Ok hi everyone! *gulp* I'm really scared about posting this story (I'm not sure why though). I really hope you'll be able to find something good about this story. And please remember that this is my first story! Well here we go...
Chapter One:
Where is she? Lorenzo thought impatiently as he paced back and forth through the narrow alleyway that he considered as his home.
Lorenzo stole a peek at the grubby old watch on his wrist. She should be here by now! For a moment he stopped his continuous pacing to think. Did something happen to her? Is she hurt? Did she get jumped? Ugh, Gabriella, hurry up!
Lorenzo started up his pacing again and continued to think of all the possibilities of what could of happened to his sister.
Unfortunately since he was so lost in thought he hadn’t notice a girl with bright red hair tied in a ponytail creep up on him, and when he finally did notice her, it was too late. The girl pounced on her brother causing both of them to fall on the dirty floor of the alley.
“Gabriella,” Lorenzo choked out between fits of laughter as his older sister tickled him, “You better stop! You are in so much trouble!” The smug look on Gabriella’s face clearly stated that she didn’t really mind hearing that she was in trouble with her little brother.
“Gab- Gabriella, stop!” Lorenzo shouted but being that he kept laughing it didn’t sound as impressive as he would have liked it to.
Gabriella didn’t respond to this plea but instead continued to torture Lorenzo with her tickling until seeing his now purple face and deciding that she had gotten her point across.
“God Gabi, if you keep doing that I swear one day you’ll end up killing me.” Lorenzo said as he tried to catch his breath.
Gabriella didn’t reply to her brother’s comment, she just gave him an evil grin. “That reminds,” Lorenzo began when finally being able to breathe right, “where in the world have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I wa- Why are you grinning? I was freaking out because I thought something bad had happened to you and you’re just going to grin!?”
After listening to Lorenzo’s speech Gabriella couldn’t help but to grin wider. She loved Lorenzo a lot but sometimes he was a tad too bit protective of her.
“Lorenzo you just need to chill,” she reassured him, “Nothing bad happened, on the contrary my dear brother, something amazing has happened for the both of us.”
One glance at Gabriella’s face gave Lorenzo the answer to all his unanswered questions of why she was late.
“You got the job!” He shouted.
Gabriella nodded her head and threw her arms around her brother. “Leo, if this goes well our lives will actually get better instead of getting worse!”
“This is great, Gabi,” Lorenzo whispered so quietly that Gabriella hadn’t almost heard him. This could really turn our lives around. He thought to himself as Gabriella released him from her hug.
Though he was excited and he couldn’t stop himself from thinking of all the good things that could happen in the future, one little question kept popping up in his head. It continued to bother him until he was finally at the point of asking her.
“How,” It was only word that he uttered but that one word made Gabriella’s grin fall and be replaced by a frown. She also began fiddling with a piece of hair that escaped from the bonds of the rubber band that tied her hair into a ponytail.
“That’s kind of the bad news, Leo,” before she continued explaining how she had gotten the job she stared up at the cloudless sky. A perfect day to be outside, Lorenzo thought before returning his full attention to his sister, who struggled to find the right words to say.
“Well it’s like this, Leo, since I don’t have any kind of education the owner only agreed to hire me if I worked double the usually hours and, “she paused before saying, “if I worked for only half the usually salary.”
Lorenzo breath caught in his throat at Gabriella’s words.
That isn’t fair! Work double the usual hours and not even get the salary for working usual hours! This couldn’t be!
Gabriella, sensing Lorenzo’s troubled thoughts that passed through his mind, tried to reassure him by saying things like: That they would still be getting twice as much as they had been when they had resorted to stealing money from people.
Though the statement was true, it still didn’t seem worth it when Gabriella would be working ten hours a day, five days a week. She would be leaving him all alone in a dark alley to fend for himself for ten hours a day.
“Come on Leo,” Gabriella tried again, “Cheer up! At least I’ve got the job! You’ll see Leo, our lives will get better, just you wait and see. We’ll make mom and dad proud.”
Lorenzo flinched at the mention of their parents. Even though their death had occurred over six years ago, it still made his heart hurt to think of his parents. A day didn’t pass when he didn’t blame himself in some way for the death, though there was proof that their death had nothing to do with him, he couldn’t help himself.
Lorenzo shook his head, causing his shoulder length hair to sweep across his face a few times, now wasn’t the time to think of his parents.
“When do you start?” He asked her using any question he could think of as an excuse to not think of his parents.
“Tomorrow at seven o’ clock sharp,” Gabriella answered. He nodded, not really interested in hearing when his sister would leave him for her job.
He was caught off guard when Gabriella suddenly linked arms with him; she tossed back her head back and let out a laugh. Seeing the look Lorenzo was giving her from the corner of her eye, she grinned and said: “Leo, how about we go and enjoy ourselves today? How about we and turn this town upside down?”
Lorenzo smiled at the very tempting invitation, and said: “Oh and where shall we go?” “Anywhere my dear brother, the day hasn’t even begun yet; there are still many secrets that the day hasn’t whispered to us yet! So let’s enjoy today like it’s our last.”
Lorenzo laughed and nodded in agreement with his sister. Taking his nod for a yes, she dragged him into the busy streets of RiverWood.
Hope I've helped! 
Sorry if I'm a little picky.
