Chapter 70 - Finishing off the preparations
Cesca was one stressed, tired yet excited young woman, she had to fulfil her role as a mother as well as look forward to her big day, it was a long and stressful process but it was beginning to seem like everything was slowly falling into place. They had the reception and date confirmed with the church, they were to have a traditional church service (being the hopeless romantics that they pair of them were and the long to try and do the whole day properly) The plan afterwards was for the reception to be outside with a marquee, it had all been arranged, the food and decor all that the couple were relying on was the weather, they had kind of made a risky decision but they just wanted to make the most of the day and this was what they both wanted so it was what they had booked. Jonah had chosen his suit and Cesca had finally found her perfect dress it was beautiful; it was elegant and simple yet very pretty. It wasn’t a big Cinderella dress, it had sparkly straps, that added a bit of sparkle to the dress, it wasn’t too much and it wasn’t tacky, the bust of the dress fitted her nicely with a thin belt of more sparkly material which split up the tight fitting bust and the gorgeous white floaty skirt of the dress which showed off her petite waist, Cesca looked amazing in it there was no doubt that Jonah’s jaw was bound to hit the floor, though I have to say it quite often did when he saw Cesca but it was now about to reach an even lower level, if that was even possible. Jonah’s suit was grey with a rounded coloured white shirt and an off grey skinny tie; he looked fashionable as well as smart. So the outfits were sorted but Jonah still hadn’t told Ronan that he was to be best man but he planned on asking him today, kind of relying on the fact his best mate would say yes. It was Saturday morning, possibly Cesca’s favourite day there wasn’t any reason to get up early though quite often the twins would have ideas of their own, but today and more recently it was more let’s see how late we can stay up so the weekends were a great opportunity to lie in and catch up on sleep or in Jonah and Cesca’s case spend time together, something they didn’t really get much time to do recently. Cesca was lying in Jonah’s embrace his arms still wrapped around her in the way they were the night before when they both fell asleep, Cesca was awake before Jonah for once, she was content watching him sleep, he looked so peaceful and so gorgeous at the same time. Cesca really did feel like the luckiest girl, she had her gorgeous hunk of a man, her number one boy and her two gorgeous girls, if someone had asked Cesca 6 years ago before Jonah was even in the picture where Cesca saw herself in 5 years time, it definitely wasn’t where she was now and that was something she was pleased about, she had the family she had always wanted and was in a relationship that oozed romance and love, Jonah was her everything it was hard to imagine life without him after everything they had been through.
Jonah woke up a smile on his face as he felt his wife’s body against the warmth of his own skin. “how long have you been awake for?”, Jonah asked her, “Not too sure, but not long”, “What you thinking about?”, Jonah brushed her hair away from her eyes as she began to reply, “Just how lucky I am”, Cesca looked up at her man as their lips locked, “It’s not long now Ces”, “I know, feeling more or less sorted got a few things to sort out still, you need to speak to Ronan today”, “Yeah, I’m going to”, “You better”, Cesca played with him and once again kissed him before falling back in to his arms. “Well I am planning on phoning my mum today finalizing her flight details and her hotel booking”,” sounds good say hey from me”, “I’m not doing your dirty work”, the pair of them laughed, “I’ll speak to them, I think Mia wants to, to”, Jonah said,” That reminds me, I’ve been thinking”, Jonah was curious as to what Cesca would have been thinking, she had that almost guilty smile on her face, that smile that Jonah found all too sexy and hard to resist. “What have you been thinking exactly”, “Well I think it might be time and I think it is important for Mia to pick up some Spanish, my family are coming over think she should be able to converse with them, some of them don’t speak English J”, “Sounds good, but have fun sitting down with Mia and giving her a one to one Spanish lesson, she’s 5 and let just say possibly one of the most energetic 5 year olds”, “Alright thanks for all the support on that one”, “No I think it’s a good idea, it’s important that she knows Spanish after all its her mummy’s nationality”, Cesca smiled, Jonah was so mature for his age it was so hard to believe that he was once that 17 year old boy she fell in love with. Cesca and Jonah sustained their close connection, “Te quiero”; Cesca said to Jonah which was as coincidentally timed as Mia walked in holding Flopsy, he was always going to be her favourite teddy no matter how old she was. “Hey baby”, Cesca said as she budged up closer to Jonah, which he secretly liked, so that their little girl could join them under the duvet. They used to always share moments like this. Cesca wrapped her arms around Mia, giving her a morning hug whilst also playing with her daughter’s lovely ebony locks, Jonah’s hands were caressing Cesca’s waist and occasionally her bum, Cesca would smile occasionally making it obvious. “Mummy”, “Yes Mia”, “What did you say to daddy”, “What did I say to daddy when?”, “When I came in”, “Oh, mummy said I love you to daddy”, “No you didn’t”, Cesca laughed, “Yes I did”, “Well how come I didn’t hear you say that”,”Mia you cheeky monkey”, Jonah added, “Takes after you”, Cesca muttered under her breath so only Jonah could hear.
