De Luca

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞

"Elias" I called out desperately as he turned his back on me.

"please, " I cried "i don't have anyone else."

"they will leave you in the dust, always. Your forever mine." Lucas breathed from behind me, pulling me in close.

"No!" I yelled as I bolted up in a sitting position on the bed.

"Grace! Are you okay!?" he said putting a hand on my shoulder.

I calmed my rapid breathing in moments before I turned to him with a forced smile "yeah I guess."

Maybe. Maybe if I gave myself up. Just maybe they'll keep me.

Biting my lip I rolled on top of Alessandro so I was stradling him, before I leant down to kiss his neck.

"Grace!" surprise filled his voice.

I pulled away "shh" I whispered and moved to his mouth. Both our lips moving together in sync before he pushed me back.

I looked down at him in confusion but that only masked my real emotion which was unease.

"Grace, I know why your doing this." he said looking at me sympathetically.

"What do you mean?"

"You tend to talk in your sleep."

My face dropped "h-how much did you hear?"

"Calling out Elias's name and the part where you don't have anybody else."

"You kissed me back though!"

"I was thinking of someone else."

I moved off of him with tears in my eyes "Im so sorry Alessandro, I-I really don't know what got into me, I'm just scared that you and everyone else will leave me because the truth is I-Ive grown to care for everyone. I don't want to be alone and scared again."

I let out a sob as I pulled my knees up under my chin, Alessandro hugged me.

"Its alright Grace, we'll never leave you because believe it or not but you've grown on all of us."

I continued to cry for a few minutes and Alessandro stayed with me, hugging me. Until I calmed into little sniffels and hickups, Alessandro sighed and pulled away.

"lets just forget that kiss ever happened, because we both were obviously thinking about other people."

I looked at him with a frown.

"You and Elias, " he said with a smile "You two really are cute."

My face instantly heated up "we aren't a thing."

"Not yet."

I nudged his shoulder lightly and laughed which he joined in with.

"im going to take a shower." I said with a sigh.

He nodded.

"And I really am sorry Alessandro, that was so selfish of me."

"I wasn't thinking of you, so I was also kinda selfish too, so we're equal."

I let a small smile fall on my face "yeah I guess." with that I walked to the bathroom, finding a towel as well as some clothes for me.

I guess a maid came in either last night or early this morning.

I had a fairly long shower before I got out, and dressed myself. Walking out I invited Alessandro to use the shower which he took up.

I sighed and remade the bed before I laid in it, reading a book. Not long after there was a knock at the door, I called for them to open it to see a man I've never seen before.