Thursday, January 10, 2013

[Prologue] Chapter 10: Falling Again


Emily stares at the floor, her eyes fixated on a single stain in the worn gray carpet. She accidentally spilled nail polish there as a child, and her mother, with all her many neuroses, had completely freaked out, yelling and cursing at the chronically clumsy ten year old. Emily remembers sobbing, begging her mom to calm down, but Evelyn mistook her daughter’s pleas as a sign of insolence and became even more enraged. It was the first time she had ever slapped her, hitting Emily so hard that her cheek became bruised and swollen, but the physical pain seemed minor compared to the traumatizing realization that her mother didn’t want her, that she never wanted her.

Emily rises to her feet, her face suddenly full of determination. For years, the ugly pink blotch has mocked her, constantly reminding her of her many shortcomings, but not anymore. Today, Emily becomes a full-fledged adult. Today, she leaves both her childhood home and her mother behind.


Evelyn frowns as Emily drags her bags out into the kitchen.

“Well, I guess this is it,” Emily says, forcing herself to smile.

“Yes, I suppose so,” Evelyn replies distantly. “I can’t say I’m sorry to see you leave.”

Emily nods. Evelyn’s boyfriend has wanted to move in for a while now, but her mom refused to let him while Emily still lived in the house, claiming that her slutty teenage daughter couldn’t be trusted around older men.

“Who are you staying with again?” Evelyn asks as Emily leans down to pick up her things.

“Luca,” she repeats for what must be the twentieth time today. “His girlfriend left him a couple of weeks ago, and he needs some help with the kids.”

Evelyn narrows her eyes suspiciously. “I never liked him,” she declares emphatically. “Getting his intern pregnant while he’s living with another woman. Don’t let him talk you into anything, honey. He’s bad news, that one is.”

Emily rolls her eyes but remains quiet. Arguing with her mother only makes things worse.


A short while later, Emily finally arrives at Luca’s place. She knew the house was going to be a mess; after all, the man’s girlfriend just ran off, leaving him alone with four babies to take care of. However, she didn’t realize it would be this bad.

Glancing down, Emily notices Delilah, Luca’s oldest daughter, playing with the sparkly beads on her sandals. Scooping up the curious toddler, she gently begins to rock her back and forth. “Where is your dad?” she whispers to the smiling two year old.

Delilah doesn’t bother to reply, however, instead making a grab for Emily’s shiny hoop earrings.


“Emily?!” Luca’s voice echoes down the hallway. “I didn’t expect to see you so early.”

Whipping around, Emily comes face to face with a surprising sight. “I-I’m sorry,” she blushes, noticing his half-dressed state. “I can, uh, come back later…”

Luca shakes his head vehemently. “No, no! It’s fine. I was going to try to clean up a bit before you got here, but I’ll show you around first instead.”


After giving her a tour of the house and helping her move her bags into the spare bedroom, Luca goes over the kids’ schedules and explains her duties as their temporary nanny.

“I’ll try to be home by nine o’clock every night, but that’s no guarantee. My hours tend to be quite sporadic, as you’ll learn, but I can promise you every Friday night and all day Saturday off.”


Emily grins at her old friend. “I can’t thank you enough for giving me this opportunity,” she tells him appreciatively. “I needed to get away from that house, from my mom, but with the current recession I just haven’t been able to find a steady job. I promise you I will do my part around here, with the kids and the housework. You won’t regret your decision.”

Luca looks bemused. “Of course, Em. I wouldn’t trust my kids with just anybody, and you’ve more than proven yourself to me in the past. I, uh, didn’t realize things were so bad between you and Evelyn,” he adds after a pause.

Emily shrugs and quickly changes the subject. She doesn’t like talking about her mother with people, not even Luca.


Her first few days as a full-time babysitter offer some of the most challenging moments of her entire life, but eventually Emily and the kids find a routine that works for them both.


To everyone’s surprise, Kieran takes an immediate liking to Emily, and he can often be found following her around the house trying to help her with her chores. Emily supposes it’s only natural, as he’s the oldest of all the children, but her previous conversations with Luca always painted the toddler as shy and withdrawn.


Rigby for the most part could care less about who’s changing his diaper, but Delilah is another story entirely. She fusses and cries constantly these days, and nothing ever seems to keep her happy for long.


“I think she misses her mom,” Emily tells Luca one evening over dinner. “She talks about Maeve all the time, and she doesn’t seem to understand why she’s not around anymore.”