“Mia I said I love you to daddy in Spanish”, Mia looked puzzled, “Well you know mummy comes from Spain Mia”, Jonah said, “Yes”, “Well they speak Spanish there just like you speak English in England”, “Oh, well it’s pretty”, “You think everything’s pretty at the moment”, Cesca said remembering all those weeks ago the day in the dress shop. “Mia you should probably start to learn some things in Spanish”, “Why?”, Mia asked that typical question that all young children ask, “Because it’s important, plus you’ll really impress Nanny”, “Will I”, “Yeah, Mia it’s really clever if you can speak two languages”, Jonah added once more, “Daddy can speak some Spanish”, “Well then I want to be able to, to”, “You’ll easily be better than daddy”, “I’m always better than daddy”, “Hey since when was it let’s gang up on daddy day”, “Since now, well if you had paid more attention in Spanish then maybe we wouldn’t be bullying you”, Cesca flirted, “Oh is that right, maybe you should have a word with that beautiful Spanish teacher that distracted me”, “Oh well we can’t be having that now”, Cesca’s lips found Jonah’s and Cesca got a prod from Mia, “Mummy you were going to teach me Spanish”, “Sorry Mia”, Cesca laughed Mia could be demanding at the best of times. Cesca began by teaching her to count, Mia would say it after Cesca and so on, “Uno,dos,tres,cuatro,cinco,seis,siete,ocho,nueve...diez”, Mia smiled, she felt quite proud of herself, “Impressive Kirby, now I am going to run you a bath”, “But mummy I was enjoy..”Cesca cut her short, “It’s half 10 we can’t lay in bed doing nothing”, Cesca stared at Jonah, Mia went off to go and play for a bit whilst her morning bath ran. Cesca began to make the bed, “Do you know it’s generally a lot easier to make a bed if you get out of it”, “I’m rather comfy”, “No you don’t Kirby you’re going to see Ronan now go grab a shower”. Jonah gave into his gorgeous wife and got out of bed, well he didn’t go grab a shower but he got up and headed down for some breakfast, “Okay then so can you watch the twins whilst I get ready if you’re not”, Men were truly hopeless, Cesca went to check on Mia’s bath, “Mia bath time “, there was no reply, “Mia I am going to count to 3, Uno...dos. If you’re not here by 3 you’re in trouble......tres”, Mia burst into the bathroom, “Right now Mrs, bath”, Mia didn’t really like baths, but then not many children did. Cesca went and had a shower washing her hair and then going to choose what she was going to wear, it was always a struggle all that choice. She decided on jeans and a royal blue top which had loose floaty short sleeves, the floaty material rippling around the neck of the top, her hair hung down loosely in its delicate curls, Cesca put on her make-up it never took too long and headed to the bathroom putting the last hoop earring on. She knocked, “Mia”, there wasn’t a reply so Cesca opened the door, there were two tiny footprints on the bath mat and a bath full of water and soapy bubbles, Cesca sighed leaning over to take the plug out she headed to Mia’s room. Mia had put on some cute high waisted shorts and was now placing on her pink oversized strappy top, Cesca went over to help her tuck it in, “Right you, when we get out of the bath we take the plug out”, Cesca was constantly running after those kids of hers, but it was her role as a mum, though she was hoping her tidiness would be starting to rub off on Mia but instead it seemed more that Jonah’s messiness was beginning to imprint all too quickly. Mia picked up a black hair band from her dresser and slid it into her hair pushing her fringe back, her locks falling as delicately as her mummy’s minus the fringe.
