La Bella Regina [The Princess Diaries Fanfic]

Ch. 4 Phillipe is gone

The drive to the airport was an awkward and uncomfortable one since Aurora and the two Social Workers, Mr. Walker, and Mrs. Johnson, didn't say a word to one another. Despite the freeway having traffic, the car manages to arrive at the JFK airport safely.

Aurora sadly sighed when she sees the airport's entrance from inside the car. She lightly bites her lips when she sees Mr. Walker and Mrs. Johnson step out of the vehicle to get her luggage.

' Welp. It's now time for me to get out of this car,' Aurora mumbled as she gets out of the vehicle.

Mr. Walker and Mrs. Johnson joined Aurora, and the trio entered the airport.

Aurora silently looked at her surroundings, feeling strange since she was frequently in this airport with Phillipe before he died. Her chocolate brown eyes saddened as she recalls going to different parts of America, such as Florida and Hawaii, to celebrate either her birthday, her father's birthday, or simply celebrating a holiday such as Christmas.

Aurora tightly grasped her backpack's handles as she silently follows Mr. Walker and Mrs. Johnson to an American Airlines terminal.

The trio soon reached the American Airlines terminal as Aurora made herself comfortable on her seat since she and the Social Workers have to wait for their flight to get called.

" Aurora," Mrs. Johnson calls out to Aurora, causing the young female to look at her.

" Hm?" Aurora hummed in response.

" If you need to use the restroom before we get in our flight, let me know, okay," Mrs. Johnson softly smiled at Aurora.

Aurora slowly nods her head in response as she tightly hugs her backpack close to her for protection.

Aurora began to get bored when she felt something vibrate from inside her backpack. The young female raised an eyebrow as she unzips her bag and pulls out a cellphone. Her chocolate brown eyes widened when she sees that someone has sent her a text message.

" Uncle Ollie," Aurora mouths out when she reads the name of the person that is texting her.

' Could it be Uncle Ollie who has taken custody of me?' Aurora asked herself, sounding hopeful and excited.

' I cannot believe I forgot that my father has two older brothers and that one of them lives in America!' Aurora exclaimed, feeling stupid for not remembering to contact her other relatives.

Aurora calmed herself as she begins to text her paternal uncle, forty-seven-year-old Oliver Renaldi.

" Uncle Ollie! It's so good to receive a text from you. But, there is something you should know," Aurora texted Oliver, looking and feeling miserable.

" What's wrong?" Oliver responded.

Tears welled up in Aurora's chocolate brown eyes.

" Uncle Ollie! Dad-Dad is gone! He got killed in a horrific car crash! And now I am going to get sent to San Francisco, California. Do you perhaps live there? Dad did say you travel alot and rarely stay at the same place," Aurora worriedly texted Oliver.

Aurora internally panics when she doesn't get a response from Oliver. She warily glanced at Mr. Walker and Mrs. Johnson, and she sees that they are talking to each other.

Aurora's chocolate brown eyes blinked when she felt her phone vibrant. She turns her gaze to her cell phone, and she stays quiet when she sees a text message from Oliver.

" Mia dolce ragazza! I am deeply sorry for your loss. You must be in so much pain! Please do not fret, Aurora. I do not live in San Francisco, California. However, I can get myself a ticket there so I can see you. Do you perhaps know why you are going to San Francisco?" Oliver responds to Aurora. [Translation: My Sweet girl in Italian]

Aurora internally panics when she hears that Oliver does not live in San Francisco. She warily glanced at Mr. Walker and Mrs. Johnson as she wonders who it is that has gotten custody of her.

Aurora looks back at her cell phone as she begins to text Oliver.

" I-I honestly do not know, Uncle Ollie! All they told me is that someone from San Fransisco, California, has gotten custody of me," Aurora texts Oliver.

" I see. I see. Everything is going to be alright, Aurora. I know you have lost your father. But I know Phillipe wouldn't want you to close yourself off from the world. He would have wanted you to morn for him, but also to continue being your cheerful self," Oliver responds to Aurora.

Aurora sadly stared at her cellphone.

" I don't even know if I can," Aurora whispers as she puts her cell phone away when she hears Mrs. Johnson calling out to her.

Somewhere in America, specifically Washington D.C., forty-seven-year-old black-haired and dark brown-eyed Oliver Renaldi is in his office staring at his cellphone with a conflicted gaze.

Jaime Camil as Abraham Joseph 'Oliver' Sebastian Renaldi

" Papa was right. Phillipe did indeed died," Oliver tightly grasped his cell phone as tears fell from his dark brown eyes.

" Why?!" Oliver furiously shouts as he starts to cry.

" Why, Lord?! Why did you have to take my brother from all people?" Oliver falls to his knees.

" Oliver! Amor! Are you alright?" Oliver's wife, forty-five-year-old dark brown-haired and brown-eyed Maria Renaldi nee Sanchez, worriedly calls out from outside the room.

Oliver glanced at the closed doors with watery, red, brown eyes.

" Or is it punishment for what my mother did all those years ago?" Oliver mouths out as he stands up, and he walks towards the door and opens it, seeing his wife, Maria.

Lucero Leon as Maria Guadalupe Renaldi nee Sanchez

Maria's brown eyes sadden when she sees her husband, Oliver, looking at her with a neutral gaze.

" Maria. Phillipe. Phillipe is gone," Oliver cries as he hugs his wife.

Maria's brown eyes widened when she hears that her brother-in-law, Phillipe, is dead. She glanced at Oliver, and her heart breaks when she sees her beloved husband in tears.