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***18 MONTH LATER***
It was a warm day in June, the sun reflected off the sky turning the water a deep shade of blue. The sand a golden brown warmed her feet as Maya made her way to join the rest of her family on the waters edge. Andrea and Eleora were splashing in the waves as Carina sat and watched on with the baby in her arms.
“You sure are one lucky bambina spending your first birthday on a Sicilian beach Melee” Maya spoke as she swooped the baby out of her wifes arms throwing her in the air making the baby giggle. The baby girl had been born perfectly healthy 6 months after the fire, they had settled on the name Emilia Lucia after Carinas mother and grandmother.
*12 months earlier*
“Amelia, you’re naming her Amelia, I can’t believe you’ve named her after me” Amelia grinned knowing there would be a different meaning behind the name.
“It’s not AMelia it’s EMilia, and it was my grandmothers name” Carina corrected laughing at the neurosurgeon who rocked her new born in her arms
“Hmmmmm potato, potato Amelia, EMILIA. I’m going to tell people she’s named after me” Amelia and Carina laughed knowing there was no changing the neurosurgeons mind.
**the beach**
“Can you believe it’s been a year already?” Carina asked as Maya sat down next to her on the sand
“Nope, very much I cannot” Mayas eyes were fixed on the giggling baby in her arms
“But then again I still can’t quite believe I have a hot Italian wife and together we have 3 amazing healthy kids. Or the fact I’m sitting on beach in Sicily with said hot Italian watching our children play in the water” Maya leaned in to place a kiss on Carinas forehead
“You’re a softie at heart Capitan Bishop”
“Capitan Bishop-DeLuca” Maya corrected with a smile. It had become a running joke between the two of them to adding each other’s surnames to their title. “Yeah maybe I am, but only for my 3 girls and my little bubs” Maya smiled as she looked back out to the water where the twins appeared to be having a competition as to who could jump the highest wave.
“Actually I wanted to talk to you about” Maya began
“And what exactly is ‘that’” Carina reliefs confused by the response
“About me being Capitan… and before you look at me like that no I’m not looking at a demotion. But before the fire Andy and I had a conversation about her applying for Capitan of 19”
“Cosa?” Carina whispered still unsure where the conversation was going
“… and I’d apply for battalion chief...” Maya looked at Carina trying to gauge a reaction
“…it’s even less fires to run into and and the hours are more reliable and the extra pay wouldn’t go a miss and I know I should have told you before I applied but there was the fire and then the pregnancy and then Melee was born and I just kept pushing it back until last month I sat the interview with the board and they gave me the job”
“Wait Maya are you telling me you’re now a Battalion Chief?” Carina lifted her sunglasses to look Maya in the eyes
“Yeah, I guess I am. Please don’t be mad that-“ Mayas words were cut off by Carinas lips crashing into hers.
“I’m not mad bella, I’m so proud of you and I love you so much” Carina replied with a smile that reached her ears
“I love you too” Maya placed her free hand on Carinas face and pulled her into another kiss
“Baci e abbracci” the twins shouted as they charged at their mothers sat on the sand
“Ahh little sea monsters” May exclaimed as she passed the baby to Carina so she could pull her twins into her lap and tickle them
“Mommy”
“Stop”
A mixture of “stops” and “mama help” escaped the twins mouths as they wriggled out of Mayas embrace and take shelter behind Carina.
Carina still couldn’t quite believe the life she’d made for herself as she sat on the beach she spent so many hours at as a child watching her wife and children play. She knew Maya also couldn’t believe the life they were living, but neither one of them would want to live any other way.