You Belong with Me

Part Two - Chapter Thirteen: Family Visiting

Alexa yawned peeking at the clock that was next to her and groaned as she heard Junior’s cries fill the air; it had been nearly a week since Cristiano had left for South Africa and she missed him.

Climbing out of bed, Alexa padded out of the bedroom and down the corridor to Junior’s bedroom; she didn’t know how she had managed to cope without her fiancé.

Alexa was a little annoyed that Daniella was still acting off, she truly didn’t know what was going on with her friend and she hoped that she snapped out of it soon.

Alexa padded into the room and smiled at her week old son, she carefully picked him up and cuddled him; she was adjusting to being a mother and it was still all new to her.

Alexa quietly moved down stairs and headed for the kitchen so that she could give Junior, his morning feeding; she wasn’t sure when everything would calm down but she hoped that it was soon.

“Shhh it’s okay,” Alexa murmured cuddling Junior to her, she knew that the infant was hungry and that things would get easier.

Alexa was learning to adapt to being a mother and even Dolores had said she was somewhat of a natural since her own mother was so cold and uncaring towards her.

Alexa warmed a bottle for the baby as she smiled down at him, she loved children and being a mother seemed like nothing else she had ever done.

Junior cooed softly as he cuddled into her arms seeking her warmth, as she made sure that the bottle wasn’t too warm before she moved into the living room to feed him.

Alexa fought back a yawn as she looked at the clock that was mounted onto the white wall, it was around four in the morning and she was glad that Katia and Hugo had offered to collect her family who were flying out to see her.

Elma would be helping her with the baby until they arrived, since the older woman had just returned from Italy with her husband and wanted to spend time with Alexa and baby Cristiano.

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Elma grinned cuddling Junior while Alexa made some coffee, the older woman cooed at her nephew; the blonde was still dressed in her navy heart print vest top and lace trim full length pyjama bottoms.

“So how are you coping?” Elma asked making Alexa look at her tiredly, making the older woman chuckle amused as she smiled at Alexa; she was surprised that her brother’s fiancée was coping so well.

“I knew it would be hard…” Alexa said setting a cup of coffee in front of Elma, who smiled at her gratefully as she held her nephew.

Elma remembered when she had first had Eleonor, it only seemed like a little while ago and she loved her daughter so much; she was sure that Alexa would share the same bond with Junior.

“It always is with the first,” Elma said trying to reassure her, Alexa nodded as she sat down and yawned again; she was tired and missing Cristiano wasn’t helping her.

Alexa didn’t get to comment before they heard Katia and Hugo entered the house with Alexa’s family, the blonde sighed as she smiled at Elma before going to greet them.

However Alexa wasn’t ready for her mother to throw her arms around her and hug her close, she blinked surprised wondering what was going on; she hadn’t even known that Martha was coming to Portugal.

Jennifer offered her younger sister an apologetic look, she had tried everything to get Martha to not come; she was only here because Alexa was now famous.

“Alexandria… I’ve missed you,” Martha cooed as she pulled her daughter away from her and smiled, she was determined to get back in with Alexa and get what she deserved.

Alexa stared at her mother confused before looking over at her sister, who shrugged as she moved to hug Alexa; Martha pouted annoyed as her two daughters spoke to one another.

“So where is my grandson then?” Martha said making the entire family look at her confused, Katia frowned as she watched Alexa’s mother; she didn’t like how the woman was behaving and she had a feeling that she was after something.

“In the kitchen with Elma,” Alexa said making Martha nod before she walked away to see the child; Joseph smiled at his daughter as she lead them into the living room.

Ryan and David chatted excitedly about standing in Cristiano Ronaldo’s living room and that he was going to be their brother-in-law soon.

Jennifer rolled her eyes, she watched her mother wondering why she couldn’t just stay away; Martha had done enough damage in the past to Alexa and now she was trying to get her claws into her.

Katia and Elma looked at Alexa as her mother cooed at the baby, who looked a little scared of her; Jennifer moved to stick the kettle on while Alexa collected her son back from her mother.

“So how’s university?” Jennifer asked as Katia and Elma sat at the table and talked in Portuguese, Martha frowned since she didn’t understand them; she knew they didn’t want her around but she wasn’t going to leave until Alexa was back under her thumb.

Martha crossed her arms wondering how she could have let Alexa get some confident without her, she was still annoyed she hadn’t been offered a room in the house instead forced to stay in a hotel and away from her daughter.

Alexa glanced at Cristiano’s sisters, she knew that they were talking about her mother and she didn’t blame them either; Martha was nothing but trouble and Alexa was glad she was only here for the weekend.

Alexa didn’t want her mother hovering, she wanted to keep her at arms-length and protect Junior from his adoptive grandmother.

“It’s going well… I passed my first year,” Alexa said proudly, even with the drama that had taken place the last few weeks; she had been thrilled with the results that she had gotten.

Junior whimpered as he spotted Martha eying him, he could sense that there was something about the woman and he didn’t like her.

Alexa fussed over him trying to settle him down, she knew that Martha was a problem that wasn’t going to go away; she wanted nothing from the woman that had treated her like dirt until she became Cristiano’s girlfriend.

Martha pouted watching her daughter, she would have a lot to do if she wanted Alexa to let her back into her life but she didn’t think that it would be this hard.

“That’s good,” Jennifer said proudly starting to make everyone drinks while Alexa held Junior; Elma watched Martha who seemed to get annoyed that her daughter wasn’t paying her any attention.

Jennifer was determined to help her sister as best as possible, she had even been invited to stay with Dolores instead of checking into a hotel; she was sure that it was going to annoy their mother even more.

Martha had been far from welcomed by Cristiano’s family and Jennifer was thrilled to see how happy Alexa was; she knew that Alexa deserved all of this better than anyone.

“So how are you going to juggle your second year?” Martha asked wanting to sink her claws in, she would offer her help with the baby and she would get to sample the life that Alexa was living.

Martha had been following the magazines since Alexa had moved to Madrid, she knew what she wanted and Alexa was living it; she just had to find an in.