Chapter One: Giacinta Alda-Bella Ramon
Once upon a time there lived a blah blah blah. You don't actually think my story starts out this way do you? That's right, I'm not a princess who is in distress and needs some male to come to my rescue. I am a normal 21st century girl. Well normal enough anyway, with the exception that I almost died.
My name is Giacinta Alda-Bella Ramon. Don't worry, most people call me Gia. I say most because my mother and father find it insulting to shorten a persons name just for the sake of pronunciation.
"Giacinta, you have such a beautiful name, why let anyone call you Gia? They should learn to say your name" is what my parents often say to me. I don't really mind what people call me, unless of course it's extremely offending in American standards.
If you haven't already guessed, I am Italian. But that's not important, what is important is how my story starts out.
It was a typical day I guess you could say. My six older brothers were over the house yet again with their families, that is if they have one.
Let's see, there is my oldest brother Giovanni who is 32 and his wife Belladonna and their four boys Alessandro, Angelo, Lucio, and Ilario. Then there is Luigi who is 30 and his wife Jolanda with his five kids(three boys two girls) Luigi Jr., Gino, Michelangelo, Isabella, and Madonna. Next is Nico who is 27 and his wife Nicole(how ironic) with their four girls, Magenta, Mimi, Mariabella, and Paolo. The there is Orlando who is 26 with his wife Ophelia and their twins(boy and girl) Ottavio and Ottavia. Then there is Stephano who is 23 with his wife Susanna and their son Valentino. Last but not least is Leonardo who is 20 and the self proclaimed stud of the family. He still lives with my parents and I and so this morning he takes it upon himself to come into the bathroom while I am taking a shower.
"Leonardo what the hell are you doing in here? Can't you see I'm taking a shower?"
"Yes I can but I must fix my hair before I go out this morning."
"Go out GO OUT? How about you try to get out of this bathroom before I come out naked?"
"Okay okay, but I must warn you-"
"OUT!"
This of all days was the first time I should have heeded his warning. When I walked into the kitchen donned with a robe and towel I was greeted by my 29 member family. In the kitchen, just one room with 29 people.
"Giacinta so lovely of you to join us!" said my Mama amidst some of my nephews and nieces screams. How I didn't hear this racket from my room I could never guess. I gave my brother a nasty look for not warning me about this and in turn he gave me a look that said, Hate to say I told you so. "Look at your hair, it is all wet."
"I know mama, I took a shower."
"You take showers all the time, in the evening in the morning. You know you could be too clean."
"Its just so I can attract boys-" "That is just what I wanted to talk to you about this morning Giacinta," interrupted Giovanni while putting his arm around me, "I saw you last week when I was driving around with a boy."
"You were driving around with a boy?"
"No well, yes, my sons were with me but no I saw you walking with a boy. Is there a chance I know this boy. Or could you possibly give me his name, address and phone number. And possibly-"
"No."
Giovanni looked at me appallingly and said, "I am your brother, your oldest brother. You are my only sister, I have a right to know what boys you are dating and-"
"Dating? Please Giovanni, if you want to know all the boys I hang with, you should realize I have never had a boyfriend before-"
"That's a good thing. We dont need you hanging around with boys. Not that any boy in their right mind would." Interrupted Leonardo.
Everyone turned and starred at Leonardo. I wasnt sure what he meant by that but I had a clue.
"What in the world is that supposed to mean Leonardo?" Papa asked.
"Im just saying that no boy would want to date her right now." Leonardo said defensively.
"If you are trying to say that she is not pretty Ill have you know-"
"Pops, its not that. Shes too stiff. She doesnt know how to have fun, and too serious about school."
"School is a very important thing to me, Leonardo. I want to get into a good school and do something with my life unlike SOME people." I stated.
Leonardo gave me a menacing look and was about to say something very nasty from the look of his face when Giovanni stated, "Alright you two give it a rest. As I was saying Giacinta who was the boy?"
"Giovanni, you should know he comes over here all the time. Almost more than you, it was Hawk. He was walking with me because Roxy couldnt walk home with me."
"I think he likes you, you should stay away from him. If he does anything to you, you tell me so I can slit his throat."
"Mafia style" laughed Luigi who was trying to stop Gino from biting off Isabellas fingers.
"Oh my goodness! Luigi, cut that out! The whole town already thinks were stereotypically Italian because we own an Italian Restaurant!" I exclaimed.
"Well what do you expect us to own, a Chinese one?" Nico asked me with a puzzled look on his face. I stuck out my tounge at him when it seemed Papa had a sudden epiphany.
"AH HA! Giacinta! You remind me. Today I need you to pick up the new menus from the printers after school"
"Alright Papa, but Ill need the car."
