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Chapter forty-three: An important lesson learnt

𝘼𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙩

Alex and I arrive home to the noise of my mother shouting in Italian. I can't tell who she's shouting at, but it's coming from the kitchen, and she sounds mad.

Eva exits the kitchen with her arms around a big tub of popcorn, looking somewhat dazed. As she grabs a handful and shoves it into her mouth, some of the pieces falling to the floor, she looks up and sees me as I stand there, nonplussed. Alex is busy taking his shoes off behind me.

"Yeah, they're arguing about you." My little sister says before I can ask her myself. I follow her, grabbing Alex's hand first and pulling him along with me, as she makes her way into the living room and plops down onto the couch, crossing her legs.

"Who's they?" I ask, placing myself onto Alex's lap once he's sat down in dad's armchair. His arms automatically go around my waist, holding me to him.

"Mum and Luca."

My eyebrows raise, "Oh, wow. He's home for once at this time of day."

"That's what started it. Mum is fed up of him being out of the house all the time so she confronted him about it when he got home, and then it escalated to be about you and Sofia, and how you both need support from family right now, and that if Luca is out the house, he's unable to show support or whatever. They tried to drag me into it but I was having none of it so I left with my popcorn. Although, I do have to agree with mamma. I know you're both having a hard time." She explains.

I smile appreciatively because now I can say that she's not so correct. Sure, the whole Cami thing is pissing me off and the thought of coming out to her plagues me everyday, especially now she's suddenly saying all these things about Alex being bisexual, and just insensitive things in general. However, I'm not having such a hard time anymore, and that's because I have Alex here with me. The more our relationship progresses, the more I feel comfortable and less nervous about things.

"I mean, I'm not having a hard time so much anymore." I respond, squeezing Alex's hand as a way to communicate what I'm thinking. He kisses my shoulder in acknowledgement, and I can feel his smile as he does so.

"Yeah, but you know what I mean." Eva says, pausing to shove another handful of popcorn into her mouth, speaking with her mouth full. "You weren't before and he wasn't there for you. He actually laughed about you and Alex if I recall correctly."

I shrug, "Yeah, well, that's Luca."

"Hold on, I think the shouting has stopped." She pauses, turning her head towards the direction of the door to listen out for anymore noise. "OK, the kitchen seems safe. I'm gonna go get some chocolate as this popcorn is definitely not enough. You want some?"