𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓

𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒚-𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏

After straightening my hair and touching my my make-up, I walked out of my room and into the main room where Bianca was wearing the midnight blue dress I had tried on because I didn't like the maroon one that didn't match the 'occasion'.

"you look stunning!" she rushes towards me and pulls me into a hug, "wait, where are we going and who's taking us?" I state and Bianca tilts her head "you're right" she nods, as if on cue the sound of a honking horn makes me jump a little "is that our ride?" I say entirely shocked after speaking through the blinds only to see a man in front of a limo "lets go!" Bianca pulls my arm and we strut outside.

"Sofia and Bianca Smith?" the driver in his late forties asks and we nod, he opens the door for us. The limos had LED lights that moved from color to color and had many drinks on display. I enter after Bianca. During the ride I couldn't help but pick at the French tipped, almond-shaped acrylic nails that we both got done the same day. "breath" Bianca pats my hand reminding me not to pick at them.
How did they know where i live?- now that i think about it.. the mafia- the scorpions!

The place the 'ball' or whatever as being held was bigger than any house I've ever seen, is this where they live? We both exit the limo and fix our dresses "Im praying I don't run into our parents, they didn't bother looking for me when I left and they knew what I went through on a daily basis with Aurora-" "Sofia,stay strong, I'll be with you the whole time" Bianca cuts me off and I fix my hair.

The loud yet elegant music could barely be heard over the chatter in the main room, probably about Mafia stuff "can we go back now" Bianca mutters "no. Stay strong, I'll be with you the whole time" I mimic and she softly smacks my arm. 

"you both made it!" Valentina smiles hand in hand with Ares, It took everything in me to not look at the man, but how I missed those piercing eyes- "well I won't be in your way any longer, bye" she tugs at Ares and they both leave.

"four shots of the strongest beverage you have" Bianca turned to the raven haired bartender who nods and turns away "two each?" I shake my head at Bianca's question and the bartender returns with her order "just try one" she slides one my way, and I slide it back "let loose" she playfully slams the shot down.

 "your sister's right" the same Italian man from the beach volleyball game- that I guess watch the whole thing and was sitting beside me chimes in "is she though?" i asked rhetorically "think about it" he tilts his head playfully "give me the shot" I say without breaking eye contact with the blondie "whoo" Bianca hands me a shot and I throw my head backward allowing the drink to enter.

I grimace at the taste and burning sensation at the back of my throat "you get used to it" the guy pats my back and I look up at him "I wont, that is horrendous" I choke out "pretty big word" he chuckles. "in shorter terms I hate it" he nods understandingly. 

I wink at him before leaving with Bianca "someone's jealous" she signals over to Ares who was looking at me with narrowed eyes and a clenched jaw, he looks so angry yet so se- no, don't even.

I roll my eyes and tell Bianca I'm going to use the restroom. I wasn't really going to use it, I was just going to sit and chill on my phone "I'm gonna go flirt with that hot bartender" I slightly sicker and we part ways.

Before I could even look for the bathroom, I had only made it upstairs before being pulled into a room, i already knew it was Ares because he didn't even give me a chance to say or do anything, as he pinned me to a wall after locking the room.

"Se fai l'occhiolino a qualcun altro, giuro che stasera ucciderò- Porterò una maledetta mitragliatrice e andrò a sparare a tutta la sua famiglia" (If you wink at someone else, i swear i'll kill tonight- I'll carry a goddamn machine gun and go shoot his entire family)

"smetteresti di essere così possessivo verso qualcosa che non possiedi" (would you stop being so possessive of something you don't own) I roll my eyes and look away from him  "Fallo di nuovo e guarda cosa succede" (Do it again and see what happens) he threatens but I ignore it and try to break from his grip. He examines me intensely before letting me go.

"where were you? Adriano's looking for you" Bianca blurts once I get downstairs "he is" I slurred and she furrows her eyebrows at me "okay i think you're drunk" she nods for me to go and I leave as she follows me.

"Looking for someone?" I tilt my head and he smiles "just the person In front of me now" his hands sink into his pockets and I rest my hands on my hips "I was hoping to get your number, i'd love to get to know you more"

 he pulls his phone out from his pocket and I take it "your phone's flat" I snicker and his eyes widen "that's weird.." he slips it back into his pocket "and I guess you'll just have to come home with me tonight" I wink at him. Fuck what Ares said.

"okay, that's enough for tonight" Bianca pulls me away from the man with a fake smile before leaving and hailing a cab "I'm sleepy" my head falls over and I throw it back up.

"sleep Sofia" Bianca murmurs

Flashback

"sleep Sofia" Marco's voice echoed as I fell asleep without putting up a fight..