CHAPTER 5 : THE GRAVEYARD

Nat's POV

"The-the-graveyard?"I ask him in horror.

"Yes. The graveyard. Let's go" he says and smiles sadly.

Why the graveyard all of a sudden?

"I have to visit someone important's grave," he answers my thoughts.

"Uh-okay. I guess"I say and look outside from the window.

Someone important?

Who?

What if he's actually taking me to a deserted place and plans to kill me there?

You may never know what goes in the minds of people nowadays.

But if he did have to harm me, he would've done it earlier and not taken me inside his house and helped me with my wound and taking me to the hospital.

I think I should stop being so insecure when it comes to Leo.

Till now he's just helped me.

But it's hard to get rid of old habits.

After what Nick did to me, I'm insecure about every little thing.

If I'd just been insecure then--

"We're here," Leo says ten minutes later and cuts my dark thought process.

I nod in return and get out of the car.

I straighten the skirt I'm wearing because it has wrinkles in it.

It moves a little upwards which causes Leo to look at me and gulp.

I follow his gaze and lower my skirt.

Pervert.

Our eyes meet and he gets out of the car and clears his throat.

He's flustered.

He moves towards the back door and takes out flowers from there.

I hadn't noticed these before.

He opens the door of the graveyard and steps inside.

The wind starts blowing and I feel cold. I shiver and place my hands on my arms and move them up and down to create heat. Leo looks at me and removes the shirt he was wearing on top of a T-shirt and puts it on my shoulder. I smile at him in gratitude and he nods and starts walking towards the left.

I follow his footsteps while wearing his shirt.

It's warm and smells woody.

After a short walk, Leo stops in front of a grave and places flowers in front of it.

I move closer to take a peek at the name and my eyes go wide when I read the name.

It's Luca.

The very Luca who died saving me.

How does Leo even know Luca?

I hear a sniffle and look at Leo.

He's crying.

I turn around and sit on the grass.

It's best to give Leo some privacy.

I steal a glance at him and look at his bent figure.

He and Luca must be close.

Moments later Leo gets up and I tear my gaze away from him.

"Nat?" he calls out my name.

"Coming, "I say and get up from the grass.

He sees me and steps in front of me.

I wipe the grass off my skirt.

"Your skirt's up again," he says and turns around.

"What?"I ask look at my skirt and push it down.

I'm never wearing this skirt again.

"I'm done, "I say.

As he turns around, I see a hint of blush across his cheeks. He clears his throat and says, "Let's go."

I nod and follow him outside.

"Are you okay now?"I ask him after we sit in the car.

"Yes. Thanks for turning around" he says.

"I thought it would be best to give you some privacy"

"You're thoughtful," he says and I smile in return.

"Do you want to go anywhere else?" he asks me.

"No. I'll think I'm going to rest today," I say and he nods.

Sometime later, we reach our respective houses. He parks his car and we both get out at the same time.

"Thank you for today," I say.

"I anyways had to go that way so it's ok," he replies.

"You're a very friendly neighbor," I remark and he chuckles.

"I'll be off now," I say and step backward.

"Bye," he says with a wave and starts to move towards his house.

I sigh and enter my house.

"Where have you been perdere ?" my mother asks as I step in.

"You don't care," I say and start climbing the stairs.

"You know what? I don't!" she yells.

"I knew!" I say and slam my door.

"What a day!"I say with a groan.

Today was weird again.

Things have been weird since yesterday.

I feel safe with Leo.

Sort of.

At least safer than I've ever felt with Nick.

I rub my neck and stand in front of the mirror.

Shit! I forgot to give Leo his shirt.

To be honest it kind of looks good on me.

I remove the shirt and start applying ointment to my bruises.

They've turned a nasty shade of yellow so that's an improvement I guess.

I'm glad Leo never asked about them.

I wouldn't have been able to bring myself to tell him.

I got these at the night when Luca was shot.

I was severely pushed around and hit by the end of the gun.

The Accardi clan was supposed to protect me.

At least Luca saved my life.

He was the kindest soul I have ever met.

But bad things happen to good people all the time.

This is so unfair.

Here we are, always trying to make right with the universe when it will screw us anyway.

If karma existed Luca would be alive and instead of his name on that grave, other people's names would be there.

I take off all my clothes and go for a shower in my bathroom.

I stay in the warm water for half an hour.

The warm water calms my anxious nerves down.

I change into my nightsuit and start looking at my phone.

I open Instagram to see what my 'friends' have been up to these days.

They're just normal teenagers who have to worry whether they did their homework or not, whether their crush likes them or not.

This was my life too until I met Nick.

Now I have to worry who will kill me first, the Alfonsi's or the Accardi's?