Please check if you read everything from the previous chapter. I did a little prank and I was always that person who didn't scroll down and missed a part of the story sooo

On to the story then ;) ->

Isabella

"You look exhausting Isabella, I'll drive you home tomorrow morning. Go to sleep little Castillo." He said.

Having a sleepover with a seventeen year old boy I've know for two days in the middle of the night.

What a great idea!

Oh lord, have mercy on me.

"You can take the bed, I'll just get myself a blanket and a pillow and crash on the couch." He shrugged.

"Calix, I really should go home. I can't stay." I said again.

"Isabella, don't fight me on this." He said with a stern voice. I sighed and nodded, accepting my defeat.

Calix turned around and went to get his blanket and pillow while I closed my eyes

"Hey, Isabella?" Calix said, turning around.

"Yeah?" I said confused.

"Thank you. So much." He said genuinely.

"I'm glad I could help Calix." I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"I'll uhm go get... you know." He said looking everywhere but me.

Do I sense someone being nervous?

"Yeah, cool." I said and he nodded and disappeared.

Dear lord, let this day be over already.

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It's a new day, a new chance to make some blood relatives pay.

I woke up pretty early, not knowing where I was until I remembered last night.

Gun shots, Nikos, Calix, stab wounds got it.

I decided to get up and check on Nikos. As I passed the couch, I saw Calix sleeping on it with his blanket on the ground.

I picked it up and put it back on him, it's the least I could do.

I walked to Nikos and I saw he was already awake.

"Couldn't sleep?"

He looked at me shocked at first, but then forced a smile.

"Not really, how's Calix?" He asked worried.

"You're the one who's been stabbed. He's fine, Nikos, he's sleeping." I said and sighed.

"How are you feeling?" I asked after he said nothing back.

"I've been better. Who treated me? Wait, did you-" He asked curious.

"I did." I smiled softly. "Don't worry, I didn't mess up. You'll be fine in no time. Just take it easy the following days, you need to give your body time to recover what means no training or sports." I said sternly.

"But-"

"No but's, Calix is capable to take over your training for a few days or weeks, until I say you're ready to built it up again. No place for discussion weirdo."

"Pfhpfh fine." He said grumpy.

"I'll check up regularly after school." I said.

"Shit, Isabella-"

"Don't worry about it, it's only first period." I shrugged.

"Isabella-"

"Nikos, I won't get in trouble about skipping the first two periods. Don't worry about me, I'll survive."

"He's right, Isabella. You shouldn't get yourself in trouble for us." A voice said behind me. I turned around and saw a tall Calix with his hair all over the place. Cute.

"No, you're wrong. I'm actually kinda hurt you think this is my first time skipping school." It was, but they didn't need to know that.

Calix chuckled. "Pretend all you want, Isabella, but I know this is your first time skipping." He said with a smirk.

"And how do you know that, sir know-it-all?" I mocked him.

"Because your brother is blowing up your phone." He said while handing me my phone. I took it from him and didn't even opened it before putting it away what made Calix give me a confused expression.

"How is the situation by the way? You said it wasn't that great?" Nikos asked.

"First of all, you don't know me. At all, so stop thinking you do." I said coldly to Calix what shocked him a little bit.

"Secondly, the 'situation' isn't your business. I'll come back later today in the gym to check your wounds." I said before grabbing my stuff and walking out of the door.

"Isabella, wait!" Calix called out but I kept walking.

I need to remind myself I don'tr know these people well enough, and he's just a cocky boy. No attachments Isabella.

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Most of the messages were from Katie and Crystal, asking me where I was. I did left a note I was out getting ice cream in case someone was awake before I came home. I replied to them and went to change before walking to school.

Luckily I didn't come across a teacher on my way to class. I knocked on the door and stepped inside.

"Miss Castillo where do you think you're going?" Our teacher said and I turned around frustrated.

"My place." I said grumpy. I turned back around and sat next to Katie.

"Damn, who pissed in your cereal this morning?" She joked.

"Original, now you ready to pull a prank tomorrow after lunch?" I said with an evil smile.

"Is that even a question? Of course." She answered back and we both started smiling.

