Song~ House of Balloons - The Weekend



It's stupid fucking Monday. That means I have to get up and go to school.

My extended family is apparently only the next street over, so that's nice. The events of yesterday with my grandfather caused riffles in the water, but I don't care.

When is Grandfather gonna learn I don't give a shit about their mafia and that I don't even have the fucking information. Your perfect granddaughter Giavanna does though.

I'm literally here to destroy the people who hurt me, not to take down their stupid ass mafia.

I get out of bed and head to the shower. When I'm done, I brush my teeth and head to my closet.

I wear a black long sleeve crop top with blue ripped jeans. I wear some black and white Dunks.



The scar that goes from my hip across my body and to my shoulder is a little on display but I make no move to cover it.

If they see it and ask, I just won't answer. Simple.

When I finish putting on all my jewelry, I pocket my phone and AirPods, grabbing my backpack and head downstairs.

Lucian and Luca are in a conversation at the kitchen island. Sebastian and Domenico have laptops in front of them. Elijah is at the stove making breakfast.

Ares looks sweaty and fucking disgusting like he just worked out and is now drinking a protein shake. Matteo is fucking drooling on the counter in his sleep. Gross. Giavanna is on her phone typing aggressively might I add.

Lucian notices me and pats the seat between him and Luca. "Hey Dio" Lucian says catching everyone's attention. His eyes land on my scar for a second but they leave when he notices me looking at him.

When I told him about the school and the things they did to us, I never told him about what I saw in that place. I never told him about this scar because I couldn't tell if our father was there as a hallucination or physically there.

I can't fucking remember and it's killing me.

A chorus of mornings go around. Elijah hands each of us a plate with some eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, and tater tots.

I usually don't eat in the mornings, much less at all. But I know Elijah took his time to make this so I do eat one sausage, two pieces of bacon, I love bacon. I ate a biscuit and half my eggs.

I did pretty good.

When we're all finished, Matteo, Lucian, Giavanna and I magi to the garage getting into to separate cars, me and Lucian in one and Matteo and Giavanna in the other.

The other peeps all went to their respective jobs.

Upon reaching school, Matteo practically begged me and Lucian to sit with him. We agreed so he would shut up.

I walked into the school, heading to math with Lucian beside me.

Lucian and I have both Physics and Math together so those classes went pretty fast since all we did was goof off and make fun of the kids in the class.

Lucian and I separate while I go to English , he goes to his next class.

I get into English class and take a seat in the back. I noticed a new kid, but I pay no mind to him.

Halfway through the class, I catch new kid looking at me, glancing back every few minutes.

Uh, the fuck?

The bell rings and I quickly grab my things and head out the class to the lunch room to meet up with Lucian and Matteo.

That kid was fucking weird.

I see Lucian sitting at a table with Matteo, a couple of our cousins and some other kids.

I head over there and plop down on the seat next to Lucian. "How was English?" Lucian asks.

'It was okay, but there was a new kid and he kept looking at me. Kinda creep you know?' I tell him honestly about the guy in English.

"Do you want me to take care of him, I'm sure Matteo wouldn't mind joining" he tells me. Matteo nods his head in agreement seeming to have heard Lucian use his name. He doesn't even know what he is nodding about.

'No, it's fine. I wanna see what his deal is anyways' I explain to him.

He nods. "Dio" he says, an overly sweet smile on his face as he changed the subject.

I raise my eyebrow at him.

"There is a party-" oh gosh, he's gonna get us in trouble.

I shake my head. Last time on a mission when we stole a bunch of whisky from our target and got drunk off our asses they almost killed us.

The same thing happened 37 times before that.

'No way, as much as I love alcohol. And believe me I do, we have targets on her back' I sign, half truth.

I'm afraid if I get my hands on the alcohol, I may want so much that it lets my thoughts consume me. That I won't be able to stop myself from doing what my thoughts want.

And not the drunk and funny thoughts.

The dark sober thoughts.

"Come one Dio, we haven't had fun in so long! Just once! You don't even have to drink" he tells me, trying to get me to come with him.

He is right, I just don't have to drink that's a really good idea.

'Alright, I'm not drinking though' I tell him sternly.

"Yes! Okay, you can be the designated driver then cause everyone else will be drinking" he says, I'm so confused.

'Who else is coming?' I question.

"Me, Matteo, Atticus, Andrea, Emilio, Ciro, Liam, Sofia, Alison, Shayla, and Easton" he tells me pointing to each person.

Doesn't he know it's rude to point?

"Hey! Your Diovanna? Matteo's other sister?" I think Sofia questions happily. She is just like Matteo, a golden retriever.

I nod. "I heard you don't speak, but that's okay because I speak sign language, so do Shayla and Alison!" She says still happy.

'That's good' I sign to her. Her grin widens.

"Are you coming to the party?" I think Shayla asks, a small smile rests on her face. She is shy.

