Chap. 29 Family

Maria's POVFrozen finished up, but Angelo kept on sleeping. I sorta just awkwardly held him on my lap, not wanting to wake him up. I looked around the room, trying to see if there was a magazine or something I could look at, but there wasn't and my phone was in my bag. So I just leaned my head back and I guess eventually fell asleep because next thing I knew there was a three year old jumping on my lap. "Wake up Maria, wake up! We are going to go to dinner!"  "I'm up Angelo, you can stop jumping," I said with a laugh. "Alright," he replied, and promptly flopped down onto my lap. "Lets go find your mum and dad," I said, picking him up and setting him on the floor. He ran off ahead, forever being the typical ball of energy until they collapse toddler. Angelo ran into the bedroom area of the suite, jumping up onto the bed where his parents where sitting, or in Adele's case, sleeping. I followed, but only until the door, not wanting to interrupt this family moment.

Simon saw me, however, and beckoned me over with his hand. He was whispering to Angelo, who was trying to suppress his giggles. "We are going to wake up Adele by dumping a glass of water on her, and I want you to film," Simon said, handing me his iPhone 6s. I flipped to the camera application and got to the video part. Angelo and Simon were both standing over Adele, with very full glasses of ice water in their hands. I started recording, and nodded to them that they could go. Simon mouthed and counted down from three on his fingers, and then they dumped the ice water onto Adele. Let me tell you, she was not happy. And the best part, I got her whole reaction on tape. First she shot straight up and looked at them, who immediately ran out of her grasp. She then threw the covers off of herself and chased after them. Unfortunately for her, Simon had Angelo up on his shoulders, so she couldn't catch them. But then she saw me. "YOU WERE AN ACCOMPLICE!" She yelled, and came running at me. I tried to run backwards, because I wanted to keep filming, but I ran into one of the beds. Adele reached me and tackled me onto the bed, making sure to get as much water on me as possible. She started tickling me, at least until Angelo came and jumped on her back, tickling her. She started her famous laugh, making me laugh even more as she tried to reach Angelo. Then Simon came over, and it turned to an all out, no holds tickle war/pillow/water fight. It ended with all of us completely soaking wet, covered in feathers from the pillows we broke, and red in the faces from laughing so hard.

Eventually, we all got changed and cleaned up because we still hadn't gone to dinner. We ended up just eating at the hotel, which turned out to have really good food. I was really enjoying myself with the Adkins-Konecki family, and I did not want it to end one bit.

Over dinner I was able to talk with Simon about his work with Drop4Drop. It was all so interesting, especially the stories about all the villages and places he's visited. He also asked me tons of questions about my life, what I want to be, and all of the typical getting to know someone conversation. I definitely think that Simon is a great guy, and he and Adele are perfect for each other.

The one thing that hasn't left my mind since I've gotten here is that question Adele asked me at the park back in Indiana, which seems like forever ago, but it was really only yesterday. I almost feel like my answer has changed, but for the better, if that's even possible. Now that our relationship has changed, which I really should address, I feel even closer to her than before, probably because I've met her two loves, Simon and Angelo, which everyone know are sort of restricted subjects. I've seen into a part of her life which she keeps incredibly private, which is touching that she trusts me that much. I need to talk to her about our status, so to speak. Are we friends? I am honestly total crap at reading emotions and telling where relationships are. When I meet someone that I like and connect to, I often get to serious and scare them away. It really sucks, but I just can help that I'm not hard wired for emotions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Damn it's been a long fucking time. I don't really have a reason, just didn't really feel like writing I guess. Don't forget to comment and vote!