FATES WILL

CHAPTER 5: mysterious bestie 2

Alessandros POV;

As soon as the question left my mouth, Drea visibly paled.

"I.. sh..she.." Drea stammered, making me have more doubts regarding this friend of hers. "You, she, what? Unable to explain, hm?" I asked forcefully.

"I..it's not that, rather I just don't want you to fall for her or something." Drea finally stopped stammering. "You don't know how many pursuers she has!"

I harrumphed. She won't be able to hide forever.

"Forget that. I have a very important question for you Zandro." My mom broke Drea and my conversation.

What amused me tho, was that mom actually seemed nervous for some reason. Weird!

"che cos'è mamma?" (What is it mom?)
I asked while picking up my glass of wine.

"Well...the thing is...I just wanna know...ok I'm really going for it! Son, are you gay?" I couldn't stop myself from splurting out the wine I had yet to swallow.

"Wh..WHAT? MOM! How did you even get that idea?" I chose to ignore my guffawing sister and snickering dad, as I questioned moms analysis.

"You can't blame me for thinking so!" Mom stated seriously. "For one thing nobody ever saw you with a girl, you never had a girlfriend, and you seem awfully close to James."

"MOM!" I shouted disbelievingly. By now my sister was bawling on the table, while dad didn't seem to be paying much attention to our conversation.

"Mom, I'm most certainly NOT gay. I just haven't met the right girl for me!"
I tiredly held a hand to my forehead, while ensuring mom don't get anymore weird ideas. "As for being with James, mom, did you forget he is my best friend and right hand man in the mafia?"

"Then get me a lovely daughter-in-law in the near future. Do you want me to help you set up some blind dates?"

I rolled my eyes a little at mom. "Mom, in due time, alright?"

"How about I introduce my bestie to you? I think you'll make a lovely couple!" Drea poked her head in our conversation, giving me a huge toothy grin.

Mom seemed to think about her idea too. I couldn't help but burst their bubble. "I thought you didn't want us to meet. Isn't that why you never let us see her?"

"Not necessarily, maybe the two of you meeting may not be that bad. It could even help us."

I barely heard the last part, as Drea whispered it. "Or..maybe it really is a bad idea! Drea sure seems to love changing mind.

But now, I really am interested in finding who this friend of Drea is! What does she mean by helping us, and in what?