a bump in the road || dianetti

chapter fifteen

the past three months had gone by quickly, too quickly for rosa and gina's liking. isla could already roll over and iggy had become more independent, so independent that rosa and gina weren't even allowed to touch her clothes when she was getting dressed because 'iggy can do it by myself.'

isla was asleep in her room and iggy was riding around her room on the motorcycle she got for her second birthday. she'd seen rosa ride hers twice in the past few weeks and was becoming more and more fascinated by them.

'hey ro, i know there's been a lot going on and i don't know if you remember and i won't be bothered if you didn't remember,' gina broke the peaceful silence between the pair. 'but happy anniversary. a year ago i was crying and you kissed me and you stayed with me through everything. i love you so much rosie and i got you something,' gina pulled out a box from under a cushion

'wait a sec before i open that. of course i remembered babe, i just didn't wanna say anything incase you didn't remember. in a year we've moved in together, had a baby, gotten engaged, so much has happened but i wouldn't change any of it. i love you gines, i got you something too.' rosa leaned forward and kissed gina before getting up and going to their bedroom, returning a minute later holding a box. 'happy anniversary.' she smiled

the two traded boxes. 'same time?' gina asked and rosa nodded, they opened the boxes and pulled out their necklaces. 'don't tell me we got the same thing.'

'there's no wa- really?' rosa inspected the necklace further. 'you even put the stupid date on it, i thought that was the best idea i'd ever had.' rosa whacked her fiancé playfully

'that was my idea ro!'

the pair now had matching necklaces: a little heart shape, rosa's with an 'R' and gina's with a 'G', both with 04/17 on the back of them.

'is it just me or should i have yours and you have mine?' rosa asked, slightly unsure

'that would make sense, i mean yes i do love myself enough to have a necklace with my name in a heart, but i'd rather have an R in a heart.' gina said, making rosa laugh

'so you get the R and i get the G, right?'

'mhm,' gina nodded. 'only we could manage to mix this up.'

rosa smiled, 'but i love you, so it's fine.' she kissed her. 'happy anniversary.'

'happy anniversary,' gina smiled before isla interrupted the moment.

'i'll go get her, you stay here.'

isla had stopped crying and was rolling around on her mattress when rosa walked in, flipping from her front to her back. 'you're getting good at that now sweetie,' rosa said as she lifted the girl out of her crib. 'you could be a little gymnast.'

'momma, iggy and duckie go to the park?' iggy asked from the doorway of her sister's room. iggy usually called her sister duckie, sometimes it was eyes-la (that's how she spelt it once too) but she usually called her duckie because when rosa told her that maybe it could be her sister's middle name she decided it was her sister's new name.

'let's go ask mommy, see what she says.' iggy raced ahead of rosa and isla down the hallway.

'MOMMYYY,' she shouted. 'iggy and duckie go to the park?'

'we can if you go put a hoodie on and get a jumper for isla.'

iggy ran back to her bedroom, presumably to do what gina had asked her.

'i guess we're going to the park.' gina smiled, getting up from the couch

'can i put your necklace on you first?' rosa asked as she handed gina their baby. the redhead just smiled and turned around so that rosa could put it around on her.