Cesca could hear Betsy’s cry, so headed for the twins room, “Hey, what’s all the crying for aye”, She picked up her little girl rocking her back and forth before adjusting her so her head was against her shoulder, the baby muslin separating Betsy’s face from Cesca’s blue top. Betsy’s hair was beginning to show signs of curls, it was a Montoya trait. “Come on then lets take you down stairs”, Cesca passed Mia’s room as she was leaving, “Where do you think you’re going”, “Downstairs”, “No your cleaning up the room you were meant to have cleaned yesterday”, “But”, “Mia you’re going to do it or no playing outside in the garden”, Mia headed into her room throwing a strop as she sat on the floor arms folded as a scowl formed across her little face. Cesca left her to it and took Betsy downstairs. “There’s my baby girl”, “You look comfy”, “I am”, “So you going to go get ready or help out at all this morning”, “Yeah in a bit after I finished watching match of the day”, “Is that so...”, Cesca went and placed Betsy in her bouncer before turning to Jonah, “Okay so I’ll go deal with Mia who is in a strop because I asked her to tidy her room, get the twins ready and settled and then begin last preparations for the wedding”, Jonah glared at the screen still, typical bloke. “It’s like talking to a brick wall with you sometimes”, Cesca was frustrated as she left the room to go and get Oscar. She walked into pick Oscar up, he was still asleep but he wasn’t staying in his cot, Cesca had lots to do today and she needed to watch the twins, she picked up her little man in the same way as she had picked up Betsy and headed out to go downstairs but then there was a smash and a thump. Cesca opened Mia’s door, “Right if you throw one more thing Mia, you’re not doing anything today”, Mia tested Cesca’s patience and picked up one more toy, “Mia I mean it, it will be you who misses out not me”, Mia put the toy down but was still in a grump, “Once it’s done you can go outside, come on Mia it won’t take more than five minutes to put your toys back in your box”. Cesca headed out the room down the stairs with Oscar who despite the crashing and bashing was still asleep. Jonah looked even more comfy his bum super glued to the seat. Cesca was getting really annoyed now, she placed Oscar in his bouncer and picked up the TV remote and turned the telly off. “Ces”, “Your not sitting round here all day whilst I sort the kids out”, “What was all the banging”, “Why don’t you go and ask your daughter that and while you’re at it you can go get ready, do I have to mother you to”. Jonah got up and headed up stairs, neither of them were really on speaking terms at the moment. Cesca was just so stressed, she grabbed her coffee and decided to phone her mum, she needed a good chat and she was already planning on finalizing things with her, She sat in the corner of the sofa, her feet up, she was perfect distance from the twins, so she could watch them and get things done. The conversation began with a catch up before reaching the details of the big day. Jonah had got ready and was planning on leaving so went to go and see Mia; he had already heard she was being a handful today. He could hear Mia whimpering away he walked in to see her tear stained face, he went and sat with her, “Aye, what’s the matter”, “Mummy’s being horrible”, “Mia, mummy’s very stressed at the minute”, “She is making me clean my room”, “What’s wrong with that?”, “I don’t want to”, “Mia you don’t always get to do what you want to do, it won’t take long, just put the toys back in the box and make your bed”, Jonah gave his little girl a hug and a kiss, “Right I’m going to see Ronan, I want this room clean when I’m back Mia, mummy will tell me if you haven’t done it and that will mean no lion king”, Mia nodded and sniffed as she wiped away her tears and wiped her runny nose. Jonah got up winked at his little girl and headed downstairs; he hated how she got so worked up. He headed into the lounge to say goodbye to Cesca who was on the phone, “Right I’ll see you later then”, he leant over to give Cesca a kiss, “Okay I love you”, “Love you to”, their lips locked, Cesca’s hand covering the phone whilst they spoke, she gave Jonah a smile, she couldn’t stay mad at him forever, especially when he was finally doing as she had asked, “Sorry Madre Jonah was talking to me”, “I’m pretty sure that wasn’t all he was doing”, “Mum”, Cesca was shocked at her mum’s response, she giggled. The carried on talking until Mia bounced in the room, “Mummy....mummy......MUMMY!” Cesca was once again annoyed, “Mia, yo estoy en el telefono. Mia have you done your room?”, “No”, Cesca sighed “Mum I’ll call you tomorrow or something for another chat, Mia’s playing up adios te quiero”, “You said I love you”, Somehow this seemed to calm Cesca little bit “I did Mia”, it showed that Mia did listen to every now and then, “Can you help me”, Mia asked, “Baby I have to watch the twins, how about you clean it up quickly and we can watch a Disney movie”, “Daddy has already promised me that”, “Has he now” “Right okay well the quicker you get it done, the more time you’ll have to play outside”, Mia headed back up stairs and went to finally clean her room, “I’ll be checking Mia”. Cesca relaxed a little she chilled with her cup of coffee whilst watching the twins sleep, hopefully that was to be the end of Mia’s tantrum.
