Today is the day I tell everyone that I'm pregnant, I'm happy being pregnant, content. But at the same time I'm scared, scared I won't be able to be a good mother, scared I won't love my child the way my mother did not love me. It's all scary, and I wish I didn't worry about it, I wish it didn't consume me but it does.

Dante trying to find my Grandmother is helping, he is helping and I couldn't love him more than I do at this moment. Even when I say I'm fine, he finds a way to make me actually fine, he takes the necessary steps to make sure I am fine. The love of my life indeed. I turn and look at him, only noise heard is his mild snoring. I smile and kiss his nose.

How can a man so dangerous, so risky, become so sweet, loving and caring. How did I get so lucky? I connect my head with his and just take in this moment of us being alone, in our bubble. "Its still early, why are you awake?" His sleepy deep voice rings out and I smile.

"I'm not sleepy anymore, but you should sleep, you still sound tired" He pecks my lips and smile "I'm awake now and thats all that matters, what are you thinking about?" I sigh "My Grandmother, do you think she'll like me?" He opens his eyes and smiles "She will and if she doesn't, I'll make her like you" I laugh "you're ridiculous"

"I am in love with you and I would do anything to make you and our peanut happy. So if that means making someone like you, then I'll do it. I'll do anything for you" he brings my body closer to his "Anything?" He smiles "I would give you the world, if I could" I sigh and kiss him "I am in love with you too" he smirks "I know"

"The arrogance won't get you anywhere, you know" He raises his thick eyebrow "arrogance got me my status and arrogance got me you so I'll be arrogant if it means I get to be this happy" I shake my head and chuckle "Okay Mr Arrogant"

He chuckles "You're parents are coming today, are you ready to tell them about me and the baby?" He smiles "My parents already know about you, they just want to meet you. And about the baby well, They love babies, they will be excited, especially my mom. I'm sorry in advance for her, she will be very protective especially her and Zia Kathy, you'll see"

I giggle " should I be worried?" He shrugs "they will love you" I smile and nod, "okay" we sit in silence for a while. "Tell me something" he whispers, I open my eyes and look at him "what was the color of your hair before" I sigh "Brown, just like his" He caresses my cheek. "Why did you change it?" I smile a little, "My whole life I tried to be the perfect child, I tried to be someone I wasn't, just so they could love me, changing my hair color kind of set me free" he kisses me when he sees I was about to breakdown.

I pull away and peck his lips "changing my hair made me happy. I was alone and I just wanted to leave that life in the past, so changing my hair, released me from my previous life and into a new one, a life with you..... Do you want me to change it back" suddenly feeling concerned, he smiles and shakes his head "I love your hair like this, And I would love it in whatever color you want" I smile "I know you have a thing for blondes, did you like me because of my hair color in the beginning?" He chuckles "No, to be honest, it was your eyes"

"M-my eyes?" He nods, "when I saw you at SAINT dancing wearing that dress, carving all your curves perfectly I didn't care much. But the moment you turned and you looked at me with those big green eyes, I was yours" I smile knowing every word is true.

"What do you know about my Grandmother?" He sighs "I know that her name is Loren, Her surname is unidentifiable. I know that when your mother was pregnant with you, she offered to take you in, I know that she is hiding, from what I do not know. But I know that when your parents ran away, she still tried to find them but gave up after a couple of years."

"But her whereabouts are nonexistent, its either she is being protected by the cops or running from someone as well" I nod, taking it all in. "Do you trust the twins to find her?" He smiles "the twins can hack the CIA and the FBI, they will find her by the end of the day, trust me" I nod "okay, I hope she is still alive" "she is, she's just hiding"

I nod "come let's sleep, you have a long day today and I want you to be fresh and ready for the announcement" He smiles and kisses my nose "Okay Gattino" we cuddle and after some time, I can hear his snores and I smiles letting myself fall asleep.

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When I wake up its already 9am feeling nauseous and I know Dante has gone to work already. I get myself out of bed, fixing it and going to shower. When I get to the bathroom I could feel myself about to throw up. I quickly run to the toilet and throw up, when I'm done, I clean myself up and go the shower.

After 30 minutes I get out of our room. I really need to eat something and I need to to do it now. When I pass the siting room, I see Micheal and Stephen, Stephen had a frown on his face, as Micheal was fidgeting seeming to be uneasy with whatever he was saying.

I stopped and stared, I know its wrong but I'm a nosy bitch and as his friend, I have been neglecting him. I need to make sure Micheal is okay. Stephen looked annoyed as he rolled his eyes and grabbed Micheals' face and....kissed him? I blink and quickly leave the room not wanting them to notice me.

