The Italian woman grinned happily, but melancholic as well at Nathalia’s greeting. Gianna told she wouldn’t have the time to become headmistress with her seven children, while Nathalia nodded. Nathalia noticed the emotion that went over Gianna’s face, an emotion Nathalia knew very well. “I understand, Gianna. Hopefully they’re all doing fine?” she asked her friend, after which Gianna asked her about Jacob. Jacob had stolen Gianna’s heart, something Nathalia knew very well, if it weren’t for Gianna and her determination to get the only the best Healers to Heal Jacob, she wouldn’t have had Jacob now, then she would’ve lost him to Spanish Influenza, just like her husband. “Jacob is doing fine, he’s growing so fast. Liviana has been hired as a governess as you know, to babysit the janitor’s children, Cassie and Jacob are at Jay’s house as well, I talked to him about it and he allowed Liviana to take them with her.” she told Gianna with a small smile on her face.
The helpless look Gianna sent her didn’t go unnoticed, and Nathalia put her hand on Gianna’s. After Gianna’s explanation Nathalia couldn’t do more than agree to it. Nathalia granted the position to her friend, but she also realised that with Gianna’s family and her gift it would be an impossible task to uphold. “I know, Gianna.” Nathalia said softly, after which she sighed softly. She was the only option to take the position, but who would become her assistent, that was her biggest question as of now.
Gianna had burst into laughter almost immediately after the reveranche, a laugh that worked infectiously and made Nathalia laugh as well. Gianna apologized and told Nathalia it was her upbringing, while Nathalia nodded grinning. “No apologies needed, Gianna. You don’t get rid of your upbringing that easily.” zei said softly while she slowly looked through the hallways. Even the inside of this school was breath taking.
Gianna told her she wanted to start with the fact that not Gianna, but Nathalia would be the best choice to become headmistress of Ilvermorny, at which Nathalia sighed. But the reasoning Gianna had showed her that her best friend wouldn’t have enought time to fill the position. She looked at her friend shortly, and all of sudden an idea popped into her head. With big twinkling eyes she kept looking at her friend while the smile on her face grew wider. “Yes, I know the monkeyshine of the twins alright. They almost broke down my library once, with their jokes.” she said somewhat hurt but also laughing, because she was able to see the joke in it by now. “Is he still working on that? Has he got any usable leads in his research for Merlyn’s eye problems?” she asked Gianna, while she remembered Daniil, one of her good friends at Hogwarts.
While Gianna pointed to some beautiful details she liked, she had asked Nathalia what she thought of Ilvermorny. “It’s really beautiful. The inside is just as breath taking als the outside.” Nathalia said, while she quickly twirled around on her spot.
It seemed Gianna was thinking about something, at which Nathalia sent her a questioning look. When Gianna told her the building made her think of Hogwarts but felt more quiet, Nathalia nodded. “I understand what you mean, I can’t say anything else than that I have the exact same feeling about it.” she said softly, while she kept looking at Gianna. Gianna rambled on and told Nathalia about the coach house, where Gianna’s family lived, which wasn’t that far away from Nathalia’s home. When Gianna had given Nathalia a description of the house, Nathalia grinned. “It’s been a long time ago I saw you that enthousiastic, Gianna.” she said grinning. “The Porter’s house isn’t that big, but it’s good enough to keep Liviana, Jordan, Cassidy, Jacob and me happy. Oh and Mittens of course. Merlin may know how it’s possible Mittens is still with us.” Nathalia said, while she shortly thought about how to describe the inside of her house, it wasn’t as big and luxurous as the coach house, but Nathalia was more than happy with the porter’s house. “It has four bedrooms, the mastersuite has an ensuite bathroom, which is the room I use when I’m home. The rooms of Liviana and Cassidy are equally as big and are next to one another and the second bathroom which they share with the boys. Jordan and Jacob share the fourth room, until now they’re both happy to share. Jordan loves Jacob and pratically shares everything he is able to share with Jacob.” she said sighing.
In the meantime Gianna pointed to a room, which would become Gianna’s, that’s what Nathalia understood from it. Gianna had rambled on happily about the garden she had at the coach house as well as a tiny garden that belonged to her office. “That’s super awesome!” Nathalia said happily, shortly thinking back to the staff parties at Hogwarts, that were always held in Gianna’s office, which always had a different look. Before she knew it, Gianna had hooked her arm in Nathalia’s arm and Nathalia walked somewhat suprised but amused at the same time with Gianna into the office, which changed of appearance with a single wave of Gianna’s wand. Nathalia looked around, but felt she missed something. Soon enough she remembered what she missed and pointed her wand toward the garden, and with another simple wave of a wand the garden looked like the office including light. “Now it’s completed.” she said with a smile, after which she turned her attention to Gianna again. Gianna’s opinion was that Nathalia deserved it to become headmistress, at which Nathalia looked nervous at Gianna, but grateful as well.
“But Gianna, I have no idea how to do this?!” she said with a small voice, while the panicked look on her face was obvious. The question where they would go from there, was in her mind and she thought about it shortly, and realized she didn’t have to do this all on her own. When Gianna asked her is she already had an assistent in mind, a broad grin showed on her face. “Let’s move on to the assistant I have in mind.” she said with a wide grin on her face, while she kept looking at her friend. “Gianna, It would be an honor to me to call you my assistant Headmistress, if you would like to take that position, that is?” she asked, while she gave her friend a questioning look.