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- IN WHICH... gia ricci finds herself falling in love with her worst enemy, niccolò rossi.
but they weren't enemies because they hated each other- but rather because their families despised the other due to business...
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— GIA threw her little brother's body over her shoulder, her knees buckling at his weight. she chuckled quietly and regained her balance.
it was a monday night, and gia was babysitting her little brother, matteo who was 13 years old.
it was about to be midnight, and matteo had fallen asleep on the couch after watching one too many movies with gia.
their brother, also gia's twin, enzo, was working a late night shift. their parents were out at dinner and would be home soon.
once gia had matteo on her shoulders, she carried him to his room which was down the hall.
she kicked the door open, grunting as it became harder to withstand his weight. she approached his bed and gently placed his thin frame down in his bed, throwing his blankets onto him. thankfully, he managed to stay in his deep sleep.
after tucking him in bed, she returned to the living room to clean up. there were snack wrappers on the couch and floor, and the tv was still playing a movie.
gia sighed as she stared back at the mess that called her name.
hurriedly, she picked up the wrappers and tossed them in the trash bin. then, she reached over to the coffee table to grab the remote.
she pursed her lips as she looked down at the remote, her thumb hovering over the buttons in search for the power off button.
once she found it, she pointed the remote to the tv and clicked the button.
gia made her way down the hall to her room, hugging herself as she shivered at the cold air that hit her when she entered her room.
she saw that her window was wide open, the curtains dancing with the night breeze.
she shut her door behind her and walked over to her window, shutting it. she didn't bother to close the curtains.
shortly after, she plopped down into her bed, climbing into the sheets and sinking into the mattress before she fell into a deep sleep.
THE NEXT MORNING.
gia sat in class next to enzo, both of them playing a game of tic-tac toe on gia's textbook while they shit-talked about their teacher.
suddenly, at the call of their names, enzo and gia turned to their teacher, who was standing in the front of his desk, leaning back on his arms.
"yes?" gia answered. "did you hear what i said?" the man questioned, pushing himself onto his legs and walking over to her desk.
"no." gia mumbled nervously. "well, i said that you will be paired with niccolo rossi for our upcoming project. if you were listening, you would've heard that we had a project in the first place." their teacher explained, raising his brows at gia.
