Million Dollar Mafia

Chapter 7

I woke up to my alarm, Grace softly snored herself to sleep. My alarm was ten minutes early, so I got up and let Grace sleep in. Walking into my bathroom, I took a quick shower before drying off and getting dressed. I wore a white long sleeve dress collared shirt, a black v-neck sweater, and a grey skirt. It was pretty chilly outside, so I was kinda skeptic on the skirt.

Grace lazily walked into the bathroom and groaned, " I hate mornings." I smiled at her as I applied eyeshadow and mascara. " You look cute," Grace said washing her face. I handed her a towel, she dried her face off. " Why do I always look like a homeless man when standing next to you?" Grace asked as she grabbed her school uniform. Grace wore a white long sleeve collared shirt, a grey v-neck sweater, and a dark grey skirt.

We walked downstairs with our bags, Grace sat up at the counter and pulled out her phone. " Did you hear about that girl Sofia?" " Yeah," I said, taking out two glass bowls. I set them down and grabbed the cereal, fruit loops, from out of the pantry. Grace poured her bowl and added milk before eating. " Mateo Sanchez his hot," Grace added. I secretly rolled my eyes, " Sofia's parents are forcing her to marry some guy she barely knows." " We're in the mafia Thal, girls opinions don't matter," Grace said. She couldn't have been more right.

All three boys walked into the kitchen. I swore I saw Nicolo's eyes glance at Grace's skirt. " What are you guys doing here?" I asked leaning against the counter, next to Grace. " Work's starting late," Emiliano said. He grabbed my prepaid bowl of cereal and snarfed it down. I glared at him before remaking my breakfast. " You staying over tonight?" Carlo asked Grace. " Uh, I don't know," Grace said. Carlo looked at me and I glared at him, he just grinned and sat down on the other side of Grace.

" Did mom find you two?" Adriano asked biting into a banana. " No," I answered eating my cereal. Grace looked at me and gave me the you-didn't-tell-me-you-had-four-hot-brothers look. I sighed and continued eating my cereal, Nicolo walked over to the fridge and opened it. " You do a sport?" Carlo asked. " Uh, not yet," Grace answered. She looked at Carlo, " but I was thinking about starting volleyball." Carlo smiled, " you'd be great at that." I rolled my eyes, Carlo had never even met the girl and was acting as if they new each other for years. I finished my food and walked over to the sink, " when are you guys leaving for school?" Emiliano asked. " Ten minutes," I answered. Grace stood up and set her bowl down in the sink, all boys except for Emiliano watched Grace as she turned back around. I cleared my throat, everyone looked at me, including Grace. " We're leaving," I informed. " You just said you had ten minutes," Adriano said. I looked at him, Grace looked at me and held back a smile.
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As we drove to school, Grace bombarded me with questions about all four of my brothers. And being the nice best friend I am, I answered every single one of them.

" Why didn't you tell me you had siblings, let alone brothers?" Grace asked. " Because you didn't ask," I responded. Grace rolled her eyes and changed her position, so her bag was against the car door. " You should ask your parents if they can arrange a marriage with one of your brothers," Grace said. I almost choked on air, I looked at Grace who was smiling from ear to ear. " Excuse me?" I asked with my eyebrows raised. " Hey, you literally have four mouthwatering brothers," Grace said. " And I think, no, I know one of your brothers would make the hottest kids with me." I shook my head and chuckled, " you getting married to one of my brothers is the last thing I want to happen." Grace closed her eyes and folded her arms, " you can't hog everything." I frowned and looked at her, " how am I hogging everything?" Grace opened one eye, " your tall, beautiful, insanely rich, and base the best body, and have four insanely hot brothers." I smiled, " your life is literally a dream anyone would beg to have," Grace added. My smile faded off my face, my life wasn't perfect, and I definitely wasn't perfect.
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Walking down the school halls, Grace and I headed down to my locker. I put in the combination before opening my locker and emptying my things from my bag into it. " Imagine if your family is like insanely rich, and then you marry some guy who's also insanely rich," Grace said, leaning against the locker next to mine. I sighed and closed my locker before looking at her. " You'd be like, rich rich." I readjusted my bag on my back and folded my arms, " is money the only thing you care about in an arranged marriage?" " No," Grace said frowning. She smiled, " I also want kids." I nodded, something different for a change.

Grace looked past me and raised an eyebrow, " your second favorite person in this school is walking down this hall." The happiness I had in my body evaporated out of me. Alessandro. I rolled my eyes, " be nice," Grace said sternly. Alessandro and his group walked up to us, " Thalia," Alessandro said. I glared at Grace before turning around and planting a fake smile on my face. " Hey," I said. " How was last night?" Alessandro said, looking from Grace to me. " It was fun," Grace interjected out conversation. She stepped forward, " you should've come." I shot grace a death glare, " don't," I mouthed. " I should've," Alessandro said. I looked back at him, " some of us are going out tonight, wanna come?" Alessandro asked. " I'm bu," I began to say. " We'd love to," Grace said, cutting me off. Alessandro smiled, his friends did too. " Great, I can pick you up tonight at 8:30," Alessandro said. Grace smiled and wrapped an around around my shoulders, " can't wait." Alessandro nodded before walking past us. I could practically see the gears in his head turning, planning a way on how to get his hands on both Grace and I later tonight.

" I really hate you," I said to Grace as she dropped her arm from around my shoulder. " You're welcome," Grace said. " Uh, no," I corrected. " The only reason why Alessandro wants to hang out with us is because we're the only girls in this entire school who hasn't slept with him." Grace rolled her eyes, " we're not going to sleep with him." I folded my arms and raised my eyebrows, " then what are we planning on doing?" Grace smiled, " we both still have our virginities and I've heard rumors about Alessandro being a beast in bed." I slapped Grace on the arm, " you must be talking to the wrong person if you think I'm getting anywhere near that piece of shit." Grace chuckled, " you just need to be tamed." I scoffed, " I'm perfectly fine on my own, I don't need some dumb ass whispering thoughts into my ear." Grace folded her arms, " I bet he speaks Italian when in bed, especially when he whispers things into girls' ears." I stared at Grace, " you're unbelievably naive." Grace sighed, " it's what makes me, me." I couldn't help but smile, Grace was too much.