Aurora Costello.

Chapter 14

Aurora's pov:

Idiots.

We've been racing for three minutes now. The race is 6 minutes.

Three minutes left, let's have some fun.

Right now Dante is in from and me and Emilio are side by side. I fall back to let Emilio think he's beating me. I take my mask off and let my car go slowly for a second.

I check my mirror and see a few bloody specs so I wipe them off and then reapply my lipstick.

I see they got far enough so I speed up. There's a sharp corner at the end of the track and you have to go slower when turning or you'll get run off the track. I see Dante approach it but he's not slowing down. He reaches the turn and begins to slow down too late, I watch with a grin as his car spins off the track and because he crossed the red lines, he's automatically out.

I giggle.

Emilio has slowly approached the turn and with ease he drifts past it.

2 mins left.

I follow Emilio and drift expertly around the turn, we're side by side again and I accelerate just in time to speed him.

Papa's Ferrari speeds up to about 200mph as I cross the finish line. I get out of the car with my mask back on and lean against my car. The crowd are cheering for the shadow but I can feel eyes burning into the back of me head.

I have a bad feeling.

Shit.

Emilio finally gets to the finish line and exits his car coming up to me with a massive grin. He high fives me and goes to open his mouth until Dante comes over,
"Rory that was amazing, how the hell did you do that turn so easily?" He exclaims with a laugh.

I look at him and Emilio and wonder what I should say. I'm still pretty mad about the comments but they're my brothers and along with the triplets, these two interest me so much.

I won't forget what they said god knows I can't but I'm going to forgive them. If there's one thing I've learnt in my life, it's that holding a grudge can ruin lives.

So I plaster my face with a genuine smile "you had to slow down before the turn so you could drift through it, you slowed down to late and didn't drift properly. I can teach you how one day maybe" I finished and he smiled and draped his arm over me.

"Come on guys let's get some food and head back home, the others are probably really worried" Arlo speaks up.

I forgot he was here.

As I get into my car, Arlo decides he's going to come in with me. I smile at him and make my way to the exit following Dante and Emilio.

As we're driving down the quiet streets of LA I can here arlo's brain ticking,

"Ari how did you become the shadow?" Arlo asks almost hesitantly.

If I tell him that story I'll have to tell him about the abuse. I can't do that,, not yet anyway.

I can't re live that shit.

So I look at him briefly and say "that's a story for another day brother" he nods his head as if he was expecting that kind of response.

5 minutes later we pull up to a McDonald's and I almost squeal in delight.

We head to a table and discuss what we're going to eat before Arlo goes to place our orders. I look at my triplets, "you guys haven't forgotten our bet yet have you?" I say with a smile.

"How could we" Dante replies rolling his eyes, but I can see the amusement all over his face.

"What's your first order boss?" Em answers with a salute and I giggle.

"I want you guys to apologise to me properly, in front of everyone. At breakfast tomorrow morning" I say with a faraway look.

"Done" they both say with sincerity in there eyes.

I smile and Arlo comes back with our food.

After demolishing our food we head back home. The boys go through the front door but I decide to sneak into my room from the window. It's more fun like that.

I get into my room and go straight for the bathroom. Heading for the shower I take a long shower and then do my new found routine.

Then I plait my hair and head to bed.

I haven't slept since I got here and I'm not going to start now so I grab my phone and scroll through instagram, sending Luca and Leo a message saying I'll FaceTime them tomorrow.

Before I know it, it's 6am and I get ready for the day.

Deciding I'm gonna go for a run this morning I put a different tracksuit on and re-plait my hair.

I grab a water bottle from the fridge and as I go to leave I'm startled to a stop.

"Where are you going?" A deep husky voice asks.

I don't recognise it so I turn around to be faced with one of the triplets. Aaron.

"I'm going for a run" I hesitate, we haven't spoken or even interacted once since I came here "do you want to come" I ask.

He shrugs which I take as a yes as he tugs on his trainers and beelines for the door.

Okay bonding session time.