Taming The Family

29. Going Home

Levi's P.O.V.

I pushed off the floor and landed on the metal table with a thud. My hands were folded in my lap nicely and I forced a smile. Mom and dad had decided that we were leaving in a few hours. All my things were already packed and I already said my goodbyes to Arianna. 

I rubbed my swollen eyes and tried my best to keep it together. My heart already hurt at the thought o leaving this planet. Sure I still didn't know too much about it but it had quickly become my home! Everything about it felt natural, the food, the music, the people, especially Arianna. 

"Cheer up!" The sound of Peter's voice brought me out of my distracted state. The brown haired man walked across the lab with a empathetic smile. He sat himself down on the table across from me and mimicked my position. "You get to go home! Sleep in your own bed, use your own toothbrush!" 

A smile found me lips and I nodded my head. "I'm just gonna miss this place. Not just Tori and Steve, you guys have all become my family." Sam raised a hand from across the room. "Woah woah woah! Don't get all sappy on us, we don't need any of that emotional crap." 

Peter and I shared a laugh while uncle Steve rolled his eyes. I picked up the pencil that was beside me and began to twirl it in my fingers. "You sure Tony is alright with us chilling in his lab?" I asked, throwing the pencil across the room. 

Sam moved his head at the last second so the pencil flew past him and implanted itself in the wall. I cringed and sharply covered my mouth with my hands. Steve sent me a glare with his light blue eyes. 

I bit down on my lip as to hold back a small laugh and whispered a sorry. Sam placed a hand on his chest. "I believe the real question is, are you going to assassinate me before Tony gets back from vacation?"

I rolled my eyes as one of my hands traveled through the short hair on my head. "Where exactly is your sister right now?" Peter questioned so we could move on from the subject. "I'm assuming she's with Dylan, crying her eyes out." I answered with a lazy shrug. Peter, Sam, and Steve all nodded in unison. 

A moment of silence passed before Steve spoke up. "Looks like you've got a visitor." I looked to where he had gestured and my heart stopped. Arianna rounded the glass corner and entered stopped in the doorway, fragile grey eyes looking broken. "No." Her blonde hair was falling down her back like a waterfall. She had a soft green shirt around her chest and a black leather jacket around her shoulders. Worn out jeans clung to her legs and had black converse on her feet. 

I jumped to a stand and nervously made my way over to her. She pulled something silver out of her pocket before grabbing my wrist. "What are you-" I stopped in my sentence as she tightened the handcuff around my wrist. She held onto the other end tightly and locked onto my eyes. "You can't leave me."

I softened my gaze and laced my free fingers with hers. "I don't have a choice." I whispered, unable to take my sight off her dazzling grey eyes. "Yes you do! You can stay here and I'll help you get an apartment, you can start college and we can be together and-"

I cut her off with a small peck on the lips. The look in my eyes was enough to tell her that I wasn't changing my mind. She swallowed the lump in her throat before adjusting the end of the handcuffs. She clamped the free end over her wrist and tossed the key across the room. Her grey eyes swam with fear. "Then you're going to have to take me with you." 

"Arianna, no-"

"You're the best thing that's happened to me in a long time!" Her voice was frantic but it was still as gentle as normal. "With everything that's going on at home, I can't afford to lose you... I would fall apart." I stayed silent and waited for her to continue.