Hi everyone..

I am sorry for this delay. I have edited all the chapters. It would be better if you go through them as I have made small changes. I have changed a lot of cringe dialogues and added some more better conversations. Feel free to point out any more mistakes if you notice.

Back to the update.

Recap:

Everything is back to normal. Maybe this is not that bad.

"By the way. I forgot to mention this earlier but school starts on Monday. You are joining Matteo and twins." Fran says with a smile.

Nothing can ever be good in my life.

Alexia's pov:

I lazily dozed off to sleep after breaking 2 of my alarm clocks. Who the fuck in their right mind thought to put alarm clock in my room. I was almost back to sleep but of course my mornings can never be good.

"Wake up sunshine! '' Matteo shouts while walking in my room. If he felt it would be a great time to barge in my room smiling like he just shitted rainbows after I hardly got 5 hours of sleep then he is on a sucide mission. I feel my hand twirch almost reaching out to the knife under my pillow so that I can kill him.

"Fuck off Matteo." I say shoving my face in the pillow ignoring his annoying happy voice. I hardly got any sleep in the past 3 days due to phone launch. I am really sleep deprived and I am going to kill him if he utters another word.

"Oh come on baby sis, it's your first day of school here. Get ready. Get ready. " He says jumping off the bed which I kindly ignore. But of course him being the suicidal psycho, he kept on pestering me jumping on my bed.

I couldn't take any more of his annoying voice and chucked the closest thing I could reach at him. It was a knife which launched somewhere on the door. I was quite happy when I heard him shout in surprise and run from my room.

"Oh my god. She tried to kill me. She is just like Xander." I could hear him yell as he ran in the corridor. I am sure his voice was heard at the other end of the mansion.

I chuckle at his antics and go back to my sleep. After a while someone enters my room and calmly sits besides me running his hands through my hair. I couldn't help myself lean more into the hands dozing off to sleep.

"Good morning baby sis. Quickly get ready and I'll ask Maria to make you some spicy pasta just as you like." Elijah says calming, trying to wake me up. Finally a sensible person in this family. Give me food and I'll happily wake up.

I quickly wake up rubbing my face. Elijah chuckles at me and walks of my room giving me some privacy. Just as I stepped down off my bed, I somehow ended up tangling my legs in a blanket and fell directly on my face. It took me some effort to get myself out of the blanket.

I need to get a new blanket, I think , looking at the torn pieces of the blanket and the knife in my hand.

So after a terrible start to my morning, I quickly shower and get ready for school. I brown dry my hairs and make soft curls at the letting them open. I put some concealer, mascara and lip balm. I check up in mirror and I was ready to go. I grab my bag and my bike keys which was shipped yesterday.



(This is what I imagine she is wearing. Feel free to imagine something else.)

As soon as I entered dinner, everyone was already present there. Rosie enters at the same time. They all greet us complimenting our outfits. Rosie was wearing a black and white knee length checked skirt with a white top. Rosie greets them back giving everyone a kiss on their cheeks. She goes and sits besides Matteo. I simply give them a small smile and get seated in front of Xander.

Fran / \ Luca Eli | | Me Xander | | Matteo Xavier | |

Rosie \ / Al

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reakfast was served and we all started to eat.

"Lexi, your bike was shipped last night. I assume you'll be going alone." Fran says, looking at me. I nod at him.

"But she is just 15. She shouldn't be allowed to ride a bike." Rosie says glaring at me.

"She is right dad. It's not even legal. '' Matteo agrees just so to rile me up for the morning.

"I guess Officer Pablo would have already said that I am not much of a law follower so it doesn't matter. And I know how to drive so it doesn't matter." I say back shrugging.

"I allowed you boys to drive before you reached your legal age so it would only be fair if she gets to ride her bike." Fran says.

"Then I also want to drive alone dad." Rosie whines back.

"Rosie, I'll allow you when you learn how to drive. And don't worry Xander will teach you how to drive." Al says, giving her his best soft smile. She wanted to argue but she smiled back, keeping up her perfect child act.

