__Mariano's P.O.V__

We brought Aless to the pool earlier in the morning and three hours later we're still here.

I sat on the edge of the pool watching Aless in the kiddy pool playing with some other little boys he met today.

Isabella was in the kiddy pool also, she was sitting and watching our son with a smile on her face. The boys would periodically go over to where she was and include her in their little games.

Aless' new friends were quicker to talk to Isabella than to me, according to her I looked intimidating, especially to little kids. She had a more inviting nature to her and that's why she'll be hosting most of his play dates.

I chuckled to myself when Aless splashed her with the water and started laughing. She burst into laughter as she splashed him back and he laughed harder.

I love them so much, I live for these moments.

I got up from where I was sitting and went over to my babies.

I sat beside Isabella in the pool as Aless came over again, his blue floaties splashed the water as he swam closer to us.

"Mama, dada, can we go on the slides now?" He asked holding onto me.

"Sure, honey." Isabella replied.

"Yaaaay!" Was my son's response and he tried jumping up and down in the water.

I picked up Aless in my arms and he said bye to his friends as we waved to their parents then we walked to the part of the pool with the slides.

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___Issy's P.O.V___

After spending a couple more hours playing in the pool and on the slides it was time for us to get back to the room to change for dinner.

We practically spent the whole day at the pool just enjoying the sun; the water and the slides.

Aless barely ate anything today, only periodically when we would get snacks and drinks from what they called 'the swim-up bar'. When we would tell him that it's time to get food he would whine and say he's not hungry and beg to stay for just five more minutes. I really don't know why this boy loves water so much.

When we were close to our room Aless asked, "May I open the door please, Dada?"

"Sure, bud." Mariano replied handing him the key.

He ran off infront of us down the long hallway and stopped at a door trying to push the key into the slot. The door was pulled open and a lady walked out.

Mariano and I jogged so we would reach to Aless faster.

"Well, hello there." I heard the lady say to Aless.

"Hi." Lessy waved the hand that was holding the key.

"Hey,I'm so sorry about that, he thought this was our room." I explained to the lady and she smiled at us.

"It's quite okay, I know my Annie would've done the same thing." She laughed.

"Mama, I want to use the restroom." Mariano looked up at me.

"Okay baby, come on." I lifted him and Mariano and I said our goodbyes to the lady then walked to our room which was only two doors down.

I put Lessy down so he could open the door and when it opened he ran inside and to the bathroom.

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After we all had our baths and were dressed, it was time for us to head to dinner.

Tonight we were going to dine at 'Di Roza', it's an Italian restaurant on the compound that I've wanted to go to since the first time we got here.

And Mariano wanted to see if they will do his cultural food justice.

Our theme for tonight was purple, black and white; I was wearing a royal purple evening gown with black pumps and a necklace, Mariano wore a black and white suit with a purple bow tie and Lessy was attired in also a black and white suit with a purple vest and bow tie.

When we arrived at the restaurant we were shown to an empty table and the menus were placed in front of us along with glasses of water.

Everyone in the restaurant was elegantly attired, the women in evening gowns or formal dresses and the men in suits.

I saw one lady in particular wearing a dress that I own. I found it fascinating that we had the same taste in dresses. It was a light blue spaghetti strap with a split that goes up the top of the thigh.

Lessy picked up his menu and began to scan it.

"Do you know what you want?" Mariano asked Lessy.

Aless shook his head and continued to trail his eyes over the menu.

"Do you want to get pizza?" I asked Lessy.

He nodded his head eagerly causing his curly head of hair to bounce with each shake.

"You've been learning to read, bud. Can you show me where on the menu there's pizza?" Mariano asked him and Aless started scanning through the menu trying to find pizza.

He took his own sweet time to sound out the letters and whichever word he pronounced incorrectly we would correct him.

"P-i-z-z-a" He sounded out and then his brows furrowed. A second after his eyes widened. "Here it is!" He pointed excitedly to the word and showed his dad and I.

"Great job, honey."

"Great job, bud." Mariano and I said simultaneously as we high fived him.

He grinned proudly and proceeded to showing us all of the other pizzas on the menu.

The waiter came over to our table and asked if we were ready to order.

"Yes, we are." I replied.

We made our orders and thanked him, then he took the food menus away.

We waited for a while and conversed about different things, then the waiter came with Aless and Mariano's food and said mine wasn't quite ready yet.

I nodded and told him it's okay and he left.

"Here, mama." Aless held a piece of his pizza out to me.

I brought my head down and closer to him; I opened my mouth and he placed the piece of pizza in my mouth.

"Thank you, baby." I said as I covered my mouth.

"Sei il benvenuto." He replied.

