olive

ix

october

they were still in luca's room. except now, olive had her head in his lap with a content smile on her face. she was looking up at the uneven freckles on his face while he played with her curls. taking one in between two fingers and pulling it gently, then releasing it and watched how they sprung back to their ringlet form.

it was crazy how the both of them could get so entranced with each other, just by being in the same room together.

olive smirked and looked up into his eyes. "what?" luca asked softly, a hint of a smile on his lips.

"let's play a game, luca" enthusiasm laced in her tone.

"well, what do you wanna play, olive?" he said, matching her tome.

"let's play . . . twenty questions"

"okay, you go first" he said, nudging her arm a bit.

"hmm, okay. what is your full name?" she said, looking up to his cute smile.

"luca giovanni bettino. you?" he said, as if he had said it millions of time before.

"wow, how italian" she raised her dark eyebrows. "mine is olive rose thomas" she shrugged.

"cute. do you have any sibilings?"

"one. little sister. name's otilia. she's fourteen. you?"

"only child. hobbies?"

"i play guitar and field hockey. you?"

"well, i play soccer, but you already know i'm on the soccer team. if you don't mind me asking . . . what are you?" he curiously asked. this caused olive to let out a laugh. her laugh flourished through his room, the tips of his ears turning red.

"no, no it's okay" she said, trying to contain her laughter. "i'm biracial. my mom's black and my dad's white. you?"

"what am i? i'm italian if you couldn't tell. both my parents moved here before i was born because of work of course. they're in england right now though" he rolled his eyes.

"well, do you know when they'll be back?"

"actually yeah. tomorrow. they've been gone for two weeks. the longest they've been gone is three months one time. it gets kinda lonely in this big house" he said in a kind of far away tone.

"well, don't worry. i'm here now. i'll keep you company, my italian boy" she said. his sad face upsetting her, without thought, olive squished his face in her hands, causing him to smile in adoration for this adorable mixed girl.

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a / n :

cole is too cute. i cri

- W.