to capture a heart

Training

Vivian river

I woke up stretching my legs as far as I could. God, I wish I could stay in bed all day whilst people served me food and carried me to the bathroom. I forced myself up grabbed the closest claw clip I could find and clipped my hair up. I found some shorts and an oversized jersey top and quickly put it on. I went ahead and brushed my teeth and cleaned my face so I looked half decent for Lorenzo.

I jogged down the stairs as I saw everyone by the table getting ready for breakfast. "Late as always principessa" Dad chuckled.
"Sorryyy I was just really tired today" I shot him an innocent face as I sat down. "Where's my pancakes?" I looked around for Tilley because all I saw was French toast. Although I LOVE French toast today was a pancake day.

"Vi stop acting like a child and eat" Christian huffed angrily. I rolled my eyes as I slowly stuffed my mouth. "Hey, Dad why didn't you ever let me and Lorenzo see each other when we were younger?" I looked at Dad, whose jaw was twitching. He cleared his throat "We kept you away from us so that you wouldn't be in the mix with the mafia, I couldn't risk your life until you turned 17 I decided to let you stay with us."

I stabbed my food with my fork in anger, how could they take away my staying with my brothers and my parents like that? Especially from Lorenzo, he seemed amazing. Physically vi. I mean no mentally I mean um I don't know. I snapped out of my thought when Lorenzo finally spoke
"So Dad when are you going to start training her?" my eyebrow started to twitch confused on why he cares.

"Great, that brings me on to my next point Principessa you're going to be training with Lorenzo today." He looked at me with a slight smirk. I choked on my water. Why the fuck do I keep choking.
"Fuck no I'm training with him, his ego's way too high" I shot Lorenzo a dirt.

Lorenzo lifted one eyebrow in confusion "You don't even know me" I looked at Adri and then back at Lorenzo "Well I don't want to know you" Lorenzo smirked "Rude girl, now watch how intense today's training will be."

I gulped. I was not going. Over my dead body

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"jab" I punched the left of Lorenzo's pad. God I was going to break his fucking jaw in a minute. He's too hot to die though.
"Fucking focus Vivian" he gritted his teeth in anger. I shut my eyes with force before quickly opening them. "Sorry," I looked at him as he looked back in disgust. "Nothing like your brothers I presume. But also not just a pretty face." He smirked at me.

I hummed at him not wanting to reply. He thinks I'm pretty! . I grabbed the gun and loaded it up getting ready for the target shots. my fingers gripped the gun tightly as I shot right on target. Lorenzo looked impressed. However, I still haven't earned a smile from him this whole session.

"Use the moving mannequins instead" I walked towards the station and took a deep breath. bang bang bang. I shot every mannequin with perfect aim. I looked back to find Lorenzo talking to a girl. She was slim with blonde hair and a beautiful smile.

A bit of jealousy emerged inside me but I brushed it off as I walked towards the punching bag. I strapped my arms in and started to punch. Each punch feels heavier than the other. I felt my knuckles growing redder with each given moment.

I slightly whimpered in pain not allowing that to affect my non-stop punches. I wanted Lorenzo to come over to give me an ounce of attention. Perhaps it's due to my lack of attention as a child which made me crave it so bad right now.

My head started to spin and my eyes started to twitch. I felt myself sweating and panting heavily. I coughed loudly to get someone's attention knowing that I was losing my vision. Lorenzo ran over slowly leaned me on to the wall and sat me on the floor.

The blonde girl kindly offered me water. I took it from her and drank half the bottle. "I think that's enough for today your body can't handle it. I'll take you home" I nodded at him as he waved the blonde girl bye and she gave me a warm smile. Cute.

The car home ride was awkward. It consisted of a couple of coughs from both of us and me laughing to myself because I remembered when Chris fell down the stairs. I think Lorenzo thinks I'm mental. We finally got home and I practically ran back to the house making sure Lorenzo couldn't catch up. He was right behind me no matter how fast I walked. Worse bit he was walking at his normal pace.

We were welcomed by Dad who was getting ready to leave for Russia. He told us he has some business down there with the Russian mafia and he'll only be there for a month. "How did training go Principessa?"

I looked at him shamefully and started to fiddle with my hands "It was okay, I could've done better but Lorenzo forced me to go home."

Lorenzo spoke up unamused "She was about to faint."
I shot him a nasty face "No you're just dramatic".
He smirked at me. Weirdo. "Also can I stop working with Lorenzo he doesn't help me he goes on a date with his blonde bitch and leaves me to figure everything out on my own"

Dad raised his eyebrows to Lorenzo who quickly spoke up to defend himself, "She was doing aim practice and Dhalia came over, I just- I don't know I had to speak to her Dad. I'm sorry if that affected your training Vivian and I can assure you it'll not happen again"

Dad nodded his head in approval as he and Mum left me a kiss on my head and hugged me goodbye. I was upset to see Dad and Mum go. No way was I living in a house with 3 men for a month. Fuck me.