A change in the air
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "No ding ding without ze wedding ring"
A thanks to all of my reviewers. May you all be blessed by the little people of munchkin land :D
Chapter 19 - A little piece of Italy.
The next day, Lance's jeep pulled up ouside of 'Un piccolo pezzo di Italia'. In the car were Lance, Sidney and Todd.
"Okay hon, this is it", said Sidney, nodding at the restaurant.
"Yeah....", said Todd, "this is it....yeah....i don't know".
"Oh come on man", said Lance rolling his eyes, "you've been waiting twelve years for this opportunity. You can't chicken out now".
"Your right", said Todd with a sigh, "but...i don't know what to say. What do i say? What do i say?!".
"Todd...stop hyperventelating", said Lance with a chuckle, "why don't you just say... 'hi'?".
"Thank you Mr. Shakespeare", said Todd dryly, "okay..here we go".
"You want us to go with you?", asked Sidney.
"No", said Todd, "this is somethin' i gotta do on my own, yo".
"Okay then, we're here for you if you need us", said Sidney, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Good luck", said Lance.
Todd hopped out of the jeep and walked into the resteraunt.
"I bet you ten dollars he'll walk out before he even speaks to anyone", said Lance.
"Thats not being very supportive", scolded Sidney, "....you're on".
As Todd entered the restaurant, a bell on the top of the door jingled, anouncing someone had entered. The restaurant was decked out just like one you would find in Italy. Checked tablecloths rested on round tables. Candles in jars sat on the tables. Soft Italian music played from a stereo behind the counter. On the ceiling hung the Italian flag. A girl of about 12 in a waitress uniform walked to the counter from a back room. She had green eye and long black hair. She smiled when she saw Todd.
"Ciao", she said with a smile, "welcome to 'Un piccolo pezzo di Italia'. I am Gina , how may i serve you today?".
"Uh..hi", said Todd, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand, "does a Rosetta Tolensky own this resteraunt?".
The girl blinked and then smiled.
"Of course, wait a minute", she walked to the back room and shouted into it, "Nonna there's a guy here to see you".
"I'll be there in a minute", came a woman's voice.
The girl smiled and turned back to Todd.
"She'll be here soon", she said, "you know my grandmother?".
Todd blinked. HER grandmother?. He had either got the wrong place, or he had more family than he knew about.
"Errr...ya could say that", said Todd with a nervous chuckle.
Just then an old woman walked through into the restaurant. She didn't LOOK old at all, she walked straight and didn't look frail. She was a well built woman and the only things that gave away her age were her wrinkles around her golden coloured eyes and her long grey hair held up in a bun. Even though he had only been three when he last saw her, Todd recognised her instantly. She was, indeed, his grandmother. The woman looked up, took one look at Todd and gasped in shock.
"Oh il mio dio!", she said, pointing at him, "Mortimer?. Is that...you?.".
"Yes and no", said Todd with a shrug, "i sorta changed my name ta Todd....errr....hi Nonna"
Rosetta gave a sqeual of delight and ran around to the other side of the counter and grabbed Todd in a huge hug.
"My little Nipote", she said tears running down her cheeks, "i knew you'd find your way home. I knew it!. Oh i missed you so much".
"I missed you too Nonna", said Todd, hugging her back.
Rosetta stood back and looked at him.
"My how you have grown", she said with a smile, "oh...we have so much to talk about. I want to know everything that has happened to you. My Famiglia is finally together again".
"Errr....Nonna?", said Gina, who was still behind the counter, "who is he?".
"Oh my youngest Nipote, you wouldn't know him", said Rossetta, beaming with pride, "this is your cousin Mort...Todd. You were only a baby when he was taken from our famiglia. Todd this is your cousin, Gina".
"Hey", said Todd giving her a wave.
"I...have a cousin...and you didn't tell me?", said Gina, blinking.
"We... we didn't know if we would ever see him again", said Rosetta, then turned to Todd,"but he's here now.There has been so much on the news at the moment about mutants i thought about you every time i heard it. I was so worried".
"Hey, i'm okay", said Todd with a shrug and a grin, "ya know me".
"You have your mothers spirit", said Rosetta with a nod.
"Whoah, wait a minute!", said Gina, walking around the counter and pointing to Todd, "you mean to say that he's...a mutant?".
