De Luca

𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

I found myself waking up well before six in the morning, being too excited for the day to come. I'm not sure if it was because I was going to a winery in Italy or if it was because I was glad Elias was sorry for his actions.

I showered and brushed my hair, drying myself down I put on a nice white summer dress and white sandals as well as some shiny fake diamond earrings.

By the time I was done it was 6:15.

I groaned "why did I have to get up so early"

I busied myself with cleaning up my room, which only got me to 6:32. I sat down on my bed with a sigh, anticipation making my nerves run wild. I caught sight of myself in my mirror and frowned, how did I get into the position!?

The thought didn't dwell in my mind for long seeing that there was a knock at the door, I stood looking at the time. It still wasn't near seven, so who could it possibly be?

Opening the door I smiled when I saw Vanessa standing outside my door dressed in her silk night gown and fluffy robe "good morning" I greeted

She looked me up and down "My, don't you look lovely" she said looking at me with a grin

My smile widened as a blush made its way onto my cheeks "thank you" I said stepping aside to welcome her into my room.

She walked in and sat on my bed "I just wanted to see how you were doing before you go out"

"I'm fine" I said closing the door

"Nervous?"

I shrugged "I am but I'm not... if that makes sense"

She nodded in understanding

"Just to clarify, this isn't a date or anything. I won't lie your son is very handsome but he's..." I trailed off

"I get it, being involved in the mafia and everything that comes with that"

I nodded "plus I'm not here for long"

She smiled sadly and nodded

I sat down next to her, looking at my hands that were in my lap. "Do you know why he's keeping me around?"

She shook her head "he's only spoken about some big plan he's got, which can't be good at all" she said with a frown

"Maybe I can get him to spill a little something about it"

"I don't think so, Elias is hard to budge"

I shrugged "I guess it's worth a try"

There was a slight pause as we both drifted off into our own thoughts before she turned to me. "Your up quite early don't you think"

I nodded "I guess I'm excited, I've never been to winery before. Imagine going to one here in Italy! That honestly is one of my dreams come true"

"Did you not travel a lot?"

I shook my head "not a lot, but I did travel. I didn't get to admire a lot of things like how I wanted to because of Lucas though"

She nodded in understanding

"It's very beautiful up there, you'll love it" she said with a smile

We spoke a little more to each other before she pointed out that it was five minutes to seven, which is when she took her leave, saying that she didn't want to be here when Elias came guessing it might be awkward if she was there at the time he came to pick me up.

It didn't take long before it hit seven and there was a knock on my door just a second after it switched. I opened my door with a smile, I stared at Elias who for once wasn't in his black suit, instead he wore a black button up and cream coloured trousers with black dress shoes.