Meanwhile Jonah was at Ronan and Vicki’s watching the footie that Cesca had got so annoyed at him for watching, “Do you know what I really did just need to get out of the house, watch some footie with my mate, Cesca got annoyed this morning for me sat watching it, she turned it off”, “Too right”, Vicki said”, “you what”, Ronan added, “She’s a mum, she can’t do everything, she’s probably so stressed about the wedding”, “Yeah she is and then we had Mia throwing a tantrum this morning”, “and what did you do?”, Vicki asked as she sat down on the sofa with the boys, “Cheered Mia up a little and promised her I would watch lion king with her if she did it”, “You can’t bribe a 5 year old, sometimes you have to do things because you don’t want to”, “I know but I hate seeing her so upset, it’s hard to tell her off and watch her face melt”, the boys started talking about footie, with all this talk about a stressed Cesca, Vicki decided to go take a visit to see her, it sounded like she could do with an extra pair of hands. Vicki had recently found out that she was expecting and Ronan was so excited, Vicki wasn’t so sure she could cope, but Ronan had made her see sense though now was time to try and put it all into practice. Betsy and Oscar were now on the floor on the play mat, there teddy’s and toys that Cesca had been using to soothe them were lying next to them, Mia had finished her room and was now pushing her pram around taking care of her own baby. Cesca smiled, it was so sweet seeing how caring her little girl was. Cesca got out her phone having being reminded of Jonah’s promise to Mia, well looks like you’re watching Lion King with Mia tonight, bribing 5 year olds not the best plan C x. Cesca was finding some enjoyment in the fact that Jonah’s plan had slightly failed, he hadn’t exactly thought it all through, in the mood he had left Mia he thought that she might not clean her room therefore wouldn’t have to watch the movie but of course a bribe was a bribe and no way was a 5 year old going to turn it down. Betsy scrunched her legs up and Oscar snoozed as Cesca got a reply, me and Ronan were thinking we might go to the pub Jxx There was no way Jonah was going to the pub or getting out of his promise to Mia. No way. I’m not dealing with a screaming Mia and two babies, I don’t care whether you want to or not you’re not breaking your promise to Mia. C There were no kisses, Cesca was annoyed at him. Tell Mia I’ll be home for 3 J x. Cesca tapped back quickly Oh you better be Kirby C x Cesca was feeling a bit calmer after his reply, she just hoped he meant every word. “Right Mia daddy said he’ll be back at 3 to watch Lion King with you”, Mia’s little face lit up, she hoped Jonah wasn’t going to ruin that.
“Right okay Roan there was something I cam here to ask you, I know it’s a little last minute, Cesca happily keeps reminding me”, Ronan laughed he could just imagine, he knew how disorganised Jonah could be at times, “What is it mate?”, “Will you be my best man?”, Jonah said with a smile, Ronan was chuffed, “Of course I will, sure I could rustle up a few stories that will keep them all interested”, “One condition their not to embarrassing and none of them involve Jess Fisher”, “Deal”, Ronan already had a few to do with Jonah’s crush on Cesca he didn’t need anything else. There was a knock at the door, Cesca got up to go answer it making sure the twins were okay before she left the room, she wasn’t entirely sure who it could have been. She opened the door to find Vicki standing the other side, “Vicki? “, she was a little confused, they weren’t exactly each other’s favourite people, “Hey, I know this might seem strange, I’ve come to give you a hand, sounds like you needed it from what Jonah was saying”, “Aw that’s nice of you come on in, yeah your right about that, love how he’s swan off”. They went in Cesca grabbed them a coffee each and they sat in the living room, “You going to say hello Mia”, she had gone all shy she didn’t often see Vicki, despite talking to a random stranger in a dress shop she was finding it difficult to say hello to someone she saw once in a blue moon. “The twins are gorgeous”, “Thank you, they are actually quite good but it’s balancing everything they need with a stroppy 5 year old”, Cesca laughed, “Yeah I can imagine that’s hard”, “Don’t let his put you off whatever you do, there’s 3 of them to start with”, “I won’t I actually think you’re doing an amazing job, I can’t wait till our little one is born”, “I couldn’t either, it’s the most amazing feeling to have a baby”. Mia came and sat next to her mummy being all shy, “You looking after her Mia”, Cesca said to Mia who was holding her dolly, “Yes”, Cesca smiled, “Does she have a name Mia?”, Vicki asked, “Yes”, “what is it Mia?”, Cesca asked, Mia hadn’t quite answered Mia’s question. Cesca smiled at Vicki, Vicki seemed so comfortable and she and Cesca were getting on really well. She’s called Lily”, Vicki instantly clung on to the name, “It’s very pretty Mia”, Cesca said as Mia handed her dolly Lily over to her mummy, “Look after her mummy”, “Where you going?”, Cesca asked, “To work of course” Cesca and Vicki held back their giggles as they watched Mia pretend to get into a car and put her seatbelt as she drove away. “Hey Mia”, “Mia turned around and walked over to Vicki as she brushed the hair that was in her face away.”Yes”, “Do you think that I could name my baby Lily?” Vicki asked , “Yes, because you’re going to have a very pretty baby”, “Come here you cutie”, Cesca picked up Mia and sat her on her lap whilst she had a cuddle, “Okay, we got a deal Mia”, Cesca smiled, she found it all quite touching to be honest. “I better be going, it was lovely to see you Cesca”, “You too”, “Oh and I almost forgot congratualtions”,”You too”, Vicki saw herself out just as Jonah came back. “Vicki?”, he asked, “she popped around after hearing about the morning I’d had from you”, “Go okay?”, “Yeah well Mia just named their baby”, “No she asked me”, Mia butted in, “Yeah she did”, “Right well were all sorted on the best man front”, “Good glad to hear it. Now Mia I think it’s time for some daddy and Mia time, what do you think?”, “Yeah I think so”, “Mrs Kirby you sneaky devil”, “Well I keep my promises”, Jonah wrapped his arms around his gorgeous wife and gave her a passionate kiss, one which left her breathless, “Now you’re not getting out of this promise, however gorgeous you are”, Cesca went to make up Betsy and Oscar’s bottles as Jonah snuggled down with his little girl to watch the film though he couldn’t help but stare at his beautiful wife. “Didn’t realise the TV was over here”, Cesca cheekily added, Jonah gave her his sexy smile and turned around to spend time with Mia like he had promised, Jonah didn’t tend to break his promises, it just wasn’t the Kirby way.
