Please Forget About Me

17

The next several days went in like a blur Maya was mostly crying in her room but they also needed to travel to Pittsburg for a funeral, most of her brothers were attending except Alessio who apparently had a valid excuse, on the other hand Diego didn't found one in time and was forced to go, which pissed him off quite visibly. Maya just preferred to stay out of his way for as long as she could. She noticed that his knuckles were scratched as if he was fighting with someone recently.

The hotel suite was huge. It contained four bedrooms which was insane, for her brothers who were used to luxury since childhood it was nothing special but for Maya... well, she couldn't believe she's here.

When they were in the hotel room Simon and Gianni decided to keep her in her bedroom instead of staying in their separate rooms. They ordered several snacks and drinks without looking at the prices and Maya just shook her head with disbelief at their reckless behavior.

"What was she like? If you don't want to answer I understand"

"No, I want to. I just don't really know how to describe her properly mom was... a lot of things. She smiled a lot, she was loud, and she loved to dance and travel, it was always so easy to convince her to go on a spontaneous trip out of town on the weekend and come back at the Monday early, we were eating out a lot because she hated cooking. I'm sorry you haven't had a chance to meet her"

"She didn't tell you why she left us, right?"

"No, I have no idea why. I wish I knew"

"Me too Maya, me too"
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"No way"

"Way"

"You tried to run from Salvatore?" Gianni was looking at her as if she lost her mind entirely, hey Maya didn't know Salvatore as well as she did now. She tried her luck back then "Well isn't our sister a brave one" Gianni smiled playfully and Maya just rolled her eyes.
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During the short and unpleasant trip Salvatore was always busy with work, always working on his laptop or on his phone as the rest of his siblings were getting to know each other better.

At the day of the funeral Maya haven't been speaking to anyone, she was too busy trying to deal with her own emotions at the moment. Grief was so difficult.

The ceremony took place at the church she never attended to and her mother was buried at the cemetery that was nearby their old apartment.

As for the guests, her mother's colleagues from work came, aunt Nina, mother's boyfriend Jim and his son Scott. They were standing far away from each other.

At some point people started appearing in front of Maya to say their condolences, she just wanted to go back to the hotel room, it was too much for her. The words rather than comfort bring the realization that something final and irreversible has happened and now, because of that, she was left alone.

Her brothers were at her side the entire moment, she was thankful for Salvatore's hand on her arm it made her feel safe. And she needed to feel safe especially during the moment when Jim and Scott approached them with their condolences.

When aunt Nina showed up in front of her Maya couldn't help but cry they hugged each other for a long time and when they were finished Salvatore asked if Nina would like to have dinner with them, she agreed.

After the ceremony the Sorrentino family went to the restaurant, this time Salvatore didn't ask her to pick a place.

The restaurant was very elegant and Maya almost gasped when she saw the prices, they were absolutely insane. Her brothers on the other hand were probably used to this type of luxury.

Maya wasn't looking forward to the idea of eating food at the moment, but it's not like she was left with a choice. Salvatore just one week ago graciously allowed her to throw away the pink notebook that she was forced to fill in for several days after its discovery, it was not a pleasant job in the slightest considering how she could feel herself fattening up every time she reported on what she has been eating through the day.

Now, without the pink notebook she was still forced to eat when her brothers told her to, and she was in no position to refuse.

Maya ordered only salad and thankfully Salvatore didn't have any objections to her choice this time.

"So how long are you staying in town" aunt Nina asked, probably hoping that she and Maya will have some alone time in upcoming days, she was quickly disappointed

"We are coming back tomorrow morning" Salvatore announced and everyone just quickly accepted it "Ms Argento if you would like you can travel back with us and stay at our house for the weekend" Salvatore proposed politely and Maya thought she misheard something, was it really Salvatore? He was very formal and seemed to be completely unapproachable, but after this exchange Maya knew he cared for her.

"Oh I will gladly take up on your offer" Nina sent him a warm smile, but she wasn't looking at his eyes, it was very difficult to hold an eye contact with him as Salvatore had a gift of being intimidating to people around him and Nina was no exception to that, but she cared way more about being able to stay with Maya for several more hours.
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Weekend with aunt Nina was pleasant, perhaps too pleasant because it quickly passed by and before Maya to realize she was crying and hugging her aunt who needed to go and catch the plane that was already paid for her by Salvatore

"At least let me go with her to the airport" Maya demanded pitifully as her whole face was red from crying, her cheeks were stained with tears, and she looked completely miserable

"Go to your room Maya" Alessio ordered cruelly. Apparently when Salvatore wasn't present it was his turn to order her around, the nerve.

"I don't want to" Maya said stubbornly.

"I'm not asking if you want, and I hate repeating myself" there was a clear warning in his voice.

"What is it to you if I go with her or not? You don't want me here anyway. You haven't spoke the word to me since I got here so shut up"

"To your room. Now"

Finally, it was Simon who dragged Maya to her room crying and while Nina looked like she wanted to say something but instead of doing so she proceeded with exchanging polite goodbyes with her brothers. Alessio apologized that Salvatore couldn't show up to say his goodbyes, something came up with work suddenly and he had to be at business meeting. Nina accepted the apology and left feeling sorry for her dear Maya.
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Alessio stormed in her room without bothering to knock, he watched her as if she was an interesting new equation he has to solve.

"Why are you always crying" he asked clearly frustrated.

"I'm not always crying"

"And you never listen what is being told, you always argue. I'm tired of you acting like a spoiled brat, Gianni, Simon, Diego and even Salvatore may allow you to walk all over them but don't. try. it. with. me"

"You're acting like a dick"

Now, she started crying. Like really crying.

He sighted.

"You're unnecessarily loud and annoying" he complained acting as if he didn't hear her last remark.

Then something unexpected happened. He hugged her.

"Listen, I'm not good at this I don't even know what to with you. I never wanted a sister"

"I always wanted brothers though" she responded while crying into his chest.

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Authors note:
Someone said "please update" so I did. I hope you like it <3