Duality - oc x Isaiah Jesus

Chapter 12

Marianna sighed as she pulled herself off of Anton and rolled over, pulling the covers over her chest and reaching out for a cigarette on the nightstand, perching it between her lips and turning back to Anton to light it for her.

"Why were you flirting with that boy yesterday", Marianna sighed as she exhaled the smoke, taking another puff "what I was just messing around with him" she said turning to lie on her side and face him "why does it matter anyway, this" she points between the two of them, placing the cigarette in her mouth and getting out of bed "means nothing, just like those boys mean nothing".

Anton grunts as he too sits up out of bed and pulls his pants back on and does his buckle, walking towards Marianna and grabbing the cigarette out of her mouth "you say those boys mean nothing, but I saw how that one looked at you", "which one, Michael, I just met him" she chuckled as she grabbed the case of cigarettes to light a new one, "no, the other one, Isaiah", she slammed her case of cigarettes as she turned and grabbed his chins "you know what those boys did to me, they mean even less than you do" turning away angrily as she went to light her own cigarette, throwing Anton's shirt at him as he went to leave. "You're late for the meeting, cariño" he taunted as he smirked and left, leaving Marianna to quickly scrounge together her clothing and meet her father.

"Tea Mr Dominguez" Tommy asks as he sits in Charlies yard with his two brothers, Isaiah Charlie and Johnny Dogs and Mr Dominguez, there was an awkward tension in the air as the men waited for what they assumed was Marianna's arrival, "No, sorry about my daughters impoliteness" he waves off Tommy's offer, leaning back towards where Fernando was standing "donde esta ella (where is she)", as if he timed his question perfectly, a very flustered Marianna arrived, fixing the top button of her dress, "la encontré señor, getting her extra beauty sleep (I found her sir)" Anton yells out following Marianna, the dynamic of the pair going unnoticed by almost all of them, except for the onlooking eyes of a one Isaiah.

"So let us begin Mr Shelby". Marianna sat down beside her father and across from the Shelby's, averting her father's gaze, maximising the time till she was scolded by her father. Her father's business always bored her, but as she began to zone out to found a much more fun way of spending her time. To Isaiah he thought his gaze was unnoticeable, but Marianna could feel his eyes burning into her, so as she pulled out her mirror to check her appearance, her earlier activities prohibiting her from fully looking the part, she saw the smudged lipstick in the corner of her mouth, then turning towards Anton, subtly signalling with her hands; brushing her fingers across her neck in the same spot where her lipstick smudged on his neck, this interaction deliberate to wind up Isaiah.

Marianna didn't play these games because she assumed Isaiah liked her, or even had any romantic inclination towards her, but she knew that he wanted to get back the friendship between them, and so her little acts with Anton just showed him how easy it was to replace a man, or two, by her side. She found it even more amusing when she pulled out the lipstick from her pocket and stared directly at Isaiah instead of her reflection, puckering her lips as she reapplied in the spots that were missing.

Finn coughed under his breath lightly as he punched Isaiah's gut, the internal bickering between the two was not as subtle as they had thought, Finn watching on at the two. And although he didn't enjoy the fighting, it reminded him of what once was, a glimpse into the past or a glimpse into what could be again. He found comfort in their arguing, it felt nostalgic and it was better than silence or nothing from Marianna.

"Now that we have gotten that out of the way, why are you here" Tommy turns directing his attention towards Marianna, he could understand her father's decision to come, but Marianna had been here before, always complaining when she was little, telling Ada how one day she would leave and explore the world.

"deuda (debt), getting what I'm owed".