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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 7, 2008 15:20:05 GMT -5
so since that evening at twenty four seven, and the blow up with tinsley not too long after one was safe to say gianni had made up his mind. he hadn't spoken to nor had he seen tinsely since. but lauren,... he still spoke to and saw lauren. once could actually say they got closer from that one evening. gianni had no secrets now, and he was so stressed about hiding his life from her. and it was a nice change.
since gianni had made up his mind, he had told lauren she was welcome any time she wanted to show up. and had even given her a key to his home. an onlooker would call them a couple,.. but gianni wouldn't call it that. he couldn't call it that. he told people that said this they were friends, just friends. but they did have feelings for aone another. gianni would have liked to say they were together, but he couldn't. so friends they stayed.
it had been almost two months since gianni had seen his parents, so he had invited them over for a family day. his parents, celsete, closest couisns, and grandparents all started showing up around four that afternoon. and my seven there were some fourty people filling the second basement room. on the basement floor was annalisa's studio, adn the entertaining room. the martenetti home was more then vast, and more then waht gianni needed really. he couldn't tell you how many rooms the home had.
gianni's parents brought up girls over and over to gianni, but he'd quicjkly change the subject. and annalisa would smile at him, for she knew the truth behind all of that rant. it drove celeste insane not bein in on the little secret the older martenetti children shared, and she was pretty much throwing a hissy fit over it. gianni told her he'd tell her when she moved in. he knew she ahd a big mouth about things, so tonight was not that night.
gianni stood leaning against a pool stick watching his cousin hector take his turn. the pool table was filled with laughter. gianni, his father, hector, his grandfather, his uncle, adn his uncle's son all stood about talking and laughing. loud was the word to describe this get together. but it was the word you'd use to describe any martenetti get together. the woman were twice as loud as the men were, their laughter and chattering. and their music. but gianni loved the feeling of being with family. and he was especially enjoying the fact that marriage hadn't been brought up that evening. then again dinner hadn't been served yet either.
gianni figured his father, uncle, and hector would gang up on him at dinner. and that his aunt and mother would chip in soon enough to follow their act. and then celeste would most likely too. gianni got annyoed at times when celeste piped in, but he never spoke up about it. his mother usually gave ehr the look, and she'd shut her trap just as quickly as she had opened it.
hector pulled gianni aside from the rest of the family. no one questioned what they had stepped out of the room for. it was personal business, though they all knew what it had to do with. hector and gianni began discussing what to do with the rat of the family, this went on for about five minutes and then gianni decided they'd deal with this another time. this was a family night, he didn't want to bring the mob matters into the evening.
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 7, 2008 15:44:50 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren wobbled into her apartment. it had been a long day. there seemed to be no cabs around, so she had to talk everywhere. high heels and walking do not mix. lo kicked off her heels and moaned loudly when they were finally off. she hobbled over to the kitched and grabbed a bag of frozen peas out of the freezer and a pop from the fridge. she made her way over to the living room slowly. she plopped herself on her favourite chair put her feet up on the coffee table, and the bag of peas on her feet. she grabbed the remote from beside her and flicked on the tv.
lauren hated doing nothing, she felt so.. unproductive. she exhailed loudly, and flicked off the tv. she got up, and brought the bag of peas with her to her room. she sat down at her desk and opened up her laptop. she put her icepack back on her feet as her computer woke up. she checked to see if anyone was online. no luck. so she began to finish up a paper she was writing for school. she typed, and typed and typed until her fingers hurt almost as much as her feet.
lo gave up on the idea of being productive and moved over to her bed, leaving the peas on the floor. she wasn't the neatest person, and would probably forgot she left them there. she would eventually find them though. she fell back in her bed and looked up at the ceeling. her mind was blank. there wasn't even anything to think about. nope, there was, gianni. just the thought of him made her smile. the two had grown much closer over the last little while. he even gave her a key to his appartment. lauren knew they couldn't offically say they were dating because of his family, but she hoped he thought they were.
