La Bella Regina [The Princess Diaries Fanfic]

Ch. 8 Uncle Ollie. Be honest with me

Aurora silently and akwardly walked with the two Social Workers towards the luggage pickup. She stood there as she watched Mr. Walker grab each of their luggage. Her chocolate brown eyes blinked when she hears her name, and she sees Mrs. Johnson motioning her to follow her and her co-worker to the airport's exit.

Aurora tightly grasped the handles of her backpack as she slowly nods her head, and she walks with the two Social Worker out of the airport where a cream-colored van with the California Child Welfare Social Services logo is on it.

" Aurora. Meet our co-worker. His name is Christopher Parker," Mrs. Johnson kindly introduced an older male with red hair and green eyes.

" Hello," Mr. Parker kindly greets Aurora.

" Hello," Aurora softly responded as she opens the passenger's door, and she quickly steps inside the van.

The three Social Workers carefully put Aurora's luggage in the van as they quietly get inside the vehicle. They then leave the airport and head towards the California Child Welfare Social Services building.

Aurora silently stared out the window as she begins to wonder how her supposed mother looks like and if they somehow share similar traits.

' Dad has light brown hair and blue eyes while I have dark brown hair and brown eyes. I wonder if I share my eye color with my supposed mother?' Aurora asked herself, sounding and looking curious.

Aurora's chocolate brown eyes saddened, still feeling conflicted that Phillipe lied to her all these years.

' I wonder if Dad was still alive, would he have told me about my supposed mother and twin sister?' Aurora asked herself.

Aurora hummed when she felt her backpack vibrate. She opens her bag, and she pulls out her cellphone, seeing a text message from her uncle, Oliver Renaldi.

" Tesoro! Are you well? Are you in San Francisco, California? I hope your flight went well and that nothing terrible has happened to you!" Oliver texted Aurora. [Translation: Tesoro means Sweetheart as well as Treasure in Italian.]

Tears welled up in Aurora's chocolate brown eyes as she silently read Oliver's text message.

' I wonder. I wonder if Uncle Ollie knew about my birth mother and twin sister this whole time?' Aurora asked herself as she begins to text Oliver.

" Uncle Ollie. Be honest with me. Did you knew that I have a mother and twin sister?" Aurora texted Oliver.

Aurora lightly bites her lips, feeling and looking conflicted as she stares at her cell phone. She then held her breath when she sees a response from Oliver.

" Yes. I knew the existence of your mother and twin sister, Aurora," Oliver responds to Aurora.

Aurora stared at her cell phone in disbelief. She couldn't believe that even Oliver knew about her mother being alive and having a twin sister.

Aurora silently looked at her surroundings, seeing Mrs. Johnson sitting next to her and Mr. Walker and Mr. Parker in the front. She angrily sighed as she pressed the green button on her cell phone next to Oliver's name.

A few seconds later, Oliver responded to the phone call.

" Aurora!" Oliver shouted from the other side of the phone.

" Perché?! Perché tu e Papà non mi avete detto che mia madre era viva ?! E che ho una sorella gemella! Ho dovuto impararlo da alcuni sconosciuti!" Aurora angrily spoke in Italian to Oliver. [Translation: Why?! Why didn't you and Dad tell me my mom was alive?! And that I have a twin sister! I had to learn it from some strangers!]

Mrs. Johnson looked startled when she heard Aurora shout, but she didn't understand what the young female said.

" Aurora. Who are you speaking to?" Mrs. Johnson asked, looking and sounding curious.

Aurora ignored Mrs. Johnson as she attentively waited for Oliver to speak.

" Dopo che i tuoi genitori hanno divorziato, tuo padre mi ha detto che tua madre non voleva che tu sapessi di lei e di tua sorella gemella. Ecco perché Phillipe ha detto che Helen era morta, così non gli avresti chiesto di lei. Aveva paura che se ti avesse detto la verità, saresti diventato troppo depresso," Oliver sadly explained to Aurora in Italian. [Translation: After your parents divorced, your father told me that your mother didn't want you to know about her and your twin sister. That's why Phillipe said Helen was dead so that you wouldn't ask him about her. He was afraid that if he told the truth, you would become too depressed.]

Aurora sat there with tears falling from her chocolate brown eyes when she hears why Phillipe lied to her this whole time.

" Se si desidera vedermi di persona, sarò vive a San Francisco, in California, in modo che possa essere lì per te perché so avete bisogno di qualcuno di essere con voi attraverso questo momento difficile," Oliver calmly speaks to Aurora in Italian. [Translation: If you want to see me in person, I will be living in San Francisco, California, so I can be there for you because I know you need someone to be with you through this difficult time.]

Aurora sadly smiled, feeling touched that Oliver still wants to be there for her.

" Grazie," Aurora whispered in Italian. [Translation: Thank you]

" Ti amo con tutto il mio cuore. Non importa cosa succede, ho intenzione di essere lì per te. Tuo padre è sempre stato lì per me, anche se Phillipe ed io siamo fratelli attraverso la stessa madre. Per questo motivo, restituirò il favore essendo lì per la sua preziosa figlia," Oliver fondly speaks to Aurora in Italian. [Translation: I love you with all my heart. No matter what happens, I'm going to be there for you. Your father has always been there for me, even though Phillipe and I are siblings through the same mother. For that reason, I will return the favor by being there for his precious daughter.]

Aurora closed her chocolate brown eyes as she recalled Phillipe explaining to her when she was ten that he and Oliver look similar yet distinct because they have the same mother but different fathers.

" Even though Oliver and I found out we were half-siblings when we got older, I still love him because he is always going to be my big brother," Phillipe fondly tells a ten-year-old Aurora Renaldi.

" Did Papa Rupe knew that Uncle Ollie wasn't his?" Aurora softly asked Phillipe.

Phillipe nods his head in response.

" Your grandfather knew since your grandmother told him of the situation. He agreed to marry her and adopt Oliver as his son because he did not want your grandmother-my mother to get a bad reputation," Phillipe whispered.

" A bad reputation?" Aurora innocently asked Phillipe.

" Yes. You see, your great-grandparents from my mother's and father's side arranged for them to get married. Even though mother did not romantically love father, the two adored one another and saw each other as dear friends," Phillipe whispers as he lovingly kissed the top of Aurora's head as he puts her to sleep.

" I love you too, Uncle Ollie," Aurora opened her chocolate brown eyes as she whispers and hangs up the phone call.