are you ok?” Melissa asks and Caty looks up and nods. “Well if you’re not ok or if something is bothering you, then you know you can talk to me or mommy right?” Melissa asks her and she sees Caty pull Teddy closer to her chest.

Melissa realises she’s not going to get an answer from her so she gets up from the floor and walks to the door. She turns around to see Caty going to play with her dolls and dollhouse and leaves.

Melissa goes downstairs to see the rest of her kids are downstairs and Amelia is practicing her reading with you. You see Melissa pass you and she sits down on the couch, head in her hands, thinking about something.

“Keep reading and I’ll be right back, sweetheart.” You tell Amelia and she nods. You stand up and you walk over and sit down next to Melissa. “What are you thinking about?” You ask her.

“Caty.” Is all she says.

“Is everything alright with her?”

“I don’t know. I feel that something is bothering her but she won’t say what that is or that something is bothering her.” Melissa tells you. “I know she’s normally the quiet kid, but she’s been extra quiet recently and she seems more zoned out.” She adds and you hum.

“She could just be having an off couple of days. I mean it was a busy week last week so she could just be recharging.” You say and she nods.

“Ya, that could be it. I mean we read the autistic kids do need more recharging time than most.” Melissa says, trying to convince herself that everything is alright.

“Exactly, let’s give her a couple rest days and if she’s still acting differently than usual then we’ll talk to her.” You tell her and she nods.

Caty comes downstairs a couple hours later. She closes the second baby gate behind her and she turns around to see you playing with the girls and Melissa playing with Nico and Amelia. Caty walks to the couch and sits down on it without a word. Both you and Melissa look at Caty sitting on the couch, holding Teddy and looking off into the distance. You both decided to not bother her and let her come to one of you if there was something bothering her.

Hours pass and you look at Caty as you all eat dinner. She hasn’t said much all day and you’re starting to worry. Right now you see her mostly just moving her food around with the fork and eating slowly.

“Something wrong with the food, Dolcezza?” Melissa asks as she’s been looking at Caty as well. Caty looks up at Melissa and shakes her head.

“No, Mamma, it’s good.” Caty tells her.

“Are you not feeling well, sweetheart?” You ask her and put a hand on her forehead. “You don’t feel warm.” You say and she looks at you.

“Not hungry.” She tells you and puts her kiddie fork on the plate.

“Alright, I’ll go pack it away in case you’re hungry later.” You tell her and grab her plate and head into the kitchen. Caty leaves the dinner table to go over to the couch, puts her headphones on and listens to music.

“So now she’s not eating?” Melissa asks you a few hours later, after you put all the kids to bed. You watch as Melissa paces around the room, in a worried state.

“Melissa, you have to keep your voice down or you might wake the kids.” You warn and she casts a glare at you. “I know you’re worried about Caty but we don’t even know what’s going on with her as she hasn’t come to us.”

“I can’t just wait around for her to come to us like you suggested, that was a stupid idea anyway.” She says sternly and places her hands on her hips.

“How was it stupid? Amelia always comes to us.”

“No she doesn’t! And in case you haven’t noticed, Caty is not Amelia. Caty is more shy and reserved than Amelia ever has been.” Melissa snips back.

“If you want to push her to talk then by my guest, but I’m not going to as I don’t want to scare her off and get her to retreat in her own world!” You counter and Melissa lets out a sigh.

Unknown to either of you, Amelia was on the other side of the door the entire time as she couldn’t fall asleep. Amelia steps away from the door and runs back to her room. This was the first time she ever witnessed a fight between you two and she heard that it was about Caty. Amelia climbs into her bed, grabs a stuffed animal and brings it close to her chest.

“Mamma and mommy might separate because of Cat.” She tells herself and she starts crying quietly.

In your bedroom, Melissa lets out a sigh and looks at you.

“Fine, if you want to wait around then do that, but tomorrow I’m figuring out what’s wrong with our daughter.” Melissa tells you and then she climbs into bed and lays on her back.

“No cuddles?” You ask her and she turns to look at you.

“Come here.” She says as she holds her arm out. You shuffle closer to her until you’re up against her and place your head on her chest and arm around her waist. You hear her let out a sigh and she starts scratching your scalp. “I’m sorry for yelling at you, I’m just really worried.” She tells you and you look up at her.

“I know. And I know we’re both not really sure how to approach this because Caty is autistic.” You tell her, acknowledging the elephant in the room.

“Growing up, if something was bothering us then we let the person know by yelling at them.” Melissa tells you and she rubs her eyes and yawns. “I’m not used to someone going silent.”

“We’ll figure it out tomorrow, after we get the girls their new beds. And we’ll figure it out together.” You say and she looks at you.

“Together is how we do things best.” She says with a smile. You both share a kiss before you get comfortable and fall asleep.

The next morning you wake up with both of you spooning and Melissa has one hand cupping your boob. You squirm a bit as you realise how wet you are and remember that you just had a sex dream. You move your body slightly and it causes Melissa’s thumb to brush your nipple and you buck your hips involuntarily.

“Melissa…Melissa.” You try to wake her up but it seems she’s passed right out so you elbow her in the stomach. You didn’t elbow her too hard but she did wake up confused.

“What the hell was that for?” She asks as she moves her arms and you’re able to move and take your pjs off. “What are you doing?”

“I’m really hot.” You tell her as you lay back on your back, completely naked. You see her looking at you confused from the corner of your eye and you groan. “I had a sex dream.” You admit and look at her. You see her confused expression turn into amused and she smirks.

“Oh ya? Wanna tell me about it?” She asks as she places a finger on your stomach and starts tracing patterns.

“Well…you-you were on top of me and had your fingers inside of me.” You say and she hums.

“Sounds like you had a great dream.” She says and moves her hand to your thighs. “Did you finish?” She asks and you shake your head. “Hm, well how about we finish what your dream started.” She suggests as she feels how wet your pussy is. “You’re so wet, I guess it made you wake up all hot and bothered.” She tells you with her seductive voice and you whine.

“Please.” You beg as she runs a finger through your folds.

“I love it when you beg, baby.” She says before she slips a finger in your entrance and immediately starts pumping.

“Oh god.” You moan out and Melissa wraps her mouth around one of your nipples.

She then slips a second finger in you and it’s getting hard to stay quiet so you don’t wake the kids. Melissa flick her tongue on your nipple and you buck your hips. Melissa used that to angle her fingers better and you gasp out. You were starting to get loud so she lets go of your nipple and starts kissing you, concealing the noises.

“Is this how you want it, baby?” Melissa asks you, already knowing the answer. You nod your head as she starts kissing your neck and covering your mouth with her free hand. She feels you start to clench around her fingers so she gives your neck one last kiss before she starts kissing your lips again. “I know you’re close, baby, let go.” She tells you between kisses.

You gasp and moan into her kisses as you get closer and closer to your orgasm. You reach your peak and you wrap your arms around Melissa, digging your nails into her. You then let go and feel your orgasm rushing through you. Melissa feels your body go limp so she removes her fingers from inside you and puts them in her mouth, tasting you.

“Even with all my cooking skills, I could never make something that tastes as good as you.” She says with a smile and you let out a small chuckle.

“You’re such a sweet talker.” You tell her and she kisses you. She then takes her pjs off and you watch as she undresses. “And your body is irresistible.” You add and you sit up to touch her with your mouth but she pushes you back down.

“Not yet.” She tells you. She then straddles one of your thighs and starts moving her hips, rubbing her clit on your thigh. “Have I ever told you, how turned on I get by watching you come around my fingers?” She asks.

“Not recently.” You say and she lets out a moan. She then grabs your hands and pulls you up and wraps her arms around your neck.

“All this wetness, is how turned on you make me.” She says, breathless already. You feel the wetness on your thigh and she’s dripping with wetness. You grab her hips and help her move on your thigh. You then stare at her boobs and can’t help but wrap your mouth around one of the nipples. “You just love my boobs, don’t you baby?” She asks and you nod your head, unable to speak.

You then switch to her other nipple and she lets out a moan, unable to contain how much stimulation you’re giving her. She uses one of her hands to grab your chin and you look up at her. You let go of her nipple and she brings your face close to hers and kisses you. She runs her fingers through your hair, kissing you hard and passionately. She then comes with a gasp, while still kissing you and she starts slowing down her hips.

You, however, have different plans and you keep moving her hips with your hands and clench your thigh muscles. Melissa falls slightly into you due to the surprise but lets you do whatever, she always lets you do whatever to her. She keeps kissing you as her second orgasm is building quickly. She grabs a hold of your hair and pulls slightly. The pulling causes your head to go back a bit, making Melissa go forward, and putting more stimulation on her clit with the angle. She lets out a moan and then a gasp as she comes again. You stop moving her hips and she rests her forehead against yours as she catches her breath.

At breakfast, you both watch as Caty and Amelia seem to not be themselves. Melissa made chocolate chip pancakes, an attempt to cheer Caty up with whatever is going on with her. You watch as both girls just eat silently while Nico is drowning his pancakes in syrup.

At the store, you push the cart while Bella is sitting at the top and Mia is inside the cart as she looks around. Nico is on the end of the cart, pretending he’s an airplane as Melissa is carrying Caty and holding Amelia’s hand.

“Do you like any of these beds, sweetheart?” You ask Bella and she looks at the beds.

“How about I get her to look at them?” Melissa suggests and you nod.

Melissa puts Caty down gently and then gets Bella out of the child seat at the top of the cart. You watch as the two of them walk around, looking at all the beds and you stay with the other 4 kids. What you don’t notice is Amelia crosses her arms and glares at Caty. Caty looks at her confused and just chooses to look away. You see Bella chooses a multicoloured bed and they come back with Melissa carrying the box.

You then grab Mia out of the cart and bring her to the beds as Melissa stays with all the kids. Mia ends up choosing a green bed with a soccer ball on it. Melissa asks Amelia to watch her siblings as she goes to grab the bed and you walk back to the cart. In the minute that both of you aren’t there, Amelia turns to look at Caty.

“Whatever is going on with you, it’s causing mamma and mommy to fight.” Amelia tells Caty and Caty looks at her.

“What?” Caty asks her.

“Just tell them what’s going on with you or they’ll separate and it’ll be your fault.” Amelia accuses.

“What does separate mean?” Caty asks innocently.

“It means they won’t be together anymore, one of them will leave us.” Amelia tells her and Caty gasps.

“Mamma or mommy will leave us?” Caty asks and Amelia nods.

“And it’ll be because of you.” Amelia accuses again and tears spring to Caty’s eyes. You end looking over and see Caty start crying and you quickly walk over.

“Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” You ask her as you put Mia back in the cart and go over to Caty. Caty doesn’t say anything, just keeps crying, even as you hug her. Melissa looks over when you quickly walked away and she puts the bed in the cart just as you start hugging Caty.

At home, you and Melissa are sitting on the floor as you put Mia’s bed together. Melissa is putting a screw in as you get the next step ready.

“And she didn’t say anything about why she was crying?” Melissa asks and you shake your head.

“She was just begging me not to leave.” You tell her as you lean back and rest against the wall. You look at the baby monitors and see your kids watching tv downstairs and the girls playing in their playpen.

“We have to push her to talk.” Melissa says after a few seconds. “Being quiet is one thing but crying and not saying why is another thing.” Melissa adds and you nod.

“I know.” You say and hand her the next screw.

An hour later you left the kids with a snack and brought Caty to her room with Elena. Melissa was petting Elena as you sat Caty on her bed and handed her the plate with the snacks and she began eating.

“Now sweetheart, we don’t want to push you but you have to talk to us about what’s going on.” You tell her gently and she just looks at you as she eats the cheese.

“Dolcezza, we’re worried about you and we can’t help unless you talk to us.” Melissa tells her and Caty looks down so you sit down next to her.

“We love you very much sweetheart and we want to know how to help you as we feel bad that something is upsetting you.” You say and she takes another bite of her cheese and takes a deep breath.

“Promise you won’t get mad?” Caty asks and you grab her hand.

“I promise you that whatever it is, we won’t get mad.” You promise and she nods her head.

“It started with Mia and Bella.” She starts and you look at her. “I’ve been feeling sad and angry whenever you pay attention to them instead of me.” She admits and takes another bite.

“Sweetheart, that’s called jealousy. And that feeling is a very human emotion and you have a right to feel that way. But sweetheart, mamma and I have to pay attention to all of our kids.” You tell her.

“Mamma does pay attention to me, but you’ve been paying less and less attention to me.” She tells you and you furrow your eyebrows. She then puts the plate on the bed and starts pacing. “Mamma puts me to bed and gets me up in the morning. Mamma plays with me everyday and she promised me she’ll teach me how to start cooking when I turn 4 in a month. You give all your attention to Mia and Bella.” She accuses you and you’re speechless by what she’s saying, because she’s not wrong.

“Dolcezza, mommy and I try to give all of you attention everyday and-”

“Melissa.” You interrupt her and she looks at you and you shake your head. “Caty, sweetheart, you’re right. I’ve been spending most of my time with your younger siblings and I’m so sorry about that.” You say and she looks at you with a sad expression and you tuck some hair behind her ear. “I promise you that I’m going to pay more attention to you and your older siblings. And if ever you feel like I’m not giving you enough attention then I want you to tell me, ok?” You ask her and she nods after a couple seconds.

“Ok.” She says and you smile at her. “Can I ask you both a question?” She asks and you nod. “Now that I told you what was happening, neither of you will leave now, right?” She asks you both and you tilt your head and Melissa immediately gets Caty to look at her.

“Dolcezza, mommy and I aren’t leaving and we weren’t going to.” Melissa tells her and Caty lets out a breath of relief. “What made you think one of us was going to leave?”

“Amelia told me she heard you fighting over me and she told me it’ll be my fault if one of you leaves.” She admits and you see the worst conflict in Melissa right now.

“Amelia was wrong to blame you.” Melissa states firmly.

“You and mommy weren’t fighting over me?”

“We had a small disagreement last night but we solved it very quickly and together.” Melissa promises her. “Mommy and I sometimes have disagreements but we always resolve them together and we always continue to love each other.” Melissa tells her and Caty looks at her. “And even if we are having disagreements, it’s never you or your siblings’ fault. Do you understand?” Melissa asks her and Caty nods. “Alright, how about you go join your siblings downstairs.”

“We have to talk to Amelia.” You tell Melissa once Caty is out of earshot. Melissa puts her hands over her eyes and lays down on the floor.

“What was Amelia thinking when she told those things to Caty?” Melissa asks and Elena goes up to her and starts licking her face. “Not in the mouth.” She tells Elena and starts petting her.

“I think she was worried one of us would leave and was looking for someone to blame.” You say and she takes a deep breath.

Melissa goes to get Amelia and brings her upstairs to her room where you were already waiting. You get her to sit on her bed at the headboard while the both of you sit at the foot of the bed.

“Am I in trouble for something?” Amelia asks and you look at Melissa and realise she’s not going to say anything yet.

“We have a few questions for you and we’d like you to be honest with us.” You tell her and she nods.

“We had an interesting conversation with Caty.” Melissa says and you look at her in shock as you didn’t expect her to talk yet. “And she told us what you told her at the store and why she was crying.”

“You and mommy were fighting last night and I didn’t want one of you to leave.” Amelia immediately says.

“Sweetie, mamma and I aren’t going to leave and we never were. We had a small disagreement last night but we resolved it quickly.” You tell her.

“Tesoro, you can’t be putting blame on yourself or your siblings.” Melissa adds and Amelia looks at her.

“I never heard you fight before, it scared me.” She admits and Melissa holds her arms out and Amelia crawls over and rests her head on Melissa’s chest.

