2 weeks later
Game day
"Let's go wildcats.", everyone chanted from the Arizona side. I hated being the away team just because we didn't get as much support.
I looked into the crowd to see my family and Cameron sitting next to each other. I love how close Cameron and my family are. I waved at them as I made my way to second base.
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After our devastating season ending loss I met up with my parents.
"You played amazing sweetie.", my dad said giving me a high five.
"Eh you played ok.", Dakota said.
"Thanks guys. Well I guess it's time to finally go home for the summer."
"Not so fast.", my mom said taking a suitcase out of her car.
"Where are we going?", I asked.
"You mean where you and Cameron are going."
"What?", I asked. I turned around to see Cameron with a rose in his hand.
"Are you ready for Italy?", he asked.
"Wait you were serious about that?", I asked finding it hard to catch my breath.
"Yeah. 3 days. I know it's fast but I'm paying for the whole thing so I didn't want to waste all of my money."
"You're the best.", I said giving him a big hug.
"Well the plane leaves in about an hour and a half so you guys should head to the airport.", my mom suggested.
"Yeah. Thank you guys for coming.", I said giving them a hug.
"Yup. Have a great time sweetie", my dad said as my family walked away.
"Let's go get some pasta.", Cameron joked as he grabbed onto my hand.
15 hours later
"We're here", I said plopping myself on the bed.
Cameron laid beside me as we were both jet lagged.
"It's 3:00 am here so why don't we try to get some sleep. Tomorrow I want to visit my family and then you and I can go sight seeing."
"That sounds good."
The next day
"Ugh what time is it?", I asked as Cameron was up and full of energy.
"It's 9. We're going to my grandmothers for brunch. Brunch starts in an hour so wake up.", he said.
I sat up slowly and got up. I decided to slide a white sundress on with some black wedges. I was already feeling exhausted just as the day was starting.
"You ready?", Cameron asked an hour later.
"Yeah.", I said feeling a little nervous.
"Don't be nervous. My family is great and they know how much I love you. They'll love you too.", he assured me.
We walked about a block up until we finally got to his grandmothers house. I felt my nerves go down when we arrived. When we walked in it was packed.
"Cameron.", his grandmother exclaimed in an Italian accent.
"Ciao.", Cameron said as he greeted his family.
Suddenly a rush of his cousins ran up to him giving him a hug.
"Who's this?", a little girl asked Cameron.
"This is my girlfriend Kat. Kat meet my cousin Valentina. She's 7 years old.", Cameron explained.
"Ciao Valentina.", I said crouching down as a shook her hand.
"Damn Cameron who's this?", a boy who looked around 15 asked.
"This is my girlfriend so don't even think about touching her Giovanny.", Cameron warned.
"Here's my number if you decide he's not the one.", he said sliding me a piece of paper.
"Thank you.", I laughed as Cameron looked familiar to this.
"Ciao Stefano and Alessandra.", Cameron said as he looked down at two babies.
"Aw they're so cute. How old are they?".
"11 months. They were born when I came to visit over the summer last year."
"Cute."
"Kat meet my grandmother Amelia and my grandfather Antonio."
"She's so beautiful Cameron.", his grandmother said as she kissed both sides of my cheeks.
"Welcome to Italy.", his grandfather exclaimed.
"Thank you for welcoming me into your home. Italy is beautiful."
"Yeah and so are you.", Giovanny interrupted.
"Go away Gio.", Cameron said shooing him away.
"So we've heard great things about you. Our grandson is smitten with you.", Amelia said.
"Mama.", Cameron complained.
"What? You're telling me that you and Christian didn't spend all summer talking about how amazing this girl was."
"He really did. Our Cameron is truely smitten with you.", his grandfather said.
"Awe. Cameron has talked so much about you guys too. He loves you both very much.", I said.
"He better or else I'll stop making his favorite spaghetti and meatballs which I have to check on right now.", his grandmother said as his grandfather followed her into the kitchen.
"Everyone here is so nice. Especially Giovanny.", I joked.
"Yeah that kid knows how to get the girls down here."
"I bet. He reminds me of you except with darker hair."
"Everyone says that. Thankfully my aunts and uncles were working today because then you would've seen me be humiliated.", he said.
"Come play with me.", Valentina said as she handed me a baby doll.
"Okay.", I said as she grabbed my hand and lead me near her baby toys.
Cameron's pov
"That girl is pure beauty. Is she Italian too?", my grandfather asked.
"Yeah she's half Italian and half Puerto Rican. Just like me but Mexican."
"She's really good with the kids. Especially Giovanny.", he laughed
I turned around to see Kat playing with Valentina and Giovanny watching over her shoulder.
"Yeah. She's a great girl."
"You should take her to bologna.", my grandfather winked.
"Antonio!", my grandmother laughed as she placed spaghetti and meatballs in front of me.
Bologna is considered the city of sex in Italy and my grandparents couldn't get enough of making jokes.
"I should.", I laughed.
"Tell Kat to come here for some food."
I walked up to Kat as she played with Valentina's baby dolls.
"Valentina I need to borrow her for just a couple of minutes. Can I?", I asked.
She nodded as she placed her baby back in the crib.
I helped Kat up off of the ground and she followed me to the table.
"This is my grandmothers famous spaghetti and meatballs. She's won 7 cook offs with this recipe."
"Wow that's fantastic.", she said sitting beside me.
"It's delicious. It takes me about 4 or 5 hours to prepare. I make the noodles, sauce, and meatballs homemade.", my grandmother winked as she sat next to my grandfather.
"This is the best spaghetti I've ever eaten in my life.", Kat politely said.
"She gets that a lot. I am so proud of my wife. 52 years strong.", my grandfather said placing a kiss in my grandmothers cheek.
