For the rest of the morning, Giulia gave Agnes a tour of the house and Alberto didn't hesitate to give her the broom and dust feather, making her get started.

Agnes looked at Alberto who disappeared into his and Giulia's room and slightly huffed.

"He should do some of this work…" Agnes mumbled. As she started to dust, She spotted a radio not too far away from her. A small smile appeared on her face.

While Alberto was putting his hat on...Music came on the radio. He came back to the dining room and found Agnes swaying a little as she dusted. She turned the radio a little higher and began to sway a little with the music.

"A little loud isn't it…" Alberto asked.

"Sorry...I just like this song...It's like I've heard it before...It's like Deja Vu to me…"

"What's De VA boo…" Alberto asked, making Agnes giggle.

"Deja Vu'...It's like a feeling that you've been here or done something before...A feeling of home…" Agnes drifted off and continued to dance to the music.

"Non ti fidar di stelle galeotte, Che invitano a volersi amar, Mezzanotte per amar,Mezzanotte per sognar, Fantasticar" Agnes sang along. Her soft and gentle voice matched the female singer on the radio.

Then Giulia and Luca came into the kitchen to see Alberto watching her gently dance along to the radio. Luca tilted his head in confusion while Giulia turned to her adoptive brother watching the new stranger in the kitchen move along with the swing music.

Alberto didn't expect himself to do this but he bobbed his head to the music.

While staring at Agnes, Alberto's imagination began to run with him.

There was an empty dance room and He saw her dancing with beautiful poise and grace. Then She sees him staring at her

"Come dance with me, Alberto…" Agnes' voice trailed off, luring him into her embrace as they slowly moved in time with the big band's music. He twirled her and brought her back into his embrace. As they danced, their eyes met time and time again as the music brought out the love inside of them.

Then suddenly They stopped...Alberto tried to lean in for a kiss but the music stopped immediately.

"Alberto, Are you okay?" Agnes asked awkwardly.

"What oh I uh-" Alberto stumbled, making the raven-haired girl more bewildered. "I- How come you stopped working...You were supposed to sweep five minutes ago…"

"I did..but you were staring at me…" Agnes place her left hand on her hip while the other held up the broom as proof of her finished work

"Well, I…" then he spotted Machiavelli's food bowl and kicked it in front of her, spilling the food all over the floor. "There, sweep it again…"

"Alberto!" Luca scolded.

"Come on Luca...Let's leave Agnes to her work-" Alberto was about to lead Luca away from the girls until he was stopped by Massimo.

"Agnessa is going with Giuletta...You clean this mess…"

"Thanks, Papa...Agnes may need a bit of girl time...Come on….Let Alberto soak in his karma…" Giulia glanced at him tauntingly while he growled at her on the way out.

Then Agnes saw the wagon full of fish in bags attached to a brand new blue bike.

"I make the fish deliveries around here in PortoRosso...It's my summer job here…"

"You stay here for the summer…" Agnes asked as she boards on the wagon for Giulia to start riding

"Yeah...Luca and I go to Genova with my mother the whole year round…"

"It must be exciting...Why was Alberto acting so rude…"

"His pride gets to him a lot...from this morning and Yesterday...I think he has feelings for you…"

"Me...Well...I...I'm flattered...Just wished he wasn't so rude…"

"Well, most men are rude to women when they first meet them...for prideful reasons and their massive ego…" She saw Agnes stare at her. "Too much…" then Agnes chuckled

"That's not too much...and that's coming from a girl that lived in a circus for 6 years…" the girls chuckled at this.

"Were there any children in the circus…"

"Besides the many that come and see it...I am the only child that performs in the circus…."

"Must be lonely…" Giulia said sadly.

"It is…You guys are the only ones I feel like a close connection to…"

Then Giulia spotted a small red house nearby. "Oh...First delivery of the day…I'll teach you and introduce you to the neighborhood…"

"Thank you...Do you think I could have a turn on the bike…"

"Ever rode before…"

"The closest is a unicycle…" Agnes responded, making Giulia snort.

"Okay...Come on Agnes…" Giulia took a couple of fish in one hand and Agnes with the other hand to the house.

Meanwhile, out on the sea, the men were working on fishing. Massimo and Luca watched Alberto reel in the fishing net and Machiavelli growled at him for what he did this morning.

