"Jojo!"
"Yes mom?" she asked, running into the living room.
"Mariposita, what do you want for dinner tonight?" I asked as I burped Ian.
"Are you cooking or Nana?"
"Nana went home sweetie, I'm cooking."
"Ooh! Can you make the yellow rice with the ... ga ... gadules?" she asked, scrunching her nose.
"Gandules? The pigeon peas?" I smiled.
"I was close." she huffed.
"So close baby girl, you're learning a lot with Mel."
"My favorite student." my sister smiled as she walked into the living room with Aiden.
"Where's daddy?" Jojo asked.
"He's in the gym. Okay, so arroz con gandules and what?" I asked them.
"Uh ... pollo ... empanada." Le said from the door, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Pollo empanado, breaded chicken, very well. Look at the two of you practicing your Spanish. Fried or baked?" I asked.
"Fried!" Jojo and Mel quickly stated.
"Air fryer." my husband said, walking over to kiss me.
"That works too." I agreed.
Nights like this make me happy, my family is all here and I can't ask for more. After dinner, we all sat down to watch a movie. We were pleasantly interrupted by one set of godparents. Making their entrance quite noisy.
"Hey uce!" Jon said.
"I'm so sorry, girl." Trin sighed.
"It's okay, I knew there was a reason I didn't put the food away just yet." I smiled.
"You're the best." Jon smiled as he walked into the kitchen.
"Trin, why are y'all here?" Joe asked.
"This fool wanted some of Ari's food." she said.
"Where are my boys?" Jon asked as he walked over with a full plate.
"In their cribs ... and they're still awake." I said as we heard the babies over the monitor.
"I'll be back." he smiled, dropping the plate on the kitchen counter.
"He wanted a baby fix?" I asked, smiling.
"Yeah, that and your food." his wife said, laughing.
"He'll die in my kitchen." I sighed.
"He will." Le and Trin said.
"My man." I smiled.
"So when are you coming back, momma?" Trin asked.
"Open and sore topic." I said, nodding at my husband.
"Big Dog, what's on your mind?" Trin asked.
"Not something I wanna talk about right now, Trin." he replied, shooting me a look.
"She asked and I answered."
"You uce! I can handle diaper changes but both these boys done blew it up." Jon's voice rang out over the monitors.
"Weak ass, let me go ..."
"Don't worry lalelei, I got it." Le said.
"Okay, Jojo, sweetie, one more episode and it's bedtime."
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Blazing Forward
FanfictionLeati and Arianna are back for this next version of their lives together. Follow them as they learn to navigate a new marriage and a new family amongst sickness, pandemics, and normal family drama. This is part 2 of the Blazing series! Part 1 is Bla...
