The Vipers

𓆙☆Six☾𓆙

     Bo just left so now I'm alone. Well not
necessarily alone but not with my usual person. Now standing in the middle of the entry room, I take the time to fully take everything in. The decorations, the paintings, the little details. The house, sorry, mansion, is so big that there's never noise. It's peaceful. No yelling, no doors opening or closing. Zero sound.
     Just as I'm about to leave, the door unlocks and swings open. I turn to look, a tanned skin, long curly haired woman stands in the doorway. Wearing a black open puffer jacket over a white shirt and a black vest. With jeans and converse on. You'd never think she was in the mafia. Looking down at her phone, she finally looks up at me and squeals, putting her hand over her heart. "Jesus! Oh my god you scared me." She has a soft Italian accent but a soft voice.
     "Sorry! I was just about to walk out when you
came in." I kinda laugh and comb my fingers through my hair.
     Now that she's looking at me I notice her eyes
are bright Hazel, almost looking auburn. She's got soft freckles along her nose and cheeks. Some darker than others. "You're good! You just started me." She smiles and closes the door behind her. "You must be the infamous Willow." She puts her hand out.
     I take her hand and shake it. "Yes I am, and you must be Andrea?"
     "Yep!" She drops my hand and goes over to the
closet near the door. Opening it she shrugs off her black puffer jacket and hangs it on a hanger then puts it on the rod. Closing the door she walks back to me. "So you agreed to take the job?"
     "Yea, I did." I nod and put my hands in my back pockets.
     "Good luck." She winks and smiles. "Mostly
with the boys. They're chaotic and constantly at each other's throats. But don't be fooled, they love each other." She smiles bigger and looks behind me. "Speak of the devil."
     "Tesoro! You're home!" I turn to look behind
me and see Grayson walking, no running in. He sweeps Andrea into the biggest hug I've ever seen. Wrapping her arms around his neck, Grayson lifts her and gives her a squeeze then puts her down. "How was work?"
     "Exhausting, I'm starving." She looks up at him, I wonder if they're together, if not they're extremely close.
     "I'll make you dinner." He tucks her hair behind her ear and smiles looking down at her. He looks at me and wraps his arm around Andrea. "So you met my girl?"
     "Your girl. Ha ha nice try." She playfully
punches him in the side.
      "My girl." He glares at her and then looks at me and smiles.
     "Yes I did." I smile at them. "Are you guys..."
     "Together?" Andrea says, then shakes her head. "No, we're not..."
     I look at Grayson who suddenly looks pissed.
He releases a sigh that also sounds like a groan.
     Andrea pats his chest then moves out from his
arm. "Are you hungry, Willow?"
     "Uh..I mean a little but I can-" I start to talk but she interrupts.
     "Let's eat together then, I need to get to know
my new bestie." She drapes her arm around my neck. "Stop frowning Grayson, let's eat."
     "Fine." He grumbles and starts walking. "Heyy
Willow?" He says in a playful tone.
     Andrea and I follow after him. "Yess Grayson?" I say, matching his tone.
     "Have you seen Zayne?" He turns so he's facing us but walking backwards.
     "He helped me move in but then left, don't
know where he is now." Already feeling comfy with Andrea, I wrap my hand around her wrist.
     "Ah ok.." he looks down at his feet.
     "Why?" I cock my head to the side.
     "Nun, just- when he gets into arguments with
our dad he...disappears." He shrugs his shoulders and turns around. "He might be gone till morning."
     "They got in a fight again?" Andrea asks,
unwrapping her arm from around me. She walks up to Graysons side.
     "Yea...I think it was bad." Grayson says looking down at her.
     "Shit..." she sighs and leans her head on his
shoulder. "Your dad is...impossible."
     "I know..." he wraps his arm around her lower
back, pulling her closer.
     Watching from behind, you'd think these two
were in a committed relationship. There's gotta be a reason they aren't, a reason why Grayson got so mad when I asked and they had to say no. There's gotta be multiple reasons why Zayne hates his dad as much as he does. There's so many secrets I want to unveil. Dolton Harris seems like he'd be a good person considering his company only hits the bad people. However, with the tension between his children and him, it doesn't seem right.
