Chapter Two: A World Apart

Sky had successfully finished his first year of college. He felt relieved as he walked out of the Art Institute. His thoughts turned to Alice Greaves. Alice had been his girlfriend until he had came to the United States. Sky thought about Alice constantly. At least he knew his father now. Sky decided to stravagate that night.

Sky had tried in vain to contact Georgia or Nicholas. He felt very alone. There was no way for him to see his love, Alice, or his best friends. Sky thought about Alice constantly. Sky missed her so much but Alice was the one that decided not to see each other. Sky had fallen head over heels for Alice.

Back in Talia, Luciano was walking into Rodolfo's tower. As he walked into the small room, he noticed the distressed look on Dr. Dethridge's face. Luciano glanced at the hooded figure on Rodolfo's bed. The hooded person started to remove its hood. Luciano saw the familiar streaks of red and white hair.

" Georgia! What are you doing back? I thought you and Nick decided never to return."

" I heard about Arianna and you. Congratulations. I wish you all the joy."

Georgia explained about Nick and how they had fallen in love. Georgia told Luciano about how Nick had fallen asleep in her arms that first night back. She explained about her upcoming wedding and then there was the letter she had received. It was from Nicholas and it told her about his fiancé. Nick was in Greenwich planning his wedding. As Luciano was filled in on the events in London, Rodolfo messed with his mirrors. Soon, a familiar face came into view.

Luciano saw the face and immediately recognized him. "Fal…Nick! What are you doing here?"

Georgia ran out the door and Luciano quickly followed. He raced up to her side and said, " Where are you going? What do you expect? He has a fiancée. Georgia, you're supposed to be getting married."

" Luciano, I love him. He means more to me than anyone. He gave up his life to be near me. I…I need him. He means even more than you did." Georgia paused, regretting her words.

" You… you what? What does that mean? You used to like me, didn't you? Why in the world didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't tell you because you loved Arianna and I just wanted you to be happy. Besides, a small part of me has always loved Nick, even when he was Falco, the broken di Chimici prince."

Luciano decided to help Georgia as they raced down to the stables where Merla was. Georgia ran as fast as she could into the stable without looking and ended up running right into Nick's arms.

"You always end up here, don't you?" Nicholas laughed. Georgia hurriedly pushed herself up. Luciano started laughing.

"You two are so similar," Luciano said, regretting it as soon as he had said it. Georgia and Nick flashed each other looks. Suddenly the group heard a voice calling out their names.

" Nick, Georgia, Luciano! How are you all? Gosh I have really missed all of you!" The group turned around to see Sky standing on the top of the hill behind them. What they saw next shocked them. He had grown older in the two years. He seemed guarded. Georgia and Nick ran up to Sky, followed closely by Luciano. As the three started walking back towards Bellezza, Sky told them about the university.

Meanwhile, Rodolfo was watching the party walking. "I am glad Celestino, Giorgio and Nicholas are here. Luciano will need them if the cards were accurate."

"Aye, ye are right thar. Hee wol lest hem hir. Ich hope thei help

hym."

"I think they will. He trusts them. Luciano is strong and this maybe the one thing that tears him apart." Rodolfo knew that Dr. Dethridge cared for Luciano as if he was Luciano's father. When Rodolfo had done his reading, his cards had shown three important things. These things were a knight, a death of an heir and a new "player".