The night before was spent with getting to know the family. All of them kept gushing over how much I have grown. Not like I was one when I last saw them.

Nonna spent all of last night talking about my uncles and showing me their baby photos in an album she has stashed away here. This made my uncles goes bright red repeatedly, especially when their wives where looking over my shoulder. All my cousins were laughing at their embarrassment but stopped when their photos were shown, my brothers also who protested saying they did nothing wrong. I even saw some of mine, I had bright green eyes and short tuffs of brown hair, I looked identical to Larzo and Alfonso's baby photos, the only way you could tell it was me was by the frilly white dress.

Nonno spent all night observing how I interreacted with the family which was a bit strange. But I noticed all the men in the family observed everyone. He still smiled at me and treated me like the others though.

Aunt Angela, Aunt Ella and Eva are already planning on going shopping with me this weekend. They want a full shopping trip, with clothes and makeup and shoes and spa treatment. So, basically I'll be dead by Monday morning.

My Uncles told me stories of Italy and the beauty of it. They even told me I should try and convince Alfonso to take us there for Christmas seen as it is only a few weeks away. They kept smiling and hugging me, definatly less stone faced than when they first walked through the door.

Marco and Gavino were a little on the colder side yet they still hugged me and said how much they had been waiting to meet me. They even offered to do some 'training' but Riccardo and Alfonso shut them down immediately. I didn't even get to know what sort of training.

Enrico, Gino and Nario brought me to the games room with Enzo and Ezio and taught me how to play Call of Duty. The night ended in me blowing them all up and them chasing me around the house calling me a cheat while I ran away. That was when we were sent to bed by Alfonso who seemed ready to strangle us.

And now I am sat in my bedroom, dreading the day that awaits me. Nonna, Aunt Angela, Aunt Ella and Eva are taking me shopping. Now I don't mind shopping, it's just I usually go for really cheap stuff since the only money I had I stole or did a small street fight for. But they all wear Gucci and that crap which mean they'll buy the expensive stuff, and those places don't have a lot of things in my style.



The outfit on the side & the jacket

Once dressed I made my way downstairs to be greeted with the smell of bacon and pancakes, chatter erupting from the kitchen.

Carrying my jacket in my hand I walk inside and see everyone is already in there, and Sebastian and Blake have also come over.

My Nonna sees me standing in the doorway. Her gaze falls down onto my clothes and she rushes over catching everyones attention.

"WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!"

"CHANGE NOW!"

"ADRIANA!"

"DEFINATLY NOT!"

Nonna turns around from infront of me, shooting them a look making them fall silent. It's as if they're waiting for her to burst. She turns back to me, looking me up and down once again.

"I still think your too skinny, come on." She says. Taking my hand she guide me to the kitchen table where everyone is sat and sits me down beside my gobsmacked brothers.

"Aren't you going to make her change!?" Riccardo says at Nonna and Nonno.

"Adriana you need to-" Nonno began, but Nonna smacked him around the head, they had a staring contest for a moment before he spoke again, "to eat your breakfast." he sighs.

Me, my aunts and Eva giggle at the look on all the boys faces. My Nonno just admitted defeat to Nonna, which I am assuming doesn't happen often.

"Nonna." Ezio whines.

"She can dress how she pleases. She is beautiful and has every right to express that." Nonna replies.

"HA!" I shout at my brothers who are now sat grumbling, even Alfonso was shut up by Nonna.

"Well I think you look lovely Adriana." Sebastian says.

"Thank you Seb." I reply, catching on to what he is doing.

"Of course." He winks at me. And not a second later, he is being held up against the wall by his shirt by Nonno, Alfonso, Ezio, Riccardo and surprisingly Blake.

"Relax! I was joking!" He says.

"You better." Alfonso says as they drop him. Sebastian and I just laugh as we eat our breakfast, one that is refilled constantly by Nonna.

"Okay Nonna if she eats anymore she wont be able to get up." Dante says. She walks off muttering something about 'necessary fattening' and I sigh in relief. I lean back in my chair with my hands on my stomach, for once happy from the lack of food.

I glance around the room of my eating family and friends, only to find Blake staring at me; again. I give him a questioning look yet he doesn't avert his gaze. I go to say something but am stopped by all the males rising from their plates.