Jonah woke up a smile on his face as he felt his wife’s body against the warmth of his own skin. “how long have you been awake for?”, Jonah asked her, “Not too sure, but not long”, “What you thinking about?”, Jonah brushed her hair away from her eyes as she began to reply, “Just how lucky I am”, Cesca looked up at her man as their lips locked, “It’s not long now Ces”, “I know, feeling more or less sorted got a few things to sort out still, you need to speak to Ronan today”, “Yeah, I’m going to”, “You better”, Cesca played with him and once again kissed him before falling back in to his arms. “Well I am planning on phoning my mum today finalizing her flight details and her hotel booking”,” sounds good say hey from me”, “I’m not doing your dirty work”, the pair of them laughed, “I’ll speak to them, I think Mia wants to, to”, Jonah said,” That reminds me, I’ve been thinking”, Jonah was curious as to what Cesca would have been thinking, she had that almost guilty smile on her face, that smile that Jonah found all too sexy and hard to resist. “What have you been thinking exactly”, “Well I think it might be time and I think it is important for Mia to pick up some Spanish, my family are coming over think she should be able to converse with them, some of them don’t speak English J”, “Sounds good, but have fun sitting down with Mia and giving her a one to one Spanish lesson, she’s 5 and let just say possibly one of the most energetic 5 year olds”, “Alright thanks for all the support on that one”, “No I think it’s a good idea, it’s important that she knows Spanish after all its her mummy’s nationality”, Cesca smiled, Jonah was so mature for his age it was so hard to believe that he was once that 17 year old boy she fell in love with. Cesca and Jonah sustained their close connection, “Te quiero”; Cesca said to Jonah which was as coincidentally timed as Mia walked in holding Flopsy, he was always going to be her favourite teddy no matter how old she was. “Hey baby”, Cesca said as she budged up closer to Jonah, which he secretly liked, so that their little girl could join them under the duvet. They used to always share moments like this. Cesca wrapped her arms around Mia, giving her a morning hug whilst also playing with her daughter’s lovely ebony locks, Jonah’s hands were caressing Cesca’s waist and occasionally her bum, Cesca would smile occasionally making it obvious. “Mummy”, “Yes Mia”, “What did you say to daddy”, “What did I say to daddy when?”, “When I came in”, “Oh, mummy said I love you to daddy”, “No you didn’t”, Cesca laughed, “Yes I did”, “Well how come I didn’t hear you say that”,”Mia you cheeky monkey”, Jonah added, “Takes after you”, Cesca muttered under her breath so only Jonah could hear.