Mariano and Aless continued to feed me with their food until I had to tell them that they should eat and I'm fine.

Soon after the waiter came with my food and placed it in front of me.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." He responded.

Before I began to eat I fed my boys with some of my food so they're not deprived of sufficient food.

"So, what do you think? Did they do it justice?" I asked Mariano.

"Yes, actually it's great." Was his response.

"Mm." I hummed in agreement.

"Are you enjoying your pizza, Lessy? " I asked and he looked up at me and nodded. "Yes, mama it's great."

I smiled and nodded.

After dinner we took our time to head back to our room. We just strolled along the pavements and talked.

Aless was sitting on Mariano's shoulders and his hair blew in the cool night breeze.

Nights here were rather cool, thanks to how near it was to the sea.

"Birdy!" Aless spoke excitedly as he pointed to the bird flying across the sky.

It was a mystery to me how my baby wasn't asleep yet, it's probably about after 9:00 and he usually falls asleep around the 8:00 hours.

When we got back to our room, we changed out of our dinner clothes and Aless went to sleep while Mariano and I watched the notebook.

Surprisingly enough, it wasn't my suggestion.

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The next morning I was woken up by Aless jumping on me and hearing the sound of Mariano's laughter.

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, mama!" Aless had said to me and when I didn't open my eyes he proceeded to jumping on me and shaking me.

I opened my eyes and looked at my baby who was straddling me and sitting on my stomach.

"Gooooooodmorning, mama!" He stretched out the good in the goodmorning and was smiling from ear to ear.

"Gooooooodmorning, sweetie, what has gotten into you this morning?" I mimicked his goodmorning as I pushed some hair that was in his face away.

"I am excited!" He stroked my hair receiving a strange look from me, "You should be too, mama." He finished.

I looked over to Mariano hoping to get some answers. I gestured to Aless and gave Mariano a questioning look.

He chuckled and shrugged.

"Alright then, baby, excuse me for a minute", I took Aless off of me and sat up, "I'm gonna go brush my teeth and take a bath."

I got up from the bed and went into the bathroom.

When I was done in the bathroom, I got dressed and we headed out to start our day.

"What're we gonna do today?" I asked Mariano.

I felt Aless' grip on my hand tighten then loosen, then again. It was like a repetitive cycle and as he did it he hummed a little and rocked his head.

Okay, seriously what's up with my baby today?

"Well, I rented out the beach gazebo for us to spend the day there." He stated and draped his arm over my shoulder.

"That sounds nice." I said and he kissed the top of my head.

"But we're gonna get breakfast first."

We walked to choicez, which was a buffet restaurant that was open all day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

We found an empty table on the inside and sat down.

"So I'll go get the food, you guys stay here." Mariano said then walked off.

"So, baby, you wanna tell mama why you're so happy today?" I asked Lessy.

He shook his head frantically and used his fingers to zip his lips.

I smiled. "Hm. Is it something to do with your father?"

"I can't tell you, mama." He shook his head again.

"Why not?" I raised a brow.

"It's a secret. Dada said I can't tell you and I-I, I can't tell you mama."

"Hm. Alrighty then. I won't ask anymore."

"Okay."

I leaned down on the table and smiled at him. "Do you want ice-cream?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" He practically shouted.

Oh sweet ice-cream, the key to having my baby tell me anything I want to know.

"I'll get you a biiiig ice-cream if you do something for me." I emphasized the word big and used hand gestures.

I know, I know. I'm bribing my child to get information, but is that so wrong? I mean, he gets ice-cream, I get answers, everyone wins. Right?

He nodded his head.

"Can you tell me what you and dada talked about this morning?"

"We were talking about you." He stated.

"What about me?"

"About you and dada."

"What about me and dada?"

"I can't tell you. Dada said I can't tell you."

"You don't want the ice-cream?" I asked.

His eyes widened a bit then he began to speak. "Dada said he's going to-" Aless was cut off mid sentence when Mariano placed the big plate of food on the table and spoke.

"Bud, what're you telling your mom?"

Aless looked up at his father with a sheepish smile.

"Can I get ice-cream please, Dada?"

"Sure buddy, but you have to wait until later, okay?"

"Okay."

Mariano sat Down next to Aless and gave me a pointed look.

"I can't believe you were trying to bribe our son with ice-cream." He said and a chuckle escaped him lips.

"How'd you know that?" I questioned.

"I heard you." He said simply then put a piece of bacon in his mouth.

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The day passed by quickly and it was now about 6:00 in the evening.

We were at the beach gazebo and I was admiring the beautiful place and the gorgeous view of the sea.

(Beach gazebo)

Aless was sitting and talking to his older female friend who he managed to find throughout the day, yes, the one he was dancing with.

