My Superhero

Chapter 22

Kate's words swam around my head, splashing around until no other words dared to enter my brain. Luca proposed. She's getting married. My sister, the one who fell in love so fast and fell out of it even faster is actually tying the knot.

And I couldn't be happier.

The words finally settled down long enough for me to hear my mother's rambling in my ears.

"Viviana answer me this instant! Where's your sister? Is she okay?!"

Poor mom, her voice was starting to sound hysterical, her eyes so wide I feared her eyebrows would jump out of her face.

"Mom, mom calm down, she's fine. More than fine actually." the smile on my face was so wide, the words almost jumping out of my mouth but I bit my tongue before I could reveal Kate's huge announcement. I know she'd hate me if I stole her big moment of announcing the news to my mother.

"well then where is she for goodness sake?!" her shrill voice resonated around the room and inside my ears, making me wince.

"she'll be home soon, relax mom." I patted her on her arm and led her to the couch, on which she slumped down over-dramatically.

That's Eleanor for you.

"I just wish you girls would tell me what in the world is going on." she huffed, touching her fingers to her temple and rubbing it in a circular movement.

"you'll know soon enough mommy," I bent down and kissed her on the cheek, then turned to go into the bedroom. "I'm going to go change. You wait here for Kate."

"Alright then," she said, injecting some sadness into her voice. I smirked to myself, knowing that that tone will be long gone when she hears the big news.

I could barely hold still as I pics told in front of my small collection of outfits. My big sister's getting married, and to the most incredible guy she could ever find. Kate never had difficulties with getting the guy she likes, it's staying interested in the guy after she gets him that she never really mastered. But now here she was,head over heels for Luca.

A simple turquoise beach dress with a plunge back and a halter neck caught my eyes, and I quickly stripped off my clothes and slipped the dress on. I paired it with a simple silver necklace and a pair of studded sandals.

As I fiddled around with my hair, I heard the front door close, and my mother's interrogation begin before Kate could get a word out. I could just make out the sound of Kate trying to calm my mother down but to no avail. Chuckling to myself, I decided to go and try to help out my sister.

"you cannot disappear without telling me where you are going! And your sister, she wouldn't tell me what was going on. You two are going to be the death of me."

"Mom!" Kate and I yelled at the same time, finally making her halt her tornado of accusations. Kate shot me a relieved look, but I could see her eyes dancing around with excitement and joy. I smiled encouragingly at her.

"Mom, please sit down and let me explain." Kate said softly, taking my mother's hand and sitting down beside her on the couch. I could tell my mom was starting to get very, very impatient. Kate better hurry up.

"Luca and I have been dating for almost a month now, and I couldn't be more in love with him," her cheeks were starting to look really pink, her eyes taking on an embarrassed look. It's evident that her and mom are hardly as close and me and mom are.

"I guess he feels the same way about my because-"

Before Kate could continue, mom's eyes widened again, this time a hundred times more than last time. She was staring down at Kate's lap, where her hands were lying idly.