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26, she/her 🇨🇦 Totally obsessed with Lisa Ann Walter and Jodie Whittaker . Also got a crush on Christina Ricci, Kathryn Hahn and Rosamund Pike. You can ask anything from prompts to just want to chat. Feel free to DM me if you ever want, I swear I don’t bite! 😉

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Masterlist

(Requests Open) - What I write: Fluff, Angst, Smut, Mental disabilities, Age gap, Minor reader (I'll only go as young as 17 though)

Who I Write For (Female Reader)

Abbott Elementary: Melissa Schemmenti x Reader (romantic)

The Parent Trap: Chessy x Reader (romantic)

Wednesday: Marilyn Thornhill x Reader (romantic)

Yellowjackets: Adult Misty Quigley x Reader (romantic)

The Wheel Of Time: Moiraine Sedai x Reader (romantic)

Wandavision/ Agatha All Along: Agatha Harkness x Reader (romantic)

Resident Evil Village: Donna Beneviento x Reader (romantic)

Once Upon A Time: Regina Mills x Reader (romantic)

Ted Lasso: Rebecca Welton x Reader (romantic)

Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor x Reader (romantic)

The Studio: Maya Mason x Reader (romantic)

Law and Order SVU: Olivia Benson x reader (romantic)

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina: Zelda Spellman x Reader (romantic)

Agatha Harkness

Chessy

Donna Beneviento

Marilyn Thornhill

Maya Mason

Melissa Schemmenti

Misty Quigley (Adult)

Moiraine Sedai

Olivia Benson - coming soon

Rebecca Welton

Regina Mills

Thirteenth Doctor - coming soon

Zelda Spellman - coming soon

Fics in the Works

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Happy Pride Month from Lisa Ann Walter's atire,

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Happy Pride Month everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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“I’ll watch heathers for the plot.”

The plot:

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BEAUTIFUL

STUNNING

BREATHTAKING

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So gorgeous 😍

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Here's the next part of The Captain and The FBI Agent. Things really start taking off here. I put it as early access for paid members for a week on my patreon. Here's a small snippet with the link at the bottom. Not edited in the slightest and I hope you like it!

The Captain and The FBI Agent - Part 3

Pairing: Olivia Benson x Reader

Summary: Your FBI partner shows up while your memories start coming back.

Warnings: Mentions of rape, mentions of drugging

Words: 3.7K

When she gets in the precinct she sees a guy wearing an FBI badge and a gun. She then sees that he’s talking loudly to Amanda and Carisi.

“What’s going on in here?” Olivia asks.

“She’s our Captain.” Carisi tells him and he turns to her.

“Captain Benson, whatever you think happened, Y/n had nothing to do with it.” He pleas and she furrows her eyebrows.

“And who are you?” She asks him.

“Jake Melvin, Y/n’s partner.” He tells her. 

“Let’s talk in my office.” She tells him.

“Of course, anything to help Y/n.” He says and then follows her to her office. He sits down in one of the chairs across from hers as she closes the door and then sits down. He takes notice of you in the interrogation room and sees your sunglasses. “Why is she wearing sunglasses?”

“Light is making her headache worse.” Is all she says. “How well do you know her, Agent Melvin?”

“She’s been my partner for 8 years, I think I know her almost as much as her sister does.” He tells her. “Her sister can tell you exactly what I am, that whatever is going on, she’s innocent.”

“How did you hear that we have her?”

“My captain said she called, saying SVU is taking her to their station.” He says.

“We haven’t made an official arrest with her, but it’s also not looking good for her. And that’s all I can tell you for right now.” She explains. “There’s also something that doesn’t feel right, and I want to know more about her.”

“Whatever you want to know, I’ll answer.” 

“How many drinks does she usually have at a bar?”

“If she has an alcoholic drink then no more than one.” He confirms and Olivia nods and leans back in her seat.

“What about partners or girls that she brings home? Is it a regular thing?” She then asks.

“She rarely brings a girl home, she rarely meets girls. She is more of a married to the job type. If she does meet a girl then she likes to meet them a few times before she even thinks about inviting them to her place for dinner.” He tells her. 

Before he can say anything else, there’s a knock at the door. Olivia holds up her index finger to Jake before she gets up and opens the door. At the door is Fin and has his phone in hand.

READ FULL FIC HERE!

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So…? Which is the truth Quinta 🫩

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For real…

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“Finish what we’ve begun!”

isabella esler as veronica sawyer, john cardoza as jason “j.d.” dean, zan berube as heather chandler, chris marsh clark as ram sweeney, lisa ann walter as ms. fleming, cast of heathers (2026)

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Lisa looks so good!

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Here's the next chapter of Mine! Next chapter is when Amelia starts grade 2 in Melissa's class and Caty and Nico start kindergarten! Not edited in the slightest and I hope you like it!

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Mine - Part 62

Pairing: Melissa Schemmenti x Reader

Summary: The Schemmenti's in the month of August!

Warning: Mentions of smut

Words: 9.7K

You knock on Amelia’s door and she looks up at you. You walk in with the envelope you got a few days ago and sit on her bed. Amelia puts the book down that she was reading and sits up as you hand her the envelope. 

“I got you something to give to Mamma tomorrow for her birthday.” You tell her and she opens the envelope and gasps after a few seconds.

“Really?” Amelia asks and you nod. “Do you think she’ll like it?”

“I think she’ll love it, especially if she gets to do that with you.” You say and she hugs you.

“Thank you, Mommy.” 

“No problem, sweetheart.” You tell her and then you walk out after she hides the envelope.

The next morning, Melissa wakes up as she’s been ambushed with kisses all over her face. She giggles as she sees it’s you kissing her. She then grabs your waist and pushes you down on her and you gasp. 

“What a way to wake up.” She says.

“Happy birthday to you-”

“Oh god.” She complains and you giggle. “Please tell me you’re not gonna try to cook me something.” 

“After the Mamma’s Day disaster? Not a chance. I’m not an idiot.” You say and she smiles. “But I know the kids are excited to give you their hand made cards.” You add. 

“Are they already up?” She asks and looks at the baby monitors on the dresser.

“No. I thought we might have an hour to ourselves before they wake up.” You tell her and she raises an eyebrow.

“And what exactly are we going to do in that hour?” She asks.

“Whatever you want, birthday girl.” 

“Hm, well how about we start with your head between my legs and then end up with me pinning you to the shower wall.” She says.

“I like that idea.”

An hour later you both finish getting dressed and see all the kids are still asleep. Melissa looks at her phone and sees it’s 6:30. The sun is up but all of them are still passed out.

“How they can sleep with the sun in their face, I will never understand.” She mutters out.

“They must have been really tired. They were spending most of the afternoon and evening playing outside with their toys.” 

“I guess. I suppose we should go wake up the little critters.” 

“I got it!” You both hear and turn to see Amelia there.

“How long have you been standing there?” Melissa asks.

“About a minute.” Amelia says before she goes running down the hall, banging on the bedroom doors of her siblings. “Everyone up! It’s Mamma’s birthday!” She shouts and Melissa facepalms.

“I guess that’s one way to do it.” You say while laughing. 

All the kids come out of their bedroom and run into your bedroom and ambush Melissa in a big group hug. All 5 of them were jumping and shouting ‘happy birthday’ all at the same time to her. You take your phone out and record the entire thing instead of helping Melissa.

“Thank you my bambini. How about we go downstairs?” She suggests and they all hold on to her and drag her towards the stairs. You end the recording and send it to the Abbott group chat before you follow them.

You all make it downstairs and all the kids hold out their cards for her to take, all except Amelia. You sit down on the loveseat as they all dragged her to the couch. Melissa takes their cards and then looks at them all one by one. 

“Oh Caty, this is such a great family picture, and you even included the Cheek’s family.” Melissa says and Caty nods. “I love what you all drew for me.” She tells them all. The two sets of twins then calm down and you look at Amelia. Amelia looks at you and then she takes a deep breath before walking forward.

“This-um- this is for you, Mamma.” Amelia says and hands the card and envelope to Melissa. Melissa looks to see Amelia fidgeting and not making a lot of eye contact. Melissa opens the card and smiles. 

“Happy birthday, Mamma. Love Amelia.” Melissa reads with a smile. Melissa then opens the envelope and pulls out the gifts. You all watch as she reads it for a second and then gasps. “You got me 2 Eagles tickets!” She exclaims and Amelia nods. 

“I was hoping we could go together, if-if that’s ok.” Amelia says and Melissa puts a hand over her heart before pulling Amelia into a hug. 

“I would love to go with you.” Melissa tells her. While hugging her, Melissa glances at you and sees you’re recording it with a smile. She pulls back from the hug and looks at all of her kids. “Thank you so much for all these wonderful cards, I feel like the most loved Mamma in the world.” She says to all of them. “Now how about you all help me make breakfast?” She announces and they all get excited and run to the kitchen. She looks at you and tells you to sit beside her, so you do. 

“You are definitely very loved by all of them.” You tell her and she smiles.

“I really am. I also wanted to thank you for the Eagles tickets that you gave Amelia.” She says.

“It was nothing.” You say.

“How did you get such great seats? I didn’t see a chunk taken from our savings.” 

“I know a guy.” You tell her and she raises an eyebrow. “Or at least, you know a guy.” You add and she laughs. 

“I’ve got such an amazing wife.” She says and then places a kiss on your cheek.

“Mamma, I thought we were making breakfast!” She hears Nico yell.

“Go on, our herd of little Schemmenti’s are really excited to cook with you.” You say and she places another kiss on your lips.

“Thank you for giving me this memory with Amelia. I honestly can’t wait to go with her.” She tells you before she goes to the kitchen. 

30 minutes later and there’s eggs sandwiches being placed on the table. You see that there’s a poached egg, bacon and dairy free cheese in them.

“We all helped Mamma with breakfast.” Caty says and you smile.

“They did, I had 5 amazing little helpers.” Melissa says. 

“That’s amazing.” You say and then look at Melissa. “So I was thinking we could go wherever you want and then to a diner for dinner.” You tell her and Melissa smiles and nods. 

“Sounds like a plan.” 

“Where are we gonna go, Mamma?” Amelia asks and then all the kids are asking her the same question at the same time. 

“Mmm, maybe we could go to the Franklin Institute.” She suggests and you raise your eyebrow.

“That’s definitely an interesting choice.” You tell her.

“What’s the Franklin Institute?” Nico asks, mouth full of food.

“It’s a big science museum.” Melissa explains. “And also don’t talk with your mouth full, Ometto.” 

“Sorry, Mamma.” He says after swallowing.

2 hours later, everyone is piling into the car and you and Melissa are doing up car seats. Then you both get in the front seats and Melissa looks in the mirror.

“Ok. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 kids. We got them all.” Melissa says and then turns on the car. 

You get there and Melissa goes up to the front desk person to pay while you keep the kids from running away. 

“5 kids and 2 adults please.” Melissa says and then takes her card out.

“Are they all yours?” The woman asks and Melissa nods. “5 kids is a lot.” 

“Ya, they usually make it feel like there’s more.” Melissa jokes as she pays. She pays and then goes back to her family. “Alright, bambini, let’s go.” She announces.

When they walk through to the big exhibit room, all their eyes go wide. Nico, Caty and Amelia run to one place and Nico pushes all the buttons he can see to watch what they do. Caty is listening to Amelia read the information while the toddlers are touching everything in sight.

“This is so cool!” Nico exclaims as he continues pushing all the buttons. You then look to see the toddlers are looking at the giant heart and then they start running towards it.

“Uh oh.” You say and Melissa looks at your line of sight. 

Melissa immediately runs after them but they get inside before she catches them. You then see Melissa looking at the heart and taking a deep breath before she goes in. She doesn’t want to go in there but knows they won’t come out unless she goes in after them. 

“Mamma look!” Mia exclaims.

“It feels so weird, Mamma!” Bella exclaims.

You just chuckle as the toddlers are gonna be in there for at least 5 minutes before Melissa can get them out of there. You look back and see Nico is touching everything and pushing all the buttons while Caty is silently looking. Amelia is doing two things, reading about it and then pushing the buttons.

You happen to glance at the heart and see 2 little ginger toddlers running out and Melissa running after them. You laugh as Melissa slows down when they’re in your range and you see her catching her breath. The toddlers end up joining Nico as he’s the one making stuff happen with the buttons. They see him pushing a button and then a noise or a light happens. They put it together and then they start pushing the buttons as well.

“I’m starting to regret this idea.” Melissa tells you. 

“I think this was a great idea, they’re having fun.” You tell her. “Why don’t you go spend time with them and I’ll stay here in case anyone decides to take flight.” You suggest. She nods before she places a kiss on your cheek and then walks towards her kids. 

