Reunited

IX. Eden

We were greeted by screamimg, but it wasn t directed twords us. Luca, Rocco and Atlas were sitting on the cautch playing videogames. The door opening chaught their attention and their heads snapped in our direction.
" Hey, guys!"
" Hi! You got room for one more?" Him and his social skills
" Yes, but warning, you are teaming up with Luca"
" What is that suppose to mean?" Luca said offended.
" That you re a doumb fuck and you can t play for shit." Rocco told him unbothered by his fake hurt expression.
" Carlos is my favourite brother. It s oficial!"
" In one day" Carlos said prodly " I am pretty amizing"
" Amaizingly cocky, you mean."

I went in the kitcken and found Angelo there.
" What s that?"
" Food?"
" You do realize we eat too, don t you?" He forrowed his eyebrowes.
" Well, I m getting my own"
He wasn t gonna argue with me, witch I was thenkfulk for, since my day has been going surprisingly good. " We all eat dinner together. Come on"
" I ll be there in a minute."
I took a bowl and filled it.
Then, I went in the dining room where all of them, except Leo were. I took the seat beside Carlos who was deep in conversation with Tony.
I used my manners and waited for the rest of them to start eating. Theh were having lasagna, witch didn t look bad, bit mine was better.
" Eden, what are you eating?"
" Caramel icecream with a side of oreos" Luca laughted.
" Do you not like lasagna? I can get You Something else."
" It s okay. I just prefer something more diabetical." Thank God he didn t give me the health speech!
" So, why did you go shopping for food?" Marccelo asked.
" I usually do that on wensdays." They all looked at me.
" Where did you have money?" He meant why weren t our parents doing that.
" I work at a caffe."
" Since when?" He was pitting a lot of questions, but it didn t feel like a interogation.
" Since I was thirteen." Now his eyebrowes shot up.
" Why? That s so young. They can t let You work at that age" Well, now i didn t know what to say. After weeks of begging the owner for a job, he understood that I really needed it.
He was taking a risk, but over the years I ve never missed a shift unless I phisicky couldn t get there.
" Mum said it teached us responsability." Crap.
" Oh,do You work too, Carlos?"
" No. " He looked at me for help. I shrugged my shoulders.
" If she wanted to teach you responsability, why are you the only one working." Angelo was confused, they all were.
" She wanted me to focus more on school." He spoke without thinking. Damnit!
I kicked him under the table. He realised what he said.
" You both should be focusing on school. We have more money then we need, bambina. You Don t have to work."
" I want to" He nodded still unconvinsed. His voice atuck in my head. My mum wouldn t care If I died in a dich, she d be happy.

The rest of the dinner went by fast with light conversation and it was actually nice.
My room was ready, dark tamed and gorgeus. I Don t undertand why they do that for me. Unfortunatly, the next day wasn t as good.
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing.
" Who the fuck is it?"
" Hello, doll" my breathing picked up. I knew it wasn t over.
" Dad?"
" Listen to me. If You want your dear brother to ramain safe and sound, You will whatever I tell you to whenever I want. Do you undertand?" Usually I didn t listen to anyone, but this was Carlos that he was thretening and I wasn t about to put him in dangeour.
" Fine" And I hung up.
Can t a girl just start her day with a coffe? Last time I checked, I was a girl...

Walking into the kitcken once again, I was met with the smell of waffles.
" Good morning, tesoro" Marccelo said while watching over some bacon. Good, my ass
" Morning"
All of them were eating, some using less manners then others. Luca, for exemple, who had nuttela all over his cheek. He is like a six year old trapped in a teenagers body.
Rocco was teasing Atlas about some girl, Iris. Atlas is always quaiet, but right now he looked like he was about to snap hid brother s neck. Don t we all love a protective gal?
Tony and Leo were arguing about God knows what. The only ones having a civiliazed conversation.
Ever since we got here, Carlos has talked to everyone and played videogames. He even agreed to a movie maraton last night witch was probably the reason for his dark undereyes. In conclusion, he was adjusting. Unlike him, I don t know how to act arond people, what to say. So, I just don t talk. Until now everything in this house seemed good: Nice room, good food, money, but I still couldn t make myself feel comfortable here.
" When is Dante coming back?" Dad asked Angelo.
" Today. He ll be here when they come back from school."
" Great. Eden, you ll like him"
" I don t like anyone"
" You don t like me?" Luca yelled taking a seat next to me.
" No, I don t"
" But I m your brother."
" Carlos is my brother."
" Just because he s your twin, doesn t mean we re not your brothers too" Leo intervined
" I know it doesn t." They dropped it, realizing what I meant. Carlos deserved that title. Even tho it wasn t their fault that they weren t in our lives, I can t see them the way I see Car.

We went to school. I was bored to death, Carlos was listening to his friends pornographical jokes, as always.
After that was over, I went to work. I put on my uniform, a white shirt and black pants with a red apron. Lia, my boss, was at the counter. She s always nice, but with some customers it s impossible.
" Hey, swetie"
" Hi, Lia" She s one of the couple persons I m willimg to talk to and actually be nice. Over the years, we have form some kind of bond, despise our age differance. She could be my mother, but she also is my bawling partener from time to time. I m can t hit those fucking skittles If my life.dependet on , but it s fun.

Four hours later, I headed home. Gladly, dad left me alone today, but it won t last long. It s the calm before the neverending storm.