family get together • luca

[Emiah Lowood]

-rolls around happily-

Luca Lorretto

everything's alright by laura shigihara

i   just    stood    there

never know what i should do

Emiah sighed a little as she and Claire sat at Just Chillax, she had texted Luca as soon as she had woken up that she would meet him there with their little sister. Claire was busy folding some of the napkins into different shapes as Emiah continued to check her phone every second. She didn't want to accidently miss a message from Luca if he decided he didn't want to meet up with the two of them after all.

Emiah was giving him the benifit of the doubt since he genuinely seemed like he had wanted to see Claire again, and somewhere deep down inside of her Emiah wanted Claire to see him and for the three of them to try and be a family again. She of course wasn't going to get her hopes up for such a thing; after all, he had left once what would stop him from doing it again.

She hadn't told Claire who they were meeting, Emiah didn't think it would be fair to get her hopes up and have them come crashing down again. That had been the way it was when they were in foster care, hoping they could continue to stay where they were and stay together but it normally all fell apart.

Watching Claire for a moment Emiah's head perked up when she heard the small bell over the door chime signalling someone had opened the door. Seeing Luca she smiled and waved towards him a little to catch his attention. Looking down at Claire she nudged her with her shoulders gently, "The person we've been waiting for it here Claire" Emiah said making her sister look up and look around. Pointing towards Luca Claire frowned a little.

"He looks like the guy in the photo you carry around Mia" Claire said making Emiah laugh and nod her head, "He does look like him for a very good reason Claire" Emiah said gently as she watched their brother closely. Working as a criminal meant you needed to keep an eye on someones body language to see what they might do next. Emiah was watching him to see if he would show signs of wanting to leave straight away.

[Luca Lorretto]

Luca had awoken to the chime of a text and turned over grabbing his phone and knocking his glass of water off the end table.He read the text and realized it was from emiah. She told him to meet her and claire at this restaurant in 20 minutes. He smiled and rolled out of bed and walked his way over to his closet. He pulled out a dark blue pair of jeans and a black shirt which he paired with a navy Button up on top. The shirt clung a little too tightly but he didnt care it would just scare people off. He slicked back his hair and pulled on his shoes before picking up his phone and shoving it into his pocket. He walked out the door and down the street until he reached the restaurant. He didnt feel the need to text Emiah since he was already early. Inside of him his anticipation grew, all he ever wanted was to be a big family. Luca took a big breath and held it as he opened the door.He was automatically hit with the delicious smells as he walked in. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw Emiah and Claire. He smiled and waved back quickly before turning to the hostess and saying in his most seductive voice "My family is over there, you dont need to escort me." He smiled at the hostess and walked down to Emiah and Claire a giant goofy smile plastered onto his face.

[Emiah Lowood]

-rolls around happily-

Luca Lorretto

everything's alright by laura shigihara

i   just    stood    there

never know what i should do

Emiah smiled at him when he came closer to the table, "Hey...I was starting to think you might have changed your mind" she said softly and blushed a little. Logically she knew he hadn't but Emiah doubted she could ever shake that little niggling at the back of her head telling her that he wasn't going to come. It had become a familiar feeling to her; expecting him to come for her and Claire and never coming.  But Emiah was going to try and change that form of thinking she had gotten into over the years. After all, they were all together once again.

Claire looked at him and tipped her head to the side a little, she looked like a smaller version of Emiah, "Are you the guy Emiah carries a picture of around?" Claire questioned bluntly not waiting for Emiah to tell her who he was. He looked exactly like the guy who Emiah said was their brother. But that couldn't be right, could it?

Emiah sighed and face palmed a little before she looked at Claire form the corner of her eye, "Yes you devil child. His the guy in the picture...his our brother" she said with a shake of her head and a small smirk. Claire didn't seem at all phased by this development as she had been tiny when he had left them. In getting conformation that the man now with them was their brother Claire gave a small 'hmph' at being called a devil child before she continued to fold the napkins she had randomly. 

"How did Emiah find you?" Claire asked curiously making Emiah shoot a look at Luca and give a very subtle shake of her head. She didn't want Claire to know that she was still in the life and not just working as a waitress. She didn't want Claire to accidentally tell someone about her extracurricular activities in case she got taken from her.

[Luca Lorretto]

Luca chuckled softly as Emiah told him she thought he wasn't coming, as he slid out his chair and took a seat between them. "Hi Claire, I am your older brother Luca" He held out his hand in a sweet gesture because he wasn't sure if hugs were aloud with her or not. He then turned to Emiah "I will never let you go." He said softly and placed a hand over hers. "I can finally be happy." He smiled a little and chuckled again as claire made the little hmph sound. So much like Emiah she was. He turned back to her as he heard her ask, how Emiah found him.

He saw Emiahs look at the exact same time and threw a hand up to rub the back of his neck and hairline. "Well, its a funny story" He said with a shrug. "I had just moved here a few months ago, and last week I was out on the square looking for the building I was to go into for my contract. And well I couldn't find it, so you know I was walking down the street not really paying attention when BAM!" he exclaimed the BAM! part and smiled. "I walked right into your sister causing her to falter a little bit. Which also caused her to get trapped in my scarf. It was pretty funny you see." He smiled at Emiah "She couldnt stop apologizing until she looked up and recognized me. She told me to come back and meet her on her break and gave me the address of her workplace and I did. We talked over coffee."
He hoped that was enough to satisfy Claire

(OOC: what if during lunch Luca notices someone is hunting down Emiah (A job gone wrong?) and Luca has to get up and leave (making Emiah think hes gone) when in reality he is really just trying to protect her? Then maybe Emiah goes to his house and finds him injured after he killed the attacker?