Luca frowns but remains silent.

“Obviously I don’t know the whole situation,” she continues, “but maybe if you could convince Maeve to drop by once in a while? I think that would really make the transition much smoother for Delilah.”

“That’s not an option,” Luca snaps. “Maeve doesn’t live in Jericho anymore.”

“But if you called her?” Emily presses. “Surely she could come back for a day or so to see her daughter…”

“Drop it, Emily!” Luca growls as he slams his fork down on the table. “I talked to her father, and she wants nothing to do with me or our children. Delilah will just have to learn to live without her.” And with one last angry glance at Emily, he gets up and storms off.


Many hours later, Luca wanders out into the deserted living room. He can’t sleep again, not in the same bed he once shared with Maeve, and he needs a change of scenery. Luca sighs, fighting back a sudden wave of anger. He’s tired of his life, exhausted by guilt and consumed by loneliness. In his worst moments, Luca wants nothing more than to get in his car, drive away, and never look back at the four kids he’s taken responsibility for, but he refuses to linger on such thoughts. He can’t do that to his children. No, he won’t do that to his children. They’re the only family he’s got left.

After Maeve’s sudden departure, Luca did receive a short letter from Atticus explaining that his daughter would be unable to help him raise the kids. As humans, Delilah and Rigby would not be allowed to live near Arundel, and the council knows nothing of Kieran’s existence.

“But toddlers and children should not, for the most part, be able to access their powers,” Atticus had written, “so I would not worry too much about the boy’s magic. However, I will visit often in order to check up on him and keep track of his development.”

Of course, for an immortal mage, often could mean once every other decade, so Luca isn’t counting on regular visits.


As the months pass by, Luca’s life slowly settles into a comfortable pattern. He works a lot, but he always tries to be home before bedtime in order to see his kids.


And, as his anger toward Maeve begins to subside and the pain of his mistakes starts to lessen, Luca realizes that he doesn’t regret his decision to keep and raise his youngest daughter. Oona, as he lovingly calls her, quickly outgrows her baby blanket and becomes a toddler, inheriting her mother’s bright blue eyes and mysteriously dark black hair.


However, even with four toddlers in the house and a full-time job to maintain, Luca makes a concerted effort to spend quality time with each of his kids.


He even manages to convince Kieran to say a new word for him, “music”.


“It’s your day off,” Luca reminds Emily as she spreads out the beach blankets and opens up the umbrella. “You didn’t have to come.”

Emily grins at her boss. She’s been working for Luca now for over nine months, and each week she grows to enjoy his company more and more. “You didn’t have to give me the day off,” she scolds him playfully. “Besides, I want to get a tan.”

“You don’t need a tan, Em,” he tells her. “You look fine the way you are.”

“I have a big date tonight, and I want to look better than fine. I want to look perfect.”


“You always look perfect,” Luca replies casually, “and if he can’t see that then you should find someone else who can.”

Emily blushes and glances away, trying to ignore the butterflies in her stomach. “Rigby looks pretty cute in his sailor costume, doesn’t he?” she asks, hoping to change the subject.

Luca pulls the toddler onto his lap and surveys his outfit. “I can’t believe you dressed my son in a sailor costume,” he retorts with a lopsided grin.

“What’s wrong with it?” Emily demands.

“It’s so… cliché!”

“I think he looks dashing.”

“It’s a shame we left the others kids at home with a sitter,” he laughs. “We could have had the entire navy with us today!”

Emily rolls her eyes at his lousy joke but giggles in spite of herself.


They spend the entire afternoon lazing about on the beach enjoying the beautiful, breezy summer day, and for the first time since Maeve left Luca actually begins to let his guard down and enjoy himself a little.

Watching Emily interact with Rigby, Luca can’t help but smile at the adorable duo. At first, he wasn’t sure about asking her to help out with the kids, worried that she might avoid her biological son, but thankfully Emily has proven him wrong time and time again. In fact, Luca thinks with a wistful sigh, hiring her might be the best choice he ever made. Or the worst, depending on your point of view.


“What happened to your date last night?” Luca asks as Emily grabs a snack out of the fridge the following evening.

“He cancelled on me,” she admits. “Right at the last minute too. Apparently there was some sort of ‘family emergency’, but I haven’t heard from him since.” She shakes her head, trying to keep the bitterness out of her voice.