"I'm sorry Machiavelli...What else do you want me to do about it...Doesn't matter that she already cleaned it...She...She…" then The boy just growled and got back to work.

"When you have a lady friend...treat her well…" Massimo advised Alberto.

"Dad... please not now…" Alberto focused on the water

"Massimo's right...Maybe you should tell her your sorry…" then the curly-haired boy turned to Luca

"It doesn't matter, she made a deal with us...It's not like She…"

"Alberto…"

"It's not like I like her...Her slow moves and her...and her sweet attitude or…" then Alberto began to calm down from his rant. "Or her wavy black hair and her crystal blue eyes, matching the beautiful waters of Portorosso…" then He quickly turned to see Luca and Massimo and even Machiavelli tilting their heads at him

"Or anything" Alberto quickly got back to placing the fish in the net

"You have feelings for Agnessa…" Massimo deduced.

"Her name is Agnes and No I don't…" Then Massimo raised his eyebrows revealing his small eyes. "I really don't…"

"Alberto you just said it yourself...You like her…" Luca backed up Massimo

"Well, I…." Alberto started getting angry, trying to defend himself.

"Alberto...What I suggest you do is apologize to her...maybe show her around the city...alone with you and her hmm…" the one-armed man suggested.

"That's gross, maybe Luca and Giulia can come with me…" then Luca perked up

"Huh…"

Agnes and Giulia laughed it up as the black-haired girl was riding Giulia's bike. She was having a rough time at first because of her long skirt getting in the way and once she hitched up the skirt a little bit, she got better and better.

"Hey, you're getting better at this...Hey, do you want gelato…"

"Yes please…" Agnes smiled. Then she managed to pull the bike over and the two went over to the gelato shop and they managed to get one scoop of gelato. Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip for Giulia and Belgian Chocolate for Agnes. When Agnes got her first taste, Her blue eyes beamed before Giulia.

"Wow...this is amazing…" the girl smiled as she took a few more hungry licks.

"The joys of Portorosso, Italy…" As the girls enjoyed their cold treat, a wolf whistle came their way. They turned and saw Ciccio and Guido looking at them

"Don't you guys have somewhere to be…" Giulia asked snarkily.

"We were looking at the black-haired girl...Mademoiselle…" Guido picked up Agnes from her seat.

"Hello…" Agnes sheepishly said.

"Such beauty I've never seen before...what brings you to Portorosso-'' Then Ciccio knocked Guido away.

"Guido...I saw her first...Piacere...Vorresti ballare con me…" then Ciccio brought his radio and some jazzy music came on and the fat blonde boy dragged Agnes away from her new friend.

Agnes awkwardly stood there while Ciccio gawkily danced around her. When Agnes tried to get him to dance with her as a partner, he stepped on her toes.

"Ouch…" Agnes jumped back, crashing into another young man. He turned to her and smiled.

"Bella Tesoro…" the young man kissed her hand, making her blush. Then Ciccio ran over.

"Hey, I saw her first…"

"Get lost you fool, you can't even dance with her...Let a real man show you how it's done…"

The young man and Agnes danced while the music on Ciccio's radio blasted. Agnes smiled at him

"He's not too bad…he's better than that Ciccio guy…"

Then someone tapped the young man on the shoulder and dragged Agnes away from him

"Let Ercole Visconti dance with you il Mio Amor…" a teenager then tried to dance with her but most of the time, he wasn't in time with her and he stepped on her toes a few times

"Ow, you're hurting me…" Agnes tried to get away from him but he pulls her closer

"But you cannot escape the love of Visconti…Why don't I take you on a ride in my Vespa…" Ercole stepped away to show her a red Vespa.

Then the same young man grabbed her from Ercole

"I was dancing with her…" the man said

"She's mine you loser…" Ercole put up his fists.

Then Ciccio and Guido ran over to the men and Agnes.

"The girl is ours…" then finally Agnes had enough

"Stop it…I'm none of yours…"

"Yeah," Giulia came over to the men "Troppo e' Troppo…"

"Trust me, sweetheart, we'll get away...and you'll be mine…" Ercole told her.

"HEY…." then Alberto stormed over to the group "She's with me…"

"Oh really..I'd like to see you try and get her…" the young man puffed his chest

A frightened Agnes hid away behind Alberto.

"I told you she's mine...Now get lost…" Ercole told Alberto. then Agnes recoiled in anger hearing enough.