     "Grayson?" I speed up my pace and stand at the opposite side of him.
     "Hm?" He looks over at me.
     "You told me tomorrow I'd meet everyone else,
will it be at a netting? Will your father be there too?" I ask, looking up at him.
     He bites his lip and thinks. "Yea it's a meeting
and no I don't think so. Why?" He scrunches his eyebrows together.
     "Just wondering." I look down at the floor.
     "I mean, I can arrange for him to be there, if
you'd like." He sounds hesitant.
     "No no!" I look at him and shake my head. "I
don't want him there."
     "Oh? Ok.." he nods, looking confused.
     "I want to see how the team works without him, without his presence. Ya know?" I turn around to walk backwards now.
     "Makes sense." Grayson says, watching me.
     "That's... actually really smart, the teams pretty good at putting a front in front of him. I think having him there would be too much. Plus you want them to get to know you. Not Dolton introducing you." Andrea smiles and nods. "I think the team will like you. You'll do great."
     Warily Grayson says, "Karter might not be big
on having a woman..."
     "He can shove it up his ass." Andrea says, biting her words. "Dipshit didn't even want me to train him in the beginning."
     "And you're the best!" Grayson exclaims,
throwing his hand up.
     "I know!" Andrea agrees, putting her hand over her heart. "Greatly offended."
     "Who's Karter?" I ask just as we walk into the
kitchen. God this place is large.
     "Oh, he's one of the Caporegime, it's like the
person who leads a group of soldiers. Each of the caps are given two soldiers to train and lead. Karter leads Ryker and Kali." Grayson explains as he drops his arm from around Andrea and walks towards the pantry.
     Andrea sits down at the island watching him. "I handle Liya and Koa. Micah, our other cap, handles Saiba and Aeros."
     "So what do you do?" I ask Grayson as I move
to sit next to Andrea.
     "I..." Grayson starts as he grabs a thing of pasta from the pantry. Giant pantry. "I don't know." He looks at me and laughs. "You tell me."
     "What?" I raise my eyebrows.
     "I wasn't necessarily given a job...so that's your choice. I think there's two positions. Zayne would take one, I would take the other." He turns towards the stove again. Crouching down he grabs a pot.
     "What positions are there?" I lean forward
crossing my arms over the counter.
     "Consigliere, which means the..." he stops and
puts the pot on the stove. Seeming to get distracted he looks around.
     "They put out the fire within the group." Andrea says, moving her attention from Grayson to me. "But they also are the ones to get shit done." I notice she talks with her hands a lot.
     "And the other position?" I ask, looking at
Grayson.
     "Where's the wooden spoon...?" Grayson says
looking around.
      Andrea gets up from her seat and walks over to where he is. She pulls open a drawer and pulls out a wooden spoon. "Here."
     "Thank you!" He takes the spoon and kisses her forehead. "The last spot is underboss."
     Andrea walks over to me and sits down. "That's the guy who if you, god forbid, you die, he would take your spot."
     "Ohh...ok I got it." I nod slowly, I lean towards
Andrea. "Does he do that a lot?"
     "Get distracted? Yes...he's got severe ADHD."
She looks at him and smiles. "You just gotta help him sometimes."
     Looking at her I see this love that she very
obviously has for him. She wants him to be her everything, and he wants her to be his. There's so much more in there, so much more they want to give. I can see it, hell, I can feel it. It's so strong it's almost impossible to ignore it.
     "Can you guys not be together?" I turn in my
stool to face her.
     She lets out a long sad sigh. "No...there's so
much you don't know, Willow. And I hope you can change everything. Make it better." She looks at me with a hopeful look. "Please, make it better." She puts her hands over mine.
     "What do you-" I start to ask but Grayson turns towards us.
     "Alfredo?" He smiles at us.
     Andrea smiles and nods. "Yes please."