“Classic,” Luca snorts. “What a jerk.”

Emily just shrugs, not wanting to discuss her relationship drama with him.

“Any big plans for tonight?” Luc wants to know. “I mean, it’s Friday after all, and you have the whole night off.”

“I wanted to go check out that new fusion lounge that just opened up, The Gazebo near Landell Park, but I don’t have anyone to go with.”


She pauses for a minute, considering. “Why don’t you come?” Emily suggests.

Luca’s eyes widen in surprise. He was not expecting that, but after some persuasion he reluctantly agrees to go.


And he’s glad he did. He runs into his old friend Gibson, who’s taking an evening away his own family.


“You have four kids?!” Emily laughs. “How did I not know about this?”

“Well, one of them lives with my ex, Rachel, but the other three stay with me and the missus.”

“I still can’t believe you married Lilac!” Emily squeals. “You two make such a cute couple.”

Luca laughs at Emily’s enthusiasm. “I honestly can’t believe he married at all,” Luca teases.

Emily punches him playfully. “Be nice!” she giggles.

“Aren’t I always?” Luca grins back at her.

Emily beams. “I’m going to get another drink,” she announce suddenly, realizing that she has been staring at Luca for far too long. “Do you guys want anything?”

They both shake their heads, and Emily heads over to the bar.


“You two get along well,” Gibson remarks once Emily’s out of hearing range.

Luca shrugs. “We’ve always gotten along well.”

“Yeah, but not that well. Dude, it’s me. Gibson. Your-best-friend-since-forever. I won’t judge you. I personally prefer my women a bit on the older side, but I know you’ve always had a thing for the young ones.”

Luca rolls his eyes. “Gibson, we’re talking about Emily. She helps me with the kids. I give her a place to stay. Simple as that.”

Gibson smirks. “Whatever you say, dude. Whatever you say.”


Meanwhile, Emily runs into a familiar face at the bar.

“Hey babe,” the man greets her. “Haven’t seen you in a while.”

“Have you ever heard of a little thing called ‘personal space’?” Emily demands as she angrily shoves Rock Hartwell away. “Because you’re violating mine.”

“That’s not all I’ll violate if you give me the chance.”

“Drop dead,” Emily snaps.


“Is that anyway to talk to the father of your child?” Rock spits.

Emily feels her face flush. “You aren’t his father, dear,” she retorts furiously. “A real father wouldn’t abandon the mother of his child at the first sign of trouble. A real father would stick with his family and fight for his family, instead of turning and running away like a scared little boy. And a real father wouldn’t spread false rumors about his pregnant girlfriend in hopes of avoiding child support payments.”

Rock smirks. “Pretty clever, eh? Claiming you’d slept with half the football team really did the trick. They weren’t about to deny fooling around with the prettiest girl in school, and you… Well, no one wants to believe the daughter of the town slut.”

Emily reaches up to slap him, but Rock grabs her arm defensively.

“And according to the gossip,” he continues, pulling Emily closer, “I heard you’re doing your mama proud, landing that doctor you were always hanging around.”

Emily’s eyes flash. “You’re despicable,” she whispers.

“Why don’t we take this somewhere more private, babe?” Rock says, running his eyes up and down her body. “I’d love to finish our discussion back at my place…”


 “What is going on here?” Luca’s voice cuts through the room, stopping Rock dead in his tracks.


However, the younger man doesn’t take kindly to the interruption.


“Rock, stop!” Emily screams as he shoves Luca to the floor.

Rock snarls at Luc before turning his attention to Emily.


“You aren’t worth the effort,” he spits. “You’re nothing but a nice ass and a pretty face, same as your skanky mom. I bet those rumors I made up about you and the team were completely true, too. Who knows if that baby is even my son, considering you were more than likely cheating on me the whole time we dated. I bet he ends up hating you, Emily. Hating you the way you hate your mother. I wouldn’t blame him either, cause who doesn’t hate the-”


Whap!

Emily slaps him hard across the cheek, ripping into his skin the same way her mother did to her so many years ago.

“Something my mama taught me,” she shouts, letting the tears stream down her face. “Go to hell, Rock. And stay away from my son.”


Emily sobs hysterically the entire way home, and by the time they reach Luca’s house she collapses into his arms in a devastated heap. For what feels like hours, Luca holds her while she cries, comforting her with soothing words of beautiful nothing.

“I’m sorry,” she says, finally regaining her composure. “I think I got your shirt damp.”