as lauren thought of gianni, she wonderd what he was doing. why not find out? she thought to herself. she got up and hobbled over to the bathroom. she fixed her makeup a little, and was out the door. she grabbed her purse, and her phone and slid on her flats. she was not going to wear heals again for a while. she locked the door behind her and exited her appartment.
after passing through the lobby, she was outside. she tried to hail a cab, but there was nothing. so she would have to walk, yet again. after about ten minutes of feet killing walking, she found cab. she hopped in and told the cabby where she was headed. he nodded, and they were off. as they arrived at gianni's street, lauren looked at all the houses. they were so big! she would never get use to them. evern though she lived in a big house back home, these were way bigger.
lo arrived at gianni's house. she payed the cabby, thanked him, and stepped out of the cab. she walked down to his house. she got to the door raised her hand to knock. then, remembering he had givin her a key, she dug through her purse and opened the door for herself. she closed the door behind her as she walked into is home. gainni, she called. you here?
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 7, 2008 16:06:11 GMT -5
the outfit yes, the hair no. his hair is short like in signature
the loud chatter from down stairs continued just as loudly, if not louder. gianni and hector spoke swiftly in italian, the whole family was speaking it the entire time. the help had no idea what was being said what so ever. and that was why they spoke it really. their private lives dind't need to be shared with the people who helped keep gianni's home in working order.
gianni and hector both decided that this issue would be dealt with the following evening at the mob's meeting. though both figured what would end up happening. hector had started heading back down the stairs, and gianni had begun to follow. but eh stopped when he heard his front door open, and then a voice call his name. his eyes widened and he walked at a rush into the entry way of his home and there he saw lauren. he softly smiled, but then snapped out of the happy thought his family was down stairs. he took a deep breath and walked over to lauren. it was obvious he was panicked at that moment in time, more then onvious.
uhm,.. lauren you picked a really bad time
gianni looked back to the door that lead down stairs making sure no one was coming up. he couldn't tell her to leave, that would be entirely rude. he could only really ask her to stay even though his family was here. he ahd to risk the pressure,... and she had handled the mob bomb rather well. his family he didn't think would be anywhere near as stressfull as that had been. gianni lightly took a hold of lauren's hand and tugged her out of the entry way. he took a deep breath standing just before the door leading down stairs.
my immediate family is here right now,... and i can't see to asking you to leave. its rude,.. so i hope you can handle the pressure thet is about to be laid out... and the tension.
gianni heard hector's voice call from down stairs, and he turned to tell him he'd be down in a minute. but as he did so he found hector right in the door way with a large ggrin. gianni sighed heavily, he knew what was going through his head. and as hector began to speak itailian he knew what he thought was right. gianni let go of lauren's hand and turned to face hector he began speaking swiftly in his native tongue to the large man. this was so not goign to end well adn he could tell.
hector nidged gianni out of the way and smiled at aluren, he spoke again to gianni. but kept his eyes on lauren. he out reached his arms in an embracing form, and still wore the large grin. gianni clasped his hands over his face in embarrassment. was this going to be some party now or what.
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 7, 2008 16:22:18 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lo looked around gianni's seemingly empty house. she kicked her shoes off at the door and waited to see if anyone was home. she heard some muffeld voices comming from the basement. a confused feeling washed over her. she looked around once more. mabye he was having a party. mabye it was some mob thing, and they were planning to kill someone. lauren had no idea anymore. she walked slowly towards the door. she had only taken one step when gianni appeard infront of her. she grinned at him. so you are home. she said with the grin still on her face.
uhm,.. lauren you picked a really bad time. lo had assumed that when she heard the noise comming from the downstairs. oops, she replied. before she could offer to leave, gianni had her by the hand and was walking her towards the basement door. she was so confused! he just told her it was a bad time, now he was bringing her into the house? typical gianni. he was always a mystery.
my immediate family is here right now,... and i can't see to asking you to leave. its rude,.. so i hope you can handle the pressure thet is about to be laid out... and the tension. as gianni spoke, lauren could feel her heart begin to pound and the butterflies were back in her stomache. she looked at gianni, stunned. she wasn't expecting to meet his family. she just wanted to hang out with him. then there was a very large man in the doorway speaking itilian.