“Mamma, check this out!” Caty exclaims.

“Mamma, look what happens when I push this!” Nico yells excitedly. You see Amelia finishes looking at everything and then she walks over towards you.

“Not having fun?” You ask her.

“I am, I already looked at everything and pushed all the buttons.” She tells you. 

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

“The dance camp.”

“Why? You’ve been nothing but excited about it since we signed you up a month ago.” 

“I am excited but I’ll be away from everyone for a week.” She explains and you nod. 

“That’s understandable. But you’ll have so much fun and make so many new friends. By the time the week is done then you won’t want to come back when we pick you up.” You tell her. “And if you miss us then give us a call when you can. And don’t forget that we’ll be there at the end of the week to watch the dance routine.” 

“I know all of that but the longest I’ve been away from you both is a night. This will be 6 nights.” 

“I know, and we’re all going to miss you too. I might have to stop Mamma from driving there and dragging you home before the week is up.” You say and she laughs.

“That does sound like something she would do.” Amelia says with a smile. 

“It is something that I’m sure she’s already thinking about doing and you haven’t left yet.” You tell her. “Just enjoy the family time today and tomorrow morning when we get to dance camp, you’ll see how fun it’ll be.” You add and give her a side hug.

“Thanks mommy.” She tells you as she hugs you back. 

You all walk to another exhibit and all the kids run away to go look. You see Nico going to push all the buttons again to see what they do. Caty is looking carefully and Amelia is reading the information as it’s above Caty’s reading level. You take a quick selfie with Melissa before she goes to spend more time with the kids. Like before, you stay behind in case anyone tries to make a run for it. You doubt they will as they’re too interested in everything to look at and touch but you don’t want to take any chances.

3 hours later, the toddlers are cuddled up into your lap as you sit on a bench. It seems they ran their little hearts out until they ran out of energy. Melissa sees them sleeping on you and turns to her other kids.

“Alright you three, we should go as the toddlers need their nap.” She tells them and they all turn to see them sleeping on you. 

When you get home, you both bring the toddlers upstairs while Amelia opens the backyard door for Elena. You tuck them in and then you both go downstairs to see the other 3 talking about the institute. 

“I’ll go make lunch, how about you go watch something with them.” Melissa suggests and you nod before you go to the living room. 

Melissa ends up making grilled cheese for lunch. She’s gotten better with dealing with fake cheese, and knows she should put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds before cooking it so the cheese melts like it should. When lunch is almost done, you go upstairs to wake the toddlers and come downstairs with them. You all end up continuing to watch the movie while all eating your grilled cheese. Nico, to no one’s surprise, grabs a second one right after finishing his first and is only able to eat half of the second one. Caty takes the second half of it and eats it as she only has room for half of another one.

“So which diner should we go to for dinner?” Melissa asks you. 

“Well it’s your birthday so you get the final vote, but I was thinking of the diner where they sell vegan milkshakes.” You tell her.

“The one that’s a 5 minute drive?” She asks and you nod. “I like that diner, and it’s a good idea to go to one that gives dairy free options. Never want Caty to feel left out.” She says and you nod. 

“You know, Amelia is nervous about being away from us when she goes to camp. Maybe you can talk to her tonight. Reassure her, and maybe promise you won’t drag her home against her will.” You say and she nods.

“I’m not gonna drive there before camp is over.” She says very unconvincingly.

After lunch and the movie, you all go outside in the backyard and Melissa is playing soccer with the toddlers while you’re playing catch with the oldest kids. You see Melissa running around and wonder if she’ll fall asleep before the kids tonight. 

After an hour it was getting too hot to stay outside so you decide to go in before anyone passes out. Inside you and Melissa bring juice and cups over and everyone has a glass.

“Tesoro, are you done packing everything?” Melissa asks and Amelia nods. 

“What are we gonna do before dinner?” Caty asks. 

“How about we play a board game?” You suggest and everyone quickly agrees. “Mia, want to be on my team?” You ask as she’s right beside you and she nods. 

“Stellina, want to be on Mamma’s team?” Melissa asks and Bella nods excitedly. While you all play, you end up sitting on the floor with Amelia while Mia is sitting in your lap and Bella is sitting on Melissa’s lap. 

4 hours later you’re pulling up at the diner and you get all the kids out before going inside. There’s a few people eating inside and a couple in line waiting to be seated. The couple gets seated and then the person asks you how much. 

“7 people.” Melissa says. 

“Ok, follow me please.” The lady says. You and Melissa pick up a toddler each before you all follow the lady. She brings you to a circular booth and the older kids get in first. You and Melissa then get in and place the toddler you were carrying, beside you. “Alright, here’s your menus and someone should be along to take your order shortly.”

“Thank you.” You tell her and then she leaves.

“Ok, let’s see what they have for you kids.” Melissa says as she grabs one of the menus. 

“Oh, they have chocolate chip pancakes.” Amelia reads and Nico looks at her.

“They do?” He asks and she nods.

“Ya, it says it right here.” Amelia says.

“I can’t read yet.” He tells her.

“She’s right, they have them.” You confirm.

“That’s what I want.” He then says.

“Alright, that’s one kid down.” Melissa tells the table. “What does everyone feel like having? There’s pancakes, burgers, chicken fingers, waffles, eggs and sausage, French toast, grilled cheese, soups.” Melissa reads. You see there’s a lot more but she was mostly saying ones that they would choose. 

“Chicken fingers.” Bella says. 

“Ok, that’s 2.” You say. “Caty and Mia, what do you want?” 

“Are there any burgers without cheese?” Caty asks and you go over the list of burgers. 

“Yep. They have a BLT. Bacon, lettuce and tomato.” You tell her.

“I like that, I want that.” She says. 

“What about you Mia?” Melissa asks her as Mia is right beside her.

“French toast.” Mia says and you nod. 

“Hello, my name is Mira and I’ll be your waiter today.” Mira says as she comes with a tray of water. She places a cup of water in front of everyone and Amelia goes to drink hers right away. “Can I get you started on some drinks?” 

“Yep, 5 chocolate milkshakes, one of them vegan, and 2 chocolate milks.” Melissa says and Mira writes it down. 

“Alright, and do you know what you want to order?” Mira asks.

“Amelia, do you know?” You ask and Amelia nods. “Ya, we know what we want.” You confirm. “Chicken fingers and fries, one BLT, French toast and I’ll have a classic burger and fries.

“I’ll have a chicken wrap.” Amelia says.

“And I’ll have a Philly cheesesteak.” Melissa tells her.

“Alright, I’ll be back with your drinks.” Mira finishes writing and then leaves. 

“I can’t believe you’re leaving tomorrow for camp.” Caty tells Amelia. “Who will I have to play with now?”

“Wow, I don’t feel sidelined at all.” You say.

“You and Mamma are ok, but it’s more fun with Amelia.” Caty tells you and you raise your eyebrows. 

“More fun?” Melissa asks. 

“You don’t understand how we like to play.” Amelia explains and Caty nods. “It’s only for a week, Caty. How about you make up a storyline and we’ll do it when I get back?” Amelia suggests.

“Ok! I’ll make up the best storyline.” Caty says with a smile.

“Why are you leaving again? Last year you didn’t leave for a week.” Nico asks.

“It was a different camp, it was a day camp last year.” Amelia explains. 

“And here are your drinks.” Mira says as she appears with a tray full of drinks. She places the tray down carefully and starts taking the drinks off. She takes the chocolate milk off first and Melissa takes them. Melissa takes two sippy cups out of her purse and opens them. She then begins pouring the chocolate milk into the sippy cups.

“You brought Mia and Bella’s sippy cups?” You ask and she nods. 

“Better safe than sorry.” Melissa says.

“Who’s getting the dairy free chocolate milkshake?” Mira asks.

“Me.” Caty says and Mira hands it to her. Melissa is about to make sure but then sees a note on the tray where the dairy free one was, confirming which one it was. Mira then takes off the other milkshakes and passes them around. 

“Your meals should be here in about 20 minutes.” 

“Thank you, Mira.” You tell her and she nods before leaving.

“Alright, you two, now you can’t spill your drinks this time.” Melissa says and then passes the sippy cups to Bella and Mia. You take a sip of your milkshake and see that Nico is practically chugging it.

“Might want to take your time, sweetheart. Might get a brain freeze or a major sugar rush.” You tell him and he stops.

“Sorry.” He says.

“This milkshake is really good for being dairy free.” Caty points out. “Mamma, taste it.” She adds. Melissa leans forward and takes a sip of the milkshake.

“You’re right, it tastes almost exactly like the ones with dairy.” Melissa agrees and then takes a sip of her own shake.

*15 minutes later.*

“Mia.” You warn and she pulls her hand away again. She then reaches over slowly to try and touch your shake cup. This time she’s looking directly at Melissa while doing it instead of you. “Even while looking at Mamma, I can still see you.” You tell her and she pulls back her hand again with a smirk. 

Bella suddenly stands up in the booth and starts jumping at Melissa. Melissa puts her hand up to defend herself against toddler chaos. Melissa looks to see Nico is bouncing in his seat and Caty is talking quickly to Amelia who’s giggling. She looks over to see Mia is trying to touch things on you now, at the moment it’s your necklace. 

“Mia, sit down.” You say.

“Bella, stop jumping on me.” Melissa tells her. She then hears Nico is sipping the last drops of his shake and he looks like he’s about to burst from his seat. “Oh no.” Melissa says as she realises they all reached a sugar high. Nico then goes underneath the table and crawls out. Melissa manages to get Bella to sit just as Nico starts running around. Melissa is immediately out of her seat and starts chasing him. “Nico, get back here.” 

You see that Nico is running as fast as he can and Melissa can’t keep up. He’s making his way near the table so you quickly get up and manage to cut him off and grab him. Melissa catches up a second later and she’s catching her breath. You look back at the table to see Bella is on her feet, jumping in place, while Mia is touching everything in sight. You look to see Caty is talking at a rapid pace to Amelia and Amelia is giggling at everything. 

“What fresh hell did we cause?” Melissa asks. 

“It was your idea to get them all chocolate.” You remind her.

“Ya, and I immediately regret it.” She tells you as you both get back to the booth with Nico.

“Now stay put.” You tell him. 

You see him bouncing in his seat again and he starts tapping his hands on the table. You look to see Melissa placing her head on the table in defeat and Bella starts to slowly climb on her back. 

“Food is here.” You hear and you all look to see Mira with a giant tray on wheels. “Alright, and here’s the chicken wrap.” She says first and Amelia sits up straighter and smiles as she moves the shake over. Mira hands her the chicken wrap and Amelia smiles. “The classic burger with fries.” She continues as she hands the plate to you. “BLT. French toast. Chicken fingers. Chocolate chip pancakes. And lastly, a Philly cheesesteak.” Mira finishes as she puts the last plate down in front of Melissa. “Is there anything else you need?” Mira asks.

“No thank you, this is great.” You tell her.

“Enjoy your meal.” She says and then leaves. 

All the kids have stopped trying to cause chaos as the food is distracting all of them. Melissa tears the chicken fingers into little pieces for Bella as you cut up the French toast for Mia. Nico grabs the syrup from the middle of the table and starts pouring it all over his pancakes. Caty grabs the ketchup and carefully pours some next to her fries, making sure it doesn’t touch her sandwich or her fries. Amelia has already started eating her chicken wrap, she didn’t waste any time. 

Caty puts the ketchup down and then Melissa reaches for it and pours some for Bella next to her fries. She then pours some on her own plate for her own fries and hands it to you. You take the ketchup and you pour it all over your fries. 

“I never understood why you pour it all over instead of dipping them.” Melissa says and you look up.

“I like it better when it’s spread out on the fries instead of all at the end of the fry.” You tell her and she rolls her eyes at you. 

The booth is then quiet for the first time since you sat down as everyone is stuffing food into their mouths. You and Melissa both take a bite of your meals, knowing you have 5 minutes of quiet.

After eating and paying for the meal, you all leave the diner and head to the van. It’s a little harder to get the toddlers to sit still as you do up the car seats as they’re very wiggly right now. You both manage to get it done and take a breath. You see the older twins are on their iPads and Amelia is on her phone, all of them distracted.

Once you get home, they all run inside and you see Elena doesn’t even question it, just starts running around with them. You and Melissa go to the couch and just sit down as the kids continue running around downstairs. You know there’s not much you both could do for the next 4 hours. That’s when the kids will hit the sugar crash and hopefully crash with it. 

“Have you thought that maybe we should get another loveseat?” You ask over all the screaming.

