"Un gelato per favore." I ask the nice looking old man wheeling cart.
"Quale tipo?" He asks, gesturing to the board on the front with flavors, smiling. It was nice to see kindness for a change.
I tap my chin in thought, thinking about Adelaide. "Fragola, per favore."
"Inizierò." He says polietly, and I nod while he makes the ice cream. When he's done I hand him a 20, and his eyes go wide.
"Tieni il resto." I smile, and wander back to the hotel with the quickly melting ice cream in the night's heat.
"Say what?? That old codger? I'm just a tourist, lady."
Addison tossed in her bed. Nightmares of her family plagued her mind. She jolted awake, screaming. She took a few deep breaths, then went into the other room to see if there was any leftover pizza for her.
I walk in my room, glaring at the girl in red when I see the scene playing out before me, arms full of bags, playing along with Adelaid's rouse. "Mio nemico." I growl, setting my bags on my bed away from them both.
Florence was breathing heavily. She struggled to, with every breath. Stupid asthma! I could die for real now!
Addison grabbed a slice of pizza and ate it quietly, pretending that nothing had happened.
I greet both girls as they walk in, finishing off the garlic bread. "Did you get gelato?"
"Please…. let……. me…………. go!"
I look at her, tilting my head. "Nice try."
I hand Adelaide the Gelato calmly, pretending not to see the girl although my indides were squriming to help her. I turn to face the woman in red.
"Talk!" I look at Addison, an expression of worry on my face besides my harsh tone. "Hey, Addi."
"No….. really….. you……. have….. Epi……… pen….. please…."
Addison glared at the woman, then put her pizza down. "She has asthma." She observed.
Addison grabbed an Epipen and stabbed it into the woman's thigh. "There."
"She does." I sigh, then pull an injection out of the drawer by my bed. I stab her with it, and her coughing subsides just as quick as it had come. "Now talk, before I inject you with something less benevolent."
"Better. Well, that was really annoying, I could have died before you killed me. Whyy am I here, though?"
I yawn, trying the gekato. "This is good! Appreciated, Ms. Rebel.", I say, my eyes trailing idly over the scene before me.
"Seriously, I'm just a tourist. I was researching the sunken trade ships for my thesis paper."
"You are quite welcome, lady Capulet. " I wink, laughing. "The nice man down the street has the most delightful gelato. Oh, and I got the cutest little top-"
I raise an eyebrow, continuing to eat my gelato while offering a slice of pizza to Oakley and Addison.
(the eyebrow was raised at Florence)
"You are quite welcome, lady Capulet. " I wink, laughing. "The nice man down the street has the most delightful gelato. Oh, and I got the cutest little top-"
"Let's see, then", I grin, getting up.
