Alessandro's pov I, Antonio, Domenico and Emilio were in the home office discussing the mafia ball and who should be invited when my phone rang

I looked at it and saw Matteo's name pop up on the screen. He usually calls Antonio but he called me, could it be because of what happened in the morning?

"Yes Matteo?" Upon hearing Matteo's name, I saw Antonio look up, a look of regret flashing in his eyes

"Fratello, Gabriella had a huge fight at school and almost murdered the other girl. The parents of the girl want to get her expelled, please come quick" he said frantically

Can't this girl stay out of trouble?

"Where is she now?" I asked and the line went quiet

"Matteo" I called out

"Urm she stormed out. We don't know where she is right now" he said and I sighed

"Calm down and go stay with the others. We'll be there in fifteen minutes, tell the principal not to do anything until we get there" I said and hung up

"What happened?" Dom asked curiously

"Gabriella got into a fight at school and according to Matteo she almost killed the other girl. The parents want her to be expelled so we should probably head there right now" I explained

"All she can do is cause trouble" Emilio said scornfully

"Shut the fuck up" Dom snapped at him

"It's the truth" Emilio defended himself

"Say that again and I'll break your jaw" Dom said calmly as his eyes grew darker

"Cut it out both of you. And Emilio you might want to watch what you say, I won't warn you again" Antonio intervened

"Let's just go" I said and made my way to the door

"I'm not going" Emilio said

"Great thing I wasn't talking to you then" I retorted, my frustration evident as I walked out

I don't get involved in their drama most of the time but if he doesn't fix his attitude then we might have a problem

"Call Gabriella" I told Dom

"Why do we need to call her if she's at school?, we can just talk to her there" he said in confusion

"She's not there, Matteo said she left afterwards" I explained

"Where are you?" Dom asked as soon as she picked up. Antonio motioned for him to put it on speaker

"I needed to cool off so I went back home" she said stiffly. I can tell she's still pissed, I wonder what the girl did to get her so mad

"Okay stay there. We'll deal with things at school after that, we'll all have a chat about what happened" he said and she hummed and hung up

"Also Antonio you need to fix things with Matteo" I reminded him, concerned about the tension between them

"I know, I'll talk to him at home" he mumbled and I drove to the school

When we arrived at the school, I saw our brothers sitting outside the principal's office

"Are you guys okay?" Antonio asked as he placed his hand on Matteo's shoulder and he stiffened

"We're fine" Matteo said and shrugged his hand off him then went into the office

"Don't push him. Let's deal with this first" Dom said and we all went in

"Welcome Mr De'Luca, I know you've been informed about your sister's behavior

These are the parents of the girl your sister beat up. I've tried talking to them but they insist on expelling Gabriella or they will press charges.

The girl has been taken to the hospital and she is in very terrible condition. Quite frankly she might not survive" the principal explained

"What is the full story?. All I can hear is what Gabriella did but no one is talking about what the girl did to provoke her" Antonio pointed out

"There is not any suitable reason for your sister's behavior, this is a school, we have rules that all students must obey. Your sister broke one of the most important ones

I'm afraid I might just have to expell her due to the severity of the situation. This could tarnish the reputation of our school and we cannot have that" the principal said sternly but Antonio didn't seem to be backing down

"Who saw what happened?" Antonio asked the boys

"Her friends" Xander answered

"Bring them here right now" He said

"I don't care what any of you say, I want that girl expelled for what she did to my baby!" The mother of the girl yelled with teary eyes

I'd have felt bad for her if her tears were actually real

"Be quiet, no decision will be made without hearing the full story. Understand?" Antonio said as he stared at the principal and he hesitantly nodded

Not long after, the boys from the mafia and two other boys walked in

"Can you explain to us what happened?" I asked and one of the unknown boys nodded

"At lunch we were busy eating when that bitch Ariana walked to the center of the cafeteria and started saying shit about Gabriella because of that prick Alessio

She also started calling Gabriella's mother names, and said things like her mother seduced your father and saying she hopes her mom rots in hell.

