Back To You (Sebastian Vettel)

Chapter 23: Parents' Reaction

After Gia closed the store with Mariska, she said goodbye to her and finally went home with using a taxi. On her way home, she couldn't stop thinking about her meeting with Seb. She regretted that she couldn't control her emotions when she talked to him. She was also considering about what Mariska had suggested to her. She wanted her to accept his apology and start over their friendship.

But Gia felt that she needed to talk about it to her mother first. She would tell everything about what she had talked with Seb at the restaurant. And she was also thinking if she should tell about that meeting to her brother. As she knew that Gilbert was really disappointed at him.

A few minutes later, Gia arrived at her house. Adelina had been waiting for her outside. "Mom, why are you here?" Gia asked after kissing her mother's cheek.

"I'm waiting for you, Gia. I also want to feel the air at night."

"Now let's go inside. I don't want you to get sick."

Gia embraced Adelina and both of them entered their house together. She helped her mother to lock the door. "Mom, I want to talk to you," she told her.

"Okay, Gia. But I think that we should have dinner first. You should take a shower and change your clothes as well."

Gia nodded. "Yes, of course, mom. See you at the dining room!" she said before running a little to her bedroom.

Half an hour later, they both had finished their dinner. After Gia washing the dishes, she brought Adelina to the living room. She had no idea what her daughter was going to talk about. She would gladly listen if it had to do with Seb.

"So Gia, what do you want to talk about?"

Gia was taking a deep breath. "I talked to Seb."

Adelina knew it. It must be about him. The time for them to talk had indeed come. "How was it? Where did you talk with him?"

"Just after Mariska and I had lunch, we went back to the store. Then, Claudia gave me a note, but she didn't want to tell me who it was from. When I opened and read it with Mariska, we were surprised that there was Seb's autograph."

"Mariska read it too?"

"She did, because she was curious as well."

"Okay. Please continue."

"On that note, Seb said that I had to meet him at a restaurant at 2. If I didn't come there, then he would come to the bookstore. So, I decided to go even though I wasn't prepared."

"What was Mariska's reaction?" Adelina asked. She knew that Gia hadn't told anything about Seb to Mariska.

"She was confused, but I didn't have time to explain. So, I promised that I would tell her everything after I came back. I finally went to the restaurant and I found him."

"Was he alone?"

"He was. Thankfully the restaurant was quite empty. He was the first to talk. He said that he remembered me, even though he hesitated at first because my look has slightly changed."

"And then?" Adelina had prepared herself. She was expecting that Gia would hardly control her emotions.

"He said that he has a feeling for me. But, because he wanted to focus on his racing career, so he decided to try to forget me. He was afraid if I could become his distraction."

Adelina immediately rubbed Gia's back slowly. "Oh, Gia. What did he say next?"

"Based on what I caught from his explanation, he asked his parents not to tell anything about me to him. And vice versa, he also didn't want me to know anything about him since he moved."