"Welcome to Italy!" the girl with the scarf in her purple hair ran up to the silverette and threw her arms around the young one's shoulders, drawing her into a tight embrace. Crimson eyes looked around wildly until they gazed upon the blonde with spiked hair as he walked towards the taller male, wrapping his arms around his waist.
"Its good to see you again, son." the man said with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, same here dad." Odd replied, leaving the embrace. "Um, mom, I think you're suffocating her." the purple haired girl yelped in surprise and released Lily as she tried aimlessly to regain control of herself. The silverette held her head tightly with one hand as Odd lightly took her other.
"Wow Odd, she is so cute!" the young girl with the brown hair and purple tips squealed, running towards the young couple.
"Um, t-thanks." Lily stuttered out, nervous about all the attention she was getting.
"Well we better introduce ourselves. My name is Kendra." the girl with the purple streaks claimed, putting her light, almost tan, hand on her chest.
"My name is Andrea!" claimed the purple tips girl, excitedly.
"And my name is Aura." greeted the last girl with the lilac hair, the smile on her face was soft and welcoming and Lily felt herself relax just a tad.
"Aura and I are the oldest, twins then there's Kendra who is just two years older than Odd." Andrea explained.
"Oh, so you are the youngest?" Lily asked her boyfriend and he sheepishly agreed with her as the family began to walk outside the train station. The bright sun momentarily blinded the silverette and her red eyes grew wide when she witness all the sounds and colors of Italy. Beneath the bridge they were on roared a river as the waves splashed against the gray cemented tiles that they stood on. The buildings jutted up from the ground and created various lengths of shade from the sun as they walked. Lily marveled at the different shades of the buildings as they passed. They all had wide windows on the front and some had a canopy that created more shade as people stopped and gazed inside. The street lamps above shined with a black luminous glow as Lily watched the different people walk past her. They all had different shapes, sizes and colors. Some were splashed in different colors while others drowned in them and drew the most attention.
"Wow, this place is so colorful and big!" Lily breathed out, much to Odd's amusement.
"Well, it is a city, much bigger than the school." The boy laughed out, leaning across their hands and kissing her pale cheek lightly.
"No kissing in public little brother," Aura scoffed, a playful smile on her face. A red blush crossed over Lily's cheeks before she registered the smile on the oldest's face as the small family turned into a tiny shop. The floors were lined with tiles that were once white but years of dirt had turned them a sickly gray color. There were cans and boxes of food lined up strictly on plastic wooden shelves that almost touched the ceiling and casted shadows from the blinding string lights above.
"What is this place?" Lily whispered into Odd's ear as his mother handed him a piece of paper with scribbles on it. Odd quickly took her hand and dragged the silverette away from the group as she watched them all split up.
"This is a grocery store. We can buy food here, like the food we need on the list for Thanksgiving."
"Thanksgiving?"
"Yeah, its a holiday the Americans celebrate."
"Americans?"
"Yes, people that live in North America, preferably the United States. A long time ago only Native Americans, or Indians, lived in North America but then people from Great Britain traveled over and settled there...wait do you not pay attention in History?" Odd looked over at the silverette as she giggled lightly in her hand.
"I don't and I thought you didn't either."
"Well I learned this a long time ago before I came to Kadic."
"Well if you didn't learn it at Kadic how could I?"
"They still teach it in History, we're suppose to have a test on it when vacation is over."
"A test?" Lily stopping, her red eyes growing wide as Odd began to grab various boxes, bags and pouches.
"Yes, a test that I will skillfully pass-"
"Thanks to Jeremie sitting next to you."
"Well at least you have Aelita next to you, I think she's smarter than Jeremie!"
"The two little Einsteins are perfect for each other, aren't they?" the two teenagers giggled down the various aisles, grabbing anything they needed while crossing off the scribbled words on the paper.
"Alright, now all we have to get is the turkey and we need at least three."
"Three?" the girl stopped in the middle of the aisle, receiving dirty looks from all the people that followed behind the two.
"Yes, three. We're a big family and we eat a lot, you've seen me eat at the school." the boy giggled grabbing the girl's hand and dragging her out of the way.
"Well yes; but you're whole family eats like you?" the girl panicked at the thought of all of the Della Robbia's eating and her going to bed hungry.
"Not all of us just me and my parents."
"So half of you?"
"Yup," the boy looked over at the girl with a grin of his face and a light laugh escaping his lips. The laugh pulled the smile from the girl's face as they gathered the food and headed towards the register to meet up with the rest of the family.
"Oh joy, you found us and you got everything on the list!" Odd's mother gathered all the groceries and lined them on a black conveyor belt. Lily watched as the cashier swiped the food and handed it for the bagger who placed the food carefully in plastic and paper bags before putting it in carts. Slowly the price climbed up with every scan and every few seconds the cashier had to hit the keyboard before her. Finally with two shopping carts full of bags the family left the store and headed down more sidewalks towards a large brick house.
"This is it, let's all load the bags inside then give Lily a tour." Odd's father smiled towards the silverette as Aura pulled out a ring of keys and looked for the correct one. She finally found it and put it in the key hole and unlocked the door, holding it open for everyone. Lily was the second one to enter the house, being pulled by Odd.
Lily found herself gasping at the large room she was in. It was connected with several halls and had large furniture spaciously around it. There was a large gray couch against a wall painted with a mix of purple and blue swirls. On the opposite wall of the couch was a large television surrounded with two long, large speakers. In front of the tv was a large glass coffee table.
"Wow, this place is amazing." she whispered, her eyes wide with amazement.
"This is just the living room, come on I'll show you around." Odd took her hand and led her down one of the many hallways.
