"Yes, well I still want to meet her!" I said.

"And you will, one day" Elias said, as he took a sip from his drink.

"Yes, well when is that one day coming?" I asked.

"Um, soon" he said.

"I'm starting to doubt that this girl is even real" I said, with a chuckle.

"She is real, you're just jealous you can't tell Matteo that you're in love with him and that you've been in love with him for three weeks now" Elias said.

"Shut up! If my dad hears you!" I said.

"What? He'll what?" Elias mocked me, with a smirk.

"Speak of the devil" Elias said, pointing to behind me.

"What?" I asked, turning around to see Matteo hovering over me.

"I wouldn't say I'm the devil but sure, Elias" Matteo said, with a chuckle.

"It's a phrase, dumbass" Elias said, standing to his feet.

"I know" Matteo said, rolling his eyes.

"So, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Your father called me" Matteo replied.

"Okay?" I said, raising my eyebrows.

"We have a mission" Matteo said.

"Right" I said, clicking my tongue, as we heard footsteps coming down the stairs to the main lounge.

"Well, I'm not going to wait around for Uncle Dante to whip my ass, so I'm just going to go" Elias said, as he stood to his feet.

"I'm not Dante" my mum said.

"Mum you look amazing as ever" I said, with a huge grin.

My mum was wearing a long black skin fit dress, with a slit at the bottom, that revealed up to her knee. She was wearing black heels and her hair was curled and pulled back neatly.

"Thank you, Lia," my mum said, with a smile on her face, as my father came walking down with a new suit on, and his hair in its natural brown curls.

"Why are you two so dressed up?" I asked.

"We're going out" my mum replied.

"But you said we had a mission, Mr Romano" Matteo said.

"You do, it's for you to look after Elias and Lia whilst we're gone. Because Alessandro and Camilla are out together and my men are out on a mission, so you have the house to yourselves" my father said.

"Seriously dad!? I'm twenty years old and Elias is seventeen, I'm pretty sure we can look after ourselves" I said, raising my hands in the air in frustration.

"Oh come on, I thought you like spending time with Matteo" my dad said.

"Oh she does, but she prefers when they're alone, rather than with Elias" my mum said with a smirk.

"Fine, I'll leave" Elias said.

"What? Who told to leave?" I asked.

"NO! You're not going anywhere!" my dad shouted making us all flinch.

"What? Why?" Elias asked.

"Because I need you here, so Matteo and Lia don't end up having sex" my dad said, crossing his arms.

"What the fuck, dad!?" I yelled, my cheeks flushing red.

"Oh come on, just because Elias is here doesn't mean, it'll stop us" Matteo said, with a smirk.

"What. The. Fuck." I said.

"Oh my god- um we'll get going now" my mum said, trying to contain her laughter.

"No, we're not!" my dad yelled, as my mum walked out dragging my dad behind her.

"Um, so you two aren't leaving my sight, because I don't want Uncle Dante to kill me when they get back" Elias said, sitting back down on the couch.

"This is going to be the most boring night ever, I thought we actually had a fun mission to go do" I huffed, crossing my arms, and sitting back down on my armchair. Matteo went to sit down next to Elias, and we all sat in silence for a good minute or two.

"So uh what are we going to do?" Elias asked.

I got out my phone and started scrolling through social media, "I don't really care what you do, just don't bother me" I said.

"Great, so we're just going to spend the whole evening without talking as Lia here scrolls through her goddamn phone!?" Elias asked.

"What do you suppose we do then, big brain?" I asked, placing my phone down beside me and giving him my full attention.

"Don't look at me" Elias said.

"Weren't you the one who said we should do something?" I asked, overlapping my legs, and crossing my arms over my chest.

"Yeah, but I don't know what to do" Elias said.

"Let's play truth or drink" Matteo said.

"What the fuck is that?" Elias asked.

"Oh my god- can you get any dumber!? Truth or drink, someone asks you a question and if you don't want to answer you take a shot" I said, face palming myself.

