In my blood

13~barbie bitch

ravens pov:

I turn my head slightly to the left squinting my eyes trying to figure out who called my name, as my eyes slowly start to focus on the figure I see a man with a white shirt with the first three buttons undone. I lock eyes with him realizing exactly who it is.

"Hey, Raven." Danté smiles, huffing silently as if out of breath.

I don't smile back at him instead I grab his wrist and push him against a wall. I grab his head and pull it down to my height so that I can reach his ear. "Are the others here?" I quickly whisper. He reeks of alcohol meaning he has been here for some time already.

"Yes." He responds calmly looking directly behind me. I push his head back getting a quiet 'ow' from him. 

I push my tongue inside of my cheek slowly turning on my heel to reveal Romano stood no more than four feet away from me. His signature smirk and playful eyebrow raise plastered across his face. He's grown out his stubble making him appear slightly more intimidating and older looking.

"Well hello Raven." Romano says smirking even more, he lifts his hand taking mine and kissing it. I snatch my hand back slapping him across the face, by now multiple people are looking and Leo's long gone not wanting to be involved. Was the slap slightly too much yes, but it felt good so I don't give two flying fucks. "Damn." He grunts placing his hand on his cheek and rubbing it in a child like manner. 

Before he could say anything else I avert my attention to someone else stood at the bar laughing with another person. Romano notices I'm no longer paying attention to him and turns to see who I'm looking at. "Ah you still haven't talked to Maria yet. Petty much?"

"Please, shut the fuck up." I say rolling my eyes. I start to debate whether or not I should go and talk to her, but I hear Danté's voice saying something. He is still stood behind me and comes slightly closer leaning down slightly "You should go talk to her, she misses you Raven." I turn to look at him and give him a gentle smile, I nod my head and fix my corset top and walk over to her. She notices me and turns her head, her pin straight hair now cut shorter framing her face perfectly.

I notice the other person next to her is Alessandro and he whispers something to her making Maria's smile widen she stands up and runs up to me embracing me into a tight hug. "holy fuck you have no idea how much I've missed you." She says almost out of breath. "I've missed you too." I laugh tightening our embrace. 

"Wow, you got me tearing up and shit." Romano claps sarcastically. "Enough with the cuteness, Raven we need to talk." He says sternly.

"We do?" I say teasingly raising my eyebrow. 

"We do." He grabs my waist pulling him close to me. "The Americans are here right now." He says in a husk tone.

"Fuck. Oh fuck this isn't good. Did they see the slap? Shit okay look all lovey dovey and shit, we need to make it seem like we love one another, not hate each others guts." I reply pulling him into the middle of the dance floor. "Need to make it believable no? This is like a practice for the ball that's in five days." 

Romano rolls his eyes dramatically. "I hate you for this!" He shouts over the music.

"You know you love me." I wink at him. He grabs my waist and spins me round so that my backs to him. He moves my hair from my neck placing his cold veiny hand on my collar bone. "You got a new tattoo." 

I tilt my head back at the feeling of his cold hand. "mhm. " I mumble.
"it's pretty." he whispers in my ear.

The song is fast and upbeat as I grind on him moving my body side to side swaying my hips to the music. Romano suppresses a loud groan. "you're fucking killing me Raven." I turn to look at his face, his flushed cheeks are visible through the dim light and his eyes are shut tight almost as if he's afraid to open them.