lauren could not understand a word of the conversation. but, she smiled at the large man anyways. he seemed nice, he must have been related to gianni, somehow. she watched as gianni embraced his family member. lauren continued to smile at him. she walked down the stairs to gianni's side. once they let go of eachother, lauren was able to speak. hi, i'm lauren. she introduced herself with a smile. she extended her hand to the large man.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 8, 2008 10:43:59 GMT -5
gianni knew that this wasn’t going to be a fun evening for him, and that celeste would make a big deal of lauren. all because she would finally know what annalisa was getting at every time their mother asked about any girls in her son’s life. gianni’s heart raced the entire time his cousin hector spoke. He just stood with his hands in his back pockets and nodded, with an odd look plastered onto his face. It was obvious he was nervouse about how the evening would go, he knew his family all to well.
The large man looked at lauren’s hand and laughed and shook his head. He embarced hersmall body with a hefty laugh, yes gianni knew exactly what was going through the man’s head at that moment as he welcomed lauren like she was a part of the family. Hector kissed lauren on both cheeks, and then lightly smiled while placing a large delicate hand on the side of her face. He spoke some more to gianni, and all the young man could do was nod really. Before gianni could even get the chance to say anything hector had grabbed a hold of both gianni and lauren and was pulling them down into the basement and into the roar of laughter.
As hector pulled them along he introduced himself to lauren. ”I am hector, gianni’s cousin and best friend” gianni still wore that terrified look as the large man pulled them into the basement, the load died down as hector laughed coming into the room, and all eyes settled upon them. Annalisa’s face wore a worried look, and her hand went to her mouth and her eyes landed on gianni, and then to her mother who was breaking out into a large smile. Gianni glanced to lauren and apologized under his breath. He knew the evening was not to end very well now.
Hector pushed lauren and gianni together and towards the direction of his mother. The one time someone would probably ever see gianni practically having a panic attack. Giann’s mother hurridly cacme over to gianni with a large smile, and then her eyes moved and rested upon on lauren. The eyes of the woman showed no weakness, though her body was frail and drained. Mrs. Martenetti motioned for lauren to hug her, yes no hand shakes here., everybody was family. Gianni’s father came over and put his arm around his son’s shoulders and gave him a punch to the shoulder with the same laugh hector had produced.
The blue green eyes looked so apologetic as they rested upon lauren. They quickly lit up as his mother looked at him, yes he couldn’t show his nerves to his mother. She began speaking in italian, not noticing she was really though. Gianni cleared his throat as his sign to his mother that she wasn’t speaking English. But the family had been speaking it all day, so one easily forgot they were.
uhm,.. Mom dad this is laurn,.. My uhm,…
Friend,.. Girlfriend? What was lauren really. He told his friends and others they were just friends,.. But that they had feelings for one another. But he couldn’t tell his parents that. That wouldn’t be okay in their minds at all. So old fashioned they were, they believed the new age ways of america to be crazyness. And nothing less. ”well come now Giovanni, spit it out!” there was so much hope in mrs. Martenttti’s voice and eyes it broke gianni’s heart as he searched for words to explain to his family. All their eyes resting heavily on him, and their whispering of lauren.
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 8, 2008 11:03:42 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren was mildly taken back as the large man infront of her kissed both of her cheeks. she kept the warm smile on her face, even though she was kind of stunned. this was definitly going to be an interesting night. lo suddenly felt herself being pulled away from her current place. ”I am hector, gianni’s cousin and best friend” lauren smiled. it was nice to finilly meet someone in his family. she knew she was going to meet the whole clan soon. its nice to meet you. she responded. they were soon in the game room, with what felt like a million eyes on them. lauern kept her smile. she didn't want them to think she was uncomfortable.