Gabriella suddenly lost it and started hitting her. But that was only because of what Ariana said, clearly her parents never taught her manners and how to respect the dead" the boy said as he glared viciously at the girl's parents

"My daughter would never do that! You're covering up for your stupid friend" Her father said

"Yes she did. We weren't the only ones who saw it, you can call everyone else who was in the cafeteria at that time, my friend isn't stupid but your daughter sure as hell is!" The boy snapped back

I like this kid's energy

"Nonsense, we will be pressing charges against that girl" the mother said as she and her husband got up in anger

"Go ahead, please do" Dom said with a devious smirk

They glared at us one last time before leaving. We all turned back to the principal and he started shifting on his chair

After talking to almost every kid present at the cafeteria at that time, all of them said the same thing as that boy. There was nothing the principal could do about that and settled to giving her suspension for a week

Gabriella's pov After leaving school, I made my way to the gym and began venting my frustration on the punching bag

I was interrupted by my phone ringing and picked up knowing I won't be able to avoid it

Dom was surprisingly calm on the call, he might have sensed my still evident anger

After the call, I decided to head back to my room and took a long shower

I waited thirty minutes and received a text on my phone telling me to come downstairs. I went down and saw everyone there, even Emilio, something about his face makes me even more pissed than I already am

"Please have a seat bambina" Antonio said and I sat down on the floor

"Now explain" he said and I shook my head

"I didn't do anything wrong. I warned her, I can tolerate her saying anything about me but not my mother" I defended myself

"Oh please, your mother this, your mother that. Give us a break, she wasn't perfect" Emilio rolled his eyes

"I don't even know why you're here, just go and be with your girlfriend" I said

"Don't fuckin talk about her"

"Don't fuckin talk about my mother" I retorted

"Enough Emilio! I didn't want to say anything before but you have to stop this. Can't you see what that girl is making you do? You're hurting your sister because of that bitch. Stop fuckin treating her like trash!" Antonio yelled

"Don't talk about my girlfriend like that because of this bitch of a sister" Emilio yelled back and I sighed

At this point I'm done with this guy

No one saw it coming but Stephano punched him hard in the jaw

"Shut the fuck up you idiot. You call your own goddamn sister a bitch because of a girl?! Are you fuckin crazy How dumb can you be?!" He yelled in Emilio's face

"Did you just hit me?" Emilio asked clearly in shick

"Yes I did and I'll do it again if you don't fix your attitude towards MY sorella" Stephano said as he clenched his jaw

"You're not gonna say anything?" Emilio asked as he faced Tony

"You deserve more than that Emilio" Tony said venomously and Emilio looked away from Tony's hard glare

Tony shook his head in disappointment and walked away. Looks like we can't have a normal discussion without Emilio causing a problem

"I'm disappointed in you Emilio. La famiglia prima di tutto" Ales said and walked away as well. (Family comes first)

Leo being a darling tried to look at his face but he kept pushing his hand away, he tried again only to get the same reaction and he glared at Emilio

I never thought I'd see this part of him, Emilio brings out the worst in people

"Stai fermo!" He snapped and pushed an ice pack on his face. (Stay still)

"I don't need your help" Emilio said and pushed Leo away

"You may be older than me but you have no brains in your fuckin head, what the fuck has gotten into you? stop doing stupid stuff. I'm warning you" Leo said, dropped the ice pack and left too

"Why don't we get some sleep? It's been a long day" I suggested

Even though he has been a dick to me, he's still my brother. It doesn't settle with me that everyone's mad at him for some reason

"Instead of saying things that you know will upset everyone, why don't you focus on fixing what you've broken? Everyone's mad at you because of your wrong choices, not because they love me more" I said and he just stared at me then walked away

My family is breaking and it hurts, I can't see everyone so tense knowing it's because of me. Will I ever be able to be fully part of this family or is all this just a dream?

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