Summer, 1983 (I'll call you by mine)

B

"Elio do you have everyone's passports?" Oliver asked when he poked his head into their bedroom?
Elio lifted the four passports in his hand.

"Yes, my dear I have them."

Oliver rushed down the stairs looking out the front door it hadn't started snowing yet, they were hoping for no snow until they were in the air. Everyone especially the boys were excited to go and spend Christmas in Northern Italy. It took some convincing of their mother but she had them on Thanksgiving so they got them for Christmas.  They had the boys for an entire month, Oliver was thrilled, he had so much planned for them they had to extend their stay another week. They were going to be in B for most of the trip and then it was off to Rome, Paris, and Greece.

"It's 6 am we need to be there 2 hours early come on boys!" Elio yelled from the kitchen. He could hear them thumping down the stairs at full speed. Dropping their bags at the front door they tried to beat each other to the kitchen table.

"Elio can I please have crepes this morning? You've ruined pancakes for me!" Jona huffed out. He had turned 15 a couple months ago and his baby fat was fading away and he was becoming thin and very tall. Elio could have sworn he'd grown a foot scene they had met. Christopher, on the other hand, was built more like Oliver due to being athletic. They went on runs every morning that they stayed with them. While they ran, Jona and Elio made breakfast. They had become a family in the last 6 months, they no longer gave Elio dirty looks when he entered a room and they started speaking to him more.  Jona was the first to break, Christopher it took him longer, he was the quiet one didn't have much to say but when he did everybody listened.

"Sorry kid this morning it's cereal, your dad wants us out of her in less than 15 minutes." Elio said ruffling Jona's long blonde hair.

After the dishes were quickly cleaned, the trash was taken out and everything was taken care of all four headed out the door to the taxi. They wouldn't see New York until January when it was time to go back for the new semester. Elio would celebrate with his family, which included Oliver now.  He looked at Oliver in the front seat, he was talking very animated as he did. He never knew a stranger, Elio always admired that about him, he could talk to anyone.

The boys sat in the seats in front of them, they had slept most of the trip and Oliver was on his computer. He was working on getting his first Novel published, no one was allowed to read it, Elio couldn't even sneak a peek at it. Every time he tried Oliver would angle the laptop to where Elio couldn't see it. He would catch a word or two but nothing to give him any clues.
"If you keep trying to read what I'm writing, I will switch with one of the boys," Oliver warned.

"I wasn't doing anything, I'm just reading, god don't pop a vein in your forehead."

Elio stuck out his tongue at Oliver, which made him laugh. It was the laugh that Elio loved to hear, Elio placed one hand on Oliver's thigh and put his nose back in his book.

They had finally landed in Italy after a few layovers, everyone stretched and groaned like old men.

"Anybody hungry?" Oliver asked everyone grumbled in agreement rubbing their stomachs.

They stopped at the little restaurant Elio and Oliver had gone to on their way home the last time. Jona and Christopher inhaled their food as Elio and Oliver watched them enjoy, while they themselves ordered small dishes and enjoyed their wine.

When the boys found out there was still a two-hour train ride to B, they whine in protest.

"Alright, Alright the train isn't going to be here for another 20 minutes so here are 10 bucks for the both of you and go kill time in the Arcade around the corner.  They ran not wasting time, Oliver turned to Elio who was looking out at the countryside.