A Midsummer’sNight

Chap.1 Italy here I come?!

She is about to embark on a journey that will change her life forever… Will she ever meet her true love, or will she be heart-broken once again…

Airi Hoshina, a 18- year old girl with auburn-honey wispy hair that reaches at the middle of her back, and has matching radiant violet eyes that shine brightly as she scans over the flight departures in going to Italy. She lugs around her silver suitcase that weighs as much as she weighs, and she tosses it over the conveyor belt full of different varieties of luggages. As Airi goes through security nervously, she looks around for the right gate. “Last call for the flight departure for Italy in Gate 23 at 2:20 p.!” as the announcement booms throughout the whole airport. She raced down the halls and was the last one to be on board. While looking at her ticket, seat A16, she found her seat and was luckily unoccupied so she could think about what was going on.

Airi’s POV

I can’t believe I’m doing this!! Why did grandpa and grandma choose me to go to Italy to take care of somebody that I don’t even know!! Sure I’m earning a great deal of money, but… living with someone that I don’t know has just crossed the line for my comfort zone. O God!! Please help me to get through these drastic measures!!

-Flashback-

“Airi would you do us a big favor please!”

“What is it Gramps?” called Airi as she flew down the flight of stairs

“I want you to travel to Italy, and take care of the person and his house for about 5 months,” asked Grandma as she was preparing dinner.

“You’re kidding right? I mean, you wouldn’t send me over there to take care of somebody that I don’t even know… Why would I do something like this? I especially don’t know how to speak Italian!! How am I going to survive there?” screamed Airi hysterically.

“We’re not kidding, and please stop shouting in my ear! I think you just blasted off my ear drum! Anyways he says he’s going to pay a great sum of money, and is my best friend’s 2nd son. Besides, you don’t have to worry a thing about speaking… He knows fluent English and Italian! I think his name is…. What’s his name again? O!! Aram, his name is Aram and he has an older brother named Jeile. But Jeile has moved out of the villa and bought his own place down south of Italy,” Exclaimed Granpa.

“Mmmmm…. Fine I’ll do it! You just see if your granddaughter will get kidnapped or something like that…” moped Airi as she started to pack her clothes.

-Flashback ended-

“I wonder how Nakaoji is doing all these years… I hope this “caretaker” job is worth my time and it better pay me a whole lot of cash too… I promised Gram and Gramps that I’ll do my best at this job and… I promised to Nakaoji,” as Airi thought while she was on the plane.

Then, she dozed off while dreaming of how Italy will be like and who she’s going to work for the next 5 months, and determined to meet Nakaoji once again after this fiasco is over. 12 hours later she arrived in Rome, Italy… As she walked through the gate and to the Luggage Claim, she grabbed a taxi cab nearest to the sliding doors outside of the Rotino Airport. She told the taxi cab that she was headed for Florence and in a town called Tuscany. It took 4 hours to get to Florence and a half hour to Tuscany. She felt so relieved of getting out of that awful taxi that smelled of smoke and cigarettes from that discusting driver, and hearing non-stop about ancient histories of his so-called city that he said he used to be mayor of that city. Finally, she’s in Tuscany. The weather was not as bad as she thought it would be in such a beautiful place. It was filled with grass fields over the valley and lavender field that shone against the brilliance of the hot Florence sun. The houses were some how unusual but had some kind of unique significance to her. The markets were overflowed with people, noises of the marketers bargaining with their vendors, laughing of children playing with each other. It seemed such a colorful place to live in and the ambiance just lightens the town up. She wandered around the streets trying to find someone that knows where this place is. People gave her directions, but she had no idea where she was heading to but… A 2007 shiny red Mitsubishi convertible honked at her drove next to her, and rolled down the windows. To Airi’s surprise it was a man who looked about 2 years older than her. This man had blue short straight hair and also matching piercing blue eyes. His skin was an olive tan color.

Then Airi asked him, “Hi my name is Airi Hoshina and I was wondering if you know where the Astale manor is ? ”

“What’s your business there,” questioned the man.

“I’m the new caretaker of the house,” Airi explained

“Oh ok my name is Raz and I’m the cousin of Aram,” said Raz. “I’ll take you there get in the car!”

Airi said suspiciously, “How can I trust you what if your not his cousin!?”

“If I wanted to kidnap you I would have already stuffed you and put you in the back of my trunk,” said Raz as he looked her in the eye.

Airi debated on this and knew that he was right, so she put her belongings in the trunk and got in the front seat. Raz speeded to Astale manor. He got there in 20 minutes without saying a word during the whole entire trip. Airi got out and grabbed her stuff from the trunk and before she could say thank you Raz raced off. Airi walked closer and closer to the door and her eyes widened with shock as she looked at the glorious sight before her eyes…..

AN: HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!!!! ANOTHER CHAP. IS COMIN UP SOON!!!!!! PLZ PLZ REVIEW !!!!!!!!!!!! NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT!!!!!!!! ARAM WILL BE COMIN IN THE NEXT CHAP.!!!!!!!!!!!