"Yes...he is", said Rosetta, "and don't forget that he is your cousin before you say anything nasty".
"I wasn't going to", said Gina, crossing her arms, "i think it's SOOOOO cool!. I mean, what can you do?. Can you shoot lazers. Oooh can you read my mind?. What am i thinking right now?".
"Gina", said Rosetta in a warning tone, then turned to Todd, "you'll have to excuse her, Nipote. She's still young and sometimes forgets her manners".
"I'm not too young", muttered Gina, "i'm twelve, almost thirteen".
"Hey it's okay yo", said Todd with a chuckle, "but i can't read minds. I....i can do..well..Toad things. Err..watch".
He flicked his tounge across the room and grabbed a salt cellar from a table across the room, bringing it to his hand. Rosetta smiled.
"Neat", said Gina.
A few hours later, Todd left the restaurant with a smile on his face. Sidney and Lance looked up from the card game they were playing in the jeep.
"Well?", asked Lance, "how'd it go?".
"I have a family", said Todd, a little dazed, "i actually have a REAL family".
"Good for you, you found her", said Sidney, giving him a hug, "so what are they like?".
"Nonna's just like i remember her", said Todd, then smiled at Sidney, "Her an' Gina are coming to Bayville tomorow. She wants ta meet you".
"Oh boy, nothing like meeting the family", said Sidney with a nervous chuckle, "hope they like me".
"If they're anythin' like me, they'll love ya", said Todd, giving her a kiss on the nose.
"So who's part of this family of yours?", asked Lance, starting up the jeep.
"Just Nonna and my cousin, Gina", said Todd, "Gina's parents died in a car crash a few years ago and Nonna's looked after her ever since".
"Wow, so there's just two of them?", said Lance, "small family".
"Yeah", said Todd with a smile, "but it's MY small family".
I bet you guys want translations from all the Italian huh?. Okay then. Ciao means hello. Oh il mio dio means oh my God. Nipote means grandchild. Famiglia means family. Look at that, and not an Italian lesson in my life! Please review away, if any of you DO speak Itlian and i messed up, tell me. I'm only working from an online translator i found :D. Until next time then....
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "No ding ding without ze wedding ring"
A thanks to all of my reviewers. May you all be blessed by the little people of munchkin land :D
Chapter 19 - A little piece of Italy.
The next day, Lance's jeep pulled up ouside of 'Un piccolo pezzo di Italia'. In the car were Lance, Sidney and Todd.
"Okay hon, this is it", said Sidney, nodding at the restaurant.
"Yeah....", said Todd, "this is it....yeah....i don't know".
"Oh come on man", said Lance rolling his eyes, "you've been waiting twelve years for this opportunity. You can't chicken out now".
"Your right", said Todd with a sigh, "but...i don't know what to say. What do i say? What do i say?!".
"Todd...stop hyperventelating", said Lance with a chuckle, "why don't you just say... 'hi'?".
"Thank you Mr. Shakespeare", said Todd dryly, "okay..here we go".
"You want us to go with you?", asked Sidney.
"No", said Todd, "this is somethin' i gotta do on my own, yo".
"Okay then, we're here for you if you need us", said Sidney, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Good luck", said Lance.
Todd hopped out of the jeep and walked into the resteraunt.
"I bet you ten dollars he'll walk out before he even speaks to anyone", said Lance.
"Thats not being very supportive", scolded Sidney, "....you're on".
As Todd entered the restaurant, a bell on the top of the door jingled, anouncing someone had entered. The restaurant was decked out just like one you would find in Italy. Checked tablecloths rested on round tables. Candles in jars sat on the tables. Soft Italian music played from a stereo behind the counter. On the ceiling hung the Italian flag. A girl of about 12 in a waitress uniform walked to the counter from a back room. She had green eye and long black hair. She smiled when she saw Todd.
"Ciao", she said with a smile, "welcome to 'Un piccolo pezzo di Italia'. I am Gina , how may i serve you today?".
"Uh..hi", said Todd, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand, "does a Rosetta Tolensky own this resteraunt?".
The girl blinked and then smiled.
"Of course, wait a minute", she walked to the back room and shouted into it, "Nonna there's a guy here to see you".
"I'll be there in a minute", came a woman's voice.
The girl smiled and turned back to Todd.
