X, Luca

Chapter XII

Dear Journal,
Tonight- let's be dangerous.

It was like any other Thursday night in July, I was sat at home with Nönna playing board games. It made her happy, so in turn, it made me happy as well. Like I said it was a pretty normal night until I got a text from Skye.

Babygirl 😍: Hey baby, do you wanna do something tonight? 😉
Romeo 😘: Depends... What're you thinking? 😏
Babygirl 😍: I wanna do something risky. Something out of character.
Romeo 😘: And just what would that be?
Babygirl 😍: A tattoo.
Romeo 😘: 😳 Are you sure you're my girlfriend?
Babygirl 😍: 😂 Yes. I really want one. Everyone's pissing me off over here. I wanna do something they'd never expect. So you're in?
Romeo 😘: Oh trust me, I'm in baby. I'm all the way in.

Now if this was anyone else I wouldn't be as shocked. Obviously, with her, I am. Skye always had an interest in tattoos but was never allowed to get any because of her parents. And usually, she would never go against their word. I don't have a lot of tattoos but I have a couple that are easily visible and some you gotta search for but they're tasteful. So she's definitely known the process and admired them for some time now. Anyway, her parents were shocked when I got them. They also thought I was gonna influence Skye as her then best friend now boyfriend.

But hey she's 18, she can get one without a parent now and she's definitely got the cash for it. I said goodbye to Nönna, explaining what was going on and that I'd be home in a few hours. I drove over to Skye's house and picked her up. We drove down to the local tattoo parlor and somehow got an appointment- which was super rare for a walk in.

"So you decide what you wanna get babe?" I ask, throwing my arm around her shoulders as we sat down.
"Yeah. It's something you wouldn't believe," She giggled.
"Oh really? Well, can I know?" I ask, booping her nose.
"I don't know it depends," She smirks, looking away from me.
"Do you really wanna go there?" I ask, huskily, pulling her earlobe with my teeth.
"Okay, okay, not the place or the time mister," She said looking me in the eye, quite sternly.
"You know you liked it," A blush rose to her cheeks, as she tried to play it cool.
"Maybe I did. But at least I have some self-control- it's gonna have to wait another night for when I don't. Tonight I'm getting a tattoo," She says, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I didn't know my girlfriend was such a badass," I laugh, teasing her slightly.

"Well, I am. Deal with it," She says, smirking right after. She likes the power she had right now and I was gonna let her use it to full extent. "Ugh, Skye?" A man about 30, walked out of a back room towards us.
"Hey, I'm Xavier, are you ready for this big transition?" He asked, with such enthusiasm, which definitely calmed Skye.
"Yeah, definitely. I have the artwork in my bag so whenever you're ready," She shrugged, with a smile.
"Alright, let's head back and get started," Xavier said, turning around and walking to the main floor.

"So I know what you're doing obviously. It's pretty gnarly- in a good way. But does your pretty boy here, know?" Xavier asks, getting everything ready.
"No. And I kinda want him to figure it out as we go along," Skye laughs.
"Unfair babe," I mumble, sitting in a chair beside the table.
"So let's do this. I'll draw the stencil, put it on you in the back room, then we can start, and let him find out," Xavier explains.
"Yeah sounds good," Skye says, giving Xavier the artwork, letting him get to work.

The whole thing went pretty fast. Soon enough, Skye was whisked off to the back room. She walked back in the jeans she had on and a bra. I had to've raised my eyebrow because she just laughed. "Baby don't worry," She said as she laid down on the table. When she meant risky she meant it.

I figured out what she was getting quick. The sternum tattoo she was getting was definitely her. For as tough as the spot she was getting the tattoo in she was doing quite well, though. Xavier was talking to her and I about things but also making sure that Skye was alright. Whenever he moved the gun near the center of her chest, she grabbed my hand and squeezed so tight I thought I was gonna lose circulation.

"It's your fault that it hurts. You wanted to go big and in a painful spot. I still don't understand why you would do that for your first tattoo," I said to her, making Xavier laugh.
"Go big or go home dude," She said, looking at me.
"It's good you only went black and grey. Some colors hurt more than others," Xavier said.
"Oh man, you're right. Yeah, babe, you lucked out a little bit," I laugh.
"Can you just shut the fuck up already, Luca," She said jokingly, punching me in the arm.

It was probably around 11:30 when Skye was finally finished. The overall piece looked amazing, and actually, it suited it her quite well. We went out to get some food, the holy grail, In-N-Out, and Skye asked to take the wrap off of her tattoo because "it doesn't look cute with my crop top."

I said it was fine and helped her get it off. "Baby, it looks so badass. Let me take a picture," I said, stepping back looking at the whole piece. She posed and I think for the first time in my life I saw Skye becoming the true person she was. Don't get me wrong I loved her before the tattoo but now that she has it I love her even more.

She's done hiding behind her parents. She's becoming independent and taking risks. This journey that she's started is only gonna be the beginning. "Babe. Luca? Babyyyy?" I was snapped out of my thoughts- literally -by Skye. "Hmm?" "Can we leave and go to your place? I wanna show Nönna. I know she'll be shocked," I laughed and then responded, "What has that woman done to you that you want to give her a heart attack?" She just shook her head, and grabbed my hand, heading off to the car.

We reached my house and walked in to find Nönna watching tv.
"Nönna guarda chi è venuto a trovarti," She looked up and saw Skye, immediately a smile was on her face.
"Skye! Come stai bello? Come ha fatto il tatuaggio andare?" She asks pulling Skye into a hug.
"Sto bene. Vedo che si sta facendo molto meglio da quando l'ultima volta che sono stato qui. Il tatuaggio d'altra parte è stato doloroso, ma vale la pena," Skye had perfected her Italian throughout the years and it's been really impressive.
"Bene permette di vedere lo amano," Nönna was always excited when Skye came over. She was the only one to make her happy it seemed, well besides me of course.

Skye lifted her crop top a bit and showed Nönna. Immediately Nönna was ecstatic. "Luca, vedi questo? Oh mio Dio, lei è un tale cazzuto ora, no?" Nönna says, pulling me over to look at Skye.
I just look at Skye with an amused expression and shake my head. Nönna was our favorite person by far.
"Sì, vedo Nönna. Ero lì quando è successo," I smile looking over at her.
"Oh giusto. Beh, è bello, l'amore. Ti fermi la notte?" Nönna asked, leaving me to look at Skye, hoping she would.

"Beh, certo. Non voglio davvero andare a casa. Soprattutto dopo questo. Ed è super tardi," I smiled at Skye's response, that wasn't the only reason she was staying and we know it.

"Fantastico! Vuoi che per aprire la camera degli ospiti per voi?" Nönna asked, being completely oblivious to what was actually going to happen.

"No va bene. Dormirò nella stanza di Luca," Skye explained, I quickly grabbed her hand and started up the stairs to my room before Nönna asked any more questions.

"Buonanotte nonna. Ti amo,." Skye and I said as we reached the top step.

Usually, we would go to sleep but that wouldn't be risky would it?

X, Luca