"Bye daddy! I'm gonna miss you, I won't see you till bubby's birthday," she pouted. Gionni offered to drop them off at the airport for their three day weekend in NOLA.

"I'll come see you before then, princess," he assured her, kissing her forehead. "Be safe, text me or your mama when you land okay? I love you baby,"

"I love you daddy," she hugged him tightly again before walking on to the sidewalk.

"It was good meeting you, don't forget what I said, take care of my baby," he dapped Armani up.

"Yes sir, I will,"  he nodded, wrapping his free arm around Nayeli's shoulder, pulling her into his side. "She's safe with me," he smiled.

Gionni watched as his daughter and the boy she was clearly head over feet for walked into the airport hand in hand. He never thought he's see the day his baby was this grown up, he remembered when she was falling asleep in the tub after her long days in first grade. Now she was in college. With a boyfriend. It was all too much for him to handle.

"This is so cute," Samara said, walking around the hotel lobby. The boys were checking in and getting the room keys for the weekend, and the girls were in love with the cute decor in the lobby.

They were all excited to be back together, especially the girls. Samara was able to get some bottle for everyone to drink on New Years Eve, which was the day after tomorrow. They'd spend the day on Bourbon Street, like tourists, and then ring in the new year together at the hotel.

Tomorrow, they'd just spend the day catching up on sleep, everybody was busy for the holiday, and they wanted to be lazy for at least a day before the festivities began.

Then girls talked about what they got for Christmas on their way up to the fourth floor, where all their rooms were. Nayeli was extremely excited, this was her first adventure without her family, she felt like a certified adult.

Once she and Armani made it to their room, she dropped her bags and immediately flopped back on to the bed with a long and hard sigh.

Armani glanced over at her after dropping his bag. He walked over to the bed, standing over her with a smirk on his face. She smiled back at him, hair all splayed out on the mattress. Something about the way she looked made his heart skip a few beats.

"Want? Why you always staring at me, huh?" she teased. He just looked at her, thinking about everything her dad said, wondering if he loved this girl. He reached down and gently caressed her smooth skin, rubbing his thumb across her full lips.

"Eres hermosa, mi amor," (You're beautiful, my love) he spoke smoothly, causing a smile to creep up on her face. Those were some words she knew, she knew he just called her beautiful.

"Thank you, baby," she replied softly. He nodded, dropping down farther, arms on either side of her head, and leaned in for a kiss. Before he could pull away, Nayeli leaned up on her elbows, refusing to let him. In an instant the kiss got deeper, and the air around them got thicker. He had her nearly flat on her back the way she was originally by the time he pulled back.

Armani almost had to force himself to pull away from her. He stared down into her wide eyes as her chest moved up and down, breathing heavily. She took her bottom lip into her mouth and eyed him just as intensely, making him smirk.

"You better stop," he spoke up.

"Stop what?" she asked innocently, tilting her head slightly so her hair fell from her shoulders.

"Nayeli," he chuckled, "You making this real hard for me, you know that?" he leaned her chin up and kissed her again. In all honesty, he was ready. He'd been ready, but he knew she wasn't. She was getting caught up in the moment and would probably say whatever he wanted to hear, just because that was the type of girl she was, she wanted him to be happy.

Past all that, he didn't want to pressure her. He wanted anything sexual between them to come naturally, not just because she knew he was in the mood and wanted to appease him. He wanted her to want him just as badly as he wanted her.

Plus, he wanted to actually make it special for her, since it was her first time. Special like in the movies, or at least as close as he could get it.

NEW YEARS EVE

The group of friends had spent the entire day outside. They were out exploring the city, taking pictures of everything, visiting all the historic sights.

They went to Café du Monde, and got beignets, they visited the French Quarter and tried to eat at as many restaurants as they could before getting completely stuffed, and having to stop and nap.

Now, they were on burbon street, and it was getting near, 11. They were making their way back to their hotel, since they couldn't legally drink here, and they wanted to be safe if they were drinking, so they just decided to do it up there.

Samara and Meech's room was the destination once they made it there, since she had all the bottles.

Nai was excited, she hadn't done anything exciting like this for new years eve ever. She usually spent it watching the ball drop with her family, which she was sure they were doing now, she hoped they sent her a picture or something.

At about 11:45, everyone was pretty buzzed, just enjoying each other's company, and the music. Luckily there were no noise complaints, since it seemed like the whole city was loud.

Armani sat back and watched as his girlfriend got hype with her friends, dancing like nobody else was in the room. She was showing out, and he loved to see it. He liked seeing her when she broke out of her shell a little bit. Plus the outfit she was wearing didn't allow him to take his eyes off her. She had on a matching set, mini skirt and top with heels that laced up her long smooth legs.

"Mani, take a picture of me, my fit cute," Nai grinned. She let Samara put a wig on her too, so she was genuinely feeling herself. He nodded and got up to follow her to the corner of the room. She posted up near the wall, posing in a few different ways, before quickly dropping into a squat, making his eyes go wide.

"Nayeli don't get fucked up in here," he watched her intensely.

"I'm just posing, babe!" she giggled,

"Yeah aight," he chuckled, continuing to take pictures for her. Once she was done she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around is neck, kissing him. "You look so good, baby," he complimented, making her grin.

"You look better," she winked, letting him go so she could continue cutting up with her friends. He watched her walk away, lip tucked between his teeth.

"I'm sprung," Duck sang, walking up next to him.

"Dawg she got me," Tripp continued, making Armani throw his head back laughing.

"Got me doing things I'll never do, if you ain't been I'm telling you," they sang together, and he swung at Duck, but he didn't stop, and he couldn't stop laughing at them because he was. He was absolutely sprung off her.

At 11:57, Nayeli found herself in Armani's lap, waiting on the countdown to start.

"Here's to our first new years together," she said excitedly, and he chuckled at her enthusiasm.

"I hope we have many more, mamas," he spoke, making her nod in agreement.

"We will, I know it," she said gazing into his eyes, making him feel the butterflies this time. As the countdown began, they inched slowly toward each other, waiting until the clock struck one, and in an second, Armani's hand was behind her head, pushing her lips into his to bring in the New year.

this one was short and sweeeeet.

i don't have much to say soooooo tell me how we're feeling 🥰

who's ready for nayeli's birthdayyyy

till next time ❤️