“I understand it can be scary but you need to talk to us about these things instead of starting a sibling rivalry.” Melissa tells her and Amelia nods.

“Ok.” She says softly.

“Now, you need to apologise to Caty for what you said.” Melissa says and Amelia nods again.

“I’m sorry.” Amelia says.

“Amelia, how did you even hear the disagreement, your room is on the other end of the hallway?” You ask her and she looks down.

“I couldn’t sleep and was going to ask for help. I ran back to my room when mamma stopped yelling.” She admits and Melissa strokes her head.

“I’m sorry that you heard me raising my voice. But, I wasn’t raising my voice at mommy. I raised my voice because I was upset.” Melissa explains and Amelia looks at you.

“Mamma wasn’t mad at you?” She asks and you shake your head.

“She wasn’t angry at me. I honestly can’t remember the last time mamma was mad at me or raised her voice at me.” You admit.

That night you lay your head on Melissa’s lap as she scrolls on her phone, glasses on. To her surprise you take her phone and straddle her lap.

“Why did you take my phone?” She asks as she rubs your legs.

“Seeing what’s more interesting than what I’m saying.” You tell her.

“I was listening to everything you were saying as nothing is more interesting than what you say.” She tells you as she wraps her arms around your waist.

“Aw, that’s sweet. You’re a fucking liar, but it’s sweet.” You say and she laughs. You then look down and she gently takes her phone from you and puts it on the nightstand.

“What’s on your mind?” She asks as she interlaces her fingers with yours.

“It’s Caty. I didn’t realise how little time I spent with her. I asked Amelia and Nico if they felt like I was spending less time with them and they said no.” You tell her.

“Caty is autistic and they thrive on routines, and she noticed that one parent wasn’t part of the routine.” She says and then cups your cheeks. “You’re not a bad parent because of this. You’re human and you made a mistake but you want to make up for it. That makes you a good parent.” She adds and a tear falls down your face and Melissa wipes it away.

“You know, not too long ago Amelia wished her siblings weren’t born, now Caty wished the girls weren’t born.” You say and she chuckles.

“That’s sometimes how siblings feel.” She tells you. “Give all 5 of them a few years and they’ll love each other.” She adds.

“You think they’ll love each other one day?” You ask.

“I grew to love all of mine and they all grew to love me. Plus, they all love you as their sister.” She says and you smile. You then get her to spread her legs and you sit between them and lay your head on her chest as she wraps her arms around you. “Let’s get some sleep, we got Amelia’s birthday to celebrate in 2 days and her party on Saturday.”

“Can we just stay like this? Just for another minute?” You ask and she tightens her hold on you.

“For you? Anything.”

Chapter Text

You close the door on the last person to leave the house as they came to celebrate Amelia’s birthday. You walk to the couch and you see Melissa is fast asleep, snuggling with Elena. You place the couch blanket on top of her before you take a look at all your kids. You see Amelia showing all her new toys to Caty while Caty is holding Teddy, Nico is drawing a picture with washable markers and the girls are playing in their playpen.

After an hour of letting them do their own thing, you open the baby gates and get the twins and Amelia to go upstairs and start getting ready for bed. You leave the girls in their playpen and you see Elena wake up as your kids are running upstairs and she runs after them. You walk over to Melissa and crouch down and start moving her hair out of her face.

“Hey my love, wanna wake up?” You ask quietly, waking her up gently. You watch as she slowly opens her eyes and smiles at you.

“Why don’t you join me?” She asks and pats the spot in front of her.

“I would, but our kids are upstairs getting ready for bed.” You tell her. “And I think our 6 year old will want a good night kiss from you.” You add and she hums.

“I can’t believe my baby is 6 years old.” She says and you place your arms on the couch and your head on your hands.

“I know, it feels like she was just born, like we just brought her home from the hospital yesterday. Do you remember why I liked the name Amelia the most?” You ask her and she nods with a smile.

“So we can be your two Mel’s.” She tells you and you smile.

“Ya. It turns out to have been perfect as she’s basically you, mini Mel.” You say and she lets out a small chuckle. Melissa then sits up on the couch and you slot yourself between her legs and you look up at her.

“You being in this position is making my mind go to places.” She says and you hum and place your hands on her thighs.

“After the kids go to bed then I wouldn’t say no to spending time between your thighs, burying my tongue in your-”

“Mamma! Mommy! I’m stuck!” Nico yells.

“I’ll go help our son, how about you put the girls to bed.” You suggest and Melissa nods. You stand up, give her a kiss and then go upstairs. Melissa walks over to the playpen where the girls are playing and opens the little door.

“Hey Carina and Bambi, wanna go to bed?” She asks them both and Bella looks up at her.

“No.” Bella tells her and Melissa crouches down to their level.

“No? Then when will you go to bed then?” Melissa asks her.

“Never.” Bella says with a smile.

“Never? You’re never going to sleep?”

“Ya!”

“What will you do instead of sleeping?”

“Play!” Bella exclaims.

“Play? All day? Hm, I think maybe we should get you in pjs and then you can decide if you want to sleep or not, how’s that sound?”

“Ok.” Bella says and then Melissa picks her up.

“You’re a silly goose, did you know that?” Melissa asks and Bella shakes her head.

“No.”

“Well you are, my cute silly goose.” Melissa says with a smile. Melissa then begins tickling her stomach and Bella starts giggling.

“Ah! Mamma!” Bella says in between giggles. Melissa stops tickling her and then Bella lays her head on Melissa’s chest.

“Let’s get you and your sister in pjs.” Melissa tells her and then picks Mia up and then starts walking upstairs. “We’ll get you upstairs, in pjs and then off to dreamland.”

Melissa gets them upstairs and into pjs before tucking them in bed. Mia falls asleep in seconds and then Melissa goes to Bella. Bella climbs under the covers and Melissa places the blanket on her gently and gives her a forehead kiss.

“I love you, Carina. Good night.” Melissa says gently and Bella smiles.

“Love you.” Bella tells her and then closes her eyes.

Melissa stands up, makes sure both night lights are on before she goes over, turns the light off and then closes the door. Melissa is about to go to the bedroom when she hears you talking to Nico.

“You have to go to bed sweetheart.” You tell Nico.

“But I’m not tired.” He complains and Melissa makes it to the doorway and sees you putting his clothes in his little laundry basket.

“What will help you sleep?” You ask him and he starts running around the room.

“Nothing, I can stay up all night!” He exclaims and Melissa sees you’re not in the mood for this, which means Amelia or Caty didn’t want to go to bed as well. Melissa walks in, picks Nico up and does an airplane with him until she reaches his bed. “Wee!” Nico says with a smile. “Again, mamma, again!”

“We can’t, the airplane has to land and rest.” She tells him and puts him on the bed. “Come on, let’s get you under the covers and then off to dreamland.” She says and he climbs to the front of the bed and Melissa places the blanket on him.

“But I can’t fall asleep. See, look.” Nico says and closes his eyes. He then opens them a few seconds later and looks at Melissa. “See mamma, I can’t, I’m not tired.” He tells her.

“Hm, I think maybe if you thought of what it would be like to be in a race car, then you’d fall asleep and maybe even drive a race car in your dream.” She tells him with a smile.

“You think so, mamma?” He asks with a big smile.

“Maybe. You’d have to fall asleep to know for sure.” She says. “Are you going to try to sleep?” She asks and he nods. “Ok, I think you can.”

“Good night mamma and mommy, love you.” He tells you both and Melissa gives him a kiss on the cheek.

“Good night sweetheart.” You tell him.

“Good night, Ometto, we love you too.” Melissa says before she stands up. “Sweet dreams.” She adds and then turns off the light and closes the door. As soon as she closes the door you drag her to the bedroom and she lets out a giggle. “Eager tonight?” She asks and you nod. She closes the bedroom door and you pin her against it and kiss her.

“I want to eat you until you come.” You whisper and she hums.

“I like that idea.” She says and you take her top off and throw it somewhere in the room.

“I love your chest, such a weakness for me.” You say as you unclip her bra and take it off.

“And you can do whatever you want with them.” She tells you. You pin her hands to the door and begin kissing and sucking her neck, sucking the exact spot that turns her on in a second. “Oh god, baby.” She gasps out and you smirk as it always works.

You then trail lower and put a nipple in your mouth. You begin sucking and flicking the nipple with your tongue and the gasps and moans fall out of her. You had to pin her body with your own as she couldn’t keep her hips still with all the stimulation you were giving her. You end up doing a hard suck and a whimper falls out of her. You switch to the other nipple and start sucking as you undo her jeans. You take her jeans and underwear off at the same time and you feel her centre and she’s already dripping.

“You’re dripping.” You say and she lets out an airy chuckle.

“You know exactly what to do to make that happen.” She tells you and you wink at her.

“Spread your legs.” You tell her and she looks at you. She was too busy paying attention to what your finger is doing in between her legs that she wasn’t listening.

“What?” She asks and you grab her hips and pin her body to the door.

“Spread your legs, Mrs. Schemmenti.” You say seductively and she spreads her legs. She grabs the back of your head and pulls you in for a kiss, a rough kiss.

“You sound so hot right now.” She says between kisses and you hum. You then go down on your knees and wrap your arms around her thighs. You then immediately start licking and sucking her clit and she quickly grabs hold of the dresser beside her. “Oh, baby, that feels so good, your tongue feels so good.” She gasps out and you moan. You then go lower and stick your tongue in her centre and she almost loses her balance.

“Are you able to stay standing?” You ask her and it takes her a few seconds to process that you said something.

“I don’t think so, I think I need to sit or lay down.” She tells you and you stand up.

You then grab her hand and bring her to the foot of the bed and she sits down. You grab a pillow from the bed and place it on the floor in front of her and go down on your knees. You bring your mouth back to her centre and stick your tongue in, tasting her and licking up her juices.

“Oh god, baby, don’t stop, don’t stop.” She begs.

You bring a hand to her clit and begin rubbing circles and she falls on the bed. She begins moving her hips, trying to get more stimulation from your tongue but you pin her hips down. She grabs the sheets, trying to control herself. It’s hard though when her legs are on your shoulders as you’re
tongue is doing wonders inside of her. You then feel her muscles tense and her legs shake and you can tell she’s close. With one last push and circle on her clit, she becomes undone and squirts right into your mouth. It catches you off guard but you still swallow everything that squirted right into your mouth.

“Did you squirt, my love?” You ask her and you look at her and see she doesn’t have the mental capacity to talk right now.

You get her to crawl to the foot of the bed and you grab a cloth from the nightstand and clean her up. You make sure to avoid her clit as she’s extremely sensitive right now and wipe off all the wetness on her. You then throw the cloth away and get her to climb underneath the covers. You strip your clothes and join her underneath and she clings to you. She has an arm wrapped around your waist and her head on your chest as she has a leg draped around you.

The next morning you snap your eyes open and realise that Melissa has your back pushed up against her front. The next thing you realise is her arm is across your stomach, preventing you from moving as her other hand is making its way through your folds. You squirm a bit as she’s teasing you and you hear a giggle.

“Good morning, baby. I’m just returning what you gave me last night.” She whispers in your ear and you moan.

She then inserts two fingers in your entrance and you gasp as she starts pumping. You move one leg back, draping it over hers to give her better access. You feel her hand move from your stomach to your boob, and start playing with the nipple. She starts curling her fingers inside of you and you let out a loud gasp. Melissa moves her hand from your boob to your mouth, to cover your noises.

“Gotta be quiet baby, or else the kids will wake up and come bug us.” She tells you and then starts kissing your neck. Melissa hears your heavy breathing and feels your legs start shaking and clenching around her fingers. “Are you going to come for me baby? Make my fingers all nice and wet?” She asks and you nod. “Let me feel my beautiful wife come.” She adds and that helps to send you over the edge and you gasp as you come.

Melissa pulls her fingers out of you and sticks them in her mouth as her other hand moves off of your mouth and wraps around your stomach. When she finishes cleaning her fingers, she wraps both arms around you and holds you tight. You feel her boobs getting squished but she doesn’t seem to care. When you catch your breath and relaxed a bit, you’re able to turn around in her arms and you look at her.

“Well that was a nice morning surprise.” You say and she smiles.

“And I do like surprising you.” She says softly and you place your head on her bare chest. You feel her naked body on your naked body and you let out a content sigh. “Happy?” She asks you and you nod.

“Very happy…and satisfied.” You tell her and she laughs.

“I’m happy to hear that, because you really satisfied me last night.” She tells you and you nod.

“I know, you squirted and then couldn’t talk. It’s been awhile since that happened.”

“I know, it was unexpected but not unwelcomed.” She says and you start moving your hand down to her stomach and feel it all over. “What are you doing?”

“Feeling you.” You simply say and she hums.

“My body has changed since I first met you 13 years ago, you can probably feel it, more squishy.” She tells you.

“All I can tell is my wife is more beautiful than the day I met her, and continues to get even sexier with age.” You say. “As for your body being more squishy, I prefer it. Means more like a pillow for my head and I can leave hickeys in lots of places.” You explain and she laughs.

“You want to leave hickeys on my stomach and arms?” She asks and you nod.

“If I’m allowed to.” You add and she looks at you with a smile.

“Of course you’re allowed to, you’re allowed to do whatever you want to me.” She says and you quirk an eyebrow at her.

“Whatever I want? So I can tease you now and leave you all hot and bothered all day?” You ask and she hums.

“If you want, but I don’t think you’re that cruel when we don’t have to go to work today.” She tells you and you raise an eyebrow at her. “You think I haven’t noticed that you prefer teasing me right before we go to work? It really makes it harder to teach the little eagles.” She asks and you smile.

“I only do it in retaliation, as payback for something that you’ve done.”

“And what do I do that makes you resort to that?” She asks.

“Like wearing one of your more low cut tops, that’s almost not school appropriate. You know it makes me check you out all day.” You explain and she smiles.

“That’s why I wear them, because I want your attention on me all day.” She tells you and you press your lips to hers and she immediately kisses you back. You pull back when air is needed and you smile at her. “As much as I’m enjoying this, we should get up as our little gremlins will be getting up soon and it’s the last day of Christmas break.” She says and you nod.

“I know, just one more kiss.” You say and Melissa smiles before she leans forward, capturing your lips with hers.

“Hm, ti amo Amore.” She tells you and you push her hair back, out of her face.

“I love you too, my love.” You tell her and then in a second, she pushes you back and gets on top of you. “What are you doing?” You ask her with a smile.

“I know the kids will be up soon but I just have to taste you.”

“If you do that, you have to be prepared to finish the job.” You say and she winks at you before she goes lower.

While Melissa was eating you out, Caty wakes up with Elena. She wakes up hungry and wants to go bug Melissa for food so she gets up, grabs Teddy and goes down the hall. She’s about to knock when she hears you talking and noises she hasn’t heard before.

“Oh Melissa, don’t stop.” You moan out.

“I don’t plan to, baby, you taste so good.” Melissa tells you.

Caty backs away from the door, really confused by what she heard. She then runs to Amelia’s room and knocks on her door. Amelia opens it a few seconds later and is surprised to see Caty there.

“Something wrong?” Amelia asks and Caty nods.

“I think I heard mamma say she was eating mommy.” Caty blurts out and Amelia tilts her head. “I heard mamma tell mommy that she tastes good.”

“I’ve heard that before, they’re just kissing. They do that a lot, no matter where they are.” Amelia tells her.

“I’m also hungry, should I interrupt them kissing?” Caty asks and Amelia shakes her head.

