To those who wondered, Luciano is 20, Nicholas is twenty (when Nicholas transferred to London, two years passed in our world but none in theirs)
Chapter Seven: A World of Improvements
That night, Georgia was the first to stravagate. She met Nick at the Bellezzan Embassy. Next, Sky arrived. "So where did you two disappear to today?" Sky watched as a bright red came across Georgia's face. Nick started to laugh and Georgia realized how silly she looked. Suddenly, Rodolfo came out. He told the young stravaganti that Arianna was having her baby so Luciano wouldn't be able to see them. Tom suddenly appeared. Rodolfo returned to stand by his daughter's side. Sylvia was standing in the small room, next to her son-in-law.
"I am going to go see Brother Sulien and Brother Sandro." Sky and Tom walked over to the Saint-Mary-Through-The-Vines. Georgia asked Nick what he wanted to do. "I want to go see Gaetano but I know I can't."
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Georgia walked into the di Chimici palace, followed by the young novice. No one could see the novice's face. Gaetano had just come out of the nursery when Georgia walked up to him. Gaetano ushered Georgia and her companion into the sitting room. When the door was completely closed, the novice took off his hood.
"Nick! What are you doing here? You know how dangerous it is!" Gaetano's voice was barely a whisper. He embraced his brother and they sat down. Nick told Gaetano about that day at lunch. Georgia showed Gaetano her ring, a beautiful heart shaped pink diamond on a platinum gold band. Gaetano saw the looks Georgia gave his brother. A small part of Gaetano had always known that Nick had fallen in love with Georgia but he had thought that Georgia had fallen in love with Luciano.
Gaetano pulled Georgia into the hall. They discussed her feelings for Nick. Georgia explained what happened between them the night Nick had fallen asleep in her arms. "That was the first time I truly felt love. He was so upset. I kept trying to get him to listen but he kept saying he was going to come back, to stay. I knew I couldn't let that happen. I knew he would die if he did. So I told him that if he stayed I would give up stravagating. Sky even said he would. But somehow, here we all are, when we needed each other the most."
Gaetano, looked long and hard, into Georgia's eyes. He could see her love for his brother. When they walked back into the room, Nick took Georgia into his arms. "Well, I think it's about time for us to go check on Arianna."
Nick brushed Georgia's hair away from her cheek and whispered something into her ear. Georgia stood up and hugged Gaetano. Gaetano told the two companions to wait for a while. He walked out of the room.