𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

7

Mila

It's been a long brunch and me and Giovanni were now talking to the wedding planner still hand in hand, I was ready to leave.

"So for flowers, I had hydrangeas planned." The lady says as she shows us a vision of the flowers.

"Oh, I'm allergic to hydrangeas," I say. "Maybe we can do dahlias! They're my favorite flowers." I say as I smile nicely to the lady who seems to get irritated by that.

"Okay well... that wouldn't go with the theme I had planned but-" the lady starts with a bit of an attitude.

"She said she wanted dahlias, so get her dahlias," Giovanni says.

She looks stunned as she does a full 180. "Okay! I think that would go great with what we have here, that's all I needed to go over with you guys, I'll send over a copy of what I have planned." She says before scurrying away.

"I thought that would never end." I sighed wanting to get away from all of these people, the room was starting to feel crowded even though it was big enough to fit a small concert. "I need a drink."

"Welcome to my world," Gio says from beside me, I realize we're still holding hands as I awkwardly slide my hand out of his.

I open my mouth to reply before I hear it.

Bang

Bang

Bang

I freeze as I hear the bangs, I can hear and feel my heart beat in my ear as more shots fire.

Glass shatters and all of a sudden I'm pulled the the floor, coming to my senses I look up to see Gio covering me, he pulls a table over to cover me and draws a gun.

"Stay down!" He shouts as he begins shooting something.

I shut my eyes as I started to panic breathing heavily as I waited for it to end.

I was going to die.

I hear a scream and then a thud causing my hand to shoot up to cover my mouth before I let out a scream.

Someone just died, and I heard it and if I didn't leave this building soon, I would be joining them.

But I didn't dare move, I couldn't.

I begin to shake as I cover my mouth not letting the sobs out.

I hear more grunts, groans, shots, and thuds.

I keep my eyes tightly closed before I feel a hand grab my arm, starting to freak out I struggle against the hand ready to scream before a hand slaps over my mouth. "Shh Mila, it's me." I hear Gios's voice before letting out a breath and opening my eyes to look at him.

The tears that pooled in my eyes let themselves fall. "I'm scared," I whispered.

"I know," he nods. "I'll get you out, stay quiet, close your eyes, and follow me." He says and I nod closing my eyes as he leads me out.

My heart pounds against my chest before I step on something mushy, making a splat sound I stop in my tracks and gasp opening my eyes.

I feel my hand tug as Gio notices I stopped following him and quickly turns around as I start looking down. "Don't look down, just look at me, okay?" He says as my eyes pool again.

He begins walking backwards holding my hands as I keep my eyes on him. "Just focus on my eyes."

I nod as we finally make it outside I notice a bunch of people gathered out here, I notice Gios's dad making a phone call, he looks very angry.