The Moretti Family War

You Can Call Me Vinny

I thought I would be use to this by now. This empty feeling I mean. I don't even know where to begin. Well I guess what's most important is a name right ? Hi, my name is Eva Sinclair. On my 18th birthday my parents told me to go out and enjoy the day with my friends. Sounds pretty normal right ? Well, what makes this not so "normal", is that my family has always celebrated each milestone birthday together. At the time I paid it no mind. Anyways, after hanging out with my friends I come home to find my younger brother Kent sitting outside with police, and my parents nowhere to be found. They had disappeared. The house was in perfect condition. Clothes, jewelry, car....everything was intact. They were just missing. It's been 5 months since my parents disappearance and the police has closed the case, deeming it unsolved. Deep in my gut I had a feeling that my parents "needed" to disappear. It almost felt as if their disappearance was supposed to happen. And it scared me that I felt that way.

"Hey Eva, can I go to a party tonight ?" Kent asked as he walked down the staircase. 

"Party ? Whose party is it ?" I said, not taking my eyes off my laptop. 

"Dustin's." Kent uttered. 

I turned my head, looking him dead in the eyes "Dustin is my age. What makes you think I'm gonna let you go to a 18 and over party? ".

 Kent's facial expression goes soft "Please ?" he begged. 

"No way Jose." I turned back to my laptop and proceeded to browse websites. 

"Fine. I guess I'll just play video games or something." he said while stomping up the stairs. 

"Dinner will be ready in about 1 hour. Roast is in the oven now". I yelled. 

I hear his bedroom door slam shut. { Slamming s**t like he pays for a damn thing in here. I guess I have sometime to take a quick nap.} I shut down my laptop as I lie down on the couch, falling asleep soon after I lay my head on the cushion.

I slept for what felt like hours. When I woke up, every light in the house were turned off. I get up off the couch and head to the kitchen. Opening the oven to check on the roast, but it was empty. 

"Kent did you eat ? And where did you put the leftovers ?" I yelled. 

"Kent?" I called out as I closed the oven door and began to walk towards the staircase. 

{ Maybe he's asleep. It seems to be pretty late, after all every light is off.} I looked at the clock on the coffee table. The clock reads 2:20 am. 

{My birthday date is the time ? Hmph, that's a little weird.}

 I began to make my way up the staircase. The hallway is darker than normal. I flicked the light switch but nothing happened. 

"I guess the power is out." I said with shaky breath. 

A feeling of uneasiness began to overcome me. I walked slowly towards Kent's bedroom door. I open the door to see, not my brothers bedroom, but to what looks like some sort of cave. 

"Am I dreaming still ?!" I asked myself. 

As confused and scared as I was, I walked cautiously towards the entrance. I stopped at the entrance, it was blocked by a boulder. I reached out my hand to touch it and heard a voice. 

"Not yet" a calmed distorted voice called out. 

I looked around trying to find the person who was speaking to me. 

"Hello ? Who is out there?" I responded. 

" You mustn't enter this place yet." the voice sounded as if it was right in front of me. 

Startled, I back away from the entrance causing me to trip over my own feet and fall. 

" Please don't hurt me." I said as tears filled my eyes. 

" I don't know how I got here ! Please!" I cried out. 

"Hush now child, and return when you master the power of Guiren. " 

I saw a hand appear above my face. I closed my eyes and accepted the fact that this may be my death, and then.....silence. 

I opened my eyes to see that I'm in my living room, with my alarm for the roast ringing. I picked up my phone to silence the alarm. 

" Kent, I'm preparing the plates now. Do you want your biscuit buttered or no ?" I yelled. 

{ That was a crazy dream, but it felt somewhat important ? No haha, I just need to not eat anymore edibles tonight. No response from Kent yet either.} 

"Kent?!" I yelled as I approached the stairs. 

{ Disrespectful little a**hole.} 

I made my way up the stairs then down the hallway towards Kent's bedroom. I opened the door to see his room empty. 

{ At least I'm not dreaming this time.} 

" Are you in the bathroom?" I asked as I closed the bedroom door. 

I knocked on the bathroom door and received no answer. I opened the bathroom door to be sure, but it was empty also. Then it clicked. 

{ That motherf***er snuck out.} 

I slammed the door and rushed downstairs. I grab my phone from the coffee table and called my bestfriend Chassidy. 

{ Chassidy ought to know where Dustin live.} 

After 3 rings she answers. 

" Hello?" Chassidy said with a slur, I could barely hear her due to the noisy background. 

" Hey Chassidy do you know where Dustin lives ? I think Kent snuck out to go to his party." I asked. 

"Yea I'm at the party now, I'll text you the address." she replied through belching. 

" Great, tha-" Chassidy hung up abruptly. 

{ I might as well call Brooke, Chassidy is obviously drunk and probably not gonna send it.} 

I call Brooke's number and she answers almost immediately. 

" Hey, Eva. What's up?" she asked. 

" Not much, just wondering if you know where Dustin lives ? Kent snuck out to go to his party. I replied. 

" Actually I'm on my way there now. I know Chassidy is there so I was gonna go make sure she's safe and that she doesn't get too drunk." she said with a sigh. 

"It might be a little late for that. I just talked to her and she is pretty drunk already." I said. 

" Of course she is." Brooke replied. 

" I'll pick you up and we can go there together. Sounds cool ?" I asked while putting on my shoes. 

" Sure thing, I'll be outside waiting for you to pull up." she replied. 

" All right, see you in a bit." I hung up the phone and proceeded to the front door. 

I pick up Brooke and she puts the address in the gps and we make our way to the party. We pull up to the party and get out of the car. 

" I'm gonna go look for Chassidy. Meet back at the car ?" Brooke said. 

