The Stolen Mafia Princess

Avoidance

{Margo’s POV}

After my run this morning Damon and Carter have been avoiding me like the plague. It didn’t matter.. I wasn’t good enough for them, and I knew that, so at least it wasn’t like I was expecting anything else. I sighed as I sunk down into the tub, then I heard knocking on my door. I wrapped my towel around myself and walked to the door. When I opened it Bella was standing with her iPad, and she was smiling from ear to ear.

“Darling I did it!” She squealed as she pushed her way into my room. I closed the door behind her and ran to my closet trying to find some clothes.

From my closet I began to ask her. “You finished them already?” I grabbed a pair of short shorts, and a tank top sliding them on. I walked out with my towel around my head.

“Yes!” She shrieked showing me her iPad. The one for my stomach was a deer skull surrounded by flowers, and vines. I studied it as she flipped to my back tattoo. I was a snake, surrounded by the same flowers from the front. There were bees, and honeycombs hidden within the flowers and vines.

I squealed and kicked my feet like a little girl. “I love them! When can we start?” I asked, looking over the designs.

“Whenever you’re ready!” She said pulling up her bag.

I smiled and lifted my shirt slightly. “I’m ready!” I said.

She sat me down in the chair and set up her things. She cleaned off my stomach which she decided to do first, then placed the design. I stood in the mirror looking over it. “It’s perfect Bella!” I smiled.

“Good, now lay down over there on your bed, I laid out a sterile blanket!” She ordered as she set up the rest of her things.

Once everything was set, and I was ready she began the outlining process. For my whole stomach just the outlining took a few hours. Once she was done with the outlining she sighed. “Okay, that’s enough for now, I can come back later and do the outlining on your back, then the next little bit we’ll focus on coloring it all in, and shading!” She smiled.

I stood up, walking to the mirror and staring at it in disbelief, most of my scars on my stomach were covered by just the line work, but many were still visible, especially the bad ones. “Thank you Bella! It looks amazing!” I smiled brightly.

“Here is some special soap, clean it with this, and we’ll talk later!” She said as she packed up her things and left my room. I quickly changed into fresh clothes, cleaning off the tattoo before changing. I put on a pair of overall shorts, and a short sleeve sage green shirt.

I pulled my hair back, braiding it loosely, and put on some makeup. Something to cover my black eyes, and I decided on some eyeshadow to match my shirt. I smiled at myself in the mirror and made my way down the stairs. Angelo, Silas and Marco were all standing in the kitchen. “Hey bambina!” Marco said pulling me into a tight hug.

I hissed and pulled away from him. “Maybe no hugs for now, my tattoo is still fresh!” I smiled.

All of their attention turned to me, eyeing me in an angry way. “What tattoo? Who said you could get a tattoo?” Angelo asked, looking over me.

I gaped at him. “Um.. I did!” I said, in a snarky kind of way. “Nonna Maria called her friend, and I’m getting my scars covered up!” I said, looking into his eyes.

“Bambina.. you shouldn’t have tattoos..” he said, turning and grabbing a bottle of water.

“Well, it’s too late for that, and I don’t care what you think about me getting tattoos! You guys are covered in them! Even Silas has a couple!” I said, anger bubbling up within me.

“It’s not like she did that much yet.. we’ll just tell her that you changed your mind..” he muttered, more to himself than me.

“Angelo!” I snapped. “My whole stomach is outlined, and I plan on getting it colored and shaded, along with my back. She designed beautiful tattoos for me, and I plan on getting them. If you don’t like it, I don’t care! I’m an adult, and I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror!” I yelled sharply. “This isn’t your decision to make! It’s mine!”

He sighed.. turning and looking between Marco and Silas before nodding. “Okay.. okay.. so..” he pointed at my stomach. “Let’s see it!” He smiled softly.

I unbuckled my overalls and lifted my shirt at the front. They all looked at my tattoo in awe. “WOW! That’s awesome!” Silas said, walking over and looking at it closely.

“That is pretty bada** princess!” Marco said fist bumping me.

I looked over at Angelo who was just looking over it carefully. Once he had seen enough I pulled my shirt back down and fixed my overall shorts. “Okay.. one.. it’s not what I would have picked for you..” he said. I began to speak up, but he held up his finger. “But! I really like it.” He said smiling.

I smiled and ran over hugging him gently. “I do too! It makes me feel strong, powerful, and beautiful!” I did a little dance and my brothers joined in. “I’m going to go work in the flower garden while we wait for our guests, come get me when they get here!” I said, grabbing a bottle of ice cold water and making my way outside into our backyard.