The past few days Dante and I's relationship has blossomed. We haven't slept in the same bed since because I had a sleepover with Bianca and the next night he was out working, so I lay in bed all alone. I didn't sleep very well, in fact I ended up crawling into Bianca's bed. Lately I've been afraid to sleep because I keep having nightmares. So I try to stay awake. I think it's because of my appointment with Nigel. I brought back my past. It's always going to be worse before it gets better, I just have to have faith.

I am beyond nervous! But also exited. Tonight Bianca, Xavier, Leo, Dante and I are all going to my schools football game! I know nothing about football, in fact I don't think any of us understand it. We're just going because it's the first school event we've been able to go to. Ive never been because of my father so I'm just as excited as everyone else.

"What the fuck do we wear? What constitutes as appropriate for a football game?" I shrug at Bianca who's wide eyed and combing through my closet while I flip through the latest edition of vogue I snatched from Bianca's room a couple of days ago.

"Ugh! You are useless!"

"Yeah I am." I plop a blueberry into my mouth.

She continues yelling expletives for a long enough time that I complete the magazine and it's many articles I found myself reading.

With nothing else to do I join her in the closet. "Did a tornado rip through here while I was reading?" I laugh to myself as she glares.

"Bee, it's going to be cold and we need to be comfortable." I move to the pile of coats she's ripped off of the hanger and grab the first two I see.

I hand Bianca one and keep one for myself. Somehow inspiration hits her and she's rummaging around until she's shoved an entire outfit in my hands. It looks like it's comfy which is all I can ask for.

"Go get dressed." I'm shooed to the bathroom. Some things never change. I smile.

Once I'm finished I exit the bathroom in an oversized very light tan fluffy jacket, light baby yellow sweatpants and a beige knit sweater. My hair is loose in dark waves with little clips holding it back. Last but not least a pair of white puma calis. I feel like a large teddy bear and it's the best feeling in the world.

Bianca the Fashion forward girl she is, is wearing a pair of black wide leg pants, a wool black coat, black heeled boots and a white button up with gold jewellery. "You look beautiful but you also look like you're on your way to a business meeting."

"I can't help that I have a great sense of style." She smirks pulling her hair back into an intricate bun.

There's a quick knock on my bedroom door and Leo walks in. "You girls ready? Dante and Xavier are waiting for you two."

I frown "what about you?" His ears turn pink. Somethings up.

"Well.. I'm sorry but I have a date..." my frown is turned upside down. Yes it's a cheesy line but I'm so happy!!

"Oh my god. With who?!?" I grip his shoulders shaking them with all my might.

He gently removes my hands. "My... boyfriend Ash." He pauses before saying boyfriend but continues.

"I'm bisexual." I see him bracing for the worst.

"Awww you little idiot! I'm so happy for you! When do I get to meet him? Is he nice? Does he treat you well?" I jump on top of Leo hugging him tight while interrogating him.

Once I realise I'm possibly holding him too tight I back off and release him. "I promise I'll tell you-better yet, you'll meet him, soon. But right now you guys need to go."

Bianca kisses Leo's cheek and together we run down the two flights of stairs and outside to the running car.

I move to get into the back but I notice the front seat is empty, Xavier is seated in the back. Oh well. Bianca gets in the back with him while I move to the front passenger seat.

I get into the car and see Dante who's wearing a thick black leather jacket with a black knit sweater underneath and black jeans. Yes, a lot of black. Maybe he's feeling sad. Although we're quite the contrast.

"You look as beautiful as always Principessa." He leans over and kisses my cheek. I smile as I can't seem to hold it in.

"Well you look very handsome!" He smirks this time placing a quick kiss on my lips. He keeps making me blush. It's so annoying.

In the rear view mirror I see Bianca is smirking at Xavier. Hmm. Interesting. The car hums to life and we speed off down the driveway.

Once we're on the highway Dante grasps my hand and moves out joined hands to rest on his thigh for the rest of the ride.

I suddenly feel a little nervous as we pull into the school parking lot. There's going to be a lot of people who are going to stare and judge. I should've thought this through.

"Baby, you're going to be just fine. I'm going to be by your side the entire night." Dante squeezes my hand reassuringly.

"Hey... is it all good if Xavier and I head in? We want to go get food." Dante says nothing and hands her some bills.

"Thanks brother." She kisses his cheek and the two are off slamming the car doors behind them.

