War for Love

Chapter one

Talisha Russo

I wake up from my alarm and sigh. Another day in an eighteen-year-olds life means another day going to school. I am so happy to finally be a senior. Both my siblings work in my dad's mafia and bully me because they can stay home. I've always felt different then them. Cressida has a great fighting instinct and Rafeal is great with organizing so he takes care of the drugs and events. I don't know what my role is going to be in Dad's mafia, and if I'm honest I don't even want to live this life. It's fucking scary.

My dad told me when he and my mom were younger they had problems with the French mafia. He thought he took them all down but the boss's son may still be alive and looking for revenge. Nobody knows who he is and what he looks like so we're always watching our back. We can't go out often and when we can we need security with us. I hate it so sometimes I sneak out of the house and go out with my friends, or I skip school. I'm an A+ student so I don't have to worry about my grades as much.

I get up from my bed take a blue dress and walk towards my shower. I take a shower and wash my hair. After I'm done I put on some lotion and deodorant and do my makeup. Before going to the dining hall I checked my phone to see a message from my best friend Anne telling me to meet her at the park. This means I'm skipping again. I go downstairs to eat breakfast and everyone has already sat down. "Hey baby did you sleep well?" My mom asks with a smile. "Yeah, I just don't want to go to school," I say while sitting down next to her.

I take my food and put it on my plate. My dad walks in and kisses my mom on the forehead. "Good morning Tessoro." He says to hear. My parents have been together since they were twenty and now they're forties and still acting all cute making the rest of us feel missareble and single as fuck. "Ciao mia principessa. " My dad says while looking at me. I wave at him because my mouth is full of food. "Do you need me to drop you off at school?" My dad asks and I shake my head. "Anne and I are walking to school together," I say, mentioning Anne cause they trust that girl thinking she's all innocent. Just because her mom, Stella, is friends with my mother.

"Okay but don't pull any of those stupid ass stunts." My dad says while pointing his finger. I nod my head and stand up from the table. I take a bag filled with clothes and walk towards the door. "I'm leaving," I yell before shutting the door. I don't know what Anne has prepared for us today but it must be interesting.

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I'm sitting on a bench in the park waiting for Anne. All of a sudden I feel hands covering my eyes. "Guess who?" I hear her say. "I don't know. Maybe the biggest bitch in the world?" I say while laughing. "Well yeah I am but I also have a name," Anne says while walking around the bench to sit down. She's wearing her brown hair in her natural curls and is wearing a green top which makes her eyes pop. "So what's the plan?" I ask her and she shrugs. "We could try to lie to our parent and says that you're sleeping over at my house and then go to a club?" She suggested it and it sounds extremely fun. "Alright, I'm in."   

We start walking away from the park and towards the closest Starbucks where we order our drinks. When they give us our order we leave and go to Anne's house since her parents are probably at work. When we get there we go straight to her room and I toss my backpack in the corner. I look at the time and realize it's already noon. "So are we gonna binge-watch Euphoria until 5 and then get ready?" Anne asks me and I nod my head. Nothing better than chilling with your best friend knowing those losers are struggling in math. 

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After getting ready and convincing my parents to let me stay at Anne's we snook out and now we're ready to go into the club. The security guard checks my ID and after looking at it he gives it back and lets me in. I walk in and I smell sweat, alcohol and weed. I see a lot of bodies dancing against each other and colorful lights on them. Anne and I walk towards the bar and ask for some Bacardi. We sip our drinks and out of nowhere Anne starts looking behind us. 

"What are you staring at? Did you already find your prey for tonight?" I ask her and she shakes her head. "This guy has been staring at you from the moment you came in." She says wich makes me laugh. Who would look at me when there are plenty of pretty girls here? "Can I look?" I ask and Anne nods. I turn arround and face the most beautifull man ever.

He has his dark hair slicked back with gel and he looks at me with dark eyes. He's wearing a suit and I can see the tatoos on his hands, arm and neck. He's absolutly perfect.