14 Days to fall in Love - TBS

4. Mafia

- Are the bodyguards outside my room necessary? - Tat

- Yes, they are. - Dyl

- We wanted to have a good time, if it was too much you could have told us. - K

- Look, It wasn't too much, I hate life. I wanna end mine. It's suffering anyway. - Tat

- What happened? - K

- My family banned me from seeing my best friend. And then my best friend betrayed me. Just like his family betrayed mine. - Tat

-  Omg. Was your best friend Thomas? - Dyl

- Yes, I was. - Thominator

I give Tom a chuckle and a petty cricket smile. And then shut the door in front of their faces.

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Remember when I told you that I had a mini mini mini crush on Thomas? Well, I lied...

I love him. 

And it was so hard hating him. But I knew he would never love me back.

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Suddenly  I hear my phone ding. A text? From who? Nobody knows I'm out... And it's not Thomas or Kaya or Dylan. It's an anonymous number.

💬Conversation💬: 

Anonymous: tomorrow, 3 PM, you and Thomas, alone. 40 Lower Thames St, London EC3R 6AG, United Kingdom. Don't be late. - (That's a real address I randomly found on google maps)

Tatiana: Who is this?

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I run to Thomas' room, knocking on his door quickly.

- What's up with you? - T

I show him the texts.

He just looks at me like he has seen a ghost.

- I knew that our families were involved with bad people. But I wanted to ask you, maybe you knew something? - Tat

- No, I don't. But I don't think we should go.

💬💬💬

Anonymous: If you don't come I will kill you.

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Now we are both staring at each other like we had seen ghosts.

- Are you doing a staring contest or what because you look like you have seen ghosts. - Dyl

We both give Dylan a death stare.

- Ok, bad timing. I'm gonna leave before you kill me. - Dyl

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- What are we gonna do? - Tat

- We will go. - Tom

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The next day. We are at the address. It's a hotel. 

💬💬💬

Anonymous: Go to the front desk and say the word - Mafia. The lady will lead you to a room. When you enter it be quiet.

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I show the text to Thomas. He just nods.

We go up to the counter:

- Hello, how may I help you? - Desk Lady (DL)

Me and Thomas share a look. 

- Mafia. - T

The lady's eyes widen, I think they were going to explode. 

- Ri...ght this way. - She says with the most scared voice I have ever heard.

She leads us to a black double-door. Not gonna lie this is getting pretty scary.

She stops and gives us a nod, then leaves. Me and Thomas share a look again.

I go to open the door. It's pitch black inside. The moment I step inside the light turns on and people scream:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I'm surprised. How did people know that it's my birthday? I never told anybody. Then I remember, of course.

I turn around:

- Thomas Brodie-Sangster, I'm gonna murder you! - Tat

- So you like the surprise? - K

- No, I hate it. - Tat

- W...Wh...why?! - Dyl

- Ask Thomas. - I say walking off

I mean who does he thinks he is? He knew well that on my fucking b-day my parents sent me off. And now they want me to celebrate that day? Huh, I don't think so.

I walk to the table of food and drinks. It is nicely set up, but I still hate the meaning of today. I even forgot my b-day. 

Suddenly I feel a strong pair of arms wrap around my waist. Only Thomas did that when I was frustrated. 

- Hey, you know. I did fight for you? I didn't betray you? - T

- Yeah, you definitely didn't leave me to rot there. - I say, no emotion in my voice even though my heart was breaking.

- I didn't. I talked with your mum, my mum, your dad, my dad. My parents said no, so did yours. Then I was the one who suggested the STPIL program. But they told me that I couldn't participate for 2 years. So then I hired people to try and get you out. They failed. And when the 2 years were up just now I participated. I was getting you out and I don't care how long and how much it takes. I will never give up. That's a thing you taught me. - T

And now I was crying. 

- Shhh - T

He turned me around and hugged me. 

- Happy Birthday, love - He said patting my head.

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I'M BACK! But not for long I believe. I had a really big brake. School started. And I had and art block. Fun right?