"Alright, here's what we're going to do. I'm going to fix whipped cream canisters, and first period after lunch we'll barge in late and cover everything and everyone including the teacher.-"

"-We'll definitely get send to the principal, and he'll contact Lorenzo and Crystal. That's where I will act like a mad woman and run away. Lorenzo will chase me and we will have a huge scene on the street. Because I will make him so mad, he will say something stupid what gives me a reason to start the silent treatment." I said smugly

"Savage. I love it!" She whispered yelled what caused some people looking our way. I glanced back and they immediately stopped staring. Scared little bunnies.

"Wait? Weren't you planning on moving in with them again after they did something huge before you did the silent treatment?" She asked.

"You remembered, good. Yes, they'll do something that will crush their own reputation just to get me back before i'll do the silent treatment." I said.

"And how do you know so sure they will do that before our prank?" She asked confused.

"Emilio."

"Ladies, keep it down, will you." The teacher said annoyed.

Katie and I looked at each other and started giggling. The teacher sighed loudly but continued to teach her lesson. we shut up after that and before we knew lunch was there.

I was talking to Katie as we walked down the hall to my locker. Katie stopped walking when we entered the hall.

"What are you-" I asked and turned around. Okay, I was prepared, but not for this.

Right in front of my locker, stood Lorenzo, Vito and Julio, the three oldest brothers on their knees right in front of me.

"What the actual fuck-" I said shocked.

"I'm going to ignore that one, but Isabella, we've made a huge mistake and we all knew it the moment you walked away in the rain. We hurt the last person we wanted to hurt so bad, she cut of all connections from us." Lorenzo said, still on his knees.

"Damn right we deserved it, but as selfish at it is, we can't life with the thought of you being hurt. Even worse, being hurt by us." Vito continued. At this point there was a huge crowd around us, some of them filming, some of them just looking curious.

"So we arranged something small, if you would just give us the chance to let us show you how sorry we are, you won't regret it Isabella." Julio pleaded. Without thinking about it I nodded, not able to form words. They stood up, now towering over me again and Lorenzo game me his hand to take.

I followed them to the football field, with the whole crowd behind us, Katie walking the closest to me.

There they were.

Every single person of our family was sitting on their knees in one line on the football field. To say I was shocked was an understatement. When Emilio told me they were preparing something I thought it would be a simple sorry letter, or everyone just saying how sorry they were with words. But they knew they screwed up big time and that words weren't strong enough this time.

They knew...

Emilio, Uncle Romolo and Grandpa appeared and stood next to me.

"I think you'll need some emotional support." Grandpa winked. I looked at him confused but all he did was smile at me.

Oh god.

"First we have the youngest that wanted to show you something." Vito started. The whole school was quiet as Luca, Cameron, Cayden, Santiago and Riccardo stood up. They went to the little stage on the left. Luca grabbed the guitar while Cameron sat after the drums. Santiago took the bass and Riccardo another guitar. Cayden stayed in the middle, the place of the lead singer.

Wait they weren't-

"This song is called hurt yourself." Cayden said and all the ladies started screaming.

"Emilio what the hell-" I started but the song started and it made me cut off my own sentence.

I neverrrrrr thanked you

For all the good memories,

For all the smiles you brought on my face.

I neverrrrrr thanked you,

For all the sweet words,

For all that time you made me feel like more.

And I-I-I-I knowwww

Life didn't go easy on youuuu

And I knew I hurt you that day,

The day, you runaway...

I neverrrrrr thanked you,

For making me happier,

For bringing our family close again

I neverrrrrr thanked you,

For forgiving me so much,

For loving me when I couldn't.

And I-I-I-I knowwww

Life didn't go easy on youuuu

And I knew I hurt you that day,

The day, you runaway...

But when I passed your room today,

You weren't there.

And it all came crashing on me

It wasn't a nightmare.

When I came down to the kitchen

And saw everyone's face.

I realized it wasn't just me but everyone.

I realized I lost you

I realized I hurt the person I loved so deeply

But when you hurt that person, you are bond to hurt yourself....

I realized I hurt the person I loved so deeply

But when you hurt that person, you are bond to hurt... yourself.

