12-09-2014, 01:39 PM
A voice caused Connor to look up and he couldn't help but smile. He stood up and shook the man's hand vigorously, clapping a hand to his shoulder. "How's it going man?"
He was genuinely happy to see the guy.
He'd filled out a bit more and there was more fire in him than the last time they'd met. Then again, all of them were pretty out of it, what with the fight and all. And of course he'd had his own issues, his own internal struggles. That night had been a turning point for him. And Giovanni was part of that. Not as much as Aria, of course. Aria had actually given him answers, had seemed to care.
The memory was soured by her later appearance at the club, the way she played him, forcing him to feel pain and guilt. But over the last months his anger at her had changed. Not that he wasn't still wary and angry at her. But he he also felt a sense of loss. It was like he told Alex. Aria had lost something, had lost that sense of humanity and compassion that had saved his life that night.
In his mind, he blamed the Atharim, It was the only way to reconcile the two women that he'd met being the same person.
But he pushed all that aside. He did have some things to talk to Giovanni about. The fact that he was on an Atharim hitlist, for one. And that Giovanni was not his real name. But that would come later.
They sat down and began to talk when suddenly he felt soft cool hands go around his neck and a kiss on his cheek. He turned his head to see Ayden as she greeted him. He couldn't help but smile and put his hand on her arm. She had that effect on him. She was with a blonde woman whom he could only assume was Emily.
Before he said anything, she confirmed his guess. "Nice to meet you,"
he said standing and extending his hand. At Ayden's question he answered, "This is Giovanni Cavelli."
The man used a fake name for a reason. It wasn't his place to announce it, anymore than he'd tell everyone that Ayden was really Anne.
To Emily he said, "I've heard a lot about you. I owe you something,"
he said with a smile, putting his arm around Ayden and winking at her. "You saved me from shoe shopping."
It was a joke of course...except that he really did hate shoe shopping.
To Ayden he asked, "So you bought out the store and now you've decide to take up MMA, that it?"
He smiled at her with nothing but love in his eyes..
Edited by Connor Kent, Dec 9 2014, 01:46 PM.
He was genuinely happy to see the guy.
He'd filled out a bit more and there was more fire in him than the last time they'd met. Then again, all of them were pretty out of it, what with the fight and all. And of course he'd had his own issues, his own internal struggles. That night had been a turning point for him. And Giovanni was part of that. Not as much as Aria, of course. Aria had actually given him answers, had seemed to care.
The memory was soured by her later appearance at the club, the way she played him, forcing him to feel pain and guilt. But over the last months his anger at her had changed. Not that he wasn't still wary and angry at her. But he he also felt a sense of loss. It was like he told Alex. Aria had lost something, had lost that sense of humanity and compassion that had saved his life that night.
In his mind, he blamed the Atharim, It was the only way to reconcile the two women that he'd met being the same person.
But he pushed all that aside. He did have some things to talk to Giovanni about. The fact that he was on an Atharim hitlist, for one. And that Giovanni was not his real name. But that would come later.
They sat down and began to talk when suddenly he felt soft cool hands go around his neck and a kiss on his cheek. He turned his head to see Ayden as she greeted him. He couldn't help but smile and put his hand on her arm. She had that effect on him. She was with a blonde woman whom he could only assume was Emily.
Before he said anything, she confirmed his guess. "Nice to meet you,"
he said standing and extending his hand. At Ayden's question he answered, "This is Giovanni Cavelli."
The man used a fake name for a reason. It wasn't his place to announce it, anymore than he'd tell everyone that Ayden was really Anne.
To Emily he said, "I've heard a lot about you. I owe you something,"
he said with a smile, putting his arm around Ayden and winking at her. "You saved me from shoe shopping."
It was a joke of course...except that he really did hate shoe shopping.
To Ayden he asked, "So you bought out the store and now you've decide to take up MMA, that it?"
He smiled at her with nothing but love in his eyes..
Edited by Connor Kent, Dec 9 2014, 01:46 PM.