Stephen and Micheal? Oh My God! They are so cute! Donna is going to cry. Smiling to myself, I reach the kitchen with Maria singing a very catchy Italian song. "Good morning Maria" she turns and smiles at me "morning Piccolo, you hungry?" I nod and smile at her.

She takes out an english breakfast and pours me orange juice on the side, I smile and Thank her. She smiles warmly and goes back to cleaning. Donna and Micheal walk in, "Good morning sweetness" Donna says kissing my cheek. "Morning, what have you guys been up to today" I look at a blushing Micheal and smile. He is so adorable.

"I-I need to t-tell you guys something before I lose my mind" Micheal says sounding panicked. Both Donna and I look at each other and then look at him.

"Whats wrong?" Donna ask holding his shoulder. He sighs "S-Stephen" he whispers, I swear if we weren't this close to him, we wouldn't have heard him.

"What? You like him?" He looks at me shocked. "I-I..... I don't know, I-I t-think I do... I don't know" I hold both of his shoulders "Micheal look at me, breathe... I know you like him, what's wrong?" He sighs "He keeps on being hot and cold, one day he pays attention to me and the next he acts like I don't exists!" He huffs "and then he has the audacity to tell me he wants me and kisses me after ignoring me THE WHOLE WEEK!"

We both look at Micheal, shocked that he could even raise his voice that loud but also the fact that he basically liked a guy and we weren't there for him. I wasn't there for him. What type of friend am I? "Can you guys stop looking at me like that and say something already!" I blink shaking my head.

"I'm sorry, he probably needed time to think about it, you know... what he wants with you" Micheal shoulders sag and he looks down. "But why did he ignore me? That really hurt, I thought he didn't like me or despised me" Donna takes Micheals hand and sits him down. "I think this is new to him, you know liking a guy. I thought he was straight my whole life, but when you meet the right person, gender doesn't matter and I think he may be realizing that now."

Micheal nods and sighs "So, how was the kiss?" I ask smiling at him. He blushes and looks away. He shrugs "Don't you dare downplay this Micheal" Donna says glaring at him. His gasps and nods, looking anywhere but Donna. "I-It was amazing" Me and Donna make a Awe sound, making Micheals cheeks more red. "Stop!" We all laugh. "So what will you do?" I ask looking at him. He sighs "I want to try, I just hope he will take me seriously"

"He will, if he doesn't, Nicole and I will chop his balls off" I smirk "Exactly" Micheal shakes his head and giggles "please don't" we all laugh. "You'll be fine, with him, you'll be fine" He smiles at me and hugs both me and Donna. "I love you guys" he mumbles "love you too" Donna and I both say smiling.

"My babies!" We all turn to see Kathy running to us and gives us a bear hug. "Hi Zia, you're squeezing me" Donna mumbles. I giggle and hug her back "why don't you guys come see me at the cafe anymore?" She says pouting. "A lot has been happening in this house, we haven't had a chance. We're sorry " I say feeling bad it has been a month and we all have stopped working at the Cafe, Dante didn't want us doing that anymore. So he hired three qualified employees to take our places.

Kathy wasn't happy at first until she saw how consistent the waiters were and said 'I love you guys but they are so much better than you all' we all were fine with it, But we promised to come help every once in a while. I haven't had a chance to do so though and I don't think I will now that I am pregnant.

"So what are you guys doing? I was thinking of taking you all shopping, just for fun" I don't like shopping, I get all tired and grumpy. "Well Nicole doesn't like shopping at all so why don't we go to a spa and relax, sounds more fun... don't you think?" I nod smiling at her, now thats why she is my best friend. "Ahh yes I need a pedicure" Kathy says smiling.

"Where is Katrina?" "Right here" Katrina says with Sarah walking in front of her. "I heard Pedicure, lets go" we all laugh and walk out the Mansion. 6 guards are already outside waiting, as a limo pulls up. We all get in and go the spa.

Spa day was fun and relaxing, the girls had some champagne and I almost said yes to a glass until I remembered I am pregnant. I had to lie and say that I wasn't feeling like drinking right now, they didn't ask me about it and we had a great time after.

As we head inside the mansion, the others walk to the dining room and I walk upstairs to go freshen up before Dinner. Dante is standing by the steps with a man facing him. I couldn't see his face, they seemed to be having a comfortable conversation. When Dante finally notices me, he smiles, a full smile, "Come here Gattino" I look down and walk towards him.