“Mia I said I love you to daddy in Spanish”, Mia looked puzzled, “Well you know mummy comes from Spain Mia”, Jonah said, “Yes”, “Well they speak Spanish there just like you speak English in England”, “Oh, well it’s pretty”, “You think everything’s pretty at the moment”, Cesca said remembering all those weeks ago the day in the dress shop. “Mia you should probably start to learn some things in Spanish”, “Why?”, Mia asked that typical question that all young children ask, “Because it’s important, plus you’ll really impress Nanny”, “Will I”, “Yeah, Mia it’s really clever if you can speak two languages”, Jonah added once more, “Daddy can speak some Spanish”, “Well then I want to be able to, to”, “You’ll easily be better than daddy”, “I’m always better than daddy”, “Hey since when was it let’s gang up on daddy day”, “Since now, well if you had paid more attention in Spanish then maybe we wouldn’t be bullying you”, Cesca flirted, “Oh is that right, maybe you should have a word with that beautiful Spanish teacher that distracted me”, “Oh well we can’t be having that now”, Cesca’s lips found Jonah’s and Cesca got a prod from Mia, “Mummy you were going to teach me Spanish”, “Sorry Mia”, Cesca laughed Mia could be demanding at the best of times. Cesca began by teaching her to count, Mia would say it after Cesca and so on, “Uno,dos,tres,cuatro,cinco,seis,siete,ocho,nueve...diez”, Mia smiled, she felt quite proud of herself, “Impressive Kirby, now I am going to run you a bath”, “But mummy I was enjoy..”Cesca cut her short, “It’s half 10 we can’t lay in bed doing nothing”, Cesca stared at Jonah, Mia went off to go and play for a bit whilst her morning bath ran. Cesca began to make the bed, “Do you know it’s generally a lot easier to make a bed if you get out of it”, “I’m rather comfy”, “No you don’t Kirby you’re going to see Ronan now go grab a shower”. Jonah gave into his gorgeous wife and got out of bed, well he didn’t go grab a shower but he got up and headed down for some breakfast, “Okay then so can you watch the twins whilst I get ready if you’re not”, Men were truly hopeless, Cesca went to check on Mia’s bath, “Mia bath time “, there was no reply, “Mia I am going to count to 3, Uno...dos. If you’re not here by 3 you’re in trouble......tres”, Mia burst into the bathroom, “Right now Mrs, bath”, Mia didn’t really like baths, but then not many children did. Cesca went and had a shower washing her hair and then going to choose what she was going to wear, it was always a struggle all that choice. She decided on jeans and a royal blue top which had loose floaty short sleeves, the floaty material rippling around the neck of the top, her hair hung down loosely in its delicate curls, Cesca put on her make-up it never took too long and headed to the bathroom putting the last hoop earring on. She knocked, “Mia”, there wasn’t a reply so Cesca opened the door, there were two tiny footprints on the bath mat and a bath full of water and soapy bubbles, Cesca sighed leaning over to take the plug out she headed to Mia’s room. Mia had put on some cute high waisted shorts and was now placing on her pink oversized strappy top, Cesca went over to help her tuck it in, “Right you, when we get out of the bath we take the plug out”, Cesca was constantly running after those kids of hers, but it was her role as a mum, though she was hoping her tidiness would be starting to rub off on Mia but instead it seemed more that Jonah’s messiness was beginning to imprint all too quickly. Mia picked up a black hair band from her dresser and slid it into her hair pushing her fringe back, her locks falling as delicately as her mummy’s minus the fringe.
Cesca could hear Betsy’s cry, so headed for the twins room, “Hey, what’s all the crying for aye”, She picked up her little girl rocking her back and forth before adjusting her so her head was against her shoulder, the baby muslin separating Betsy’s face from Cesca’s blue top. Betsy’s hair was beginning to show signs of curls, it was a Montoya trait. “Come on then lets take you down stairs”, Cesca passed Mia’s room as she was leaving, “Where do you think you’re going”, “Downstairs”, “No your cleaning up the room you were meant to have cleaned yesterday”, “But”, “Mia you’re going to do it or no playing outside in the garden”, Mia headed into her room throwing a strop as she sat on the floor arms folded as a scowl formed across her little face. Cesca left her to it and took Betsy downstairs. “There’s my baby girl”, “You look comfy”, “I am”, “So you going to go get ready or help out at all this morning”, “Yeah in a bit after I finished watching match of the day”, “Is that so...”, Cesca went and placed Betsy in her bouncer before turning to Jonah, “Okay so I’ll go deal with Mia who is in a strop because I asked her to tidy her room, get the twins ready and settled and then begin last preparations for the wedding”, Jonah glared at the screen still, typical bloke. “It’s like talking to a brick wall with you sometimes”, Cesca was frustrated as she left the room to go and get Oscar. She walked into pick Oscar up, he was still asleep but he wasn’t staying in his cot, Cesca had lots to do today and she needed to watch the twins, she picked up her little man in the same way as she had picked up Betsy and headed out to go downstairs but then there was a smash and a thump. Cesca opened Mia’s door, “Right if you throw one more thing Mia, you’re not doing anything today”, Mia tested Cesca’s patience and picked up one more toy, “Mia I mean it, it will be you who misses out not me”, Mia put the toy down but was still in a grump, “Once it’s done you can go outside, come on Mia it won’t take more than five minutes to put your toys back in your box”. Cesca headed out the room down the stairs with Oscar who despite the crashing and bashing was still asleep. Jonah looked even more comfy his bum super glued to the