Fan story

## Chapter 1

As the sun began shining on the city of Genoa, a spunky red haired girl sprung out of bed and burst into joy.

“Mamma mia! Today’s the day!” the girl, Giulia yelled in excitement. For her, this day was a day like no other. It was more exciting than Christmas and her birthday. It was something close to her heart

Giulia’s yapping woke up her friend Luca, who looked forward to sleeping in. “It’s six in the morning!” he cries. “What are you so eccitata about?”

“Today is the day my uncle Sean arrives to Genova. I’ve been looking forward to this all year!”.

While technically not Giulia’s uncle, Giulia’s mother Francesca and Sean were cousins who had a sibling-like connection. During the many summers they spent together in Portorosso, the pair were inseparable. However as Sean got older, he became more focused on his future and their relationship began to drift apart with Sean now spending his summers in New York.

However after the birth of Giulia, Sean decided to rebuild his relationship with his cousin and began dedicating time to taking care of Francesca’s baby girl. While busy with his job as an astronaut, he was more close to the Accardos than ever.

In order to save herself from boredom, Giulia began telling stories to Luca about her uncle Sean. One in particular involved Sean carrying a hundred pound telescope into her room so that they could learn about the solar system.

Luca fell in love with the way Giulia described her uncle and became invested in her stories. “Giulia, what time did you say he was coming?” Luca generously asked.

“Mezzogiorno. But my mother did say that he might arrive late depending on the weather.” She replied.

“But, but.” Luca stuttered. “But, will your uncle not accept me for who I am?”

”Relax. He’s been to space before and served in the army. I am almost one hundred percent sure that he won’t lose his cool over a sea monster.”

“Alright then, but I still don’t know how I feel about this.”

”Luca, you’ve dealt with those bullies at school before and I know that my uncle won’t treat you any different from me.” Giulia determined. “Remember what Alberto said. Silenzio, Bruno!”

”Silenzio, Bruno!” Luca exclaimed.

The two began preparations for the day by getting dressed, eating breakfast and making the house picture perfect. They cleaned all of their dishes covered in filth, dusted off every shelf, scrubbed mold off of their bathtub and fluffed every pillow.

“You didn’t have to do this!” Giulia’s mother Francesca exclaimed in a state of disbelief as she walked downstairs. “Grazie to the two best children in the world!”

Francesca began telling Luca about how he reminds her of Sean. Their big brown eyes, their somewhat curly, dark brown hair and their interest in space. By the time she finished the comparisons, it was almost noon. Upon this realization, the three rushed to the shipyard as fast as they could.

Luca was finally going to meet Sean.

## Chapter 2

Crowds gathered at the shipyard, but not that many compared to most days, Luca observed the continuous line of passengers exiting the massive liner by the thousands and began to notice the amount of smoke exhaled from the ship’s two giant red funnels.

Luca waited patiently until he saw a man who looked like him. The man, smiling at Giulia, had curly brown hair, brown eyes, and was somewhat short in height.

“Giulia!” The man yelled.

“Uncle Sean!” Giulia shouted.

The two began hugging. This is when Luca realized the man was Sean, the same person he had been looking forward to meeting.

Sean walked over to Francesca and they started reminiscing about the many summers they spent together. As they talked more, Sean noticed Luca for the first time.

“Sean, this is Luca. Giulia met him last summer and now he lives with us during the school year.” Francesca explained.

”Nice to meet you, Luca!”

Sean shook hands with a Luca, whose sweat began exposing his bluish green scales. Not wanting to be embarrassed, he quickly rubbed Sean’s tie onto his face. Luckily for him, Sean didn’t notice anything.

When they returned home, Sean carried a heavy suitcase upstairs and into Giulia’s room.

”What is in this thing, bricks?” Luca asked.

“Not quite.” Sean responded. “It’s a telescope. Whenever I visit my niece, I always bring it for her.”

Luca suddenly remembered the story Giulia told him earlier. She had awfully quiet for a while despite her excitement hours prior.

“Giulia?” Luca asked

”What?” A visibly upset Giulia answered.

“What’s wrong?”

Giulia didn’t answer back right away. It took a whole minute for her to respond.

Luca waited.

“I was just looking forward to spend time with my uncle, but he seems to want to spend more time with you than me. I’ve waited for this all year for this!” Tears started to come out of Giulia’s eyes.

“What’s going on?” Sean asked, as he barely overheard their conversation.

“I just want to spend time with you.”

“Giulia, we have plenty of time to spend together. Two weeks, in fact.”

Giulia hugged her uncle Sean, who promised spending more time with her. The two along with Luca began discussing the solar system, a conversation that continued at the dinner table and throughout the evening.

Before going to bed, Luca observed the moon through the telescope.

“I wish I could go to the moon, but that’s impossible!”

“Nothing is impossible.” Sean said. “NASA is working on sending people to the moon.”

”What’s NASA?” Luca curiously asked.

”The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It’s the organization I work for. In fact, I was one of their first astronauts they sent into space.”

”Do they allow all types of people?” Luca asked.

“Yes, but you need years of experience first. That’s why I’m called Lieutenant Sean R. Accardo!” Sean declared.

”I see.”

”Kennedy wants astronauts to land on the moon by the end of the decade.” Sean added.

“Who?”

”John Kennedy, he’s the President of the United States.”

“Well, it’s getting late.” Luca said

“Goodnight!” Sean said.

“Goodnight!” Luca responded with. “It was nice meeting you!”

Luca walked over to his bed and closed his eyes. Within minutes, he was asleep.

## Chapter 3

While the weather was perfect in Portorosso, Alberto’s feelings weren’t.

“I wish you were here.” Alberto sighed as stared into a picture of Luca. It had been months since he last saw his best friend.

”What is wrong, Alberto?” Massimo asked as he walked over towards Alberto.

”I just miss Luca!” The boy cried.

”I understand. Everyday, I miss seeing Giulia, but at least I get to see her during the summer.”

“Why can’t I just visit Luca and hug him?”

”Train tickets cost money and I…” Massimo paused and realized something. “Wait a second. I’ll be right back” He added before walking away.

A few minutes later, Massimo returned with a train ticket.

Alberto leaped in joy and shouted, ”Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

Alberto spent the rest of the day packing his belongings and learning Luca’s address. Massimo did give him some help.

After they arrived to the train station the following day, Alberto and Massimo hugged before saying their goodbyes.

”Arrivederci, Signor Marcovaldo!”

“Arrivederci, Alberto! We will see each other soon!”

As the train slowly departed, Alberto waved goodbye to Massimo from his seat. Sitting behind Alberto was a slender, tall dark haired teenage boy with a smug look on his face.

However, the only thing Alberto paid attention to was the fact that he would finally get to reunite with his love.

## Chapter ?

”I just don’t know. If I tell him, then he might judge me.” Luca thought. He had only known Sean for a day and feared that this might happen.

“Silenzio, Bruno!” Luca shouted.

Luca ran downstairs, into the kitchen and approached Sean.

“Sean, I have to tell you something.”

“What is it?” Sean asked

”Just please promise you won’t go crazy if I tell you this.”

”I won’t.”

”Sean, I’m a sea monster.”

Sean burst out into laughter in disbelief. “I have to tell you something too, my uncle is a leprechaun.” He sarcastically added.

”No. I’m serious. I am a sea monster.”

“Okay.”

”I’ll prove it.” Luca dumps water onto his head revealing scales.

”You are! I won’t judge.”

Sean learns Luca’s secret

## Notes

Notes: American relative of Gulia named Sean invited them to come to NYC on ocean liner that sinks