I just know I have to see Lexi or Viktoria personally so I took it upon myself to talk to Antonio to let me go to school today

"Why are you dressed bambina?" Tony asked as I walked into his room

"I want to go to school" I said and he rose his brows at me

"How is it that when we want you to go to school you don't want to but when we don't want you to go to school, you're suddenly interested in learning?" He asked with a smirk

"I'm tired of staying at home. I'm fine and I don't want to miss anything at school" I said and he nodded

"No" he said and I blinked

"What?" I asked in disbelief

"You heard me bambina. You are not going to school and that's final, you can go back to your room now" he said

"Oh hell no. I am going and THAT is final" I argued

"Watch your language. Why do you want to go so bad? Give me one good reason and I'll consider it" he said and sat straight on his bed

"I just want to have a normal life for once. I want to feel normal for once" I made my voice crack and his gaze softened

"I'm sorry if you feel like that bambina. It was never my intention to put you in a harmful environment" he apologized

"Can I please just go?" I asked and he sighed before nodding

"Thank you!" I said and gave him a tight hug

I traveled back downstairs and made some toast for myself and my brothers

"What smells good?" Matteo asked as he walked into the kitchen with just his pants on, hair messy and face covered in drool

"Eww go wash your face and then come back down" I said in disgust and he huffed. Blowing his smelly breath on my face

"You fuckin idiot. Did you even brush your teeth?!" I screeched as I gagged

"She's right dude I can smell you from here. You're ruining my appetite, have you even taken a shower?" Diego said

"I was going to but I smelt something heavenly so I decided to come eat first" Matteo said with a pout

"No way in fuckin hell. Go and take a shower right now" Xander commanded and Matteo glared at him

"You can't tell me what to do!" Matteo answered back

"Antonio!" Xander shouted for backup

"Lord give me strength" he muttered underneath his breath and walked away, back to his room I assume

"Please go take a shower bud. No one's going to eat your food" Alessandro said as he walked in with a grumpy looking Antonio behind him

"You sit down" Ales said to Antonio who just grumbled and took a seat, his head on the table

That's a first

"What's wrong Tony are you okay?" Xavier asked as he stared at Antonio who still had his head on the table

"I'm fine I'm just tired" he said and waved his hand in dismissal

"You should get some sleep. Here" I said and put a plate of toast infront of him with some coffee

"Thank you bambina" he said, kissing my forehead

I eyed Dom curiously, when he finally looked at me, I looked at Tony and back at him and he sighed and mouthed 'later'

We all ate our food and are now currently waiting for Matteo to get his ass down so we can leave

"MATTEO IF YOU DON'T COME DOWN RIGHT FUCKIN NOW, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE YOUR STUPID ASS HERE!" Stephano yelled in anger

"I'm coming!" Matteo yelled back

Not long after, we heard him running down the stairs with a rumbled shirt, a still messy hair and shoes in his hand

"Unbelievable" Xander said and I chuckled lightly

"Put on your damn shoes and fix your hair!" Antonio, for the first time snapped

I looked over to Matteo and saw him flinch slightly, eyes gathering with tears. He, with shaky hands put on his shoes and went out the door

"Not cool bro! You know how he gets when you do that" Leonardo said and walked out after Matteo

Am I missing something?

I hurriedly packed some food for him and got into the car. There I saw him sitting with his head bowed, hands still very much shaking

"Are you okay Matteo?" I asked softly

"Y-yeah I'm fine bambina" he said softly and offered me a smile which seemed fake

"I got you your food" I said and handed him the box

"Thank you! You're the only one who loves me" he said with a grin. I can tell he's just using that to cover up his pain

What happened to my family before I got here?

The others soon piled up in the car and I could see them stealing glances at him

"Can you stop that?!" He said in irritation

"I'm sorry for how I spoke with you earlier" Stephano apologized

"It's fine" Matteo said dismissing manner

"No it's not. Despite knowing what happened before we raised our voices at you and that's not okay" Xander said and ruffled his hair, making him crack a smile

Again with the 'what happened before' but what happened?!

I can't push though, they'll tell me when they want to. He'll tell me when he wants to

We got to school quite quickly and Matteo was the first to get out. I feel bad but I don't even know how to comfort him

I entered the school and went to my first class. I saw Alessio there and I quickly went to another seat, remembering what happened the last time

I focused on the teacher till the bell rang and I noticed he was the first person to leave the class. I frowned and went after him, I caught up with him and held his writs. He turned back and glared at me

"What's wrong with you? You seem mad" I asked

"Can you just leave me the fuck alone?!" He said in annoyance

"What?" I asked in disbelief

"I said leave me alone just get the fuck out!" He yelled and everyone in the hallway looked towards our direction and started whispering

"Why the fuck are you yelling at my sister?" Stephano asked in a deadly tone as he and Xander came forward

"Well why don't you tell your bitch of a sister to leave me alone" he said as he glared back at both of them.

Does he really think of me as a bitch?

"What did you call my sister?!" Xander charged forward and I stopped him

"It's okay you guys should go to class now" I said and Alessio rolled his eyes and walked away

What did I do to him?

"Are you okay bambina?. Stay away from that idiota okay?" Stephano said as he caressed my face

"I'm fine" I said as I looked back at the people still staring at me

"The fuck are you all looking at?!" Xander, as if feeling my distress, yelled and everyone scurried away to their classes

"I have to go now bye" I said and walked to my chemistry class. Unfortunately I had this class too with Alessio but the twins and Ethan were also here so it should be fine

"Ella what happened earlier?. Alessio looks really angry" Ethan asked and I shrugged

"I don't know, I didn't do anything. He was acting weird so I asked how he was and he started acting up" I explained

"Well that was rude of him" Noah commented with clenched fists

"Has anyone seen Lexi?" I asked and they stiffened

"She hasn't come ever since that day Ella" Landon answered

Fuck she must know that I know who she really is. So much for coming to school today

Time skip- lunch It's finally lunch time so me, Landon, Noah and Ethan made our way to the cafeteria and took our seats next to our other friends.

I noticed Alessio say at the end of the cafeteria alone. He caught me staring at him and glared at me, he can continue to sulk for whatever reason, I don't give a fuck anymore

"Hello, can I get everyone's attention?" A squeaky voice that I know belonged to Ariana said. She was standing at the middle of the cafeteria, everyone at our table groaned in sync

"Well we all saw today, that new bitch tried to whore around with my Alessio and he shut her down. I think that's what her mother did with the De'Luca father. Whored her way into his bed, like mother like daughter" she said with a taunting smirk

My head snapped in her direction in anger. I felt my blood boil as I felt the urge to kill her, which I will

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