"Right, I'll go and get the alcohol" Elias said, standing up and walking over to the bar, that was exactly to the left of where he was sitting.

"And don't take long to fill the shots" I said.

"Sure. Matteo is she ever this whiny and annoying when she's with you? Or does she hate everyone except for you" Elias asked, as he filled the glass shots.

"Uh no, she's never whiny nor annoying" Matteo replied, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Well, I guess she has a soft spot for you then" Elias said, as he walked back and placed the shots on the table.

"I do not, I may be annoying, but you never shut up I swear!" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Can we just start?" Matteo asked.

"Mhm, Matteo you're the guest so you should go first, ask one of us a question" Elias said.

"Sure, Elias, do you have a girlfriend?" Matteo asked.

"Yeah," Elias replied. "My turn now"

"I still haven't met her" I huffed.

"Whatever, Lia, are you in love with anyone?" he asked with a smirk.

"I-" I couldn't say anything. He was doing this on purpose. He wants me to just tell Matteo how I feel, but I can't do it, not yet. So I took a glass and took the shot.

"You are, aren't you?" Matteo said, with a chuckle

"I didn't say anything. Matteo if you had the chance to meet your father, would you take it?" I asked.

"No, never" Matteo replied.

"Lia, if you had the chance to kiss me, would you take it?" Matteo asked, with a smirk.

"Pfft, good one" Elias said.

I stayed silent for a whole minute before the guys stared at me blankly. Waiting for me to answer truthfully or take a shot. If I take the shot, he'll know it means I would want to kiss him, but I can't lie either, because I'll start stuttering and make a fool out of myself. W-what do I do?

"Lia? Earth to Lia!" Elias said, waving his hand in the air to try and snap me back to reality.

"Uh..." is all I could manage to say.

Suddenly Matteo stood up from his seat and walked over to me, he bent down to my level and looked into my eyes before his lips were pressed against mine. My eyes opened wide, what the hell is going on? Why is Matteo kissing me? He opened his eyes and pulled away.

"What the hell just happened?" Elias said.

"Why did you do that!?" I asked.

"You were taking too long to answer so I realised that your answer was a yes" he said, taking his seat.

"W-what? N-no it wasn't!" I said, crossing my arms and looking away.

"Your stutter makes it even clearer dumbass" Elias said.

"Don't call me that!" I snapped.

"I'm not calling you anything, I'm just stating the obvious" Elias said, with a smirk.

"Connard, fils de pute, petite merde" I shouted, standing up, pointing at him with my finger. (You asshole, son of a bitch, little shit)

"I have no idea what you said, but I'm sure that they weren't compliments" Elias said.

"Ugh, fuck off!" I yelled, storming out of the room.

