Mafia Connections

Sixteen

He stares at me in shock. The silence becomes awkward after a few seconds and I cough.

"You're alive" He says.

I let out a groan "I'm thinking that Freddie didn't tell you"

He shakes his head "He said he was the only one left"

"That fucker!" I shout. I run my hands through my hair and cringed. It really needed a wash.

"Bella! Watch your language. We're in school" Gus scolds as he walks in behind me.

"Freddie confirmed we were dead" I say.

"I'll fucking kill the shit" he hisses.

"Watch your language" I laugh. I lean in next to his ear "Hide your weapons" I whisper.

His hands drop to his waist and he pulls his t-shirt over the guns tucked into his belt. I move them to the back of my shorts and fix my shirt over it.

"We need a phone" he says to Chris. "It's an emergency"

Chris is still staring at me "What happened to your head?"

I bring my hand to my hand and its comes away red "Car accident" I shrug "Driver got shot. Speaking of which, Eddie's here"

Chris stands and runs his hands through his dark hair "What happened?"

"It's a very long story that can be told at another time. Right now we need your phone to call the ambulance" Gus holds out his hand as Chris fumbles for his phone.

I walk over and sit down on the edge of the teacher's desk. "You good?" Gus asks me as he dials the number.

I nod "Weird memories"

He shrugs and someone must pick up as he starts talking to someone. "Where's Kat?" I ask Chris.

"Bathroom" he seems much more calm than he did before. "Why do you need an ambulance and not the police?"

I grin "Angie's having a baby"

His jaw drops "When?"

I stand up "Right now. She's down in a class somewhere"

Gus tosses the phone back to Chris and comes over to me. "I had a phone you know. If you just asked" I tell him.

He raises an eyebrow at me and sits down on the desk. The phone in my pocket starts to buzz "Speak of the devil and he shall call" I say and hold it to my ear.

"That's not the saying" Gus frowns.

"Princesa! What happened?" Viktor asks.

"The chauffeurs dead but we're all alive. Angie went into labour just before we left" I explain.

"Don't panic. Where are you? Is Sean there with you?" He sounds worried.

I bite my lip "I'm not panicking... Right that's a lie" I take a breath "I don't know what to do. I don't think he's here. The car swerves and I hit my head. I only really remember Eddie"

"Are you okay? All that's important is that you're okay" he says "And your location. That's quite important too"

I laugh "We're at my old school. Gus phoned an ambulance for Angie. Should we phone anyone else?"

"Don't phone the police. If you're armed when they turn up then they'll arrest you. Try to stay out of trouble until you're certain that you're safe"

"I'll try"

"No princesa. You need to do better than that. Stay safe" His voice holds an air of authority that I would expect from someone like him.

"Fine" I hear something in the hall "Give me a second"

I take the phone away from my ear just as Eddie runs in the room "Thank fuck I found you two. Sean would've had my head if I lost you"

He goes to grab me and I panic. I drop the phone and punch him on the nose. He straightens up and glares at me. "Bella. We don't have time for your shit. Go wait in the car. Both of you"

When I don't move he grabs my arm and I grab a blade from my belt. I stab it into his arm and he lets out a roar. In a second, I'm pinned to the wall and he's pulling the knife from his forearm and holding it to my neck. Blood drips off it onto my chest and I reach back and grab another knife. He grabs my wrist with his other hand and I drop the knife.

There's a bang and blood hits my face. He drops down in front of me and I look down the barrel of a gun. Gus lowers it. "So much for hiding our weapons"

"You got blood in my mouth" I gag slightly "I'm going to be sick"

"Don't you dare!" He yells and I chuckle.

"What the fuck!" Chris screams. He's the only one left in the room. The other's seem to have scampered.

I pick the phone up off the floor to a very angry mafia boss. "I heard a fucking gunshot! What did I fucking say! Stay the fuck out of fucking trouble"

"That's a very dirty mouth for someone your age" I raise an eyebrow and hear him growl.

"What did you do?"

"Eddie's dead. Everyone knows we're carrying weapons" I sigh "Basically we're fucked" I hear sirens and look out the window "The police are here. I guess this is goodbye"

"Nothing will happen princesa. You're safe now"

"I'm never safe" I say and hang up the phone.

"Princesa?" Gus asks.

"Fuck off" I snap.

He folds his arms "Is he your boyfriend now?"

"He's getting married to someone else" I say.

"You didn't answer my question" He laughs.