The Brambilla's, The Beginning

She was now eight weeks pregnant and was told she could have an early scan. Both she and Leone were excited to see their baby, even if it wouldn't show a whole lot yet. Leone sat there holding her hand as the doctor started the procedure.

"That there is your baby," Doctor Simon said, pointing to the screen.

Leone stared at the screen, giving her hand a light squeeze. "Will you look at the that, just think, we made that little peanut."

She turned her head to look at him, a single tear trickled down her face. "It's a miracle, a wonderful miracle." She then looked at the doctor. "Can we get a picture of it?"

"Of course you can, we'll have one printed up while you get dressed and then I'll see you in my office."

Ten minutes later they were sitting in the doctor's office, he handed her the picture. "I want you to know that everything is fine. Your blood pressure is where it should be, the baby is doing good and you are in perfect health."

After thanking him and leaving the office they sat in their car looking at the picture.

"The next scan you have we'll be able to see so much more and how he is growing."

"He," she said, raising an eyebrow when she looked at him. "What makes you think it's going to be a boy?"

"Just guessing, but whether it's a boy or a girl I will be happy. It's too early to eat so how about we drive to our home and see how it's coming along?"

"Yes I'd love to see it."

When they got there and were given a hard hat they went inside and she covered her mouth to stop screaming when she saw how beautiful it was coming along.

"Oh my God, this is absolutely amazing. Just look at this front hallway and the stairs going up. Is there any way we can go to the upper floor and look around?"

Leone looked at the man in charge of the construction. "Would it be safe to go up there now?"

"It is perfectly safe, but be careful because there are still tools and things laying around. Let me show you the way."

They looked around and was pleased to see that it was close to being done, but it was the master bedroom that she really wanted to get a look at. She was not disappointed when they went into the room that would be their bedroom.

"Oh my goodness, this is so huge." She walked ahead of them and over to the balcony and opened the door. "The view from here is stunning."

Leone went over and put his arms around her waist from behind. "Do not step on the balcony, it still needs to be completed. Come look at the rest of the room, and I have a surprise for you."

She followed him over to where the closets were and when he opened one of them she let out a loud gasp. "Are you kidding me? This closet is bigger than what my apartment was." She turned to look at him with a smile on her face. "Is this closet for me?"

"Yes it is, I gave them special instructions on how I wanted it to be. There should be enough room in here for all of your clothes and for the ones you will be buying in the future. It is not finished yet, they still need to add some extra features I have in store for you."

"Oh, Leone, you are spoiling me."

"I told you I was going to. Come, let's check out the master bathroom. If you thought the one we have now is something, this one is going to blow your mind."

She couldn't believe it, it was twice as gorgeous as the one in their apartment, bigger and better. They went through a few of the other rooms upstairs before going down to check out the kitchen and living room.

"So what do you think so far? he asked, pulling her into his arms.

"I think it is going to be the most magnificent mansion around. Once it is completed we have so much work to do. There's the furniture to buy, the staff to hire. It will take us forever to fill every room in this place."

"We don't have to do everything at once. We can start off with the rooms we will be using and gradually complete the others. All you have to do is tell me the furniture you want and I will arrange for it."

"Perhaps we could go shopping soon and start picking things out. Do you think it will be completed before the baby gets here?"

After seeing what more had to be done he doubted it. "I'm not sure, but I wouldn't count on it. I don't want you to stress over it, we are in this together. We can take our time in picking out the furniture that you want and they will hold it for us until our home is ready. I will make sure our transition from our apartment to the mansion is stress-free for you."

She looked at the photo of their baby and smiled back at him. "I think that you should take me shopping for some maternity wear."

"You want to go now?"

"We have nothing else to do, so yeah. I'll need you there to help me pick out outfits that will look good on me. You don't have anything else to do today do you?"

Looking at her face that was sporting a radiant smile there was no way he could say no to her. So reaching for her hand he kissed it. "Let's take my wife shopping."

The poor guy once again had to sit in the chair holding her purse while she tried on several outfits. He could see the smirks on his men's faces when they saw him holding her purse. Here he was, a tough Mafia man holding a pink purse, pink of all colors he thought to himself.

"Is that all you're getting?" he asked when she only came out with a few things for the clerk to ring up.

"I want to wait to see how big I get before I buy any more. These will do for now. Oh and by the way, pink really suits you."

"Very funny," he replied, handing her back the purse and taking out his credit card to pay for her clothes.

Four months later: She was now six months along and everything was going great. She didn't experience any morning sickness, except for the couple of times in the beginning. Her doctor's appointment went very well, she was in perfect health and her baby was growing. The only thing was every now and then she would have mood swings. One minute she would be crying, and the next minute she would be laughing. But he was so loving and patient with her. Then again he was enjoying how horny she was. If he thought he was getting a lot of action before she got pregnant, well he was getting a hell of a lot more now. But he made sure to be very gentle with her, the wild sex could wait until after the baby was born.

He went upstairs to get something from the bedroom and she was standing there in front of the mirror and it was obvious that she had been crying. "Baby, what's wrong?"

"I tried on this dress that I was planning to wear to the ballet but it doesn't fit."

Poor Leone was about to make the biggest mistake of his married life.

"Well you'll have to go buy a bigger one."