a small women walked up to lauren. she looked fragile and weak. but she had strong eyes. lauren knew this was gianni's mother. she could tell by the eyes. the womed threw up her arms and pulled lauren into a hug. lo didn't mind. her hug was weak yet wecloming. lauren hugged back. as his mother pulled away, lauren took a look around the room. he definitly had a big family. lauren was use to it though. she grew up in a huge family. but her extended family was quite small. so, that was new to her.
lauren glanced over at gianni. he looked stunned, sick, scared, and sorry. she looked at him with a warm smile and warm eyes. she whisperd, its okay. she looked back out around the room. her eyes landed on annalisa. she looked just as worried as gianni did. she smiled at her and nodded her head that, telling her that everything was okay. everything was okay. his family seemed to great. everyone looked welcoming. it was hard for lauren to picture a family like this being involved in the mob.
uhm,.. Mom dad this is lauren,.. My uhm,… lauren looked back at gianni. she was waiting with everyone else to see what he would say. she wasn't quite sure what she was to him. it would be interesting to know how he introduced her to his family. that really would tell her where they stood in their relationship. well come now giovanni, spit it out! lauren continued to look at gianni. waiting.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 8, 2008 11:46:12 GMT -5
Gianni did his best to calm him self down as all the eyes danced back and fourth from him to lauren, and to think this was only his immediate family too. This wasn’t like the gatherings on holidays. No there were over one hundred people at those. Now had this been an event like that, gianni most likely would have thrown up or fainted, which would have been terrible. The look in his mother’s eyes broke gianni’s eyes. He knew what she was hoping, and no matter his answer it would break her frail heart. His blue green eyes looked to the floor, his sister, lauren, and then to his mother.
This was not an easy moment,… he could say him and lauren were meerly friends yes. But his family would be hush hush and probably not as warm anymore. Or he could say they were together, and then his mother would keep lauren by her side the entire night, and silently push marriage talk onto her. In words that lauren would not be able to tell what she was getting at. Either way something would have to go wrong. Gianni took a deep breath, and looked to lauren with a soft smile as he made his decision on what to say. He was risking so much right now, but lauren,.. He knew she could handle whatever his family dished out.
… my girlfriend
Gianni finished his sentence, and he couldn’t believe he had actually said the word that he had said. Yes he had just told his parents he was in a relationship. His mother’s eyes lit up even more and she embraced her son and kissed him on the forehead a few swift times, and let go as his father came up to hug him. Yes, his family was eccentric… but he couldn’t change that. Gianni turned a bit red while his male family members all pushed around him. And his eyes watched as his mother, youngest sister, and aunts and grandmothers crowded around lauren and pulled her into the sitting area while gianni was pulled back to the pool table, and had a scotch shoved into his hand,. while his eyes fought through the cluster of people surrounding himself and lauren trying to catch a glimpse of how she was reacting to all of this. But this task also ended with impossibility. Gianni turned his gaze back to his family, and their Italian chatter to him.
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 8, 2008 18:11:40 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren's eyes glaced around the room once more at gianni's family. all of them had their eyes locked on gianni, waiting to hear what he would say. the suspense was like from a movie. they all looked like they wern't breathing. they were just waiting. lauren looked back at gianni with a small grin. she didn't want to put more pressure on him. he was getting enough from his families stares.
lauren thought for a moment. what if he said they were only friends. that would be crushing. like he rejected her again. but, if he said they were dating, he would get even more pressure from his parents to propose to lo. lauren wouldn't be able to handel that. if she said no to him, his family would most likley shun her. but if she said yes, she would get married at twenty two. she never imagined in her wildest dreams that she would even be in a situation like this at her age. she figured she'd still be a party girl. out everynight.
lauren felt her heart begin to pound as gianni opened his mouth to speek. she wonderd if they could all hear it pounding. she sure could. … my girlfriend. lauren was breathless for a moment. she couldn't speak. she expected him to say they were just friends because thats what they told all their friends. but, his girlfriend? lauren almost couldn't believe he said it. she thought she had imagined it. but then the reaction from his family told her otherwise.