"Lets go. Adriana behave, and before you say anything you will us the card I gave you. Try not to buy anything like...that." Alfonso says, motioning to my current clothes at the end. All my family members nodded vigorously to his statement, while the women chuckled.

My uncles and Nonno kissed their wives goodbye, as did Gavino to Eva. All my brothers and cousins walked past me and the other women, kissing us goodbye on the foreheads. They all leave with Sebastian and Blake following, Blake watching me as he walked away.

"Ah young love." Eva awes at the two of us. I scrunch my face up and look at her, only to find my aunts and Nonna agreeing with her.

"Sure." I sarcastically reply. They all just laugh and we make our way out the house to the three SUVs outside. We all get in the middle one while our, large, group of guards get in the others.

We drive to the mall and pull up outside. One of the security cars stay parked outside while the others follow us inside.

"Where to first?" Eva asks. They all turn to me, and I just shrug my shoulders.

"How about we go buy the clothes, then makeup, by then it will be lunch so we'll get food and then we'll go for the makeovers." Angela says.

"Sound good." Nonna says and we set off to the expensive stores in the mall. We go into a shop call 'AB Designs' and everything there is really pricey.

"Adriana why don't you have a look at some clothes while we pick some out for you. We'll come and find you when we have them and then you can try them on." Ella says. I nod and walk off in a random direction.

I had been searching for around ten minutes. So far all I had picked out was a pair of silver hoops that come in five different sizes. As I look at a dark red pair of jeans a guy comes over to me.

"Hello." He says. He has curly brown hair and brown eyes, a thick southern accent. He looks a bit muscular but not that much, his height however, towers over me.

"Hi." I bluntly respond.

"Why's a pretty girl like you here all alone?" Ugh, brilliant.

"I'm not alone, I came here with my family." He steps closer to me, and before I can move back his hands are holding a firm grip on my waist.

"How about you come with me, we can have a lovely chat." I go to push him off of me but he grabs my hands.

"Get off." I tell him. He just leans in closer, his hands making their way from my back to above my ass.

"I said get off!" I say louder. He pulls back slightly and looks me in the eye.

"Listen you sl-" I force my head back and headbutt him. He lets go of me and holds his now bleeding nose.

"Get here you bitch!" He charges at me with his fist drawn back. I duck under him and grab his arm. I slam his front to the wall behind me and twist his arm around his back, I hear a click and he screams in pain. By now all the shop workers are watching us.

"When I say 'Get off' it means get off!" I yell in his ear.

"Adriana!" I turn and see Eva running towards me with my aunts and Nonna following. All the shop workers have backed away and the guards are now near us. Police have been called and they have their hands on their guns. Fantastic.

"Miss, let go of him." One officer calmly says. I do as I am told and let his body fall to the floor. One officer runs over to him.

"She attacked me! Arrest her!" He screams to the officers.

"No she didn't!" Angela says. By now her and the rest of my family and the guards are here stood in front of me.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I have to arrest her, until we know she didn't attack him first we have to take them both to the station." The officer says.

Now all of my family are shouting, the boy is screaming in pain, the officers are trying to reason with them and the three guards are all on the phone.

I get tired of listening to them yell at each other so I push past them all. I get to the officer and place my hands behind my back.

"Come on. I already know my rights. Just cuff me so we can leave." He does as I say while my family look at me in shock.

"Adriana, what do you mean you 'already know your rights'?" Nonna asks.

I smile sheepishly at her while saying, "I may or may not have been arrested before."

"How many times?" Shes mad. Very mad.

"31" I mumbled.

"ADRIANA ROSEABLEA BARESI!" Shes definatly mad.

"Sorry." I say as the officer starts to walk me out of the store. We are guided through the mall and the boy I 'attacked' is taken to the hospital by the other officer.

We arrived at the police station and they processed me and put me in a jail cell. Thankfully I was only in there with a arsonist and we joked around while sharing a joint she snuck in.

A police officer walked up to the cell gate. "Adriana Baresi, your brother's here to bail you out." I get up from my seat and walk out the cell. We go down a load of corridors to the front entrance, there stands a fuming Alfonso, Enzo and Blake.