“No, but they should be done soon, they normally don’t kiss for long. If you’re hungry then I have some Halloween candy in here that you can have.” Amelia offers and Caty nods.

“Ok.” Caty says and follows Amelia to her candy bag in the closet. Amelia gives Caty a chip bag and a small chocolate bar. “Thank you. Mamma and mommy don’t let me keep my candy bag in my room.”

“They only let me keep mine in my room this year, before it was in the kitchen cupboard.” Amelia tells her as Caty tries to open the chip bag. “Here, let me open it for you.” Amelia offers and then both of them hear you scream. “I think they’re also playing that adult game, but they won’t tell me what it’s called.” Amelia explains as Caty eats the chips.

They see you both emerge from the bedroom a few minutes later with robes on, and giggling. They watch as Melissa pulls you to her and you wrap your arms around her waist and look at her with a smile.

“Twice in one morning? Best way to wake up.” You say and give Melissa a kiss. Melissa opens her eyes as she pulls away from the kiss and sees Amelia and Caty looking at them, from Amelia’s room.

“Tesoro, Dolcezza, you’re both up.” Melissa says and you turn around and see them.

“Caty’s hungry and didn’t want to interrupt your kissing and adult game.” Amelia explains as Caty eats the chocolate bar. “I gave her some of my Halloween candy.” Amelia adds and Melissa makes her way over.

“You’re such an amazing big sister, but if either of you are hungry then you tell me or mommy, no matter what.” Melissa says and they both nod. “How about you both come with me to the kitchen and help me make breakfast for everyone?” Melissa asks and they both agree excitedly.

You enter the kitchen 15 minutes later as you need to get the girls sippy cups. You see Caty taste testing something on the spoon and she smiles in approval.

“Good, mamma.” She says and Melissa nods.

“Alright, I trust your judgment.” Melissa tells her and goes back to the stove.

“Both helping mamma with the cooking?” You ask as you fill the sippy cups with juice.

“Ya! Mamma says we’re both assistant chefs.” Caty says with a big smile.

“I have the most adorable assistants ever.” Melissa says and taps them both on the nose with a spoon, getting sauce on their noses.

“Ah! Mamma!” Amelia exclaims and Caty and Amelia both start giggling.

“Mamma, kiss.” Caty says and Melissa knows what she’s thinking but brings her face close to Caty, regardless. Caty then presses her nose to Melissa’s, getting sauce on Melissa’s nose.

“You silly goose.” Melissa tells her and then gets a paper towel.

You watched the scene with a smile as Melissa is the best mother to all of your kids, and she proves that everyday. You see that it’s natural for her to be nurturing to all 5 of them, born to be a mother. You see Amelia whispering something to Melissa and Melissa nods at her. Melissa then goes to you and gets sauce on your nose just as you’re putting the lids on the cups.

“Ah!” You exclaim and they all start laughing. “You’re all little trouble makers.” You tell them with a smile.

You give Elena her breakfast kibble just as both kids come out of the kitchen with utensils. You then bring the other 3 to the table and in their chairs, with bibs, ready for breakfast. Melissa then comes out of the kitchen with the girls breakfast and puts it on their high chairs. She then comes back out with the toddlers breakfast plates and gives it to them before getting yours and hers plates.

“Mamma, it’s the last day of the break right?” Amelia asks and Melissa nods.

“Yep, you go back to kindergarten, me and mommy go back to work and everyone else goes back to daycare.” Melissa tells her.

“When do I start kindergarten?” Caty asks.

“You and Nico start in a year and a half.” You tell her.

“What do you do in kindergarten?” Nico asks and then Amelia goes into a conversation with them about kindergarten and everything she’s learned so far.

In the evening, Melissa brings the last popcorn bowl out and sits down beside you. You then press play on the family film you chose and grab some popcorn from the bowl. Just as you eat the popcorn, you see Melissa drown the rest with popcorn flavour and you roll your eyes.

“I saw that eye roll.” She whispers as she puts the popcorn shake on the table.

“I wasn’t trying to hide it.” You counter and she shakes her head and puts an arm around you.

After the movie ends, you see the twins are falling asleep but Amelia is wide awake. You bring both the twins upstairs and Melissa and Amelia clean up. You tuck Nico in and then you call for Elena who comes over to Caty’s room and gets on the foot of the bed. You then tuck Caty in, give her a kiss on the cheek and then kiss Elena on the head. You look at Amelia’s bedroom and you see Amelia snuggling Melissa on the bed as Melissa reads her a bedtime story.

Melissa comes to the bedroom ten minutes later and climbs into bed beside you. You put your phone down on the nightstand and turn to Melissa. Melissa lays on her side and puts her arms out and you get in front of her, with her spooning you.

The next morning was hectic. The kids didn’t want to go anywhere, you and Melissa kept silencing your alarms to the point where you both jumped out of bed when you noticed the time and construction made traffic a bitch.

You both walked into Abbott with Amelia 20 minutes before school starts. Amelia runs to her friends and you both walk to the break room. You immediately sit down in your seat and put your head in your hands.

“Long morning?” Barb asks as Melissa makes you both a cup of coffee.

“More like late morning and the kids didn’t want to get up.” You say and Melissa hands you a mug of coffee. “Hm, I love you.” You tell her and she leans down to give you a kiss.

“I love you too.” She says with a smile.

“You guys are always so cute.” Janine says and you both look to see everyone looking at you. Melissa then walks behind you and puts her hands on your shoulders.

“You really turned Melissa soft.” Jacob tells you and Melissa scoffs.

“Love is Melissa’s weakness and makes her soft.” You casually say and then take a sip of coffee.

“I’m still tough.” Melissa says and then takes a seat.

“Melissa, I saw Amelia snuggling into you last night as you read her a book. I don’t think that’s what tough people do.” You tell her and she looks at you with a smile.

“And I have 5 baseball bats scattered around the house for protection, including Edith who’s on my nightstand every night.” She counters and you hold her hand.

“My love, you can admit you have a soft spot for your family, it won’t kill you.” You whisper and she raises an eyebrow.

“We all have to get to our classes!” Janine exclaims and you look at the time and see there’s 5 minutes until school starts.

“Something bothering you?” You ask Melissa as you both walk to your classrooms.

“Do you really think I’m soft?” She asks and you wrap an arm around her waist.

“You are soft but tough when it matters.” You say and she has a smile as you give her a kiss on the cheek.

You both reach your classrooms and you welcome back the students as they enter the classroom. You look down the hall to see Melissa has a big smile on her face as she hugs and high fives her students.

“Welcome back my little eagles.”

Chapter Text

You’re walking down the hallway from Caty’s room and the next thing you know your eyes are covered and an arm is around your waist.

“If you’re not my wife then you’re gonna get beaten by her.” You say and you hear a giggle. The hand gets off of your eyes and you feel kisses placed on your neck.

“No one else but me is going to touch you, trust me.” Melissa tells you and you hum.

“You can touch me like this all you want.” You tell her and she slips a hand underneath your shirt.

She then spins you around, picks you up and carries you to the bedroom. She pins you against the bedroom door and you wrap your legs around her hips as you both make out. Both her hands slip under your shirt and then she takes it off quickly. She starts kissing down your neck again and you moan as she starts sucking.

All of a sudden you both hear screaming and you look at the baby monitors to see Amelia is screaming. You get off of Melissa and you both run to her room. Melissa reaches her first and you turn on the light. You both see she’s twisting and turning as well as asleep. Melissa wakes her up and Amelia snaps her eyes open and immediately clings to Melissa.

“Mamma.” She sobs out and Melissa wraps her arms around her and places a kiss on the top of her head.

“It’s ok, you’re ok, just a bad dream, Tesoro.” She tells her gently.

“Don’t let anyone take me away from you both.” Amelia says.

“No one is taking you away as long as we’re here.” Melissa promises her. Amelia ends up not letting go of Melissa and freaks out if you both try to leave her, so Melissa picks her up and brings her to your bedroom. Melissa promises her you’ll both be right back as you both head into the bathroom.

“I guess sex tonight isn’t happening.” You tell Melissa as soon as she closes the door.

“I guess not, but tomorrow I’ll be all over you.” She says and gives you a kiss.

“Is that a promise?” You ask and she nods.

“Definitely a promise.” She tells you seductively and gives you another kiss.

“You seem to be getting turned on again.” You say.

“I can’t help it if I have the most beautiful wife.” She says with a smile as she interlaces her fingers with yours. “I love you.” She adds.

“I love you too.” You tell her and she gives you another kiss. “Why do I have a feeling that I won’t be getting snuggles tonight?” You ask her and she shrugs.

“Don’t know why. Especially since I can lay on my back and snuggle with both of you, my cuddle bug.”

Which is what happens. You both came back to the bed and Amelia is still awake. Melissa lays in the middle of the bed and both you and Amelia get comfortable in Melissa’s arms. You see that Amelia is still scared to go back to bed so you grab her hand and do soothing circles with your thumb.

Melissa wakes up with Amelia on top of her and your back pressed up against her. The alarm on your phone goes off a few minutes later and you bolt awake and turn it off. Melissa looks at Amelia and sees she’s still asleep so she gently settles her on the bed and then turns to you.

“We should go have a shower together.” She whispers to you and you smile.

An hour later Melissa is getting breakfast ready for everyone as you get everyone’s lunches ready for the day.

“Amore, I was wondering if you wanted to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the weekend instead of on the actual day?” Melissa asks and you look at her.

“Couldn’t get a reservation then?” You ask and she looks at you.

“That’s not the point.” She says and you go over, spin her around and trap her between the counter and your body.

“It is the point, but sure, we can celebrate on the weekend instead.” You say and she smiles.

“Good, cause I already got us a reservation on Saturday and your parents said they can babysit.” She tells you and you raise your eyebrows.

“What would you have done if I said no?” You ask her.

“I would have said that I have all of Saturday planned so we’re celebrating on Saturday.” She says and you laugh. Melissa then wraps her arms around your waist and gives you a kiss. “By the way, I loved shower sex this morning.” She adds and you hum.

“You mean you loved having my tongue on your clit while my fingers are inside of you?” You tell her and she moans as you kiss her. While kissing her, she gets you to start walking backwards and traps you between her body and the island and then looks at you.

“If you describe it any more then I’ll want to make you come again.” She warns. Before you can respond, Nico bursts in and starts running around the kitchen island.

“Vroom, vroom!” He yells and Melissa laughs as she picks him up.

“What is your airplane doing flying around in here, Ometto?” She asks and he looks at her.

“It needed a new destination.” He explains and then you take him.

“Well I think it needs to turn around and go back to the living room.” You say before you put him down.

“I’m also hungry and thirsty.” He tells you and you turn around and grab his sippy cup.

“Well here’s some juice, and breakfast will be ready soon.” You tell him and he nods before he runs out with his cup and toy airplane. “I should go watch the kids.” You say to Melissa and she gives you another kiss before she goes back to cooking.

“Alright, here’s some eggs and bacon for everyone.” Melissa announces as she comes out with a bowl of scrambled eggs and a plate of bacon. She then starts putting the scrambled eggs and bacon on everyone’s plate.

“Mamma, is there going to be a birthday party for me and Nico this year?” Caty asks as Melissa puts the food on her plate.

“Yep, but it’s only immediate family and friends.” Melissa tells her and Caty nods.

“Can I invite someone?” She asks and you both turn to look at her.

“Of course, who do you want to invite sweetheart?” You ask.

“This girl at my daycare, we play together a lot.” She tells you both. Neither of you were aware that Caty made a friend as she doesn’t always talk about her day. You look at Melissa and you see she’s smiling before she places a kiss on Caty’s head.

“Well then how about you introduce us to her today and we can invite her and her parents.” Melissa says and Caty nods.

“Ok.” She says and then takes a bite of bacon.

At daycare, you both drop off the girls at the baby section and then you bring the twins to the toddler section. Caty grabs your hand and drags you to a 4 year old girl that’s saying goodbye to her parents.

“Mommy, this is her, her name is Julie.” Caty tells her and Melissa, Amelia and Nico are right behind you both. Julie and her parents then look up at all of you.

“Hi Julie, my name is Y/n and this is Melissa, we’re Caty and Nico’s parents.” You say to her and shake her hand.

“Hello.” Julie tells you.

“My daughter wanted to invite you to her and her brother’s birthday party this Saturday.” You tell her and she looks at her parents.

“Can I go?” She asks them.

“Let me look at our schedule.” Her dad says as he pulls his phone out. “We’re free this Saturday.” He confirms. Melissa then gives them the details and then she puts Nico down and he runs off.

“I guess toys are more important than saying bye to your parents.” Melissa says and you smile. You both then go over to Nico and he says bye to you both before you say goodbye to Caty.

You get to Abbott and Amelia says goodbye to you and then runs over to her friends. Melissa grabs your hand as you both make your way over to the teacher’s lounge.

“How long do you think Caty has had a friend?” You ask Melissa and she shrugs. “We ask about her day everyday and she never once mentioned or hinted at having a friend.”

“She’s 4 years old, she could have started playing with Julie on Friday and now considers her a friend.” Melissa says and you hum. “I wouldn’t be concerned with why she didn’t tell us, the important thing is she made a friend.”

“You’re right.” You say and then you enter the teacher’s lounge.

“Melissa, Y/n, is there anything you want Gregory and I to bring to the birthday party?” Janine asks you both. “Balloons? Snacks?”

“Nope, just bring yourselves.” You tell her and she nods.

“This is so exciting! I remember when you got pregnant with your first set of twins and now they’re turning 4.” Janine says enthusiastically.

“They grow up so fast.” Barb says as Melissa hands you a cup of coffee and sits down in her seat beside you.

“If I remember correctly, their actual birthday isn’t until Monday right? February 12?” Jacob asks and you nod.

“Are they excited about turning 4?” Janine asks.

“They haven’t said anything about it. Although last month Caty mentioned that Melissa offered to start teaching her how to cook when she turns 4.” You say as you look at Melissa.

“That’s when my Ma started teaching me how to cook.” She says. “Although I’m quite interested to see how teaching Caty will be different in teaching Amelia.”

“How so?” You ask her.

“Well Amelia has ADHD while Caty is autistic. Amelia gets easily distracted and Caty does better with steps.” Melissa tells you and you hum.

At lunch, you and Melissa have cafeteria duty so you both stay there when you’ve made sure everyone in your class is good. You walk up to Melissa and she smiles at you as you look to see that everyone is starting to eat.

“How was your morning?” She asks.

“Everyone was tired, like every Monday morning. Although they definitely made their displeasure known about the test they have after lunch.” You say and she chuckles. “I have to say that you taught them well as they made me compromise with them and now we’re watching a movie after everyone is done the test.”

“Did they really?” She asks and you nod. “I’m so proud of them.” She adds and you laugh. “What movie are you showing them?”

“Toy Story 3. Everyone said they’ve seen the first 2 but only half of them saw the third.” You tell her. You look over to the kindergarten table and you see Amelia talking to a couple of kids in her class as she eats some apple slices.

Melissa goes to break up a fight between two 5 graders and then comes back over to be by your side. You two start talking again and then Amelia runs over to you both.

“Mamma, Mommy!” She exclaims and you both look at her.

“What is it, Tesoro?” Melissa asks her and bends down.

“My tooth is loose.” She says and then moves her bottom tooth with her tongue.

“Oh it is. You’re going to lose your first tooth soon, Tesoro.” Melissa says with a smile.

“Mica said when she lost her tooth, she put it under her pillow and the tooth fairy took it away and left money for her.” Amelia explains and you smile.

