Learning to Live

Chapter 9

Luca was woken up by kisses "Morning dreamer" "Are you ever going to tell me why I have that nick name?" Andre will do one day just not today, so instead he smirked and kissed his nose and said "I'm taking you out on a date be ready in an hour and wear comfortable clothing".
Luca was now waiting by the front door for his first ever date, he was excited but scared, he was going on a date with Andre who runs a gang and is 4 years older than him, why does he want to go on a date with me, Luca thought.
"Stop thinking so hard, I want to see that beautiful smile" Andre said making Luca jump, "don't scare me like that" Andre laughed as he guided Luca out the house and to the car.
"So where are we going? And please don't say it's a surprise" Luca muttered as he looked at the passing houses. "We are going to my second favourite secret hide out, I come here when I want to be alone, you know be just me not Andre Ravens gang leader" Luca nodded. The drive took about half an hour, they passed the time listening to music and skipping tracks they didn't like, they had very similar taste in music which was good.
They pulled up to a very run down diner. "They do the best all day breakfasts I have ever tasted, come on" Andre said getting out the car, Luca followed behind Andre until Andre stopped and grabbed his hand and they walked in together. He had to let go of Luca's hand when they got to the door.
A red head came running over "Andre it's you" she shouted running to give him a bear hug "nice to see you again Amy" Andre said smiling down at the teenager, Amy pulled away then looked at Luca "And who is this handsome beauty" she said walking over to Luca "This is Luca, I have come to show him the ways of the all day breakfast" Andre laughed grabbing Luca's hand and pulling him to the table at the back of the room. there were a few tables with people sitting at them, it was probably 50/60% full. Amy came over with the menus "I will give you guys a few minutes to look over and see what you would like" and off she went. They ordered what they wanted. Luca wanted to know the story of Amy and Andre but wasn't sure how to bring it up, they sat in silence, Luca looking round the diner and Andre watching Luca, when Luca's eyes met Andre's they both smiled"what you thinking about beautiful?" Andre said making Luca blush, "this place, how did you find this place, did you meet Amy here?"
"My parents had pissed me off and I went for a drive and started to get hungry found this place by chance, Amy was serving that day, she was by herself and she was closing up when some guy came in screaming and shouting at her, I later found out it was her ex. Anyways he hadn't noticed me, he managed to grab her and punch her in the face before I got to him, let's just say he was a mess at the end. I came back a couple of days later to check she was ok, and try to come out here twice a month, she reminds me of Lydia" he said smiling at Amy who was helping some customers.
"I have no idea where my sister or parents are" Luca stated as he looked at his drink "do you want to know?" He looked up at the older man and tilted his head "Yes...No...I guess I would like to know if they are happy without me, like was it worth the abuse to me for them" Andre grabbed his hand and brought it to his lips and then covered them in light kisses "they never deserved you, you are so much better off without them" they both smiled at each other.
That evening Luca was sitting in his room day dreaming about his afternoon with Andre, they just walked around the town talking about everything and anything, Andre wasn't a bad person, in fact since taking over he hasn't done that much, it's all about image and that was enough to scare most people but not Luca, at some point during the walk Luca talked about the beatings and abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents and sister, it brought back a lot of horrible memories but it felt like a weight had been lifted and maybe just maybe it was time to start living again, spread his wings.
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It's a couple of days until Christmas break and Luca is getting the feeling like he is being watched, he has felt it the last couple of days, it's kinda creeping him out. He was sitting in his maths class when he got called to the headmasters office.
"Please take a seat Luca"
Now Luca was confused he hasn't done anything. Could they have found out he was homeless but he isn't anymore.
"So there are 2 people in another room that say they are related to you, Mary and John Goldstone, do you know them" "I don't think I have ever heard the name, what do they want?"
"They want to talk to you, is that ok?"
"Can I have someone with me, can I phone Andre?" The headmaster hesitated a bit he knew who Andre was and who Luca was but if Luca didn't know these people, it would be safer to have Andre here, so he nodded Luca got his phone out and called his boyfriend yes Andre asked him out.
"Andre, can you come to the school now, there are 2 people asking to see me and I don't think I have ever met them before"
"I will be there ASAP, leaving now".
20 minutes later Andre walked in rushing to Luca, "Are you ok Dreamer?" "Yeah just confused" "right now you are here we can go and meet them" all 3 of them walked out the headmasters room and into a class room. The headmaster opens the door and Luca walks in followed by Andre, "if you guys need anything I will be in my office".
The 4 of them stood staring at each other, Andre broke the silence "So you wanted to see Luca, can I ask who you are and why you wanted to see Luca" the man and women looked at each other and the man spoke first,
"my name is John and this is my wife Mary, my son Darren is your father" Luca flinched at the name and sat on one of the desks, Andre turned to him "are you ok?" Luca shrugs his shoulders "so we are your grandparents, we have been looking for you for a few years" Luca snorted making everyone stop "yeah right", Andre stepped in "why are you looking for him?" John sighed this time Mary started talking "Darren met your mother at university, everyone knew she had a bit of a drug problem but he promised it was ok and she was just experimenting as kids do, anyways she fell pregnant with Isla and stopped the drugs they sorted there lives out got married and started to work then she feel pregnant again, she was so happy with her little girl she kept going on how she was going to have another girl, well when she found out it was twin boys, she started going down hill,social services got involved but after you guys were born she seemed to get better and so did Darren then when you were around 4 you all disappeared" Luca spoke "I remember moving around a lot until I was 9 or 10"
"We never did find you guys, then about a year and a half ago, we got a call from a hospital saying that Darren had been in an accident, when we got there they were both dead, we got hold of Isla's number from his phone and she came and meet us but she kept saying she was an only child, she had this horrible smirk on her face, it still makes me shiver. After the funeral we tried again asking her where you were and she kept saying that she never had any siblings, then 6 months ago we found Liams death certificate" the lady was crying her eyes out " we.....we....started looking for yours but never found one so we found out where Liam died and have been going round schools and colleges we just didn't think to look at private schools until we had searched everywhere else"
Luca wasn't sure what to think, he had so many thoughts going through his head "what do you want from me? I have nothing to give you, no money I have no valuables" Mary started to walk to Luca "that's far enough" she stopped"We don't want anything but to get to know you, you can live with us, if you need to" "NO, I live with Andre" Luca grab Andre's hand and pulled him closer so Andre was hugging Luca from he side, then kissed the top of his head. John made a huffing noise "don't tell me your gay?" Both Andre and Luca looked at him wide eyed "Yes, we are, got a problem with that old man?" Andre said in his Alpha tone, John looked them both up and down then turned to his wife "we don't need to deal with him, let's go" Mary looked at her husband in disbelief "What, no he is my, only grand child who we have been looking for, for years, I am not leaving him, you can go, I will get a hotel and get to know my grandson, get lost and go and calm down" with that he stormed out and Mary came closer to Luca and Andre.