"Here she is Mr. Baresi, but I still need to go through the charges." The officer stutters out.

"Go on." Alfonso seethes through his teeth, I just keep eye contact though. I won't show weakness.

"Well, we saw the security footage and the boy did inappropriately touch her, so the charges have been dropped for the broken nose, but the dislocated shoulder is still being contemplated by the family." Oops.

Another officer comes over and whispers in the current ones ear before Alfonso can say anything. They walk away and the officer turn back to us.

"It seems the family has decided not to press charges. Adriana your free to go, heres your stuff." She hand me my leather jacket and phone.

"Mr Baresi, we need to speak with you for a moment if you please." He says to Alfonso.

"Of course. Enzo take her to the car." Alfonso says.

"I'm staying Al." Enzo replies.

"Fine. Blake you take her for a walk please, we'll meet you in a bit." Blake nods and I follow him out of the police station.

We had been walking for about five minutes. We were long gone from the police station and he hadn't said anything. I started to get warm and took of my jacket.

His eyes snap to mine at the movement. "Put it back on." He tells me.

Who does he think he is?! "Holy shit you speak!" I say in response.

"I said put it back on." His tone comes out angry and strong.

"Why?"

"The whole reason you were arrested was for going around dressed like that. You do realise that it will go on your record. You have a criminal record at 15!" He answers back, more mad and annoyed.

"I've had a criminal record since I was 12. It just makes my offense 32 instead of 31 now." I smugly reply. He looks shocked for a moment before he grabs my arm to stop me walking. He tries to put my jacket on me but I fight against him, it being easy since my jacket is so small.

"For Fuck Sake!" He yells. He takes off his leather jacket and forces it on me and zips it up. It's massive. My finger tips can't even be seen and it goes down to my lower thigh.

"What the hell!" I shout at him. He just carries on walking and I follow behind him, not taking off the jacket for some reason.

He get a message and turn to me, "lets wait here, Al and Enzo are coming. Oh and they found your weed in the jacket pockets." He has a smug smirk on his face and my eyes go wide in disbelief.

SHIT. I forgot that was the jacket I put the weed in.

He laughs when he sees my face and an all black SUV pulls up beside us. He opens the door for me on the backseat and I crawl across and Blake climbs in after.

We set off driving again, in total silence, until...

"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HAVE WEED IN YOUR POCKET ADRIANA! WELL?! HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT?! ARE YOU ADDICTED TO IT?! DO WE HAVE TO SEND A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD TO REHAB?! DO YOU DRINK STILL!? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?! ARE YOU REALLY STUPID ENOUGH TO DO DRUGS SO YOUNG?!" Alfonso yells at me.

At hearing how he reacted, Enzo and even Blake gave me a sympathetic glance. Alfonso was seething so much he didn't notice how I didn't answer, he just continued to rant.

All the way home.

We pull up in the drive way and Alfonso is still screaming at me. By now I had given Blake his jacket back, and he even gave me a weak smile to try and cheer me up. we all pile out the car as Alfonso still yells at me, all the family is stood waiting outside, shocked at how he was speaking to me.

"DO YOU ENJOY GETTING HIGH?! DID YOU LEARN IT IN FOSTER CARE?! DID YOU DO IT WHEN YOU WERE PREGNANT?!" I stop dead in my tracks. He really went there. Everyone gasps at what he said, most of whom probably didn't know that.

I turn around, tears streaming down my face. I look him in the eyes and all I see is guilt and regret. He slowly walks over to me, the silence deadly.

"I didn't mean-" He didn't finish his sentence as I began to repeatedly punch him in the face, it took both Ezio and Blake to tare me off of him. I fight out of their grasp as they let me go. My vision slightly blurry from the tears.

He goes to speak again, but I run off. I run off toward the closing gate and slip through the gap.

I hear them all chasing after me, screaming my name. But I don't listen.

I run through the trees along the side of the road until I can't hear them anymore.

I ran so far I actually made it back to the city borders by midnight.

I find a little park hidden by a skyscraper and sit down under the slide as the rain drowns the ground in soggy mud. My cries had turned to muffled sobs.

I look down at my completely flat stomach.

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." I say as I use the slide for shelter.