lauren was gianni's girlfriend. it took a moment to sink in. she watched his family reacting to what he had just said. she suddenly felt herself being pulled away again. this time it was by the women. they were pulling her away from gainni. she sat down with the crowd of women. questions were being thrown at her left and right. she couldn't react. all she could do was smile and nod. partly because she was still in shock, and partly because she couldn't understand a word they were saying. lo wonderd what gianni was thinking at that moment.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 8, 2008 19:06:04 GMT -5
Gianni really hadn’t believed he had said that,.. Now he’d just to keep his family away. It wouldn’t be hard to do now, or so he thought. As long as they weren’t around pressure would be no problem. He knew proposal and marriage would be pushed if gianni let them hang around, and that wasn’t very much so fair to lauren. He’d figure out a way to keep the pressure off of lauren, he was handy with the mind.
Gianni felt a tug from a small hand through the men and turned to see his sister annalisa tugging him up the stairs. She was already going off on him in Italian as she yanked him up the staircase. And of course, celste wasn’t far behind. Both the eldest martenetti children gave the youngster a look, and she groaned and stormed off back down the stairs throwing her little hissy fit. The siblings had their go at one another. Words like “how could you tell them that” and “what was I supposed to say?”. this went on for several minutes, until the help walked by and told them dinner was ready.
Gianni and annalisa just glared at one another while they awaited for the rest of the family to venture on to the main floor. Gianni’s mother was sure to be linked to lauren’s arm telling her stories of lord knows what. And hector and his father would most likely be laughing away with large smiles plastered onto their faces. And gianni was correct. First came his grandparents with soft simple smiles,.. The his loud uncle and father. And finally his mother and lauren. Gianni stepped and lightly placed his hand on lauren’s back and asked his mother to borrow lauren, while everyone else went into the dining room gianni pulled lauren aside.
It was obvious he felt terrible for what had just happened. His eyes, expression and just air about him said he was sorry. Gianni took a deep breath and looked to floor and back up to meet lauren’s eyes.
.. I’m sorry about that. It was a a lose lose situation,.. No matter what I told them some form of stress would be brought upon
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 8, 2008 19:21:11 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren sat beside gianni's mother, smiling through the chaios. everyone was speaking very fast, and loudly at lauren. she couldn't understand any of them. she looked up to see what gianni was doing. she had seen the men pull him over to the pool table. then he disappeard behind a few very tall men. lauren's eyes finally spotted him being dragged out of the room by his little sister. she seemed furious. it was understandable. she was saying something to gianni. lauren couldn't make out what she was saying over all the loud voices.
lo returned her attention to the women surrounding her. she could make out a few words. like marrige, rings, dresses, and flowers for example. she got the rough idea of what the chatter was all about. it seemed like everyone was talking about it. even the men. she heard one guy say, i wonder when he'll pop the question. lauren suddenly felt very trapped. she knew she was stuck now. he would have to propose to her. his family would hate him if he didn't. as lauren's mind began to spin, she heard a voice from the stairwell. dinner was ready.
lauren was lifted to her feet by gianni's mother. a herd of people headed for the door. lauren was being dragged by the womed to the crowd. gianni's mother had her arm linked in laurens. they made it to the door, and the people cleared. all of them headed up the stairs. the house was now filled with smells of food. all italian, of course. lauren felt a hand on her back. it was gianni's. she looked up and met his eyes with hers. she smiled at him sheepishly. his mother continued up the stairs. gianni pulled lauren to the side with a worried look on his face. like a little boy who had just done something terribly wrong. .. I’m sorry about that. It was a a lose lose situation,.. No matter what I told them some form of stress would be brought upon. lauren's grin grew into a smile. don't worry your pretty little head. i don't mind. she said as she rubbed his arm gently.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 9, 2008 10:11:45 GMT -5
gianni had been trying his best to fix this,.. he thought if he could just keep his parents away that maybe that would work. he knew lauren wasn't ready for what his family would pressure,.. he had already heard speak of marriage and proposal that evening. he may not have ahd a solution then,.. but he knew he'd have one soon. but it was nice to not have to call lauren just a friend,... gianni snapped from his happy thoughts and focused on the problem he had gotten himself and more importantly lauren into.