“And that’s what’s going to happen when you lose your tooth.” You tell her and she smiles. Amelia then runs back to her class and Melissa looks at you as she stands back up.

“I wonder if this will affect what she wants to eat?” Melissa asks.

“Unless it’s corn on the cob then I don’t think it will.” You say.

“It’s leftovers of the chicken parm.” Melissa tells you.

“I don’t think she’ll have a problem eating her favourite meal.” You tell her.

At home, Elena runs around with Amelia and the twins as the girls play in their playpen. You’re on the couch, keeping an eye on everyone as Melissa is heating up leftovers in the kitchen. Melissa then texts you to get everyone to the table and you tell Amelia and the twins to go wash their hands for dinner. They go to the bathroom and then you grab Bella and set her up in her high chair before doing the same with Mia. Amelia gets back first and then she goes into the kitchen to offer Melissa assistance. The twins get back and you put them in their chairs as Amelia comes out with a jug of juice and puts it on the table.

“Mamma said that she doesn’t need anymore help.” Amelia tells you and then she climbs into her chair as Melissa comes out.

Melissa gives food to the girls first and then comes back out with plates for the twins, then Amelia and the two of you are last. You all start eating and you notice Amelia eating differently.

“Everything alright?” You ask her.

“It hurts a bit to eat with the loose tooth.” She says and Melissa looks at her.

“Can I see it?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods and opens her mouth. Melissa carefully wiggles the tooth and sees how loose it is. “How long have you noticed it’s been loose?"

“Since lunch today when eating the apple slices, why?” She asks.

“It looks like it’s been loose for at least a week.” Melissa explains. “I don’t know how we missed it.”

“Did eating the apple slices hurt?” You ask her.

“A little.”

“I’ll make a quick run to the grocery store after dinner and get you some soft foods for your lunches.” Melissa says.

After dinner, you set everyone up with their toys and Amelia with her iPad as Melissa heads out to the grocery store. She comes back with applesauce, yogurt and soft fruits. She sits down on the couch beside you after putting everything away and she puts an arm around you. She gives you a kiss and then you both hear a sneeze and look to see it came from Nico.

“Bless you.” You tell him and he gets up, walks over to Melissa and puts his head on her lap.

“Don’t feel good, mamma.” He tells her and she picks him up and sets her on her lap. She feels his forehead and then gets you to go get the thermometer. You stick it in his mouth and it beeps a minute later.

“101.5, you have a fever, Ometto.” She tells him and he lays his head on her chest and sniffles. You hand her a tissue and she holds it up to his nose and gets him to blow into it.

“One of us needs to stay home with him while he’s sick.” You say and she nods.

“You’re teaching a new lesson tomorrow that you’re students are excited about so I’ll stay with him.” She says and you nod.

“Alright.” You tell her as you sit down beside them and you see Nico falls asleep on Melissa’s chest. “I can’t blame him for falling asleep on your chest, it’s better than a pillow.” You say and she chuckles.

“Is that why it never takes you long to fall asleep when laying on my chest?” She asks and you nod.

“Quite an eventful day. A child with a loose tooth and a sick child.” You tell her and she hums.

“Well with 5 kids, sometimes multiple things are bound to happen at the same time.”

At night, you give Nico some cold medicine before tucking him into bed. Once you get back to the bedroom you see Melissa is fast asleep and you look at the baby monitors to see all your kids are in bed. You get into bed and turn off your lamp before you move over to Melissa and nuzzle your head in her chest. A few hours later you get woken up and you look to see Nico there.

“Why are you awake, sweetheart?” You ask him as you get out of Melissa’s arms.

“I woke up with coughs.” He explains. “My head feels weird.” He adds. He then crawls into the bed and he goes on your lap and puts his head on your chest, over your heart.

Melissa wakes up a few hours later and sees Nico laying beside you. She quietly wakes you up, so you don’t wake Nico, and then you both go take a shower.

“So I’m guessing we got a little nighttime visitor?” Melissa asks after the shower and you nod.

“He says he woke up coughing and that his head felt weird, and then he crawled on my lap and fell asleep.” You explain as you brush your hair.

“They seem to be drawn to you when they’re sick, must be because you were pregnant with them and they remember their first home in a way.” Melissa says and you hum.

“Only when they’re sick though, the only one who prefers me over you is Caty.” You tell her and she smiles. “I’m kinda excited for today since the kids are looking forward to the new lesson.” You add and Melissa comes up behind you and wraps her arms around your waist.

“I can’t wait for you to tell me all about it.” She says and places a gentle kiss on your shoulder.

“Are you sure you’re ok to stay with Nico? We both know he’s defiant when he’s sick but he listens to me more than you.”

“I’ll be fine, I can take care of our son. Go have fun with your students.” She tells you and you smile. “And also try to bring the van back in one piece.” She adds and you turn around in her arms.

“I told you that the scratch was not my fault.” You say and she hums.

“Whatever you say Amore.” She says and then shuts you up with a kiss.

“Mommy.” You both hear from the bedroom. You put your robe on and then you go into the bedroom where Nico is laying on the bed, awake.

“Hey, sweetheart, how are you feeling?” You ask him as you make your way over to him.

“Not good.” He says with a pout.

“Not good mm? Well Mamma is going to stay home with you today.” You tell him.

“I want you here, not mamma.” He complains and you quirk an eyebrow as none of the kids ever refused to stay with Melissa before, this is new territory.

“Well I can’t stay, sweetheart, I have to go to work.” You say. “Mamma took the day off just to be here with you.” You add and he gets up and jumps on you, into your arms.

“No, I want you.” He says and then Melissa comes out. You mouth a ‘help’ to her and she walks over.

“Ometto, I was thinking that the two of us can watch some racing movies today and I’ll make some carbonara pizza for lunch, you’re favourite.” Melissa tells him and he lays his head on your chest. Melissa goes to take him but he wraps his arms around your neck. “Don’t you want to spend the day with me?” She asks and he shakes his head.

“I want mommy.”

“Well mommy has to work.” She says. The both of you then hear some barking and you look on the monitors to see your other kids waking up. “I’ll go help the others while you get him set up.” Melissa says and you nod.

Melissa and you have experience with a defiant Nico as he’s been sick twice before and he doesn’t want Melissa. Nico was sick last year on a Sunday and both of you realised quickly that he preferred you as he said that you feel safe.

You end up giving Nico some cold medicine after doing an airplane and then tuck him into bed. You’re hoping that he’ll fall asleep and stay asleep until you’ve left for work.

“Is this your side of the bed mommy?” He asks and you nod.

“It is. Mamma always sleeps on the other side, but usually we cross over to the other’s side of the bed for cuddles.” You tell him as you put the blanket on him.

“Will you cuddle me?” He asks.

“Unfortunately I can’t sweetheart, I wish I could. But I know if you ask mamma then she’ll have no problem cuddling with you.” You say and you see his eyes start to close. You place a gentle kiss on his forehead and then he’s asleep.

“Mamma she’s got my shirt!” You hear Caty yell and then footsteps running down the hall.

“Elena!” Melissa yells.

You smile at the complete chaos of your family as you wouldn’t trade any of the moments for anything. Even a morning where one child is sick, the dog stole one of your daughter’s shirts and Melissa might not get the shirt back in time. You sit up and then you go to the closet and pick out an outfit for school and then go into the bathroom to get changed.

You step out into the hallway and you see Elena chewing on a bone and realise that Melissa did a trade with Elena to get the shirt back. You see Amelia run downstairs with Caty and then you hear Melissa talking to the girls in their bedroom. You walk over to the doorway and see her putting a shirt on Bella and then she goes over to Mia.

“No!” Mia yells as she swats at the shirt.

“What do you mean no?” Melissa asks and looks at the shirt.

“Too pink.” Mia complains and Melissa furrows her eyebrows.

“What do you mean too pink?” Melissa asks her and you snort.

“I don’t think she likes pink.” You say and Melissa looks at you then looks back at Mia and pouts.

You cross the room to get to the dresser and get another shirt for Mia to wear. You hand it to Melissa and she puts it on Mia. You place a kiss on top of Melissa’s head and then you go downstairs to get everyone’s bags ready for school and daycare. Melissa comes downstairs a few minutes later with the girls and a baby monitor that you assume is to keep an eye on Nico. She places the girls in their playpen and then goes into the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone. When it’s time to leave, Melissa helps you put everyone in the car and says goodbye to all of her kids and gives you a kiss.

“I love you Amore.” She tells you with a smile.

“I love you too, my love. And good luck with Nico today.” You tell her before you give her another kiss and then leave.

Melissa watches as you drive off and then she goes back inside the house. She does the dishes from breakfast and then she sets the baby monitor on the coffee table as she does some grading. 2 hours later she sees movement on the baby monitor and she looks at it just as Nico calls out for you. She puts her papers down and then she goes upstairs to see what he needs.

You pull up to the daycare 10 minutes after leaving the house and you get Caty and Amelia out before the girls. You get everyone to hold hands as you carry everyone’s bags inside.

“Stay holding hands.” You have to tell them multiple times for the 2 minute walk to the first room.

You drop off the girls in their room first, along with a hug and a kiss goodbye. After you head over to the toddler room and say goodbye to Caty before you leave for the car with Amelia. You get to Abbott at 7:30 and you say goodbye to Amelia before she runs over to see her friends and then head to the breakroom. You enter and you see everyone there talking about something and you put your lunch in the fridge and then you pour yourself a cup of coffee.

“Don’t have your wife here to get you coffee?” Jacob asks and you shake your head.

“Nico is sick so she stayed behind to take care of him.” You explain as you sit down. “I’m actually quite interested to hear how her day will go with him.” You add.

“Why’s that?” Janine asks.

“When he’s sick he’s defiant and doesn’t like Melissa.” You tell them and Janine laughs.

“Why did Melissa stay behind then?” Gregory asks.

“I’m starting a new lesson that my students are excited about so Melissa volunteered to babysit so my students don’t get disappointed.” You say. “Hopefully Nico doesn’t cause her too much trouble when he wakes up.” You add as you take a sip of coffee. You all get up 15 minutes later to get to your classrooms and start class.

Melissa gets to the bedroom and Nico is rubbing sleep from his eyes. He sees Melissa enter with a plate of food and she sits down on the bed next to him.

“Feel any better Ometto?” She asks and he shakes his head. “Maybe some food will help.”

“Where’s mommy?” He asks as he starts eating.

“Mommy left for work about 2 hours ago.” She explains and he gasps.

“She left?” He asks.

“Ya, but she’ll be back at 3:30, so in about 6 and a half hours.” Melissa says.

“But I want mommy here.” He complains and puts his banana piece down.

“Mommy will stay home with you tomorrow but today you have me.” She tells him and he throws a banana piece at her and she sighs. “Come on, eat up and then we’ll go downstairs to watch a movie, whatever movie you want.”

“I want mommy.” He mumbles as he eats his peanut butter toast.

In your classroom you watch everyone building their boats to see which groups can make one to stay afloat with an egg on it. You see people looking up ideas online and then following instructions and others are just using their own ideas. You see some of the girls putting stickers and glitter on theirs while some of the boys are colouring theirs and putting logos on them. You watch as everyone is smiling and having fun as you test how well different materials will react on water.

“Be careful with the glue gun Jimmy, it’s hot.” You tell him as you watch him go to use it.

At home, Melissa managed to convince Nico to go downstairs with her to watch a couple of movies of his choice. She left him on the couch with a movie around 10:30 to start making his favourite meal for lunch, carbonara pizza. She came out around 11:30 with a slice of pizza and his cold medicine.

“Come on, open up.” She tells him as she has some on a spoon and he shakes his head and seals his lips shut. “What about if it was an airplane?” She tries and starts doing an airplane with the spoon.

“No!” He yells and hits her hand, causing the cold medicine to fly off the spoon and onto Melissa.

“You took it for mommy last night and this morning.” She says.

“You’re not mommy.” He tells her and crosses his arms. At this point Melissa’s patience is running thin with him.

“Nico take the medicine or I’ll find a way to force it down your throat.” She tells him.

“If you do that then I’ll tell mommy on you.” He says and she slams the spoon down on the coffee table.

“Fine, don’t get better than.” She says as she closes the medicine bottle and hands him the plate with the pizza.

She then goes upstairs, enters her bedroom, closes the door then lets out a frustrated yell. After she does that, she feels a vibration in her pocket and takes her phone out to see you’re calling her. She immediately accepts the video chat and then your face comes into view.

“Hey, how’s it going?” You ask her and she sits down on the bed.

“I came into the bedroom to let out a yell of frustration.” She admits and you raise your eyebrows.

“That good, huh?” You tell her and she nods.

“He refused to take the medicine and threw it at me after I spent 10 minutes this morning convincing him to come downstairs to watch movies with me.” She complains and then lays down on her back. “How’s the lesson going?” She asks.

“Really good, the kids are having so much fun making the boats.” You say as you get up and move around your classroom, showing her the half finished boats. “We’ll test them at the end of the day in the sink.” You explain with a smile. “Where’s Nico now?”

“Mister defiant is downstairs alone with his pizza.” She tells you and you look at her.

“How about you go downstairs and I can try to convince him to take his medicine.” You suggest and she sighs.

“Worth a shot.” She says and then goes downstairs and pauses the movie.

“Mamma, I was watching the movie.” He complains.

“I know but someone wants to say hi to you.” She tells him as she sits down beside him and shows him her phone.

“Mommy!” He exclaims and you smile.

“Hi sweetheart, how are you feeling?” You ask him as you start eating in your classroom.

“Still sick.” He tells you.

“Still? Well you know medicine will make you feel better faster, the medicine that I heard you refused to take.” You tell him and he looks down.

“Why is mamma here instead of you?” He asks as he continues eating his pizza.

“Because I have something important to do today but I’ll stay home with you tomorrow.” You explain. “Will you let mamma give you the medicine now?” You ask him and he looks at Melissa before looking back at you.

“Ok.” He says with a sigh.

Melissa puts the phone down, leaning against something on the coffee table so you can still see both of them. Melissa puts the medicine on the spoon and he accepts it this time. You watch him as he winces from the taste of the medicine and then takes a bite of the pizza to wash it down.

“Thank you sweetheart.” You say and then look at your lunch. “I have to go back to the teachers lounge to heat this up, it’s already cold.” You complain as you pack everything up and then head outside your classroom. You reach the teachers lounge a couple minutes later and everyone looks at you.

“How’s Melissa doing?” Janine immediately asks and you give her your phone.

“Ask her yourself.” You tell her and then go to the microwave.

“Hi Melissa!” She exclaims and you see Melissa went to the kitchen.

“Hi Janine.” Melissa says with a sigh.

“How’s your day going?”

“I have a sick and defiant 3 year old, so not great.” She tells her. You then see Melissa take a bite of the pizza inside the kitchen.

“Are you hiding from Nico?” You ask her and she nods.

“I don’t understand how he basically hates me when he’s sick but prefers me when he’s not.” She complains.

“He doesn’t hate you, he’s just cranky that I’m not there.” You tell her.

“He threw food at me this morning, threw the medicine back at me and he’s refusing to speak a word to me.” She rants as she paces around the kitchen.

“Is that why some of your hair is wet?” You ask and she nods.

“Mamma, the movie is over.” She hears and she sighs.

“I’d prefer teaching math right now to a bunch of students who don’t listen to what I’m saying.” She says as she throws the piece of pizza on the plate then exits the kitchen. “Want to watch another movie or maybe your favourite tv show?” She asks him as she grabs the remote.

“I want to talk to mommy.” He tells her and grabs the phone from her and sees Janine and Jacob looking at him. “Where’s mommy?” He asks as he tilts his head.