seat. Cesca was getting really annoyed now, she placed Oscar in his bouncer and picked up the TV remote and turned the telly off. “Ces”, “Your not sitting round here all day whilst I sort the kids out”, “What was all the banging”, “Why don’t you go and ask your daughter that and while you’re at it you can go get ready, do I have to mother you to”. Jonah got up and headed up stairs, neither of them were really on speaking terms at the moment. Cesca was just so stressed, she grabbed her coffee and decided to phone her mum, she needed a good chat and she was already planning on finalizing things with her, She sat in the corner of the sofa, her feet up, she was perfect distance from the twins, so she could watch them and get things done. The conversation began with a catch up before reaching the details of the big day. Jonah had got ready and was planning on leaving so went to go and see Mia; he had already heard she was being a handful today. He could hear Mia whimpering away he walked in to see her tear stained face, he went and sat with her, “Aye, what’s the matter”, “Mummy’s being horrible”, “Mia, mummy’s very stressed at the minute”, “She is making me clean my room”, “What’s wrong with that?”, “I don’t want to”, “Mia you don’t always get to do what you want to do, it won’t take long, just put the toys back in the box and make your bed”, Jonah gave his little girl a hug and a kiss, “Right I’m going to see Ronan, I want this room clean when I’m back Mia, mummy will tell me if you haven’t done it and that will mean no lion king”, Mia nodded and sniffed as she wiped away her tears and wiped her runny nose. Jonah got up winked at his little girl and headed downstairs; he hated how she got so worked up. He headed into the lounge to say goodbye to Cesca who was on the phone, “Right I’ll see you later then”, he leant over to give Cesca a kiss, “Okay I love you”, “Love you to”, their lips locked, Cesca’s hand covering the phone whilst they spoke, she gave Jonah a smile, she couldn’t stay mad at him forever, especially when he was finally doing as she had asked, “Sorry Madre Jonah was talking to me”, “I’m pretty sure that wasn’t all he was doing”, “Mum”, Cesca was shocked at her mum’s response, she giggled. The carried on talking until Mia bounced in the room, “Mummy....mummy......MUMMY!” Cesca was once again annoyed, “Mia, yo estoy en el telefono. Mia have you done your room?”, “No”, Cesca sighed “Mum I’ll call you tomorrow or something for another chat, Mia’s playing up adios te quiero”, “You said I love you”, Somehow this seemed to calm Cesca little bit “I did Mia”, it showed that Mia did listen to every now and then, “Can you help me”, Mia asked, “Baby I have to watch the twins, how about you clean it up quickly and we can watch a Disney movie”, “Daddy has already promised me that”, “Has he now” “Right okay well the quicker you get it done, the more time you’ll have to play outside”, Mia headed back up stairs and went to finally clean her room, “I’ll be checking Mia”. Cesca relaxed a little she chilled with her cup of coffee whilst watching the twins sleep, hopefully that was to be the end of Mia’s tantrum.
Meanwhile Jonah was at Ronan and Vicki’s watching the footie that Cesca had got so annoyed at him for watching, “Do you know what I really did just need to get out of the house, watch some footie with my mate, Cesca got annoyed this morning for me sat watching it, she turned it off”, “Too right”, Vicki said”, “you what”, Ronan added, “She’s a mum, she can’t do everything, she’s probably so stressed about the wedding”, “Yeah she is and then we had Mia throwing a tantrum this morning”, “and what did you do?”, Vicki asked as she sat down on the sofa with the boys, “Cheered Mia up a little and promised her I would watch lion king with her if she did it”, “You can’t bribe a 5 year old, sometimes you have to do things because you don’t want to”, “I know but I hate seeing her so upset, it’s hard to tell her off and watch her face melt”, the boys started talking about footie, with all this talk about a stressed Cesca, Vicki decided to go take a visit to see her, it sounded like she could do with an extra pair of hands. Vicki had recently found out that she was expecting and Ronan was so excited, Vicki wasn’t so sure she could cope, but Ronan had made her see sense though now was time to try and put it all into practice. Betsy and Oscar were now on the floor on the play mat, there teddy’s and toys that Cesca had been using to soothe them were lying next to them, Mia had finished her room and was now pushing her pram around taking care of her own baby. Cesca smiled, it was so sweet seeing how caring her little girl was. Cesca got out her phone having being reminded of Jonah’s promise to Mia, well looks like you’re watching Lion King with Mia tonight, bribing 5 year olds not the best plan C x. Cesca was finding some enjoyment in the fact that Jonah’s plan had slightly failed, he hadn’t exactly thought it all through, in the mood he had left Mia he thought that she might not clean her room therefore wouldn’t have to watch the movie but of course a bribe was a bribe and no way was a 5 year old going to turn it down. Betsy scrunched her legs up and Oscar snoozed as Cesca got a reply, me and Ronan were thinking we might go to the pub Jxx There was no way Jonah was going to the pub or getting out of his promise to Mia. No way. I’m not dealing with a screaming Mia and two babies, I don’t care whether you want to or not you’re not breaking your promise to Mia. C There were no kisses, Cesca was annoyed at him. Tell Mia I’ll be home for 3 J x. Cesca tapped back quickly Oh you better be Kirby C x Cesca was feeling a bit calmer after his reply, she just hoped he meant every word. “Right Mia daddy said he’ll be back at 3 to watch Lion King with you”, Mia’s little face lit up, she hoped Jonah wasn’t going to ruin that.
