Vienna walked to Trent " We are not together. Why do you say that?"

Edward remained shocked leaning to the teacher's desk looking around nervously.

Trent walked to Edward angrily and before Vienna could stop him, he pulled his fist back and hit Edward in his stomach making him gasp in pain and kneel on the floor breathing heavily.

Vienna shouted " Why did you do that." She knelt on the floor running her hand on his back " Are you alright? Lets go to medical room."

Trent laughed darkly " You know, you playing with my brother will not end well. You are his. Not Edward's."

As Edward leaned to the desk breathing hard clutching where he was hit looking down, Vienna stood up and faced Trent " You had no right hitting him. You just walked in and then attacked him. What is wrong with you?"

Trent spoke " He likes you and you called him sweet. You are cheating on my brother and he will hear about this..."

Vienna sighed " I am not even with your brother. Also talking to another boy is not even cheating. We were just talking....."

Trent spoke " About what? Let me think...."

It was Edward who stood up now behind Vienna " I just asked her to come on my reward trip to NASA. That's all we were talking about."

Treats eyes widened " You did what? You asked her out? Tristan will kill you for this." He then without another word walked away.

Vienna walked after him "Where are you going? Wait..."

Trent walked out of the class as Vienna walked after him through the deserted corridors. He spoke " You can't stop me from telling him."

Vienna spoke "Why are you doing this? I am not with your brother. Edward and I have done nothing wrong....."

Trent stopped walking and faced Vienna "Really? So you have nothing to worry about then when I tell Tristan how you are cheating on him. Do you?"

Vienna winced "Cheating? I don't even know the meaning of the word cheating."

Trent ignored her and looked past her at Edward who was standing in front of the science classroom. He looked like he was wrestling with himself and contemplating about what to do as he was looking nervously looking on.

Trent laughed "Shouldnt you be somewhere else?... in hiding, perhaps? Go hide. But my brother will find you."

Vienna turned to Edward " He is right. You should go. Hide. Go to the exam halls and stay there where there are teachers. Go now. I need you to go."

Edward shook his head vigorously as he was looking worriedly at her.

Vienna turned and sighed. Trent was already walking away in the direction of the cafeteria. She walked fast behind him and chased him to the canteen. He saw him walking to Vincenzo.

Vincenzo was sitting with Alexander and Sebastiano at his usual corner of the canteen as some of his basketball buddies were sitting at the nearby tables while Viggo, Stefano and Cain were sitting at the other corner reading their English books. It was early morning and there was time left until the start of the school and the start of their exams that day.

Vienna caught up to Trent just when he reached Vincenzo's table.

Trent spoke urgently " Where is Tristan?"

Vincenzo was distracted as he was drinking his soda and looking into the distance " In the principal's office I think. Your mother asked to see him."

Trent sighed " He would be in a bad mood when he comes out ... But fine I would wait for him there outside my mothers office." He then walked away.

Vincenzo was too distracted to even notice Vienna nearby.

It was Alexander sitting opposite Vincenzo who noticed her looking distraught " Are you alright?"

Vienna nodded weakly and walked away.

Vincenzo stood up as his stare was elsewhere.

Sebastiano spoke " Your sister was just behind you. I think she wanted to speak to you...."

Vincenzo shook his head " She didn't mention anything on the way to school. All must be well." He then walked away towards Letizia.

Vincenzo's eyes were following Letizya everywhere as she was still standing at the food counter choosing what to eat for breakfast for a while. To his delight as he got there, he saw Letizia picking up a blueberry muffin.

Vincenzo stood behind her and whispered " So you are trying that? You trust my choice?"

Letizia was startled as she turned around as her tray was left at the counter " Don't sneak on me like that. I heard blueberry muffins are a specialty of this canteen so I decided to give it a try."

Vincenzo smirked " Did I make your heart stop just now? Admit it."

Letizia spoke " Don't flatter yourself." She then turned around, picked up her tray that had a blueberry muffin and orange juice on it to the cashier."

Vincenzo quickly handed the cashier money making Letizia sigh in frustration as she didn't even have the chance to put the tray down to reach for her purse.

Letizia sighed as she walked on " Thank you. But ... Why do you do that? I wanted to offer to buy you breakfast in return for what you did yesterday but it seems like you just come here early."

