Tobias's POV
After Rose's dad told her to go up to her room she nodded and went around and hugged her father and brother. Finally she stands in front of me. She hesitantly wraps her tiny arms around my waist and puts her face in my chest. I wrap my arms around her small frame and squeeze her tightly against me. "Thank you for today," she mouths slowly so I can understand. I smile. "No problem sweetheart," I whisper. Then I kiss her forehead and watch as she runs out of the room.
"You like her," Theo states.
"What?"
"You like her, oh my God the big bad Tobias Anderson likes my little sister! If you ever hurt her I will kill you," he rants.
"I do not like her," I lie.
"Yes you do," her father says. "You're a Mafia leader aren't you?"
"My father is sir, I work for him."
"She likes you to ya know," Theo says smiling.
"Wait I don't understand, why are you guys ok with this?"
"I didn't say I was ok with my daughter dating a known criminal but I have controlled Rose her whole life and Theo has convinced me I can no longer do that. But if ever hurt my daughter in any way shape or form I can make sure you never see the light of day again. Do you understand me," he whispers threateningly? I gulp quietly cause there's nothing scarier than a father protecting his daughter. "Yes sir," I say confidently. "Good," he nods and shakes my hand. "I have to go now I have some business to attend to," I say before walking out of the room.
After that I head out to the garage, hop on my bike and drive off. When I get to my house I park in the garage and head inside. I go up to my father's office and knock. "Come in," he booms! I walk in and sit in the chair in front of his desk. "Hello son," he says coldly. He has always been cold, he has no feelings. Never has never will. "Hello father," I replied blankly. "I've got a job for you," he says, sliding a file across the desk. I open the file and nod. I never ask questions. My father only had two rules. Always get the job done and don't ask questions. I've never broken these rules but I know what happens if you do. And trust me it isn't pretty. My father is the leader of the Black Scorpions. The top Mafia gang in the country. He is the top Mafia leader in the country, he is also the most feared. No one crosses him. So I think it's safe to say my father isn't a very affectionate guy. "Do it tonight. Got it?" "Yes sir." "You better not let me down son. You're excused." I nod and walk out of the office.
We pull into the parking lot and I check my watch. 10:30, good he should be in his room. According to our surveillance team there's a vent at the top of the elevator shaft that leads straight to his room. "Ok here's the plan," I say turning to the boys. "I'll crawl through the vent and get into his room. You guys take the other elevators and wait outside the door. As soon as you hear the signal you guys can come in and have some fun. Got it?" "You got it dude," Luis says grinning. I nod and we walk into the hotel.
When we get inside I go into one elevator and they go into another. When I get the top floor I push up the ceiling tile and hoist myself up. I slowly crawl through the vent, careful not to hit any of the other vents. When I get to the vent above his room, I look down and see it's in the bathroom. Perfect. I carefully begin to unscrew the vent and move it out of the way. I hand down by my fingertips and drop cat like on the floor. I quietly open the door and look out to see him sitting at his desk counting a large stack of cash. Bastard. I take my gun out of my jacket and walk silently towards him. I place the gun against the back of his head and click the bullet into place. "I was wondering when you would show up Anderson," he says with no emotion. "Well go on then." "I'm afraid it's not going to be that easy Fernandez.' I whistle three low notes and then end in a sudden high note. The door opens and the boys walk in with smirks on their faces. Luis walks over, takes all his weapons and throws them on the floor. Suddenly Diego swings back and hits me straight in the jaw. I stumble back and grab the table to balance myself. I reach up and touch my lip. When I look at my fingers, they are stained bright red. "Nice hit Diego. Boys rough him up."
For the next hour we beat the living shit out of him. But Diego being the feisty little bugger he is, put up a good fight. I now have a few new bruises on my stomach, a busted lip, and very bloody knuckles. I finally decided enough is enough. I give him one last hard punch in the face making him fall to the ground. I whip out my gun and press it to his forehead. "Say goodbye Diego," I whisper. "I hope you rot in hell," he spits. "That stings," I reply sarcastically. Then I close my eyes and pull the trigger. His body crumpled to the floor in a heap. I sigh. I lean done and pull his prized ring off his finger, knowing my father will want proof that the job is done. "Come on boys let's get the hell out of here." We all head out to the parking lot looking a little worse for the ware but overall we're fine. I grab my phone and dial Theo's number.
"Hello," he answers.
"Hey dude me and the boys just finished a job, mind if we come over and chill for a bit?"
"Yeah sure, dad's on a business trip. Come on over. Oh and Rose is here so keep it PG."
I smile at the thought of my Princess. I'm kinda just accepting the fact that I like her even though I know she'll never like me back. God I sound like a girl . "We'll be there in half an hour," I say into the phone. "The code to get through the gate is 322420," he says before hanging up. I hang up the phone and turn to the boys. "Come on we're going to Theo's," I say hopping on my bike. They nod and follow my lead.
