Natalia is Esme's sister, she's a bit older than her, a few years and she stayed out of family business for a while, shes best known for being able to fight really well, when her sister was in the kitchen with her mother she was playing with her brothers, she is actually really well at fighting, her mother says she won't get any husband for acting like a boy, she's also good at shooting and has an attitude, she's nice, but she can be rude and mean if you get on her bad side, once a man slapped her and let's just say his body was found in the cut a few days later beaten horribly
"No fighting at all, this is your sisters wedding, no being rude, look at me Natalia, you hear me?" Her mother speaks to her as they walk to the reservation
"Yes mother, I hear you, and I promise, no fighting." She says, her mother nods and walks off, she pulls her hand in front of her and looks at her crossed fingers, she smirks and catches up with her mother, Natasha was forced to wear a dress, she usually wears pants, she sat at a table and drank wine
"Act like you want to be here, it's your sisters wedding." Her mother says and looks behind her and turns pale, Natalia looks behind her to see the Shelby brothers
"Oh don't they seem nice." Nat says sarcastically
"Yeah and their brother is your sisters husband, let's go Introduce ourselves." Her mother says and nat downs her drink and they stand up and walk over to them
"Hello, I'm Esme's mother, this is my other daughter Natalia."
"Aren't you pretty." The oldest brother says, she looks over at him and her mother shakes her head no
"Wish I could say the same about you." She says
"I am so sorry about my daughter, she doesn't have a filter." Her mother says and glares at her daughter
"Just being honest." She says, Thomas stares at her in amusement, no one's ever disrespected any of them
"No no, pleas excuse my brother Arthur, he's had a few too much to drink." Thomas says
"That's alright Mr. Shelby, excuse us." Her mother says and drags her daughter back to the table, scolding her on the way there, the entire night he keeps his eyes on her, seeing her look like she wants to be anywhere else beside here, she sits at the table alone as her parents mingle around, Thomas slips into the seat beside her, she looks over at him and raises her brow
"You seem like you don't want to be here." He says
"If only you knew how suffocating these people are." She says and takes a sip of her whiskey
"Then why are you here?" He asks
"Mostly to get drunk, other reason is my mother dragged me here."
"If you want to leave i could take you home." He says shooting hus shot
"Thank you Mr. Shelby, but I think i would like to stay here than be alone in a room with you." She says, he smirks at her and she looks back over at him, she gives him a puzzled look
"What the you talking to me? I think there's a whose somewhere around here." She says and outs her chin in her hand and closes her eyes
"Let me walk you home." He says
"Fine, but don't expect anything." She says and pulls her coat on, she walks out with him following behind her, everyone looking at them with either weird or scared looks, they walk out onto the street, he walks beside her, on the way home she takes her skirt off to reveal trousers underneath, he looks at her confused
"Don't look at me like that, you try wearing dresses daily." She says taking off her heels, holding onto his arm as she takes them off
"You really are something." He says
"Say that to mother, I'm more of a disappointment." She says and walks up the stairs of her apartment and allows him in, she pours him a glass of whiskey and they sit down on the couch, she puts her hand on her forehead and looks up with her eyes closed
"You alright love?"
"Yeah, just this killer headache."
"I may know a way to get rid of it."
"Oh yeah? And what's that?"
"A kiss." She laughs
"You never know til you try." He says, she rolls her eyes and kisses his cheek
"That's all your getting tonight Mr. Shelby."
"I think you are the beautiful girl in the world Mrs. Natalia."
"And I think you want something Mr. Thomas." She replies and leans her head back on the couch, keeping eye contact with him, he tucks a piece of hair from her face and leans in, he goes to kiss her but she moves her head to the side so he kisses her cheek
"Like I said Mr. Shelby, you aren't getting lucky tonight, I think you'll have better luck not drinking for a week."
"So if I don't drink for a week I get a kiss?"
"Is this a bet Mr. Shelby?"
"I think it is, if I don't drink for a week, I get a kiss."
"Alright Mr. Shelby, it's a deal." She says and they shake hands, she means her head on his shoulder and closes her eyes, they both fall asleep, Thomas is getting that kiss, he doesn't care if he has to stop drinking all together to get it