i don't mind gianni knew that lauren had yet a lot to see from his family. whatever she had witnessed a few moments ago was nothing compared to what would happen at dinner. gianni thought for a minute, lauren could leave now and prevent having to go through that stress. an excuse could be found to pardon her,.. it wouldn't be hard.
you may not mind at this moment lauren,.. but trust me they'll only get worse. when they're all together at one table,.. they tend to gang up on you about things... and i don't think its fair to you.
gianni was for once totally at a loss of words,.. well he had been at a loss of words a few weeks ago. but that was only for a few minutes,.. and gianni preffered not to ever recall that night again. that night was what had gave him what he had needed to make his decision, and what was told him lauren was the girl worth his time.
you can leave,... i'll tell them you had class or family to meet with or something. i'm not pressuring you to leave, just i don't want to have all this dumped onto you so fast
gianni's eyes were sweet and soft as he spoke. he cared a lot about lauren. and he put people be cared about before himself. some people adored it, and some people thought him a fag or something for it. but gianni didn't care what nonsense people that didn't know him talked. if they wanted to talk so much he let them talk to his cousins.
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 9, 2008 11:26:23 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren studied gianni's face as they stood only inches apart from eachother. he had this charm about him that was unmistakeable. lauren loved it. he always knew what to say, how to say it, and when to say it to make a girl happy. that was just gianni. lo played with her dress as she looked at gianni. it was a nervous habit she had. she played with her clothing a lot. it was weird, but it was something she had done sence she was a child, and she would most likeley never grow out of it.
you may not mind at this moment lauren,.. but trust me they'll only get worse. when they're all together at one table,.. they tend to gang up on you about things... and i don't think its fair to you. lauren thought for a moment. she really didn't care. she liked his family. sure they were big, and loud, but that was to be expected..right? lauren locked eyes with gianni. gianni, you don't have to worry about me. i'm a big girl, i can take care of myself. she said with a proud tone in her voice. she liked how much he cared for her. that he didn't want to see her get hurt. but sometimes, he had to let her stand on her own two feet.
lauren looked away from gainni for a moment. her eyes drifted up to the top of the staircase. she could see a little head poking in the doorway. it was his little sister celeste, spying. lauren giggled a little, and waved to her. she quickly scurried off into the kitchen. you can leave,... i'll tell them you had class or family to meet with or something. i'm not pressuring you to leave, just i don't want to have all this dumped onto you so fast. lauren grinned as she placed her hands on both sides of gianni's face. i'm staying. now, stop trying to get rid of me, and lets go have some fun.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 9, 2008 11:40:04 GMT -5
lauren's words made his thoughts jot back to a few weeks ago at tinsely's. i'm a big girl i can take care of myself she ahd told him, that night was not a pleasent one for sure. gianni quickly shook the flash back from his mind, that really was not a pretty night. it had ended terribly, but gianni got the better in the end. so why should any of that really matter.
gianni couldn't help it though. it was his nature,.. and though he knew lauren could stand on her own he just had to help. he cared for her, and would hate to see something go terribly wrong because of him. but he also had high respect for her, and would do only to make her happy. so he told him self to back dwon a bit. it was easier then it would be for a lot of guys, he didn't have all that pride to swallow like most did.
gianni watched lauren's eyes flicker up the stairs, and rolled his eyes. typical celeste, she couldn't let anything be. he couldn't wait to see how things got now that she was moving in. yes that was really the main purpose of that evening, celeste had now become a resident at gianni's home. it was to make things easier on his mother. adn it wasn't like gianni wasn't pleased to have his baby sister living with him or anthing. the two didn't get to spend much time together growing up, so it would be nice.
rid of her? now why on earth would gianni want to do a crazy thing like that? gianni lightly kissed the top of lauren's head, and then smiled. if she believed she could handle it, then he would respect that. but she couldn't say he never tried, nor that he did not warn her. no one could ever tell gianni he didn't try, he always did. whether people wanted to admit that though was another story.
if you think you can handle what they'll do, then i have nothing but respect for you decision,.. and i'll back down a bit.
gianni softly kissed lauern's forehead and then offered her his hand. sometimes he was too much of a gentlemen in some people eyes. that he was just to "prince charimng" as some had put it. but how many prince charmings did you know that lived as a mobster? not very many, if any at al right?
