Double Trouble

Chapter 31

Both nod. "C'mon. We have lots of things to do. And we want to win the competition, don't we?" - Oskari whistles. That's exactly what I love at him. He can hide his own emotions and loosens the atmosphere immediately. He walks in the direction of their car while whistle further. 

"First stop: the home room at Norskate." 

"Nooo! Why theory again? Isn't it more effective to train ON the ice and not NEAR the ice?!" 

"Not changeable. Theory is very important and a have - to for the competition tomorrow. So hop, hop." - He opens the door for Li and she takes it unwillingly. "Liana, remember the arrangement yesterday: no disobey and dawdle. We don't have time for it." I can formally see Li rolling her eyes.

"It sounds like it's all my fault!"

"It is. Always." - I state and get immediately when I hop in the car, a slap on my neck. 

"Oh shut up, Nic. It's not my fault that we don't have that much time!"

"That much time? We have ONE FUCKING DAY!" 

"And it'll be enough." - Argh. How can she be always so calm?

"Liono, no cursing! Gosh, how can 5 days change so much your behavior ... luckily we'll be more together till now." - Lys says from the passenger seat and rubs his hand trough his hair. 

I mutter a "Sorry." and take my head down. A stupid habit from our past. 

Lys turns around immediately, raises his hand and lifts my chin. "Hey, never put your head down. You both are the strongest, most powerful and also most respectful people I know and I understand how hard and exhausting the last days were. I don't like cursing but that doesn't mean you have to subordinate. Never in front of us and never in front of anybody else. Understand?"

Li and I nod and a smile appears on our faces. I love them both so freaking much. They are like our fathers. There when we need them and loving when we doubt. 

We only have a 15 min way to Norskate. 

Ahh I completely forgot to explain what it is. It's the only and biggest trainings company for figure skating in Norway. That's the reason for the name: Nor - for Norway and - skate for figure skating. I know creative like always but we didn't want to have our names in it like by our other company. So that's the name: Norskate. 

And here we are: Let the party start. Or for Li and me more the preparations for the competition. 

Third Person

It's 10:30 o'clock on a Friday in the holidays so each De Luca brother is still asleep. Except of Alessandro, Riccardo and Leonardo, and the two youngest who are already in Norway without anybody else knowing it yet. 

Riccardo is standing behind the counter and prepares the breakfast. He loves doing it and because holidays are at the moment, he takes over this part from their cooks. And he's still full in thoughts about the yesterdays happenings. The photos from Nelione and the unknown babies just don't want to go out of his head. Who are these babies and why has Neliana them on her stomach in a hospital? Maybe he can ask them?

No Riccardo, you know what the last time happened after it. He thinks to himself. 

Alessandro is in his office, already doing some paperwork since tomorrow is the month family meeting and work is then secondary. He's a work - alcoholic since the kidnapping but secretly, in his inside, he' happy and glad that the family will get a Newstart. Together. But the new found informations from yesterday let more and more question marks coming in his mind.