“I have. 5 kids who will grow bigger and they’ll start inviting friends over a lot. We definitely are starting to need the extra room.” Melissa says. 

“I was thinking we sell the one we have and then we get a matching pair.” You tell her. 

“That’s definitely an idea.” 

“Oh, actually we sell the couch and the loveseat and get a matching set.” You say. 

“What? We’ve had this couch for 10 years though.” She complains and you look at her. 

“And it’s starting to look like it.” You tell her and she pouts. “We’ll get another couch that’s similar.”

“But this couch has memories. We got it when we got married and you were sitting on it when you were in labour with Nico and Caty.” She explains.

“And we’ll make new memories with the new couch.” You say and then give her a kiss before she says anything else. 

“Fine.” She gives in and you smile. “You can’t just keep kissing me to win an argument.” She adds as she grabs the remote.

“Then stop giving in after I kiss you.” You counter. She rolls her eyes at you before she puts on Frozen. All the kids stop running and screaming and look at the tv.

The next morning, Melissa and Amelia are upstairs packing last minute items while you get the rest of the kids ready to go. You tie Caty’s laces up just as they’re coming downstairs with Melissa carrying Amelia’s suitcase.

“I just know you’ll have so much fun there.” Melissa tells her. “I’m sure it’ll be exactly what we talked about last night.” She adds. 

“I hope so.” Amelia says. 

“Ready to go?” You ask them. Melissa looks at Amelia and Amelia takes a deep breath before nodding. 

You get all the kids in and then you get in the driver’s seat. You managed to convince Melissa that you’ll drive there as you don’t want her to turn back around halfway there. You’ll miss Amelia a lot as well but you know she’s growing up and needs to do things by herself more and start exploring the world. You get to the camp 45 minutes later and park. You all get out of the car and you hold the hands of the toddlers as you all walk in.

“Hello, are you here for camp?” The lady asks and you nod. “What’s your name?” 

“Amelia Schemmenti.” Amelia says and she looks at the list. 

“Ah, yes, I have you right here.” She confirms. “I can lead you to where you’ll be sleeping right now, after you say goodbye.” She adds.

Amelia turns and looks at all of you. Melissa leans down and immediately wraps Amelia up in a big hug. All the kids then follow suit and run to her to do a big group hug. 

“You’ll be back in a week right?” Amelia asks Melissa.

“We won’t be a second late.” Melissa confirms. “We’ll be cheering so loud as you dance as well. We already can’t wait to see it.” 

Amelia nods and then she looks at you. Caty gets out of the way and then Amelia runs into your arms. You wrap her in a big hug and place a kiss on top of her head. 

“I’ll miss you so much sweetheart.” You tell her.

“I’ll miss you too, mommy.” 

“Mamma is right. We won’t miss the chance to watch you dance. We’ll be here as early as we can so we can get the best seats.” You say and she nods. “I hope you have so much fun and I love you.” 

“I love you too, mommy.” 

“I love you, Tesoro. And don’t forget to call us.” Melissa says.

“I won’t. And I love you too, Mamma.” Amelia says and then Melissa places a kiss on her forehead. 

Amelia then grabs her suitcase and starts rolling it as she walks towards the exit. She turns around before she walks through the door and waves at you all. You all wave back at her and then she walks out, door closing behind her. You hear Melissa let out a loud breath and you look at her. 

“Kids, I think Mamma needs a hug from all of you.” You tell them. 

All the kids look at you before looking at Melissa. They then walk forward and all wrap their arms around Melissa. Melissa lets out a breath before she gets down on her knees. All of them then get even closer and she wraps her arms around all of them. 

“Thank you, my bambini.” She says. “How about we go to the toy store?” She suggests and they all cheer. 

Once you get to the toy store, they all run around, looking at all the toys on the shelves. The toddlers get carried away with touching everything while Nico and Caty scan the shelves. You grab Melissa’s hand as you both slowly walk.

“How are you feeling?” You ask her.

“Not great.” She tells you. “This is the longest we’ll be apart from her since she was born.”

“Not exactly true.” You say and she looks at you. “Remember 3 years ago when I was pregnant with our youngest twins?” You ask and she nods. “I had to go on emergency maternity leave and I was told to stay off my feet 2 weeks before summer break. You were burning yourself out taking care of me, the kids and going to work. So to make sure you didn’t collapse…”

“We sent the 3 kids to your parents' place for a week.” She finishes and you nod. “That was such a quiet week. I hated it.”

“So did I. But we made it through and before we know it, we’ll be going to watch Amelia dance and then bring her home. But for now, we have 4 other kids to focus on.” You remind her and she nods.

“Mommy, Mamma, look at this. They’re really small.” Caty says and you both walk over to her.

“Oh, Polly Pockets. I used to play with those.” You tell her as you pick up a set. 

“They look like little Barbies.” Caty tells you and you smile.

“They do, and are very fun to play with.” You say.

“I think I remember my siblings talking about them.” Melissa says as she looks at them. She then looks at her other kids and takes off. “Mia! Bella! Don’t touch that!” She yells.

“I think I want to start playing with Polly Pockets. They look like they’re more fun.” Caty says. 

“Alright, we’ll get you a couple sets and dolls today and you can see how you like them.” You tell her and she smiles. “Pick 2 sets that you want to start with.” You add and she takes a good look at all of them.

“Mommy! Look at this tiny guitar I found.” Nico says as he comes over to you.

“Oh, that’s a ukulele.” You say as you look at it. He holds it to his body and then he strums all the 4 strings and giggles. 

“Can I get it? It looks fun!” He asks you. 

“Alright, you can get it.” You tell him and he lights up. “You’ll probably drive us both mad.” You mutter so he doesn’t hear you. 

“I want these two sets.” Caty tells you and holds two up.

“Alright.” You say. 

“Caty, look. It looks like that science game you were playing.” Nico says and Caty looks over. They both run to it and Caty looks at the pictures. 

“Woah! This looks cool.” She says as you go and join them. 

“Alright you two jailbreakers, stay with one of us.” Melissa tells Mia and Bella.

You all leave the toy store an hour later and each kid got 2 new toys to take home. You know at least one toy from your toddlers will be played with for a week and then forgotten. You all get home and the kids take the bags and take out their toys.

“I want to do a science experiment right now!” Caty exclaims.

“I can’t get my toy out!” Bella complains.

“My ball is flat!” Mia says. 

“How do I play the ukulele?” Nico asks. 

“I’ll go get the scissors, and a pump.” You say as you disappear in the kitchen. Melissa smiles at all the complaints since the house is still loud and chaotic.

“Alright, Dolcezza, Stellina and Carina, put your toys down so we can get them out of the packaging. Ometto, I’ll show you something you can play in a bit.” Melissa tells them all. 

An hour later, you’re doing an experiment with Caty, Mia is playing with her mini basketball, Bella is dressing up her new doll, and Melissa is teaching Nico a small part of a song. 

“Alright, sweetheart, safety goggles on and stand back.” You tell her and you both put your safety goggles on. 

Caty steps back as you put the last ingredient in and then step back as well. The contents in the jar start fizzling and then it starts getting higher and higher and fizzles right out of the jar and onto the tray. Caty watches it with a smile and you look to see her beaming. 

“That was so cool!” She exclaims and you smile. “I want to do another one!” 

Melissa looks over and she takes a picture of Caty with a huge smile. You both haven’t seen her this excited about something in a while and you both love how happy she is. 

“Alright, how about a liquid solution that will inflate a balloon without air?” You suggest as you’re reading through a list of experiments from the kit.

“Yes! Let’s do that right now.” She tells you. 

“Ok, so this string and then this string. And put your other hand here.” Melissa instructs Nico. 

“Score!” Mia exclaims as she got the basketball in the mini hoop.

“I wonder what hair style goes right with this outfit.” Bella says as she looks at her doll.

At night, you finish putting Caty and Elena to bed and you walk out. You slowly close the door and then you look over to see Melissa standing in Amelia’s doorway. Amelia’s door is open and Melissa is staring at her empty bed. You walk over to her and wrap your arms around her waist.

“I miss her too.” You say.

“I haven’t heard her voice in 12 hours.” She tells you. “When she was at your parents place, we talked to them 3 times a day.”

“You know, she’s probably having the time of her life.” You tell her. “She’s probably making friends with everyone there, doing all sorts of activities, having so much fun dancing.” 

“I know she probably is.” Melissa says with a sigh.

“Come on, let’s go to bed. You’ll feel better tomorrow. And who knows, she might call us.” You say and she lets you lead her to bed. 

Amelia did end up calling you in the morning after she ate breakfast at camp. She only had a few minutes but she was saying how much fun she had yesterday and everything they’re doing today. She also mentioned a couple girls that she’s sharing a room with and they were swapping stories last night. 

Throughout the week, you’ve both been going out and doing things with your 4 kids, mostly to distract Melissa. The kids aren’t complaining as they’re all places that are super fun and they’ve been chaotic at each one. 

On Friday night, you noticed it was taking her a while to put Nico to bed so you went to check on her. When you open the door, you see that she’s passed out on his bed, with her arms wrapped around a sleeping Nico. You also see there’s a book on the bed that she must have been reading to him. You go over to the bed and pick up the book before putting it away. You then go over to the bed and pull the blanket over them and then turn off the light and close the door.

On Saturday night, you see she’s in a good mood since you’re going to see Amelia tomorrow and to pick her up. In fact she was in such a good mood that she ambushed you when you were walking to the bed and kissed you hard. She then pushed you on the bed and climbed on top of you with a grin and lust filled eyes. 

On Sunday morning, she’s in the kitchen making breakfast and you come down with the kids. You hear singing coming from the kitchen and you smile and shake your head.

“Is Mamma singing?” Caty asks.

“Sounds like it.” You tell her. “How about you all go play, I’ll see how long until breakfast.” You add and they all run to their play areas. You go into the kitchen quietly and see Melissa at the stove. She’s cooking breakfast and singing with a smile. “What an angelic voice.” You say and she whips her head up at you.

“How long have you been standing there?” 

“About 20 seconds.” You tell her and then go up to her. “I take it you’re happy that Amelia is coming back home today?” 

“Ya, it felt different without her here this week.”

“Ya, it did.” 

“So I’m making breakfast, which should be done in 5 minutes, and making cookies as well to celebrate her return from camp.” 

“I’m sure the kids will absolutely love it.” You say. “Also I’m driving to the camp. I don’t want you taking the rules of the road as suggestions.” You add as you give her a kiss on the cheek before you go into the living room.

You all pull up to the camp 6 hours later and get out. There was someone there directing people where to go for the dance routine so you followed the directions they gave. The performance doesn’t start until 12:30 so you’re there 30 minutes early but Melissa insisted on leaving early. You make it to the room where the performance will take place and find 6 seats in the front row.

You get the kids set up with toys to occupy them as you’ll have to wait for half an hour. All of a sudden you hear Melissa yell and she’s up out of her chair in a second. You look over to see her collide with Amelia in a big hug. You stand up and you walk over to her.

“I missed you so much, Tesoro.” Melissa tells her.

“I missed you too, Mamma.” Amelia says and then she pulls away before hugging you. “I missed you as well Mommy.”

“Oh, I missed you too sweetheart. The house wasn’t the same without you.” You tell her.

“I have to go stretch before the dance routines but I just wanted to come and see you both.” 

“Well we appreciate that, we’re always happy to see you.” You say.

“Now go stretch so you don’t pull a muscle. And I’ll be recording you dancing, my little superstar.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles before she runs off.

Half an hour later the show begins. Amelia was in the second row but you were able to see her clearly. At one point you had Bella on your lap and you pointed to Amelia to show her that her sister is up there.

“Sissy!” She yells out and a few parents look over but don’t say anything. 

You all watch Amelia dance with a smile on her face. You see her moving quickly, spinning and being in sync with everyone else.

When the song is over and all the kids bow, Amelia starts coming over to all of you. She doesn’t make it all the way as all of her siblings ambush her with a hug. You stopped recording the video you took and quickly sent it to the Abbott crew group chat.

On the way home, Amelia was excitedly telling you all about everything that happened at camp. She told you about the activities they did, the friends she made, the stories the other kids told. 

At nighttime, Melissa goes into Amelia’s room to read to her like always and finds Amelia passed out on her bed. Melissa is a bit disappointed as she loves reading to Amelia, how she cuddles into Melissa as she reads. She goes over to Amelia’s bed and pulls the blanket over her and gives her a kiss on the forehead. She turns her light off and then looks at Amelia again before closing the door. 

“Are you not reading to her?” You ask as you’re just coming out of Caty’s room.

“She was passed out on her bed.” Melissa explains and you hum. 

