answers, not checking the caller ID. She's already aplogizing in rapid Italian, speaking of money and her ex-boss. She has the biggest_

_migraine ever.

blinks. "Lovi you can relax. It's just me."

pauses, taking a few seconds to register that. "Oh...Oh! mi dispiace, I've been on the phone and in meetings non-stop. You changed back." _

_Elyse sounded like her female self.

- "Yup. I've been wondering where you've run off to."

tugs on her hair idly. "Ah, I guess you havn't heard then. Things aren't going so well..."

blinks. "Why...? What's wrong, hun?"

a little surprised by the pet name. "New boss by force, and...the debt. 1.2 trillion, and Europe won't bail us out, so..."

[I think its 1.2]

why he is...? "Oh my god." She gasps softly. She didn't even know what to say. This was news to her.

sighs, eying the bottle of wine ontop of her fridge. "Si."

bites her lip. "Come over. I'll make you dinner."

..."Are you sure?" It sounded nice, but...she did have a lot of people to calm down, and talk to.

- "Unless you're busy, hun."

could use the break. She runs a hand through her hair, reasoning she'd take her cellphone. "I'll be right over."

- "Lovi," She sighs. "I'll come over. I'll be there in about a half hour. Okay?" She quickly hung up, not leaving her any room to argue.

opens her mouth to argue, scowling at the sound of the dial tone. Geez. The phone rings almost immediately and oh joy, it's work related.

grabs her car keys and gets into her car. She'd pick up some pasta on the way.

gone from arguing about her financial crises, to claiming to be the personification of Sicily. Nobody would believe the genderswitch.

trying to drive as normal as possible.

she gets there safely.

will! She's just not the best driver out there. >>;

knows.

would pout at her response! BT She's supposed to say she is a good driver.

doesn't like lying to her.

BT .... Is almost there.

now screaming over the phone. Fucking people, She hated humans sometimes.

pulls up to the drive way. And yes she totally meant to park at an odd angle, half parked on the lawn. She bought some red whine and-

- gnocchi in meat sauce. She figured Lovi needed comfort food.

does. Lots of it. She slams the phone down, frustrated with just about everything.

lets herself into the house, carrying the bags.

glances up when Maddy darts towards the door, jumping all over Elyse's legs for attention.

grins. "Hey cutie pie~" She coos at the dog. "Don't think I forgot you."

walks out into the hall at the sound of her voice. "She misses you"

smiles, handing the bags over to Lovino before bending down to pet Maddy. "You're getting so biiig~" She cooed, nuzzling her face against-

-the dogs furry head.

takes the bags with a 'grazie' heading into the kitchen. Maddy wags her tail, licking Elyse's face.

grinning, she cooed softly as she scratched behind the dog's ears. "Missed you, sweetie."

|Maddy barks happily, and Lovino lets her get it out of her system for now. At the moment, she's shoving forkfuls of gnocchi in her mouth.

eventually gets up and walks into the kitchen. She blinks at the sight she's met with. "That's not very lady like, sweetie." She smiles at -

-her, walking over to wrap her arms around her in a hug. "Don't eat me~"

swallows, a little upset at the realisation that Elyse is a little taller than her now. "Good thing I'm a guy, hm?" She turns in her embrace

_about to kiss her when she pauses. She can't help but think about her conversation with Alfred.

smiles, though, she notices the pause and she blinks. "... What? Do I have something on my face?"

shakes her head, kissing her cheek "No, amore. You look beautiful as always."

blinks at the kiss to her cheek. "... Thanks."

carefully slips from the hug, opening the wine, when the phone goes off again. She's seriously debating just unplugging the damn thing.

watches her for a moment, confused. She takes the phone and answers it herself. "Ciao~"

sighs. He can hear the Italian from here. Elyse was now being interrogated by some official asshole no doubt, as to what the hell they were_

_supposed to do about the debt, and as a nation, he should be the one getting them out of it.

hummed softly at the right moments and answered in choppy Italian and after explaining to the shouting man that South Italy was on break-

-for a few hours, she hung up and sighed. "Italians are very loud."

smiles a little at that. "Si, they are. Grazie, you didn't have to take that call."

- "I did~ Because you need to relax for a little while." She smiled at him. "Finish up the gnocchi. I brought a lot. And there's garlic-

-bread somewhere in there and the gelato probably needs to be kept in the fridge for a bit."

didn't even realise there was gelato in the bag she brought. "Grazie, I really don't know what I'd do without you..." She sank into the_

_chair with a sigh, shoving the gnocchi into her mouth. It was so..so good.

- "Probably stress and starve yourself to death." She rolled her eyes playfully, moving to sit beside her. "You managed to find the wine-

-easy enough, though."

can't help but smile a little at that. "Wine is always easiest to find, amore. Especially when 'stressed and starving', hm?"

- "Right, right~ Silly me." She giggled.

starting to doubt Alfred a little. This seemed right. Just like before...so maybe she still did want him. "Have some." She held out some_

_gnocci for her.

leans forward to take a bite of it. She idly brushed some sauce from her lips with her finger. Ack.

bites her bottom lip, and refrains from doing...something. Instead she wipes the sauce with her thumb, sucking it from her digit.

doesn't really notice. "After dinner you're going to sit on the couch and relax."

doesn't know how she feels about that. "Just sit there and do nothing? There's a lot of paperwork..."

- "I'll try and see what I can do."

cups her cheek "Amore, I don't want you to worry about my work, okay?"

- "I have to."

sighs. "You don't. Everything is in Italian anyways."

- "So? I can read!"

pushes a forkful of gnocci in her mouth. "I'll do it later, amore. Don't worry about it."

- "I want to help." BT

motions to the food. "You've helped a lot. I'm grateful for the food."

- "It's just food, hun. I want to help you with work." v.v

sighs softly. "Well..." Unless she could magically summon Feliciano.. "You could lean over and disconnect the phone for me. At least for_

_a few hours, I'd like some peace."

leans over and disconnects the phone. "There."

smiles at that. "Grazie, you've been a huge help." She's still eating the gnocchi and glad that Elyse bought so much. She's been skimping_

_on meals lately.

pouts a bit. "Oh, yeah... loads."

pours her a glass of the wine. "Si, you did. I'd feel too guilty to unplug it myself, and never would. Now you did it for me"

- "That's not being a huge help!" v.v

it is. "Why isn't it? I think it is."

[my Lovi account crapped out temporarily.]