Russian roulette || James Earl Of Wessex

| LOVE & GELATO |

Isabella

"I was just. Wondering  what. A pretty girl. Like. You is doing here. All by herself?" The tall boy asked in a  thick Italian accent.

I would be Lying if I Said he wasn't attractive.

"Oh I just needed to clear my head" I said too him.

"Your accent? Where are you from?" He asked. I'm guessing he's never been to Russia before.

"Russia, I'm from st Petersburg" I told him.

"Russia? What are you doing in Italy" he asked sitting next to me.

"My family was having problems at home and decided to come here, to get away for a little"

"Oh- I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself,I'm Luca" he said putting a hand out in-front of me.

"I'm Isabella, Isabella Romanov" I said taking his hand.

"Do people call you Bella? That means beautiful you know" he asked me.

I did know what it meant. That's why my parents named me. They got the idea when they went to Spain.

"Yeah people call me Bella,that's why everyone calls me"

"Yeah it suits you..." he said staring into me.

"Thank you..."

"You seem sad,everything okay?" Luca asked me.

"Not really...the guy I like isn't really talking to me and my family was being threatened" I told him.

I know I just met the guys but telling someone felt so good.

"Threatened? Why? That sounds terrible"

"Because my father's the king of Russia sometimes not everyone agrees with him...so they threaten him"

"Your father's a king?! That makes you a princess?" He asked.

All of this felt weird. I never tell new people this, but I felt so alone, and I needed to tell someone.

"Yeah it does"

"So what's a beautiful princess doing here? your in Italy! Let's go do something"

I looked up at him with confused eyes. What were we meant to do? It was like 2 AM.

"Like what?"

He took my hand, ran, and started to lead me somewhere. 

"come on, I know somewhere we can go"

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luca led me throughout the park and towards the streets. even though I just met him. i felt so safe with him. i felt like I could trust him. 

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he brought me to a small pop-up stand that had bright lights all around it. it was behind the park towards where cars drove by. it was such a cute stand, something straight from Pinterest.

"ever had gelato before?" luca turned to me. 

i shook my head. 

Luca ordered two of the bright pink gelato that looked like it was raspberry flavor.  

he handed me one as he paid for it. 

"thank you luca" I said. 

"no problem, are you feeling better?"

he asked sweetly.

"yes, I am actually"

we sat on the curb as we ate gelato together. Luca was so sweet and so cute. although I thought he was great,I still missed James.

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James

I sat alone in my room in England. staring at the ceiling. my parents just told me that the Romanov family was currently in Italy. 

bella never told me that she was going. to be honest we haven't been talking at all actually. not since the coronation. i missed her,I wanted to reach out but wasn't sure how. i liked her just didn't think she would like me back. 

i sat in my room thinking about all the stuff Bella could be doing in Italy without me....meeting new people, probably forgetting about me....

| this is a really short chapter but at least I posted twice today!! when was the last time that happened??? anyway, I will try to do better next time..I think I'll do one more chapter on Italy and then go back to Russia because I miss bella's friends :((

~ lots of kisses