“So I was thinking that on Wednesday we can go shopping to get all the school supplies that our kids will need.” You say as you both walk to the bedroom. “Give Amelia a few days rest and to get settled back at home before getting her to think about school.” 

“Sure, sounds good.” Melissa tells you without looking at you.

“What’s wrong?” You ask and she looks at you. 

“Nothing, it’s fine.” She says and you get on the bed and open your arms, inviting her to cuddle on you. Melissa sighs before she gets in the bed and immediately clings to you. 

“What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours?” 

“Well, I guess I’m a bit disappointed that Amelia fell asleep. I was excited to read to her again and have her cuddle into me.” 

“I know you missed her.” You say and move her hair out of her face. “But look at it this way. She had so much fun at camp that she passed out.”

“I know.” 

“And she’ll cuddle into you tomorrow night as you read to her. And the night after tomorrow, and the night after that, and the night after that.” 

“You’re right.” She tells you. After a few minutes you look at her face and see she fell asleep, cuddled into you. You carefully reach over to turn off your lamp before you fall asleep yourself.

On Wednesday at noon, you bring all your kids to the store and go to the school supply aisles. Melissa has the 2 supply lists in her hand and she puts her glasses on, ready to start reading them. The toddlers are both in the cart, looking at everything they can attempt to touch.

“Amelia won’t even need a few things on here.” Melissa says and you look at her. 

“Unless you’ve done lesson plans for the entire year then you don’t really know.” You say and Melissa looks up at you. 

“I know because I’ve been teaching second grade for 25 years.” She counters. “Why would they need 5 glue sticks?”

“To glue things.” You immediately say.

“I know that, but they don’t need that many glue sticks. They’ll need 3 at the most.” 

“Alright, Amelia, pick a binder.” You say, ignoring Melissa at this point. 

Amelia looks at all the binders and picks a glittery pink one and puts it in the cart. She then goes to get a colour coded organizer for it and puts it in the cart as well. 

“Alright, all of you need duotangs. Amelia you need 4, and Nico and Caty, you need 2.” Melissa says.

“What are duotangs?” Nico asks. 

“Annoying folders.” Amelia says and then walks over to them. Amelia immediately grabs a green, a red, a yellow and a blue one. 

“Do we need specific colours?” Caty asks Melissa.

“For kindergarten, no.” Melissa tells her. 

Caty ends up grabbing a green and a blue one while Nico grabs a red and a black one. You walk over and grab 5 stacks of line paper and add it to the cart. The 3 kids will need one stack each and you and Melissa need one for your classrooms.

“Alright, now comes the fun part, you get to pick pencil cases, pencils and erasers.” You tell them all and Amelia raises an eyebrow the same way Melissa does. 

“You have a very different definition of fun than we do, Mommy.” Amelia tells you.

“Oh come on. It is fun. You three get to pick what colours you want, what design you like, any fun shapes.” You say with a smile. 

“Let’s go see what they have.” Caty says and they all start walking down the aisle.

“You were enjoying that weren’t you?” You ask Melissa and she smirks.

“Definitely.” She says and you roll your eyes. “If it makes you feel better, I’ll have to deal with her attitude all day. In the classroom and at home.”

“That does make me feel better actually.” You tell her before you follow your kids. Melissa pushes the cart forward as Bella and Mia are looking around and trying to grab everything.

“You three don’t need 50 snacks to bring to school, pick three things.” Melissa tells them half an hour later. 

“But Mamma, we want everything.” Nico complains and Melissa rubs her temples.

“Just 3 things.” She says sternly and they all huff before they all talk about what snacks to choose. They all end up choosing one each and they put it in the cart. 

5 minutes later you pull out your phone as the kids start questioning Melissa as to why they have to get so many fruits and vegetables and not more snacks. Melissa looks up at you at one point and sees you casually playing on your phone instead of helping her. She’s not that surprised as you seem to enjoy watching the chaos instead of helping her.

“For the last time, you got your unhealthy school snacks but you need something healthy to eat as well. Also, most of these I use for dinner. So zip your traps.” Melissa tells her kids. 

“But Mamma!” They all complain and you smirk as all 3 start talking to her at once.

“No, I said zip it, or no cookies later.” She threatens and they all stop talking. The 3 kids then start walking and probably plotting something while Melissa walks over to you. “You could have helped you know.” She says and you look up at her as you both start walking and you push the cart.

“I could have, but it’s more fun watching.” You say with a smile and she rolls her eyes. “If you wanted someone to help you with the chaos then you should have married someone who doesn’t enjoy watching chaos.” 

“Why would I do that? They sound boring.” She counters and you chuckle. “Looks like we just need to pick out some school bags.” She says as she looks at the list.

“Then let’s go.” You tell her before you go catch up with your kids.

5 minutes later you’re all in the aisle with the backpacks and your 3 oldest are wandering up and down the aisle, looking at all the options. You’re on your phone, standing next to the cart, near Bella and Mia so they don’t grab anything. Melissa is pointing out all the pros and cons of each backpack to the kids.

“This one has a car on it, I want that one.” Nico points to one.

“It’s not a very useful backpack.” Caty tells him.

“I don’t care about it being useful, it’s cool looking.” He tells her and then grabs the car backpack. He brings it over to the cart and you take it from him and put it in the cart. 

“Look Mamma, a Barbie one.” Caty says and Melissa takes it and they look at it together. 

“This looks like a great pick, Dolcezza.” Melissa tells her and Caty takes it with a smile and gives it to you to put in the cart. “See one you like, Tesoro?” 

“I don’t know, Mamma.” Amelia says and Melissa looks at her.

“Is everything alright?” 

“I don’t want the mistake of getting one that might be too…childish.” She tells her and Melissa furrows her eyebrows.

“What do you mean too childish? It’s a backpack and you pick one you like.” 

“But Mamma, if I get one like Caty did then the other kids might not like the pick because it’s for kids.” Amelia explains and Melissa sighs. Melissa has seen this many times, second grade is when they start to think about fitting in with everyone.

“Tesoro, you get one you like without the worry about what your classmates and friends will think. Also your friends will respect your choice if they’re your true friends.” Melissa tells her and Amelia looks at her then looks back at the backpacks.

“I-I like the purple one with the pink ballerina shoes and music notes.” Amelia says and Melissa smiles before she grabs it.

“$600?” Melissa complains as she puts her card in the machine. “Your kids are getting more expensive every year.” She mutters to you and you snort.

“They’re yours as well.” You counter as you put the bags in the cart and she takes her card out. 

“And they’re damn expensive kids.” She says as she takes the receipt from the cashier. “Let’s go bambini.” She tells her 3 oldest as they were watching a YouTube video on Amelia’s phone.

At home, Melissa was chasing Bella and Mia while complaining that she’s too old for this, and you help the other 3 get their school supplies ready.

“So you’ll need to put your pencils, erasers, scissors, your small ruler, the whiteout and the pencil in your pencil case.” You explain and they all grab their supplies before loading up their pencil cases.

“Ok, let’s switch, I need to work on my cardio.” Melissa tells you as she catches her breath. You smirk before you get up. You poke her ribs by surprise, earning a squeak from her and you laugh. She secretly flips you off before you go play with Mia and Bella and she goes to help the 3 with the supplies.

Later that day, all your kids are running around outside, playing whatever attracts their attention. You and Melissa are on the porch swing, your head on her chest and arms wrapped around her waist. Melissa is mindlessly playing with your hair as you both watch your kids. 

“Do you remember how it was before the kids?” She randomly asks.

“Barely.” You tell her.

“It was quiet.” She says and you feel her twirl a strand of your hair with her fingers.

“It was, there wasn’t 5 kids making noise.” 

“Ya, I much prefer the noise. The quietness was…too quiet.” She tells you and you look up at her. She drops your strands of hair and looks at you. 

“Is something on your mind?” You ask her. 

“3 kids are going to be at Abbott, 3 of my own kids.” She starts and she glances at them before looking back at you. “I never thought I’d ever get to say that. I never thought I’d get to say that I have a child, let alone 5.” She says and takes a deep breath. “Amelia is 7 and a half and yet sometimes it still doesn’t feel real that the family I always wanted, that I always dreamed about, is real. I mean I was 40 when we met, I thought I wouldn’t get that family.” 

“Does it almost not feel real that they all love you as well?” You ask and she nods. 

“I never knew if I’d be a great mom or not.” 

“I knew you would be.” You tell her. “I knew before we even got together that you’d be a great mom.”

“How would you know that?”

“Are you forgetting that I was your aide?” You ask her and she chuckles. “I saw how you were with your students. You’re so enthusiastic and optimistic with them. You love storytelling because you get to do silly voices and listen to them laugh, you love when they smile when they get their tests and assignments back and see that you put a sticker. You make sure they all have something to eat because you don’t want any of them to be hungry. You get school supplies from one of your guys if one of your students needs it and their parents can’t afford it. You care so much about your students even though they’re not yours.” You tell her and she looks down. “That’s your maternal side and instinct, and I saw it everyday. So when you told me that you want kids, I knew you’d be an amazing mother. And I was right.” 

Melissa smiles before she kisses your forehead. You both hear your kids laughing and you look to see all 5 of them playing soccer. Amelia is goalie, Mia and Nico are a team while Bella and Caty are the other team. Melissa wraps her arm tighter around you and you lean your head back on her chest.

*10 days later*

“So what sound does a dog make?” Melissa asks Bella and Mia.

“Woof woof.” Bella says and Melissa smiles.

“That’s right, Stellina.” She says and Bella attacks her with a hug. “Woah!” 

You come through the front door with the 3 oldest and Melissa looks at you all. You see Bella is on her lap while Mia is pressing buttons on the animal book.

“Well, 3 kids, zero cavities.” You exclaim and Melissa smiles. 

“That’s a shock. With the amount of sugar you chocolate addicts eat, I was expecting at least one.” She teases and you roll your eyes. 

“Also, Amelia has another loose tooth, her last front tooth.” You announce and Amelia nods.

“It just started becoming loose but the dentist noticed.” Amelia says with a smile. “That means $5 in about a week or two.” She adds and you raise an eyebrow at Melissa. 

“She was bragging about it the entire trip home.” You say and Melissa laughs. 

“Mamma, look how clean my teeth are!” Nico exclaims as he runs up to her and smiles widely, showing her all of his teeth.

“Woah, they’re so shiny.” She tells him.

“Look at mine, Mamma!” Caty says as she runs over and shows her teeth.

“Oh my god, you both have such shiny teeth!” Melissa says and they both smile proudly. “And just in time to start school next week.” She adds. 

“Do you and Mommy have to go to work tomorrow?” Nico asks.

“Ya, we do. We have to get the classrooms ready for everyone.” Melissa tells him and you look at the 10 boxes beside the front door. 

“And you get to play with kids all day at daycare for the week.” You tell him and Melissa nods.

“So you can bug other kids that aren’t your sisters.” Caty says and high fives with Amelia.

“Don’t team up against your brother.” You tell them.

“Then what’s the point of siblings?” Amelia immediately asks.

“You guys are definitely Melissa’s kids.” You say and Melissa smirks. “Stop smirking.” You add and sit on the couch. Elena immediately jumps up and lays her head on your lap and you start petting her. 

Later that night you and Melissa slip into bed after putting the kids to bed. You go on your phone as Melissa lays down and gets comfy.

“Put your phone down and come be my little spoon.” She says and you look at her. 

She gets on her side and pats the spot in front of her while looking at you. You shake your head with a smile before you plug in your phone and lay down. Melissa immediately wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you right up against her. You hear her hum happily and you smile.

“You seem happy right now.” 

“I am. All my kids are asleep and I’m comfy in bed while cuddling my wife. Also it’s just past 9 so that’s almost 8 hours of sleep.” Melissa tells you. 

You turn around in her arms so that you’re both face to face and you look at each other. You give her a kiss before you nuzzle your head in her chest. She tightens her hold around you before you both fall asleep.

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[morgana-larkin]

Just want to say that if anyone goes to see Lisa on Heathers, if you record her on the show and post it here then I will write any Lisa fanfic you want. I really want to go see her but I can’t afford it right now 😢

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Melissa Schemmenti at Abbott Elementary s5e22: Miami

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Melissa Schemmenti at Abbott Elementary s5e21: Ava & Fest

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So I decided to start a small series of Agatha and Reader on my patreon where reader is Wanda's little sister. The first chapter is available to everyone and the second chapter will have early access for paid members. Here's a small snippet with the link at the bottom. Not edited in the slightest and I hope you like it!

The Baby Sister - Part 1

Pairing: Agatha Harkness x Reader

Summary: After Wanda introduces you to Agatha, Agatha makes a plan to get closer to you.

