Pregnant By A Gangster

Ch.1 Nice To Meet You

"Chanelle!" I heard our maid Stella yell from downstairs. I groan and roll over onto my stomach. I hear two knocks at the door. "here's some breakfast" she says but I don't look. "it's too early for breakfast" I muttered into my pillow. "Chanelle it's almost one o'clock" she says. My head shoots up to my clock. "oh shit, I guess I was tired" I yawn as I sit up. She hands me the tray of eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice and my mouth instantly waters. "where's my mom and dad?" I ask her as I stuff my mouth with a bite of scrambled eggs. "oh, that's another thing, your father told me to be properly dressed and ready by 7 o'clock, him and your mother are out taking care of business" she tells me. "what do I need to get ready for?" I ask taking a sip of my juice.

"a new family from the mob has moved in just one block away, your father is having a meeting with them tonight, you and your brothers have to go" she says. "oh, well okay then" I reply. She nods and walks out. I finish eating breakfast then go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and pull my hair back into a pony tail. I change into black and white sport shorts, a sports bra, and running shoes when I'm done. I go downstairs and stretch. I plug my ear phones into my iPhone 5 and open the door and begin running down the sidewalk. We live in a huge gated community in Las Vegas. Everyone in the gated community is from the mob. The same mob. Although some are ranked higher than others. Our family is at the top with a few others. And this family moving into the neighborhood must be high ranked if MY dads having a meeting with them.

I run for about 5 minutes when I see a moving truck parked in the driveway of some house and a couple guys taking boxes out of the truck and into the house. It must be that new family. As I come up closer to the house I see one guy in particular carrying a box. He's a tall, buff, tan, full on Italian guy. I can't see his face until he turns and see's me. He is just beautiful. He stares at me even when I look away. I have no idea who he was but I hope to see him again. I continue running around the block about 5 times. 3 of the times we saw eachother and stared. When I was finally done running I went back to my house and straight to the kitchen. "hi baby" my mother Lucina said as she stood at the sink.  "hey mom" I say as I go to the fridge and grab a wate bottle. "did Stella tell you about tonight?" she asks. "mhmm" I say as I take a sip. "okay better be ready" she says as she begins to leave the kitchen.

"wait where's dad?" I quickly ask her. "he' at a meeting with your brothers at the Casino" she yells from wherever she's at. My father, Victor, is always at meetings and taking care of business. He doesn't like me to know what h does but I mean come on, he's a mobster, I'm not dumb. I decide to eat an apple and go upstairs to take a nap. I didn't realize how long I was sleeping until my mom woke me up telling me to start getting ready. I guess that's the power of the worlds comfiest queen sized bed. I shower and blow dry my hair since air dry is too long. I my long brown hair straight and begin doing my makeup. I put some cover up, liquid eyeliner and mascara. Since this is a meeting and I've been to plenty before I know how to dress. I put on a tight leopard print dress that is just above the thigh and hugs my figure. I put on strappy black stilettos and a black leather jacket.

I tak a look in the mirror and I must admit, I look pretty good. "Chanelle let's go!" I hear my brother Antonio yell from downstairs. "coming!" I yell back. I grab my phone and head down. I see my big brothers Antonio, Sebastian, and Cesar standing there in suits.  Antonio is the oldest, he's 22. Sebastian is the second oldest, 21, and Cesar is the baby, he's 20. Yes they're all one year apart. My mom told me she had given up on having a girl. But just 3 years after Antonio I was born. "come on, mom and dad are waiting in the limo" Sebastian tells me. I follow him and my brothers outside and into the limo. "hi princess" my father tells me. "thank you dad" I reply. I really love my dad no matter how over protective he is.

We're meeting the Graziano family at this restaurant called Rivoli's. The best and fanciest Italian restaurant in Vegas. Whenever the 6 of us go out for a meeting we come here. "where are they at?" I whisper to Sebastian as we all walk into the place. "They're meeting us inside" he whispers back. I nod. We walk to our reserved table and I could see the family in the close distance. The man who looks like he's about in his late 30's see's us. He smiles and stands. His family follows. "hello" he says as he shakes my fathers hand. "hello, this is my wife Lucina, my boys Cesar, Antonio and Sebastian, and my daughter Chanelle" my father introduces. I smile when my eye catches a young mans face. The exact same guy I saw when I was running. He smiles at me like he knows what I'm thinking about.

 "nice to meet you, i'm Lorenzo, this is my wife Angela, my daughters Isabella and Vivianna, and my son Jovanny" Lorenzo introduces. We smile at each other again. We all sit down. The only thing I care about at this meeting is the food! I'm starving. I order a Coke and chicken alfredo with broccoli. Vivianna and Isabella are super pretty. They don't look snobby and are really sweet which is good. Jovanny is so much more amazing up close. We keep taking glances at each other. Kind of awkward but makes me smile. My ears block out everything the men are talking about. All I hear is business blah blah business blah blah. "my son Antonio" I actually hear my father say since it's not mob related. "he's getting married at the end of the month, at Mondello beach, on the coast of Italy, we'd love for you to come" my dad says.

"we'd love to come" Lorenzo says "Jovanny is actually a d.j. at one of my clubs, maybe he could do something for you" he offers. my father nods. "if he's interested it'd be great to have him" my mother says. "of course I would" Jovanny says. His smile just strikes me, his deep voice makes my heart melt. "alright then" my father says as he stands. We all then stand. "it was great meeting with you" he says as he shakes Lorenzo's hand. We all shake hands. "nice to meet you Chanelle" Jovanny quietly says to me with a smile. I smile back. "Nice to meet you too".

PICTURE OF CHANELLE ON THE SIDE