The whole crowd started clapping and I didn't noticed Emilio taking my hand nor the tear that rolled down my cheek. Cayden had an absolutely beautiful voice and the song was just- so pure. They all walked back to their places in the line and sat again on their knees.

I noticed Cayden was crying and so was Riccardo. Cameron was breathing in and out slowly trying to hold his tears as Luca and Santiago had tears in their eyes, ready to be spilled.

"We also have our mother figures to show you something." Julio said after we all caught our breaths. Sergio and Matteo stood up and went to the giant screen in the middle of the field.

"We've made a little video, just watch it Bella." Matteo said with teary eyes. Everyone's gaze turned to the screen as it started playing.

"Are we rolling?" Sergio asked.

"We are." Matteo said from behind the camera.

"Alright, let's roll it." Sergio said excited.

"Do we really have to wear these clothes?" Carlos asked with a little whiny tone. Carlos wasn't on the screen but we could hear him in the background. We could only see Sergio at this moment.

"Yes, little brother, we do." Sergio said while holding back his laughter.

"But they're princess clothes!" He whined and Sergio started laughing.

"And why do you wear them?" Matteo asked like he was asking a five year old.

The camera turned to the four grumpies who were all in princess clothes and make-up. The whole crowd behind me including myself started laughing

"Because Isabella is our little princess." They say simultaneously.

"Exactly." Matteo laughed.

"Okay I get that they have to wear costumes. But we? Come on guys!" Lorenzo said in the back.

"The kid's right." Uncle Luigi said also in the back.

The camera moved to the oldest brothers and uncles and aunts and grandma who were all dressed up as babies. Again, the whole crowd including me started laughing.

"And why is that?" Sergio asked with a smile.

"Because Isabella is our little baby." They say all together.

"This wasn't in my contract when I was born." Luca said in the back.

The camera moved to Luca, Santiago, Cayden, Cameron and Riccardo.

They were all dressed up like poop.

"Well we don't care." Matteo chuckled.

"I need my lawyer for this, you're not getting away with this!" Santiago yelled out.

"Yes, we are." Sergio said. "Now why are you dressed up like little shits?" He said while laughing between the words.

"Because you're a shitty person for making us do this?" Cayden said annoyed.

"No..." Matteo said with a cold expression.

They all sighed. "Because we're all little shits for hurting Isabella." They said together.

"There we have it." Sergio smiled.

"Alright, 3, 2, 1, now!" Matteo yelled out.

Everyone grabbed a paper and the camera zoomed in on everyone's paper.

I let out a loud gasp, they were all DNA-tests. Everyone did a DNA-test. Oh my god... Tears were forming in my eyes and grandpa gave me a comforting squeeze.

Matteo and Sergio walked back to their place and sat back again on their knees. They smiled softly at me. It was a weak smile and both men had tears in their eyes.

"Well, now the mean squat will show you something." Lorenzo said. Rocco, Bruno, Rodrigo and Carlos stood up and stood in front of me in one line.

Without saying anything they all took of their shirts and all the females started to scream while the boys started to whistle. Ugh, teenagers.

And that's when i saw it. Right underneath the place where their hearts are, they all had a tattoo. A tattoo about me.



"Please don't say you all did that." I said with my hands covering my mouth.

"Oh god, did that hurt." I said without thinking. They all laughed and smiled at me.

"trust me, we deserve more pain after what we did to you, especially me." Rocco said with a sad smile.

They went back to their place, on their knees while putting their shirts back on.

"Then we have our loved oldies." Julio said as Grandma, Uncle Luigi, Aunt Angelina and Aunt Sofia stood up and went to the microphone right in front of me.

There was this awful long silence. No one dared to say a thing and everyone was waiting for one of them to do something.

All of them just looked at the ground, not making one sound and the silence started t become unbearable.

Suddenly, Aunt Angelina looked up.

"Take a look at the air love." She said.

Everyone's head snapped up, looking at the air. After a few seconds an airplane flew by and dropped tons of confetti upon us. Everyone started laughing and tried to catch the confetti. After a few moments another airplane flew by and then two others joined him. They were turning and looping together and that's when I knew.

They were writing something in the air.