"Why?"
"Because itll be easier to go there from school and then to the restaurant so I can work tonight. Why cant you understand that?"
"Dont you talk to me like that, I dont understand because one day it wouldnt kill you to walk."
"Papa I do it all the time, you just dont notice." Papa looked at me oddly, shook his head and then went back to his paper.
After finally being able to walk out of the kitchen and get dressed I got into the car and drove myself to school.
The town I live in is small so my familys Italian Restaurant gets a lot of business. Some people just cant get enough of Italian food. My whole family works there and my two best friends work at the Ice Cream Parlor next store. Those two friends would be Hawk and Roxy. And I know for a fact Hawk doesnt like me because he is always talking to me about Roxy. Its Roxy this and Roxy that. Im waiting for him to ask her out but he just wont do it.
Were all seventeen and were seniors at Academy High School. I like my school, and enjoy going to it and Roxy says there is only one reason for that.
I picked her and Hawk up and we were on our way to the school when Roxy says, "Hey Gia, are you going to do what I told you about the whole Operation Griffin project?"
"His name is Alexander, Roxy"
"I know but everyone on the Lacrosse team calls him Griffin."
"Dear God not this guy again!" I gave Hawk a dirty look, and he looked back at me with a well what can I do face.
"Gia, youve liked this guy for so long and you have yet to make any actions on it."
"Can we stop talking about this?"
"No, I mean come on Gia. Today you have a chance. He works at that printing place or whatever they call it."
I sighed. I know Ive liked this guy forever. She doesnt need to tell me. The only guys he goes out with are the tall pretty model looking types. Im not saying Im ugly, I mean I am of fairly decent height, and my hair is a nice dirty blonde, my eyes are green. But it seems to me that Im only a brainiac to him and I always look pretty bad when I see him anyway. I zoned out Roxys speech and focused my eyes on the road and drove the rest of the way to school.
A/N:Umm yeah. This is the first actual story Im writing and I just want to know if I doing a good job so it would be nice to get some reviews. Just to know if I should continue. I mean I will keep going anyway, but its nice to know what you think. And if you see any errors like grammatical, tell me. Uh yeah and um.WOWZERS!!! IMMA CRAZY PERSON!...That was so random. Sorry Oh and, uh Authors notes are going to be on the bottom. ALWAYS.
Once upon a time there lived a blah blah blah. You don't actually think my story starts out this way do you? That's right, I'm not a princess who is in distress and needs some male to come to my rescue. I am a normal 21st century girl. Well normal enough anyway, with the exception that I almost died.
My name is Giacinta Alda-Bella Ramon. Don't worry, most people call me Gia. I say most because my mother and father find it insulting to shorten a persons name just for the sake of pronunciation.
"Giacinta, you have such a beautiful name, why let anyone call you Gia? They should learn to say your name" is what my parents often say to me. I don't really mind what people call me, unless of course it's extremely offending in American standards.
If you haven't already guessed, I am Italian. But that's not important, what is important is how my story starts out.
It was a typical day I guess you could say. My six older brothers were over the house yet again with their families, that is if they have one.
Let's see, there is my oldest brother Giovanni who is 32 and his wife Belladonna and their four boys Alessandro, Angelo, Lucio, and Ilario. Then there is Luigi who is 30 and his wife Jolanda with his five kids(three boys two girls) Luigi Jr., Gino, Michelangelo, Isabella, and Madonna. Next is Nico who is 27 and his wife Nicole(how ironic) with their four girls, Magenta, Mimi, Mariabella, and Paolo. The there is Orlando who is 26 with his wife Ophelia and their twins(boy and girl) Ottavio and Ottavia. Then there is Stephano who is 23 with his wife Susanna and their son Valentino. Last but not least is Leonardo who is 20 and the self proclaimed stud of the family. He still lives with my parents and I and so this morning he takes it upon himself to come into the bathroom while I am taking a shower.
"Leonardo what the hell are you doing in here? Can't you see I'm taking a shower?"
"Yes I can but I must fix my hair before I go out this morning."
"Go out GO OUT? How about you try to get out of this bathroom before I come out naked?"
"Okay okay, but I must warn you-"
"OUT!"
This of all days was the first time I should have heeded his warning. When I walked into the kitchen donned with a robe and towel I was greeted by my 29 member family. In the kitchen, just one room with 29 people.
"Giacinta so lovely of you to join us!" said my Mama amidst some of my nephews and nieces screams. How I didn't hear this racket from my room I could never guess. I gave my brother a nasty look for not warning me about this and in turn he gave me a look that said, Hate to say I told you so. "Look at your hair, it is all wet."
