Dark Places (ONGOING)

Found Out

*Octavia*

Everyone is spread out throughout my room because Jackson and Oliver bribed me into a movie night, I could never say no to Oreos. Evangelos and Zelda are on my bed while everyone else including Oliver, Alexander, Jackson, and River are on the floor or couches.

I look over at my alarm clock and read 4:56 am. I have been laying here awake, thinking about anything and everything. I just remember it's October 4th, meaning Papa's time limit is over. I reach over to my bedside table and grab my laptop.

I've been sitting up against the headboard, Evangelos in my lap, and my computer just sitting on his back. I have been trying to hack into the Americans database because if anything was in the Russians I would have already seen it. It was almost six in the morning when I found a contract between the Italian and the American mafias.

I start looking through the contract and I was expecting to see what I did. There is an alliance between the Italian and the American mafia. That isn't what confused me, what confused me was it is a contract that uses marriage as an alliance.

It got me wondering how this is going to work because there are only male Romanos and the only American is Jackson. I got to the second page of the contract and everything made sense.

I was the one that has to get married to the only American heir, Jackson. Does Jackson even know? I'm sure he doesn't because if he did then he would tell me. We tell each other just about everything. I close my computer and slowly and carefully slide myself out from under Evangelos. I don't want to wake him up, I know he doesn't get that much sleep.

I slowly climb off the bed and try to wake up Jackson. I put my hand over his mouth before I start shaking him a little, we wouldn't want him being loud and yelling when he wakes up. When he wakes up his eyes widen and he bites my hand. I remove my hand and ignore that he bit me. "Be as quiet as you possibly can, we are going to your room to talk," I whisper in a cold tone. I walk to the bedside table and grab my computer.

Jackson doesn't say anything, he just stands up and follows me out of the room. When we get to his room nothing is said. I just hand him my computer which already has the contract pulled up. I see the confusion on his face before it turns into anger. I know he isn't angry with me, this is neither of our faults.

"We can't get married, that's weird. You're like a sister," he tells me in disbelief. "I know, I know," I whisper sitting down beside him on his bed. "I think now would be a good time to go on the rampage killing spree, don't you?" I ask him.

"If our Papa's try to lecture us when we get back we'll tell them we know about the contract," I tell him before standing up. "I'll get the keys to the range rover, our gear, and extra clothes are still in our duffle bags," Jackson tells me.

We remove any source of tracking on our phones, can't have anyone come looking. I just write a note for Evangelos that says,

'I love you, needed to get away before we hurt someone. We will be back in a week, my love.'

If he knows we're leaving he will try to intervene and I can't let him do that. Jackson and I climb down the side of the mansion, jumping from different balconies and window seals.

Making a distraction for the guards, we make our way to the car without being seen and we start our drive to Texas. I know that's weird, we could go anywhere yet we go there. I don't know why we go there, it's just our place.

A very boring car ride later- get it? From Spongebob? Never mind anyways, Jackson and I just got to our hotel room and we are exhausted. We wanted to kill the guy who told us there are only rooms with one bed here. It's not a big deal but it does feel weird knowing about the contract.

We take turns using the shower and by ten pm we were in bed, staring at the ceiling kind of awkwardly. I can't take this, he is my best friend and I refuse to let this contract make us weird.

I move closer and cuddle into his side, "We can't let this contract break our bond. You're my best friend, I think you're the only one who just completely understands me and I love you for that," I whisper, the awkwardness going away.

"Nothing could ever break our bond O," he whispers back, wrapping his arms around me protectively. We used to cuddle like this but we haven't seen each other for longer than our liking.

I just woke up to see it's almost 8 am. I'm surprised that we slept that long but we did have a very long car ride. "I wake him up and we take the next four hours listing a bunch of people were going to kill and we kill others that aren't on the list but they are never innocent.

We spend over an hour of that time getting changed and sorting out our weapons.

I feel bad for leaving without telling Evangelos bye, I wanted to. I really did want to but Jackson and I need this.

I hope Evangelos doesn't change how he feels about me when he finds out about the contract. I have come to love him, way too fast.

I don't want to lose him, I couldn't take it.