The Legacy (Lia)

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Leo was lying on a couch in one of the many sitting rooms of the Salla, staring at his father in the armchair across from him. He hadn't realized that Ricki had even been busted out of Azkaban, but here he was. Leo had never met his father; he had to admit that they did look similar, though.

"You're not supposed to be here, Dad," Leo sighed.

"What? I can't visit my own children?" Ricki scoffed.

"It wouldn't be a problem if I wanted you to visit," the younger man returned.

He hadn't wanted to see his dad; Ricki had, essentially, abandoned Leo and Mich. How dare he get himself shipped off to Azkaban? Hadn't he cared about Leo and Mich? About their mother? No, of course not; all Ricki had been thinking about was his service to Voldemort. Leo hated him for it.

However, Ricki had showed up at the front doors of the Salla about fifteen minutes earlier and demanded to see him. Confronted with his dad face-to-face, Leo had been forced to talk to the man. He only hoped that Lia didn't show up; he didn't want to ruin the proposal he'd planned that day by letting her catch him with Ricki.

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna was walking Shep, for some reason he wanted to go outside and walk. It seemed like he didn't want her in the house. She walked him around the alley trying to keep him from dragging her everywhere. That didn't happen. They'd gotten some gelato from Aunt Celesta then some soda from Ally. Shep wanted to go everywhere!! She finally got him back and sent him up stairs. She soon followed and heard voices, one voice that belonged and one that didn't. She kicked the door open just because, and glared inside. Leo was talking to Rikki. She crossed her arms, the veela side of her was quite obvious when she got mad.

"What's he doing here?" she asked from the door way. Shep whined behind her.

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Ricki smiled and stood, bowing to Lia. Leo rolled his eyes, sitting up slowly and slinging his legs over the edge of the couch. He mouthed an apology to Lia; he knew how much she despised his dad. He couldn't blame him; he didn't like Ricki very much, either. What was he supposed to do, though? Pretend that he hadn't seen his dad at the front door? Yeah, that would've worked so well. It probably would've ended with Ricki kicking the door down or something.

"He showed up not that long ago and demanded to talk to me," Leo explained.

"Pleasure to finally meet you face-to-face, Lady Lianna," Ricki added.

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna glared with her arms crossed at Rikki. The traitor. She knew the story of how he joined the Dark Lord and had been locked up. She spat at him. She didn't want him there. No wonder Shep didn't want her here, she wanted to rip this guys head off. She gave Leo the, really-you-couldn't-keep-him-outside?-look.

"I want him out of here, he could kill us all. Plus it doesn't help what he is." she scoffed.

"Yeah well, I didn't want to meet you and I want you out." she put it plainly, "I can have my mother, Chris, Ana, anyone here in no time to send you back. I want you out of my house." It wasn't technically her house but for matters of this guy leaving, she was calling it her house.

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Leo shrugged in response to the evil eye she was giving him. She couldn't have honestly expected him to just leave his dad on the front doorstep? Ricki had known that Leo saw him! He would've kicked the door down, and then Leo would be in even more trouble with Lia than he currently was! He just wasn't in the mood to replace a damned door.

"Alright, alright. I understand that I'm not wanted here," Ricki sighed theatrically. "I'll leave now. Leo, I'll call you at Mich's later."

He walked by Lia, picking up his hat off the side table and mockingly tipping it to her before exiting the Salla. Leo sighed.

"Can I just say that I'm very sorry?" he asked.

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna spat after Rikki, evil little traitor. Ooh, if she would've just killed him on the spot. She hated that man with a burning passion. "Make sure the door his him on his way through another shop. I hate him." she took a deep breath and stuck her nose in the air. Had to keep her head through it all right?

"Why did you let him in? You know I hate him with all my heart, so does my mother, and we don't agree on anything. So when we agree, it means stay away from him! What were you thinking talking to him!?" she didn't have any idea what would possess him to speak to his dad. "He's a liar, traitor and I want him dead." she wanted to scream.

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Leo sighed and leaned over, falling back onto the couch. When his head hit the stupid little decorative pillow, he let his eyes slide closed. What was it about dealing with his father that made him physically tired...? He wished he could figure that out; it would make his life a lot easier. It also didn't help that he was pretty sure that he was about to get screamed at by Lia.

