The next summer- Luca x Alberto

Six- a restaurant

LUCA'S POV-

I woke up with a good mood. I smile at the world as I swim over to Alberto to wake him up. " Buongiorno! " i exclaim much like Giulia. Alberto groans in annoyence. " Did you sleep good? " I ask. " No "
I honestly said. " Boys, come and eat some breakfast! " Mom yelled. I smile at Alberto " come on let's go " I say. We swim to the dining room. Dad was sitting besides mom and they were laughing and talking. Since grandma moved out it hasn't been the same. It's so boring without her here. Me and Alberto sit down. He seems really annoyed. I wonder why. But then I remember,
" Ah! Alberto! You wanted to tell me something yesterday night right? I fell asleep while you were talking, so could you say that again? " I ask. Alberto looks away for a second, I'm guessing he's trying to think of what he was saying. " Um... I forgot..." He says. " Oh, was is something important? " I ask. Alberto stares at me as if he was trying to read my mind or something " uh, no " he says coldly. He's not in a good mood but it don't get why.. and he's always in a good mood? Why the sudden shift? " So are you sleeping at  Massimo for the rest of summer? " Dad asks me. " Uh, yeah but I'll come here every once in awhile and sleep here for like 2 days or something " I say. My mom smiles. " How is school? " I ask. " Amazing! I've got so many friends...and some people accept me! " I exclaim. " Some? " Mom asks. Here she goes again. " Well I hope that those people aren't dangerous? Who knows, maybe they're hunters?! " Mom says. " Mom, calm down, no 13 year old or 14 year old is going to appear to school with stuff to try and kill me, I'll be fine " I say. " But what about the older kids? And besides, that Ercole guy is also 15 and tried to put you in danger last year! " Mom yells. " Ercole Is 15?" Dad asks. " No he's not! He's 20! " I exclaim.
" Wait I thought he was 40? " Alberto speaks up. " Doesn't matter! Luca, I just need you to be extremely careful Ok? "
Mom says. " I am mom, I promise! " I say. After breakfast we went back to Massimo's house. " Do we have to hang out with Giulia? She's probably with that Lucia girl " Alberto complains. " Yes she's our best friend " I say. " Well actually she's my adapter sister " Alberto says. I stop.
" Adapter sister? " I ask.

Authors note:
( Fun fact:) I actually wanted to write it correctly but autocorrect changed 'adoptive' to 'adapter' and in my opinion it's so in character so I just went with it 😭 anyways enjoy the book! ----------

" Yeah? Don't you know what that is? " Alberto asks me.
" You mean adoptive sister? " I ask. " No? I mean adapter sister! That's what Giulia is to me " Alberto explains. I smile. " Well is she's your sister than that gives more of a reason to play with her " I say. He groans. " Well well well- " I hear someone behind me say. Alberto rolls his eyes. We turn around to see Ercole. " Ercole..." Alberto sighs. " If it isn't number one, and number two! " He says.
" Ciccio, hold this " he says as he gave him that sweatshirt he always carries around for some odd reason. " W- What do you want Ercole? " I ask.
Giulia comes out. " Not you again! " Giulia complains. Ercole laughs at her face. " I see that you're all still angry at the fact that everyone is still afraid of me regardless of what happened last year hmm? " Ercole laughs as he said that proudly. Why is a person proud to be feared?
" You better shut y- " Alberto was interrupted when I got pushed at the wall behind us by Ciccio and Guido and Ercole walked up to me really close
" Luca! " Giulia and Alberto both yell at the same time. I get scared.
" Don't think we forgot what you two really are! " Ercole laughed. Alberto pushed Ercole away from me and then grabbed me by the shoulders, pulling me real close to him. With one hand he held my shoulder. " Stay back! Don't touch him! " Alberto yells. Giulia walks infront of us. " Go away Ercole! " She yelled. " Aww, spewlia trying to defend her little losers club... adorable! " Ercole said laughing.
" Hey Giulia do you want to bake co- " Lucia stopped talking when she realized who was standing in front of us. With her mouth dropped open, she couldn't let out a single word. " Lucia?! " Ercole exclaimed. " You've started a friendship with losers?! " Ercole asked. Lucia looked at us and then back at Ercole.
" No! Ofcourse not! I'd NEVER hang out...with...those idioti! " Lucia said. My eyes widen. And I actually thought she was nice? I let myself go from Alberto who doesn't seem surprised at all and look at Giulia. She seems destroyed. She doesn't move just stares at Lucia. Lucia looks to the ground. " Hey! Stop! Stop staring at my sister you block heads! " Ercole said. Lucia's eyes widen. " Sister?! " We all yelled at the same time
" Let's go Ercole..." Lucia murmured as she grabbed his arm. " Yes of course, what ? Did you expect something else? " Ercole says laughing. Then they all leave. Giulia scratches her arm and looks to the ground disappointed. " Giulia? Are you ok...? " I ask touching her shoulder, but she just brushes my shoulder off her. " Don't touch me! Leave me alone you two! " Giulia says crossing her arms and turning her back on us. " Wait why are you mad at him? " Alberto asks. " I'm mad at both of you! " Giulia yells. " wha-what Wh-wh-why? " I ask. " Oh I don't know, maybe because you both stabbed me in the back! " Giulia yells. " How? " Alberto asks. Giulia groans and storms off inside. Alberto sighs. " What did we do? " Alberto asks. I shrug.