𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒' (mafia princess)

.𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨

Gabriella Carlotta Romano

There was still a mere daylight outside when I awoke from my nap. Most of my brothers were now spread around the sofas in our living room, my father also. I was still in a daze, not having much energy to get up.

The blanket I once had around my body was now tangled between my legs, and barely a corner of it was on my torso. There was a soft humming noise coming from the TV in front of me, which I knew was because one of my brothers had probably turned on a movie, and put the volume all the way down. One of their bad habits I must say.

Sandro was the first one to notice I was awake, because the second we locked eyes he literally shouted "finally your awake," to which everyone turned their focused gazes on to me. Great.

Enzo, who was sitting closest to me since my legs were sprawled on his lap which I'm assuming he done when I was asleep, rubbed my leg and smiled down at me "you feeling okay G?" He questioned softly.

The recent events of what had happened started flowing back into my head. A thousand possibilities of what happened afterwards flooded my brain. Trying my hardest to shut my brain off, I smiled softly at my eldest brother.

"Yeah, course" I said with a smile still lingering on my lips. A few of my brothers had turned back to do whatever they were doing, but dad and enzo didn't look all that convinced.

"We're always here for you G, you know that?" Dad says will arching his brow up and nodding at the rest of my brothers. His words cut deep, but no way in hell was I going to any of them for my feelings regarding my mother.

It's not that I don't trust them, because I do. It's just hard when I used to defend her name all the time, and she threw it right back in my face. They wouldn't understand how it was for me. Even though they lost their mother to, I lost my bestfriend.

"Yeah, yeah I know I- ofcourse." I said, cutting myself of in fear of saying something I regret. "Is she uh, is she still here?" I asked, my tone going quieter in hopes of none of my other brothers hearing. I don't want them to think I'm weak.

My shoulders deflated as Enzo shook his head "no", and subconsciously a sigh of relief had seeped through my lips. I put my head in my hands as I thought about how I was going to defuse the tension next time I see her.

Refusing to let me thoughts send me into a spiral, I made a move to get of the couch but Enzos grip on my legs didn't loosen. "I'm proud of you." He said almost so quiet that I wouldn't of been able to hear if I wasn't right next to him.

"I know. I love you", when I finally got up, I gave him a kiss on the cheek and made my way to the kitchen.
The twins were sitting on the chairs at the island, on there phones. Noticing that I was now in their presence, Xavier sent me a smile while Xander acknowledged me by glancing at me and then went back to his phone.

I went and sat on the stool in between them, laying my head on Xanders shoulder as I was still drowsy. I felt his shoulder stiffen, but after a few moments he adjusted and relaxed again. I peeked over to see his phone, but he was quicker and quickly cleared whatever app he was on.

I took my head of his shoulder for a second, to give him a questioning look. All he did was take his free hand and lay my head back on his shoulder - gently - before scrolling through his socials.

He's a softy at heart.

"Bro, Coach is getting harsh with these grade boundaries," Xavier exclaimed his eyes still
concentrated on his phone.

"He threatened to kick me off the team the other day." "WHAT" both me and Xav shouted spinning to look at Xander.

"Woah, chill. I just told him I'd ace my next Chem test" he said so nonchalantly you'd think he didn't care.