Cold Hearted

•Thing•

          {•Unedited•}
                            ~Ida's POV~

           I sit silently at the table with Junior quietly in front of me. My head is pressed against my arms as I look at the ground through the small holes. He taps my arm, making me look up. My eyes burn from lack of sleep and crying all night. It felt weird once again to sleep alone after Santi decided he would rather sleep on the couch than with me. I tried just going home, but he didn't want me leaving late at night. At least some of his chivalry didn't go away. 
     "Sorry, were you talking?" I ask tiredly. He gives me a soft smile, shaking his head. I run my hands down my face and through my hair.
   "What's wrong?" He asks.
    "Santi," I tell him, giving him the just of it. "I told him I'm pregnant and he's not happy at all. He even left early this morning to avoid me." His eyes widen in shock. I forgot that he didn't know I was pregnant; I just assumed Eliza told him as soon as we found out cause she can never keep her mouth shut.
     He takes my hand across the table, giving it a gently squeeze. "Look at me," he tells me. I do as told, staring into his eyes. "Santi is complicated in many ways, but he always comes through. And if he doesn't, he's missing out on an amazing opportunity to have a beautiful family with you."
    "Thank you," I say, releasing a deep breath. Hopefully he's right and Santi will come to terms with this because it's not like it's going to go away.
     He looks down, face paling a shade or two. Awkwardly, he takes his hand away and rubs them on his lap. "S-Sorry about that." I smile awkwardly at him, knowing what just happened was weird.
I'm shocked when I see Santi speed walking in our direction. Junior turns around and raises us brows. Once Santi is close, his eyes lock with mine. His hands clenched the table, tapping his foot anxiously.
"Can we talk?" He asks. I nod, getting up with my bag in hand. Junior gives me a look as if he's asking if I'll be okay. I just nod and let Santi lead the way to wherever he's walking. Every now and then I have to jog because my legs are much shorter than his. He opens the library door and gestures for me to go in first.
We sit at one of the tables, me waiting for him to say something. I'm not going to be the one to crack first. He just stares at me, fingers tapping the hard surface.
   "I needed to talk to you," he says. "But now I don't know what to say." Of course you don't. Sighing, I sit back in the chair, closing my eyes. "Castel decided on tonight." My eyes snap open.
    "Is it still the same plan?" I ask. He nods with a shrug, not seeing how stupid and risky they're being. The thought of Santi going in there first on his own makes me feel sick to my stomach; or that could just be nausea from the baby. "Good luck, I guess."
    "That's all you have to say?"
    "What else? I told you every thing I had to say last night that should alter your decision to use this plan, but you're still doing it," I tell him, getting irritated all over again. Going to sleep in a bad mood and waking up in one isn't good for me.
     He surprises me and takes my hand. "I actually tried talking to him this morning and there is nothing else that we think could work," he tells me. I relax a little knowing he at least tried. "After this is all over, we can talk about...the thing." I scoff, shaking my head.
     "Thing, huh? And there's nothing to discuss, you're either gonna stay in the picture or not," I say. He leans in closer on his elbows, his gaze intense.
    "There are things to discuss, things I think yo would want to consider when starting a family with someone like me," he says a little louder than I wish he would have. The very few people that are in here turn around, but quickly look away. "Just...please?" Everything in me wants to ignore him at the moment, but I should do the responsible thing and listen to his point of view.
     "So when are you leaving?" I ask. He shrugs again as an answer, squeezing my hand.
    "I don't know anything other than what I've been told to do," he says. "The main purpose of this conversation is just so you know where I'm at if I have to leave. And that if anything happens, I love you." If anything, I wish he hadn't said that. Even when they would say I love you in movies before doing something stupid, I'd hate it, because it sounds like a goodbye. But I guess every time he walks out the door to "work" it could be a goodbye.
    "I love you too. Please try and stay safe." He nods, his eyes softening.
    "I always am." 
        ••••••

       "Really think about this," Castel tells me as I sit in the front seat with him in front my dad's and Zurine's houses. "We don't know what we're walking in on. This is our best bet, but we could try and just going through the back without you." I shake my head, looking out the window.
   "You even said yourself that that wouldn't work," I say. If that were a possibility, I'd take it on a heartbeat. "And why are we here?" I ask, gesturing to the houses. Just after saying that, Zurine comes out of his house, looking over at my dads as he walks to the car. Castel unlocks the back door.
    Zurine opens the door and gets in, sliding over to the middle without a word. I turn around to look at him. He cocks a brow like I should know what's going on. My dad getting in next to him shocks me.
     "Okay, what the fuck is going on?" I ask, turning back to Castel.
   "They wanted to come." Just fucking great.
   "I've been bored," Zurine says. I turn back around to him. The last time we talked he seemed to hate me, now he's back to normal. Did my dad beat his ass again? "And we need to save your ass if anything happens."
    "This is crazy," I say. "You two can't put yourselves in these situations. What if you get killed?"
      "What if you get killed?" My dad asks flatly. Smartass.

    AN: It will all go down in the next chapter, I just wanted to get the basics down in this one so you can't kind of understand what will happen. Btw, I've started editing this story and gosh I HATTEEEE editing sooo much 😂 I really hope you guys enjoined!
    Question: What do you think will happen?
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