Santino Martinelli

1.

New York was amazing - i mean I've been here before but not in the summer time i could honestly say it looks ten times better than the last . I was turning twenty one today and my best friend was going to take me to a luxury club .

I heard the club was the best in town and since i was trying to come out of my shell i let Sebastian drag me there . When we arrived the lines were long and just as i thought we had to stand in the line .

In the next second Sebastian was pulling me to the front of the line along with him

"We can't cut" i whispered to him while he hurriedly pulled us to the front , i could hear multiple people groan and curse us out for cutting "no cuts" the guard said as he tried to dismiss us

"Jared is it " Seb asked and the guard nodded with a confused expression "Mr. Martinelli told me to give you this" Seb handed over a piece of paper and after opening it the guard let us through .

"What was that" i asked Seb as i nearly screamed in his ear - because of the loud music we really couldn't hear each other , the music was practically making me deaf.

"Mareno Martinelli is a friend of some sort he got us in free tonight" Seb said and i nodded while he pulls me to the bar with him "well is he here we should thank him" i replied i think we should let him know that we appreciate the free passes .

"Here taste this" Seb said as he pushed the shot glass into my hand i lifted the small glass up to my nose to take a sniff and immediately regretted my decision. The liquid smelt strong and it burned my nose "you have to drink it in one gulp" he murmured inside of my ear as he gulped the shot in one go .

"My friend is here" i heard Seb yell into my ear over the loud music , we have been here for almost four hours and his friend is just now showing up.

We have been dancing and drinking all night and i think i was beyond drunk , i usually was able to dance correctly but i just kept stumbling over my feet while Seb laughs at me .

"Mr.Martinelli wants to have a word with you" a man dressed in a suit said to Seb as he tapped his shoulder "isn't that your friend" i hiccuped and Seb nodded as he turned to me .

"Listen Santi when we get up here i want you to stay quiet and by my side" even through my hazy state i could tell that Sebastian was all of a sudden serious . When he was like this i knew to listen to him because usually he was playful it was rare to see him this way .

The guard led us up some stairs of the club then down a long hall until we reached a room at the end knocking on the wooden door a gruff voice said "come in" my heart dropped at the sound . The voice sounded dangerously scary and it made me anxious.

Entering the office i held onto the back of Sebastian's shirt i all of a sudden felt overwhelmed , every man in this room had some type of power radiating off of them , the four of them were dressed in suits i could easily spot the guns in the holsters but i didn't want to look at them so i stuffed my face in Sebs shirt.

My breathing became heavy as one of them started to talk to Sebastian his voice was gruff as if he smoked a lot of cigarettes but the accent he held rolled smoothly off of his tongue .

I couldn't see them because my face was still stuffed into Sebastian's shirt "who's your friend" i heard one of them say and when Sebastian tried to move aside to showcase me i moved with him which still blocked their view of me .

"Show us your friend Sebastian" the voice spoke again and this time it sounded like a demand i knew it was one when Seb turned to me with his hands held tightly onto my arms as his finger went to my chin to lift my face "just listen to them" he whispered before stepping aside .

My eyes slightly widen at the four man that sat at a large square desk , the one in the middle had a cigarette hanging from his mouth and my eyes instantly trailed down to the silver pistol he had resting against the hard wood table .

"What's your name" the one on the left asked as he held a smirk on his face and when i didn't respond he chuckled and asked "is he mute" he questioned.

"As-asshole" i muttered and watched as the smile was wiped off his face , in the next second the man was out of his seat and walking towards us with a murderous expression

Seb quickly stepped in front of me "Chris please he doesn't know" Seb uttered as his hand held the man back from getting to me "touch me again and i kill you" he said as he sneered down at Seb who instantly removed his hand.

"Chris chill" the one on the right commanded and the man who's known as 'Chris' listened to him instantly "Seb where's my money" the middle man asked again .

Now I'm wondering what the heck Sebastian had got me into , i was trembling and just wanted to go home it felt like i was about to piss myself because of the fear i was feeling "boss i have it with interest sorry about the delay it's my friend here twenty first birthday" .

After talking to Sebastian about whatever money he owes them they were finally going to let us go "next time don't have me waiting" the man in the middle said as he waved his hand dismissively but his grey orbes stayed on me .

"What the heck was that" i practically yelled as we exit the club , i still couldn't shake the fear i was feeling. If this is what the outside world was like then i didn't want any part of it .

"Don't worry about it okay everything is fine as you can see" he said as he held onto my arms then started to rub them soothingly . I was thankful for the gesture because if i had gotten too worked up i'd pass out from the stress or i wouldn't be able to breathe and right now i didn't have my inhaler .

"Did you at least have fun" he asked as he waved down a taxi "yes that was fun but overwhelming" i replied with a tight lipped smile as we climbed into the car. I indeed did have fun but the fiasco with those four man was enough exploring for me .