Summer, 1983 (I'll call you by mine)

London

Elio stepped back from Oliver, he watched Elios face becoming an open book.

"Elio?"

"You want to marry me?"

"Of course I want to marry you, we do a civil union now and maybe one day it will be legal. Until then I want to be married to you any way I can."

"Yes, yes, of course, I want to be tied to you any way I can." Elio wrapped his arms around Oliver, kissing him deeply. A knock came at the door, Jona pokes his head in.

"Geez get a room." He said turning up his nose. Oliver and Elio looked at him with tears in their eyes.
"Why are you crying?" He asked.

"Where's your brother Elio and I have something to tell you both?"

"He's in our room."

"Ok, you and him meet us in the living area." Oliver was about to explode from happiness.  Christopher and Jona were sat on the couch with Valentina.

"What's this all about Dad, did something bad happen? Jona said you were upset." Christopher was worried.

"Nope these are tears of happiness, boys um, well I just asked Elio to marry me and he said yes!" Oliver belted our, Jona and Christopher looked at each other. Both a little shocked, they got up to embrace their dad and Elio.

"So I guess we can officially call you what Papa?" Christopher asked.

"You can still call me Elio boys if you want." Elio patted them on their cheeks.

"We would love to call you Papa." Jona said smiling.

"Alright, then papa it is." Elio gleefully kisses Jonna on the cheek.

"I think we should celebrate by going to dinner." Oliver suggested. 

The little family went out to dinner to celebrate, Oliver told the waitress about the engagement receiving a cake for the two of them. After dinner, Christopher and Valentina separated from the family party to go to an ice cream shop.

"I'm glad you're here." Christopher whispered in her ear.

"Really? I was surprised you asked me to come."

"What's that supposed to mean? Why wouldn't I ask you?" Christopher questions her, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk. She stops turning to look at him.

"Come on Christopher, when your not with me you are with David. You two are always together."

"Yeah but that doesn't mean I would invite him to London. I only get a few more weeks with you, Valentina. I want to spend as much time with you as I can." Christopher said walking toward her smiling, he leaned down to kiss her.

"Lucky for you, you're gorgeous so I'm letting you get by with it."

"Oh come on, that's the true reason I wanted to bring you."

Christopher had no reason to lie to her, it was the truth, he didn't love Valentina. But he wanted to spend time with her, she was the most beautiful girl he'd seen. He also knew that he would still see David anytime he wanted back in New York. He knew he couldn't have all of David but he knew he could have all of Valentina. He didn't know about her heart though.

Elio and Oliver took the kids down to Brighton to shop in the lanes the next Morning. It was full of shops filled with unique things, every color in the spectrum was featured. Oliver found loads of bookshops while Elio camped out in a music shop. The teenagers asked to take a taxi down to the beach. The beach was unlike anything they'd ever seen, there was no sand it was all pebbles.