My Skater Boy // V.H.

52- Hot and Heavy

a/n: explicit sexual content ahead ;) happy halloween, lovelies <3. enjoy.

Taking off my dress is the last thing I'm thinking of doing when I get up to my room. I stumble toward the kitchen, gasping for air as my lungs burn. "Fuck." I gasp out as I brace my hands on the counter and lean my head down.

I turn on the kitchen sink, running my hands under the cold water as I struggle to take deep breaths. I put my hands that are now freezing from the water, onto my neck, the cold making my skin prickle with goosebumps.

I hear a knock a couple minutes later, realizing that I have stood there for a good ten minutes, hyperventilating. I walk slowly to the door, checking and seeing Sam, Harry and Vinnie all waiting outside my door. I feel my eyes sting as I open the door.

"Esty?" Vinnie says. They all give me a once over. I open the door wide for them to come in and then I throw my arms around Vinnie's neck. "You okay?" He holds me tightly against him and I breathe in his intoxicating scent.

"No." I whisper against his shirt.

"What happened?" Sam says. I break away from Vinnie but stay enveloped in his arms as I turn to Sam.

"I went with Dante. We talked about his terms and what he wanted from me in return for Reggie." My throat burns as I recall. "He wants me. For three months." Sam's eyes darken and Harry's eyes widened. "He also knows a lot about us, Sam." I clench my jaw.

"What do you mean?" Sam sat down on a bar stool and Harry stood next to him.

"He told me his life story. About how his mother was in a marriage but fell in love with Bartelli and then ended up with Bartelli's baby. Or should I say babies." I step out of Vinnie's grasp and move back to the sink. "Dante is a twin. He wants me to figure out who the other baby is."

"Why would you know that?" Harry asks.

"That's the golden question." I sigh deeply. I swallow hard and then look up at Sam. "But there is something else." Vinnie's head snaps in my direction and Sam's brows furrow. "He made me sing at the restaurant we went to... Mad World." Sam's eyes widen and then he stands.

"How would he know?"

"He said his mom sang it to him when he was a child."

"That could just be a coincidence." Sam's hands clench in and out of fists.

"I don't think so Sam." I shook my head. My eyes begin to sting. "He said she's alive." I choke out. Sam shook his head in disbelief.

"That's not possible." He says. "She died, Ella. We went to her funeral. Dad found her ring-" He begins to pace.

"Wait, what the hell is going on? Who is alive?" Vinnie asks. He stares at Sam as Sam pulls at his roots.

"My mother." I say quietly.

"Oh fuck." Harry breathes out. He goes to Sam's side.

"But he could just be saying that, right?" Vinnie tries to reason. "To scare you into giving him what he wants." I shake my head once and then look down at my feet. They are aching from the heels I haven't taken off yet.

"He knew something that no one else did."

"How would he actually know? How do we know this isn't another one of his twisted fucking games?" Vinnie throws up his hands.

"Why would he use something that I haven't even thought about since my mom died?" I argue back. "I could get Reggie." I take a step toward Vinnie and he shakes his head.

"You're not going with him."

"I thought you said you wouldn't hold me back." I cross my arms over my chest and look at him. He scoffs and I shake my head. "I am going to get Reggie back. And I'm going to do it my way. Stand in my way and I'll move you myself." I walk past him and knock my shoulder into his and go into the bedroom. I hear him groan frustratedly and then I slam the door.