When we pull up to the house Luis's mouth drops to the floor. "Holy shit this place is bigger than your house!" I smirk and type in the code for the gate. I park in the garage. I walk up to the door and knock and when it opens I smile. Standing in the doorway is Rose in a long white nightgown with a small bow on the front. Her golden ringlets fall down her back and she's in her bare feet. Her green eyes widen when she sees us. I smile and kneel down to her level. "Hi sweetheart can we come in?" She relaxes and smiles, motioning for us to come inside. When we step into the light she gasps and covers her mouth with her hands "Oh my God, what happened to you guys?" she mouths slowly. "Nothing sweetheart we're fine," I reassure her. She runs over, grabs a notebook and begins to write quickly. "You most certainly are not fine. You're hurt! Especially you Tobias! Now please sit on the couch while I get the First Aid Kit and let me help you." I sigh and nod. "Come on boys let's go sit on the couch. She smiles and runs up the stairs. "She's the one isn't she," Zach says. "What?" "The one you like." "Am I that obvious?" "Dude you called her sweetheart." I sigh. Just then Rose comes back downstairs with Theo saving me from this very awkward conversation. "Don't worry guys she'll take good care of you," Theo says, sitting next to us. The rest the boys are fine except for busted up knuckles I did most of the work, which means I also have the most injuries.
She starts with Zach. She grabs an antiseptic wipe and gently wipes away the blood on his hands he hisses in pain. "Sorry," she mouths. "It's ok sunshine," he replies, smiling at her. I involuntarily growl. She does this to the rest of the boys before kneeling down in front of me. She slowly looks me up and down, assessing my injuries. I smirk at her. She looks down and blushes. "Guy's let's go play some video games," Theo says. They all nod and head upstairs.
Once they're gone Rose picks up my hand and begins to clean my knuckles. After she finishes that she looks me over again and notices the blood soaked through my shirt. She grabs her notepad and writes "Is your stomach hurt?" "Just a few cuts and bruises," I replied. "Ok I can clean them up for you. Can you please um take off your shirt," she writes blushing. I smirk at how uncomfortable she is. God she's so innocent. I pull my shirt over my head and wait for her to look up. When she still doesn't, I reach over and lift her head up with my index finger. She looks up at me and gives me a soft smile. When her eyes land on my bare chest she gulps and her eyes widen. I chuckle, " like what you see Princess," I ask? Her whole face turns bright red again and she nods slightly. I laugh as she begins to clean my cuts. When her small soft hands touch my abdomen I stiffen. She pulls her hand back thinking she hurt me. But I grab her hand and place it back on my stomach. "Keep going, you're not going to hurt me," I tell her. I love it when she touches me. A new feeling ignites in my stomach, that makes me feel warm. I've never felt anything like it before. When she finishes cleaning my torso she moves to sit next to me so she can clean my lip. But I have other plans, I wrap my arm around her waist and gently pull her onto my lap. She blushes again and looks at her lap. I lift her head up again. "Hey never look away from me," I whisper. Her eyes widen slightly and she nods. She reaches up and wipes my lip gently, her eyes never leaving mine.
I can't take it anymore. I pull her closer to me and place my hand on her cheek. I lean in and gently place my lips on hers. I feel her stiffen up, then slowly relax. She hesitantly starts to move her lips against mine, driving me insane. I wrap my other arm around her and pull her closer. She slowly wraps her arms around my neck as I play with the ends of her hair. She pulls away when oxygen becomes a need. I smile as she reaches up with a shaking hand and touches her lips. Suddenly her eyes well up with tears. She jumps off my lap and runs upstairs. I sit there frozen. "What the hell just happened?"
Rose's POV
I pull away and look at him. He smiles at me. Oh my God! Tobias Anderson, the hottest guy I have ever seen. My first ever crush just stole my first kiss! My eyes well up with tears. I've heard about his reputation: he never dates girls. He makes them fall for him and then he breaks their hearts. I can't believe I just let him steal my first kiss! I mean why would he date me, the deaf girl! I'm such an idiot! Before he can say anything I jump off his lap and run upstairs. Leaving him surprised and confused.
I run up to my room and close my door. I know Tobias will come looking for me sooner or later because I know how confused he is. So I decided to write him a letter. I flip to a blank page in one of my many notebooks and begin to write. I write for about ten minutes before my door opens and there stands Tobias. Well then I guess it's sooner rather than later.
Tobias's POV
When I finally snap out of my daze I'm extremely confused. Tho comes downstairs and sits beside me. "Where's Rose," he asks? "In her room I think. I fucked up dude." "What happened?" "I kissed her," I replied bluntly. "You what?" "I kissed her," I repeat. "Well what happened, did she kiss back?" "Yeah but then she just ran off." "Well that was her first kiss in fact you're her first crush and knows about your reputation so she probably thinks you'll never want to date her. That you're just going to break her heart. Plus she's really insecure about being deaf so she thinks you'll never want to date someone who's disabled." I sit there and absorb the new information. "That's crazy," I say. "It is," he asks surprised? "Well yeah. I know I've dated anyone but I really like your sister." He smirks. "Would you look at that Tobias Anderson is going soft." I glare and punch him as hard as I can in the shoulder. He falls to the ground, groaning in pain. "Ok I take it back," he mumbles, standing up. I smirk. "I'm going to go talk to her," I say, heading for the stairs. "Second door on the right," he calls.
