That One Night

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The ball night had came and I was going to my room to change when I saw Mario sitting alone."Hey,Mario.You good?""Yeah.I just had to break up with my girlfriend."

"Why?!Did something happen?""No,actually.Things were going amazing!Then I talked with dad last week and now I finally did it."I scoffed."What does your dad have anything to do with this?"

"He said that she was making me weak.I skipped a lot of trainings recently because I was out on a date with her.So if I skipped a few trainings.I still fight as well as I used to!"

"Then,I don't think you should listen to your father,Mario.""Easy for you to say.You're the Don's wife.You're the Donna.All the women in the world wants to be you."

"No one would want to be me,Mario.I may seem perfect from the outside but I am far from perfect.So far from it.Alright?"I took a deep breath.

"If you think she loves you just as much as you love her,invite her to the ball tonight.""She's not aware of what I am involved in."I scoffed."I didn't know my own brother was involved until I was 23!Come on."

"Your own brother?"I nodded."They call her Alpha,I think.Some bullshit like that.""Holy shit,Lia."I nodded."So,tell her.See if she'll stuck around.If she doesn't,you'll know you tried."

"If she sticks around?""Then you won't have to lie to her when you have trainings and your father will have to learn to respect you.You're 17 not 7.Alright?"

"If mom didn't back him up,it would be easy.What if they hurt her?""Do it.You will never know and that regret will eat you up alive,Mario.That's way worse!"

He got me under his arm."Thanks,Lia."I leaned on his shoulder."Anytime,Mario.But,I have a question.If I were to be a Hargreeves,which one do you think I would be?"

"I don't know you really well but I'd say...Allison.Maybe I'd change my opinion later but for now...Allison."I nodded."I'll take what I can get.But I can play the violin,just so you know."

"Vanya,huh?"I scoffed."I know that she was a major bitch but I was thinking more of Lila."He nodded."You're not a bitch,so I'm just-""I can be a bitch,just not to you."

"Let me guess.You're going to say 'There is only two type of bitches in the world.A basic bitch,that's you boo.And a bad bitch,that's me boo.'"

"I wasn't going to!But you guessed it right.I would have is I had that in mind.True,so true."Mario got up and helped me up."I have to go get ready.But this was great.Also,send her a dress you chose."

"I can do that.Thanks again."I turned around the corner to go to the hall way.Then I bumped into Roman."You give great advice,bellissima.""So,you heard it?"

He nodded."And needless to say,you're going to be a stunning mother.""What?"He sighed."I was thinking.Maybe?"I scoffed."You want to be a dad?"

"Not really but...Maybe I could be..."I sighed."You don't want it.That's fine.Just because I talked to Mario like that,doesn't mean I want to be a mother.I just like the kid."

"Maybe you can look at a few pictures and get a baby fever."I shook my head."A baby fever won't make this situation any less serious,Roman.I'm still 24 and you're still 28."

"About that...I'm not 28."We got in our bedroom."What do you mean you're not 28?!"He sighed."I'm 32."I scoffed."What?!Why would you lie about your age?!"

"So I can be in the same class with your brother when we were younger!""You're seven years older than me,Roman."He sighed."I don't know,I just lied!"

"What else did you lie about?""The first time we met.I lied about how we first met."I knew there was more."What else?!Roman,why do you want me to ask you every time,just spit it all out!"

"I lied about how our families met,how I first met you...I lied to you about your family's past but your parents wanted that."

"How did you first meet me?I know your 8th birthday wish.You wanted me to wake up in your arms."

"My mother took all of us to LA and we were staying with your family in their mansion,your mother gave birth and I was the first kid to hold you.I thought I'd be able to see youa s my sister but...few years later,you ended up running through the roses in our manor's garden."

I nodded."I see.You said our families.What about them?"

"My mom is half American.She and your mother used to be childhood friends.Their friendship ended when our oldest brother,Javier,got in an accident and died because of your oldest brother."

"Damien wasn't even born when you were three,how could he be alive when your oldest brother died?!"

"Because you have an older and an older brother,Adele."I scoffed and stumbled backwards."And my parents kept this from everyone else?"He nodded."Look,come here."

He got me by hands and made me sit on his lap as I cried."Look,I would've told you if your parents had been honest.Then it seemed so painful to do this to you.Just like now."

"How could they do this to us?If your brother died because of mine,how did my sister die?"He took a deep breath."That's Allessandro's fault."

I turned to him."Alessandro...Who-Who's this Alessandro?""I need you to under stand that I did this for you,alright?"My hands started shaking as my chest tightened.

"Just tell me!""Alessandro died because of me.Because I killed him."I scoffed."Why would you kill your own brother?"

"Because he killed your sister and you didn't take it well!He even bullied you,pushed you to the ground!He would yell at you when he saw you!Why do you think your parents even came to Rome?"

"You killed your brother because your brother killed my sister to avenge his brother?He nodded."This is...This is sick!"I took a deep breath."Get out of the room."

"No.""You killed someone for me!Why would you do that?!To yourself?!To your brother?!To your parents?!WHY?!"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!I ALWAYS HAVE!STARTING FROM THE NIGHT I HELD YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME,TO HIS VERY MOMENT!"

"If you saw how much it hurt me to lose my sister,why did you took your own brothers life and put yourself through what I did?!I was a kid!I wasn't going to remember any of that grief!"

"BECAUSE I PROMISED YOU HE WOULD PAY!JUST LIKE I PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD PROTECT YOU!"

"I need some time alone.I'll meet you at the ball hall.""No."I shook my head."You don't have another choice.And I have to think if I am ready to start a family with someone who constantly keeps things from me."