He drove me home after a few other dances and a looong shower before we ended up hooking up in his library for several times. He even walks me to my door.

Keenan hugs me from behind and has his lips on my neck as I unlock the door and open it, I see my crazy sister sprinting down the stairs.

"Stop!" She shouts. And tries her best to not land against the door- she surprisingly succeeds. She's wearing her champagne colored ladybug pajamas that I have in black as she takes a short breath from the running she just did and then gives me a small smile.

"Hey, you. Long time no see. I almost thought you moved out without me knowing." Eliana tells me in a sarcastic tone before she turns her attention to Keenan.

"I'm going to have to kidnap him from you. Say goodbye and then you're going to put on the same thing I do to watch grey's anatomy." I have no idea what she has in mind.

I get over to Keenan, kiss him goodbye and then walk up the stairs, hearing her close the door behind her.

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It's been fiveteen minutes. I'm sitting in theses pj's in front of my MacBook and wait for Eliana to finally appear. I also had time to say hello to my parents.

And then suddenly, she's in my room and making her way to my bed. "What did you do?" She looks at me and smiles brightly as she jumps into the soft mattress.

"Why did you never tell me that he is nice?" She says full of joy. What the fuck? "I told you the whole time he is nice." El shrugs her shoulders and presses play for the show to begin, stuffing some popcorn into her mouth.

"What did he say? What did you say?" "I told him that I will kill him if he hurts you and we talked about some other things. He laughed at that killing point. He thought I was joking." Her words make me laugh. He probably laughed because he knew that she wouldn't joke about things like this.

So I just shrug it off and watch the show with her.

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1/1,5 month later

Christmas holidays have begun today, which means that tomorrow is christmas. I'm at Adriana and Aiden's place. Aiden is putting Lizzie to bed right now while my sister and I have a talk about the yearly trip to Vancouver after Christmas.

"You can still share a room with Lizzie." My sister tells me as she takes a sip of her wine. "I will not sleep in a hut with you guys. I was feeling like a third wheel last year, I won't do that again Driana."

"Well then a hut on your own it'll be." She says. "Why don't you take Mrs. Travino with you?" Aiden asks me as he comes out of Liz's room. "I won't take my student on a trip with me. That would be crazy."

"And fucking your student isn't crazy?" He asks smirking as he opens another beer for me and him. "She's not my student while we're in bed." I tell him.

"Where's the problem then? You say she's not your student in private. Wy would you treat her any different during a trip? I promise you that I will treat her like a normal person and even call her by her first name if she's okay with that. No one would see you. Come on, man."

He's right. I should take her with me. But it could be strange. She could think that I have other intentions...

"Come on, Keen." Ariana says and takes my hand in hers. Oh fuck it.

You:

Hey. You okay?

Gia:

Hey. Yeah, I'm great.

What about you?

You:

I'm good.

Listen. I need to ask you something.

It's absolutely okay

if you say no.

Gia:

Should I be scared?

You:

No, no need to worry.

Gia:

Shoot then.

You:

My sister, Aiden, his daughter and I

are flying on a trip to Vancouver on 26th.

It's a yearly trip and I just wanted

to ask you if you would

like to join?

Read, 10:38 p.m.

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I stare at the text he just sent me, not knowing what to respond. I knew this man was full of surprises but this one almost made me choke on the water I just drank as I made a break from my workout.

Mom and I are doing one together. She just got off the treadmill and takes a sip too, noticing my shocked expression. Worry is written over her face immediately and she runs over to me. "Hey, are you okay?"

I don't give her an answer, I just hand her the phone and make her read the message. "Oh, that's great, baby." She says.

I look up from my lap to her. "It is?" She takes a seat next to me on the weight lifting bench. "Yeah, it is. What are you going to respond? You're going, right?"

"I don't know, mom." She sighs and puts the water bottle out of her hands to take mine. "What's keeping you from going?" "I don't know..."

I really don't know. "Go on that trip, baby. You've never been to Vancouver. You'll have fun." God how much I love this woman...

"Why aren't you telling me it's wrong to do all these things with my professor?" I ask her. Mom stays quiet for some time. "Because I see that you're happy and that's all I want. I want you to have someone like your father is to me."

"But what if he isn't even one of the boyfriends you had before dad for me?" She strokes some hair out of my face and takes mh chin between her fingers. "Then he's just someone who gave you a good time you will remember. But why say no when you clearly want to go? Why keep yourself from fun and happiness?"

I once again open my phone.

Keenan:

This was a bad idea

I'm so sorry, bellissima.

You:

I would love to join you.

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Ahhhh a trip!!!!

What do you think?

Love you!!