I nod. 'I am, I don't think I'm drinking though' I tell them.

"That's okay, one day, just us four can have a sleepover and drink" Shayla tells me.

I nod, a smile pulling at my lips.

Where is Giavanna?

"Should I ask if Giavanna wants to come to the party with us?" Matteo asks me and Lucian.

We both shrug. He laughs lightly before walking to a different table. The table with the three bitches I beat up are at.

Lucian and I both look at each other before smirking.

Matteo comes back a little while later. "She said she is going but not with us. She is gonna say she is staying at Bethany's and go to the party with her. The three of us will have to sneak out" he explains to us.

"Alright, but we don't need a designated driver anymore. Let's just call an Uber. We will be caught if we try and get a car out the garage" Lucian tells him not even blinking an eye at the fact we have to sneak out.

"Yeah you're right, and if Diovanna changes her mind and wants to drink she can." Matteo agrees.

'I won't change my mind but okay' I tell them. The girls who were listening to our conversation snicker along with Lucian.

Lord help me.

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Why the hell did I agree to this again?

It's currently 9:30 at night and I'm getting ready for the party.

I had skipped PE today at school, Lucian and I just left. We got coffee and cake pop from Starbucks and then went home.

We obviously snuck in through my balcony door so Sebastian and Antonio didn't scold us about skipping.

I'm sure they will find out someday.

Our cousins and grandparents are supposed to come for dinner next week as they all want to see us again.

Whatever.

But, dinner tonight was uneventful. Giavanna is at Bethany's house so she wasn't here for dinner.

Everyone else had mutual conversations with each other. Luca and Lucian talked a lot together tonight. I ship.

When we were all done. The oldest three brothers went to there office upstairs. Ares fell asleep on the couch watching Lab Rats.

Who thought a big bad mafia man would be watching a show about three bionic teenagers. Well four cause Leo becomes one later on. It doesn't matter.

Luca went to bed in his room. Except he is not actually asleep. Yeah, he says he is going to bed but actually heads to the gym with a secret shooting range in it.

Who thought he would be doing that.

But right now im getting ready for the party, I already showered and did my skincare and light make up on my face.

The boys are supposed to meet me in my room at 10:00 so we can get down the pipe by my balcony.

I look through my closet eventually deciding on a tight black dress that hugs my curves in all the right places. I grabbed a pair of black heels to match.



I paired it with some jewelry and left my straightened hair down.

When I was all done, I put a fifty dollar bill in the back of my phone case and shoved it in my bra.

I strapped my knife to my upper thigh. Always gotta be prepared.

I reapply my light lipstick before putting it away. I sit on the edge of my bed looking at my watch waiting for the boys.

It's 9:57 and they aren't here. I will kill them if they don't- never mind they just barged in my room.

Assholes.

I wave my hand in a come one motion. I turn off my lights and open up my balcony door looking at the guards. When the guard under my balcony begins walking away, I hurriedly climb down the pipe and jump the fence.

Damn I'm good, I didn't even break a sweat or rip my dress OR break a heel. I'm just that good.

Okay let's not get cocky. Although Matteo looks like he is dying from the little exercise.

"How the hell are you guys so good at that?!" Matteo whisper shouts as we walk towards the empty road.

"Practice" is all Lucian responds with while looking at his phone. "The Uber is here" he says as we see the Uber come down the road.

We get in and sit in silence till we get to the party.

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Okay I'm going back on my sentence of not drinking.

The moment I stepped in here and the smell of alcohol and weed filled my nose, I wanted some.

So that's what I'm doing.

I make my way to the drinks section of this mansion that is quite literally on a hill in the middle of nowhere.

If I were to like accidentally drunkly stumble to far in the backyard I could fall to my death.

Shiver me Timbers.

I grab a bottle of whisky and chug. Damn i wasn't kidding when I said I was going back on my word.

The liquid burns my throat but I don't care. Putting the bottle down. I grab a bottle of tequila and look for Shayla, Alison, and Sofia.

They seem pretty chill and I don't mind them.

Walking through the crowd occasionally taking swigs from the bottle of tequila, I run into someone.

"Sorry- hey Diovanna!" Sofias voice carry's out.

I wave. Alison snorts, "I thought you weren't drinking!" She shouts over the loud music. We all laugh at the statement.

I shrug my shoulders. "Come on, let's go play beer pong. You and Shayla against me and Alison" Sofia tells me. I nod and walk with them to the beer pong table.

"This is beer pong, but it's not beer in the cups! It's some strong ass drink that I don't normally drink. You'll probably get drunk faster" Shayla tells me.

I nod, my smile only grows at her words. I have a pretty high tolerance for alcohol so the whisky didn't even make me tipsy and I've only had a little of the tequila.

