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TESSA SARIANO
Since I can remember, Gio has been like a hero to me.
My knight in shining armor. My superman. My person.
He was always there for me. When shit went down, he was there.
After my dad would drunkenly hit me or yell and scream at me, Gio held me and reminded me of my worth. He even attempted to fight my father once.
Gio never let me feel alone. And if I ever found myself feeling alone, even for a second, there he was.
One night, fifteen year old me was watching Glee. I was relaxing, comfortable on the couch, painting my nails and eating snacks. Life was amazing.
However, my parents had been gone for a while. It was around six o'clock when they went out and it was now almost ten.
I paused the TV and began anxiously pacing before grabbing my phone to call my mom.
The phone rang a few times before going to the answering machine. Please be okay.
I continued pacing but I was interrupted by a knock at the door.
Thank god, they're finally home.
"Hey." Gio looked at me a smiled as I opened the door.
"Gio? What are you doing here?"
"Can't sleep." he hopped over the back of the couch and sat down.
"Popcorn!" he exclaimed, grabbing my half eaten bowl of popcorn.
"Sure Gio, you can have some." I mumbled before he stopped munching on the popcorn and started to look at me intensely.
"What's wrong, Tesoro?"
"My parents have been gone for a long time. I'm getting anxious."
"I'm sure everything is okay. Let's watch whatever this is." he motioned towards the TV and I walked over to the couch.
"One second." I looked down at my phone to see that I was getting a call from Becky.
Becky is one of the most amazing people ever. She's sweet, funny, wise. She's my godmother, but growing up she was more like an aunt to me.
"Hey Bex, what's going on?" she never called me this late, she goes to bed rather early.
"Hey kiddo, what are you doing right now?" she asked and I noticed her voice was a little shaky, almost broken.
"Nothing much. Is everything okay Bex?"
"Are you alone, Tessa?"
"No, Gio is here. You're freaking me out Bex. What is it?"
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