Love Makes Blind

[Paul's Point of VIew]
[Four day's later]
[Heathrow, England]

The plane was filled. Every seat in every row was filled. I sat next to Elia and she was clinging to my hand as she sat staring out the window, waiting for the plane to takeoff. Darin, Leah and Mirella sat on the three seats next to us.

We were going to Italy. It would be the first time I was out of the U.S; well except those few times I had crossed the border up to Canada while chasing a vampire.
I laughed soundlessly when I remembered the pack’s reaction after Sam gave me and Leah the green light to go to Italy.
‘What the hell Sam?’ Jacob had asked. ‘Are you seriously sending the pack’s two hot heads together to Italy?’
‘They have both calmed down after they imprinted.’ Sam had replied in his alpha voice.
‘Yeah, and besides; Leah and I are the bests of friends.’ Everybody had laughed after I said that, including me and Leah.
‘I bet one of them comes home missing a limb.’ Jared had said, and all of them had put their money on which of us it would be.

Elia was excited, to say at least; but she was nervous too, telling from the way she dug her nails into my arm. It didn’t bother me.
“Aren’t you excited?” She turned to me with a big grin on her face.
I smiled at her. “Very.” I said and kissed her.
She turned back to the window when the plane started rumbling.
I was excited myself, but mostly for Elia. I was afraid she would get hurt because I had this nagging feeling something would go wrong.

When we got to Parghelia lots of thing would happen. First we would meet Elia’s family and her friends. I couldn’t help but be a little scared when I thought about Elia and all those ‘boys’, I would have to hide my jealousy if necessary. We would be living in a house that Elia’s mother owned. Mirella had never sold the house she bought with Elia’s father, Roberto. They had just rented the house in La Push. It made me feel a little better knowing I wouldn’t have to share house with her aunt Valeira. I had nothing against the woman, she just was little intense.

Elia squealed silently as the plane lifted from the ground. I chuckled and held onto her hand tightly.

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It was an hour to drive from the airport in Lamezia Terme till Parghelia. Valeira was there to pick us up. It hit me that Elia really was Italian when she greeted her aunt with kisses on both cheeks and talking fluently Italian. I felt a little left outside, but sucked it up. Both Elia and Valeira started crying when they saw each other.

Leah and I didn’t say much in the car. The conversations where mostly in Italian. I was mostly looking out at the passing landscape, almost being as amazed that Elia had been after her surgery.
“You’re Nonna is so anxious to see you Elia.” Valeira finally switched over to English. “Everybody is excited.”
“I am too.” Elia said and she too was staring out of the car window and I realized this would be the first time she saw her home. I squeezed her hand and she smiled at me.

I remember what Gina had said when she had visited, about Elia being treated like a princess in Parghelia when we drove into a small village and a big banner hung from two trees over the road. The text was written in Italian, but I could see Elia’s name clearly in vivid colored bold print.
“They got a little overboard.” Valeira laughed and Mirella did too, clearly not surprised.
“What does it say?” Elia asked a little embarrassed. She had started learning how to read and write English so Italian would be a little difficult for her.
Darin laughed. “Welcome home our precious Elia.”
Elia blushed. “They do get overboard.”

Valeira stopped the car infront of what seemed like a park. And when we opened the car doors and got out loud cheers where heard from all the people gathered. Elia’s eyes widened. I stayed by her side, but Darin and Mirella had already walked over to greet someone.
“It’s okay monster.” I whispered in her ear.