Warnings: Mentions of era homophobia

Words: 3.9K

You were walking up the path to Wanda’s house and you hear voices coming from the house. You go up to the house and it sounds like Wanda is in there talking to another woman. You knock on the door and a few seconds later Wanda opens the door.

“Hey Y/n, come on in.” Wanda tells you and you step aside and see the other woman sitting on the couch. “Agnes, I’d like you to meet Y/n, she’s my little sister.” Wanda introduces you and you give her a wave. Agnes gets up from the couch and walks over to you.

“Hello dear, I’m Agnes. Aren’t you a pretty girl.” She tells you and heat rushes to your cheeks. 

“Oh, um, thank you.” You tell her and she smiles. 

“You’ll have to excuse her Agnes, she’s a little shy around new people.” Wanda says.

“Well that’s alright, she’ll get to know me. Especially since I’m your neighbour and pretty involved with the community.” Agnes says. “Do you live close by?” Agnes asks you and you nod.

“I live 4 houses down on the right that way.” You say and point which direction your house is in. 

“Well, I’m sure we’ll get to know each other very well.” Agnes tells you. She then says goodbye and leaves you two be. 

“Agnes is pretty out there, but she’s a lot of fun.” Wanda tells you. 

“I can see that.” You tell her. “I came by to see how you’re settling in.” You add.

“I think we’re doing pretty good so far. Let me show you around.” She says and you nod.

Agatha gets home and sits on the couch. She wonders if Wanda having a little sister will make things easier. She’s a pretty girl and it seems like Wanda is pretty protective of her. Of course after losing a brother, she must be very protective of her other sibling. She goes over to the window 30 minutes later and sees you leaving. Maybe she can get close to you at the same time as she gets close to Wanda. She magics a pie into her hands and sees you stepping into your home. She goes out and walks over to your house and knocks on the door. You open the door a few seconds later and you’re surprised to see her there.

“Oh, hi Agnes.” You tell her and she smiles.

“Hi Y/n. I found a pie in the fridge I made earlier today and thought about sharing it with you. And maybe get to know each other.” She tells you and you give her a small smile before you step aside to let her in. 5 minutes later you’re both sitting at the dinner table and having a piece of pie and some tea. “So you live here by yourself?” She asks and you nod.

“Wanda wanted me close so her husband bought it for me, which was really sweet of him.” You explain and she hums. “Do you have a husband or do you live by yourself?”

“I have a husband but he’s almost never home, so it’s like I live by myself.” She says. She watches as you grab your tea and you look at her before looking down at your tea as you take a sip. “I hope I haven’t made you uncomfortable in any way.” She tells you and you shake your head as you put your cup down.

“You haven’t. I was always just the shy, quiet child in the family.” You tell her and she nods. “Do you have any siblings?”

“No, I’m an only child, which I quite liked as I got all the attention.” She says and you let out a small chuckle. “How do you feel about your sister getting married?”

“Well I’m happy for her, she loves Vision and he makes her happy.” You say. “This pie is delicious, but I should stop or else I won’t have room for dinner.” You add and she smiles. 

“I’m glad you liked it. Is pie your favourite baked food?” She asks and you shake your head. 

“My favourite baked food is actually banana bread and a close second favourite is chocolate cake.” You tell her. “But I’ll never say no to any food.” You add and she lets out a chuckle. 

“How about tomorrow, we have dinner together at my house?” She asks you and you smile.

“Sure, I’d love to.” You say. 

“Excellent. I’m looking forward to seeing you.” She tells you. “Have a great evening dear.” 

“You as well, Agnes.” You tell her as you walk her to the door. 

You shut the door and you have a smile on your face. Agnes is being so nice to you and you have a feeling that you’ll be great friends with her. Wanda insisted you move to Westview with her, and she said it’ll be perfect for you. It’s a small but close community and the chance to make friends. Plus she’s there and she’d love to have you close to her. Maybe Wanda is right about being able to make new friends here, a fresh start. You let out a breath before you go to the kitchen and get started on dinner. 

Agatha walks out of her house and sees two guests enter Wanda’s house. She then goes back to her own house and looks out her window and sees what’s going on in Wanda’s house. She gets a call from Wanda about 30 minutes later and goes over to her place with a bunch of food. She goes over all the instructions to Wanda as Wanda keeps trying to get her to leave. She’s almost out the door when she turns back to Wanda.

“You’re sister is lovely by the way, I had tea with her and we’re having dinner together tomorrow.” She tells her and it throws Wanda off guard for a couple of seconds. She then hears voices from the living room and it snaps her out of it.

“I’m really happy that she’s making friends.” Wanda says and then Agatha leaves. She’s definitely going to make friends with you if it makes Wanda concerned.

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I miss season one Melly

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One of my favourite moments from season 2

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Truth

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#My Favorite Running Gag Is Barbara Dressed In Other Peoples Clothes

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Now I want to see Melissa in that exact outfit.

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Here's the next chapter of Mine! Not edited in the slightest and I hope you like it!

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Mine - Part 61

Pairing: Melissa Schemmenti x Reader

Summary: It's the month of July and the Schemmentis' are busy!

Warnings: Swearing (in English and Italian)

Words: 9.6K

You and Melissa are laying in bed, you don’t have anywhere to be or to go. You’re both catching your breath and your head is laying on her chest as her arm is wrapped around you. After waking up at 5am all year, you both naturally woke up at 5:30 and decided to make the most of your extra time. 

All of a sudden you hear footsteps running outside the door and kids screaming and giggling. You then hear a loud clank and you sigh as you’re imagining what possibly got knocked over. Melissa kisses your forehead as you know you both have to get up in a few seconds. 

“We locked the door, right?” You ask her.

“Ya, we did.” She confirms and then you both hear the door handle trying to open.

“Mamma! Mommy!” You hear and bury your head between her breasts.

“I think this means summer has officially begun.” Melissa tells you and you nod. “That means we need to get up.” 

“2 more seconds.” You tell her.

“Mamma! Mommy!” You hear again. 

“One minute!” Melissa tells them. 

15 minutes later, everyone is in their pjs downstairs. Melissa is in the kitchen with Amelia, Caty and Nico as she teaches them how to make French toast. You’re in the living room with the toddlers as they’re playing with their toys. Mia is playing with a ball while Bella is brushing her doll's hair. 

“Mommy, look! Hair is pretty.” Bella tells you and you look up and at her doll. You see that she did 2 little braids in the doll’s hair. 

“Oh, that’s wonderful.” You tell her. At that moment you see Melissa setting the table. “Come on you two, breakfast is ready.” 

“Mommy, can I do your hair after breakfast?” Bella asks you.

“You could, but you know who would benefit more? Mamma.” You say and Melissa looks up at you. Bella smiles widely and then runs over to Melissa. 

“Mamma, Mamma, can I do your hair after breakfast?” She asks and Melissa is at a loss for words.

“Only if Amelia and Caty are supervising.” She says.

“They don’t need to, I’m good at it.” 

“I’m sure you are, Stellina, so maybe you can show them how good you are.” Melissa suggests and Bella nods. You walk over to Melissa and hug her waist.

“She’s been practicing on all her dolls, I think she’s gotten better.” You tell her.

“I’ll still want those two there to make sure she doesn’t mess up, my hair is precious.” 

“It sure is. Beautiful ginger locks.” You agree and Melissa smiles at you as you run your fingers through her hair.

An hour and a half later, Bella steps away from Melissa’s hair with a smile. Amelia and Caty look to see she did two half braids as she started at Melissa’s neck. Caty tilts her head as Amelia tries not to laugh. 

“Mamma’s hair is pretty.” Bella says and you look up. 

“What lovely little braids you gave her.” You say and Melissa looks at you. 

“Did she mess up my hair?” Melissa whispers and you shake your head. 

“No, not your hair, just the braids.” You tell her. 

Later that day, you and Melissa are sitting on the porch swing as you watch your kids run around in the backyard. Amelia left her phone with you both as the 3 kids are playing with the water guns as Elena is chasing them. You look over to see Mia and Bella playing in the little house you have. You curl up onto Melissa, watching the kids playing in peace, and then it started.

“My toy!” You hear and look to see the toddlers are fighting over a toy again.

“Are they ever not fighting over a toy?” Melissa asks. 

“I think the fact that they share a room makes it confusing what toy is whose.” You tell her. 

“You already stole my face, I keep my toy!” Mia says.

“I’m older, you stole my face!” Bella counters. 

“I had it first!” Mia says.

“No you didn’t, I did!” 

“Are they seriously arguing over who got the face first?” Melissa asks, in complete disbelief.

“Yep.” Is all you say.

“I’ll get popsicles, maybe that’ll distract them.” Melissa says as she stands up. A couple minutes later she comes out with the popsicle box. “Who wants a popsicle!” She shouts and all the kids stop what they’re doing. 

Melissa then gets ambushed by 5 kids all asking for a popsicle at the same time. Melissa reaches in the box and pulls out a handful and then they all disappear in one second. All the kids leave with their popsicle and then Melissa goes to you and hands you one and then grabs one for herself. 

“Aw, I got red, I prefer orange.” Caty complains.

“I got orange, wanna trade?” Nico asks and they trade popsicles. 

After everyone finishes the popsicles, Caty is using the hose to wash her hands as it melted all over her hands. She then goes back to water gun fighting while Elena is trying to catch all the water. While that is happening, Mia and Bella come up to you and Melissa. They don’t say anything as Bella climbs on Melissa and Mia climbs on you.

“Something you two need?” You ask them gently. 

“Cuddles.” Mia says as she lays her head on you.

“And maybe kisses.” Bella adds. 

“Kisses?” Melissa asks before she showers Bella’s face with kisses and Bella starts giggling.

“Mamma?” You hear and look up to see Amelia coming up to you. “I was wondering if maybe I can have some friends over for July 4th?” She asks. “Anita, Lara and Melina said they have no plans that day.” She adds. 

“We’ll think about it.” Melissa says.

“Ok, all their parents said that if you’re ok with it then they don’t mind.” Amelia says and then goes back to playing with her siblings. 

“They’re coming over I’m guessing.” You say without looking up. 

“Obviously, but no harm in letting her wait.” Melissa tells you. “I’ll need to stop at the store to get more food. I’ll be grilling hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken.”

“Can we eat that tonight?” Mia asks and Melissa smiles.

“Not tonight, Carina. In a few days.” Melissa says.

*July 4th*

Melissa is at the barbecue, grilling all the food. You’re currently putting coloured freckles and stars on Nico and Caty’s faces as Mia and Bella are waiting for their turn. Amelia, Anita, Melina and Lara are running around with sparklers in their hands. 

“Keep those away from your faces!” Melissa yells at them. You finish with Nico’s face and he starts smelling the food. He quickly bolts from his seat and runs over to Melissa.

“Is the food done yet?” He asks.

“Not yet, Ometto. It’ll be ready in about 10 minutes.” Melissa says and he pouts.

“Can’t I have a taste?” He asks her and she smiles.

“No. Now how about you go bring the condiments out and put them on the table?” She suggests.

“Then I can eat?” 

“If it takes you 10 minutes then yes.” 

Nico runs inside and goes into the kitchen to grab everything. Melissa looks at the ground beside her and Elena is there looking at her. Her tongue is sticking out and tail is wagging. Melissa raises an eyebrow at her and then Elena sits perfectly.

“You’re not getting any before it’s done either.” Melissa tells her. Elena lets out a whine and then walks away. “My god these kids are impatient.” 

“I want stars!” Bella exclaims.

“You have stars.” Mia says and Bella looks at her.

“Really?”

“Ya, in your dreams.” Mia counters and Bella pouts.

“That’s enough girls. Bella, I can add a couple stars if you want.” You tell her.

“Please Mommy, I want stars.” Bella tells you and you nod. 

10 minutes later, everyone has stars and freckles that are red, white and blue. Melissa then puts the meat on the table as everyone comes over to start eating. You and Melissa are at the ends of the table, Amelia and her friends are squashing in one bench while the other kids are on the other bench. Everyone then starts reaching across, getting buns, meat and condiments. 

“Pass the buns.”

“Can I have the ketchup?”

“I want a second hot dog.” 

“Mommy can you pass the juice?”

“Mamma, Elena wants some chicken.” 

Melissa is slightly overwhelmed keeping up with everything but she loves it. Everyone is talking at the same time and reaching everywhere. This is the exact kind of chaos she’s always wanted in her household and now she has it. She cuts up a piece of chicken and then gives it to Elena who gobbles it up quickly. 