"Also Rosie I am giving you your card. It has the same pocket money which I give boys. If you need more for anything important come to me or Sandro." He says passing Rosie her card. Rosie smiles while taking it and thanks him.

"Dad what about Lexi's card?" Xander asks after a while. This was a discussion I already had with Fran and Al. I wasn't comfortable taking their money besides I already have more than enough money. It was tough to convince them but they agreed when I promised them that I'll ask them if I need any money, which I never would.

Al looks at me and I give him a nod.

"She worked at a cafe earlier so she has her savings. She is going to continue her work here so didn't want the card." Al answered him about what we had already decided.

"But that doesn't make any sense. She is 15. There is no need for her to work." Elijah says.

"But I want to. I always preferred being dependent on myself. Besides, I promised Fran that I'll ask for money if I need it." I counter him.

"But what about school? How will you manage both? '' Xavier asks with a frown.

"She will quit if it gets too much. For now let this topic go. She had talked with me and dad about this and we allowed her to continue her work." Al says concluding the discussion.

The breakfast continues with occasional small talks Rosie initiated avoiding me. I could feel Matteo boring holes in the side of my head the same as Xavier doing to Xander. Me and Xander both look at each other shrugging our shoulders ignoring the death glare which we were receiving.

"Dad, she tried to kill me."

"Dad, he tried to kill me."

Both Matteo and Xavier exclaim together pointing at me and Xander.

"Noone asked you to jump on my bed shouting in my ears."

"Noone asked you to throw a bucket of water on me."

Me and Xander respond simultaneously. Other boys were chuckling at us. While Fran looked at us in shock

"Dad, they threw a knife at us. " Matteo exclaims pointing at us. He gives Fran a small pout and I could literally feel him melt.

"They started it. And he threw water at me." Xander retorts back.

"So you should have thrown back water on him and not a knife." Fran exclaims

"She also did the same." Xander says pointing towards me. If looks could kill Xander would be 20 feets down the ground.

"Snitch" I hiss at him kicking his leg under the table.

"It was my lovely younger brothers who snitched, not me." He says back, glaring at me.

"Lexi, you are at equal fault here. You should be punished." Al said, smirking at me enjoying my miseries.

"Elijah Al called me little shit last night." I say smirkingly back. His smirk falls back seeing Elijah's death glare and he goes back to his usual emotionless face.

"You are not getting your favourite car keys for the next two days." Elijah says to him.

"Dad Elijah snuck out last night and was outside the entire night without bodyguards." Al says to Fran with his blank expression.

"Is this snitch on siblings day? Xander and Lexi will do evening dishes as punishment. Sandro you won't be getting your car keys. Eli, you will do the dishes after breakfast. No more knives allowed in the room. And Matteo and Xavier no more waking your siblings up. Leave that to Eli. He is the only sensible person who knows how to handle kids." He says getting frustrated with all of us.

"We are not kids." all of us exclaim.

"Yeah right. You are just an overly grown bunch of kids." He says sarcastically, rolling his eyes. He quickly finishes his breakfast and cleans his hands. He walks towards Rosie and bends to her level.

"Rosie, have a good day. Enjoy your first day. If you feel anxious just go to your siblings. You can call me if you need anything. Let me know if your siblings trouble you and I'll ground them for you." Fran says softly speaking to her. He quickly gives her a forehead kiss and hugs her. He goes around giving forehead kisses to his other sons asking them to stay out of trouble. He then comes towards me.

"Stay out of trouble and call me if you need anything. If your siblings trouble you feel free to kick their asses." He says smiling. I know he wants to hug me but he stops seeing my hesitant face. He ends up lightly patting my shoulders and leaving with a smile.

Over the time we spent together he understood that he didn't need to be soft towards me. He got a bit used to my blunt responses and stopped trying to be overprotective. With Rosie he felt the need to be soft because she was just too innocent for him . Little did he know it was just her act.

Al gives wishes to both of us and walks away ruffling my hair ignoring my glare. Luca gives us both a thumbs up before going. Eli at last was all gushing over us taking first day pictures. I somehow manage to get away from him and leave the mansion.

Here comes the first day of my new school.

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Date: 6 December 2022

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