Nothing Above You

Twenty

Mateo Delacruz

On the way home, I got pretty much sober but I could feel the impact of drinks not completely leaving my head and body as it felt too heavy and dizzy. The panic in Anthony's voice and face made me fear what was happening but he was quick to manage an escape for us.
For a moment I thought Enzo was there but pitying myself, I shrugged off the thought. Why would he be here? There is no way.

Maybe drinking so many drinks with him in my mind was making me hallucinate and I curse myself for that. I came here to distract myself but ended up drinking, sobbing over him.

Pathetic.

When we got out of the club, I faintly remember Anthony calling his boyfriend and calling for help. His boyfriend, Leo was the one who gave us ride to Anthony's home.

"I don't know what the hell happened today." Leo paces back and forth as we all sit in the living room. "If I knew I would have never called you there." He sighs as he rubs the back of his head. Anthony looks at him with worried eyes as he feels sorry for Leo.

"Hey, it's okay. At least we are safe now." Anthony walks towards Leo.

Leo had invited us to his club and this was going to be my first time meeting him.

"Yeah. You came to help us out." I add to assure him that it wasn't his fault. Anthony looks at me as he smiles sadly and nods.
Leo sighs and shakes his head. "It's my club, I can't believe something like this happened in my club." He looks at Anthony and I can tell that he's looking for comfort from Ant.

"Um, about that. Is it okay not to report this to police? Aren't you gonna go and check on the place?" I furrow my eyebrow and look at Leo who now looks surprised. "Police? In Chicago?" He asks with a look that said that I was talking nonsense.

"This is very common here in Chicago, police won't do anything about it." He says shaking his head and I get more confused. What the hell? Why won't police do anything about it?

"Why?" I ask out of curiosity. "Mafia." Ant says. "This place is filled with mafias and most of the time, police is with them." He says as he rubs Leo's back, comforting him.

Mafia?

"What kind of-" just when I'm about to ask further question, a huge banging on the door gets our attention. The door bangs for 3-5 times.
"Who could it be?" Ant says not knowing who could come to his house at this hour. "Is it police or..?" Anthony mumbles as his face turns pale. We throw confused and concerned looks at each other.

"I will check." I say getting up from the sofa thinking that it is better that Ant stays with Leo.

"Thanks." Anthony mumbles and I walk towards the door. Just when I'm walking, there is another huge bang and my heart pounds in fear.

I rush towards the door and without thinking, I open the door. I don't even think to check who it is from the peephole.
My hearts stops beating, my mind stops working and oxygen leaves my lungs when I look at the man standing at the door.

"Enzo?" I unconsciously whisper his name. He looks at me, his eyes scanning me from head to toe. I study his face as he studies me, he has sweat beads on his face, his hair are damped and his clothes are pretty much messed up.