I walk upstairs quickly and stop at Rose's door. I lift my hand to knock, then I remember she won't be able to hear me. I don't know what else to do so I just open the door. When I walk in I see her sitting on her bed writing in her notebook. She lifts her head when I walk in and looks at me with wide eyes. I walk over and kneel down in front of her. "Hey sweetheart please talk to me. What's going on?" She looks at me with sad eyes before handing me a piece of paper with the words "please read this," written on the front. I take it from her and start reading.
Dear Tobias
I'm so sorry for running away like that. I know you're probably really confused. The truth is that was my first kiss and your my first crush. But I've heard about your reputation and I don't want to believe what everyone says but I can't help it. I know you don't date and I can't make you. I also can't expect you to date me. You probably think I'm really weird and don't want to date me anyway. I'm deaf and I can't change that. I can't change so I can't expect you to. I hope we can still be friends because you're really nice.
Love:
Rose:)
When I finished reading the letter my cold heart broke a little. Is that really what she thinks about me, about herself? I look over at Rose. She's sitting with her head down, playing with her fingers. My heart breaks even more when I see a few tears going down her cheeks. I kneel down in front of her and lift her head up so her eyes lock with mine. "Baby listen to me. I know you're worried about my reputation and I know I don't date but I really really like you and I would love to date you. I really like you and I swear I will never hurt you. And I'm glad I was your first kiss. It makes me happy. Please Baby, please believe me. I will never hurt you." I look at her, waiting for her reaction. She grins and jumps into my arms, almost knocking me over. I wrap my arms around her as she puts her face in my neck. After a few minutes she lifts her head and looks at me. "I really really like you too," she mouths smiling. I smile and hug her tighter. Suddenly I remember something that makes me chuckle. She looks at me and tilts her head to the side, asking a silent question. "Ok so since we both like each other, can I have your number?" She giggles and gets up to grab her phone. I smile. "That was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard," I say once she's sitting in front of me again. She blushes bright red. She leans over and kisses my cheek, making me smile. "Thank you," she mouths. I smile at her. "What's your number," I ask? She writes it down and shows it to me. I put her number in my phone and put her contact name in as, "My Sweetheart " She does the same in her phone and hands it back to me. I smile. For my contact name she put, "My Protector"
I look at her and smirk. "I'll always be your protector," I whisper. She smiles and blushes. I look at the time and realize how late it is. "You should get some sleep Princess," I tell her. She grabs her notepad and writes, "Are you staying the night?" "I guess so," I replied. "Do you want some of Theo's Pj's to sleep in," she writes. "Sure thank you sweetheart." She smiles and runs off to Theo's room. When she gets back she has a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. "The bathroom is just across the hall," she mouths. When I get back from the bathroom in Theo's sweats and no shirt, Rose is tucked into bed, reading a book. I walk over and kiss her forehead. She smiles. "Good night Baby," I whisper. "Good night," she replied, biting her lip. I get up to leave but before I can, her tiny hand wraps around my wrist. I turn around and read the message scribbled on her notepad. "Will you stay with me?" I smile, "Oh corse sweetheart." She grins and gently pulls me towards the bed. I climb in and lay down next to her. I pull her into my arms without permission but she doesn't resist. She lays her head on my chest and traces random patterns on it with her finger, making me shiver. I tap her shoulder making her look up at me. "Rose will you go out with me?" She nods happily and hugs me tight. I sigh in relief and hug her back. She leans up and kisses me, I'm a little surprised cause this is the first time she's kissed me first but I'm not complaining. I deepen the kiss as she reaches up and threads her fingers through my hair. I groan softly, loving the feeling. We pull away when we run out of air. She ducks her head down, hiding it in my chest. Panting lightly. I smile and kiss her head. I get out of bed to turn off the lights but she stops me. She claps her hands three times and the lights turn off. "I should get that in my room," I say. She giggles and pulls me back to bed. Well she tries but I just go willingly. "Good night sweetheart," I whisper. "Good night," she mouths, kissing my chest lightly. I sigh, I wish she would talk to me, I know she can. I asked Theo. I hope she'll be comfortable enough around me one day to let me hear her voice.
Hi Everyone:
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I just realized when I was finishing it, how long it actually is.
I know that Rose's family being ok with her dating a member of the mafia isn't very logical but I didn't want them to hide their relationship because I feel like a lot of people do that in their stories.
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Love you all❤❤❤
Jessie