Obsessive (Sequel to Excessive)

Chapter 101.

After I finished my bath, I walked back into the bedroom to see Sophia re-making the bed.  My hair was still wet but I had somehow manage to throw in up in a bun for the time being.  The old sheets were discarded on the floor as she tucked the corners of the bed to perfection, similar to how I used to do for Harry. A flash of pain ached my chest at the thought of him.

The way he used to call me out for my cleaning habits, yet enjoy the feeling of a freshly made bed. The way I would tease him day and night, yet laugh along with my jokes. The way he used to always demand that I would sit with him on the couch or the bed, yet would always complain that he was too warm. All these little memories of him were flooding through my brain, and after a nice relaxing bath, that is what I did not need.

Once the bed was made I sat on the end of it as Sophia walked around the room, straightening it up. Never in a million years would I think that I would be the one not up to cleaning or leaving the responsibility up to someone else. Sophia is such a good person, I wish Liam gave her more credit for everything that she has done. I watched as Luchesi's clothes that were scattered across the floor were thrown into the hamper before she turned around to look at me. 

"Done" she said with a smile, before walking over and sitting next to me on the bed.

"It must feel a lot better to be nice and clean and have fresh sheets" she said a smile, making me nod warily.

For eleven days, I haven't spoken. My best friend was sitting in front of me, and I couldn't even spare her a single word. I shook my head at myself as I looked up at Sophia.

"Do.." I began, hearing the rasp of my voice creak out my mouth. My throat was dry from not speaking and as I looked over at Sophia her eyes were wide. "Do you think it's w-wrong of me to n-not want to go home?" I asked as Sophia leaned over to the side table to hand me the glass of water sitting there.

"I think it would be more wrong to do what you don't want to do" she said as I took a huge gulp of the water.

"I want to see my mother, but I'm afraid my brothers won't let me come back" I said.

"I can't make this decision for you, Ara, it's not my place, it's not really anyone's" she said.

"I know" I replied.

"You need to go to who you need the most" she began. "Who do you need the most?" she asked.

I bit my lip and looked up at her knowingly as she sighed.

"It's him isn't?" she asked making me nod and fall silent once more.

"Soph?" I asked looking back at her.

"What?" she replied.

"Did you know about any of that? About what he did?" I asked. She shifted a bit before shrugging.

"I knew bits and pieces from what Liam told me. I knew about the deal, not what the deal was, but that there was deal, I knew about the room but again I didn't know what was in it" she said. "I basically knew everything you did" she said.

"Oh" I said quietly, nodding my head. I'm happy that she didn't know, if she did and she hadn't told me that whole time I would have been extremely upset with her.

"Have you talked to your brothers since... then" she said quietly.

"They've called to check up on me, I wasn't talking then" I said.

"What did they say?" she asked.

"Just that they 'did what they had to do' and they wanted to do what's best for me" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Why don't you just say something to them? Better yet, why don't you just say something to everyone who puts you down like that?" she said.

"Because I'm one gang leaders sister and another's complicated relationship. I grew up being shushed and reprimanded for even talking, what makes you think now is when they are going to start listening" I said.

"Shouldn't you be looked at as near royalty, your a gang leaders sister and daughter" she said.

"It doesn't work like that, it's not because I'm a family member to gang leaders, it's because I'm just a girl and they are all men. It's been pounded into my head since I could comprehend anything, 'this is a man's world' 'this is a man's world', no girl can come between that" I replied.

"Well if you keep looking at yourself as 'just a girl' then no, they're not going to listen to you. You weren't the only one that had that mindset pounded into you head, all of those men did too. You need to stand up for yourself Arabella, I'm sick and tired of seeing girls being walked over" she said.

"Sophia, everyday people are being walked over by these gangs, men and women. If I even try to spark something up, it will immediately shut down" I said.

"Why do you think like that?" she asked.

"All of this mistreatment will end sooner or later once all of this is over" I said.

"You can't push this aside your whole life" she reminded.

"I'll figure it out" I said shrugging my shoulders and laying back on the bed.

It fell silent again as I sat laid on the bed as she played with the string on the bed. It felt good to be able to talk to someone. Two days ago I wouldn't have even thought about leaving this bed, never mind have a full blown conversation about my brothers. Sophia was a great person to talk to. She never pushed me for more information then I wanted to give, and most of all, she showed me both sides to every situation.

"I don't think I want to go back" I said making Sophia's eyes widen.

"What?" she asked.

"It's not right. I can't leave you, I can't leave him. As much confusion as this situation is, I can't leave him like that. He will literally die if I don't help him" I said.

"Are you serious?" she asked with a glint of joy, shining in her eyes.

"I just need some time, to think and to build my support system back up, and when I do, I'll go get him" I said making her smile.

"You're going to fix him?" she asked making me nod slowly.

"I'll try" I replied.

A/N:

I know short chapter, but it's just a little filler before all hell breaks loose.

So about my next series, I have decided that it will be Romance!
I was debating on whether or not to make in fanfiction, but it just wouldn't make sense, especially considering what the scenario is!
The scenario is on the basis of the Italian Mafia! I am Italian (although I live in america) I share many
Italian traditions and tend to have a soft spot for Italian men 😍😉 so it should be interesting. I can't fully speak Italian so it's going to be in English!
I haven't got the whole plot worked out, but I'm making it very different and FUN!
The title however I'm having some trouble with.. so maybe you guys can help me out?????
I have a few in mind but I need some help deciding and like always it will be on my Twitter (syndicatestyles) you can just favorite which is your favorite! (hahaha word play)

okay well that was a lot of author notes
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