The Erie silence doesn't help my nerves. "Love, I can see the panic building up from within and if we let it continue you're going to launch yourself into a panic attack, so take three deep breaths with me, Sì?"

He turns his body to me as much as he can in the restricted area of his seat. "One two three in." We both suck in a deep breath and hold for five seconds and when I hear in release his breath, I do too.

We take two more breaths and I'm feeling a lot calmer. "You did amazing baby. Now do you think you'll be able to come to the game with me?" I nod my head.

"Words."

"Yes." I whisper. He kisses my hand that's still in his grasp.

"Come. I'll buy you a hot chocolate." I get out of the car quicker than lightning. I am craving some good hot chocolate!

Since Dante's walking too slow I grab his hand and drag him to a cart outside the field. He chuckles as I try to pull harder.

After what feels like forever we've made it. "A hot chocolate and a americano."

The skinny guy with bad acne is shaking nervously as he stares at the register. "Would that be a regular or large s-sir?"

"Americano will be a large and a regular hot chocolate. Make it quick, we need to get to our seats."

"Of course sir, I will make them right now." Dante pays for our drinks and we move to the side to wait.

He wraps his arms around from behind me. I tilt my head back so I can see his face.

"How come you get a large and I get a regular? I want a large too."

"Because I need a lot of coffee if I'm expected to stay awake through this, game. You on the other hand will need to pee if you drink that much and I don't want you going into those disgusting bathrooms."

That's such a dumb reason! "I want a large." I say more adamantly this time. I hear his growl in my ear.

"You're testing my patience little girl. But, if you think you can hold it, then go, change it to a large."

"I will!" I grab his card and walk back over to the guy who served us.

"E-excuse me?" He turns around and smiles kindly.

"C-could I change m-my order to a l-large?" He nods his head and I move to the machine to pay.

"No don't worry, I'll sort it. Your boyfriends scary enough and if I mess up-which I won't-I'll have a reason for him to not kill me." He has a light edge to his voice but I can see he's dead serious.

"I-I won't let h-him kill y-you don't w-worry." He smiles and hands over the drinks.

"I appreciate it."

"B-bye!" I say turning away with our drinks.

I hand Dante his drink while taking a sip from my own. The hot chocolate flavour coats the inside of my mouth. It tastes heavenly.

Dante's free arm wraps around my waist. He's very touchy tonight. Mind you he's a total snuggle monster. I giggle to myself at that thought. The big bad man loves to cuddle in bed and shove his head in between my boobs.

"What's so funny?" I look at him with an innocent smile.

"Nothing. Where are Xavier and Bee?"

"Hmm. I'll let you get away with changing the subject this time. I believe they're - oh! There they are." He points up a couple of rows where Bianca is shoving an entire hotdog in Xavier's mouth. She's laughing while he seems to be choking. His face is really red.

As we walk up the stairs to them Bianca seems to have realised her mistake and is smacking his back while Xavier is holding his throat coughing. She hands him a drink which he guzzles down. It seems he's fine now.

Dante and I take out seats. I'm next to Bianca while the men are to our sides, we're caged in, I have a feeling it was planned that way.

Bianca hands me nachos for Dante and I to share. He seems disgusted but I snack away as the players run on the field. Everyone around us is screaming but I'm happily distracted by my food.

Xavier keeps yelling at certain players. I watch disapproving parents glare at his use of profanities towards the players. He flashes his gun and points to Dante and they all cower.

Bianca is fast asleep and snoring really loud. Her head rests on Xavier's shoulder. I think we all know what's happening between the two of them but she still won't say anything!

Dante is scrolling through his emails and tapping away on his phone, his coffees long gone which is the same for me and my hot chocolate. Unfortunately Dante was right. My bladder is small and I really need to pee!

"Dante."

"Yes Principessa?" He looks away from his phone.

"I, uh, I need to go to the bathroom." He sighs.

"What did I tell you?"

"I know, I know, you were right."

He smirks. "That's all I needed to hear. Are you alright to head down to the bathrooms and I meet you there in a few moments? Leo's calling." He holds up his phone to show a picture of Leo.

"Yeah, I'll be ok."

"Good girl. Give me a kiss before you go." I lean over and gently press my lips against his. The taste of the coffee on his lips and chocolate mixed together is sensual.. other than the nachos. I pull back.