Ci dispiace, Isabella.

"What does it means?" I whispered to no one.

"It means, we're sorry, Isabella." Romolo whispered back.

When the airplanes disappeared, firework started.

"Holy shit." I whispered out. The fireworks formed a picture together.

The pictures Romolo showed me...

Each picture lasted about five seconds and I was mesmerized from the beginning to the end. I couldn't help but smile at all the memories. How did they even do this? Everyone looked in awe and laughed at funny pictures.

After the emotional show they stepped forward, every single one with tears their eyes. Grandma took a step closer and took something she hid behind her back this whole time.

Holy Jezus.

It was a plate full of cookies. Grandma's homemade cookies. Damn that was a huge plate, there must be at least a hundred cookies on that.

"One cookie for every tear I cried because I hurt you." She said and I released a sob with my hand covering my mouth.

Then everyone stood next to grandma and took the same plate, full of cookies.

"One cookie for every time I scolded myself that we hurt you so badly." Julio said.

"One cookie for every curse word I said because you were gone." Sergio said.

"One cookie for every minute I hated myself to hurt you like that." Riccardo said.

"One cookie for every time I punched to wall in frustration because you were gone." Rodrigo said.

"One cookie for every time I called and you didn't pick up and I was devastated." Vito said.

"One cookie for every time I broke down because you weren't at the dinner table." Cayden said.

"One cookie for every time I had a panic attack because you weren't in your room." Cameron said.

"One cookie for every time I couldn't eat because you weren't by my side." Santiago said.

"One cookie for every time I couldn't sleep because I was so angry at myself for hurting you." Bruno said.

"One cookie for every time I woke up empty because I missed you." Uncle Luigi said.

"One cookie for every tear that dropped in my coffee for not standing up to you." Matteo said.

"One cookie for every punch I wanted to give myself for not believing you." Lorenzo said.

"One cookie for every flashback I had about the hurt in your eyes and wanting to make it disappear but then remembering I caused it." Rocco said.

"One cookie for every time I pleaded the gods to give me the opportunity to apologize to you." Aunt Sofia said.

"One cookie for every time I wished I had done things so much different." Aunt Angelina said.

"One cookie for every punching bag I destroyed because I was so angry at myself for not believing you more." Carlos said.

"One cookie for every day I wished I did what Emilio did." Luca said.

I was crying all the way down now and right here right then I decided I let myself be weak this one time. This one time.

"Oh come here already." I said all teary with open arms and everyone ran to me and almost ran me over.

We were having our first family hug with every single member of our family.

That's a lot of people.

"Awwww." Everyone said around us and after a while we parted.

"Isabella, does that mean you're living with us again?" Emilio asked.

"I guess it does." I sighed.

Everything is going according to plan...

"We have three more people left to show you how sorry they are actually." Grandpa started.

"Yes, we indeed have three more fellows to go." Romolo said jokingly.

"Ladies and idiots, please let me hear it for our three last buddies, Lorenzo, Julio and Vito!" Grandpa yelled as he was performing a concert. The whole crowd started to go wild and the three oldest brothers stood in front of me.

"We're not good with words and you know that, bella." Julio said.

"So, we bought you something you've been asking the whole time you've been here." Lorenzo said with a small smile.

"Close your eyes Isabella." Vito said with a soft smile and I did as he told me.

I heard them shuffle and after a few moments I heard the audience gasp and aw. Now I really want to see.

"Alright, you can open your eyes in three-" Julio said.

"Two-" Vito said.

"One, open!" Lorenzo said and I opened my eyes.

I gasped as I looked shocked at the present they held in their hands.

"You guys got me a puppy?" I asked.

"Surprise!" The whole family said and I looked at the energetic puppy. I took it from Vito's hands and started to pet it.

Ladies and gentlemen.

We've got a new family member.







Okay this chapter took me so long!

Like preparing the whole sorry act was hurting my brain.

We've got a new family member! What do you think? You guys have any ideas on the race? Or a name?

Thanks a lot for reading and supporting me, loves! It means the world, I'll say it again and again, thank you <3

I hoped you like it and see you in the next chapter that won't take so long as this one <33