You and Melissa lock eyes and you both know that you’re enjoying everything. Melissa then looks over to see Caty perfectly adding the ingredients and in a specific order. Then beside her, Nico is grabbing whatever he can reach and slapping it on his burger without a single care. You and Melissa gave the toddlers pieces of a cut up hot dog and they seem to be enjoying it. Amelia and her friends are talking to each other as they decorate their hot dog and hamburger.

“I made some mac and cheese if anyone wants some.” Melissa says to everyone. 

She puts some on her own plate and then passes it to Amelia. The mac and cheese goes around the table, each person taking some. You look to see Caty carefully adding some to her plate, making sure it doesn’t touch her hamburger. She then passes it to Nico who slaps some on his plate, some of it getting on the hamburger and he doesn’t seem to care.

You look over to see Bella asking Melissa for more mac and cheese and gets excited about having more on her plate. She then picks up a piece of hot dog with both hands and shoves it in her mouth. Mia added so much to her hot dog that everything is slipping off it. She brings a piece to her mouth but it slipped out and fell on the ground, which Elena happily cleaned up.

You look over at the other twins as they start eating. Caty takes a couple bites and everything stays in her bun and it’s all controlled. Beside her, Nico takes a huge bite and a piece of lettuce, tomato and sauces slip out and fall on his plate.

Everyone’s elbows are bumping as they all eat and multiple conversations happening at the same time. Some kid is always reaching across for something.

At night, everyone comes back inside the house. You all went to the park to watch the fireworks and then you dropped Amelia’s friends off at their house right after.

“Wow, those fireworks were amazing!” Nico exclaims.

“Ya, loud, but amazing.” Caty agrees. 

“The ending was incredible and so colourful.” Amelia says. You and Melissa walk in behind them, each of you has a toddler sleeping in your arms.

“We’re going to put the toddlers to bed. How about you three get ready for bed?” You suggest and the 3 kids run upstairs.

The next morning Melissa wakes up and she looks to see you’re still asleep. She smiles as she watches you sleep and runs a hand through your hair. You then flutter your eyes open and see Melissa watching you with a smile.

“Should I be concerned that you’re planning something I won’t like?” You ask and she laughs.

“No, I’m just enjoying watching you.” 

“Hm, you’re always so sentimental on our anniversary.” You tell her.

“And this one is extra special, our 10 year anniversary.”

“I know, it feels just like yesterday that I walked down the aisle and exchanged vows with you.”

“Kissing you in the kitchen was the most important and best decision of my life.” 

“You mean the evening you decided to make me dinner for getting a job at Abbott?” 

“Yep. The best evening ever.” 

“Well, we did make out for most of it.”

“Not just for that reason.” Melissa says as she puts a hand on your waist and rubs your bare skin. “But it’s where our relationship started.” She says and you look at her with a smile. “I never thought I’d get any of this…this family.” 

“You were always going to get this.” You say softly. “You just needed someone as chaotic as you are.” You tease and she huffs. 

“Insane is more like it.” 

“Well if I’m insane, then what does that say about you? You asked me to marry you.” You counter and she laughs. Before either of you say anything else, Melissa’s phone starts ringing. Melissa turns around and grabs her phone and puts her glasses on.

“I wonder why Barb is calling at this hour.” Melissa says and then accepts the call. “Hey Barb, what’s up?” She asks. While Melissa is on the phone, you decide to take the opportunity to snuggle closer to her. Melissa continues talking to Barb but wraps her free arm around you and pushes you closer to her. A couple minutes later she ends the call and you look up at her.

“What was she calling about?”

“She’s offering to come over and babysit the kids in 4 hours since it’s our anniversary.” She tells you and you sit up.

“What did you say?” 

“I told her we happily accept the offer.” She says and you kiss her. “So we have a couple hours to do whatever we want together.”

“Well we have time to decide later. Right now, I want to do something that I did the first time we slept together, or at least the morning after.” You tell her. You then climb on top of her and reach inside her nightstand drawer and pull out the dildo.

“Well you certainly have my full attention, Amore." She tells you and you smile.

4 hours later, all the kids are playing or running around. Mia and Bella are running around the living room with Elena, Caty and Amelia are playing Barbie while Nico is building a train track with Melissa.

“We’re using every piece so it’ll be huge!” Nico exclaims and Melissa smiles.

“Ok, I can start building it with you but Aunt Barb will be here at any moment.” Melissa tells him and Nico nods. 

A few minutes later, the doorbell rings and Elena and Caty run to the door.

“I got it!” She yells and then opens the door. “Hi Aunt Barb and Uncle Gerald.” 

“Hi dear. Wow, you’ve certainly grown since I last saw you, you might get to be taller than your Mamma.” 

“That’s the goal.” Caty tells her with a smirk.

“I can hear you both.” Melissa calls out. 

“Well, Gerald and I are here to watch the kids.” Barb says as she enters the house. 

“We really appreciate this Barb and Gerald.” You tell her as you stand up. 

“Oh it’s not a problem, we love spending time with your kids.” Barb tells you.

“Uncle Gerald, do you want to build a huge train track with me?” Nico asks him.

“Sure.” Gerald tells him and then takes Melissa’s spot. All of the kids then say goodbye to you and Melissa and then they leave. Amelia watches from the window as Melissa pulls out from the driveway and drives away before she turns around. 

“Ok, our plan starts.” Amelia announces.

“I’ll go get the supplies from the car.” Barb tells her.

“What plan?” Caty asks. 

“Surprising Mamma and Mommy with a celebration for their 10 year anniversary. Aunt Barb and I came up with an idea to do a vow renewal.”

“What’s a vow renewal?” Nico asks and Barb comes back.

“When Mamma and Mommy got married, they made promises to each other to always love each other and that’s a vow. So today they’ll renew their vows.” Amelia explains.

“But if Mommy and Mamma already made the promise to love each other forever, why do they need to make them again?” Caty asks.

“It’s mostly just a symbolic thing, dear. Something special and this time, you 5 will be there to witness it.” Barb says and then Elena barks. “Sorry Elena, I meant you 6 will be there to witness it.”

“So, the plan is, Barb and I will make a celebration lunch. While the rest of you and the rest of the Abbott crew decorate the backyard.” Amelia says.

“They’re coming over, the coworkers?” Nico asks and Amelia nods just a second before the doorbell rings.

An hour later, the Abbott crew, Gerald and Nico are decorating while Caty is instructing them so it looks perfect and symmetrical. The toddlers are having fun running around with balloons with Elena. Amelia and Barb are busy making a cake and some small appetizers. 

An hour later the backyard is filled with streamers, balloons, fold out chairs and the backyard table has the cake and the appetizers on it. The kids are now making cards for their parents to celebrate. The toddlers finish first and then Bella decides to dress up Elena. She gets Elena to wear a clip on bow tie and a party hat. The kids are finishing up their cards when they all hear a car pulling in and know that you and Melissa got home. Amelia stands up and runs inside and goes to the front door just as you’re both walking in.

“Hey Tesoro, where is everyone?” Melissa asks her.

“In the backyard. Which is where you need to go.” Amelia tells her and both of them look at her in confusion and then Amelia runs out to the backyard. You and Melissa exchange a look before you both walk out to the backyard and Melissa opens the door.

“SURPRISE! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!” Everyone yells and the kids throw flower petals at you. Melissa stands there frozen, in shock, while a few tears slip down your face and you place a hand over your heart. 

“Oh my god, you did all of this for us?” You ask and everyone nods. You then elbow Melissa in the ribs and it snaps her out of her trance.

“Ow!” She complains. 

“Amelia planned out the whole thing.” Barb announces and Melissa looks at Amelia who’s smiling widely. 

“Tesoro, you planned all of this for me and Mommy?” Melissa asks in disbelief and Amelia nods.

“Do-do you like it?” She asks. Melissa looks around and takes in the streamers, the balloons, the chairs and the food, all in one second.

“I love it. Come here, Tesoro.” Melissa says as she bends down. Amelia runs to her and ambushes her in a hug. Melissa then grabs your hand and pulls you down into the hug. You then signal the rest of your kids to come over and they all run over and have one big group hug. 

“Mamma, Mommy, we have another surprise.” Caty announces and you all pull away from the hug.

“Another one?” You ask and Amelia nods. 

“We have everything set up for you to renew your vows.” Amelia explains. You then start tearing up again and you notice Melissa’s eyes are watery but no tears fall. 

“Come on everyone, let’s go take a seat.” Barb says and the kids run towards the chairs. 

“I can’t believe they did all of this for us.” Melissa tells you as you both stand up. 

“I know. I’m so proud of them.” You tell her as you lean a head on her shoulder. 

“What do you say? Want to go promise to love each other forever again?” Melissa asks you.

“Hm, that’s such a big decision, I’ll have to think about it.” You tease and she laughs before she pokes you in the ribs. “Hey!” You exclaim and she laughs more. “Come on, let’s go renew our vows.” You tell her with a soft smile. Melissa grabs your hand and then leads you down the aisle, to the small arch they made with streamers and taped to the fence. The both of you stand there and Melissa grabs both of your hands and looks at you.

“I guess I’ll go first.” She announces and then takes a deep breath as she looks at you. “14 years ago, after you got accepted to be Abbot’s newest teacher, I offered to let you come to my house and make you something special. When you got there, I couldn’t wait any longer and I kissed you which got us to start dating. Then 3 years later, I knew I wanted to be with you forever so I made the decision to ask you to marry me. And since you’re as insane as I am, you said yes.” She says and you let out a small chuckle. “A year later, we got married and I was so full of love and nerves that day and as soon as I saw you, I knew I was making the right choice. Now here we are 10 years later and because of you, I have everything. A partner, a herd of little Schemmenti’s, both human and animal, and the best life I could ever dream of.” 

“Melissa, ever since you kissed me in the kitchen, we have been through so much together. We’ve had hard times, easy times, sad and happy times, and I don’t regret a single moment. We match each other’s chaos perfectly and we’re starting to see it was passed down to all of our kids. I know you don’t always say the right thing or you react before you think, but everything you do, you do it because you love hard and deeply. I’m proud that I get to call you my wife and Mamma of my children, I couldn’t have asked for a better one.” You tell her and you see her trying to hold back tears as she sniffles. Melissa then cups both of your cheeks before she pulls you in for a kiss. 

“Do we get cake now?” Nico then asks and you both pull away with a smile. 

“Mamma and Mommy have to cut the cake.” Amelia says and you and Melissa look at each other. 

“Let’s go cut the cake then.” Melissa says as she extends her hand. 

You happily accept it and she leads you to the table where the cake is. Melissa grabs the knife and you both hold it as you do a cut in the cake, and then a second cut. Melissa puts the slice onto a plate and grabs a fork. She gets a piece of the cake and then feeds it to you. After you grab the fork from her and get a piece for her and feed it to her. Then right after, because you couldn’t resist, you grab the piece of cake and smear it across her mouth, chin and cheeks.

“Fucking hell.” She says and you burst out laughing. She takes the piece of cake and stuffs it in your mouth. You hear everyone laughing as they watch the craziness unfold in front of them, even your kids are watching.

“Mommy and Mamma are crazy.” Mia says.

Later that evening, you and Melissa finished putting the kids to bed after such an eventful day. When you’re both in bed together, you reach into the drawer of your nightstand and pull out a gift.

“What’s that?” Melissa asks.

“The anniversary gift I got you.” You tell her and she takes it with a smile. She unwraps it and then opens the little box to reveal a diamond ring.

“You got me a ring?” She asks.

“It’s a kind of simple engagement ring.” You admit and she furrows her eyebrows.

“Amore, we’ve been married for 10 years, why would I need an engagement ring?” 

“Because I realised I never got you one, so to celebrate 10 years together, I decided to get you one.” You explain and her features immediately soften. 

“And I see you got one with your birthstone on it.” 

“Well I had to include myself somehow.” You say and she chuckles. 

“Well I guess it pairs perfectly with what I got you.” Melissa says as she reaches into the nightstand and pulls out a gift. You unwrap it to reveal a velvet box and open it to reveal a necklace with a peridot gem in the shape of a heart. 

“It’s beautiful, I love it.” You tell her and then pick it up. “Put it on me.” You command and she takes it from you as you turn around. You hold your hair up and she manages to put it on you quickly as she always puts necklaces on you. As soon as she manages to clip it on you, she places a kiss on your neck and you hum softly.

The next morning, you’re all eating breakfast and Caty is looking at Melissa’s hand and your neck. She tilts her head in question and then she looks at her food and then looks back at you both.

“Mamma, did you get a new ring? And Mommy, is that a new necklace?” She asks and everyone immediately looks at Melissa’s hands and then your neck.

“It is Dolcezza. Mommy got me an engagement ring with her birthstone on it. And I got her a necklace with my birthstone on it for our anniversary.” Melissa tells her.

