To Love Thy Enemy

Chapter Fourteen

        I didn't want to wake up, it was so warm here and I liked warm. I snuggled in closer, but the closer tighten around me and then it hit me, I was not alone. But what truly gave it away was his intoxicating smell. My eyes popped open and I flew out of the arms that were wrapped around me and onto the floor, "Owe fuck." I whispered, I peaked up and he was still asleep and I crawled around grabbing my pants and rolling on my back to pull them on. I grabbed my phone and shoes and stood up and booked it out of the room before he woke up, shutting the door slowly behind me. 

    I leaned against the door with my eyes closed and sighed, "Well damn girl, I was wondering where you went last night." I turned my head to the side and my eyes flew open to see Alexa standing there and honestly I would rather it be her then Nadia asking me questions. 

        "OOOOOH I f****d up." I said moving away from the door and heading far far away from it, with Alexa on my heels.

    "Why you say that?" Said Alexa, looking back at the door. 

        I opened my eyes to say and Nadia came bounding down the stairs with Mateo on her heels, she smiled at me "Oh there you are Cat, I was beginning to worry about you disappearing last night. Where did you go?" She was looking me over as Mateo handed her a cup of coffee.

      I opened my mouth to speak and started stuttering and it was at that moment that a door opened behind me and Noah's voice on the phone speaking very loud and angry. Nadia's eyes went from the shirt I was wearing to her brother who stood shirtless in the hallway yelling, she raised her eyebrow and stared at me.

     "Um I spilled something on my shirt yesterday, and well I borrowed a shirt." I spoke as I turned and my eyes locked with Noah's for the briefest of moments, he finished his phone call and the walked into the kitchen, Alexa was clearly entertained by everything going on here.

        "Right, makes sense." She nodded.

    Alexa grabbed a banana and started peeling it watching between us all. Noah walked to the fridge and opened it, I sat at the table by the window and pulled my legs into the chair hugging them to me. 

    "Noah, when exactly did you get home?" Spoke Nadia as she stared at me and his back stiffened from by the stove, it didn't take him long to slam a pot against the stove and tell her off in another language which I know is their mothers first language; Russian. 

        We all jumped at the slamming of the pot, Alexa looked at me "I see what you meant." She nodded and I looked over at her and started laughing which rewarded me with one of Noah's evil looks. 

    "Who the f**k are you?"  Noah turns and looks at her.

        I lift my head and look at him "She's my friend so watch your mouth Bianchi." 

    He looked at me, he hated when someone- I.e. me- called him by his last name and I knew that he wanted nothing more then to cuss me, we could have that argument as he stared at me and I didn't back down placing my legs on the floor. He walked over to me "Are you stupid little girl." He leaned against the table and staring me in my eyes.

    Here we go with the little girl bullshit, if memory serves me right and I know it does. I proved last night that I was indeed not a little girl, and as the memories of the night before flash in my mind I blush and break eye contact "f**k out my face before I punch you in your s**t again."

        He saw the look on my face and it dawned on him why I was blushing, he had already started backing up and his words so low I clearly was the only one who heard it "Do you need a time out little girl?" and all of the blood rushed into my core as his has grazed my shoulder as he stood up straight from gripping the side of my chair. I looked at everyone in the room to see that everyone was looking in any direction but ours, everyone except Alexa who had an eyebrow c****d at me. Most of everyone knew that when myself and Noah came to blows it was best to just stay out of it.

    I stood up and looked up and straight into his eyes, I was not afraid of a challenge and for some reason the challenge, excited me and I knew at that moment I should have slapped the f**k out of myself. Before I could come back with a retort someone walked in "Boss trouble." 

        "Alexa was it, I'll have someone pull a car around to get you home." Spoke Nadia, as she called someone over and instructed them. 

    Me and Alexa said our goodbyes and promised to reach out soon, this is what I hated about the business that my family ran. At any moment at the drop of a hate something will come up, things would change and you don't know if you will run into trouble.

        Noah and Mateo who both turned and looked at the man who saw us girls and started speaking in Russian. Nadia seemed to cling to every word as she listened to the fast speaking that they were speaking, her face looked horrid, as she played with the key necklace on her neck. This was something she only did when she was stressed by something or over thinking. 

    I cleared my throat "I'm going to go shower-" I froze at the only thing I heard and understood and that was the name of my Poppa Alister. 

        "What's wrong with Poppa?" I spoke in a demanding way.

    Noah looked over at me arms crossed except one of his hands was reached up touching his chin, I tried to read his eyes but they were cold to me and it freaked me out. 

     "Go to my room." He demanded.

    "No where is my Poppa." I retorted.

        Nadia tried to touch my shoulder but I pulled away and picked up my phone calling my Poppa, the phone didn't even ring. I tried again with the same issues, I was confused because Poppa no matter what always answered my phone unless for two reasons. So why was he not answering.

    Noah spoke "Do as I said." 

        I looked up at him "No I'm going home Poppa is not answering me." 

    Nadia spoke next "Come Cat, lets g-" 

        "No, I'm going home." I spoke.

    "IT IS NOT UP TO DISCUSSION, GO TO MY ROOM AND STAY UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD OTHERWISE CATALINA." He boomed and my eyes snapped to him and tears well in my eyes. 

    "My Poppa?" I whispered putting my head down as I turned and walking down the row to his room, I could here Nadia behind me but I ignored her going into the room and slamming the door just as she reached it and twisted the lock.

    I slid to the floor and hugged my knees, I didn't know what to say. No matter the anger, the situation, Noah does not use my name under any situation. I am always little girl in that annoying accent of his. I was very scared and didn't know the situation that was to come. Did something happen to my Poppa? Was this my fault for forcing the situation of me moving home? Did I put him in danger?

    It's a dangerous game when you deal with the business that my family deals, and I feel like I made it worse.