The Mafia's Butterfly (Rewriting)

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Josephina

"I said don't move." 

Shaking my head at his obvious attempt to keep me from moving, I grab his arms and try my absolute hardest to get out of his grip. My embarrassment is taking over right now and all I want to do is run into the nearest bathroom and hope that the floor will swallow me whole. 

"Let me go, Alexander." I complain and look over my shoulder, he's looking at me with slight worry in his eyes and shaking his head at my disastrous attempt at trying to get out of his hold.

Clara, Felix and Ezra jog up to us and notice how I'm trying to get away from him and then look over to Xander who is trying to keep me against him. If it wasn't for this embarrassing situation, I would be completely flustered because of how close we are right now. 

"What's wrong?" Clara asks. The siblings were quite far away until they heard Xander yell for them and so now they're just as confused as I was a few minutes ago. 

"She leaked through her jeans." He explains for me and instead of further trying to get out his grip, I slump against him and hide my face behind my hands. This really is embarrassing and to make it worse, I was trying so hard to get away from Xander, that I completely ignored the fact that my cramps were still happening and my nausea got worse. 

"This is so embarrassing." I whisper to myself and feel Xander's arms tighten around me. He was asking Clara what he should while I was wallowing in my embarrassment. 

He leans down slightly and places his head on my shoulder. "There's no need for you to feel embarrassed, Josephina. I just want to help you." He whispers in my ear and moves one of his hands down towards my stomach and starts rubbing over it gently. Immediately, the warmth of his hand and the gentle massage makes me relax a bit more and soon, Xander is supporting at least 50 percent of my weight against him. 

"Come on, Josey. I'm going to take you to the bathrooms. Lix run to the nearest store and buy a new pair of jeans." She pulls me free from Xander's hold and turns me around. She checks the size of my jeans and then sends Felix on his way to go buy a new pair. 

"Ez and Lex, go to the pharmacy and buy some tampons and pads. Don't stress about which type or brand because we can always come back and buy Josey's preferred ones later." 

They nod and start making their way in the opposite direction that Felix went. Before Xander walked away though, he took off the hoodie he was wearing and walked over to me. I was slightly bent over because of the cramps and nausea and didn't really care much about my stained jeans being on display because I was just so uncomfortable but make no mistake my embarrassment was still fully there. 

"Take this." Stopping in front of me, he bends down to my level and wraps the hoodie around my waist, tying it and then standing up to his full height. 

"But blood is going to get on to it." I tell him softly and make a move to take it off but he stops me and pulls my hand away. 

"I can buy more." With that he gives my hand a squeeze and then walks off towards a waiting Ezra and then in whatever direction the pharmacy is. 

"Right, to the bathroom." 

Clara holds one of my hands and starts walking us over to the nearest bathroom. I'm not in complete and utter pain but it's enough pain to be in discomfort and the fact that I'm developing a headache because of my embarrassment and my cramps while being nauseous is not helping me right now. 

We make it into the bathrooms and Clara gently pushes me into a stall and follows me in, locking the door behind her and sliding down the door into a sitting position. She gestures for me to take a seat on the toilet.