AMORE

Work; Dancer

Bella entered the house late at night when the lights where switched off. She tip toed up the stairs and stopped abruptly when she heard weird sounds coming from the kitchen. She halted in her steps, before deciding to check what the sounds were coming from. She walked slowly to the kitchen and held a vase in her hands as her weapon. She took a deep breath and opened the door... to an empty kitchen. However, she felt someones gaze on her and she did the first thing that came to mind; She ran back into her room and hid under the blanket. Her clumsy legs resulted in her falling in the way, but she was quick to stand back up and tuck herself in the bed.

Suddenly she heard footsteps in the hallway outside her room and she snuggled deeper into the blankets until her back came in contact with something firm. She squeaked loudly and turned her face around slowly to be met with a hooded figure. She sat up quickly, her voice getting stuck in her throat. Instead she stood up carefully and turned on her lamp and directed it to the mans face to breath out in relief. She recognized Lorenzo from the sharp face structure and decided to shake him harshly.

An exhausted Lorenzo who had fallen asleep on the bed, woke up by getting light punches from Bella. He opened his eyes slowly and jerked away as he realized that they were both in the bed. "Bella" his raspy voice uttered, to which her heartbeat quickened. "I fell asleep, I will take the couch" he spoke and stood up. But before he could continue to walk away, she held on to his surprisingly warm hand. Lorenzos body reacted to her touch by shivering and he looked down to their hands in awe. His eyes followed to Bella who was looking up at him in desperation.

"Renzo" she whispered, tugging his hand closer. Despite his efforts to retrieve his hand back, she held on to him tightly. "Someone is in the kitchen" she whispered, to which he straightened his back. Lorenzo nodded quickly, helping her stand up.

"You will stay behind me, okay? If there is someone there, I will take care of you" he consoled her, as he saw her shaking form.

Bella nodded and held on to his shirt as he tucked her behind him, still holding hands. Just as he walked out of their bedroom, he saw the vase outside the door and chuckled inwardly. His back was covering her view and Bella couldn't see anything. They walked hand in hand and just when Lorenzo kicked the door open, his eyes went wide. He didn't wait before closing the door and turning around to watch Bella, who was confused by his reaction.

"What?" she whispered, looking around the house because she imagined someone watching her. The thought made her press her body closer to his chest, to which he cussed lowly. How was he supposed to ignore her when she acted like that?

"It was...it was a cat" Lorenzo lied and scratched his neck. Bella furrowed her brows at him and crossed her arms. He didn't wait for her before he dragged her towards the room.

"A cat?" she asked him and sat down on the hallway floor so he couldn't drag her to the room so easily. Lorenzo looked down at her with a blank expression, even though he wanted to smile at her childish behavior. He had always been soft for her.

"Can we keep it?" she uttered, a smile gracing her face. Lorenzo shook his head and was about to lift her up until the kitchen door opened with Khalid standing there. Bella looked even more confused as she looked between both Khalid and Lorenzo, who were looking away from each other in embarrassment almost.

"Does he look like a cat to you?" Bella asked as she snickered at her joke. Khalid glared at Lorenzo who ignored it completely and answered the girl who was sitting on the floor; "No, he looks like a rabbit to me" he muttered, to which Khalid coughed before walking off to his room.

Bella and Lorenzo were left alone in the hallway. Bella was confused, while Lorenzo was highly embarrassed.

"I swear I heard weird sounds from the kitchen and look" she shrieked as she pointed to the scarf on the kitchen doorway; "that's Jasmines scarf" she exclaimed before something ticked in her brain. She raised her eyebrows, her mouth falling open.

Khalid and Jasmine are rabbits! she thought to herself as Lorenzo cleared his throat.

"The next time you hear noises like that, you don't open the door" he told her sternly and started walking to the room, leaving her in the hallway alone. She rolled her eyes and was about to stand up until she saw Diego popping out his head from his room, that was beside her and Lorenzos room. She clutched her heart from the sudden movement and breathed out; "You pigs are going to give me a heart attack"

Diego smiled sheepishly as he scratched his hair that was ruffled. "Can I talk to you?" he asked as he walked to her and lifted her from the floor. "Aren't you going to ask me about why I am sitting on the floor?" she asked him, hearing him chuckle.

"Beautiful, the walls here are paper thin. No wonder Khalid fucks in the kitchen instead" he answered, picking her up and setting her on the bed. To her surprise, even Scar and Ali were sitting in the room, with head hanging low.

"Oh, my ex-friends" Bella whispered lowly, wanting them to hear her. Diego rolled his eyes at her and placed her on the bed before settling on the third seat on the couch. Bella wanted to laugh at the sight of the three men sitting squished, but she refrained herself. She was truly disappointed at the boys for not supporting her decision. They had reacted as if she had asked to join the gang, when all she wanted to do was to work. Not just that, she was disappointed that they had the same morals as Adam.

"Bella, we just wanted to say sorry for how we reacted earlier. You were right about being a woman who is able to make her own decisions. We never meant to hurt you in any way. You do you" Diego rambled on and Bella smiled at them, nodding her head.

"Why the sudden change?" she asked the boys, who tried dodging her corious stare.

"Well Moretti-" Ali started off until Scar punched him lightly.

"We just realized that we may have overreacted when you walked out" Scar explained, but Bella figured they were hiding something from her. That sudden change was unusual, especially for them.

Bella ignored that as she was so happy from getting her friends support. She stood up on their bed, watching Scar cringe at the sight. "I have found a job" she told them as she shrugged of her sweater, to leave her in only her shorts and a crop top. She dramatically posed on the bed, her beautiful hair falling to her waist in waves.

"What is that supposed to be?" Scar asked the boys, who chuckled at the girl.

"A dolphin?" Diego asked, to which Ali laughed and Bella threw a pillow his way.

She jumped up once and landed in a sitting position on the bed while screaming the next line excitingly; "WELCOME TO THE DANCE STAGE; THE ONE AND ONLY, ISABELLA KHAIR ANWAR"