I was surprised that her parents allowed her to stay with us, afterall we were strangers to them, only the kids knew each other, and not very well at that.

"Have you enjoyed your day?" Mariano asked kissing my forehead.

We were on a blanket on the floor and I was between Mariano's legs with my head resting on his lap.

"Yes, I have. Have you?"

"Everyday that I spend with you and my son is a day well spent and enjoyed." He stated then kissed my lips. "I don't know what I'd be without you, Isabella."

I smiled and kissed him for what felt like hours. We broke apart and I looked over to Aless who was playing games with his friend and not even acknowledging our presence.

I turned back to Mariano and our faces were mere inches apart. "You're beautiful." I said with a goofy smile and he laughed.

"Thank you, not as beautiful as you though I must add." He grinned.

His phone buzzed and he took it from his pocket and read a message. He smiled and asked me to stand up.

We both stood up and he called Aless.

"I have a surprise for you. " He said and I involuntarily smiled.

"What is it?"

"You'll see." He pulled a blindfold from his pocket and covered my eyes.

Moments after I heard footsteps coming to the gazebo.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

I nodded. "Remove the blindfold."

I slowly removed the blindfold and my hand automatically flew up to my mouth in surprise.

"Oh my gosh." I whispered.

I ran to my family and friends and they all pulled me in a tight embrace. It was the biggest group hug ever.

My mom, my dad, my sister, Mariano's dad and mom, Zen, Yas. Everyone. Everyone was here! All of them.

The gazebo was now packed with people and I couldn't begin to comprehend.

"What're you guys doing here?!?!" I asked with so much joy in my voice.

"Turn around." My mother said and I gave her a strange look before I did as I was told. I turned around and what I saw put a huge smile on my face.

Aless was kneeling down on one knee with a small box in his hand.

"I love you, mama. This is for you." He grinned.

"I love you too baby. Thank you." I was so surprised, I didn't understand what was happening.

He opened the box and there was a beautiful toy ring inside. I smiled and stooped down so I could be on his level.

He placed the ring on my right ring finger and hugged me.

I could feel the tears threatening to escape.

I stood up with Aless holding my hand and I looked at the ring my son just gave to me.

"It's so beautiful." I said to him and kissed his cheek.

"Mama, turn around." Lessy said and I did.

But this time when I turned around, I almost passed out. Once again my hand flew up to my mouth and the tears started to flow. Everyone was standing to the sides and Mariano was down on one knee holding a box with a ring in it. The way he looked at me made me want to cry even more.

"Isabella... Hi," he chuckled a bit. He sucked in a breath " I never in my whole life thought I would be doing this, I never thought I would actually be down on one knee with a ring in my hand," he smiled up at me, "I-I am not good at these kinds of things.... The first day I met you in the club, you made quite an impression," He chuckled, "I'll never forget that song that you danced to, something about yonce or something like that, When I first saw you I didn't know that I would be in love with you, I didn't know that I would want you to be mine forever, and I certainly didn't know that you'd be the mother of my child," We both looked at Aless who was in his grandfather's arms, " But, I am so fucking Happy that you are. I am so happy that I love you, I am just so happy, you make me feel like a whole other person, you stood by me even when I was so hard to deal with, you were always there. I don't know what I'd be without you, I wouldn't have my wonderful son if it wasn't for you, you brought me peace of mind and so much joy that I don't know if it's all real. I don't know if you are real, you are just too good to be true", tears were streaming down his face, Mariano was crying. Mariano. was. crying. " Sometimes I really wonder if this is all actually happening and if I was really lucky enough to find someone like you, I don't know what I did to deserve you but I am so fucking grateful. I can only hope that our son will find someone who he loves", His voice was cracking, "someone he loves, adores, respects, values, appreciates, as much as I do you. I hope he can find someone like his mama. Wow, I have so much more to say but it might take all night. Ti amo amore mio. Isabella Paige Sabrina Marse, will you marry me?"

I was speechless.

speechless.

speech.

less.

I couldn't find my voice.

I nodded my head frantically with one hand covering my mouth and the other out for Mariano to put the ring on.

He placed the ring on my finger then kissed my hand and I was full out crying.

I still couldn't find my voice.

He stood up and lifted me off the floor in a long tight hug. We kissed and stared into each other's eyes as everyone clapped.

"Yes." I said to him as I stared in his eye.

Found it.

Aless ran over to us and Mariano lifted him in his arms and I hugged them both. I got two rings in one night from two of the three men I love the most. The third being my father ofcourse.

"I love you babies." I said to them.

Soon everyone was engaging in hugs all around.

see what I did there?

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Official!

It's done!!!

Fina- friggin- lly.