Emily hung up the call and rose to her feet, still in total disbelief about the whole situation. It made no sense and regardless of how hard she thought about it, it all felt like something completely out of Giovanni’s character. Why did he have to come all the way to her school? And like that wasn’t enough, why wasn’t he leaving? Still feeling awkward, she walked towards the main entrance of the library with the thought of going to fetch him from wherever he must have parked his car and was probably waiting for her. But much to her surprise, the moment she was about to approach the door, she caught him strolling into the library, hands shoved in his pocket as he looked around for her. “Mr. Giovanni?” She called out to him in a low voice, waving her hands to get his get his attention. “Um, here.” “Oh there you are.” “How were you allowed in?” She immediately asked as he walked up towards her. “It’s a student only library.” “Well, I have my ways,” he raised his eyebrows. “You sa
A small smile appeared on Emily’s face as she returned to her seat in the library to meet Giovanni still asleep. His head was now properly rested on the table, his face completely hidden thanks to his postion. Immediately getting on her toes, she tiptoed towards over to her seat and just as she fell into it, careful not to make too much of a sound, he raised his head. “Oh,” she bit her lip realizing she must have been too loud. “You’re awake.” “What do you mean by that?” He stylishly rubbed his eyes as he asked. “I wasn’t asleep.” “What?!” Emily exclaimed in disbelief. “You were asleep! You fell asleep!” “You must be mistaken,” He adjusted his jacket and smoothened his hair with his palm. “I am unable to sleep anywhere that easily. Maybe I closed my eyes for a couple of seconds and you mistook that for me sleeping but you’re wrong. I was not asleep. I was still fully aware of everything going on in my surroundings.”“Oh, yeah?” She smirked. “Do you know when I left here then? Wh
Close to another hour passed and finally Emily was done for the night, Emily proceeding to have Giovanni drive her home. It was already late as they embarked on the night drive, the road stretching ahead of them, illuminated by the gentle glow from the moon. Silence settled between, only broken by the soft hum of the engine as they drove. With gaze fixed on the road, thoughts roamed Giovanni’s mind. It had to be the latest he found himself driving and instead of normally wondering why he was driving so late, he couldn’t help but wonder if school work made Emily that busy all the time. Did she always spend so long at school? And even if she did, did she always have to return home that late at night? The fact that her parents barely cared about her was already established but was it that bad? His grip on the steering wheel tightened as he kept on imagining. For some reason, the thought of her being out that late every night made him uneasy, prompting him to finally speak up and bre
For the millionth time in barely an hour, Emily typed in the words "zoos near me" into the search bar.She had been rephrasing, retyping and researching over and over again, trying to figure out which zoo was going to be perfect for her and Giovanni to go to. Though zoos had always been a place she really wanted to visit, she never made any actual plans for it, the preparation process suddenly feeling more hectic than she could have thought.She was done with her classes for the day and was simply whiling away time before heading home.Other than that, she was stylishly looking around her, hoping she'd see or run into Tyler at least once.He wasn't present in classes the entire day and like that wasn't strange enough, he wasn't replying to any of her messages or calls, leaving her with no choice but to worry about him."Why does it cost so much to enter a zoo?" she hissed to herself as she tapped on another z00 that seemed close by. “Shouldn't it be-“"Have you finally lost your mind?
“One restaurant, another restaurant and a concert?” Giovanni clicked his tongue as he sat in his office, trying to count the amount of dates he and Emily had gone. According to his plans and the contract he had her sign, they were to go on exactly 9 dates before the wedding. Yet from his calculations, he could only count 3. Was that really all or was he forgetting one? “Zoo date.” He quickly added the zoo to the list since they were heading there the following day anyways. Regardless, that still made the total count 4, making him wonder how they were going to manage 5 whole extra dates. Pulling open his drawer, he reached for his own copy of the contract and flipped through it. There had to be something about the dates- specific dates for each ones or how to complete them all before the wedding or just anything related. However before he could go through the contract as thoroughly as he’ll have wanted, he was interrupted by a knock on the his door, August immediately stepping i
It was finally the day set for the zoo date and Giovanni couldn’t believe how much of a hurry he was in to finish his work for the day and head over to Emily’s college to pick her up. He was to pick leave his office by 12pm, get to her by 1pm and by 2.30pm, they would be at the zoo. It was a plan he had carefully drafted the day before and in contrast to the plan, he suddenly found himself being extra busy. Despite getting to work exactly 7am, he still had a pile of work to attend to. A pile he couldn’t see himself getting rid of before 12pm.With a groan, he massaged his temples and peered at his laptop screen, his head slowly beginning to ache as a result of staring at screens for so long. He needed a cup of coffee and just as he was about to call for it, the door to his office flew open to reveal August. “You seem busy.” “I am busy,” he replied him, barely sparing him a glance. “Why are you here? I need a cup of coffee so are you here to help me with that?” “That’s not the ac
“What are you doing here?” Emily was walking out of the cafeteria with a bottle of soda in her hand when she spotted August walking towards her. “And why are you smiling?” She added before he could reply her initial question. “This is weird.” “Miss Stark-“ “I told you to call me just Emily,” she corrected him. “Hearing Miss Stark from Giovanni is more than enough. I don’t need you calling me that too.” “Alright then, Emily,” he nodded, his smile still on his face. “You must be wondering why I’m here.” She indeed was. Giovanni was meant to come pick her up himself so they could go to the zoo so of course it was strange to see him in his place. “Well, Giovanni is busy,” he said, Emily immediately blinking. He was busy? So busy he was going to cancel their date?! “So, he asked me to pick you up on his behalf.” “Oh,” Emily heaved a light sigh in relief but almost immediately, got worried again. “Wait, what?! So you’ll be going on the date with me instead of him?!” “What? No!” Augu
Giovanni and Emily walked side by side, a comfortable distance between between them as they walked into the zoo. The afternoon sun beamed down upon them, casting a warm glow that mirrored the growing excitement in Emily as she walked in. “You seem excited. Really excited.” “Oh, I am,” Emily nodded at Giovanni. “Extremely excited in fact. I’ve always wanted to visit a zoo.” “Why did you never visit one then?” Giovanni asked they strolled in. “It’s not much of a big deal, is it?” “You’re right,” she nodded. “I’ve just never had a reason to come. The way I grew up, I didn’t get a chance to have whatever i wanted simply because I wanted it.” “Oh,” he wiggled his eyebrows. “At least, you’re getting to visit it now. You should make the most of this opportunity then.” “Ah yes I will!” She didn’t wait for him and quickly took the lead, waking around the zoo to take advantage of the opportunity in her hand to the fullest. It sef what she had always wanted anyways, Emily cherishing eve