Friends At First Sight √

8.

Picture of Asher above.

ALESSIA'S POV

HOLY CHICKEN NUGGETS!! Did this just happen.  Everyone in the room is too shocked to even move or breathe . How could he accuse his sister without knowing the truth.

I stand there awkwardly not knowing what to do like everyone else. Asher just continues" " You know who,  he is?  Ofcourse you know. He is Xavier Lacuna son of Michael Lacuna the gangleader of our rival gang and also the most feared gang in the world ". What the fuck!  Why is my life turning into a freaking cliché novel.  Wait,  did he say our rival gang.  Holy shit. They are a part of a gang. Before I could think any further Alia stomped out of the room to somewhere I'm guessing is her bedroom.

Nobody moves as Asher falls on the couch behind him with an expression of pure hate and disgust.  I decide to give him a piece of mind no matter if it leads  him to shoot  me right between my eyes .

Just then a feminine yet firm voice echoes through the halls, " What the hell is going on? "  I turn to see a petite woman with chestnut brown hair flowing to her waist effortlessly,  she must be in her thirties with striking grey eyes similarly to the twin's. My eyes widen as realisation hits me.  She is none other than Vanessa Toretto mother of Asher and Alia. 

She scanned the room and then her eyes fell on me. I stopped breathing as she started towards me.  " You must be Alessia. My kids seems to like you a lot" she says with a heart warming smile. I furrow my eyes in confusion as to "kids" .Does she means even Asher likes me.
The thought itself is capable of making my insides flip and make me blush.

I ignore the thought and look around to see Mrs Toretto narrowing her eyes at Asher.  " What just happened here,  Asher?  And why do you look like you want to chew someones head off their body? "

" Why don't you go and ask your daughter about it?! " he says fuming.
" I want to hear it from your mouth " she says in a  stern voice. 

Asher narrates the whole incident to her. At the end of his ranting I could see Mrs Toretto shaking in anger. Seriously it was scary to be honest.
" Did you ask your sister if it is the truth? " she says hardly restraining herself to lash out.

Asher's eyes widen for a fraction of second before he " The whole school was talking about it,  MA ! Out of all people she found that pathetic excuse for a human being to snog".

" Out of all people I actually considered you to not believe those rumours" the words flew out of my mouth before I could register them.  All eyes turned in my direction and I know there is no turning back so I continued and told them everything that Alia told me and also about their past encounters. 

A series of curses were heard from Asher before he walked or more like ran to the same direction where his twin just ran a few minutes back. The boys too excused themselves and disappeared somewhere in the house. The rest too continued doing whatever they were doing before the scene began that left me and Mrs Toretto alone in the room. 

She let out a loud sigh before running her hands over her face and sitting down on the sofa behind her. She waved me too to sit. I sit awkwardly on the adjoining sofa  not far from her.
" Will she be okay ?" I ask in a whisper . She sighs before " Trust me,  this not the first time they fought or Asher hurted her and also it won't be the last. They fight all the time. That's what brothers and sisters do,  don't they?." smiling a little.
She places her hand over mine and speaks " I know it's a lot to take in but yes it is true they are in a gang in fact I'm too a part of it as my husband is it's leader" I stay silent so she takes it as a signal to continue. " Alia didn't told you anything about this  because she thought she would scare you and you would want to do nothing with here like her old friends when they found out the truth ". She says sadness evident in her eyes. " She was going to tell you soon though. Alia has gone through a lot.  Her friends at our old place stuck with her only because they knew she was rich. After knowing she is a daughter of a gangleader they ignored her and tried to make her feel bad about herself." staring of at a distance. She look into my eyes " Alessia, they are not bad. "  referring to Asher, Alia and the boys. I nod.