"You guys are such a beautiful couple. It's inspiring.", Kat said.
"It really is. I always look at their wedding pictures and think wow that could be me one day."
"Our Cameron is my baby. He might be 18 but he's still the baby.", my grandmother said.
I saw Kat smile as my grandparents made fun of me. Damn that smile could form miracles.
Kat's pov
After we finished lunch all of the kids except for Giovanny we're still playing.
"I bet you want to drop Cameron right here and now.", Giovanny winked.
"Cute but no. But I think I could hook you up with some girls I know in America."
"Nah sweets. I like you."
"Knock it off Gio.", Cameron said hitting him in the back of the head.
"I want my hair to be this long when I'm however old she is.", Valentina yelled as she stroked my long dark brown hair.
"Don't copy my girl. I don't need my sister looking like my wife.", Gio said hugging me tight.
"In your dreams lover boy.", Cameron laughed.
"Please if she wasn't with you, she'd get with all this.", Gio said lifting up his shirt.
I started to laugh at the commotion that went on all around me. An 18 year old and a 15 year old fighting over me, never thought I'd live the day to see that.
"Well guys we gotta start heading out.", Cameron announced.
"Oh Kat, I need to give you something before you leave.", his grandmother said.
She handed me a sliver box with a big smiles on her face.
"Go on and open it.", his grandmother insisted.
I opened it up to see a lavender heart locket. I opened up the locket to see pictures of her and Antonio when they were around Cameron's and my age.
"This is beautiful, I love it. But I'm not sure I can take this."
"No please do. I want you to remember my husband and I forever. Besides it'll look beautiful on you.", she said waving at me to hand her over the locket.
She put the locket around my neck and smiled again. She then proceeded to hug me.
"Never lose this. This is a token of my love to you.", she said.
"I won't.", I said looking down at it.
"Let's go.", Cameron said as he hugged his grandfather goodbye.
"Don't leave Kat, stay here.", Gio begged.
"I would if I could but I'll come back and visit."
"Promise?", he smirked.
"Promise.", I said putting our pinkies together.
Soon after everyone said their goodbyes we were on our way.
"So I was thinking I could take you to visit the Colosseum. I've been there like 5 times so I know my way around", Cameron said.
"That sounds great. I love a little history lesson."
"You hate history though", Cameron laughed.
"Oh I know but I won't fall asleep if you're teaching it.
"Good. So I was thinking we could maybe take the metro just to help you get the full Italy experience.", he suggested.
"I'm good with anything really."
After riding the metro we finally arrived at the colosseum. It was the most beautiful architecture I've ever seen. Although it was packed with tourists like myself, it was still easy to get around.
"Here is one of the most famous wishing wells in Italy. Just drop a coin and make a wish.", Cameron said.
I grabbed some change out of my wallet and proceeded to make a wish. I closed my eyes as a tossed a penny into the well.
"So I'm betting you already know this but did you know the Colosseum is where they used to have gladiator fights and other Roman events?".
"Surprisingly I did know that. It's a shock mainly because I hate history.", I said with a small laugh.
"Yeah I could tell by the way you were always half asleep in that class.", he smirked. "Hey it's not like you didn't fall asleep in that class either. It's boring."
"True but it's history. Sure the class is boring but what actually happened isn't.", Cameron said trying to persuade me.
"I know. I just think that the teachers make it boring."
"Yeah especially Mr. Gilbert.", he chuckled.
"Definitely."
After a couple of hours of sight seeing my feet started to hurt and I felt bloated and tired.
"Let's go back to the hotel.", Cameron suggested.
"That sounds like a great plan.", I said as I walked by his side.
When we finally got back to the hotel Cameron and I sat across from each other on the bed.
"So how do you like Italy so far?", he asked.
"It's amazing. Your family was so great and all of the sights were so interesting and I never want to go back home.", I said.
"That's what I say every time I come back here. It's how I focus on finishing my studies on the Italian language."
"Since when did you know Italian like that. I heard you talking to your grandparents in Italian and I was like where the heck did that come from."
"My grandmother taught it to me when I was younger. It's a lot like Spanish so that explains why I'm good at that".
"You're good at a lot of things."
"Like what?", he smirked.
"Like baseball, sex, and most importantly being my boyfriend.", I smiled.
""Sounds like it's true."
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?", I asked.
"I was thinking that you and I could just go back to the hotel and hang out there. We could go to the pool or whatever."
"Sounds like a great plan."
"Good. Tomorrow's gonna be hella busy.", Cameron sighed.
"Why?".
"Just because pool time is busy time.", he smirked.
"Yeah yeah whatever.", I said throwing a pillow at him.
"Hey don't be so feisty. I'd lay you right now if I wasn't so tired.".
"Shut up.", I laughed.
"Hey honesty's the best policy right?"
As soon as I started to laugh again I started feeling a sharp pain in my stomach.
"Ow", I yelled.
"What?", he asked still laying down.
"Nothing. I think I just ate too many cannolis."
"Yeah probably. I know I did and I always do yet I contain this body.", he said lifting his shirt half way.
"Did you learn that from Gio.", I laughed.
"Maybe."
"Well if tomorrow's gonna be a long day, I'm gonna need to go to sleep."
"Do you need me to put you bed?", Cameron asked with a smirk.
"Why are you so dirty?", I laughed.
"Why are you so clean?".
"Goodnight Dallas.", I said.
"So you're really gonna fall asleep now? We're in Italy, at least give me something."
"Fine.", I said taking off my clothes which left me in my black bra and underwear.
"Are you sure?", he asked again.
"Yup. Here's your action.", I said tucking myself into bed.
"So I guess I'll sleep this way too.", he said taking his shirt and pants off to reveal his boxers.
"Goodnight.", I said turning the other way.
"Goodnight.", he said holding me close beside him.