Luca smiles half-heartedly, his eyes full of concern. “Drenched is more like it,” he replies softly.

Emily tries to laugh, but it comes out sounding wet and blubbery. “I’ll pay for the cleaning,” she tells him.

“Don’t worry about it,” Luca chuckles. “You have bigger issues on your plate tonight.”

“I hate him,” she whispers. “I never liked my mom, but I truly hate Rock.”

“He’s a tool,” Luca agrees.

“I don’t know why I do that,” Emily sighs. “I always fall for the worst guys. If they’re not total jerks or selfish assholes, then they’re usually married or-” Emily freezes, catching herself before she speaks.

“Yes?” Luca presses.

“Emotionally unavailable,” she admits after a pause.


Reaching over, Luca carefully wipes a tear from her face. “Or, in other words, still hung up on a previous relationship,” he murmurs.

Emily’s heart begins to race as Luca leans in closer. “Y-yes,” she stammers. “But I didn’t mean y-you. I, uh-”


Luca doesn’t let her finish however, quickly closing the gap between their lips.

His kiss is soft and warm, Emily thinks, timid almost but edged in passion. When they finally break apart, Emily doesn’t want to open her eyes, fearing that she’ll wake up and find it was all a dream.

“Come with me,” he whispers. His voice sounds rough and husky to Emily’s ears, but full of desire.


Luca guides her to the bedroom, and as their clothes fall away so do their reservations.


They spend the night wrapped up in each other’s arms.


Exhausted, Emily falls asleep quickly, but Luca finds that his eyes simply don’t want to close. He can’t stop staring at her, completely captivated by her beauty. He wonders how he managed to get so lucky, to fall in love again so quickly.


Challenge Notes:

I want to take a moment to thank two of my readers, as this chapter wouldn’t have been the same without you guys. First, I want to thank Zhippidy. If it wasn’t for your comment on my second chapter, I never would have thought about hooking up Luca and Emily. And I’m so happy that I decided to go there, cause I’m really enjoying writing about their relationship.

Secondly, I want to give a big thank you to Becky, who gave me the nanny/babysitter idea. I was completely stuck, and you, once again, helped me out of a tight spot.

But back to the story! I’m extremely curious to hear your opinion(s) on Luca and Emily’s new love. Creepy or adorable? I can’t decide. =P

Oona, by the way, is of Irish origins and means “lamb”. It is pronounced like “Una”, in case you were wondering.

Also, before anyone starts ripping on Maeve, just remember that we haven’t heard her side of the story yet. It was Atticus who wrote that letter to Luca, not Maeve, and there may be more going on in Arundel than he let on. I’m still trying to work out the details, but I can promise you that she will return in a future chapter. So you can look forward to that. Or not, as the case may be. ;)

21 comments:

  1. Well seeing as Maeve is supposed to be dead, her side of the story should be pretty entertaining. But I'm kinda happy Luca's moved on. : ) Maeve may be pretty, but she's selfish and childish and her family has waaaay too many issues for him to seriously consider marrying into that problem.

    If he breaks Emily's heart I will hate him. Even if their relationship is creepy and wrong on so many different levels. (*Cough*Oh and uh... I think you're forgetting about another doctor who fell in love with his nanny...*cough*)

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    1. LOL! I wondered if anybody would remember that *minor* detail. Yeah, I guess I do use this plot a lot, haha. But, in my defense, this time it was TOTALLY unplanned. I didn't start this generation thinking "Luca's gonna screw his nanny". I just needed to get Emily moved into the house as soon as possible for my couple roll, and that was the most logical alternative. Besides, Faye and Ryan never woohooed, iirc. I mean, they were probably going to, but I gave up on that story before it got that far. =P

      Creepy and wrong on so many different levels? Lol, I guess so, but she's all grown up now. And it's not like he had any feelings for her before she became an adult, as he was always in love with Maeve. Besides, the way I see it, Luca was about 18-20 when he moved to Jericho and first met Emily, and she was at least 10 (as the incident at the beginning of the chapter happened before they met), so it's not *that* bad. It could be worse I guess.

      Thanks for reading! I'm still tickled that you remembered Faye's generation. Lol, that made my day. =D

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  2. WOOHOO! Pun intended!

    You write very well.

    Lots of LOL moments in this one, too. “We could have had the entire navy with us today!” --one of my faves.

