Endless Deception | Ongoing

12

Giovanni Bianchi ||

"GIO! Lia is on her way!" Rose yells from the opposite side of the bathroom door.

I fix my strands of her putting them in place. My hair hasn't the cooperating with me all morning.

"Almost done."

"You said that fifteen minutes ago."

"Perfect," I say to myself. My hair is finally styled perfectly and I walk out of the bathroom and see an annoyed Rose with her arms crossed.

"Took you long enough," she mumbles. She grabs my hand pulling me out of the room and to the living room.

Apollo, Belle, Anderson, Lincoln, and Carter are all sitting down on the couches waiting for them to come.

Carter runs over to me and shows off his new toys. I bend down to get a closer look. I walk over to the rest of them, saying hi.

I sit down between Apollo and Belle just to play around with them. Belle yelps as my big behind squishes between them. Apollo just groans looking in the opposite direction.

"I heard Rose yelling at you in there," Apollo says.

"Yeah. She was loud. Something about your hair," Belle adds on.

"I think your head is getting too big from all the staring you do in the mirror," Apollo tells me giving me a shove.

"I could tell by the looks of it," I look at him up and down, "You don't look in the mirror at all," I retort. He chuckles shaking his head.

Just as Belle is about to hit me across the head, the front door opens revealing, a very pregnant, Ana and Ryder.

I jump up from the seats pushing everyone out of the way. I tackle Ana in a hug and she giggles as her arms wrap around me.

"Be careful. She's still pregnant," Ryder tells me.

"Happy you're okay, princess."

She smiles up at me and looks over at Ryder and brings him in for a hug. I don't think he'll ever know how much I really do appreciate him.

I pull away from the hug and let everyone else greet them. Ana and Rose hug and I feel like my heart is about to explode.

I walk back over to the couch, picking up Carter, along the way, and throw him down on the couch. He bursts out into laughter during our tickle session. Finally, I stop tickling him when Rose comes and sits down next to me.

She gives me a smile between Carter and me and scoots closer to me.

I see her eyes wander around the room like she's looking for something. Like she lost something.

"Uhh, what are you looking for?" Her head snaps to me surprised I even realized she was looking around.

"You know that's weird? That you tell what I'm doing with my eyes?" I shrug still waiting for the answer. She sighs. "I know before everything between us went down, I didn't come here often. But I could've sworn you told me there were six guys. Right now it's looking like five."