"I'll see you down there."

I watch my my girl runs down the steps in hope of making her way to the bathroom as soon as she can. I smile at her cuteness but then I realise my little brothers calling. I know he's on a date with his boyfriend tonight so he wouldn't call me if it wasn't important.

I hold the phone to my ear "Leo?"

"Fuck! Dante, Anton has escaped." FUCK FUCK FUCK. How the fuck did the Russian mafia leader escape? He's a dim witted idiot!

"What do you mean escaped?" My tone is deadly. If he gets near my sister or my girl, I will go insane.

"There was a mole, don't worry, we've got him, he's ready for you when you come back."

"Thank you." My ears perk as I hear a faint scream.

"Scarlett." I drop my phone not giving a fuck if it breaks as I run down the isle then down the stairs.

I grab my gun that sits in the waistband of my pants. Whoever's scaring my baby is going to fucking die tonight.

I turn the corner and slow where the woman's bathrooms are. I approach the closed door and listen. I hear my girl whimpering along with male voices. I've never felt so out of control.

I kick open the door with such force it throws one of the men against the concrete wall cracking his head open. There are two more guys. Both are shocked to see me as neither have their guns out and instead are trying to fucking touch my girl!

I see red. I shoot them both in the kneecaps. They fall to the floor and I stand over them. "Rot in fucking hell! I'll see you motherfuckers there, you're pain will be everlasting." I shoot them both twice in each arm then in the head. I don't need Scarlett to see my dark side. She may decide she can't handle it and leave. Try to leave. I'd never let her go.

She's fallen to the floor in a heap and cry's silently. Slowly I approach her like she's a frightened baby animal. I hold my hand out so she knows it me and that I'm no threat. Slowly she shifts towards me and I know I can touch her.

Leaning down I pick her up from her underarms and her legs wrap around my waist. My hands cup her butt and her arms are latched around my neck. She continues to cry in my neck and sniffles.

"It's ok baby. You're safe now. I'm going to take you home okay?" I feel her nod against my neck. I fiddle around for a moment and find her phone in her pocket. She has a password but I've seen her put it in before. I go straight to Bianca's number and call.

"Scarlett? What's up bae?"

"Bianca, get Xavier and meet us at the car, now!"

"Wait- what? Why?"

"Anton's escaped and some of his men just tried to attack Scarlett. Now go!"

"Fuck yep, we're coming!" I hang up and jog to the car making Scarlett slightly bounce in my arms.

After shoving many teenagers out of my way we're at the car. Xavier and Bianca have taken the initiative to sit at the front which I greatly appreciate.

Bianca gets out of the car and opens the back door for me. She pats Scarlett's back making her whimper again. Bianca frowns and I can see she's hurt, not by Scarlett's reaction but by what happened to her. I only saw so much. Once Scarlett feels better We'll have to discuss it.

I'm sat in the back seat with Scarlett still on my lap. I slowly rock her in hope she'll fall asleep but by the time we get home she's still awake with tear stained cheeks.

Silently I carry her inside. Leo sees us and runs up but Bianca takes over and explains what happened. He nods and makes a gesture so I know he'll take care of the mole. I nod my head thanking him. I'd rather stay with Scarlett and make sure she's ok.

I take her up to my room and place her under the covers. Her eyes water at the loss of contact but I place a ratted bear in her hands. She looks down and doesn't say anything but then I see a small hint of a smile as she holds the bear close.

I went to Scarlett's home to clear out the items in her room as I don't want anyone else doing that. While doing so I found a box labelled 'from grandma and grandpa' inside were a few birthday cards and Knick knacks but also that bear.

"Baby, do you want me to change you?" She shakes her head. I don't ask for a verbal response.

"Alright, can I take off your jacket then?" She nods. I move around the bed to her and slip each arm out of the arm holes and place her fluffy jacket on the back of the couch.

Quickly I slip out of my clothes and into bed. Scarlett quickly snuggled into my chest with her little bear. "Don't leave me." Her voice is so soft I wonder if I imagined it.

"I would never in my life leave you. You're all I live for." I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear and lay watching her until I know she's asleep.

I lay still for three hours and finally I see her even breaths and I know she's fast asleep. I'll let us wake up late tomorrow, she can also take a couple days off of her school work. It's too much for her to deal with at the moment. With some tutoring she'll catch up in no time.