    And no, totally not creepy. Totally adorable.

    ~Margaret Pendragon

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    1. Aww, thanks Margaret! I'm glad you enjoyed it. =D

      And yay! I'm happy someone finds their relationship cute. Cause, honestly, I like Emily a million times more than I like Maeve. She's just more grounded or something. =)

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  3. The beginning part of the chapter made me really sad because it's so realistic and hits so close to home. I actually was gritting my teeth through that part.

    Unfortunately, for the relationship between Luca and Emily, I think I'm going with the creepy here. Sure she's an adult, but she moved in as soon as she became an adult so was just barely so. Not to mention Luca has known her since she was a child. That's a huge age gap. It's kinda creepy in general but when you've had a relationship for that long...

    She's gorgeous though and sweet and emotionally mature for everything she's gone through so I suppose I can't say it's not understandable. Just not necessarily acceptable. For awhile, I thought you were going to have Luca adopt her as a child to start his family young which may contribute to my feelings of ickiness.

    Last...can you just upload all your CASTed clothes somewhere. Seriously, aside from the flamingo vest, your sims have impeccable taste.

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    1. ROFL! Aside from the flamingo vest, haha. Thanks, heaven. =D I think you do a wonderful job with your clothes as well, so that's a huge compliment coming from you.

      I can definitely see where you're coming from with Luca and Emily, but... I think the age gap is less than you're imagining, as Luca was barely out of his teen years when he first met Emily, and she was halfway through her child stage. (Although, I admit, you wouldn't know this from reading the story.) Also, as I mentioned to Cece, I think, due to the context, it's only kind of creepy? At least, I hope so, cause I'm really quite fond of her. However, if enough of my readers object to their relationship, I might have to change my plans for them. I don't want to make anybody uncomfortable.

      As always, thanks for reading! =D

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    2. I agree with Becky below saying that Emily is much more likeable and, ultimately, suited as a partner for Luca. That doesn't mean I don't consider it still a bit creepy. But hey, don't change anything based on my opinion.

      I have read some awesome stories that touch on creepy, sad, or violent issues (rape, domestic abuse, cough*incest*cough) and all of them have turned out just fine without needing to be changed. Ultimately, it is your story and it needs to go the way it writes itself, without outside interference from your readers.

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    3. Thanks, heaven. I'm relieved to hear you say that, and I really appreciate the encouragement. You're right, of course. I shouldn't change my story because I'm worried about how my readers will respond. =)

      <3

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  4. Oona is an awesome name!
    It's not creepy as he wasn't grooming, or crushing, or fantasizing about her when he was little. He was trying to live his life, she was in the background. She deserves a bit of happiness.

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    1. Thank you! I love the name Oona as well. I just like the double O's. =)

      Hah, so far it appears y'all are evenly split about whether it's creepy or not. I'm kind of regretting going this route with them, but too late now, lol. I'm glad you don't find it creepy, and I completely agree with you about Luca. He had absolutely no romantic feelings for Emily until she was an adult, mainly because I had no idea that's where I was going with their relationship until this chapter. Haha, sad but true. (I never stick with my plots.)

      Thanks for reading! =D

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  5. "Evelyn’s boyfriend has wanted to move in for a while now, but her mom refused to let him while Emily still lived in the house, claiming that her slutty teenage daughter couldn’t be trusted around older men."

    Evelyn. Honey. Any dude that would sleep with your teenager daughter, no matter how slutty she is... is not a keeper. Lol.

    Yay! Great chapter. I like Emily more than Maeve, and I think she and Luca have more potential to get along.

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    1. ROFL! SO true! However, I actually knew a girl irl whose mother was so freakin' paranoid about her boyfriend cheating on her that the woman wouldn't let anybody spend time alone with him... Including her nineteen year old daughter. I'm not sure whether this says more about the mother or the boyfriend, but the woman did have some major psychological issues. (Like encouraging her other daughter, my friend's younger sister, to become anorexic because she thought that she looked "fat". The daughter was 12 at the time this occurred. D=)

      Still, I thought that might be something Evelyn would do, blaming Emily for her boyfriend's wandering eyes. She's neurotic in game and some other negative trait, like hot headed or grumpy or something, and is always yelling at poor Emily. Even when Em was just a kid.

      And thank you! =D I'm glad you like Emily more than Maeve. As I've mentioned, I'm quite fond of her as well.

