Underside of the Underworld

Ch39. Year.

Soon will be normal updates I've been having a ruff week.

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Veronica

Today. Today feels so much different then any other day. A year ago today I first met everyone. The one year anniversary of my mom's death.

Though I look around the room and smile to my self as I watch the boys wrestling around dad watching with a laugh me and jayden sitting together hanging out.

Only a small part of me is still sad.

In this last year a lot has happened. We all have been through so much.

"Watcha thinkin about roni?" Ceb says doin a ridiculous pose. I laugh and tell them, " Today marks one year since I came to Italy. With you guys." I say and some of their smiles drop but then turn happy again.

Lucas comes and sits next to me while the rest find other seat. "Are you okay?" He whispers into my ear. I nod and rest my head on his shoulder.

Ceb gets a call and I notice how he looks at everyone then quickly walks out oc the room taking the call. I turn to look at Lucas to see him already looking at me confused.

Both of us nod our heads and get up fo.lwoing the way he went. We come up to the corner of the hall and I get pulled back with Lucas putting a finger to his lips telling me to be quite.

I nod amd listen. "Yea I know, I know. It's just hard with everything." He sighs. Who's he talking to?

"Okay. Mhm bye." Wide eyed me and Lucas hurry and run and I get pulled into a room.

"Who do u think that was?" Lucas asks me. "I don't know. Is he talking to someone?" I ask sitting on the couch. What is this room?

"He mentioned he was talking to someone but I don't know who."

"Hm well maybe he'll tell us some day." I say getting up and wrapping my arms around his torso. He hugs me back and we stand there silent.

I need this hug.

"Where have your dad and Ceb's dad gone?" Say scrunch my eyebrows. I have seen them in ages it seems like. "I don't know, maybe they left. We need to keep an eye out though. They seemed pretty shady." He says.

I mean it makes sense no one knows why they came to help when they did. Were they actually worried or are they playing something?

"Ok let's go." We walk out of the room to see Caleb standing there staring weirdly at the wall. He's taken off his bandage and now what's left is a whole scare from the top of his eyebrows to the middle of his cheek.

"Caleb?" Lucas says patting him on the back. He snaps out of his trance and looks at us. "Sorry I was just thinking." He laughs and we all start walking.

"I over heard my dad and yours Lucas." He says suddenly and we all stop walking. What? "Oh did they say anything?" He asks.

"Well, they said they are planing on leaving tomorrow. But the thing was that they said and I quote 'this went right now we just come back in years time.' What ever that means." He says and I think.

'Come back in years time.' Does that mean they are coming back in a few years or what? "Do you think that was go or bad?" I ask.

"Well I don't know. Years could be one or even 20 you know." He says.

Good point. "Well let's tell Carlos and we can keep an eye on everything." Lucas says and we all agree.

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It's been stuck in my head forever. The 'dads' left today and everyone is kind of back to normal again. Things have been quite. None of us have been assigned to missions, not that I want to but still not even Cole or Damien.

I still train though. Don't want to be going outta shape and then an attack happens and I can't fight back.

Dad has calmed down a bit and is now back semi to his normal self.

All this stress is going to make him go grey. Well. He kinda is but that isnt the point.

He tiered. All of us are.

I lay star shape on my bed and stare at the roof. I miss you mom.

I hear a knock on my door and I look over to see Lucas comin in dragging his feet. "Long day?"

"Yea had to help out with the noobs. They really know nothing." He shakes his head and goes into the bath room where I hear the shower start.

Thirty minutes later he comes back out dressed in comfortable clothes and he climbs on top of me snuggling into the crook of my neck.

I bring my hands up and play with his hair. He's so warm.

Soon enough he falls asleep and I do the same. Going to sleep smiling.

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Short ik, ik I'm working on it.

Anyways its spooky season yall.

What's ur costume this year??

-M