His Drama Queen

Chapter 37

Listen to- Riot by Jaden

Beck's POV
3 days ago

Waking up the next morning I was anxious. I only slept about 3 hours and was ready to go to Conner's by 4 a.m. Giana and Chase come down stairs at 6 a.m. with angry scowls on their faces.

"Coffee." Chase grumbles out while Giana just glares at him and grabs an apple considering the doctor said she shouldn't drink coffee. I found that out yesterday morning when I offered her some and she pointed a gun at my face. It's a touchy subject.

"So when are we going to Conner's?" I ask anxious to get Mari back to me. Giana glares at me harshly making me shrink back in my seat.

"I said I would give him 24 hours. It hasn't been 24 hours yet has it new guy?" She said sharply. They all call me new guy for some reason. I don't know why they won't use my actual name.

"Uh right. Sorry." I say while looking away from her glaring eyes.

"Listen new guy. You're gonna have to toughen up if you're going to be in the mafia. Look people in their eyes and don't swallow so much. Keep your hands from shaking too." Chase says taking a sip of his coffee leaning against the counter shirtless. His tattoos are intimidating.

WAIT

DID HE JUST SAY

ME

IN THE MAFIA??

"Wait what?! I'm not in the Mafia though!" Panic rises within me. Is this why they call me new guy? They think I'm going to be apart of the Italian mafia now? Giana and Chase raise their eyebrows at me. I look frantically between the couple.

"I never said I wanted to be apart of this! I just want to find Mari that's it!" I yell at them panicked, my voice getting a pitch or two higher than normal.

"Jesus christ lady voice calm down." Milly walks in sending me a harsh glare. What is up with this family and glaring at people?

"New guy, what the fuck did you think would happen? You can't be with Mari and not be in the Mafia. You won't survive." Giana says to me with a blank face. I see Milly flinch slightly. What's that about?

I hear a deep laugh from behind me making me turn around. I see Jake with a smirk on his face and his arms across his chest.

"I don't know why you're pushing it Gi. This..." he pauses to look at me from head to toe.

"Boy. He isn't cut out for our lifestyle." I feel my eye twitch when he calls me boy. My jaw clenches and my fists tighten.

"I could kick your ass any day of the fucking week." I say standing up getting in his face. He glares at me and bows up his chest.

"You wanna fucking try it?" He takes a step closer. I stay silent as he scans my face. He chuckles and rolls his eyes.

"I don't know what the hell Mari sees in you. You're just some pussy that can't even prevent his girlfriend from getting kidnapped by some amateur gangster. You're pathet.." he doesn't get to finish his sentence as I throw a punch at his jaw sending him to the ground. I get on top of him to hit him again when he throws a punch to my kidney making me groan. He rolls us over so that he's on me and punches me in the face. We wrestle around throwing sloppy punches, random knees and misplaced kicks. Honestly this is the worst fight I've ever been in. We're just trying to make the each other bleed not actually trying to win.

I pick Jake up and throw him against the counter breaking some glasses. He punches me again and I feel blood trail down my cheek. I charge at him again when I feel someone very strong hold me back.

"That's enough." Nico says from behind me as Pauly is holding Jake back. I look over to Milly to see her still sitting eating her oatmeal looking bored. I then look to Giana and Chase to see them just standing there watching us. Giana isn't sitting anymore and Chase has his body blocking hers for the most part. I feel guilt run through me.

"I'm sorry Giana. And I'm sorry Chase. I didn't mean to put anyone in harm's way and I didn't mean to ruin your kitchen." I say looking down. I hear Giana let out a laugh and I look up.

"You didn't put anyone in danger with that fight new guy. Chase is just overly protective of the little bean. That fight looked more like two valley girls fighting over the last Louis Vuitton bag." Ouch. She's right but still a shot to my ego. I turn to look at Jake. He is bleeding in different places and I'm sure I'm not any different. We're both breathing heavily and we're both sweaty. We continue to glare at each other as our breathing starts to go back to normal.

"Both of you go get cleaned up and then come down here to clean up your mess. We'll leave in a few hours to check on Conner's progress." Giana says to us but we don't move.

"Go! Now!" She yells making me jump in shock. Me and Jake both start to exit the kitchen. I see Jake reach behind him to pull out a piece of glass from his back but I don't feel even a little guilty.
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The warm water falls over my back relaxing my tense muscles. I watch as my blood and water mix going down the drain. The water stings my cuts and I have a raging headache that's very familiar to me. I close my eyes and picture Mari's face. Her pouty lips and beautiful green eyes. The cute little freckles lightly scattered across her nose, they way her long eyelashes fan across her cheeks when shes sleeping. I feel my chest tighten thinking that Joe has already done something to her. I have to get her back. Soon.