CHAPTER 24 : SLEEPOVER

Leo's POV

I leave the hotel, completely satisfied that finally there will be justice.

It's not fair for them to kill each and every member of my clan and just loose a few themselves and it had to be my best friend who died to top it all.

About his death, no matter how many people I tell I won't kill Mario, I will have it too. There is no way he is getting alive after killing my best friend. And he is so smug that he killed Luca, the audacity of him!

Ugh

Why do I always end up with assholes?

And who the hell is this Alejandro? I have never even heard about him and to say he is the son of my father's brother.

Weird cousin, I have got here.

I reach home twenty minutes later and am happy when I see Nat in her lawn listening to music.

It's dark and she shouldn't be outside or people like Marco can come and harm her.

"Hey" I call her.

She notices my presence and smiles in return.

"Hey" she replies.

"What are you listening to ?" I ask her.

"Old English music " she replies sweetly.

"Geez" I tease her and she chuckles.

"I hope you haven't killed anyone or something," she says with a serious tone.

"Oh no no," I chuckle.

I shouldn't have told her about it.

"And are you planning to kill anyone in some time ?"

"Not in some time " I lie.

She seems unsatisfied with the answer and looks up at me and says, " I thought you made a promise "

"Promises are meant to be broken," I tell her.

"Not this one. You could keep it "

"I am sorry. Can we please change the topic? I am not really in the mood to talk about my murder plans "

"So you have them," she states.

"Of course I do Nat! They killed my parents"

"I know but--"

"Let's just change the topic, please? " I ask in one of my sweetest tones hoping she would oblige.

"Okay," she sulks.

She gives in much to my happiness.

"So you busy tonight? " I ask her hoping to stop sulking.

"No. Why ?" she asks me with a raised eyebrow.

"Um, I was just thinking that maybe we could have a movie marathon and a sleepover at my place?"

"Sleepover?" she asks and begins to laugh, I can't help but join her.

"Still not kidding and it's the weekend anyway"

"I really don't know "

"C'mon! I won't bore you !" I say with a pout.

"I want to but I don't think my mother would allow ..."

"Oh don't worry I bet your parents are charmed by me, " I say with a playful smirk.

"Don't be so smug about it ! " she says and swats my arm playfully.

"Come, Let's go and ask them !"

"Okay"

I get up and help her onto her feet. One of the prime reasons for being with her was to keep her safe. Marco would definitely would come and try to hurt her and there is no way in the world am I allowing that to happen.

Nobody hurts her while I 'm alive.

"They allowed me," she says.

"I know they would, " I say with a smirk.

"Ugh, Why are you always right ?" she laughs.

"I don't know, " I laugh with her.

"Let's go and get your things "

" Right now ?"

"Yah! It's dark already," and Alejandro might have already killed that person.

"Okay. Wait here, I will just get my stuff "

"Make it fast !"

"Why are you so eager today ?"

"I just miss you, baby," I say and she blushes.

"Okay, I am just coming. "

"Hmm"

After five minutes, true to her word, she comes down with a night bag. "I am good to go. Come on, " she says.

"Yes ma'am," I chuckle.

We reach my house in a minute cause duh we live next door.

I quickly lock the front door and signal the watchmen who I have kept for tonight and the many nights after this.

Nat looks at me funny and says," Why are you being so weird today ?"

"Just like that," I say with a smile and shut the windows too.

"So, which movie are we watching today?" Nat asks me as soon she makes herself comfortable in my bed.

"Which one do you want to watch? Horror?"

"Horror? God no," she says with a shudder.

"Why?" I ask her with a chuckle.

"They're scary. Let's watch something sweet"

"Okay, like?" I say and lay down beside her.

"Let's watch after," she says with a squeal and I can't help but laugh at her reaction.

"After it is," I say and put it on.

The movie goes on for an hour and a half and I thought it would be some random chick flick but actually is really good and I find myself smiling at the end of it.

"You liked?" she asks me and lets out a sniffle.

"Yeah, it was great. Are you crying?"

"Yeah, it gets to me everytime," she says and I hug her.

It's so great to see how she's really compassionate about everything.

She doesn't deserve some rage-driven person like me, she deserves someone really better.

Someone that gives her peace and doesn't endanger her life with every second that he spends with her.

I've heard a quote that says, ' people who don't think they deserve the other are the ones that usually do' but I don't really think its true anymore.

I look at her and find myself smiling like an idiot.

I haven't felt like this about someone in a long while.

Will I mess up this too like I just tend to mess up everything or is this going to last

Only one way to find out.

I find her staring at me so I break my chain of thoughts and smile at her instead.

She giggles in return and rolls over to my side.

"What are you thinking about?" she asks me and stares deep into my eyes as if trying to search through my soul.

"Nothing," I say with a smile.