Vincenzo looked offended as he walked alongside her " I don't like to see you pay here. It bothers me. I would never let you pay for my breakfast... Besides I always eat breakfast at home.... But you can surely pay me back by hanging out with me. You are my girl after all,"

Letizia spoke " Look. I am not your girl."

Vincenzo spoke " Whatever you say. You are my girl whether you like it or not."

Letizia stopped walking and faced him "Can you stop following me? Let me have my breakfast in peace. And I am not your girl."

Vincenzo spoke " So who's girl are you then? You can't stay single forever."

Letizia frowned " Why not? I don't need a man in my life right now and I don't definitely need you. I need good grades ..."

Vincenzo spoke " Fine I get it. You want to study. So do I. What's your favourite colour by the way?"

Letizia raised an eyebrow "If I tell you what is my favourite colour, then will you leave me in peace?"

Vincenzo spoke "Sure."

Letizia sighed "Its red. Why do you ask?"

Vicnenzo spoke "Perfect... I want to get you a dress for the end of year prom. I need to order it in advance. Don't worry I know your size. I checked the label when we got busy at my house with the dogs when you were on the ground under me..." He then winked.

Letizia gasped " You are not even funny."

Vincenzo spoke "I am serious."

Letizia spoke "Drop dead."

Vincenzo smirked "Sure. Where?"

Letizia asked "What?"

Vincenzo spoke "Where would you like me to drop dead? Do you mean right here? Give me CPR. Will you?" Vincenzo then put his hand on his heart as he started acting "Ow... It hurts." He then fell backwards on the floor and pretended to die.

Letizia looked around and saw people were looking at the scene with surprise and knowing looks. People could see something was going on and alot of people who had seen them in the canteen yesterday and were within ear shot had even started treating her differently and more carefully the day before after seeing how Vincenzo acknowledged her. She was so annoyed. Vincenzo was marking his territory without even doing anything and by clever means. People were going to slowly start looking at her as his girl even if they were not dating. He was just so cunning in approaching her in ways that made them seem like an item even though they weren't.

Letizia shook her head as she gritted her teeth "Get up. Now. You are making a scene."

Vincenzo opened his eyes "Give me CPR."

Letizia sighed and walked away to one of the tables where only girls were sitting.

Vincenzo got up and walked after her as she reached the girls table. Again before she could put the tray down, he pulled out a chair for her. Letizia sighed and sat down. The table was full so at least he was not sitting there.

As Letizia sat down, she felt the girls looking at her knowingly. They weren't at earshot yesterday to see Vincenzo flirting with him and now they were. She didn't like being known as Vincenzo's girl but he was staking his claim forcefully without doing anything to prove he was serious.

Letizia felt him standing behind her and his breath was behind her ear. Vincenzo had leaned over her " You could give me some mouth to mouth and CPR you know. I could be dead for real."

Before Letizia could respond, it was Azurine who spoke "I liked how you acted there. I am tempted to kill Your character in the play. You have a true talent."

Vincenzo straightened up and changed his playful tone to serious "Which character is that? Am I a jet or a shark?"

Azurine spoke "Well, you are neither. We don't do the original screen play. It's an adaptation. We have Hollywood producers coming to watch. I am the director and can't just show them a copy. It has to be an adapted screen play that has done resemblances to the original screen play, but can't be original. It would be mixed up in a way that no one can guess who dies in the end and who lives. So the Romeo and Juliet may not even die or their siblings may or may not survive. We can't bring producers here and give them some predictable play to watch. That would not impress them."

Vincenzo spoke " Kill me off early. Make me kill Tristan. That would work. Then he cant marry my sister in the story" He then laughed at his own joke.

Azurine sighed " Actually your sister may get the lead role but I am not sure if she is your sister on screen. You may be a cousin of hers...."

Vincenzo was about to speak. But he was interrupted.

" I need a word with you." Tristan's voice came from behind Vincenzo.

Vincenzo turned around with annoyance and wanted to say no. But stopped himself as he was taken back by Tristan's expression on his face. It was already early morning and he looked like he wanted to kill someone. Tristan was temperamental but he also had patience if he wanted to even kill someone. He took his time with everything just like how his father did. It was an O'Neil trait. But when he did unleash his anger, he acted like nothing held him back.

Vincenzo tried to annoy him " I am busy right now."

Tristan's look hardened " So am I? But I need a word.... outside." He then walked off towards the exit if the canteen into the open air.