“I’m right here sweetheart. Just talking with auntie Barb right now.” You say and then you come into view. You take the phone from Janine and then go back over to the table with Barb.

“Hi auntie Barb.” He tells her and waves.

“Hi honey, heard you’re not feeling well.” She tells him and he shakes his head.

“My head is fuzzy and I’m tired.” He says.

“Well I’m sure you’ll be back to normal in no time since you’re mamma is there to take care of you.” She says and you see Melissa roll her eyes in the background.

“I guess.” He tells her. “Mommy, when will you be home?” He then asks.

“Well it’s 12 right now so in about 3 and a half hours.” You tell him and he furrows his brows in confusion.

“That’s about 2 movies and an episode.” Melissa explains to him.

“That’s forever.” Nico complains and you smile.

“It’ll go by fast sweetie. Just watch a movie or your show, get some sleep, listen to mamma then I’ll be back home before you know it.” You tell him.

After you end the call as your lunch break was going to end, Melissa puts his favourite tv show on for him to watch. She goes back into the kitchen to put the rest of the pizza away and to finish her slice. When she gets back out, the episode is still playing but Nico is asleep. Melissa carefully puts a pillow under his head and then adjusts the blanket for him. She pauses the episode to let him sleep and then she sits on the couch beside his feet and reads one of her books. An hour later he wakes up and kicks the blanket off of him.

“Mamma, I’m really hot.” He complains and she puts her book down and feels his forehead.

“You do feel hotter than you did this morning. I’ll go get the thermometer and a facecloth with cold water ok?” She asks and he nods. Melissa quickly grabs those things and then comes back downstairs to see sweat on his forehead. “Your body must be really fighting the sickness.” She tells him and then sticks the thermometer in his mouth. It beeps a minute later and then she places the cloth on his forehead and sees his temperature. “103.9. If it reaches 105 then I’m taking you to the hospital.” She tells him gently.

“Everything is fuzzy and I’m really hot.” He says. Melissa then gets him to lay on his side and she places the cloth at the back of his neck.

“I’ll get you your sippy cup with some water and ice.” She says to him and then goes into the kitchen. She fills his sippy cup with water and then she gets some ice out from the freezer and puts them in. She comes back out a minute later and Nico is still exactly how she left him. “Here, take a few sips.” She tells him as she crouches down and puts the cup to his lips. He takes a few sips from it and he groans.

“Still hot mamma.” He says and she moves the strands of hair off of his forehead. “I don’t like this.”

“I know Ometto, being sick isn’t fun.” She tells him. “Are you feeling any pain anywhere?” She asks and he shakes his head.

“Just hot everywhere.” He explains and he’s starting to sound congested and then he coughs. Melissa grabs his hand and starts to rub soothing circles on him for comfort.

“This is probably the worst of the sickness, so after this then you’ll start to feel better and you’ll be good as new for your 4th birthday party on Saturday.” She tells him with a smile.

“Are you going to make a chocolate cake?” He asks her.

“Do you want a chocolate cake?” She asks and he nods. “Then I’ll definitely make you one.” She confirms. “I don’t know how but you all got your mommy’s love of chocolate.” She tells him and rubs his head gently.

“Chocolate is amazing.” He says groggily and Melissa can tell he’s falling asleep.

“It is amazing, and I’ll make you the best chocolate cake ever, along with chocolate icing and you can have it with chocolate ice cream. How’s that sound?”

“I like that.” He tells her and she places a kiss on his forehead.

“Then I’ll make sure that happens for you on Saturday. For now, you need to get some sleep so you’ll be all better for your birthday.” She says and he nods.

“I love you mamma.” He says and then falls asleep.

An hour and a half later Melissa feels his forehead and it doesn’t feel as hot as it was an hour ago. She places the cool cloth back on his forehead and he starts to stir.

“Mamma.” He calls out.

“I’m right here Ometto.” She confirms for him and then he opens his eyes. “How do you feel now?” She asks him.

“Cold.” He tells her and she places the blanket back on him.

“I’m taking your temperature again.” She tells him and then she places the thermometer back in his mouth. She takes it out when it beeps a minute later and reads it. “102.” She says and sighs in relief. “You had a small temperature spike earlier but it stopped.” She explains to him.

“It was terrible.” He says with a pout.

“I know, but it’s over now.” She confirms.

“I still feel cold.” He complains and takes the cloth off his forehead and throws it on the ground.

“Do you want some hot soup? I was going to make some for dinner tonight but I can make some for you now.” She asks.

“I want cuddles.” He tells her.

“With me?” She asks and he nods. “Well I will never say no to cuddles with you.” She tells him.

She lays down beside him, puts an arm around him and he turns around in her arms and nuzzles his head in her chest. She moves her other arm underneath him and then wraps him in a hug. She feels him shaking so she wraps the blanket tighter around him.

You enter the house with all your daughters at 3:32 and Amelia and Caty run into the living room. You pick Mia and Bella up and bring them to their playpen and see Melissa and Nico are asleep on the couch, cuddling together.

“Mamma!” Amelia exclaims and Melissa’s eyes flutter open.

“Hi Tesoro.” She tells her and you walk over to them.

“Amelia, why don’t you go play with Caty.” You suggest to her and she nods before she goes to her living room toy chest. “You two look comfy.” You say to Melissa.

“Nico had a temperature spike a few hours ago and then he got cold and demanded cuddles.” She explains and then Nico wakes up.

“Hey sweetheart.” You tell him and he turns his head and sees you there.

“Hi mommy.” He tells you and then lays his head back on Melissa’s chest.

“How are you feeling now?” You ask him.

“Still sick.” He says and you hear how congested he is. “Mamma’s comfy.” He mumbles out and you smile.

“I can’t disagree with you there.” You say and Melissa smiles. “I’m taking tomorrow off so I’ll be able to stay home with you while Mamma goes to work.” You add.

“I want mamma.” He says and you furrow your eyebrows in confusion.

“I see a complete 180 happened.” You tell Melissa and she hums.

“Ometto, just so you know I will have to move at some point to start dinner for everyone.” Melissa warns him.

“No.” He complains.

“Unless you want to have mommy’s cooking, but I don’t recommend it.” She jokes and you roll your eyes.

“I’m not a terrible cook.” You say and cross your arms.

“The last time I allowed you to cook we ended up with charcoaled chicken and potatoes.” She reminds you and you pout.

“And you’ve held that against me for the past 8 years.” You say and cross your arms. “Oh, Amelia, why don’t you show mamma what you did in school today?” You suggest and Amelia smiles as she stands up and runs to her school bag. She runs to Melissa and shows her how she wrote everyone’s name today.

“I’m able to spell and write everyone’s name. See there’s my name, then Caty, Nico, Bella, Mia, Elena, Sweet Cheeks and you and mommy.” She explains.

“Wow, Tesoro, that’s amazing!” Melissa tells her with a big smile.

An hour later, you’re sitting on the couch with Nico glued to your side as Melissa is in the kitchen with Amelia and Caty. Caty asked if she could have her first cooking lesson and Melissa was more than happy to accept. During dinner, Nico gives up on eating and leans his head on Melissa and wraps the blanket tighter around him.

“Not hungry?” Melissa asks him and he shakes his head. Melissa lifts him up onto her lap and he snuggles into her as she continues eating.

After dinner Caty walks up to Nico, who’s snuggling with Melissa on the couch and she hands him Teddy.

“Teddy will help you feel better.” She tells him and he takes him from her.

“Thank you.” He says and holds Teddy close to his chest.

“That was really sweet of you Dolcezza.” Melissa says and Caty nods before she goes back to play with Amelia.

You got roped into playing with Barbie dolls with Amelia and Caty that night. Melissa watches with a smile as Amelia takes control of the story and tells you and Caty what to do. You noticed that both of them seem to be drawn more to the ginger Barbie doll that Amelia got for her birthday last month. You see that Amelia puts the, in her words, most expensive dress on her and brushes her hair.

“Why does she get the best dress?” You ask her.

“Because she’s the prettiest.” Amelia tells you.

“What makes her the prettiest?”

“She’s ginger.” Amelia simply says.

“Can’t argue with that in a household full of gingers.” Melissa pipes up and you look back at her with a smile.

“So she’s a princess?” You ask.

“No, she’s a queen.” Amelia explains.

“Married to a king?” Melissa asks.

“Of course not, she’s married to her wife, the other queen.” Amelia tells you both. “Keep up with the story.” Amelia then says and you snort.

“Ya Melissa, keep up with the story.” You tease her and she subtly flips you off.

At night, you finish giving Nico a bath and then wrap him in his favourite animal towel as you drain the tub. You brush his hair and give it a quick blow dry before you get him to brush his teeth.

“Ready for bed?” You ask him and he nods.

“I’m tired already.” He tells you as you help him put on his pjs.

“Well being sick makes you really tired as your body is using all of its energy to get rid of the sickness.” You explain and he leans on you.

“Can I sleep with you and mamma again?” He asks and you smile.

“Of course, and I know mamma would love to continue cuddling you.” You say. “She should be finishing up with putting Caty and Amelia to bed.” You add and then you both exit the bathroom. You get to the bedroom and you see Melissa laying in bed, glasses on, while she reads something on her phone.

“Mamma.” Nico says and Melissa looks up.

“Hi Ometto.” She tells him and he uses Elena’s steps to get on the bed and he crawls to Melissa.

“You have to take some more medicine before bed.” You tell him and he sighs before he opens his mouth and you put the spoon in his mouth and then take it out.

“M tired.” He mumbles out as he snuggles into Melissa.

“Alright, let’s all get to bed.” Melissa says as she gets comfortable and you scoot as close as possible to them. Melissa puts an arm around Nico and she grabs your hand. You two share a small kiss before you both lay your head down and fall asleep.

Melissa snaps her eyes open and sits up and catches her breath. She runs a hand through her hair and looks to see you and Nico sleeping peacefully.

“It was just a dream, thank god.” She whispers. She then gets up and walks quietly out the door and opens the bedroom door to the nursery. She looks at Mia and Bella sleeping and she smiles. She then goes to the door next to it and sees Caty cuddling Elena, both asleep as well. She then walks to the end of the hall and quietly opens Amelia’s door and watches her sleep for a few seconds before she closes the door.

“Melissa?” You ask and she turns around to see you at the end of the hall, right outside your bedroom. “What are you doing?” You ask her and she walks over to you.

“I had a nightmare and wanted to see all our kids, just to reassure myself it was just a dream.” She explains and you lean your head on her chest.

“Must have been a hell of a dream to scare you like that.” You say and she wraps her arms around you and places a kiss on the top of your head.

“It was but it’s over now.” She says and you look up at her.

“Did watching the kids help?” You ask her and she nods.

“It helped a lot.” She confirms and you smile. “What are you doing up?” She then asks.

“Woke up thirsty and saw you weren’t in bed.” You explain and she hums.

“Let’s go back to bed.” She tells you and gives you a kiss before you both go back to bed and fall asleep.

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Caty looks at the new dress that Melissa bought for her, she then does a few twirls in it and giggles. You then brush her hair out and she tells you to leave it down. Caty’s hair ends to just below her shoulders at this point and she has tight curls. Melissa has had fun doing different hairstyles on Amelia and Caty multiple times and then they always run to show you the hairstyle.

“Look at my pretty girl.” You both hear and look to see Melissa in the doorway with a small box.

“Like the new dress you got me?” Caty asks her and Melissa nods.

“I do, you always look good in anything you wear, Dolcezza.” She says and then she walks forward and crouches down in front of Caty. “I actually have something for you.” She tells her and gives her the small box. Caty opens it and sees a silver necklace is in there. “This was one of my nana’s necklaces and I know she’d want you to have one of them.” Melissa explains and Caty smiles.

“It’s pretty.” Caty says and takes it out of the box. “Can you put it on me Mamma?” She asks and Melissa nods as she takes the necklace from her.

“Can you lift up your hair Dolcezza?” Melissa asks and Caty lifts her hair up, allowing Melissa to put the necklace on her.

“What do you think?” Caty asks.

“It’s very pretty on you.” Melissa says and then Caty looks at you.

“Love it on you, sweetheart.” You tell her and she runs to her mirror to look. “Didn’t you also give Amelia one of her necklaces as well?” You ask Melissa and she nods.

“She doesn’t wear it but she has one.” Melissa confirms.

15 minutes later you’re coming downstairs with the twins and you see the girls playing in their playpen. You tell the twins to stay in the living room while you go into the kitchen where Melissa and Amelia are.

“Hey you two.” You say and they both look up at you.

“Hi mommy, mamma and I are finishing up the cake.” Amelia tells you as you see Amelia on a stool as she puts the icing on the cake.

“I see that. Melissa, do you mind coming out here, Nico wants to show you his new outfit for the party.” You tell her and she nods.

“Just put the icing all over like I told you, Tesoro.” Melissa tells Amelia before she goes into the living room with you.

In the living room, Nico smiles as Melissa gasps at his outfit. There he is in a dark blue suit and bow tie and his hair combed to one side. Melissa puts a hand over her heart and smiles as she walks over.

“What do you think, mamma?” He asks her as she hasn’t said anything.

“Oh my god, you look so handsome Ometto.” Melissa tells him and you can tell she’s holding back tears. Nico smiles proudly and straightens his bow tie out. “Oh my baby is so handsome.”

“I’m 4 years old mamma, I’m a big boy now.” Nico tells her and Melissa smiles at him.

“You are my Ometto.” Melissa says as she picks him up and balances him on her hip. “You’re my handsome big boy.” She adds and she starts tickling his tummy and he giggles and squirms in her hold.

“Ahh! Mamma!” He exclaims through giggles. Melissa stops tickling him and he looks at her.

“Do I get a chocolate cake today? You said I would.” He asks and Melissa nods.

“You are, the cake is just about done.” She promises him and he smiles.

“Ya! Thank you mamma!” He says and hugs her.

“You’re welcome, Ometto.” She tells him and hugs him back. She then puts him down and he goes to play with some of his toys.

“You look like you’re spiraling a little bit.” You tell her as you see she’s staring at nothing for a few seconds. She snaps out of it and looks at you as you wrap your arms around her waist. “What were you thinking about?”

“He said he’s a big boy now and it made me remember when they were born.” She explains and you hum. “They were so tiny in my arms and holding them in my arms for the first time was so wonderful.” She says and you can tell she’s remembering it again. “Then I thought that one day they’ll leave us and I don’t think I can handle that.” She adds and you look at her.

“Woah, Melissa, you’re thinking really far ahead.” You immediately say and she looks at you. “They’re turning 4, not 20. You still have so many years left with them.” You add and she takes a deep breath. “None of our kids are even in our classes yet.” You point out and she gives you a kiss on your forehead.

“You’re right, I shouldn’t focus on that yet, not for another 15 years.” She tells you and she smiles.

“Exactly, now go see how our first born is doing with the icing.” You tell her and she gives you a kiss before going into the kitchen.

An hour later and everyone has shown up at the party. You see Janine handing Bella over to Gregory to hold and he’s holding her very awkwardly which doesn’t surprise you. Melissa is talking to Jacob with Mia in her arms. Caty is talking and playing with Julie, her friend from daycare while Nico is talking a mile a minute to your parents. Amelia is playing tug of war with Elena while talking to Barb and Gerald. Meanwhile you’re taking pictures of everything that’s going on with a smile. At one point Julie’s parents come up to you to talk to you.

“We wanted to thank you for inviting our daughter to the party.” Her mom tells you and you look at them.

“Oh it’s not a problem. Caty wanted to invite her, says they play together a lot.” You tell them.