"How dare you...All of you…" Most of the men turned to her. "Standing around trying to compete for me and tear each other apart for me...I am not some trophy damsel in distress...and I'm not a prize for any of you…" Agnes stomped away in anger. Giulia nodded her head in satisfaction and rode away to continue deliveries.

The five men stand there and scratch their heads. Then Alberto ran after her.

"Agnes...Wait a minute…" Alberto tried to catch up to the stomping. "Stop…"

"If you think about saying one flirtatious thing I'm out of here…" Agnes huffed.

"Now listen here…"

"If you were trying to save me...thank you...I can't believe those idiots want me as a prize…"

"Not if you were trying to sell yourself out there…" Alberto said. Then Agnes turned to him

"What's that supposed to mean…"

"I mean you were there with all of those guys there so what does that say…" Alberto scratched behind his ear with his pinkie.

"Excuse me…" Agnes was getting angrier with the words he said.

Some of the kids and adults backed away, knowing how bad this was going to get. Luca and Massimo arrived to see Alberto and Agnes beginning an argument

"Uh oh…" Luca cringed.

"You were dancing with all of those boys out on the street…"

"I'm not a dancer for men...I didn't even want to dance with them in the first place...All they did was flirt at me and stomp on my toes...That's no way to treat a woman…"

"It's no different with me…"

"And that means what?"

"I can treat anyone anyway I want...even the likes of you…"

Having enough, Agnes slaps Alberto in the face, making the whole town cringe, even Luca. Massimo shook his head.

Alberto gripped his cheek and looked at Agnes with pure sadness. Agnes gave the same look, now immediately regretting what she had done.

"Alberto...I'm sorry…" All Alberto could do was back away from her and glanced at Massimo, who just glanced at him.

"I...Agnes…"

"I'm sorry Alberto...I didn't mean it…" Agnes tried to touch his cheek but Alberto brushed her away from him

"Just leave me alone…" Alberto stomped off. All Agnes could do was stare at him with tears and began to run off sobbing.

Then, the young teen stopped hearing her footsteps, and her gentle sobs ring in his ears, he stopped and looked back. He began to think about what He said and then he decided to let his pride aside.

"AGNES...Wait…" then He raced after the sobbing girl. "AGNES…"

Agnes ran until she was on top of the hill. Her feet hurt from all of the running and She decided to sit down on the ground near the downhill. Agnes wiped away the tears on her orange shirt. It still smelled like the ocean but didn't matter to her. Then She heard panting and saw Alberto running towards her.

"Agnes…" He panted. He crouched down to catch his breath from all of the running. Then once His breath was caught, He sat down next to her.

No words were said from the anger from earlier. All he could do was glance at her. She hugged her knees and looked at the ground, with much regret in her eyes.

"Hey...I'm...About this morning and earlier back there...My stupid self got in the way...I'm...I'm sorry Agnes…"

Agnes slowly glanced her way to him. "I'm sorry too...I know you're still mad at me...I won't lay a finger on you again...I promise…"

"No, I...Well, I kinda am but at the same time I deserved it…" Alberto looked down too.

"No You don't...I...I just got angry back there…"

"No, I should've heard you out…And Do you think we can start over…I'll treat you better…" Alberto stroked her hair behind her ear, making her smile

"I'd like that…" Agnes smiled at him. He grinned back at her and thought about something.

"There's something I want to ask you...When you said you wanted to escape why didn't you do it before?"

Agnes sighed and pulled up her skirt, revealing a whip scar on her right leg, making Alberto gasp.

"This is what happens when the ringmaster gets upset...I asked to leave and he told me to never ask again and…." then She began to sniffle. "I should have never pushed it…"

Alberto placed himself closer to her. He felt horrible for her and wrapped his arms around her.

"No one deserves to whip you like that...Next time he doesn't let you leave...Silenzio Bruno…" The black-haired girl turned to him

"Bruno…"

"Shut up that Bruno in your head….Silenzio Bruno…"

"Silenzio Bruno…" Agnes repeats.

"Do you still hear Bruno inside of you…"

"Nope...Only you…" Agnes smiled.

"Come on...I have something to show you…" Alberto took her hand and ran downhill.