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Post by lauren charlotte lexington on Jul 9, 2008 12:21:08 GMT -5
[/font][/i][/url] lauren's heart began to pound once more as he kissed her on the head. he was so sweet, and gentel with her. he really was like no other guy out there. some people may say he was too sweet. but lauren knew better. he was sweet, because thats how he was. unlike most guys who are sweet because they have some type of hidden agdenda. he was just, simply gianni. lauren adored that about him. she loved how when she was with him, she felt like cinderalla with her prince charming. it was like a fairytale every moment.
if you think you can handle what they'll do, then i have nothing but respect for you decision,.. and i'll back down a bit. lauren smiled a proud smile. she knew she could handel his family. it would be difficult, but she could do it. if she could babysit all her siblings with no broken bones, she could handel anything. good! she said with a smile. at that moment, she really wanted to kiss him. probably more than at any other moment. but, something was holding her back. she just couldn't kiss him, with his entire family sitting upstairs. it would be too weird. espically because it would be their first kiss.
lauren scrunched up her nose as he planted a kiss on her forehead. he was such a sweetheart. like a character from a romance movie. lauren paused for a moment, and thought about the whole situation. here was this perfect guy, this wonderful guy, and there was lauren. average, lauren. what did she do to deserve him? just as she thought about that, gianni offerd her his hand. she sighed, and willingly took it.
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Post by giovanni james martenetti VI on Jul 9, 2008 12:41:27 GMT -5
so now all hell was sure to break out. lauren was an amazing girl, and everything gianni could have ever wished for really, she was beautiful and smart. and handlded stress and big news rather well. with how tinsley reacted to his secret life it was obvious that the way lauren ahd handled the news was more then the best way.
gianni lead lauren up the stiars and back to the main floor of the home. one could probably easily get lost in the mazes of hallways in gianni's estate. he had always thought his home too much when his father bought it for him, but he wasn't going to disrespect his father in turning the home down. gianni himself couldn't tell you how many rooms the house held. he never bothered counting, he didn't have the time to walk amongest the many halls and count every room.
the dinning hall was an easy room to seek. it was one of the largest rooms on the first floor, and sat right off the entry way like the door did to the bottom floor did. gianni didn't like how quiet his family was being, he knew what they were discussing and yet they whispered. gianni rolled his eyes as he entered the room and how everyone became loud as usual. gianni shook his head as his cousin hector looked at him. he found them all crazy at that moment.
but there was really nothing he could exactly do about their behaviors. gianni walked to the remaining two seats and pulled lauren's chair out for her, his blue green eyes still resting on his cousin. they seemed to be having a starring competition, but that wasn't it. they knew what one another were thinking. gianni was waiting for hector to pipe up, and hector was waiting for the right moment to catch gianni and throw him off balance. it was the way things always worked with the two.
after lauren sat down gianni seated himself, and kept his gaze on hector. was gianni to speak first this time? gianni then realized hector and michelina had yet to announce their news, which made a smile form upon gianni's face. the blue green eyes moved to his uncle who sat beside his father. and he began to speak, his tone was different then usual. it was obvious that hector and gianni had a little game that they played with one another. as gianni spoke his eyes danced back and fourth from his large cousin to his uncle.
so has anyone yet to hear the news from hector?
his tone was almost challenging. and his eyes danced around seein no response gianni kept going.
hmm,.. seems no one has. so hector tell me,.. why ahven't you told anyone about the new addition to the martenetti's that is on the way?
gianni knew that bringing this up would keep laurena dn gianni out from the fire. everyone would be so focused on the baby news that they wouldn't bother lauren. gianni always came up with wasy to fix things, it was just a matter of when he did.
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