“Mommy, why did you get Mamma an engagement ring? You’re already married.” Amelia asks.

“Because I never got her one, figured it was time I did. You know, lock her down, make her an honest woman.” You tease and Melissa’s jaw drops and kicks your leg under the table as you laugh. “Ow, that was my shin.” You complain.

“I don’t get what you mean, Mommy.” Amelia says and all your kids are confused.

“You’ll understand when you’re older.” You tell her as Melissa is shaking her head with an amused smile.

“Ya, you’re definitely not sane.” Melissa says.

“And you love it.” You counter and Melissa smiles softly.

“Ya, I do.” She tells you and you wink at her to which she rolls her eyes.

*A week later*

“Caty, not that I mind you borrowing my heating pad again, but this is like the 10th time this month, and it’s the 11th.” You tell her as you plug in the heating pad and turn it on before you gently place it on her stomach. Caty is getting really bad stomach cramps and you always offer to give her your heating pad so they hurt less and help it pass.

“I know, I was confused as to why I was getting them so often and I think I figured it out.” Caty says and you both look at her. Caty is sitting on the loveseat right now and you sit beside her. Melissa is on the couch as Bella is brushing her hair to style it. “I think that dairy is giving me stomach pain, so I think I need to stop eating it.” She admits. Melissa whips her head at you which causes the brush to go with it and it hits her in the face. Melissa quickly grabs the brush and hands it to Bella.

“Stellina, go play with your toys.” Melissa tells her. Bella notices the change and goes to play with her toys. You see that Amelia and Nico are watching as well. “Dolcezza, I want to make sure I heard you right, did you say that dairy is causing you pain?” Melissa asks and Caty nods. “Are you positive? 100% sure?” 

“Yes. Like Mommy said I’ve needed the heating pad almost every night these past 2 weeks. The only time I didn’t was when we had nothing with dairy in it.” Caty explains. You then look at Melissa who seems to be in complete shock and processing it.

“No, impossible, it has to be something else.” Melissa says in disbelief. “I think if we gave you some cheese then we’ll all see that it’s not dairy.” 

“Melissa, come into the kitchen with me.” You tell her as you stand up. You see her not moving so you grab her arm. “Melissa. Now.” You say in your stern mom voice. That voice immediately gets her to move as your kids aren’t the only ones afraid of that tone. You drag her into the kitchen and she immediately starts pacing. 

“It can’t be true, dairy can’t be the one causing her pain.” Melissa starts ranting. You just lean back against a counter and cross your arms as you just watch her rant. “It has to be something else. Dairy is in almost everything I make! Mac and Cheese, lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, Cacio e Pepe, Chicken Parm, pizza!” She exclaims. 

“You’re right, a lot of things you make have dairy in it.” You say and Melissa runs a hand through her hair. “But it’s causing physical pain for your daughter.” You add and she sighs. “We just have to adjust and change some things, but you can still cook for all of us. That will never change.”

“You’re right. And since it’s causing her pain, I’ll do anything to fix that.” She says and you walk towards her and wrap your arms around her waist. “Tomorrow, we’ll go to the grocery store and see what we can get that doesn’t have dairy.” She adds. “If we make her dairy free meals and she’s still having pain then we add the dairy back in and figure out what’s really causing this.” 

“Fair enough.” You tell her and give her a kiss.

The next day, you all walk into the grocery store. You put the toddlers into the cart and the rest are walking beside you or Melissa. Melissa walks on autopilot to where you both usually go to but you grab the cart and redirect to an aisle she’s never been to, the organic aisle. Melissa takes one long look at everything and immediately sees the difference. 

“What fresh hell is this?” She asks.

“This is the organic aisle, where there’ll be dairy free food.” You tell her. You look at Melissa and it looks like she’s going through the 5 stages of grief right now just by looking at her face. You walk right up to her and turn her face to get her to look at Caty, a reminder of why she’s doing this. Melissa sighs and then she starts walking down the aisle. 

“I’m doing this for my kid, I’m doing this for my kid.” She mutters. It’s quiet enough that Caty doesn’t hear it but you do as you’re right beside her. Caty and Amelia are up ahead, looking at all the different foods and ingredients. Melissa sees dairy free cheese and it immediately doesn’t look right. She cautiously picks it up and looks at all the ingredients. “I’m out.” She immediately says as she puts it back and you run up to her and turn her back around to face the food. 

“We’re doing this so our daughter stops being in pain.” You remind her and she lets out a frustrated groan. You pick up the package of dairy free cheese she rejected and put it in the cart. Melissa picks up something else and reads the ingredients. 

“What the hell? There’s dairy in this?” She complains. She puts the item back and starts to lightly bang her head on the cart handle. You’re reading the ingredients on something and then add it to the cart, not even looking up or glancing at Melissa having a crisis in the grocery aisle. Bella then stands up in the cart and makes her way to the front and pats Melissa’s head.

“Mamma better?” She asks when Melissa looks up at her.

“Ya, Stellina, I’m alright.” She says. Melissa grabs a loaf of bread that’s right beside her and reads the ingredients. “Why is there milk in bread?” She asks before she puts it back. She picks up something else that’s a foot away. “What do you mean, may contain dairy? Pick a side already!” 

While she’s freaking out, you’re calmly reading ingredients and then adding stuff to the cart. Caty, Amelia and Nico are off looking for dairy free snacks up ahead. 

“Let’s see, there’s oat and almond milk.” You say. “Probably should get both to see which one she prefers.” You add and then put them both in the cart. You then see Almond dark chocolate milk and smile. All your kids love chocolate milk so might as well get that to try as well. 

The 3 kids come back, each with a handful of different snacks that are dairy free and they add them to the cart. Caty sees the diary free cheese and she picks it up. She feels it through the packaging and she grimaces.

“That doesn’t feel right.” She says.

“It’s cheese.” Melissa tells her.

“That is not cheese.” Caty counters. 

“It’s not, it’s literally a crime against humanity, but for us, it’ll have to do.” Melissa tells her honestly. 

“Mamma, does this mean you won’t make us chocolate chip cookies anymore?” Nico asks and you all look at her.

“Of course I will. It’ll just be a little different as I’ll have to use dairy free substitutes instead.” She says and you all let out a breath of relief. Melissa then sees chocolate bars up ahead so she walks over to them and picks one up. “Milk chocolate.” She reads and immediately puts it back and picks up another one. “Milk chocolate.” She reads again. “Milk chocolate.” She says as she reads another one. “Is there any chocolate that doesn’t have milk in it?” 

“Dark chocolate doesn’t.” You tell her.

“That’s not chocolate, that’s sadness disguised as chocolate.” She tells you.

“This chocolate doesn’t have dairy.” Caty points out and hands over the chocolate bar to Melissa and then she grabs another one.

“Why are there over 30 ingredients in chocolate?” Melissa asks.

“I don’t know. But none of them are dairy.” Caty bluntly says. 

Melissa then sees dark chocolate beside her with all the different percentages on the packaging. She lets out a sigh before she grabs all of the different kinds and throws them in the cart. She then grabs the chocolate chip versions and throws them in the cart. 

“Perdonami, Padre.” She mutters and you look at her with raised eyebrows.

“Did you just pray in Italian right now?” You ask her in disbelief and she nods. “You just asked God to forgive you for putting dairy free stuff in the cart?” 

“Yes. I’m doing it no matter what so just let me do this to make me feel better about it.” She says. You think about it for a second before you nod.

“You’re so dramatic and I love it.” You tell her and she huffs before she goes to check something else.

“I’m making this difficult aren’t I?” You both hear and turn to see Caty looking at you. 

“No you’re not.” Melissa immediately says as she walks over to her. “We’re just trying to adapt to this change.” 

“Mamma, you went through the 5 stages of grief in the living room.” Amelia points out. You walk over to her and cover her mouth with your hand. 

“Ok, yes this is difficult for me, it’s because it changes everything I was taught, but I’m willing to do this for you. And I don’t want to hear you say another word about how it’s difficult or a problem. Capisce?” She says and Caty nods.

“Capisce.” Caty says and Melissa places a kiss on her forehead before she stands back up and continues looking at items.

At home, you’re cutting up some apples as Melissa looks at all the new ingredients. You don’t say anything, just cut up about 6 apples and grab the new dips you got that’s dairy free. You put all the apple slices on a plate and then bring the plate and the dips into the living room.

“Ok, so there’s 3 dips here, I want you all to tell me what you think.” You tell them. You open all the dips and then put them down. All the kids grab an apple slice and dip it in one of them before trying it. They all try all 3 and they nod.

“They’re good, I like them.” Amelia says.

“Ya, they’re not bad at all.” Nico agrees.

“Ya, they don’t taste like they’re dairy free.” Caty comments. 

“What about you two trouble makers? Do you like the dips?” You ask the toddlers and they nod. Both of them then grab another apple slice and dip it. 

In the kitchen, Melissa puts away all the new ingredients and leaves out what she needs for dinner. She decides on making cacio e pepe as she can make it in her sleep. She does everything that she normally would but difficulty strikes when it comes to melting the cheese.

“How is it not melted? It should have melted already.” She complains before she sticks it in the microwave. “Actual cheese wouldn’t betray me like this.” She takes it out of the microwave and it still hasn’t melted, only slightly. Melissa stares at it in disbelief as it’s personally offending her right now. She places it back in the microwave and slams the door shut.

You’re in the living room, watching a show with your kids. You then hear the microwave door slam shut and about a few minutes later you hear a shout.

“Stronzate del cazzo!” You hear and you close your eyes and sigh.

“What did Mamma just shout?” Amelia asks.

“She needs to add 2 quarters to the swear jar.” Is all you say as you get up and walk into the kitchen. “Good thing you swore in Italian.” You tell her and she looks at you. 

“Nothing is going right!” She complains. “The cheese took several attempts to melt, it’s declaring war against me at this point. Then when it did melt, I poured it on the pasta and it didn’t pour right. It got all clumpy and oily at the same time. Like if you’re not going to be poured right, at least pick if you’ll be clumpy or oily.” She rants and you cross your arms. 

“So your first attempt didn’t go right?” You conclude and she glares at you.

“I wonder what the fuck tipped you off.” She deadpans. She then turns back around and glares at the pasta, hands gripping the counter. You walk up behind her and hug her waist.

“Do you need some emotional support?” You ask her and she leans back into your touch.

“No.” She says.

“Are you sure? You’re literally fighting with cheese.” 

“It started it by not melting properly.” She counters. She sees you go to reach for the food and slaps your hand away.

“Ow! I was just going to taste it.” You tell her.

“No, we’ll all taste it together.” She concludes. 

“Is dinner ready?” Nico yells.

“NO!” She shouts back. “I just have to try to fix it first.” She adds.

10 minutes later you’re all sitting at the dinner table and Melissa is putting the pasta on everyone’s plate. You see Caty inspecting it, Nico bouncing in his seat at being able to eat and the other 3 aren’t reacting at all, they just see food. When there’s food on everyone’s plate, you all put some on your fork and take a bite. Melissa looks at all of your reactions. She sees you all reacting weirdly.

“It’s not bad…just different.” You say.

“It feels and tastes different.” Caty explains. “But Mommy is right, it’s not bad.” 

Melissa sees you all eating it with interest and then she looks at the toddlers who are shoving it in their mouths with their hands. Melissa then takes a seat and tries a bite herself.

“It tastes wrong.” She immediately says and puts her fork down.

“Eat it anyway.” You tell her.

“No.” She tells you with a pout and crosses her arms.

“It doesn’t taste bad, it’s just different so eat it.” 

“No.” She says again, very similar to how Bella and Mia react. 

“Eat it.” You tell her with your stern mom voice. She flinches and immediately picks up her fork and puts some in her mouth.

“This whole time I thought Mamma was in charge.” Amelia says. “Boy, was I wrong.” 

“Zip it, you.” Melissa warns her.

An hour later, you have two glasses on the coffee table as you pour dairy free milk in them. Everyone watches as you pour the milk, looking at it to see if it looks real.

“Now this one is oat milk and this one is almond milk. I want all of you to try them.” You say and then put a third glass down. “And this is almond dark chocolate milk. I want to see if you like it.” You add.

Melissa then watches as each tries all 3, one by one and gives their opinion. It seems like 4 out of 5 prefer almond milk and Mia prefers oat milk. They all seemed to like the dairy free chocolate milk.

“Are we gonna have to convert to these changes permanently or can we have actual dairy once in a while?” Amelia asks.

“I’d like to know the answer as well.” Melissa says.

“If it keeps your sister from being in pain, then this is what we’re doing. At family events you can have actual dairy there, it’ll be in the meals they serve.” You explain.