The four of us played a couple rounds of beer pong, and Shayla wasn't kidding when she said that shit was strong. I'm tipsy as fuck right now probably even a little drunk.

I told them I'll take a break from beer pong- well signed to them, and I went looking for some weed. I eventually found Lucian, Atticus, and Matteo sitting on a couple couches smoking weed.

I walk up to them and sit next to Lucian holding my hand out for the blunt. He complies.

"What happened to not drinking?!" He laughs out, yelling over the music. I wave him off with my hand taking a long drag of the blunt.

Apparently all the cousins who are not over twenty are sitting on these couches and now laughing at me.

I shake my head, a smile on my face. 'I'm going dance' I tell Lucian he nods, but I know he will keep an eye on me. He always does.

I grab a new bottle of alcohol, I don't even look at what it is. I just start drinking. I go to where everyone is dancing and start swaying my hips to the song.

I dance and shake my hips for a couple songs before someone's hands end up on my waist. Usually I would tell them to get the fuck off me but these hands are different. They are a women's hands.

I'm bi-sexual so yes, I'm into women and men but I usually swing more towards the men's side.

But right now I could not care less. I grind my hips on the girl with her hands on my waist and lean my head back taking a swig of the alcohol in my hand.

We probably danced for about an hour before going get some shots. She told me her name is Kaia, she is also bisexual but not looking for any relationships right now. I couldn't agree more.

We talked for a little before she decided to head home. She gave me her number and said if I ever needed a friend that I should call her.

She is so sweet. I decided to take my new drink and stumble outside to the backyard.

I'm drunk off my ass right now and can barely even see straight, but that's okay. I walk further in the backyard closer to the cliff part of the hill.

I look up at the sky. I want to talk to Rylee. To hear her voice, the voice of my best friend. The one I got killed.

I'm sorry Rylee, I'm so sorry. If I had been more careful, they wouldn't have found you, you wouldn't have had to protect me.

I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. And for that I take a step closer to the edge of the cliff.

If i had just been more careful. If I had just stayed in my cell. If I had just took the punishment, the pain. You would be here.

I take another step.

Worthless.

Trash.

Killer.

Damaged.

Broken.

I got you killed. I'm so sorry.

I want to jump, but maybe, just maybe I could stay.

Stay for Lucian, for Luca, for those little children in the same situation I was. I need to end the Blood Doves, the Russians. I need revenge, for me, for Lucian, for Rylee.

I can't die, not yet. I die and they win. I can't let them win.

I take a step back.

I stay for Lucian, for Shayla, Alison, Sofia, for my brothers even if I don't like them. I stay.

I take one more step back before turning around and walking back inside.

I can do this, I can live.



I watch as she takes a step back from the cliff and then another before fully turning around and walking back.

I exhale breath of relief. Yeah we both went to that school, but it seemed that they loved to beat Diovanna more than any other kid at the school. They took a special interest in her. He took a special interest in her.

Her cousins are in the kitchen grabbing drinks when I noticed her at the edge of the cliff. I of course would have ran out there and grabbed her before she could do it but her mind has always been dangerous for her.

The things she has been through, it's only normal she has some kind of mental reaction to it.

She was never aloud to deal with her feelings in that place, so her getting out of there it was only a matter of time before the thoughts came back.

But I'll be there every step of the way with her to make sure she is okay.

I turn around and walk to the back door where Diovanna stumbled in through. "Hey darling" I tell her sweetly.

She smiles looking up at me before giggling. Probably at something her drunk brain is saying about me.

Matteo and I are only a little tipsy, but Dio? She is drunk off her ass.

I'm pretty sure if I let go of her right now she will fall over.

I walk into the kitchen spotting Matteo and the rest of her cousins. "Hey man, she is wasted so I was gonna get her home. You coming or are you staying here?" I tell him, knowing she needs to go home.

"It's pretty late and I don't want to get caught so I'll come with y'all" he tells me. I nod.

We both walk out the place calling and Uber.

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There is no way in hell we are getting this girl up the pipe that leads to her room, so our only choice is the front door. We can only hope her brothers are not awake.

The guards open the gates for us looking quite concerned for a drunk Diovanna walking with us.

We reach the front door where we see our two favorite guard's, Randy and Paul.

They both try and hold in their chuckles when they see Diovanna stumbling up the steps. They failed.

"Someone is gonna be in trouble" Randy whispers to us. We all glare at him only making him chuckle more.

We open the front door trying to get Diovanna to stop giggling.

"Nice of you three to come back home" a voice says from the pitch black dark kitchen. Me and Matteo scream like little girls while Diovanna finally stops giggling before she starts full blown laughing.

The kitchen light turns on and there, Antonio, Domenico, and Sebastian sit.

Well shit.

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A/N: welp, I hope this chapter makes sense. Diovanna and I are so much alike it's crazy.

Hope y'all enjoy this chapter.

Love you hoes!

Byee