She turned to him, her face showing anger as she glared at him. "I can't believe that you are calling me fat."

He shook his head, waving his hands in front of him. "No, no I did not call you fat." He tried to touch her but she pushed him away.

"Don't you dare touch me. Since you think I am too fat you can just sleep downstairs on the sofa."

"You got to be kidding me?"

She went over to the bed and grabbed his pillow and one of the blankets and threw them at him. "Does this look like I'm kidding? Now get the hell out of here. I don't want to see your face."

After trying to say a few more words she yelled at him to leave. Since she was six months pregnant and upset he decided it was best if he left her alone. With a pillow and blanket in his arms, he left the room and went back downstairs. He couldn't believe that he had been banished to the living room. Just as he laid down the items there was a knock at the door so he went over to open it.

"Eddie, my God man, why didn't you tell me you were coming back? Come on, get in here."

Eddie walked in, giving him a hug. "I wanted to surprise you and Eleonora. Where is my sweet girl?"

"She's upstairs," he said as he and Eddie went over to the sofa. "Can I get you a drink?"

"Oh I could sure use a double scotch." He looked at the pillow and blanket that was laying on the end of the sofa. "What's going on here?" he asked, taking the drink that was offered to him.

"We had a fight and she's making me sleep down here."

"But why here and not upstairs in the spare bedroom?"

"She said she didn't want me to be comfortable in a bed and that to punish me I needed to sleep on the sofa."

Eddie couldn't stop laughing. "This is your home and you are the boss of many men and you are letting her force you to sleep down here. You are so whipped."

"She's very hormonal right now, and I didn't want to upset her anymore by arguing with her."

"Maybe I should go up and let her know I'm here, it might cheer her up."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. She's in a bad mood and I fear for your safety. For a sweet and beautiful woman she sure can be scary at times."

She was walking down the stairs when she heard what Leone said about her. But seeing Eddie she called out to him as she was walking down the stairs. Going over she gave him a big hug and smiled up at him.

"It's so good to see you. But I should be mad at you for staying away so long."

He lifted her chin up with his fingers and smiled back at her. "You know you can't stay mad at me, and I'm here now."

"Yeah but for how long?"

"At least until after the baby's born," he looked down at her belly. "Just look at you girl, you look absolutely radiant."

"Thank you, but my husband says I'm fat."

Leone let out a sigh. "I never said you were fat. You were complaining that your dress was too tight so all I did was suggest you get some bigger ones."

"Don't even bother talking to me," she snapped at him. "Oh, Eddie, the baby is kicking. Would you like to feel it move?"

"I want to feel him too," Leone said as he moved closer to them but stopped when she held her hand out.

"Don't even think about touching me." She took Eddie's hand and placed it over her belly and watched the smile cross his face. "Isn't it amazing?"

"Absolutely,"

"Come and sit down and tell us everything you've been doing while you've been away. You should have called more often."

Eddie sat beside her while Leone had to sit in the chair across from them. "Well I've been doing a lot of traveling and I got married."

Both Eleonora and Leone were shocked at this bit of news.

"Why didn't you tell us you got married? We would have come to witness the wedding and where is this bride of yours?" she asked, staring at him as she waited for his answer.

"It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and I didn't tell you because it only lasted about a month and we got a divorce. We flew to Vegas got drunk and married at one of those little chapels. An Elvis impersonator married us."

"Oh, Eddie, what were you thinking?"

He looked over at Leone. "That's just the point, I wasn't thinking and it cost me a lot of money to get rid of her. She came out of the marriage a very rich woman."

After they caught up for a while and it was getting late she announced she was going to bed.

"It's getting late so why don't you spend the night, the guest bedroom is available," she said, looking over at Leone to see his reaction.

"Yeah I think I'll do that, you have a good night sleep sweetheart and I'll see you in the morning."

When she was gone he turned to Leone. "Good Lord man, you never tell a woman she looks fat. No wonder you're in the dog house."

"I never said she was fat, she just took what I said out of context."

"Well this is your home and I can't expect you to sleep on the sofa so you go ahead and take the guest bedroom and I'll sleep here."

"No way my friend, if she were to find out I'd never hear the end of it. Besides, when she falls asleep I'll go up and get into bed with her. I'm sure by that time she'll have forgotten all about our little misunderstanding."

He waited a couple of hours until he knew she would be asleep and went upstairs and got into bed next to her. He put his arm around her and removed it quickly when she spoke.

"You think you can sneak into bed and I wouldn't notice?"

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No, you're here now so you might as well stay. But that doesn't mean I forgive you so don't even try to touch me."

He laid on his back and looked up at the ceiling. "I am sorry if I hurt your feelings. I swear I wasn't insinuating that you were getting fat. You're far from fat, but you are pregnant and I was only suggesting that we go shopping and get you some clothes that will fit you while you're pregnant. I love you and I don't want us to fight, and I sure as hell don't want to spend the night without you sleeping in my arms."

Rolling over to face him she moved closer and placed her head on his chest and her arm over his stomach. "I love you too and I'm so sorry for the way I behaved. Being pregnant and these stupid hormones are making me so sensitive and irrational."

He put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head. "Let's just get some sleep, and for the record, I think you are the most beautiful and the sexiest pregnant woman I have ever seen."