"Ok, I'm gonna go find Kent." I replied. 

I pushed my way through a crowd of people at the doorway and enter the house. The air is filled with smoke. 

{ Last thing I need is a contact high so lets make this quick. }

I look around the room and see Kent on the couch. I walked towards him slapped the back of his head. 

"What the f**ck?!" Kent yelled as he held his head. 

" Which one of you d*cks did that-" he asked as he looks up and makes eye contact with me. 

"Sh*t." he said while standing up. 

I cross my arms and look him dead in his eyes. 

" You really think you could sneak out and I wouldn't know ?" I asked with a scowl. 

"Come on E, you never let me go to any parties." he says while avoiding my gaze. 

" I don't let you go to parties because the parties you wanna go to is not for kids your age." I replied. He stares at his shoes not responding. 

" Are you listening to me?" I asked. 

"Kent." I say while grabbing his face and averting his gaze to me. 

His pupils were dilated and he had a empty look in his eyes. 

"What the h*ll Kent ? What did you take? I asked. 

" It's just a E pill. Chill out." he said while removing my hand from his face. 

" Did Dustin give you this ?" I yelled. 

No response from Kent. As I look around the room I lock eyes with Dustin but he quickly walks into the kitchen. I turn my gaze back to Kent. 

"Go to the car, you will see Brooke and Chassidy. Now!" I said as I motioned him to the front door. 

I head into the kitchen to approach Dustin. 

" Why did you give E pills to my brother !?" I yelled as I entered the kitchen. 

"The h*ll you talking about ?" he replied. The strong scent of vodka coming off his breath, I could tell he was intoxicated and that, that may make him a little aggressive but I was far too pissed to care. 

" You heard me a**hole, you gave Kent drugs. Why would you make him do that?" I asked while closing the distance between us. 

" Listen here b*tch, I didn't make him do anything he didn't want to do so f*ck off." he said while pushing me away from him. 

" Don't touch me !" I yelled out. I tried to smack him in the face but he caught my hand. 

"You messed up now b*tch." he said while laughing. 

He clenched his fist and pulled his arm back to punch me in the face. Out of nowhere, someone grabs his hand as he is inches away from hitting me. 

" I believe she said don't touch me." said a man with a soft toned voice. 

His back was facing me so I couldn't see his face. 

"She tried to hit me first. Now move and let me return the favor." 

Dustin stated as he tried to free his hand from the man's grip. The stranger tightened his grip on Dustin's hand. It almost seemed as though the stranger was crushing Dustin's hand with his bare strength. 

{ This guy must work out a lot.}

"Ahhhhh !" Dustin yells out as he falls to his knees. 

The stranger lets go off Dustin's hand. 

" You...you....I think my hand is broken!" Dustin says as he looks at his trembling hand. 

" Then maybe you should go get that checked out." said the stranger. 

A scowl came across Dustin's face 

" Get the f*ck out of my house." he said as he gets up off the floor and walks away. 

" Are you ok ?" the stranger asked as he turns to face me. 

I stood there unable to move or say anything. The only thing I could do is stare at the beautiful man before me. He had dark hazel eyes with thick eyebrows. His skin was fair colored and smooth. His short curly hair was an auburn color. His slender lips was slick with a smile as he looked at me. His gaze was intimidating. Almost like he was trying to read me. I felt inferior to him in all ways. 

"Umm, I'm fine...thanks for stepping in back there." I said shyly trying to avert my gaze. 

" No need to thank me. Anyone who tries to hit a female deserves that and more." he replied. 

" I should get going before Dustin tries to come back with friends this time." I said. 

"Let me walk you out." he replied. 

" Sure." I smiled. 

The stranger walked me out of the house to the bottom of the driveway. 

"My cars right over there. I cant thank you enough for what you did in there." I said as I turned to face him. 

" Please, no need to thank me. What kind of man would I be to let that happen in front of me?" he replied. 

We stood there in silence for moment, just staring at each other. I decided to break the silence. 

" I've never seen you before, are you new in town ?" I asked. 

" My family has lived here all my life. What makes you ask that ?"  he replied. 

" Well this is a pretty small town, I mean everybody pretty much knows everybody. But you, your a new face." I said while crossing my arms. 

" Well, I guess it would be better for me to say that I just moved back due to certain circumstances." he replied. 

" Oh really ? What circumstances would those be ?" I asked. 

The look on Savino's faced turned into a pained expression when I asked that question, and I immediately regretted asking him that. 

" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry." I said regretfully. 

Savino's expression softened up. " It's alright, it's just.....it's a sensitive topic." he replied with a slight smile.

"I should get going, my friends and brother are waiting for me." I said as I reached into my pocket to grab my keys. 

" I'm Eva by the way." 

"Nice to meet you Eva. My name is Savino but you can call me Vinny." he said as he reached to shake my hand. 

The moment our hands touched, I felt a jolting sensation through out my body. Flashbacks of the cave I saw in my dream came to the forefront of my mind. The feeling caused me to drop my keys. 

"Eva, are you ok ?" Savino asked with a concerned expression. 

" Yes I'm fine."

{ What the h*ll was that just now ? } 

" I'm just still a bit shaken up from earlier I guess." I said, trying to hide my puzzled expression. 

" It was nice meeting you Vinny. I guess I'll see you around sometime ?" I stated while turning to walk to my car. 

" You will." he replied. 

" Hey, are you alright Eva ? You seem shaken up." Brooke asked with a concerned look. 

I turned to back to face Savino. I turn to see him walking off into the distance and replied 

" I'm Fine."

END OF CHAPTER ONE

Thanks for reading chapter one of The Moretti Family War. More chapters to come. If you enjoyed please like and stay tuned to see how the story ends. :)