"Oh come on, you big baby!" Elias yelled, as I ran out of the room.

~~~

"Where is Matteo Bianchi? I won't ask you twice!" a voice yelled from behind me.

How the hell did this person get into the garden? The garden is hidden and isn't able to be seen if you don't know where it is. I froze and put my hands on my hips where my knife always was, to make sure it was there. I closed my eyes hoping this person doesn't shoot me and I slowly turned around with my hands in the air. When I turned around, I widened my eyes in shock, it was the man who shot me at the warehouse, weeks ago.

"W-what do you want with Matteo?" I asked.

"That doesn't concern you, where the hell is he, if you don't want to end up shot again!" he yelled.

"You said, you wouldn't bother us again!" I said.

"I did? Well I don't always keep my promises girl, now where is he!?" he yelled.

"Burn in hell!" I yelled.

I grabbed my small knife and threw it and aimed at his lower abdomen and he collapsed to the floor with blood pouring out from his lower side. I ran back inside and locked the door behind me. The guys were still sitting on the sofa, and they were staring at me, with weird looks as I was out of breath.

"Where the hell did you go?" Elias asked me, as they both stood up.

"I need to c-call dad to come back n-now!" I said, panting.

"Why?" Matteo asked.

"The guy who was at the warehouse, is here, looking for Matteo" I said.

"The one who shot you!?" Matteo said.

"Shot!?" Elias blurted out.

"Shut up and yes, him!" I yelled, as someone started banging on the door.

"Why is he looking for me?" Matteo asked.

"I don't know, but he isn't the first one who is, remember that day when we went out for ice cream?" I said.

"Yeah, that guy was looking for me too" Matteo said.

"What are you a celebrity or something?" Elias asked.

"What? No, I'm not" Matteo said, as the door bust down open making me fall forward on my knees.

"Matteo, come with me, now!" the man yelled, as I stood to my feet.

"Get the hell out, he's going nowhere with you!" I yelled, with fury in my eyes.

"Protect him all you want, but he belongs with us!" the man yelled.

"Get out, or I'll make you leave, by sending you to your death bed!" I yelled.

"I'd love to see you try!" the man said, with a chuckle.

The man charged at me with full force, his fist swung but I ducked and dodged it, i swung my right fist and it collided with his cheek and he got taken aback, I grabbed him by the forearm and swung him over my head and he came crushing down on his back. I placed my heel on his stomach, pressing down on his stab wound so he definitely wouldn't stand up.

"Now, would you be a dear and tell me what you want with Matteo before I put a bullet in between your eyes!" I said.

"Impressive, but I'm not telling you anything" the man said.

"Fine, let's see if you'll talk now" I said. I grabbed his hand and twisted his thumb and kept pressing, so he could still feel the pain.

"I didn't know you knew how to inflict pain on others" Elias said.

"Now, speak, asshole!" I yelled.

He just laughed.

"Oh for the love of god and every saint in the goddamn sky, SPEAK!" Matteo yelled.

"So, did you tell him yet?" the man asked.

"Tell my father that you shot me? I will if you don't fucking speak!" I yelled.

"Not that, did you tell Matteo your secret?" he asked.

"What? What secret?" I asked.

"That you've been in love with him for the past three weeks" the man replied.

I suddenly dropped his hand and took a step back from him and the guys' eyes widened in shock. I blinked a few times to make sure I heard right, and that this was real and that it was happening. I put my hand over my mouth with my trembling hand and knees shaking, as I held back a thousand tears. The man stood up and rearranged his clothes as he walked over to Matteo. When he got to the guys Elias punched him in the face, making his nose bleed.

"Matteo, we're going, now!" the man yelled.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Matteo yelled.

"Get. Out" I said, as they all turned to look at me.

"I will leave when Matteo agrees to come with me" the man said.

"I said, he's not going anywhere with you, now get the fuck out!" I yelled, walking over to them.

"Why should I listen to you" he said. He tried to punch me but before his fist collided with my face, I grabbed his wrist, and held it by my face.

"Leave" I said.

"Aw, are you embarrassed that Matteo found out you're in love with him?" the man said, with a smirk.

I let go of his wrist and punched him with my other arm, harder than the first time. He clenched his jaw and attempted to punch me, but I took a step back and the man fell straight on his face because of the power of his fist.

"That's it, I'm fed up with you, you fucking bitch!" the man yelled, pulling out a gun.

Matteo stood in front of me with his hands crossed over his chest, with his eyes narrowed at the man.

"Shoot her again, I fucking dare you" Matteo said.

"Come with me and I won't shoot her" the man said.

"What- no!" I yelled.

Matteo let out a long sigh, "Let's go"

"NO!" I yelled, grabbing Matteo's arm.

"I'll be right back, I promise, Bellissima" Matteo said, as he turned around to face me.

"No, no, you can't g-go" I said, as I pulled him into a hug.

"I want to know what they want with me, and I promise I'll come back unharmed" he said, as he kissed my forehead and took a step back.

"N-no" I said, as they walked out together.

Don't leave me...