Hold On

Chapter 11

A little song for the chapter, ENJOY!

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Alek's POV

She fell asleep right in front  of me, my heart  was beating irregularly  at the sight of her.

She's really  here.

I smiled to myself thinking that after three years, I finally knew the identity of the  girl who captured my heart  the second she stepped into the ring. My  smile grew wider as my finger gently brushed her chin but it soon turned into a  frown when I saw the scratch  and the bruise on her cheek. A sigh escaped my lips, I don't deserve her. I couldn't even protect my sister, I was stupid and blind to not realize the pain she was going through.

I  looked up to see Angel looking at me with sad eyes,"It's okay. I didn't want you to know, I hid it on purpose".

"You should have told me, I would have protected you", she gave me a small smile before it disappeared.

"She knows I'm your weakness, I didn't want her to have that advantage  and  hurt you. Alek, you're always hurting and I   didn't want to  add more to your suffering". My body tensed up when she mentioned the pain I had been suffering, it was no secret  what had happened to me but  it still  hurts just thinking about it. Chills went down my spine, as I thought about it but my   thoughts were interrupted when Alessia shifted in her sleep.

"She's beautiful, isn't she?" My sister looked up at me with a confused look then smirked when she realized that I liked Alessia.

"Oh... she can do so much better", I playfully glared at her and she began to laugh but stopped when Alessia's body began to move. We sat there quietly talking making sure not to move until Alessia woke up.

No matter how broken I was, I am going to care for her.

"Dude", I looked up to find a disgusted look on Angel's face. "Stop being a creep,  get to know her  first then become a loverboy. We don't even know if she likes you  romantically", I rolled my  eyes but agreed with her. Even though I am next in line to take over the russian mafia, I am extremely sensitive when it comes to romantic relationships. When I liked a girl in elementary, I wanted to show her how much she meant to me so I got her a horse but her parents were more worried at the fact that an eight year old was able to get a horse by himself. They packed up and left, which I thought was a bit exaggerating but who knows. So I need to work on that, not wanting to scare Alessia into thinking I'm some weirdo. I wanted to grab her hand and subconsciously lifted my hand to grab it but flinched back.

I'm too dirty to touch her, without her permission.

Before I could think of more degrading thoughts about myself, Alessia's eyes slowly opened revealing her deep brown eyes. My heart skipped a beat, and basically did a whole circus  show while Alessia rubbed her eyes.  I quickly  turned away so she wouldn't think I was a creep staring but I also wanted my cheeks to return to normal before facing her.

"You guys are still here?", she asked in a soft tone.

Alessia's POV

"You guys are still here", my voice came out softer than I expected, probably because  I just woke up. I looked between Alek and Angelina as they both smiled at me.

"Yeah, we were waiting for you to wake up", my heart fluttered thinking of how sweet these two are, I nodded and slowly got up stretching every limb and hearing that satisfying crack. I let out a sigh of relief and thanked the twins for letting me use them as a pillow and leg chair, we talked for a bit then it was time for them to go home.