CHAPTER 13 : THE GAME

Nat's POV

Tonight there's the football game. I'm planning to go instead of sitting and sulking at my house.

Who knows it might actually turn out to be good.

I've invited Leo as well.

He seemed pretty happy when I asked him to come.

"Let's go!" Nina says with a grin and pushes me out of her house.

"Easy, woman," I say and she smiles in return.

Her boyfriend's playing and she's pretty excited. She's wearing his jersey and she looks cute.

"Chris so gonna melt when he sees you," I say to her with a wink and she blushes.

"Leo's coming right?" she asks me with a smirk.

"Yes," I say and she nudges me with her shoulder.

"He's gonna have the same reaction when he sees you"

"Uh, I don't think so. I'm not that pretty,"

"Ugh, c'mon! You are--"she starts but I cut her off by saying," We're here."

"Let's goooooo!" she says and hops off my car and rushes inside.

Damn, she's really excited.

"Hey," I hear someone say and I turn around to see Leo lurking behind me.

"Hey!" I say with a smile and he smiles in return.

"Shall we?" I ask him and he nods and starts moving towards the door.

"After you," he says when he opens the door for me.

His gentlemen habits.

"Where's your friend?" he asks me.

"She must be here somewhere," I say with a frown and look around.

"There!" I say and point towards her and Chris.

They're hushed up in a corner and are talking. Chris's eyes seem to be glowing and he's blushing and so is she.

They're adorable.

"They're dating?" he asks me.

"Yes," I say and sit down on the bleachers.

"It's just you who doesn't date," he says and sits next to me.

"We're not having this conversation right now," I say with a sigh.

"Okay," he says with a huff and pouts.

We sit in silence for a while till Nina joins us.

"Hey Leo!" she says with a smile and he smiles in return.

The game starts and Nina stands up and starts cheering for Chris. Chris is focusing more on her than the goddamn game. At this rate, we'll lose.

"Nina! Sit down!" I tell her and pull her down.

"Ow!" she exclaims in pain.

"He's looking more at you than at the game. Let him concentrate hon," I say in a sweet tone and she nods in agreement.

"She's quite dominating, isn't she?"Leo says and Nina laughs.

"Excuse me?" I say and he smirks in return.

"You know I'm right here!" I say with a laugh.

"Yeah, I know. That's why I said it," he says and starts laughing.

"Asshole," I say and watch the game.

"We're actually winning," Nina says after fifteen minutes of complete silence.

"Yeah, thanks to your boyfriend," I say and nudge her shoulder.

"I guess," she says with a blush.

We do win.

Not solely because of Chris's performance in the field but due to the whole team's performance.

"So dinner guys? My treat," Leo says and I and Nina nod in return.

"Lemme ask Chris," Nina says and disappears in the crowd of people surrounding the team.

"So we won hunh?" Leo says.

"Yes, we did," I say and he nods in return.

"Can I ask you something?" he asks me after a few moments of silence.

"Yes"

"What's your full name?"

"Hunh?"

What's my full name?

I thought that he thought that I wasn't the girl he was looking for.

"My full name's Natania Hills, "I reply.

That's what my parents changed our surname to after we moved from Italy to here.

"Hills? I thought you were Italian," he huffs.

"Part Italian, my mom's Italian while my dad's American"

"Oh"

"Yeah, why do you ask me?"

"Just checking"

"For?"

"Anything?"

"What if I'm a serial killer? Then what?" I cross my arms and ask him.

"Then I'll tell you I'm far worse than a serial killer," he says in a low voice.

"Like what?" I snort.

"A leader of one of the strongest clan of Italy"

"As if"

"What if I am?"

"Then I'll stay away from you"

"Why?"

"I could die because of you"

"You could die anyway"

"How?" I ask him.

"Because--" he starts but stops when he sees Nina.

"Let's go," she says and Chris smiles.

"Yes," he says and looks at me.

"What?"

"Aren't you coming along?"

"In your car?"

"Did you get yours?"

"No"

"Then?" he says and starts walking.

Okay, what?

Why is he annoyed at me?

I follow him.

He walks very fast but then suddenly stops walking and I crash into him.

"Watch it," I say and grit my teeth.

He turns around and looks me in the eye.

"What?" I ask him in an annoyed tone.

"I'm thinking that maybe you should stay away from me," he says and lowers his head and starts walking away.

I hold onto his arm and turn him around.

"What's all this about Leo?"

"I'm the leader of a clan okay? You can die--" he starts and my eyes widen at his response.

So he is the leader of the clan.

I was right.

He tries to start again but he stops when he sees something behind me.

"What is it?" I ask him and turn around.

I see Nick standing there with anger radiating from him.

"What are you doing here?" Leo and I ask him both in unison.

Nick steps forward and tries to hold my arm but Leo smacks his hand away and steps in front of me.

They both look at each other with pure hatred and anger radiating off their bodies.

I try to break the silence but my throat has gone dry and I can't say a word.

With a last look at Nick, Leo turns around and starts to walk away. Nick looks at his back and then looks at me.

"Nat, I--" Nick starts to say but I hold my hand up and tell him to stop.

I look at Nick and then at Leo, he's already near his car. I rush after Leo and leave Nick staring into thin air.