He sighed softly and fingered the opal ring that he was holding. He'd hoped to propose to her that day, but she'd probably throw the ring at him with her current mood. It wasn't the right time.

"He's my father, Lia," he sighed. "And he knew that I saw him; if I hadn't opened the door, he would've kicked it in."

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna sat down in a huff. She crossed her legs and folded her arms. When he tried to fall asleep, she looked at the ceiling and asked in her head why on Earth she had to deal with this. She smacked him with a pillow so he'd wake up.

"NO SLEEPING WHILE I'M TALKING." she said. She didn't care if he got tired after talking to his dad, she wasn't letting him sleep while she ranted. "Could've kept him outside. Now he's seen the inside and now we have to tell Ana that we need to change the appearence of the inside. I will not have him telling that undying jerk what this place looks like! I don't want to die in my sleep!"

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

He growled softly when she threw the pillow at him and threw it back. Lia was clearly in one of her argumentative moods; he'd bet money that she'd just had lunch with her parents. She always got like this afterwards, and today was not a good day for it.

"He saw one room that we hardly ever use, Lia," he retorted. "And for God's sake, he's my dad! Today was the first time I've ever met him face-to-face, and I was kind of shell-shocked, okay?!"

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna stood up and stomped away, she needed to calm down or that ugly looking veela face would come out. She took deep breaths through her nose and out her mouth. She stared out on of the windows. Her parents had just argued durring lunch. She'd had to break it up by breaking a few glasses on the ground and leaving. She really just needed to calm down.

"Sorry, I was already in a bad mood thanks to mama and coming here and seeing him," she spat the word, "made it worse. I just need to get it off my mind and go for another walk. I'm sorry, okay? I'll be back in an hour." She grabbed Shep's leash and called him over so she could put it back on him. He looked ready to go. Although he was giving Leo the, go-with-her-and-fix-this look he had when he was worried.

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Leo stood from where he'd been laying on the couch and stowed the ring in his pocket in one motion. He'd go on her walk with her; maybe he'd find a chance to to propose along the way. Or maybe he'd toss the ring into the nearest creek and decide that Lia was entirely against marriage and that's why she was making this so damned difficult. Oh, choices, choices...

"Wait...let me come with you?" he requested, smiling sheepishly.

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Lianna nodded, it would be nice for them to take a walk. The only time she could remember taking a real walk with him was while they we're in Hogwarts. She may have been only twelve when they started dating but they only really held hands and joked around. It had only been a year ago they had their first kiss. Anyway, they'd walked through the grounds enough times to memorize a route specific to them. Shep barked, he seemed to want Leo to go.

"Well, my first answer would be no. But my baby seems to think you need to come so I guess you can. Come on, I want to beat fish with rocks." she shrugged, "But you have to hold the leash."

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

"Alright, I'll hold the leash," he agreed. "C'mere, Shep."

He took the leash from Lia and patted the dog's head. Speaking of dogs, he wondered how his were doing. He'd brought Arthur with him to England, but he'd left his two dogs (Lacey and Pete) with Mich back in Italy.

"Shall we go?" he asked cheesily.

[Lianna Lynn Marie]

Shep happily bounded up to Leo and leaned his head down so his collar was accessable. Lianna watched and then stood with her hands behind her back. With her pale complection and uncaring demeanor, most would think she was a vampire. She looked at Leo, she looked like she'd forgiven him but ultimately hadn't. She just didn't want to show that she was still angry with him. They hadn't really had an argument that caused them to have a rough patch. She was particularly stubborn and wouldn't listen to anything unless told she was right.

"Yes we shall. Grab his disk." she said pointing to the bright red frisbee. With that she slipped on her shoes and a coat and walked out the door.

[Leonardo Phillip Angeli]

Leo sighed and rolled his eyes at Lia's retreating back, hooking the leash on to Shep's collar and snagging the frisbee off of the table as he followed his girlfriend out the door. She was furious with him, but what did she want from him? Ricki was his father, no matter what he did. He wanted to know more about his mom, and his dad was the only one that knew much about Gwyn.

"Are you going to ignore me for the rest of the night?" he asked.