Danger and Tattoos

Family Dinner Hell

                 River's POV::

     I wake with my whole body hurting, but smiling. The feeling of Vito kissing down my check. "Morning," he says against my skin. His tongue brushes a sensitive area on my side, making my back arch.
    "Morning," I moan. He chuckles, moving further down. I close my eyes, relaxing.
    Mature:
    My fingers run through his hair as I feel his mouth on me. A shiver rubs through my body from the pleasure. My jaw clenches as I squeeze my eyes shut. "Oh my gosh," I sigh. His hands slowly ride up my body. My phone starts ringing on the night stand. My moms contact picture pops up. "Stop," I force myself to say. He stops for me to pick it up and answer it. "Hello?" I answer, trying to control my breathing.
    He goes back, making me gasp. He chuckles, making it better. "Where did you go last night?" My mom asks me. I sigh, closing my eyes. My hips rise involuntarily. "River!"
   "Yes, sorry. I'm with a friend, we fell asleeeeep studying last night. I'm soooooo sorry I forgot to call you," I say, struggling.
    "Okay then. Come home after your done." I hang without another word. I tug at his hair as I reach my bend, sighing.
    Mature over:
    He comes back up my body, grinning like an idiot. "Proud of yourself?" I ask. He nods.
    "Very much so. How do you feel?" He says, laying down next to me.
    "Awake. Very awake," I say. He rolls his eyes. "Fine, my body hurts really bad, but it's fine. I can take an Advil and it'll go away in half an hour." Holding the sheet against my body, I bend down to try and find my clothes.
    "Corner of the room, beautiful," he says. I bring the sheet with me as I walk to the corner, picking up my clothes. He stands up, pulling his boxers on. "What did you mom want?"
    "To know where I was." He kisses my temple.
    "I might have to do some...work tonight so I'll call you later."
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          I sit on the couch with Tanner, bored as I've ever been. Him and I have tried to sneak away twice and keep getting caught. Older people that work in the same line of business with my parents crowd the inside and backyard of the house. At least it's here and not some fancy mansion; pretty close, but I'm more comfortable here.
    "You want something to drink?" He asks me as he behind to stand.
     "No thank you," I say politely. I relax into the couch just as my phone rings. An unknown number pops up. "Hello."
   "Do you know how to take a bullet out?" Xander's voice says from the other line.
   "How did you get my number?" I whisper.
   "That doesn't matter. Do you know how to or not?"
    "Yes, but I would have to touch up-"
    "Get over here as fast as you can," he says.
    "I'm not your guys personal nurse," I say.
    "Well unless you want lover boy here to bleed out, I suggest you come."
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     The older women who I recognize as Xander's wife answers the door. She points to where I need to go.
   I walk to the room to see Xander, Fin, and two other guys stand over Vito's body. Fin has his hands pressed on his lower abdomen to I think slow the bleeding. I look at the blood that's soaking through his shirt and jacket.
         "Why did the fuck did you guys call her?" He asks angrily. Sweat covers his face and neck. Fin puts more pressure. "Mother fucker!"
     "I only fucked your mom once," he says with a grin. I look around to see a bag of medical supplies, taking out what I need.I unzip his jacket and cut his shirt with the scissors. Grabbing some tools I use them to pull the wounded area apart and see where the bullet is.
    "FUCKING FUCK!" He yells, grabbing the table.
    "Does someone have a flash light?" They all take their phones out and put the flashlights on, shining them over the area. I was hoping for an actual bright flashlight. Grabbing the scissors, I put area some of the skin around the wound to see better. I see it, but its deep.
    Vito's eyes start to close, his face turning pale. "Take the fucking thing out, River. I don't care what you have to do." I grab the tweezers, sticking it in and trying to be reach it.
    "Its too deep," I tell them.
    "Try harder. You have to reach it," one of the guys I've never met before says. I try again, pushing it down as far as possible. I take them out and shake my head.
   "I can't," I tell them. They look at each other before trying to pick Vito up.
    "Don't touch me. I can walk," he says harshly, breathing heavily. He gets off the table as carefully as he can, but nearly falls over. The two guys I don't know walk over and hold him up, holding him out. Xander stops me from going any further. 
    "I'm not going," he tells me to say. "What I'm going to do is is fire my gun at a random area, the guy's are going to leave you and Red at park across the street. Kellin will call 911. When they ask you what happened, you're going to tell them someone shot him, you couldn't make out his face because it was too dark. Later I'll come down with the guys so I'm not on their radar. Can you do this?" He asks.
     I look back at Vito who is getting held up by the guys while they being him outside. He groans in pain. "Yes," I answer. He kisses his wife on the forehead before walking out. She walks over to me, giving me a motherly smile.
    "He'll be fine. They always are," she says, her Hispanic accent thick. I walk out and go across the street to the park. Fin and the other guys lay Vito on the ground. They all look around before Xander takes his gun out and shoots it at a fence. They all take off running in different directions.
    I bend down next to Vito, putting pressure on the wound. "I'm loosing consciousness," he says. "Too much blood loss."
    "The ambulance are on their way," I tell him, moving his hair out of his forehead. His eyes are now dull.
   "I love you." Just as he says this his eyes close. The sound of sirens make me relax, but only for a second.
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     The guys rush through the door all together, making loud noise. "Where the hell is he?" Xander demands a random doctor.
   "I-I don't know who your talking about, sir," the doctor says, body shaking. I stand up and walk over. They all turn to me. "You know this man?"
    "I'm the father figure," he snarls. The doctor runs away, fixing his glasses. "What'd they say?"
   "That they managed to get the bullet out, but not the bleeding. That was ten minutes ago," I tell them.
   "I'm Kellin, this is my brother Josh," one of the guys says. I shake their hands and sit back down. My eye lids feel heavy.
    "I'm going to kill the son of a bitch," Xander says under his breath as he sits.
    "You know who did this?" I ask.
    "Yeah, the Los Asesinos. They'll do anything to get what they want," he says. His eyes lock with mine. "Even more now."
    "What do they want so bad?"
    "You want a list?" He asks sarcastically. "To give a gist, they want their women back, weapons, men, and power. They were the most feared around here until we moved in. At the time we didn't know this territory was taken, but we settled down. And we hadn't known that the leaders before us weren't friendly."
    I sigh, fidgeting with my skirt. "I don't want to lose him. He's the only good thing I got." He chuckles.
    "He's no where near good, he's damn near the devil," he says with a smirk. "This is the life we live, that you now live. I take it that sense you came here tonight without hesitation he claimed you. This is your life now too. And after I'm gone which might come sooner than later, he's next in line to lead them."  I nod. He runs his thumb across the top of my scar. "Don't cover this up. Its a part of you, its beautiful."
    "I'm surprised if doesn't get you sick. It does to me, which is why I try and cover it the best I can with makeup."
    "It doesn't. Like I said to that doctor, I'm the father figure, that's to you too. Don't hide your scars."
   

AN: If I continued the chapter any further this would be too long. I'll update again tomorrow (today). Hermosa (Xander's wife), will be added to the characters chapter. Please comment and share! Believe in yourself -Vaeh