Chapter 55: Summer Break

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Location: South of Italy

➥ @ _chiarabianchi_ : Just another family dinner, nothing too big, just around 25 people sat at a table and eating thousand of good meals made with lots of love by Nonna

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@ _chiarabianchi_ : Just another family dinner, nothing too big, just around 25 people sat at a table and eating thousand of good meals made with lots of love by Nonna. 🍕🍰🍷🍝

PS. @ Michael_trainerf1 please don't be mad at me but at Nonna who doesn't stop filling my plate!!! 🙈

Tagged: @ landonorris

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"Buonasera"

"Buonasera"

"Buo-na-se-ra. It's not that difficult, try again!"

"Oh, damn it. They're gonna hate me. Hate me and forbid me to see you." Lando exclaimed, exhausted of trying the basics of Italian in order to proper greet my family.

We were in a small town in the South of Italy, outside the fence of my grandma's little villa in the countryside, waiting for our nerves to calm down, before a whole night with the rest of the family for a simple dinner in the garden.

"Hey, slow down Romeo. They're my relatives, not some killers, ok? They're gonna love you because everybody will see how much you make me happy, that's it." I said, grabbing his hand and then kissing his knuckles, trying my best to cool him down.

"Oh my goodness, let's hope for the best. All I want is to make a good impression." His words were soon followed by a loud sigh.

"I'm sure you will, don't worry ok? You also brought some good red wine, I'm more than sure they're going to love it. Just be yourself and please, never ever leave my side neither for a minute, am I clear?" My face was stone cold serious, worried to lose him somehow in the crowded garden, between nosy relatives, barking dogs and hyperactive kids.

"Is this your way of calming my nerves? I'm even more scared than before now!" He spouted back, more anxious than ever, making me chuckle at his reaction.

"I'm just trying to save you from possible interrogatories from my uncles and attacks from my little cousins. Now move your cute butt and let's enter, we can't be late."

After a little push of encouragement, Lando and I rang the bell and got greeted first by my grandma and then by the rest of my family, included my parents obviously, who were more than happy to see my boyfriend again, after the very good first impression they had at dinner at theirs a while ago.

"Buon appetito!" We all screamed at the unison once we took our seats. We both were sat at the end of the table, fortunately next to my cousins and far away from the older members, who kept gazing at the Brit as if he was an animal at the zoo. I know they were just curious as he's my first boyfriend and obviously because he's a Formula 1 driver as well, but they should reckon the limits of the creepiness.

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