“Right okay Roan there was something I cam here to ask you, I know it’s a little last minute, Cesca happily keeps reminding me”, Ronan laughed he could just imagine, he knew how disorganised Jonah could be at times, “What is it mate?”, “Will you be my best man?”, Jonah said with a smile, Ronan was chuffed, “Of course I will, sure I could rustle up a few stories that will keep them all interested”, “One condition their not to embarrassing and none of them involve Jess Fisher”, “Deal”, Ronan already had a few to do with Jonah’s crush on Cesca he didn’t need anything else. There was a knock at the door, Cesca got up to go answer it making sure the twins were okay before she left the room, she wasn’t entirely sure who it could have been. She opened the door to find Vicki standing the other side, “Vicki? “, she was a little confused, they weren’t exactly each other’s favourite people, “Hey, I know this might seem strange, I’ve come to give you a hand, sounds like you needed it from what Jonah was saying”, “Aw that’s nice of you come on in, yeah your right about that, love how he’s swan off”. They went in Cesca grabbed them a coffee each and they sat in the living room, “You going to say hello Mia”, she had gone all shy she didn’t often see Vicki, despite talking to a random stranger in a dress shop she was finding it difficult to say hello to someone she saw once in a blue moon. “The twins are gorgeous”, “Thank you, they are actually quite good but it’s balancing everything they need with a stroppy 5 year old”, Cesca laughed, “Yeah I can imagine that’s hard”, “Don’t let his put you off whatever you do, there’s 3 of them to start with”, “I won’t I actually think you’re doing an amazing job, I can’t wait till our little one is born”, “I couldn’t either, it’s the most amazing feeling to have a baby”. Mia came and sat next to her mummy being all shy, “You looking after her Mia”, Cesca said to Mia who was holding her dolly, “Yes”, Cesca smiled, “Does she have a name Mia?”, Vicki asked, “Yes”, “what is it Mia?”, Cesca asked, Mia hadn’t quite answered Mia’s question. Cesca smiled at Vicki, Vicki seemed so comfortable and she and Cesca were getting on really well. She’s called Lily”, Vicki instantly clung on to the name, “It’s very pretty Mia”, Cesca said as Mia handed her dolly Lily over to her mummy, “Look after her mummy”, “Where you going?”, Cesca asked, “To work of course” Cesca and Vicki held back their giggles as they watched Mia pretend to get into a car and put her seatbelt as she drove away. “Hey Mia”, “Mia turned around and walked over to Vicki as she brushed the hair that was in her face away.”Yes”, “Do you think that I could name my baby Lily?” Vicki asked , “Yes, because you’re going to have a very pretty baby”, “Come here you cutie”, Cesca picked up Mia and sat her on her lap whilst she had a cuddle, “Okay, we got a deal Mia”, Cesca smiled, she found it all quite touching to be honest. “I better be going, it was lovely to see you Cesca”, “You too”, “Oh and I almost forgot congratualtions”,”You too”, Vicki saw herself out just as Jonah came back. “Vicki?”, he asked, “she popped around after hearing about the morning I’d had from you”, “Go okay?”, “Yeah well Mia just named their baby”, “No she asked me”, Mia butted in, “Yeah she did”, “Right well were all sorted on the best man front”, “Good glad to hear it. Now Mia I think it’s time for some daddy and Mia time, what do you think?”, “Yeah I think so”, “Mrs Kirby you sneaky devil”, “Well I keep my promises”, Jonah wrapped his arms around his gorgeous wife and gave her a passionate kiss, one which left her breathless, “Now you’re not getting out of this promise, however gorgeous you are”, Cesca went to make up Betsy and Oscar’s bottles as Jonah snuggled down with his little girl to watch the film though he couldn’t help but stare at his beautiful wife. “Didn’t realise the TV was over here”, Cesca cheekily added, Jonah gave her his sexy smile and turned around to spend time with Mia like he had promised, Jonah didn’t tend to break his promises, it just wasn’t the Kirby way.