“Well we appreciate it, our daughter doesn’t talk to other kids that much.” The dad says.

“Over the holidays she got diagnosed with autism.” The mom says and you widen your eyes slightly.

“Well it’s no wonder they get along then.” You say and they tilt their head. “Caty is autistic as well. It took her a little bit to even want to play with her twin brother.”

“Mommy, mommy, can Julie come see my room?” Caty comes to ask you and you look at her and Julie.

“Of course, sweetheart. I’ll open the baby gates for you.” You tell her as you go over to the stairs with them. You follow them up to Caty’s room and you see Julie looking around in awe.

“What’s with the lights on the wall?” Julie asks her.

“My mamma did that for me, I like it better than the light that was used before. Do you want to see what it’s like when it’s turned on?” Caty asks Julie and Julie nods. You watch as Caty goes over to the switch and she turns it on and the room fills with the light blue that Caty chose.

“Woah, I like it better too.” Julie says as she looks around the room.

“Well you can ask your parents for LED lights if you want.” You tell Julie.

You come downstairs with them 10 minutes later and Melissa comes up to you with a smile. She goes behind you and wraps her arms around your waist.

“It’s nice to see Caty so happy with another kid.” She says and you hum. “I was just talking with Julie’s parents, apparently she’s autistic too.”

“Ya, they told me before I went upstairs as Caty wanted to show her room to Julie.” You say. “I think having a friend who’s autistic will be good for her, they’ll both have someone who thinks like them.” You add and she leans her head on your shoulder.

“I’ve often wondered what it’s like for her. How differently she views the world and how her brain works.” Melissa tells you.

“I do as well.”

“Mamma!” Nico yells as he runs up to you both. Melissa unwraps her arms from around you and moves to stand beside you to talk to her son.

“What’s up my Ometto?” She asks him.

“Cake time?” He asks and she smiles as she bends down and picks him up.

“Mm, I think maybe we should do presents first, what do you think of that?” She asks and he shakes his head.

“No, cake first.” He exclaims and she smiles.

“Ok, let’s see what your sister wants. If she wants to do cake first as well then we’ll do cake first.” Melissa tells him and then she walks over to Caty with Nico in her arms.

*5 minutes later*

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NICO AND CATY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!” Everyone sings and then Caty and Nico blow out their candles and everyone claps. Melissa ends up cutting the cake while you get the ice cream from the freezer and make sure that everyone gets a piece of cake.

“Chocolate! Chocolate!” Nico exclaims as you hand him his slice with chocolate ice cream. “Thank you mommy and mamma.” He says as you put a bib on him and he starts eating with his plastic fork.

“You’re welcome sweetheart.” You tell him with a kiss on his cheek and he giggles.

“Is it good Ometto?” Melissa asks him as she’s cutting the cake and he nods. He’s done about 4 bites and he has chocolate all over his mouth and his mouth full of cake.

“Very good, mamma.” He says.

You look over at Caty talking to Julie as she eats and Amelia talking to the Abbott crew. You see Jacob, Janine and Gregory trying to keep up with Amelia as she’s a fast talker, and you see that Barb is able to as she’s used to being around Amelia by now. You then see that Gerald completely gave up on trying to keep up with her and he’s just eating his slice of cake silently.

“No, no, I’m telling you this dream was real! It had dinosaurs and princesses, kingdoms and dragons!” Amelia exclaims. “And the best part was that it felt real, like I was really there fighting everything and being in the kingdom and that I was a princess and…” She continues on and you smile at her excitement.

After cake is done then you two sit on the couch, cuddling together as Jacob and Amelia give the twins their presents. Melissa has an arm around your shoulders as you have one around her waist and your head on her chest.

“Mamma, mommy! I got a ginger Barbie doll!” Caty exclaims and you lift your head and act surprised.

“Gingers rule this household.” Melissa whispers to you and you chuckle. “You know, I think you deserve a little something for pushing them out 4 years ago.” She whispers in your ear and you shiver. She then places a small but teasing kiss right under your ear and you sigh contentedly.

“You’re such a tease.” You whisper to her and she smirks and winks at you.

“And you love it.”

“I do.” You say with a smile.

You then lay back on her and she wraps her arms around your waist. You see Julie’s parents look over at you two with a smile before they look back at the twins opening their presents. While opening their presents, Mia starts crying and Melissa lets you go before she gets up. She picks up Mia and puts her in her arms.

“What’s wrong Carina?” She asks her and Mia puts her head on her chest. “Are you tired, Carina?” She asks and Mia nods her head. “It’s ok, you can go to sleep.” She tells her and then looks at you.

She mouths ‘tired’ to you and then brings Mia upstairs to put her down for a nap. After that she brings Bella upstairs and puts her down for a nap as well. She comes downstairs and sees the twins are done opening their gifts and Caty is trying to take her ginger Barbie doll out of the packaging. She sees you coming out of the kitchen with the scissors and you go up to Caty. You manage to get the Barbie doll out and you hand it to Caty who smiles.

“She looks like mamma.” Caty says and you chuckle.

“Are you saying mamma looks like a Barbie doll?” You ask her and she nods. You look up at Melissa and see she’s blushing as she looks a bit shy and goes to sit down. You stand up and go join Melissa on the couch. “Your daughter thinks you look like a Barbie doll.” You tell her and she smiles. “I think you’re more beautiful than one.” You add and she wraps her arms around you and pulls you into her, getting a giggle out of you.

“Mamma, can I have some ice cream?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“Ice cream? You’re not full from all that cake you ate?” Melissa asks and Amelia shakes her head with a smile.

“I still have room for ice cream.” Amelia says and Melissa grabs her and pulls her down onto her lap.

“It seems you always have room for chocolate. It’s a bit curious how you don’t always have room for supper but you do for dessert.” She says teasingly and Amelia giggles.

“Chocolate is much better than veggies.” Amelia admits and Melissa wraps her arms around Amelia tighter as she tries to free herself. “Ah! Mamma! Let me go.” Amelia exclaims and Melissa shakes her head.

“No, you’re mine forever.” Melissa tells her and places a bunch of kisses all over Amelia’s face.

“Mommy, save me!” Amelia tells you as she tries to break free and you laugh. Melissa loosens her hold on Amelia and looks at her.

“Why should I free you?” Melissa asks her.

“Because you love me.” Amelia immediately says and Melissa raises her eyebrows.

“God, you really are my daughter.” Melissa says and lets Amelia go. “Let’s go get you some ice cream.” Melissa adds and Amelia skips over to the kitchen.

You watch them go to the kitchen with a smile before turning your attention to the twins. You watch as Caty is showing off her new toys to Julie and Nico is showing his new toys to your parents. Melissa and Amelia exit the kitchen a minute later and Amelia brings her bowl of ice cream to the coffee table and sits on the floor to eat it.

“Mamma, look at my train set I got!” Nico says and Melissa goes over to him and he shows her. Caty then puts her toy down and then goes over to you and you pick her up and put her on your lap.

“You ok, sweetheart?” You ask her gently and she puts her head on your lap.

“Too much happening.” She says and you stroke her head as she listens to your heartbeat.

“Alright, you can stay on my lap for as long as you want.” You say and thread your fingers through her hair. Julie then comes over with one of Caty’s new toys and looks at Caty.

“Wanna play?” Julie asks her and Caty looks up at you.

“Caty just needs a small break right now.” You tell Julie gently and she nods before she goes to her parents. You then look over and see that Melissa is showing Nico how to make a train track.

“So you connect the pieces like this, and you do it with all of them and make the shape that you want.” Melissa explains. “Then you move your trains around on the track that you made.” Melissa adds and Nico gasps.

“Can I start building it now?” Nico asks excitedly.

“Go for it, Ometto.” Melissa says as she dumps all the pieces on the floor for him and he starts building. You then see Amelia talking with Jacob and she moves her arms around as she tells him a story dramatically.

20 minutes later you watch as Caty plays with Julie, Amelia saying whatever pops in her head to the Abbott crew, Nico building his track as he talks to your parents and you and Melissa are talking to Julie’s parents.

Half an hour later you go to wake the girls up from their nap and bring them downstairs to play in their playpen. Melissa is starting to wrap things up at the party as she wants to start making dinner soon. Barb is the only one who gets the hint and goes up to Amelia.

“I’ll see you on Monday Amelia.” Barb says and Amelia looks at her.

“You’re leaving autie Barb?” Amelia asks and Barb nods. “See you on Monday.” Amelia tells her and gives her a hug. Barb and Gerald then say goodbye to the twins and the girls before she says goodbye to you both and then leaves.

30 minutes later and you close the door on the last person to leave. You see that Caty has taken the opportunity to get her earphones out and presses play on the iPod you got her. You both taught her how to do that so she can help calm down from any overwhelming feeling that she gets. You decide to sit down beside her and she immediately leans into you and you put an arm around her.

You look at your other kids to see that Nico has passed out on the loveseat, you’re not that surprised as you skipped their naps. You also see that Amelia is taking some of her toys out of her toy chest. You then look over at the girls and their playing with a toy with each other. Melissa walks over to Nico and she puts a pillow under his head and a blanket on him.

“Caty is nodding off as well.” She says and you look to see the Caty is indeed fighting to stay awake.

You then move on the couch so that both you and Caty are laying down, heads on a pillow as you’re a bit tired yourself. You take her earphones out and wrap an arm around her and she nuzzles her head in your chest and immediately falls asleep. You feel a blanket being placed on you as well as a kiss on your forehead as you fall asleep as well.

You wake up to the smell of dinner being made, Amelia and Melissa nowhere in sight and both the twins are still asleep. You look at the time on your phone and see that you’ve been asleep for about an hour. You carefully get up so you don’t wake up Caty and you go into the kitchen to see that Melissa and Amelia are both there and Amelia is at the stove on a stool.

“Hi mommy.” Amelia says with a smile.

“Hey sweetheart, are you the main chef today?” You ask her and she nods. You then go into the fridge to pull out the water jug and get a glass from the cupboard and pour yourself a glass of water.

“Feel better after your nap?” Melissa asks and you nod. She then checks to make sure the food is good and then walks over to you and whispers in your ear. “Think you’ll be up for some fun before bed?” She asks and you nod.

“I’ll never say no to that with you.” You say and she smiles as she kisses you. She immediately puts a hand on the back of your head and bites your bottom lip. You moan into the kiss and that gets Amelia’s attention.

“Mamma, mommy.” She calls out and Melissa pulls away with a smile.

“My mouth and tongue will be all over your body tonight, baby.” She whispers with a wink and then goes over to Amelia to help finish cooking dinner, like she didn’t just turn you on right then and there. She looks over at you and sees your flushed cheeks and you taking a sip of water. You see her looking at you with a smirk so you flip her off when Amelia isn’t looking.

While eating dinner, you both notice that Amelia is just playing with her food and looking like she has something on her mind. You then see Melissa helping Nico by cutting up a big piece of food on his plate so you talk to Amelia.

“Something wrong, Amelia?” You ask her and she looks up at you.

“We started learning subtraction and more complicated addiction than what I learned in pre-k last month and I’m not very good at it.” Amelia admits.

“Do you need some help? Both your parents are teachers.” You tell her and you see Melissa look at her.

“We could look over your schoolwork and help you.” Melissa offers.

“Auntie Barb said that mamma might be able to help me more.” Amelia says and Melissa nods.

“Alright, well how about tomorrow afternoon, you and I can look over your schoolwork and see how I can help you.” Melissa suggests and Amelia nods.

“Ok, I’d like that.” Amelia says with a smile.

“Mamma, mommy?” Caty asks and you both look at her. “Why was everyone here to celebrate me and Nico being 4 when we’re not 4 yet?” Caty asks. You then look at Melissa who looks at you.

At night, you finish putting the twins and Elena to bed. You turn the LED lights off in Caty’s room and close the door. You turn around and you’re immediately ambushed by Melissa kissing you. She moves you to the side and then up against a wall and pins you against it. You run your fingers through her hair while hers are wandering on your stomach, under your shirt. She then wanders down and cups your ass before lifting you up. You wrap your legs around her waist as she brings you both to the bedroom. You start kissing her neck and you hear a groan from her before you hear the bedroom door being kicked closed.

Melissa puts you on the bed and immediately pushes you down and gets on top of you and continues kissing you. You then hear your sweater getting unzipped and a sigh.

“Should have undressed you before putting you on the bed.” She says and you laugh. You then get her to sit up and you sit up as she straddles your lap. She immediately takes your sweater off, then your shirt and bra.

“If I’m topless then you should be as well.” You tell her as you take her blazer off.

“Well that’s something you can easily achieve.” She teases and then you take her shirt off.

You kiss the top of her breasts as you unclip her bra, take it off her and throw it somewhere in the room. You then move your mouth down and wrap your mouth around a nipple and she gasps. You feel her nipple immediately harden in your mouth as you suck and swirl your tongue around it.

“Oh god, baby, just like that, it feels so good.” Melissa moans, as quietly as possible so none of your kids come knocking.

You switch to her other nipple and she brings her hands to your hair and pulls on as much as she can. The pull gets your mouth off of her nipples and she puts one hand on your stomach, pushing you onto your back. She gets off your lap and then undoes your pants and pulls your pants and underwear off at the same time, leaving you bare for her. She then takes off her pants and underwear and gets back on top of you.

“Did you have fun with my chest?” She asks you and you nod. “Ya? Turning me on and making me squirm a little.” She says and you nod.

She pins your hands above your head as she smirks at you. She bends down and starts sucking on your neck, making you the one that’s squirming now. You arch your back as she gets to a sensitive spot and she knows it as she straightens her body out on you, preventing you from moving. She lets go of your hands as she moves down your body and puts one of your nipples in her mouth.

“Me-Mel.” You moan out and put your hands in her hair. She flicks her tongue on your nipple and you gasp as you make a fist in her hair. She moans on your nipple and the sound vibrates on you, making you even wetter. Melissa trails a hand down in between your legs and moves a finger between your folds.

“You’re so wet already baby, I only just started.” She tells you and you tighten your hold on her hair.

She smirks at you before she goes to your other nipple. Once she’s satisfied she’s pulled enough moans and gasps from you, she pulls away and looks at how out of breath you are. She places a kiss on your lips and then one between your breasts before she does a trail of kisses on your stomach, and stops just above your clit. She gets settled between your legs, wraps her arms around your thighs before she dives down to your pussy, tongue on your entrance.

You thread your fingers through her hair before she licks your clit and you grab a fistful of her hair and pull. She looks up at how your eyes are closed, mouth open and you’re breathing quicker than normal. She continues licking and sucking your clit, pulling many sounds from you. She can immediately tell that you’re trying not to be loud, don’t want to give your kids a reason to come knocking or ammunition to use against the both of you.

After a few minutes of sucking on your clit, Melissa can tell your orgasm is building and it’s getting harder for you to keep quiet. So Melissa replaces her mouth with her finger, and brings herself up your body and starts kissing you. You can’t help but moan into the kiss as you taste yourself on her, claiming you as hers once again. You end up also digging your nails into her back as you feel your orgasm near its peak. Your orgasm suddenly crashes over you and Melissa moves her hand from your clit to your entrance and inserts 2 fingers. You gasp out at the surprise but let out a moan when she starts pumping.

Melissa moves away from your lips and settles herself on your thigh and begins moving her hips, rubbing her clit against your thigh. That action and the fact that her fingers are inside of you, both leave you absolutely speechless. You see her eyes close for a second once her hips start moving and then she looks at you with a smile. She places her left hand on your right boob and starts playing with it while also pleasing you and herself. She starts curling her fingers inside of you, hitting your sensitive area and you let out a whimper as your second orgasm already starts building.

