Amelia's POV:

"Ok Teo you have the camera right?" Luca whispers

"Yea, whatever your gonna do, do it quick shes waking up" Mateo grumbles

"Ok enzo you have the cake, gio and Alex you have the confetti poppers, and Dante has the silly string" Luca says making sure everyone is in place

"Ok great on my count of three" Luca starts

"1"

I think about letting these fools know I'm awake

"2"

But I think about the fact that I know luca has been looking forward to this and it would make him happy, so I'll just go along with it.

"3!"

All of a sudden I'm hit in the face with confetti and silly string while luca is screaming at the top of his lungs happy birthday while shaking me "awake"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOOMOO" I hear eli as he runs at me full force jumping on top of me

Luckily my body has pretty much healed so it didn't hurt as much as it would have

"Ahh get off of me you fat moose" I yell while trying to shove him off

Key word being tried, this dude is pure fat

"Dude it's time to get up, youre finally 16" he says while getting up

"Yea yea I'm up" i say while sitting up with a huff

"Ok now mia blow out your candles" Luca says while motioning Mateo and Enzo to get closer

I look at Enzo's hand and i see he's holding a pink cake in his hands, and as I lean in a little closer I see what it actually says

"Happy bday bad bitch?" I say while raising an eyebrow looking at everyone

"Yea it was luca and Eli's idea, they swore you'd love it" Dante says with a shrug

"Well I think it's perfect, thank you boys" I say with a genuine smile and then i blow out my candles and make a wish

"Ok mia get up and get dressed we have a long day ahead of us" Luca says while attempting to rip my covers off. I hold on tightly not wanting any of us to die of embarrassment

"Oh shit I forgot you do that" Eli mumbles while backing out of the room

"Does what" gio questions looking at me weirdly

"She only sleeps in a t shirt" • • •

After awkwardly getting the boys out of my room, I decide to get ready for the day.

Since dinner wasn't until later on, I just decided to wear a pair of black pants and a green sweater with my blazers for shoes. I decided that I would dress up more tonight for dinner.

I just decided on a ponytail for my hair as I hadn't decided how I'd do it tonight, and for makeup I went very minimal with just mascara and a bit of blush.



(Outfit)

After finishing getting ready, I make my way downstairs to go eat breakfast.

As soon as I walk down the stairs to the living room, I'm greeted by 16 dozen white roses .

"What the hell" I mumble coming down the last step as Mateo rounds the corner

"Looks like you have a secret admirer" he says while looking around the living room

"You guys didn't do this?" i question while looking between him and the flowers

"No, ours are in the kitchen" he says walking away, "see if there's a card"

As I walk up to the only bouquet that's on the table, I see it has a birthday card and I open it.

Happy birthday Cariño,

I hope you have an amazing day. Text me when you get your gift later on (my number will be inside the box)

- Xavier

"What the hell" I mumble again

No way he just bought me 16 dozen roses And wait, what does he mean by gift later? Is this not the gift? Why is he even getting me something I barely even know him

As I'm rereading the card luca Alex and Eli make their way into the living room

"Woah if i didn't know any better I'd say our little moomoo has a boyfriend" Eli says while picking up one of the roses on the ground

"Who the hell sent you all of these roses" Alex says looking around

"Not that it's any of your business, but apperantly Xavier did" i say while Putting the card in my pocket.

"Wait Xavier as in Xavier Alvarez?" Luca says with his jaw dropped.

"Well damn don't let the flies fly in, but yes that Xavier" i say while walking my way towards the kitchen

"Oh my God, your dating Xavier?!" Luca yells very loud in the kitchen that has not only a fucking mob boss, but his crazy little brothers as well

3 2 1

"What the hell did I say about dating boys" Mateo says looking at me with an angry look on his face

Oh give me a fucking break

"First of all we aren't dating, I barely even know the guy" I start

"Second of all I know for a matter of fact all of you had lost your virginities by the time you were my age, so just be blessed that I still have mine" i say while walking to the fridge and giving them all the finger

I mean technically I'm still a virgin. When everything first happened, Eli told me that because I didn't want it I was still a virgin so in my mind it's still there

I glance over at eli and he gives me a slight head nod which makes me feel a bit better.

"Anyways" Eli says rather loudly

"I'm gonna go" he says while getting up

"Where are you going?" I ask looking at him

"Well amelia if i told you, I'd have to kill you" he says with a smirk

To that I just roll my eyes

"Whatever you dork" I yell as he makes his way out of the kitchen

"Hey Amelia can I talk to you for a few minutes" Gio says while scratching his head

Ok what the hell is going on

"Umm sure we can go to my room" I say while taking my bagel, yogurt and orange juice and going up the stair with gio following behind me

"We can go upstairs to my loft" I say while going to the corner of my room and leading him up the stairs

Once we make our way into the room, i sit at the desk that's up here, while gio walks around looking at everything

"Wow it looks nice in here" he says while looking at my records

"You haven't been up here yet?" I ask after taking a sip of my orange juice

"Not since you guys left" he says quietly

We're silent for a few moments until he speaks

"Listen" he says while sitting down on the couch, " I know I've been an complete asshole to you since you've gotten here, and I'm sorry" he says

"This must be my birthday present or something" i snort out

"No, I got you something else actually" he says why pulling out a small box from his pocket and hands it to me

"Happy birthday Amelia" he says with a warm smile

I open the box and I see a beautiful pair of gold earrings

"Oh jesus gio you didn't have to" i mumble

"I know, just think of it as an apology and birthday gift. I cant excuse my actions but I want you to know I'm sorry. Once you and Marie left I kind of shut everyone and everything out. I lost my little sister and mom at the same time and that left a big whole in my heart, so when you came back I didn't really want to open up as I thought you'd just try to leave, plus I was jealous that you got to have a mom growing up and we didn't" he finishes

"Trust, you weren't missing much with her" i say with a sigh

"What do you mean?" He questions

"Story for another time" i say with a smile, "but thank you Gio, and while I do accept you apology it's gonna take some time for me to actually feel as comfortable around you as I do with the other boys" I say while standing up

"Of course, I understand completely" he says while coming in for a hug.

"And Amelia" he starts

"Yea?"

"Give Alex time. He took everything way worse than the rest of us did. While it's not my story to tell just know once he's done icing you out it'll make sense" he says

What the hell was that suppose to mean? • • •

Hey babes!! This is honestly probably the quickest I've ever updated lol Right now I'm actually enjoying writing sm and I have so many ideas for this story and I hope you guys love them!!

Love you guys!! -Tay