All for nothing

22

She rolled onto her side, glaring at the harsh light which streamed in through the curtains. Wincing at the sharp pain thrumming through her body, she wondered absentmindedly what had happened and why everything was so fuzzy.

There was a light chatter coming from across the room. Muffled by a door, she could only make out voices that seemed familiar, tangled with others she didn't know.

"hey trouble," Gabriel hummed. Walking further into the room and sitting next to her.

She nudged him with her foot and he fell onto the floor with a groan. "what the fuck? I was being fucking nice as well, shit my ass is gonna be all bruised!" he whined,looking at her with something akin to betrayal.

A loud cackle reached the room as the pair turned to see Raven staring at Gabe's fallen frame. "I like you Malen'kiy boyets, pushing little south's friend. Good job, da?"

[Malen'kiy boyets- little fighter]

She raised her eyes to his towering frame. Quite frankly she was unimpressed with his volume at such an early time in the morning. "Nazovi menya yeshche raz «malen'kiy», ya ub'yu tebya. Da?" she smiled sweetly.

[Nazovi menya yeshche raz «malen'kiy», ya ub'yu tebya. Da?- call me 'little' again, I'll kill you. Yeah?]

"Oi, what are you guys saying. I swear, stop talking about me, asshole!" he growled at raven.

Both Violet and Gabe missed Raven's face when she spoke in Russian. Corey could speak it fairly well but she was near fluent in the language. West could also speak the language fluently but the pair mostly argued in English, the entertainment for their brothers benefit made it more exciting in an odd way. Something about hearing someone speak his favourite language gave him a sense of comfort that he hadn't had before. Weird.

Before anyone could speak, Sean sauntered into the room. He noticeably breathed a sigh of what could have been relief when he saw Violet awake. "hey sunshine, you gave me a scare yesterday, huh? How you feeling gorgeous?" he purred.

Violet fought the rosy tinge from climbing to her cheeks. Sorry, what? She doesn't blush, god!

"Oh Doctor, I think I might faint, " she spoke quickly, placing a hand on her forehead and pretending to fall into Gabriel's arms. "quick, catch me!"

Unbeknownst to the woman, all three men felt their hearts jolt when she dropped, registering her joke moments later and relaxing.

"guys! Is she awake or what? Does she want pancakes?" luke called.

She grinned and called back in a rough voice, "Luke, please tell me they're chocolate chip. I beg of thee"

"ah, fair Violet, fear not my sweet. Chocolate chip pancakes forever!" he laughed.

She nudged Gabe with her elbow, dramatically leaning into him. "help me up please." He obliged with a shake of his head, helping her off of the ground. She kissed his cheek without thinking. Fuck. "oh um- thanks!" she scrambled to leave the room, heading into the kitchen.

When violet shut the door behind her, she noticed how busy the room was. Multiple eyes found their way to her. Seven or eight guys crowded the island, plates of food lining the counters.

" sugar!" Luke cheered. He swooped her into a hug, ruffling her already-messed hair before tilting his head. "hey? How'd you get that away from Gabe?," he gestured to her hair "I'd of thought he'd gone wild over that problem."

"Mr. Taylor." Owen bit in warningly.

Violet sidestepped the men, heading towards the stack of pancakes. She silently scooped four onto her plate, adding Strawberries to the side and wondering off to the living room, passing a wink to who she knew to be Silas.

" hey guys," she sighed as she flopped onto the sofa, "what actually happened last night and why am I fucking hurt. Like not as bad as bus crash y'know but fuck my ribs hurt?"

The men in the room with her glanced at her warily, now one of them would have to tell her she hadn't necessarily agreed to come to theirs. But, she could have been hurt worse if she didn't, right? Yes.

A/n: hey!! How are you guys? I've uploaded a chapter of my new story so check that out (if ur interested) no pressure.

Extra note: any translations are from Google I'm afraid so pls correct me if they're wrong. How are we feeling about the name change? I wanted to use her name as part of her backstory but realised I'd rather not so I've gone back to change this, sorry! I know it's inconvenient asf.