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    2. Well, Maeve was an interesting character and fun to read about, but with a lot of room to grow before she became likeable as a person. She was selfish, cowardly, and... well, didn't seem to have much in common with Luca. I completely get why he fell in love with her, but from the get-go that relationship required constant compromises to work. Viewed like that, it's not too surprising that eventually the will to make it work broke down.

      Emily, on other other hand, had our sympathy and support from the moment she showed up in chapter one.

      I wasn't sure if we were going to explore Maeve's issues and work through them, after last chapter, or if she was going to up and leave just as mysteriously as she appeared ("Mysterious Woman", just one chapter in poor Luca's autobiography, lulz). But either way I knew there'd be a great story involved. =D

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    3. Hehe, yeah, you're dead on about Maeve, especially regarding her relationship with Luca. I'll try to give her some more screen time in the future in order to further explore her personality, but I'm not sure how successful I'll be. Honestly, she's not very well formed in my head right now either, which could perhaps explain why I wanted to get rid of her, lol.

      Luca's autobiography would read like a sad (*cough* sappy) romance novel, haha. Poor guy.

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  6. What a wonderful chapter Buckley--I quite enjoyed it. (minus the mother-Emily part, that was just sad!)

    I think Emily/Luca are cute, not creepy. I adore Emily, and have from the start. I like the Emily/Luca better than the Maeve/Luca. It would only be creepy, imo, if he obsessed about her when she was child, but they were just friends, and she lived with him several months after becoming an adult--so it wasn't even *sudden*. (My hubby is 7 yrs older than me, I met him when I was 18. But we laugh about how when he was graduating from highschool, I was only 11! :D Time makes a big difference~ )

    I was also thrilled at the cameo appearance of Gibson! And he's married with 4 kids! I bet they're adorable---as he is pretty cute! :) And I love the flamingo vest, lol. :P

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  7. I have invented a new word to describe their relationship; creep-dorable.
    It's only creepy because he was like a father to her as she was growing up, or an older brother at the least, and you just wouldn't develop feelings like that about family... The age thing doesn't bother me, my boyfriend is 5 years older than me, and I know several couples with much larger age differences, it kind of depends on what age-group you're in. There is a huge difference between 10 and 15, but not between 20 and 25.
    But it is adorable, because they have been there for each other through a lot and I can see how they would develop feelings for each other. If you were to split them up, you could put it down to too much alcohol. Simple.

    Maeve, well, I did like her, until she just ran off over what I see as nothing. Yes, he had a kid with someone else, but at the time of conception, she'd split up with him and had no right to dictate what he did during that period (Ross and Rachel from Friends, "We were on a break!"). So to me, that would be hard at first, but if you really love someone you'll work through it, it wasn't cheating. I am interested to see what she does now though. She'll only go down in my opinion if she never sees the children she basically forced Luca to get, especially her own flesh and blood daughter.

    Emily is very pretty as a YA :) and all the babies are so cute! There are two options in my eyes for baby number 5, either Maeve was pregnant when she ran off, and had just recently given birth (you mentioned it being 9 months since Emily moved in, plus a few weeks before that he was alone), or him and Emily will have a baby. I'd prefer the second, but don't mind either way, I just want to see what their genetics would mix like.

    Ok. End essay now, Gemma... Enjoyed this chapter :)

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  8. I'm not sure whether I think Luca and Emily's relationship is creepy or not. I'm not bothered by the age gap between them (my parents have a 14 year age gap) but the shift from a substitute father to partner does feel a little odd. I do like her much better than Maeve and I think she'll be a much better fit for Luca than Maeve was.

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  9. Not creepy. I was a bit let down when he went with Maeve in the first place because I kinda expected him to get together with Emily. And they did! Yay! :D

    The kids are all adorable.

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  10. Well, that was not a development I was expecting...interesting indeed! I'm curious about what is going on with Maeve and her family at the moment. I still don't agree with what she did and think she's being a bit unreasonable, but I still want to hear her side.

    I'm not sure if the romance is creepy or not. I'll get back to you on that. :P I did think it was adorable how Luca stood up for her in front of her nasty ex.

    It was nice to see Gibson in his vest again! I love that guy.

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  11. Okay, I'll be the bad guy and say that sleeping with your emotional father is kind of creepy. I mean this guy practically raised her! I don't know I just find it weird. If things go well I may be able to get over it.

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  12. So Luca and Emily....I don't know how I feel about this. Lol.

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