Chapter 319: Did you know?

Pickle POV

I lift her and gently slide her in the bed, sitting up against the headboard. I climb in moving my arm behind her as she moves her head settling it in the nook of my arm. I use a pillow propping up the phone as we call to video chat our daughter.

"Mommy!" Annie screams kissing the phone.

"My baby bunny." I wipe the tear from her cheek.

"Look mommy I'm in a princess dress. I'm Snow White and Hadley is Elsa." She spins then makes Hadley spin.

"Mommy." She whispers "Nono lovess Miss Lucy. He kisses her alot like daddies kiss you so that means lots of love." She covers her mouth giggling as she turns the camera to them again.

They pull away clearing their throats "Sorry my little Nipotina."

She giggles.

"Oh my sweet River." He waves at River blowing her a kiss.

"Hi Lucas. Hi Lucy. You two are so cute." River says as her eyes tear up again.

"Thank you Figlia. We're very happy." Lucas says smiling at her. Annie turns the camera and says "Mommy Figlia is daughter in Italian."

"Bunny you said it perfectly." River says looking at me.

"Is Nono teaching you Italian?" She laughs and nods her little head.

"Did daddy tell you that Nono got me my own house and he bought me and Hadley a star! A real star mommy. I'll show you when we are back from vacation. Look mommy and daddy here's papa." She looks at me pissed. I shrug. "Well your someone Lucas will listen too about the spoiling, we've all tried but the Spencer's are just as guilty." I say laughing as I kiss the tip of her nose.

"Hi dad. We miss you guys. I keep missing out on seeing you both. This fall we're there for both Thanksgiving and Christmas." She says blowing him a kiss.

"All of you guys together please." Pinky says pulling Maria to his side.

"Hi kids. I've never been to any place like this before. This is my first trip to the Americas and I love that mouse guy." Maria says.

"Grandma Maria like Mickey mouse. Can we show my mommy our ears?"

"Of course my Nieta." Pinky says handing her a bag.

"Mommy that means granddaughter in spanish." River laughs.

"Good job baby. How come you don't have your ears on?" I ask her.

"Daddy because it will mess up my beautiful princess hair." She says rolling her eyes at me.

"Hey Munchkin the eyes!" She turn the phone and smiles sweetly "Sorry daddy."

She shows us all the stuff she's gotten so far. It's a good thing they are the only ones there because she has everything spread out. We talk to her for a while.

"Come grab some lunch." Carter yells out.

"We love you baby and we'll see you tomorrow." River says blowing her kisses. I throw the phone to the side as I drag River down to her back. I pull her arms down to her side and straddle her but not with my full weight. I start tickling her as I kiss her neck.

"Pickle." She laughs out wiggling under me.

I kiss her neck as I breathe in her ear "I missed you baby." She leans her head up to me kissing my lips.

"Lunch guys." Jasper says opening the door.

I jump to my feet on the bed above her and start jumping a little making her body come up from the bed.

"Fuck yeah!" Jasper says jumping up with me.

We jump around her as she laughs and turns red.

"Is this what we're doing?" Carter says jumping up and joining us. We jump around her for a few minutes.

"Where did you get that hickey?" I ask flicking Jaspers neck.

Carter clears his throat jumping off the bed. He grabs River by her waist pulling her to him.  He lifts her throwing her over his shoulder.

"It was there already man." Jasper says jumping off the bed following them.

The fuck it was.

River's on the counter, Carter and Jasper are taking turns feeding her. I smile watching her swinging her short legs like a kid. She's laughing at something Jasper said. I come over to her. I take my thumb and wipe some whipped cream from her chin sucking it off as she smiles at me.

I push my way between her legs kissing her softly.

"Um tastes good." I say winking at her.

"Rubens and strawberries with whipped cream. That's a odd choice." I say laughing as River feeds me a strawberry with whipped cream. She kisses me.

"River picked the strawberries." Carter says laughing throwing the green part at Jasper.

"I figured." I laugh feeding her a bite of the sandwich.

We eat and Jasper puts on a movie. I'm laying in between River's legs while she plays with my hair. It's great to have her back to her self again.

I can hear her breathing slow and deepen as the last movie ends. I get up slow trying not to wake her. I lift her in my arms.

"Goodnight guys." I say moving to the bedroom door.

I put her down softly pulling the covers over her.

I walk to the other side "Luca, did you know about Denalii?" River asks as I climb in next to her. I nod wiping her tears from her face.

"The whole time?"

I shake my head pulling her head to my chest. She draws circles on my chest with her fingers. I kiss her head "No Kitten not the whole time. I figured it out in Germany." She looks up at me "Is that why you left?" She asks. I nod.

"I was with Flame when it happened. I remembered her telling me that her brother loved a girl who got hurt and he was devastated. I never really heard much about it after that. He was always locked in his room when I was there but we mostly stayed at my room in the center, so I wasn't at the compound much. I didn't know the two were connected when we got the job to kill that monster. We weren't hired through the Nunzio's it was Pinky who gave us the job. We knew he was Brain's monster but he believed you were dead."

She holds me tighter. I kiss head a few times till her body relaxes a little.

"At the hospital in Germany, he said something about loving you his whole life and the pieces just fell into place from there. I just needed some time to clear my thoughts and to be jealous." She lifts her head to look at me "Do you guys all get along when I'm not there?" I kiss her pulling her body on mine.

"River when your not around none of us are whole. We are all the alpha stereotypical males as yes we will fight but trust me we love you and from that we love each other. Brothers fight but we will never leave you."