"I know mama, I took a shower."
"You take showers all the time, in the evening in the morning. You know you could be too clean."
"Its just so I can attract boys-" "That is just what I wanted to talk to you about this morning Giacinta," interrupted Giovanni while putting his arm around me, "I saw you last week when I was driving around with a boy."
"You were driving around with a boy?"
"No well, yes, my sons were with me but no I saw you walking with a boy. Is there a chance I know this boy. Or could you possibly give me his name, address and phone number. And possibly-"
"No."
Giovanni looked at me appallingly and said, "I am your brother, your oldest brother. You are my only sister, I have a right to know what boys you are dating and-"
"Dating? Please Giovanni, if you want to know all the boys I hang with, you should realize I have never had a boyfriend before-"
"That's a good thing. We dont need you hanging around with boys. Not that any boy in their right mind would." Interrupted Leonardo.
Everyone turned and starred at Leonardo. I wasnt sure what he meant by that but I had a clue.
"What in the world is that supposed to mean Leonardo?" Papa asked.
"Im just saying that no boy would want to date her right now." Leonardo said defensively.
"If you are trying to say that she is not pretty Ill have you know-"
"Pops, its not that. Shes too stiff. She doesnt know how to have fun, and too serious about school."
"School is a very important thing to me, Leonardo. I want to get into a good school and do something with my life unlike SOME people." I stated.
Leonardo gave me a menacing look and was about to say something very nasty from the look of his face when Giovanni stated, "Alright you two give it a rest. As I was saying Giacinta who was the boy?"
"Giovanni, you should know he comes over here all the time. Almost more than you, it was Hawk. He was walking with me because Roxy couldnt walk home with me."
"I think he likes you, you should stay away from him. If he does anything to you, you tell me so I can slit his throat."
"Mafia style" laughed Luigi who was trying to stop Gino from biting off Isabellas fingers.
"Oh my goodness! Luigi, cut that out! The whole town already thinks were stereotypically Italian because we own an Italian Restaurant!" I exclaimed.
"Well what do you expect us to own, a Chinese one?" Nico asked me with a puzzled look on his face. I stuck out my tounge at him when it seemed Papa had a sudden epiphany.
"AH HA! Giacinta! You remind me. Today I need you to pick up the new menus from the printers after school"
"Alright Papa, but Ill need the car."
"Why?"
"Because itll be easier to go there from school and then to the restaurant so I can work tonight. Why cant you understand that?"
"Dont you talk to me like that, I dont understand because one day it wouldnt kill you to walk."
"Papa I do it all the time, you just dont notice." Papa looked at me oddly, shook his head and then went back to his paper.
After finally being able to walk out of the kitchen and get dressed I got into the car and drove myself to school.
The town I live in is small so my familys Italian Restaurant gets a lot of business. Some people just cant get enough of Italian food. My whole family works there and my two best friends work at the Ice Cream Parlor next store. Those two friends would be Hawk and Roxy. And I know for a fact Hawk doesnt like me because he is always talking to me about Roxy. Its Roxy this and Roxy that. Im waiting for him to ask her out but he just wont do it.
Were all seventeen and were seniors at Academy High School. I like my school, and enjoy going to it and Roxy says there is only one reason for that.
I picked her and Hawk up and we were on our way to the school when Roxy says, "Hey Gia, are you going to do what I told you about the whole Operation Griffin project?"
"His name is Alexander, Roxy"
"I know but everyone on the Lacrosse team calls him Griffin."
"Dear God not this guy again!" I gave Hawk a dirty look, and he looked back at me with a well what can I do face.
"Gia, youve liked this guy for so long and you have yet to make any actions on it."
"Can we stop talking about this?"
"No, I mean come on Gia. Today you have a chance. He works at that printing place or whatever they call it."
I sighed. I know Ive liked this guy forever. She doesnt need to tell me. The only guys he goes out with are the tall pretty model looking types. Im not saying Im ugly, I mean I am of fairly decent height, and my hair is a nice dirty blonde, my eyes are green. But it seems to me that Im only a brainiac to him and I always look pretty bad when I see him anyway. I zoned out Roxys speech and focused my eyes on the road and drove the rest of the way to school.
A/N:Umm yeah. This is the first actual story Im writing and I just want to know if I doing a good job so it would be nice to get some reviews. Just to know if I should continue. I mean I will keep going anyway, but its nice to know what you think. And if you see any errors like grammatical, tell me. Uh yeah and um.WOWZERS!!! IMMA CRAZY PERSON!...That was so random. Sorry Oh and, uh Authors notes are going to be on the bottom. ALWAYS.