Vincenzo sighed and turned around. He leaned down and whispered " I will catch up with you later. Don't miss me too much."

Letizia turned around and found Vincenzo's face inches apart from hers " Find someone else to harass."

Vincenzo laughed " This is no harassment. You are my girl."

Then as Vincenzo straightened up, so did Letizia. She stood up facing Vincenzo " I am not your girl. Neither do I want to be. What do I have to do to stop you bothering me?"

Vincenzo spoke " You tell me what do I have to do to get you to go out with me? If you answer my question then I will answer yours." He then winked " Until next time." He then walked away as he heard her whisper "Arrogant... So arrogant. Where does this school find his kind and gathers them all up here."

Vincenzo turned and glanced back at Letizia who was seated now looking at the shocked looking girls and addressing them. The girls had never seen Vincenzo talk to girls very often let alone ask one out. They couldn't believe Letizia was the one he had picked or rather they could not believe he liked any girl.

As Vincenzo walked Towards the exit he was feeling content and pleased to getting a reaction out of Letizia. That was even satisfying to get any emotion out if her. Even her anger and annoyance were enough emotions from her to make him hopeful that Letizia acknowledged him even if she was mad at him for making a scene in the cafeteria for successive days.

As Vincenzo walked outside, he found Tristan leaning to a wall. Tristan gave Vincenzo a frustrated glance " Took you long enough. Lets go some where else."

Vincenzo followed Tristan " What's going on? Why are you in this mood early morning?"

Tristan waited until they were far away from the building and past ear shots " Your sister's doing."

Vincenzo spoke " What has she done?"

They were now inside one of the basketball courts.

Tristan turned to Vincenzo and put his hands in his hips. Vincenzo mirrored him " Well... What has she done? Rejected you again? What do you expect? You wait years and you expect her to give you a welcoming hug. Give her a few days to think. I can't even deal with this. But I do it because my father hasn't forbidden you from coming close. I do what my father asks. If he thinks you are not of concern, then so do I. Now tell me what's going on so I can get back to flirting my way into getting my girl to go out with me...."

Tristan spoke " She is dating Edward."

Vincenzo spat " What? Come again."

Tristan explained " Go and ask her for yourself. Trent walked in on them when he was going back to his science class to return a book. He heard them talk. Again Edward tells her he likes her and she says he is sweet. You figure out what that means..."

Vincenzo spoke "Impossible...."

Tristan spoke " That doesn't end there. Edward has nominated Vienna on a reward trip to NASA with him alone. He asked her out..."

Vincenzo shook his head " I don't think my father would let that go ahead even if Vienna said yes. It's unlikely for the answer to be a yes.... But that guy has to pay...."

Tristan nodded " Exactly. I will handle this. It's a personal insult to me."

Vincenzo asked " What are you going to do?"

Tristan spoke " What it takes to make Vienna regret saying yes to Edward." He then turned around " I hope you have no objections if I choose to deal with him on a high level."

Vincenzo followed " Be my guest."

Then as both if them entered the cafeteria, Vincenzo walked to his own table starting to drink soda again as he watched Tristan.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the canteen and people were heard gasping and making sounds, murmuring as they saw what Tristan was doing . Tristan at the basketball notice board writing Edward Blake's name. There was a chalk board reserved for the basketball captains writing notices up but over the years that board had become space for writing names of the hit list or black list of students that the captains targeted. Only Vincenzo and Tristan wrote on that board and no one else.

Tristan had written the words " Edward Blake is on the hit list."

If a name was there it meant they were declared as the enemy and naturally were going to be shown hostility or rather going to be given hell at school by the basketball team and their friends indefinitely. It also served as a warning to the rest of the school. If they remained friends with anyone on the hit list, then they were going to face consequences. If anyone helped the condemned person on the board, by any means they were going to be having a miserable time paying for it. The basketball team indeed ruled the school as the most successful sports team and having powerful Irish and Italian members from the most powerful criminal families that other teams or societies didn't have. The children of business men had no chance against children of criminals.

" I wonder what Edward has done again. Tristan was done yesterday. Vienna sorted it out. This must be new.." Viggo approached Vincenzo and stood behind him awaiting his reply.

Vincenzo sighed " Edward thinks he can mess with Tristan..... Maybe he is not as smart as many think...."