You put your hands on her thighs as you feel it building and start squirming. She lets go of your boob and brings her hand to your mouth. She inserts a finger in your mouth and you start sucking on it, giving you something to focus on instead of just the over sensitivity. It gets you to stop squirming and you look to see that Melissa is looking at you with black lust filled eyes and her mouth is open as she feels you sucking her finger. Melissa’s breath hitched as you start using your tongue on her finger.

“Oh god.” Melissa moaned out as she lowered her head and closed her eyes.

She’s moving her hips differently now, less rhythm, more sloppy. Then you realise that your mouth is distracting her. Your mouth is sucking on her finger on one hand and your pussy is clenching around her fingers on her other hand. You're close to your orgasm, and if you go by Melissa’s heavy and uneven breathing, she is as well. Melissa feels you clench tightly around her fingers before you come all over them. She does a few more thrusts with her hips before she comes right on your leg.

She pulls out both hands from inside you and just catches her breath on your leg. She then gets off your leg, sits beside you, grabs the cloth from the nightstand and cleans you both up. She then throws the cloth on the ground, lays down beside you and wraps her arm around your waist. You turn around in her hold and she looks at you with a smile. Her thumb does light circles on your hip as you nuzzle into her chest.

On Sunday afternoon, once everyone is finished with lunch, you set both sets of twins up with toys while Melissa sits at the dinner table with Amelia. You listen as Melissa goes over Amelia’s math work before she starts talking to Amelia about it.

“It’s just the numbers, they seem all mashed together for me and they don’t make sense.” Amelia tells her and Melissa tilts her head.

“Amore, can you hand me a pack of highlighters from the cabinet please?” Melissa asks you and you nod. You hand them to her and then you go back to help Nico with his train track. Melissa then highlights the numbers on one of the questions, each number highlighted with a different colour. “Does this make it less complicated?” Melissa asks and Amelia looks at it.

“Ya it does, it’s less…”

“Jumbled?” Melissa finishes and Amelia nods.

“Everyone else doesn’t seem to have that problem.” Amelia complains and crosses her arms with a pout.

“You look so much like mommy right now.” Melissa says and you turn to look at her.

“I heard that.” You tell her.

“Wasn’t trying to hide it.” Melissa tells you with a smile and you glare at her. “Tesoro, remember how I told you about my dyslexia?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. “I think you might have some form of it.” Melissa explains and Amelia furrows her eyebrows.

“But I don’t have trouble reading.”

“Not words but numbers.” Melissa says and Amelia blinks at her. “I think auntie Barb figured it out and that’s why she told you I could help you better.” Melissa adds and Amelia looks down and plays with her fingers.

“So I’m just not gonna be good at math forever?” Amelia asks.

“No, you can learn to adapt, to find ways to make it less confusing for you. I found ways to learn how to read and I love reading. I read to you and your siblings most nights.” Melissa tells her and Amelia looks up at her.

On Monday morning, you and Melissa drop off the twins along with cupcakes for the 20 other toddlers to celebrate the twins birthday. You then drive to Abbott with Amelia. While Melissa drives you all there, you look over one student's test that you were finishing correcting and you sigh.

“Something wrong?” She asks you.

“Just Jason, I’m trying to help him with the lessons for science but he’s not getting it.” You explain and she hums.

“Well how about we talk to him in your classroom at lunch and I’ll see if I can help.” She offers and you look at her.

“Sure, I’ll let him know.” You say with a smile.

Once you get to the break room, you go to put your lunches in the fridge and you see Melissa plop her bag down right in front of Barb, causing Barb to yelp in surprise. Melissa looks at her with a glare and Barb looks to see you’re surprised by Melissa’s actions as well.

“Something wrong Melissa?” Barb asks her.

“It took you a month to tell Amelia to come to one of us for help with math?” Melissa asks her sternly and crosses her arms.

“I was trying to help her myself, since I’m her teacher, and once I figured out what was wrong, I told her to go to you.” Barb explains. You go over to the coffee pot, as Melissa is too much on a mission to do it this morning.

“What’s wrong with Amelia?” Jacob asks.

“She has this math dyslexia thing.” You tell him. “We looked it up after. Apparently she might have gotten it from having ADHD or because-”

“Or because I have dyslexia and passed it down to her.” Melissa interrupts and you nod.

“But it’s ok.” You say as Melissa was struggling with it last night, as she never wants to make anything harder for her kids. “We’ll figure out the best ways to help her with it and she’ll adapt.” You add and Melissa looks at you. You go over to her and put your arms around her waist. “It’s not your fault and Amelia is very strong just like you are. She’ll figure out ways around this that will help her for life.”

“I know she will as she’s our smart girl, but she already has ADHD and now this.” Melissa says and you hand her the cup of coffee you made for her.

“I know, but it is what it is.” You tell her and then she sits down and takes her bag off the table. You give Melissa a kiss on the top of her head as you pass by her to sit in your own seat.

“Sorry Barb, I just don’t want to ever think she’s not smart enough or something like that.” Melissa tells her and Barb nods.

“I understand Melissa. And she’s a very smart girl, and quite social. I think she’s made friends with almost everyone in the class.”

“Sounds like her.” Melissa says with a smile. “She always talked to every kid in daycare and at the playground.”

Melissa had a spare second period as her students had music class. She’s going back to her classroom when she passes by Barb’s class. She stops and walks to the door, just outside and looks at Amelia. The class seems to be doing an art project and Amelia is smiling while adding glitter and talking to one of her classmates. Melissa smiles at her being happy as she leans her head against the doorframe. Barb notices Melissa there and sees her looking at Amelia and decides not to say anything about it, just lets her look. She takes her phone out and takes a picture of Amelia doing the art project before she makes her way back to her classroom.

She passes by your classroom on the way and sees you teaching them something and writing something on the board. She walks closer to your door and watches you teach your students. She thought that she was well hidden from your students but one of them calls her out.

“Mrs. Schemmenti, what are you doing here?” One of them asks and you look at the doorway to see Melissa there.

“Something you need?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“No, just watching.” She says and you nod with a smile before you continue teaching. You’re writing something on the board when you notice she’s still there, watching you.

“You might as well take a seat instead of standing in the doorway like a creeper.” You tell her and her and your students laugh. She ends up taking a seat at one of the desks and helps a few of your students with the worksheet.

At the end of the lesson, she gets up and walks over to you. You were sitting down at your desk as you write something in the lesson plan book.

“Always wondered what happened next in history.” She tells you and you smirk before you look up at her.

“Are you bored or something?” You ask her and she shakes her head.

“No, just wanted to be near you I guess.” She says and you nod. “Also I passed by Barb’s class and saw this.” She adds and then gives you her phone with the picture of Amelia doing art on it.

“Aw, so adorable.” You say with a smile and give her the phone back.

“I’ll get back to my classroom, gotta get some grading done.” She tells you and you nod.

“Alright, I love you.”

“I love you too.” She says and then leaves your classroom.

Chapter Text

You wake up on Wednesday morning to Melissa moving your hair out of your face. Your back is to her but she hears your soft hum. She puts her arm around your waist and presses a kiss to your cheek.

“Happy Valentine’s Day Amore.” She tells you and you move your head to see her looking at you. You move your body to turn around so that you’re now facing her.

“Happy Valentine’s Day.” You reply back and she grabs your hand and traces patterns on your palm with her thumb.

“Our twelfth Valentine’s Day together.” She says and kisses your hand. “I can’t wait to make love to this body tonight.” She adds and you smile.

“Thought that’s what Saturday is for.” You say and she smiles.

“Oh, I’m definitely making love to you on Saturday as well.” She immediately says and you chuckle. “You know me, I need my fix of you at least twice a week or I’ll go crazy.” She adds.

“You know, if I’m correct, we have half an hour until we wake the kids up and we both need a shower.” You tell her and she smirks before you both get up and get into the shower.

*20 minutes later*

You wipe the foggy mirror with your hand so that you can see yourself in it. You end up seeing Melissa coming up behind you and wrapping her arms around your waist and rests her head on your shoulder.

“That was a great shower.” She says and you smile.

“Shower sex or just the shower in general?” You ask and she places a kiss on your neck.

“Both, but mostly the shower sex.” She tells you before she takes your hairbrush and starts brushing your hair. You both get dressed before you go and wake up all your kids. Melissa was making breakfast while you were getting everyone’s lunch ready when Amelia bursts into the kitchen.

“My tooth came out! My tooth came out!” She exclaims and both of you turn around.

“What? It fell out?” Melissa asks and Amelia goes to her with a big smile. She shows the little tooth in her hand and then the empty space in her mouth where the tooth was. She even pokes her tongue where the tooth was to prove her point even more and Melissa smiles. “Oh wow, Tesoro, your first tooth.” Melissa says proudly. “Let’s put this tooth on your nightstand so we can put it under your pillow tonight and then the tooth fairy will come and take it.” She adds and Amelia smiles before she runs to her room.

Once Amelia comes back downstairs, Melissa quickly lifts her up and gives her a tight hug. Amelia giggles and then attempts to escape but fails.

“Mamma! I have to eat!” She exclaims.

“My baby is becoming a kid.” Melissa tells her as you and everyone else watches from the dinner table. You just roll your eyes and shake your head playfully at Melissa’s reaction to Amelia losing her first tooth.

Eventually Melissa let Amelia go eat and then you make sure Amelia has her Valentine’s Day cards in her bag for everyone and Melissa even double checked as Amelia got distracted by something and didn’t check or answer you.

Half an hour later, the three of you walk into the doors of Abbott and Melissa walks right into a pink streamer. She makes a face and swats it away as she keeps walking and you burst out laughing.

“Nice to know that the situation is humoring my wife.” She says sarcastically and you roll your eyes before she smiles at you. You both walk Amelia to the break room where everyone is and she makes a beeline for Barb.

“Auntie Barb! Auntie Barb, my tooth fell out this morning!” She exclaims and then shows Barb where her tooth used to be.

“Oh wow! Your first tooth.” Barb says as you put the lunchboxes in the fridge and Melissa gets the coffee for you both.

“Also, I have a small Valentine’s Day card for everyone.” Amelia then says and she takes off her bag and opens it. She pulls the ziplock bag full of cards out and then Melissa helps her search for the right ones. She hands them out to everyone who reads them with a smile. Amelia puts the rest of the cards back in her bag and closes her bag before Melissa picks her up with a big smile.

“Tesoro, do you want anything specific today to celebrate losing your first tooth?” Melissa asks her.

“Spaghetti!” Amelia immediately says and Melissa raises her eyebrows.

“Spaghetti? I can definitely do that.” Melissa tells her.

“Amelia, are you excited that the tooth fairy is going to visit you tonight?” Jacob asks and Amelia nods enthusiastically.

“Ya, mamma says the tooth fairy comes, takes the tooth and leaves money in its place.” Amelia tells them as Melissa puts her down and then she runs over to them.

“Can I see where you lost the tooth?” Janine asks and Amelia opens her mouth and shows her.

“Mamma, how many more teeth am I going to lose?” Amelia asks as she runs over to Melissa who’s sitting in her seat, sipping coffee.

“You’re going to lose all of them, all your baby teeth and they'll be replaced with adult teeth.” Melissa explains and Amelia takes a seat on her lap.

“Do you think my classmates will like the valentine cards?” Amelia then asks and looks at you.

“I think they will sweetheart.” You tell her. “Especially since you’re including them with a candy heart.” You add.

“Where are our candy hearts?” Jacob asks and the 3 of you turn around to face him.

“I forgot to give them a candy heart.” Amelia then says and goes to her bag.

Half an hour later, you’re welcoming your students inside the classroom and some wish you a happy Valentine’s Day. Once they all get settled in and you take attendance then you allow them to hand out the cards that they have to everyone. Most of them hand one to you as well but all of them hand one out to all of their classmates. You end up showing them to Melissa at lunch like you usually do and she reads every single one of them with a smile. In return, she ends up showing you the ones that she got and flat out refuses to share any candy hearts that she got with you, as usual.

“So do you and Melissa have any plans?” Janine asks you.

“Not tonight but Melissa has a whole plan on Saturday and refuses to tell me where she’s taking me or if there’s anything else we’re doing.” You say.

“Then it wouldn’t be a surprise.” Melissa says and doesn’t even bother to look up as she’s scrolling on her phone with her glasses on. You decide that since it’s Valentine’s Day, you’ll play with her a little bit. You get up from your seat, take her right hand away from her phone and sit in her lap. That really got her attention as she immediately puts her phone down and puts her left hand around your waist and the other resting on your thigh. “Something I can help you with?” She asks and you shake your head.

“No, just want to be in your lap.” You tell her as you grab your container and continue eating. Nobody says anything as you usually sit on Melissa’s lap when you have a long morning. Ava then walks in, sees you on Melissa’s lap and she smirks.

“Don’t even say anything.” Melissa tells her sternly as she sees her smirk.

“I was just gonna say that Y/n sure looks comfy on your lap.” She says and Melissa rolls her eyes, knowing she was definitely gonna say something else.

After you finish eating, you don’t even move from Melissa’s lap and you don’t hear any complaints from the redhead. Not even a minute later, you decide to go for it as Ava already left and Barb isn’t paying attention. You put your left hand on Melissa’s thigh as she went back to her phone at some point and she glanced up at you before scrolling on her phone again. You then trail your hand up, put it under her shirt and feel her stomach. You feel her flinch at the surprise but she doesn’t seem against it. You continue to trail your hand up until it’s just under her bra. You stop there for a few seconds and then run your hand over her bra and stop on her boob. She looks down at where she can see the lump where your hand is and then looks back at you and arches an eyebrow at you.

“Something you need?” She whispers and you smile at her.

“Yes, but you won’t be able to do what I want until tonight.” You whisper back and then trail your hand down to her stomach and put your head on her shoulder. “I want to have your fingers inside of me while I suck on your tits.” You whisper seductively and you hear her suck in a breath.

“That can be arranged.” She whispers back and you bring your head back and see that her pupils are dilated.

“You’re thinking about it now, aren’t you?” You ask her and she glares at you.

“Since you so nicely put the image in my head, yes.” She replies back, and the two of you didn’t whisper so now you’re getting confused looks from everyone. You then place a kiss on her cheek, innocently and you can tell she wants more than that right now. She cups your cheek and then brings you in for a kiss. It doesn’t take long for her to slip her tongue inside your mouth and wrap her hand around your tongue. A few seconds after Melissa slips her tongue inside your mouth, you get hit on the head with something and then you hear another smack and you assume Melissa got hit too. You immediately pull apart from Melissa and see Ava there with a piece of rolled up newspaper.

“Ow!” You say. “Did you hit us on the head with that?” You ask her and she nods.

“No making out on school property. I don’t care if it’s Valentine’s Day, if I can’t make out on school property then neither can you two.” She complains and then goes to the fridge, grabs something and then leaves.

“If I can’t then neither can you two.” You mimic and then Melissa starts laughing.

“I feel like our kids are gonna do that to us one day since they’re half you.” Melissa says with a smile.

“They’re also half Schemmenti so I’m interested to see if they torment everyone in the school when 5 of them are gonna be going here at some point.” You counter and Melissa raises her eyebrows and has an amused smile on her face.

“Can you imagine 5 little Schemmenti’s here.” Gregory says and you all look at him.

“Well you’re gonna be teaching one of them in September.” You remind him and he looks at Barb.

“What is Amelia like in the classroom?” Gregory asks Barb.

