Valeriana's pov
By the time I got out of the shower and dressed all of my brothers were gone. Well Santino was laying on the couch with a bag of chips. He was lazily eating them. Is this what he does when he doesn't work? Normally I would be at school but I go back tomorrow.
"Does Zario have a girlfriend?" I asked while plopping down on the coffee table in front of him blocking his view of the tv. Tino narrowed his eyes on me.
"How am I supposed to know?" Santino asked. I shrug my shoulders.
"Don't you work together? You don't talk?" I asked. Tino looked at me before shoving more chips in his mouth.
"We work together but not together-together. I only see our brothers once while we are working. We all have our own shit to handle," he says. I nod my head.
"Ok, well a woman called his phone this morning asking if he was around, who do you think it is?" I asked. Santino's eyebrows furrowed.
"Why were you on his phone this morning?" he asked. I cross my arms over my chest.
"I was in the room when it rang. Any idea who she is?" I asked. Santino shook his head. "Want to go snoop around his room and see if we can find out if he has a girlfriend?" I asked. Santino raised an eyebrow. He dumps chips into his mouth before slowly crunching on them.
"That sounds like a bad idea," Santino says. He sat up quickly. "Let's do it," Santino drops the bag of chips onto the table next to me before rushing up the stairs. I follow after him. Santino was already in the room looking around. "What's this?" Santino asked. He held up a pink scrunchie.
"It's a scrunchie to tie back your hair... it's also mine," I say snatching it from him and putting my hair into a messy bun.
"Why is it Zario's bed?" Santino asked. I walk over to Zario's bookshelf.
"I slept in here last night," I say. Santino raised a curious eyebrow. I explained what happened last night to him as we searched the room.
My eyes land on a few picture frames on the dresser in the closet. I walk into it. They were a few family pictures of the boys. There was one of Zario and a woman with brown curly hair. Her eyes were the color of honey. She was cute. She had a button nose and her eyes had a fierce look. She looked kind and fierce at the same time.
"Tino! Who is this?" I asked. Tino walks into the room. He looks at the picture.
"That is Giana, Nazario's best friend," Tino says. I give him a look before punching him in the arm.
"They are more than friends, idiota. Friends don't look at each other like that, also look at them," I say before pointing to a picture of the brothers but Zario. He was in the background kissing Giana. Santino nods his head.
"Yep, that makes sense now," Santino says. I look at him with a raised eyebrow. "You don't want to know the type of stuff I walk in on those two doing," Santino says with his nose scrunched up.
"Eww! How did you just not know?" I asked.
"I thought they were friends with benefits!" Santino shouts as I walk away. We both freeze when Nazario walks into the room with Giana. Zario raised an eyebrow at us.
"What are you two doing?" Zario asked.
"Going for ice cream," I state. Santino nods his head.
"In my room?" Zario asked. My mouth dropped open.
"Whaaaat, this isn't the ice cream place," I say in disbelief. "Your closet is safe from monsters! Also it was Santino's idea!" I shout before running from the room.
"Valeriana!" Santino shouts. I rush down the stairs. I skid to a stop when Aurelio walked through the door.
"You're grounded, remember," he says.
"What! You let me go out three days ago!" I shout. Santino, Nazario and Giana come down the stairs.
"You got suspended, Valeriana. You are ungrounded tomorrow when you go back to school. Also you didn't move from your bed for two days. I was being nice and letting you get out of the house because you needed it," Aurelio says. I groan loudly.
"This is bullshit. I'm talking shit about you to Miss Wells now. You are no longer getting a girlfriend. Oh would you look at the time. It's lunch time," I say before pulling my phone out and calling Miss Wells. She answers almost immediately.
"Everything ok?" She asked worriedly.
"No, Aurelio won't let me get ice cream... My throat hurts. I need it for my health," I say. Aurelio gave me a look.
"I don't see how this involves me, V," she says. I smirk at Aurelio.
"Oh you didn't know. My brother lik-" Aurelio ripped the phone out of my hand and hung up.
"You get an hour," Aurleio says before handing my phone back and walking away. I watch him walk away before looking at Santino.
"Ready to go?" I asked.
"Did you just blackmail your brother?" Giana asked. I smile before shrugging.
"To be completely honest I was going to say my brother likes ice cream so much and is eating all of it in front of me, not that he likes her," I laughed before walking out of the house. "Come on Santino, I only got an hour!" I shout from outside.
"Why are you so damn bossy!" He shouts.
"Can we join you?" Zario asked. I nod my head. "Race you to Summer Delight!" Zario says. Santino jumped before running to the car.
"Pick up the pace, Valeriana!" Santino shouts. I glare at Zario as I get in the car.
"This isn't fair!" I shouted at him as I got into Santino's car. As soon as I shut the door Santino was driving away. We get halfway to the shop before we see Zario's car pass us and go further down the road.
"Dammit, We will have to pay now," Santino grumbled. I chuckle before looking out the window.
"Winning a race isn't always about being in front... Well I mean it is but it's also knowing the track. Relax, we won't have to pay for anything," I say.
"We aren't going to be able to catch up. Hello I'm not a racer like you and Zario," Santino says. I roll my eyes.
"Take a right," I say. Santino takes the next right. I have him continue straight. "Left," I say. Tino turns left. He drives straight before the ice cream shop comes into our view. Nazario's car wasn't in the parking lot yet. "See," I mutter. Santino parks the car. It takes a minute before Nazario parks next to us. We got out of the car. Nazario looked beyond shocked. "Seems I didn't even have to drive and I still beat you," I state with a smirk. Giana laughs before grabbing Zario's hand.
"I knew you were the best female driver but never would I have thought you were able to make miracles happen and get Santino to ever beat me," Nazario says.
"Fuck off, Zario," Santino mutters before pulling the door open.
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General FictionValeriana has known nothing but neglect and abuse. Her mother took her from her father and brothers at the age of 3. Valeriana has no knowledge of her family looking for her. The only family she knows of is her abusive mother. The couple next door...
