Love Costs

•Bond•

Haileys pov
After they ate Isaac and I went back upstairs.

"Hey you said if I wanted to know something I could ask right" I asked him "yea sure" "who's Carter" "how do you know Carter" "well Tess said you him her Gio and Ricky were close when you were kids" "yea we were" "so where is he" "dead" "oh my god what happened" "he was taken" "by who" "the Fernandos. Carters family and that family had a lot of issues with each other. Carters family got really powerful and then they got too comfortable. The Fernandos took him and killed him. They left his body on their doorstep while they were gone one day. Gio and I went to their house to pick up his sister and there he was" "oh my god how old were you guys" "Gio and I were 14 but he was 13" "what happened to the Fernandos" "a few families got involved started killing off their men and busting their stash houses. They eventually went back to Italy" "oh. I'm sorry" "I mean I've seen people die before" he said quickly "how were you after that I mean he was your friend" "uh I don't really talk about him much so maybe a different question" "oh sorry" "no don't be I just don't like talking about it" "I get it. Uh well I didn't know Dixie did piano, do you play any" "violin and piano. I don't take lessons anymore but I know how" "wow do you like it" "piano better than violin but I didn't care for either when I was learning how to play" "oh okay. So what does your dad do, like work wise" "what do you mean" "well he doesn't just tell people he's in the mob right he has to have a job, all of them do right" "yea most of them have fronts. My dad does real estate and insurance, Tony runs restaurants, stuff like that" "oh okay then" "yea" "can I ask another question or are you done answering" "uh what is it" "when we are at the party at Tess' house what was Giovanni talking about. What did you guys do that boy" "oh uh we beat him up I wasn't lying I just skipped the gory details" "and I'm assuming you're not gonna tell me" "no not that part. Just it was bad enough that he had to go to the hospital" "oh".

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By the time I got back to the house it was after midnight so I let myself in quietly.
"Shit" I whisper shouted as I passed Elenas room and she was standing in the hallway "sorry I heard you come in" she said following me to my room.
"You were at your boyfriends" she asked "yea" "what does he look like" she asked and I looked through my phone for a picture where he wasn't shirtless or covered in hickies. I went to my Instagram and showed her the picture from the banquet.
"He's cute, and you're rich" "He bought all of that" "he's in high school" she asked "yea" "damn" "do you have a boyfriend" "I do but he's not Saint Laurent rich" "well as long as he's good to you and makes you happy" "does he" she asked gesturing to my phone "more and more everyday, he got me this tonight because we had a fight yesterday" I said showing her the necklace "wow is that real" "yea" "it's beautiful" "thank you" "so I doubt Tom is gonna tell me but why don't you like him" "uh he wasn't very good to my mom. He used to drink a lot and he would hit her" "used to" "well I haven't known him for nine years" "from what I've seen he's not like that anymore and he's really good to me and my mom. I know he used to be in jail what was that for" "he took our money. Look I know I'm not exactly making it easy for him and to be honest I probably never will but with you and your mom he seems like the father I used to know" "really" "yea I think so" "he and my mom are thinking about getting married" "married, how long have they been dating" "a year and a half" "oh" "yea I like him really but I just wanted to make sure" "what happened with your dad" "he cheated on her when I was 12" "oh I'm sorry" "yea it's fine. So is your mom married now" "yea for eight years" "that's good" "yea".

"Are you a virgin" she asked me "uh no. Are you" "no. I lost it a few weeks ago" "oh. Uh were you okay" "yea I was. I was a little freaked out but I liked it. How old were you" "16" "you lost it to him" "Isaac, no I lost it to my last boyfriend Kyle" "what happened with him" "he got too jealous and never let me have any guy friends I didn't want to deal with it anymore" "oh. Was he your first boyfriend" "no but he was my longest" "how long" "a little over a year" "oh okay" "yea. Uh well what do you like to do Elena" "not much actually. If I'm not here or at school I'm usually at my boyfriends or my friend Grace's house" "oh okay" I said before my phone buzzed.