five,

episode five ~ 100 days

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A knock on Gianna's door made the girl jump, "Gianna, can we talk? Please," her father's desperate voice was heard from behind the door.

Ever since their arguement, it was the same routine. Gia would come home from school and without even greeting or saying anything, she would walk to her room and lock herself in there.

She did not want to hear what her father had to say.

Not answering her father, she could hear him sigh on the other side fo the door, "when you're ready to talk, come find me," he said and when Gia thought that was it he added, "please," at the end of the sentence, before his footsteps retreated.

Sighing, she turned to Nicco, who sat next to her on her bed. He had come over, right after Chiara went live, telling the truth. Gia still hasn't talked to her, she tried calling her, but she wasn't picking up. Gianna assumed she and her parents were argueing about it.

"Are you going to tell me what the fight was about?" He asked. Gianna had told him that they've had a big arguement, but what about she never mentioned and when he asked, she would change the topic.

Looking at him, she contempleted whether to tell him the truth or not. Sighing, she averted her gaze. "He and Rosa got a hold of pictures, where I was on dates with guys. Older guys," she admitted. "Not like Chiara and Ludo were doing," she clarified. "I wasn't doing it for money or whatever. They weren't paying me," she shook her head, embarrasment crawled up her neck and she could feel her face heating up. She hated that she even started this conversation.

"There were two of them. I kind of dated one of them, until he disappeared without a word. The second one wasn't anything serious, just few dates here and there," she shrugged, staying on the edge of her bed where she sat, hands in her lap and gaze stuck to the floor.

Nicco sat up straight and sat closer to her, "I'm sorry," he told her. He wanted nothing more than to just put his hands around her and comfort her, but he wasn't sure if that would be okay with her.

"I know it was wrong," she admitted. "But it felt good," she let out a sad chuckle, trying not to tear up. "I ruined everything."

"Hey, don't say that. It's not your fault, okay? Everything that had happened? None of it is your fault. Don't blame yourself," he said, trying to catch her eye. "Look at me," he said.

Gianna raised her gaze up to him, "none of it is your fault. Get it?"

Gia nodded, "thank you for being here," she told him, giving him a small smile. "I feel shitty that I wasn't there for you, when you needed me."

"What are you talking about?"

"With Virginia? I should've been there for you," she shrugged, feeling guilty.

Nicco shook his head, "no, Gia. I don't blame you for that."

The two of them kept looking at each other. Gia put her arms around him, pulling him closer to her. Nicco wrapped his hands around her waist, hugging her back, both of them appreciating the presence and comfort of the other.

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"Chia!" Gianna called out the next day at school, running up to Fabio and Chiara, who were getting of Fabio's moped, Niccolo walked slowly behind her.

Pulling the girl into a hug, she squeezed her tightly, Chiara returning her hug.

"I'm proud of you," she whispered in her ear. "You did the right thing," she said, caressing her hair, pulling away from her. "We're in this together, okay?" She told her, squeezing her hands. Chiara only gave her a small smile.

"How did your parents react? Not good, I assume?"

"They were pissed," Chiara said. "My dad didn't know about my mom sending the pictures to school. I have to talk to the dean, Gia, I will talk to you later, hopefully," she squeezed her hand too, before leaving Fabio, Gia and Nicco standing on the school's parking lot.

Gia sighed, standing in her place. Nicco put a hand on her back, gently caressing her to remind her she wasn't alone. Giving her a small smile, the blonde gave him one in return, happy she had him by her side.

Nicco leaned down to whisper in Gia's ear, "I'm meeting Vitto and Carlo, you want to come with me?"

Gia turned her head, looking at him with a smirk on her face. "You want to make this official or something?" She teased.

Niccolo widened his eyes, opening his mouth and the closing it like a fish, not knowing what to say, "I.. um.."

Gia let out a laugh, "relax, I'm just kidding. Let's go," she took his hand in hers.

"Hey," Nicco greeted his friends, Gia's hand still in his. He leaned against Vitto's car, pulling Gia to stand in front of him, leaning against him, his hands on her hips, making slow circles with his thumb.

Vitto and Carlo looked at them, "well hello," Vitto whistled, grinning at the sight of the two acting like a couple. "Hey, G," he greeted the girl.

"Hi," she gave the guys a little smile, starting to get nervous.

"So is this like, official, or something?" Carlo asked, gesturing between the two of them with a smirk on his lips.

Gia shrugged, "that's a secret we will never tell," she chuckled.

To be completely honest, they didn't have a conversation about what they were, if they were anything at all.

Nicco only just spent the night and drove Gia to school this morning and decided to stay with her while she met up with Chiara and then they went to meet up with his friends.

So technically, they were a couple, they just didn't tell each other yet.

"If she quizzez me today, I'm telling you, I'm done for," Vitto changed the subject, Gianna was only half listening, her mind obviously still on Ludo and Chiara.

"Same here, man," Carlo agreed.

"Cool. Now that you said it--" Niccolo started, but was cut off by Carlo.

"I'm going to do it already."

"Ah, it's the revenant. Get your ass over here!" Vitto called out, making Gia switch from her thoughts to reality, looking at Brando, who just arrived at school. "Hey, over here!" He tried again when his first attempt at getting Brando's attention failed. "Look at that, he's totally ignoring us," he chuckled.

"He's too good for us, now," Carlo said. "Why's he gotta be like that?"

While the three boys got back to their conversation, Gia kept her gaze at Brando, who now stood with Fabio in front of him, she let out a gasp when the two boys started kissing, making Nicco look at her first and then switching his gaze to where she was looking.

Niccolo smiled, looking at his friend for a moment, happy that he was happy. He stood up straight, making Gia do the same.

"Let's go," he said into her ear, taking her hand in his.

Walking together into school, Gia grinned up at him, "wasn't that cute?" She asked.

Niccolo chuckled at her, "yeah. Very adorable," he rolled his eyes.

"Did you know about them? Because I did," she shrugged, smugness written all over her for knowing someone's secret before it was revealed.

"I kind of had a feeling," he told her also shrugging. "How did you know?"

"Ludo told me."

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arent they just such a cutecouple?????

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