Talia Accardi had been in the foster system since she was 2. She was left at the fire station with nothing but a purple elephant stuffie and a gold locket. As she grew up bouncing from one family to another, each family being worse than the previous...
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I slowly begin to open my eyes, concerned with the apparent arm over my waist. I look to my side and see Luis peacefully sleeping, I can change that, I turn my head towards his ear and yell " Wake up!!". He wakes up with a jolt, "What? What?! Are you okay?"
I sit up. "You looked too peaceful. If I'm awake, so are you."
"Jesus, I thought you were dead. Don't do that to me mi amor."
I turn to look at him with a baffled face. "How the fuck would I be screaming for you if I was dead?" I don't wait for his reply, or rather I don't listen to it as I walk into the bathroom to do my routine morning skincare.
As I take one look at myself in the mirror I almost flinch. "Maybe I did die, Christ alive."
"You look beautiful mi Estrella."
"Girl, stop lying. we're both seeing the same thing. I could be cast as a villain."
He comes behinds me, trapping me between the counter and his body.
"I'm not one of your girls mi amor." I look up at him through the mirror, holding eye contact.
I break the eye contact to carry on with what I came in here to do. I dry my face after I'm done and still Luis is hovering.
"Mate, do you not have anywhere to be? do you not need to be bumming one of my brothers or something?"
"Ningún lugar es mejor que con tu bebé." He says as he leans his arm in the doorway. (Nowhere is better than with you baby)
I narrow my eyes at him. "Hablo español dickhead, no soy tu bebé ni tu amor." With that I duck under his arm into my room. (I speak spanish dickhead, I am not your baby or your love)
"You might not be now but you will be one day mi amor."
"Get out of my room Luis, I need to get ready." He doesn't say anything to me, just sits himself back on the bed and watches me as I walk around my room trying to find my makeup.
That's how we spend the next hour and a half, Luis sat on my bed watching me, while I take my time doing my makeup to avoid the undoubted shit show waiting for me as soon as I step out the comfort of my own room.
I go into the closet to pick out my outfit. I'm still feeling rather groggy after the latest events so I opt for something more comfortable.
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I walk out of closet and look towards where Luis already has his eyes trained on me, or more my ass. "Hey. Buddy, eyes up here" I grab his hand and go to walk out of the door. I can't do this. I go to turn back around but I am ultimately stopped by Luis with his hands on my shoulders.
"You've got this Tal. Be the bigger person and don't let them affect you like this. You are here and you have done so well without them. Show them that." He places a kiss on my forehead before turning me back around. "Don't do that again puta" I say before I grab the door handle and walk out my room.
I make my way downstairs and into the kitchen. Just my look. Everyone is up and gathered in here. I ignore all the stares, especially a certain three, and make myself and iced coffee and a bowl of fruit. "Do you not want a banana prediletto?" My father speaks up. (Darling)
I turn around to give him my answer when I'm halted.
"She's aller-" Ash tries to say. I look at him and interrupt. "I'm allergic but thankyou." I give him the softest smile I can muster up at this moment. As I make my way into the living room I stop by Ash. "I can speak for myself wank stain. I've managed years without you I think I can remember my own allergies." Leaving it there I go into the living room and decide to scroll through what to watch. I decide to rewatch the marvel universe in timeline order.
Mid way through the first film everyone comes in and blocks my view. I close my eyes and take a deep breathe to control my anger. "Do you mind I'm trying to watch something here."
My twin brother grabs the remote and pauses the tv. "Dude what."
"We need to talk about what happened sis."
"Well I think it's quite clear. I was kidnapped as a baby, I had a shit life growing up but hey at least I had my two AMAZING besties to get me through it. Then I had a stable father figure that didn't hate me and life was bearable. One day, the worst day of my life might I add, I find out my 'bestfriends' have been adopted but I pretended I was happy because it was all we dreamed of."
I pause to choose my next words carefully when Nilea goes to speak up.
"I'm not done. Then I go to the one person I THOUGHT could never leave me in the dirt. But he's gone as well. I spend years in my own personal hell JUST to find out that they've been here playing happy families with each other. I don't want to talk about it. I'm sorry I ran off, and I'm sorry Lu that you had to see me how you did but quite frankly I don't give two flying shits what anyone has to say. You don't get to have a say on what I did and what I've done because no one living and breathing in this room knows what I have had to endure. I'm here, and I'm just about alive. It's take it or leave it at this point because I am on the edge of a very high cliff and I am THIS close to walking off." I say while holding up my fingers indicating my lack of patience at this point.
"I just cannot fathom how anybody could do the things you did so easily." (A/N lol)
They all stand there, staring at me with gaped mouths. I snatch the remote back off of Matteo and resume what I was watching. This time Luis grabs the remote and starts scrolling through looking for something else to watch. I turn myself so my legs are over his. My twin comes over and moves my legs in order to sandwich himself in between us.
He turns and looks at me. "What happened to you sis? Why are you so cold to the world."
I reply without lifting my gaze from the tv. "Because the world never showed me warmth. I am simply giving back what I got."
He moves me into his shoulder and that's when the weight drops. Here I am sobbing into my twin brothers shoulder in front of a bunch of strangers.
can't bullshit you I've just had no motivation at all to write. I struggled a lot in my last year of college mega and I just needed time to find myself again.
I'm now out of college in a 9-5 job yay (sarcasm) and absolutely loving it. I just had random inspo to write tonight it's a very short (sort of) filler chapter that I blurted my way through. Definitely not my best work but we move brev.
I hope with all my heart that you enjoyed it and I will see you very soon my loves <3 (Also stream guts!)