“Oh, she’s wonderful. She definitely has the Schemmenti attitude but she’s a bright young girl.” Barb explains.

“I wonder what she’ll be like when puberty hits, and I’ll have to teach her.” Jacob says and you raise an eyebrow at him.

“Ok, you all already know Amelia and the 4 others as you come to our house at least 5 times a year.” You tell them all.

“Ya, that’s 5 times more than Melissa used to let us before she met you.” Janine says.

“I- I honestly don’t doubt that to be honest. That seems very on brand for her.” You say and they all look at you confused.

“Did you know that about Melissa?” Janine asks you.

“I knew she was private and she might have mentioned never inviting any of you, but that ‘go away’ welcome mat spoke about her private life for itself.” You joke and you see Melissa roll her eyes.

“And you made me get rid of that mat when you moved in and started inviting people over.” Melissa complains and you try not to laugh.

“When did you first get invited to her house?” Jacob asks you and you think about it.

“On the last day of school, so about 6 months.” You tell them.

“For us it took 3 years to invite me and Jacob over twice and then never again until you invited us to that house warming party.” Janine complains.

“And I hated every minute of that party.” Melissa chimes in and you giggle. “I can’t believe I let you talk me into having that.”

“What are you talking about? I asked you twice and then you said yes.” You remind her and she looks at you.

“I think what happened right before you asked me the second time was a great motivator for me to say yes.” She counters and you bite your lip as you try not to laugh again. You happen to look at the trio and see them trying not to laugh as well.

“You used sex to convince Melissa to have people over?” Jacob asks, very amused.

“And it worked.” You say. “Not that I’m complaining though. Melissa is very good in-” Melissa ends up covering your mouth with her hand, preventing you from finishing that sentence or saying anything else. You look at her with an amused expression and she’s giving you a glare. You end up licking and nibbling on her hand but she doesn’t remove it.

“Lick and bite all you want, I’m not removing my hand until we all have to get our students.” Melissa tells you.

“You must be used to her licking and biting you then.” Jacob says and Melissa sighs.

“See what you started?” Melissa asks you and you shrug. “Per l’amor del cielo.” She complains and you start laughing, even with her hand covering your mouth. Over the years, you’ve heard her swear in Italian, and after having kids, she only swears in Italian so her kids don’t know what she said and repeat it, so you know exactly what she just said. “Vai a farti fottere.” She tells you and you raise an eyebrow at her. You say something but it comes out muffled since her hand is covering your mouth. “I’m still not removing my hand.”

“We gotta go pick up our students.” Gregory says. Melissa removes her hand from your mouth and you lean in close to her ear.

“I said, that’s for you to do to me later.” You tell her and then stand up.

“It’s a good thing I didn’t remove my hand then.” She says and then stands up as well.

At the end of the day, you say goodbye to your last student for the day and their parent. You go inside your classroom and you finish writing something down when you hear a knock at your door. You look up and see Melissa there with her black leather trench coat, pink scarf and a smile on her face. She walks inside your classroom and goes up to Ginger’s cage and smiles at her.

“She looks to be doing well.” Melissa says and you nod.

“My students love her.” You say and she can see that a few of the students brought in treats for the Guinea pig for Valentine’s Day.

“Well how could they not? Ginger is adorable.”

“And a biter, just like her father.” You add and she looks up at you. “She doesn’t bite me or the students, she bit Janine.” You explain and she snorts.

“Mamma!” You hear and Melissa turns around to see Amelia barreling at her. Melissa bends over slightly and gives her a daughter a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

“Hi Tesoro, did you have a good day?” She asks and Amelia nods enthusiastically.

“Auntie Barb told me that a boy has a crush on me as he gave me a kiss on the cheek.” Amelia says and you look at her and Melissa is quiet. Melissa blinks at her daughter a few times, looks at Barb then back at Amelia.

“What?” Melissa asks.

“A boy kissed me on the cheek when we were handing out the cards for Valentine’s Day.” She explains. Melissa then wipes Amelia’s cheeks with her coat and Amelia looks at her confused.

“Don’t want any boys kissing my daughter yet.” Melissa says and you put a hand on her shoulder.

“Think it’s a little late for that. Our daughter is beautiful so it’s not that surprising.” You say.

“Well I know that.” Melissa tells you and then looks back at Amelia. “No dating until you’re…” She starts to say and then looks at you. “When did you start dating?”

“15.”

“Until you’re 18.” Melissa says, obviously not wanting Amelia to start dating until college or university.

“Mamma, I have no interest in dating anyone.” Amelia tells her and then gives her mother a hug.

“Give it 8 years and then we’ll ask you that again.” You chime in and Melissa glares at you.

“Zip it you.” She tells you sternly.

“How many times do I have to tell you that your glares don’t work on me anymore?” You ask and she sighs before she stands back up.

“They still work on the trio.” She mumbles.

“That’s because they’re still a bit scared of you.”

“As they should be.” She counters and then looks at you. “When did you stop being scared of me?”

“After you kissed me for the first time.” You reply and you all start walking out to the car to pick up your kids and go home.

At night, Melissa watches as Amelia puts her tooth under her pillow and then lets Melissa tuck her in. She gives Amelia a kiss on her forehead, turns on her nightlight and then turns off the LED lights before closing the door. She walks to the bedroom where you pull out a $5 bill from your wallet and put it on the nightstand.

“$5?” Melissa asks and you nod. “I got a quarter when I lost a tooth.”

“I got $1.” You say and she hums. “I guess $5 is like a quarter now.” You add and she wraps her arms around your waist.

“We can go in a little bit. First, I think we should do what you were thinking about earlier. My fingers inside of you while you suck on my tits.” She tells you and she pushes you onto the bed and you giggle.

An hour later, Melissa opens Amelia’s door carefully and sees her daughter fast asleep. She carefully sneaks over to the bed, lifts the pillow, takes the tooth and puts the $5 in its place. She opens the door and walks out when Amelia starts to stir. She quickly and gently closes the door and then walks back to the bedroom where you’re watching Amelia’s baby monitor.

“She didn’t wake up.” You tell her and she nods.

“Good. Now what do we do with the tooth?” She asks as she looks at Amelia’s tooth.

“Put it in a ziplock bag?” You suggest and she seems to like that idea and goes downstairs to the kitchen and then comes back up. “We’ll have to label it as we’ll have 5 kids who’s losing teeth soon and don’t want to mix them up.” You add and she sighs before she puts the bag in the drawer of her nightstand.

“My first born lost her first baby tooth.” Melissa says as she gets into bed. “I guess she’s no longer our little baby.”

“Mel, my love, all of them will always be our babies, even if one of them has babies of their own. Just like Elena will always be our puppy.” You say and she looks at you. “Now, let’s get some sleep. I have to get my kids ready for a test on Friday.” You add and she nods as you two get comfortable in bed together.

On Saturday morning you wake up to someone kissing and sucking on your neck. You snap your eyes open and you see Melissa’s ginger hair in front of you. You let a moan slip out and Melissa trails her hand to the back of your shirt and touches all over you.

“Melissa.” You moan out before you cup her cheeks and bring her head to align with yours and kiss her on the lips.

She responds eagerly to the kiss and pushes your body right up against hers. You then push her body to the side and she falls on her back and you straddle her lap before you bend down and continue kissing her. She giggles into the kiss and you slip your tongue into her mouth and she moans. You put a hand over one of her boobs over her pj shirt and squeeze. You go to put your hand under her shirt but then you hear feet running down the hall and barking. You move your body so your legs tangle with hers and place your head on her chest and sigh. She runs a hand through your hair as you calm down from getting so turned on by her, which honestly isn’t hard for her to do to you.

“You got me so turned on.” You complain and she giggles.

“Don’t worry, you’re not the only one who’s turned on right now.” She tells you and you look up and see her looking at you and her eyes are black. “But your parents will be taking the kids to their place around 3 and we’ll have the house to ourselves until 9.”

“I like the sound of that.” You say and then you hear a thump in the hallway. You quickly get off of Melissa, put a robe on and then run out into the hallway. You come back into the bedroom and close the door. “One of the kids fell but they’re ok.” You tell her and she nods as she puts a bra and underwear on. “Do you really have to cover them up?” You ask her and she smiles.

“I don’t have to but if I don’t then you’ll be all over me, and I’m sure our kids would appreciate not being scared for life.” She says and you roll your eyes.

“You think I have such little self control?” You ask her.

“When it comes to my chest? Yes.” She immediately says as you take your shirt off.

“Hmm, fair enough, they are one of my biggest weaknesses.” You say and she wraps her arms around you from behind.

“You finish getting ready and then bring the girls downstairs while I bring the energetic kids downstairs.” She tells you and then places a kiss on your shoulder then leaves.

A few hours later, you step out of the shower and start brushing your teeth then hair. Melissa said the reservation is at 5:30 and see 3:30 on your phone. Melissa suggested taking a shower together but you booted her out of the bathroom with her things and she went to take a shower in the other bathroom. 40 minutes later you step into the bedroom, all ready and you see Melissa sitting on the bed, next to a present.

“What’s that?” You ask her and she stands up and hands it to you.

“What I want to use on you later.” She says and you quirk an eyebrow before you unwrap it. You see she bought a pair of handcuffs and knowing she wants to use them on you later is getting you excited.

“Handcuffs?” You ask and she nods.

“Since you broke the last pair.”

“Well when you get orgasm after orgasm out of me, I tend to pull…hard.” You say and she hums as she wraps her arms around you.

“And I plan to do that tonight.” She says seductively and you look at the time and see it’s 4:20.

“How about right now?” You ask her and she looks at the time too before she kisses you and then makes you back up until your back hits the wall. She boosts you up and you wrap your legs around her waist as she pins the rest of your body to the wall. “I thought you wanted to try the handcuffs?”

“I do, want to take my time with you.” She tells you as she starts kissing down your neck.

“Screw that, I’ve been wanting you since this morning.” You tell her as you put your legs down and then push her back until she falls on the bed with a yelp.

You get on top of her and start kissing her right away and she moans into the kiss. She then flips you both so that she’s on top and you’re under her. She straddles your lap and then takes the box from you, takes the handcuffs out and then throws the box onto the ground somewhere. She takes your shirt and bra off before she gets you to place your head on a pillow and get comfortable. You do as you’re told and then she handcuffs you to the bed.

“Try not to break the handcuffs…or the bed.” She says and then takes your pants off and sees a wet patch on your panties before she takes them off.

“I have no control over my actions after you start kissing below my neck.” You tell her and she smiles before she takes her shirt off. You watch as she takes her bra off while looking at you the entire time and you lick your lips, wanting to suck on her nipples. As soon as you see her boobs she watches as your eyes darken immediately and she shakes her head.

“You’re so easy, did you know that? I just have to show you my boobs and you’re turned on.”

“Well they’re amazing boobs.” You say and she giggles before she bends down and wraps her mouth around one of your nipples. You moan out as you feel her hot mouth on your sensitive area and then feel her tongue flick your nipple. She moves to the other one after you start trying to buck your hips as she realises you’re going to start begging and wants to appreciate both nipples. Not even 10 seconds after she switches to the other one, you start begging. “Melissa, please, I need you inside me.” You beg and she looks at you and sees your eyes are closed and mouth is open.

Melissa presses a kiss in between your breasts and then leaves a kiss trail down your stomach and then leaves kisses on your upper thighs, close to where you need her most. You let a whine slip out as your pussy is dripping with wetness, and you need Melissa to touch you there to relieve the pressure and she’s making you wait. Melissa then wraps her arms around your thighs and lines her mouth up with your pussy before she dives in and eagerly tastes you.

“You taste so good, baby.” Melissa tells you and then sticks her tongue in your entrance.

You gasp out and buck your hips. She unwraps one arm from your thigh and pins you down before she trails up and starts sucking on your clit. You arch your back and Melissa pushes you down harder with her hand. Unable to barely move, you unconsciously start riding her face, needing to move as you’re receiving so much stimulation from just her mouth. She then moves back down to your entrance and brings her hand down to start circling your clit. You let out a loud gasp as there’s no kids or dogs in the house and you feel a little bad for the members of the Cheeks family that’s downstairs right now as they must be hearing everything. You bend your knees and curl your toes as your orgasm is building quickly. You unconsciously close your thighs as you’re about to come and you end up squeezing Melissa but she doesn’t complain, she just keeps going. She feels your thigh muscles tense before you come and she licks up all your cum.

Melissa sits up, gets you to put your legs back down before she sticks 2 fingers in your entrance without warning. You moan out as she starts with a fast pace and she looks up to see you trying to pull on the handcuffs. She brings her body up yours, while still fingering you and kisses your lips. You taste yourself on her and you can’t help but moan as you feel you have a claim on Melissa right now, even though you’re married, have 5 kids and still deeply in love with each other. She leaves a trail of kisses down your cheek and then reaches your neck and starts sucking on a sensitive spot. You let out a whine and then try to move your hips as you feel your second orgasm already building. You then gasp out as your orgasm hits and Melissa keeps sucking on your neck and fingering you, wanting to come again. You pull on the handcuffs and you’re breathing heavily as your third orgasm is building quickly as you had no recovery time.

“Me-Melissa.” You breathe out and she pulls away from your neck, runs her fingers through your hair with her free hand and looks at you.

“It’s ok baby, I’ve got you, let go.” She says and that pushes you over the edge. She removes her fingers from inside you and puts them in her mouth and tastes you again. “I’ll never feel like I’ve tasted you enough.” She adds as you get control of your breathing again. You see her looking at you with a soft smile that you return but then frown as you look down.

“Why the hell are you still wearing pants?”

“Cause no one took them off.” She simply says and you quirk an eyebrow at her.

“I have been unable to do anything with my hands since someone cuffed them.” You say and she laughs as she grabs the key off the nightstand and frees your hands. You quickly flip the both of you so that you’re on top and Melissa giggles but it turns into a moan as soon as you kiss her. You pull away from her and quickly look at the time on your phone that’s on the nightstand, 4:57. “I’m gonna have to go quickly.” You tell her as you go down her body and take her pants off. “We have to leave in 15 minutes to make our reservation on time.” You add and then run a hand on her panties and feel how wet she already is.

You then take them off and see her glistening pussy on display just for you. You run your fingers through her folds and she moans out at your touch and you feel she’s soaking wet. You circle her entrance a few times before pushing a finger inside of her. Melissa lets out a gasp at the feeling of you inside her and then you start pumping.

“You’re so wet, my love, I’m able to move so easily inside of you.” You say and she looks at you.

You move up her body until you’re face to face with her. She was looking into your eyes as slip a second finger inside of her. She grabs onto your hair and makes a fist as the sensations are overwhelming her right now. You start curling your fingers, hitting her g-spot and she arches her back and gasps. She can feel her orgasm start to build and wraps her arms around your neck.

“Y/n, baby, oh my god, don’t stop.” She says through heavy breaths.

“I have no intention of stopping, you feel so good around my fingers.” You tell her and she lets out a whimper. “Look at me when you come.”

You feel her clench around you and you let out a whine as she does feel really good. You feel her wetness all around your fingers, her warm inviting wetness and it makes you want to keep going and going, pulling orgasm after orgasm out of her. Melissa is at her peak and she looks into your eyes and arches her back as she comes underneath you. You take a look at the time and see 5:07.

“We can cuddle for a couple minutes before we need to get dressed and go.” You say as you pull out of her and then lay beside her. You quickly set an alarm on your phone and then feel Melissa’s arms around you. “Happy Valentine’s Day my love.” You whisper and she smiles.

“Happy Valentine’s Day Amore.” She tells you before she grabs your chin and kisses you.