I could feel the other mans' eyes on me but I don't look up. "Father, meet Nicole.... my woman" I look at Dante Shocked "y-your father?" They both chuckle "Si that would be me" I slowly turn and holy moly he is scary.

"The names Diego, you must be the woman my son can't seem to shake off" His face has no emotion what so ever. Does he hate me? Oh God he hates me. I only stare at him not knowing what to say. He suddenly smiles showing off his pearly whites "welcome to the Family Piccolo"

I smile back, suddenly feeling a weight thrown off me. "Nice to meet you too Mr Moretti" he chuckles "call me Pops, sounds less formal" I smile and nod. Dante squeezes my hand, smiling at me.

"Lets go to the dining room, your mother is not a patient woman" Pops saying shaking his head, I smile and we follow him. Mothers are very protective over their sons, what if she doesn't like me at all.

"Is that her?!, Dante move I want to see my Daughter in law!" a short woman almost my height just a little taller yells at Dante. I could see her left side as I was hiding behind Dante. She sounded excited, why is she excited?

"You better move before I fetch my flip flop!" Dante quickly moves exposing me to the woman "sorry Gattino" I look at him shocked. He is definitely not getting sex tonight. A scream rings out the room and all the guys take out their guns as Dantes' mom hugs me, squeezing the life out of me. "Tesoro!" Pops yells looking at her "don't you yell at me Diego!" Pops grunts and everyone puts their guns back where they got them. She finally lets me go.

"You look so beautiful, you will make beautiful Grand babies" "Ma!" Dante whines while I blush. "She is so embarrassing" Damian whines to himself. "What did I say about whining, yelling and screaming at me people?!" Everyone keeps quiet "thats what I thought" she huffs and smiles at me.

"My name is Francesca, Dantes' mother and you are Nicole right?" I nod and blush. She chuckles "you have such beautiful green eyes, no wonder my son loves you" "T-thank you and n-nice to meet you" she makes an Awe sound and hugs me again. "Come lets eat, you look hungry." I nod and smile. I'm definitely hungry.

Dante sits at the head as his father sits on the other end, I sit next to Dante and Francesca goes to seat next to Diego. Everyone sits down as the younger twins rush to their sits apologizing for being late.

"What do you have my twins doing now Dante" Zio Luca asks kissing both his younger sons foreheads before sitting down next to his wife Kathy, kissing her cheek, she blushes and look back at her friend. She and Francesca have been friends since their teen years.

"They are looking for someone, we will talk about it some other time" Zio Luca nods "Update tomorrow then" All the men nod. "I have something to say" Stefano says suddenly after some time. "What is it son?" Zio Luca asks looking concerned. "Actually I have something to ask Zio" Diegos' attention turns to Stefano, "what is it?"

Stefano sighs "I am in love with your Daughter and I would like to formally make her my woman.... so may I have your blessing?" Gasps are heard in the room. Yeah Stefano is a man of few words indeed. Donna looks at Stefano shocked with glossy eyes. Diegos' face is unreadable, please say yes. "If you hurt her, I will kill you.... you being my godson will not matter if you hurt my Daughter" Now I know where Dante gets it from, His father is intimidating as hell.

"Si Zio" Stefano nods "I promise to treat her well" "Good"... I look at Donna and she is still looking at Stefano still shocked. "You like my sister?" Damian asks confused. Dante chuckles "You've always been so slow when it comes to Donna" he mumbles, shaking his head. "He doesn't like her idiot, he loves her" Dante says looking at Stefano.

"Don't worry though, Knife show if he hurts her" Damian smirks "Alright then, don't call me an idiot unless you want a bullet wound" Dante chuckle "Try me and see what happens" They both just stare at each other, they aren't glaring at each other, its like a starring contest, they can act like boys sometimes and its weird.

"I'm pursuing Micheal, do not annoy me with any of your questions, I want Micheal to be mine and thats it" Stephen suddenly says cutting his steak. He says it nonchalantly like its not a big deal. Everyone looks at him shocked, "You're gay?" Zio Luca asks.

Stephen rolls his eyes "I want Micheal Dad" Zio Luca smiles "Okay then" I look at Micheal who is a blushing mess. I smile, becoming happy that my friends are happy. "The senior twins are actually seriously dating, who would've thought?" Diego says looking at Luca. "Not me, definitely not me" Luca says chuckling. "Times change indeed my friend" the both shake their heads chuckling.

Dante kisses my cheek making me turn and look at him. He kisses me as if assuring me everything will be alright. He pulls aways, still looking at me.

"Nicole is Pregnant"

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