"She'll be here soon", she said, "you know my grandmother?".
Todd blinked. HER grandmother?. He had either got the wrong place, or he had more family than he knew about.
"Errr...ya could say that", said Todd with a nervous chuckle.
Just then an old woman walked through into the restaurant. She didn't LOOK old at all, she walked straight and didn't look frail. She was a well built woman and the only things that gave away her age were her wrinkles around her golden coloured eyes and her long grey hair held up in a bun. Even though he had only been three when he last saw her, Todd recognised her instantly. She was, indeed, his grandmother. The woman looked up, took one look at Todd and gasped in shock.
"Oh il mio dio!", she said, pointing at him, "Mortimer?. Is that...you?.".
"Yes and no", said Todd with a shrug, "i sorta changed my name ta Todd....errr....hi Nonna"
Rosetta gave a sqeual of delight and ran around to the other side of the counter and grabbed Todd in a huge hug.
"My little Nipote", she said tears running down her cheeks, "i knew you'd find your way home. I knew it!. Oh i missed you so much".
"I missed you too Nonna", said Todd, hugging her back.
Rosetta stood back and looked at him.
"My how you have grown", she said with a smile, "oh...we have so much to talk about. I want to know everything that has happened to you. My Famiglia is finally together again".
"Errr....Nonna?", said Gina, who was still behind the counter, "who is he?".
"Oh my youngest Nipote, you wouldn't know him", said Rossetta, beaming with pride, "this is your cousin Mort...Todd. You were only a baby when he was taken from our famiglia. Todd this is your cousin, Gina".
"Hey", said Todd giving her a wave.
"I...have a cousin...and you didn't tell me?", said Gina, blinking.
"We... we didn't know if we would ever see him again", said Rosetta, then turned to Todd,"but he's here now.There has been so much on the news at the moment about mutants i thought about you every time i heard it. I was so worried".
"Hey, i'm okay", said Todd with a shrug and a grin, "ya know me".
"You have your mothers spirit", said Rosetta with a nod.
"Whoah, wait a minute!", said Gina, walking around the counter and pointing to Todd, "you mean to say that he's...a mutant?".
"Yes...he is", said Rosetta, "and don't forget that he is your cousin before you say anything nasty".
"I wasn't going to", said Gina, crossing her arms, "i think it's SOOOOO cool!. I mean, what can you do?. Can you shoot lazers. Oooh can you read my mind?. What am i thinking right now?".
"Gina", said Rosetta in a warning tone, then turned to Todd, "you'll have to excuse her, Nipote. She's still young and sometimes forgets her manners".
"I'm not too young", muttered Gina, "i'm twelve, almost thirteen".
"Hey it's okay yo", said Todd with a chuckle, "but i can't read minds. I....i can do..well..Toad things. Err..watch".
He flicked his tounge across the room and grabbed a salt cellar from a table across the room, bringing it to his hand. Rosetta smiled.
"Neat", said Gina.
A few hours later, Todd left the restaurant with a smile on his face. Sidney and Lance looked up from the card game they were playing in the jeep.
"Well?", asked Lance, "how'd it go?".
"I have a family", said Todd, a little dazed, "i actually have a REAL family".
"Good for you, you found her", said Sidney, giving him a hug, "so what are they like?".
"Nonna's just like i remember her", said Todd, then smiled at Sidney, "Her an' Gina are coming to Bayville tomorow. She wants ta meet you".
"Oh boy, nothing like meeting the family", said Sidney with a nervous chuckle, "hope they like me".
"If they're anythin' like me, they'll love ya", said Todd, giving her a kiss on the nose.
"So who's part of this family of yours?", asked Lance, starting up the jeep.
"Just Nonna and my cousin, Gina", said Todd, "Gina's parents died in a car crash a few years ago and Nonna's looked after her ever since".
"Wow, so there's just two of them?", said Lance, "small family".
"Yeah", said Todd with a smile, "but it's MY small family".
I bet you guys want translations from all the Italian huh?. Okay then. Ciao means hello. Oh il mio dio means oh my God. Nipote means grandchild. Famiglia means family. Look at that, and not an Italian lesson in my life! Please review away, if any of you DO speak Itlian and i messed up, tell me. I'm only working from an online translator i found :D. Until next time then....