ACE
Anger was all I felt. It ran through my entire body, my veins; they felt it. I hit harder and harder, my knuckles were bleeding but I didn't care. I hit the punching bag harder and harder. A piece of my anger eased with every punch and every drop of blood.
"ace" I heard Gio say but I ignored him. He hit her. He freaking hit her and I did nothing. He thinks he's better than everyone and he hates me. I know. His reasons aren't even valid. My elder brother is blonde and I'm not, he's smart and I'm not, he loves baseball and I don't, he loves to read and school is shit, he's Elijah valentino and I'm Ace valentino. I punched the bag harder.
"hurting yourself won't help" I heard Theo say in a serious tone. He's hardly ever serious and when he's calm it Is dangerous. I stopped. The bag had seen better days. The idiot. He hit her. I was losing my mind now.my mum, my dad hit her. She's the loveliest person in the world and my dad doesn't deserve someone like her. Just over and argument, he hit her and kicked me out of the house.
PUNCH. My so perfect brother, tired of the racket, moved away. Idiota.PUNCH. she was home alone and only God knew what he was doing to her.
I felt strong hands restraining me, I looked into Gio's eyes. He was the joker of the group and hardly ever upset but I could see pain, sadness and anger in his eyes. "stop it, you'll only make matters worse" he said and I stopped. I gave them a deadpanned look. I looked from Theo to Giovanni and then Drake who sat in a corner observing as he always does.
Theo's phone started to ring and I glanced at the screen from where I stood. Alessandro. He swiped the green and answered the phone.
"where the hell are you and your brother?" his gruff voice resonated through the dark room. Theo shut his eyes and rubbed his temple.
"I'm with Ace and Drake, we'll be home soon" I could hear Alessandro almost choke.
"don't bring that little shit home with you, Sofia is here" I rolled my eyes. I wasn't little. Theo hung up and glared at me.
"who's Sofia?" Drake asked and I turned to them for answers.
"she's Lincoln's kid and she stays with us now and I don't Linc likes the idea of you being within 6 feet of her" Gio said. I snickered. Lincoln had a weird sense of humor.
"I always thought Vince would be the first to get a child, he's a flirt" Drake said with a shrug. I cracked a smile and then it slowly faded away when I realized I had nowhere to go for the night. Drake couldn't take me in cause his brother and I are no on the best terms that leaves the only option THE CARTERS.
"I have nowhere to stay tonight, you know right?" I said to them. They all sighed annoyed sighs. "I could stay at yours and leave once Lincoln leaves, the others don't have to see me" Theo shook his head. For once he wasn't ready to agree with me.
"chill bro, I think we can pull this off" Theo rolled his eyes and agreed. He was easy to persuade. We parked our stuff and headed to Theo's car leaving the abandoned gym and drove into the dark night.
....
I couldn't sleep. I turned and turned around on my makeshift bed until the single stream of sunlight entered the room. I stood up and reached for my phone. The brightness of the screen temporarily blinded me but I was soon able to see the screen. I heard the roar of an engine and I knew Lincoln was leaving for work already. I swear, that guy is a workaholic. I opened the door to Theo's room and made my way down the stairs quietly. I stood at the end of the railing sending quick texts to some people.
What I didn't expect was to see was a girl sliding down the railing. I was too shocked to move until she slammed into me. We both fell to the floor. I groaned and she winced. I opened my eyes when I felt her on top of me, I stared into her deep blue eyes. It was beautiful.
"what the fudge?" I heard someone yell and I gulped. She scrambled off me and stood aide. Alessandro stood at the stairs glaring at me. He wasn't supposed to know I was here.
"what the hell, Ace Valentino?" he yelled.
Everything escalated quickly, wasn't even sure what happened and I was still on the floor. It was like I was in a daze. I stood up from the floor just as Sofia Walked out. The real argument started.
"what happened now freaking Ace Valentino?" Vince asked coming up close. I clenched my fist.
"he hit her and I got kicked out" Vince backed off with a sigh. I could tell they were getting tired of getting involved in my family issues.
"you could've stayed at Drake's" Alex added. I rolled my eyes at him seriously.
"my brother is home, he doesn't fancy Ace" Alesssandro and Vince rolled their eyes at the same time. Freaks.
"just stay away from her okay, we don't need to drag her into existing problems. If Linc finds out you were here he'll have a fit, so we keep this amongst ourselves" we all nodded or heads. Alessandro walked off. There were some rules that are meant to be broken even if it's a death wish. And who cares what Alessandro has to say after all I'm the rule breaker.