Luca's Salvation

S e v e n

"Thank you so much, once again," Michael says opening the door while still fixing his tie. "It means a lot."

"It's okay," I say smiling. "This house is so gorgeous and large. Do you all live in here?"

I could hear music from where I stood as people flooded the doors.

"Yeah," he says looking around.

"Why?" I ask.

"Uh-" he stops midway and laughs. "We're one big family. Are you ready?" He asks pushing through people waiting.

I nod and the sound of casual music hits my ears.

There are tons of people dressed up in long dresses and tuxedos either dancing, eating, or chatting with one another.

Unlike the one from last week, this one had less people.

"We meet again," the older man that I'd danced with at the ball says smiling at me. "Giovanni Bianchi," he says extending his hand.

"Oh, Sophia Rae Elvin," I say shaking his hand back.

Sh-t.

Why did I just say my full name? And why were my hands so sweaty? And WHY am I still shaking this mans hand????

"I'm sorry," I say taking my hand back. "Nervous habit."

"I see you've met my nephew Michael," he says. "Is he who you came with to the ball?"

"Oh no," I say. "I came with Rico."

"Rico and now Michael. Only my son is next I assume?" He says.

"Who's your son?"

"You don't think Giovanni looks like an older Luca?" Michael asks.

"Your Luca's father?" I ask in disbelief.

Looking at him now, of course they looked exactly alike!

"I get it you know my son?" He asks. "It was you he was dancing with at the ball now that I remember," he says winking.

My checks turn red.

"Enjoy the night, Sophia Rae Elvin," he says before walking away. "Enjoy yourself."

"Thank you," I say turning to Michael. "I am such a dork."

I follow his eyes and once again, they lead me to that same girl from the ball.

"What's her name?" I ask.

"Laila," he says not taking his eyes off of her.

"She's pretty, why don't you go talk to her?" I ask. "She seems like she's nice."

"A girl like her wouldn't accept a guy like me," he says. "I'm not good enough."

"What's a guy like you and a girl like her?"

"You wouldn't understand now," he says dragging his eyes away.

"Fine, I'll go talk to Laila," I say.

"No," he says hesitantly. "There is no need for that."

Before he can protest any more, I walk towards her.

"Hi, Laila," I say smiling. "I'm Sophia."

"Hi," she says not bothering to smile.

"So who're you here with?" I ask looking around. "The guy from the other night?"

"No," she says nonchalantly.

"So then who?" I ask.

"Look, I don't know his name,
Okay?" she says before waking away from me.

Wow.

I walk back over to Michael who's now engaged in a conversation with another guy.

"Sophia!" He calls grinning.

The man turns around and I see that it's Luca.

I don't say anything as his eyes stare at me up and down.

"Sophia," he says smirking.

I would be lying to myself if I said he didn't look better than before with his black tux.

"Hi," I say uncomfortably. "Luca."

"I'll let you two catch up," Micheal says patting my back.

"N-" before I can finish my sentence, he's off into the crowd.

"What, you don't wanna be alone with me?" He asks walking closer to me.

"No.. that's not it," I say taking a step back. "I just really.." my worlds trail off as I realize that he's cornered me.

"Sophia," he says bringing his lips closer to me. "Why do you keep surprising me?" He asks.

"W..who doesn't like surprises," I whisper taking in the hotness of his breath.

"Me," he says leaning in even closer. "I actually hate surprises but you," he whispers. "You're something different."

"How?" I whisper back.

He stares into my eyes before slowly pulling away.

"Follow me, Sophia Rae," is all he says before walking away.

Without having to think about it, I follow him.

After going up a shitload of stairs, he stops at a room and holds a door open for me.

I step inside and..

The room is huge.

It's like what you would expect from a movie.

"Wow," I say facing him. "This is huge."

He doesn't say anything as he takes a step towards me.

On instinct, I take a step back until and he follows me.

My back touches the wall and he smirks.

He leans in once again and I close my eyes.

"Sophia Rae," he whispers putting his hands over my head.

"Do you like danger?"
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Hey lovelies,
So I'll be doing updates just about every Wednesday or Sunday since those are the only days that I've got time. I've got so much of this written down, it just needs to be edited!