Incollati Insieme

XVIII

"I fucking dare you, silly prick. Talk about my fucking kid like that again and I'll skin you alive." Enzo pulls the knife away and swings his fist straight into Dante's face, a scrunch met with it.

I gasp, his kid. I'm sure he just said that in the heat of the moment, I had no idea he would be this protective over Nia. Well... that's a lie, of course, Enzo is going to be really protective of her.

I turn Nia's face away from them, so she can't see the blood that splatters down his face.

"What is your problem with me?" I ask him, "You really are that childish that you have to talk about a defenceless baby like that?" I shake my head at him, feeling myself shake with rage.

How fucking dare he.

Enzo pulls him to his feet as Vincent walks back into the room, having heard the commotion. "Take your idiot brother away from me before he gets himself done." he pushes Dante to Vin who doesn't even try to catch him and Dante falls flat on his ass, holding his nose.

"Zo?" I call Enzo and he turns to me with a raised brow, "Bonding time with your niece while we work on the car?"

He nods and we make our way down to the garage, leaving that on the floor.

"Sandy?" Enzo calls out.

"Under here!" Alessandro calls out from under Enzo's car. The one he gave to Rowan that day.

Enzo stills as he sees it, "When Nia can't sleep I take her for a drive in there and play that stupid cassette. Works every time."

"Afroman, I got high?" He asks smirking.

"Yeah," I giggle and lean into the car and turn it on.

The song played for a bit and I took my free hand making him dance, "I wasn't gonna run from the cops but I was high (uh, I'm serious man)"

He gives me a lopsided smile, faint tears in his eyes. Memories playing in his head, "I was gonna pull right over and stop but I was high (uh)" I carried on, wiping the tears away.

He gave a little laugh, emotion thick. "Now I'm a paraplegic (ha ha ha) and I know why (why man?)" We both sang together, "'Cause I got high, Because I got high, Because I got high"

Nia kicked her legs out giggling, "Your daddy was so silly," Enzo whispers to her.

"Uncle time?" I question him passing her over, "The idiots that shipped my cars over scratched it."

"You know I love third wheeling and all but come on I've got to give Rocco a tattoo soon, tell me to never have a bet with him again." Alessandro groaned as he rolled out from looking under the car again.

"Yeah yeah man," Enzo waved him off as he took Nia and left the garage, "I'll be somewhere con la mia Principessa."

(With my princess.)

I turn back to Ale to see him under the car again, I furrow my brows. "Find anything interesting under there?"

"Get under here," He said.

I scrunch my face up, "Why?"

He sighs and comes out, "You don't know, do you? Rowan was always so secretive when he would come in here to work on this car. You seen what he left behind?"

"Wait... what? Eh, this car?" I ask confused, Rowan worked on thus car in this very room? I mean if I think about it, it could be possible.

"Yeah, every time he and Enzo came here Rowan always found an excuse to work on 'his' car," Alessandro told me as he picked up a small flashlight.

"Okay let me see."

Me and Nia sit on facetime with my mom as we eat bananas, when we sat down with the whole bowl of them I quickly realised that she loved them. Well after nearly giving us both a concussion by head butting me trying to nose dive onto the banana, I realised.

"Mom, she's Rowan's kid," I say slowly not sure of what her reaction will be.

My mom's face drops, shock taking over. "M-my little Rowan, my sweet boy? He had a baby? How?" She asks with tears in her eyes.

"Yeah mom," I say, voice thick with emotion, "Nova's baby, she is six months I think."

My mom covers her mouth trying to keep her sobs in, "What's my banana baby's name?"

I glance at Nia to see her covered in Banana, shit! "Her name is Nia, mom. Nia Rowan King."

My mom nods through the screen, "She's perfect."

A few minutes pass of random talk about Nia and other things before my mom gasps, "Dante? What on earth happened to your face?"

I turn slightly to see him pause momentarily, almost as if he is contemplating coming over.

"Well? Don't just stand there come and say hello." My mom coaxes him.

"Hello Mrs King," he sighs.

My mom frowns at him, "Come closer silly! Now tell me what happened, I want to know all the gossip."

"Hey kingyy, little Dante here got knuckles to the face from Enzo. He talked down on this sweet baby." Rose come bounding over and leaned over the back of the couch, gossiping with my mom.

"Now didn't I tell you to just call me Dela?" my mom teases her before sternly turning to Dante, "Dante Formaggio Grey!"

My mom goes off on him, but Roses's loud laughs cut us off.

"F-formaggio? Y-your middle name is cheese?" She bursts out laughing.

What the fuck I cringe, cheese? Wow what a name.

"Damn, and I thought my middle name was bad!" some random guy says.

"Mom I'll call you back later."

I stand with Nia in my arms and the three people that just walked in turn to me.

"Hello my little laochra." a girl runs over to me and Nia smiles at her.

(Warrior.)

"Ahh fuck sake, the English," Dante grumbles.

"Ahh it's the cheese man." the girl snarks back.