“What about when we go back to school? In our lunches?” Nico asks.

“Dairy free lunches.” You tell him and him and Amelia start complaining. 

“That’s enough!” Melissa says and it gets them to stop.

“We’re doing this to support Caty and to show we love her.”

“Mommy is right.” Melissa immediately adds. “Now tomorrow I’m attempting dairy free pancakes and it’ll be with the dairy free chocolate milk. Then in the evening I’ll attempt dairy free cookies.” Melisa explains. “Why am I doing this? Because if it stops my daughter from being in pain then I’ll do it. And I’ll do the same for any of you.” Melissa tells them before she stands up and goes to the kitchen. You watch as all your kids don’t say or love for a few seconds, they’re processing everything Melissa just told them. After a few seconds Caty gets up and goes into the kitchen. 

“Mamma?” Caty says and Melissa turns around.

“Hey Dolcezza, did you need something?” Melissa asks. Caty stands there for a couple of seconds before she walks towards Melissa and hugs her.

“I love you, Mamma.” Caty tells her. Melisa is frozen for a second before she wraps her arms around Caty and hugs her back. 

“I love you too, Dolcezza, very much.” Melissa tells her and then Caty pulls back. 

“You’re doing so much for me and I know it’s going against a lot of what you were taught.” Caty says.

“And I’ll do it without complaint.” 

“I heard you declaring war on the fake cheese.” 

“Ok, I’ll do it with some complaint. But the point is I’ll do it because I love you.” She says. 

“Thank you, Mamma.” 

“Of course, Dolcezza.”

The following morning, Melissa, Caty and Amelia are all looking at the finished pancake that has a slightly different colour. Amelia pokes at it with the spatula before Caty touches it with her finger.

“It feels like an actual pancake.” Caty says.

“And smells like one too.” Amelia adds.

“But it doesn't look like one.” Melissa counters. “Make another one.” She then says and Amelia pours more batter onto the pan.

30 minutes later everyone is sitting at the dinner table as Melissa sets the plate down with all the pancakes. The 3 of them must have made 30 pancakes. Everyone inspects the pancake on their plate, deciding if it passes the pancake test based on physical appearance. Everyone then takes a bite, chewing it slowly to see what it’s like. Nico then grabs the syrup and drowns it in syrup.

“It actually tastes good.” Melissa says.

“Ya, it’s slightly dry but quite good.” Caty agrees and you all agree with them.

“Anything can taste better with the right amount of syrup.” Nico then says.

“I respect that logic, kid.” Melissa tells him and he smiles proudly. 

As usual the toddlers are picking up their cut up pancake pieces and shoving them into their mouth. They apparently got no time for forks when it comes to pancakes and pasta. Melissa then locks eyes with Caty and Caty smiles at her and Melissa can’t help but smile back. 

“Mamma, Mommy, Annie is asking me if I want to sleepover at her house tomorrow night. Can I?” Amelia asks you both. 

“What time?” Melissa asks.

“3pm- 12pm.” Amelia says and then Melissa looks at you and you nod.

“I suppose, but I want you to behave and listen to Annie’s parents.” Melissa tells her and Amelia smiles and nods. 

3 hours later, Melissa puts 7 pieces of each dark chocolate percentage on the table. Each of you has to try it and give your honest opinion about which one is your favourite as she’ll be using it to bake chocolate goods.

“Ok, so there’s 60, 70, 80 and 90%.” Melissa says. 

They all try the 60% first and think it’s good. They try the 70% next and they think the same thing. When they try the 80% they all said they don’t like the bitter taste. When they tried the 90%, half of them spit it out because they couldn’t handle it.

“Ok, no higher than 70%.” Melissa types in her phone.

“When are we taste testing the cookies?” Nico asks as he walks up to Melissa. 

“This evening, Ometto.”

“Not now?”

“No. Are you hungry now?” She asks him. 

“I’m always hungry for cookies.” He tells her and she lets out a small chuckle and wraps her arms around him. 

“I love that you have a bottomless pit when it comes to all things chocolate.” She tells him and he smiles.

That evening, her and Amelia are in the kitchen as they try to figure it out. They made ones with oat milk and others with almond milk. They also made a batch with dark chocolate chips. 

“This is fun, it’s like I’m learning how to cook again.” Amelia tells her.

“You and me both, Tesoro.” Melissa says.

After all 3 batches were made, Melissa places them all on 3 separate plates. Her and Amelia then bring them out to where everyone else was waiting to taste test. They place them all down and everyone looks at them,

“They look like real cookies.” Caty says.

“Why is only one made with chocolate?” Nico asks.

“Because I want to know what people think of the milk I used without the addition of dark chocolate chips.” Melissa explains to him. “Now everyone taste the oat milk ones first.” She says. 

After tasting all 3 cookies, the one that won, by no surprise, was the one with chocolate chips that Melissa used almond milk to make. Everyone but Mia liked the almond milk more so it seemed like a safe bet to use that twice. Everyone seemed to enjoy all 3 which is a good thing. She was also happy when Nico reached to take the last cookie.

“You kids eat like I don’t feed you 3 times a day.” Melissa tells them all. 

“And you love that they eat whatever you make.” You say and she smiles at you.

“Ya, I do.”

Later that evening, you were helping the toddlers brush their teeth when Amelia walks in to brush her teeth. Since the sink was occupied, Amelia just sat on the edge of the tub until they were done. 

“Now make sure to get the back teeth.” You tell them both.

“Mommy?” Amelia says.

“Ya, sweetheart.” You say to her without looking up.

“What’s it like to go to an Eagles game?” She asks and you look at her before thinking about it. 

“Last time I went was when I was pregnant with you, but it’s very crowded, you might get popcorn dumped on you and the crowd goes wild when they score a touchdown. Unless it’s the opposing team, because then the crowd just boos.” You explain. “Why do you ask?”

“Just curious. I wonder what it would be like to go to a game with Mamma. She’s already loud when she’s just watching it on tv, I couldn’t imagine her at a game.” She tells you and you chuckle.

“She’s even louder at a game.” You tell her. “Alright you two, now spit out the toothpaste.” You say and both of the toddlers spit it out and rinse before stepping off their stools. “Sink is all yours.” You tell Amelia before stepping out with the twins. 

Two days later, Melissa is in the shower while you’re in the bedroom. You pull out a notebook that’s in your nightstand drawer and flip through it. You flip through 3 pages before you find what you’re looking for and smile. You then grab Melissa’s phone and scroll through her contact list. After getting the information, you join Melissa in the shower.

Later that afternoon, Melissa is in the kitchen while you’re watching a movie with all of the kids. You decide to show everyone some family classic movies that aren’t animated. In the kitchen, Melissa is staring at the fake cheese like she’s challenging it to a war.

“Ok, I will not lose to cheese this time.” Melissa says. She made a meal last night that went better than the first attempt and she wants to get even better. She decided to make mac and cheese to see how that would be.

Half an hour later she’s looking at the end result with a sigh. It turned out less clumpy but still not the best result.

A few days later it’s the toddler’s birthday party. And to no one’s surprise, they both wanted different themes. Bella wanted a pink princess theme and Mia wanted a soccer theme. 

Melissa is taking the cake out of the fridge so Caty and Amelia can decorate it. They have pink, green and black frosting, and pink and white sprinkles. Amelia chooses to do the princess half, so she puts pink frosting and a bunch of sprinkles. Caty is doing the soccer half so she puts green frosting and does lines to look like a soccer field. Melissa is quite impressed with their cake decorating skills and approves the end result. 

Melissa goes out into the backyard where there’s pink, green and black streamers and balloons everywhere. There’s cones set up so the kids can play a soccer game and you got fake tiaras at the dollar store. You cautiously invited all the kids from the daycare that Mia and Bella spend all day playing with. There’s going to be 15 toddlers, as well as your 5 kids and Elena. Melissa sees you on the step ladder as you’re tying the piñatas to a tree.

“Mamma! What do you think?” Bella asks her as she runs up to Melissa. Melissa got a fluffy pink princess dress for her and she also put on one of the tiaras. 

“You look like a princess.” Melissa tells her with a smile. 

“Mommy said I’m Mamma’s little princess.” Bella says with a smile. 

“You definitely are.” Melissa says. Melissa then looks to see that Mia is in a simple shirt and shorts, dressed to play soccer, but she’s also wearing a tiara.

“I made Mia wear a tiara, she looks pretty.” Bella tells her.

An hour later, all the toddlers have arrived with the parents and they’re all running around the yard. Your 3 oldest kids seem to be sitting at the outside table, snacking, effectively sitting out of the chaos. Melissa is at the barbecue, grilling skewers, which was Amelia’s idea. It was a pretty good idea as toddlers would love eating food off of a stick.

The toddlers are either playing their version of soccer with Mia and Elena, or they’re doing some very curious painting with Bella. You’re just talking with some parents as all the kids seem to be good. 

You glance across the yard and look at Melissa grilling. She’s wearing a low cut short sleeve shirt, shorts and her hair up in a ponytail while working the grill. You won’t lie, she looks fucking hot. Melissa looks up, as she sensed she was being watched, and locks eyes with you. You decide to tease her a little bit so you start fanning yourself with your hand as you look at her. Melissa shakes her head with a smile as she gets back to grilling.

Amelia helps bring the skewers to the table when Melissa is finished and all the toddlers run to the food. They all grab a skewer and start eating off of it. Amelia managed to grab 3 skewers before the ambush and hands one to Nico and Caty. 

“Was our third birthday this chaotic?” Nico asks. 

“I don’t remember.” Caty says.

“Yes, it was.” Amelia tells them.

After all the toddlers are done eating their lunch, Melissa brings out the cake and something in a container. Everyone sings happy birthday to the toddler twins and they blow out the candles. They gasp as they see how the cake is decorated and immediately ask for a piece from their sides. You get to work on cutting the cake as Melissa hands the container to Caty.

“This is a small, dairy free cake that I made for you.” Melissa tells her and Caty’s jaw drops.

“You made a cake just for me?” Caty asks and Melissa nods. 

“Of course I did, I wouldn’t want you to skip cake.” Melissa says as she goes to help you pass out pieces of cake. 

Caty opens the container and sees a small chocolate cake that could be about 5 normal sized pieces of cake. Caty gets a fork and starts eating it.

“Can I try a bite?” Amelia asks and Caty sees both Amelia and Nico looking. She takes another bite and slides the container over. Both Amelia and Nico take a bite before they pass it back to Caty. “Mamma did a good job.” 

Melissa heard the compliment from Amelia and she smiles. She didn’t want to make a big deal out of it but she’s proud she was able to make something that was good for Caty. 

You had to get a wet wipe out as both of your toddlers are covered in cake. Their hands were covered as they didn’t use a fork and there was cake all over their faces. You cleaned them up and then you went on to open presents. They ended up getting distracted halfway through as they wanted to play with the new toys and you had to get them to keep opening more presents. 

After presents, all the kids got excited to hit the piñatas. You all started with the princess one and Bella was up first. You handed her the bat and she got a good swing out of it. Mia got a good one as well.

“My kids are good with a bat.” Melissa says with a smile.

“I should hope so, they’re yours.” You tell her and she chuckles. 

Your other 3 kids also got a chance with the piñatas as you didn’t want them to feel left out or overlooked with all the toddlers there. Both piñatas broke and they all ran to get the candies at the same time. 

2 hours later, all the toddlers were leaving as you were starting to clean up. Mia and Bella were paying attention to their new toys. Caty had a lollipop in her mouth, Amelia had a candy bracelet she was working on, and Nico was having another piece of the chocolate cake.

“So what are we gonna do for Mamma’s birthday?” Amelia asks.

“I don’t need anything.” Melissa immediately says.

“You don’t want a birthday party?” Caty asks.

“With a cake?” Nico adds.

“A whole day reminding me how old I am? Hard pass.” She tells them. 

“We can have a small party, with just the kids and Elena.” You suggest and Melissa looks at you.

“Fine. I don’t mind that.” She settles on. “Kids, make sure the cake is more or less finished, I want to be tempted as little as possible.” She adds and they all grab another piece.

A few days later, Melissa is coming in with the mail and sees your name written on one. It made her curious as it’s always both your names on everything. She leaves it on the counter while she opens everything else and throws out the advertisements. You come downstairs and she looks up.

“It seems you got something.” She says and you look at the envelope. 

“Oh perfect, I’ve been waiting for this.” You say with a smile.

“What is it?” She casually asks.

“Nothing for you to worry about.” You tell her as you grab it and start to go upstairs with it as she looks up.

“Well now I am worried about it!” She yells before you’re out of sight. 

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