We walk slowly to the front porch, murmuring our plans for tomorrow. His family lets me go with a few calls of goodbye, but without much fuss. I'm warmed by this - by the casual goodbye of family members who know they'll see you soon, and so don't need to make a big deal out of it. As we step onto the front porch though, Luca's grandmother calls him back, saying something in swift Itablio.
Luca sighs, hesitating but stepping away from me. "She wants you to take a slice of cake to Rafe - is that all right? I know it's ridiculous, but —"
"Of course I will," I say, laughing and pushing him towards her. "I'll call Captain Conner - you get the cake." Luca nods, smiling his dazzling smile at me, and then he steps back into the house with his Gran. I make a quick call to Conner, who let's me know he's just around the corner and will bring the car up.
I sigh happily, looking down the dark street, but I jump slightly when a shadow detaches itself from the corner of the porch and steps forward towards me. "Did you enjoy yourself tonight, miss Ariel?"
I press a hand to my heart, laughing a little at how skittish I am when I see that it's just Luca's uncle, who was out here enjoying a quiet cigarette. "Yes," I say, nodding when I get some of my equanimity back. "Your family is lovely - thank you so much for making me feel so warm and welcome."
that he means it by the serious way he says it. "You're family now, and I'm
a little. "You
about you, miss - you've been nothing but a lady tonight, and I'm grateful for it. Some of the girls that boy brought home," he shakes his head contemplatively here, "...they were a mess. But you did very well. Still - I told him to hold off introducing you until after the fight - to just
I say, shaking my head and feeling guilty - because as lovely as tonight was, perhaps Bruce is right. Luca should already be in bed, he should be thinking about the fight tomorrow, not me.
murmur, dropping my head to look at
my head to look at him, my eyebrows raised. Because I meant it - I should have thought of Luca's responsibilities, should have encouraged him to delay the party.
me, his mouth pressed
miss?" he says quietly, seriously. "If I say something true to you, that you might not want
wanting to know,
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