Once they reached the water, Agnes stopped, while Alberto jumped in, revealing himself to be a sea monster like her

"Come on Agnes…"

Agnes smiled and followed after him, revealing her true self. Then the two swam away from PortoRosso and they reached a familiar island.

"It's beautiful...Alberto…" Agnes told him.

"Yeah I used to live here...but there's something else…" Agnes tilted her head.

He showed her to the castle on top of the hill of the island. When they climbed inside, She saw how clean it was and there was a staircase that Alberto was climbing and she followed after him then Alberto stopped and lied on his back. Agnes followed suit and saw the sunset sky of red, blue, and even a little bit of pink.

"This is amazing...I can't believe you got to watch the sky every night here…" Agnes awed at the beautiful sky.

Alberto just looked at her with a warm smile, spotted her free left hand, and grabbed it with his right hand. Agnes looked down and at him...who looked at her nervously but She squeezed his hand and looked back up at the stars

Sometime later Agnes decided to teach Alberto how to dance. She brought the record player from the tower and brought it outside and then some music came out.

"Just follow my lead okay…" Agnes tried to make her way towards the nervous Alberto

"I dunno about this…"

"Just don't worry…" Agnes placed Alberto's left hand on her waist and her right hand on his shoulder. She pulled herself closer to him. "Just put your hand in mine and trust me...Okay…"

Alberto slowly smiled at her and grabbed her left hand with his right and they began to sway to the music. They were in time with the music and with the stars out, it was a romantic night for them. Alberto occasionally looked down at their feet to make sure he wasn't stepping on her toes but Agnes made him look at her.

"Silenzio Bruno...you're doing amazing…" Agnes whispered. Then they stopped for a second. Agnes' blue eyes met Alberto's green ones. He spotted that some of Agnes' hair was in her face and he brushed it away behind her ear again. Instead of removing his hand, he cupped her cheek gently and they slowly began to move closer. Before their lips could meet, the record on the player stopped. Alberto turned towards it and back at Agnes.

"We should probably head back...Dad's probably mad at us for being away for too long…"

Agnes looked down sadly. "Yeah, we should...I had a wonderful time here…"

"Come on...there's one way outta here…" Alberto led her to a cliff where he jumped first

"TAKE ME GRAVITY…" Alberto hit the water with bliss. Agnes looked down and saw the dark water from the night's sky and heard Alberto's voice

"Come on Agnes…"

Then Agnes took a few steps back and repeated Silenzio Bruno and she let out a joyful scream following Alberto back to Portorosso.

As expected, Massimo was mad at them for being late for dinner but seeing them holding hands and Agnes smiling at Alberto, he decided to let them both slide.

"Trenette al pesto…" Agnes awed at the plate, saw Alberto eat with his hands, devoured the pasta, and decided to follow his example.

"Thank you senor...this is delicious I was so hungry…" Agnes took a handful of the pasta and placed it in her mouth.

"Didn't you eat on the ship…"

"I get so seasick I can't keep it down…" then Alberto and Agnes finished their food.

"Agnes...Come with me…" Giulia led her back to her room and Agnes saw a shirt and a skirt laid out for her. Both were dark green but the skirt had floral patterns and a tie on it.

"It was Luca's mom's idea to get you new clothes...Luca is just visiting them right now...How did it go with Alberto?"

"Well except for the mishap earlier...It was wonderful...I taught him how to dance...and He showed me the sky up above...and...it was like magic…"

Giulia smiled. "Come on get changed...I'll show you to him in a minute…"

Giulia quickly got out of the room for her to get into the new clothes.

Agnes quickly placed the shirt on her, which was a perfect fit and when she put on the skirt, her hair kept getting in her face and the skirt fit perfectly too. Then she saw some bobby pins nearby and smiled.

As Alberto washed the dishes, Giulia went up to him and announced Agnes down. Then Agnes slowly came downstairs in her new outfit and her hair slightly out of her face and Alberto stared at her lovingly. He stopped washing the dishes and went up to her.

"Wow...You look beautiful…"

"Thank you…" Agnes responded bashfully.

"What do you say tomorrow, you, me, Luca, and Giulia all hang out tomorrow…" Alberto took his soapy hands into hers

"I'd love to…" She said, making Alberto happy with her answer

A/N- BTW with the hair in her green outfit, think Enola Holmes' hair at the end of the movie and yes I played Un Bacio a Mezzanotte for the song Agnes danced to. More coming up soon!