Chapter 36: We're Triplets

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A/N~ Chapters 30-39 were all released at the same time make sure you didn't skip one <3

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Annabeth's pov

I came home from the hospital a few days ago. Zeno and Sofia came over and just cried. They kept telling me they know it wasn't my fault but they don't want to lose me. Achilles came and talked to me too. He broke down in front of me. I never saw Achilles cry before, at least not like that.

Flashback

"Anna, can we talk?" Achilles knocks on the door poking his head inside. Sofia looks at me. I nod to him as he comes inside. "I'll give you two time i'll be in your room" He nods as she walks out closing the door leaving us alone. He sits in front of me, neither of us saying anything.

I don't know what to say to him. "Anna I thought I lost you" He looks at me with teary eyes. I look at him holding back a sob

"I thought to myself holy shit my little sister is dead. I am no longer a triplet. It kept replaying over and over again in my head. Anna I can't lose you. I will never be prepared to lose you. When I got that call I felt as if someone went into my heart and ripped it out. Anna why?"

"Achilles, it was the only way that I knew how to escape the thoughts. Everyone is upset and I know but it's eating me alive. Then they ask why in New York I look so free and here I don't. Here it's the constant reminder of failure. It's the same routine over and over again. I don't think I will ever be able to be here and not feel worthless. It's not mom, it's not dad, it's me. I know everyone would be fine without me. Everyone would be able to move on. In New York I feel so free. I think maybe one day in the future after spending years away from here I'll be able to move past the pain. Right now I don't know what to feel"

"Annabeth, I am so sorry. I am so sorry I wasn't a better brother. I am so sorry that I was going to take away your happiness. I am so sorry for not taking you out of pain. I promise I am going to be so much better. If I have to sit here with you every night and hug you while you cry I will. If I have to force feed you to health I will. If you need me to sit here and just let you talk for hours and hours I will. Annabeth I need you please I can't live without you"

Tears stream down both of our faces as we hug each other tightly. It's the first time in years I finally felt at peace with almost all my brothers.

Flashback done

"Anna, do you need help bringing your suitcase downstairs?" Achilles asks coming into my room. I shake my head no. "Val brought it down already I just have to finish putting things in my bookbag" I put my headphones in my bag along with all my chargers and my laptop.

We both go downstairs into the kitchen and everyone is half asleep. "This coffee isn't doing shit" Dad says adding more to it. Achilles gives me a plate of food telling me to eat. I sit next to Val eating it slowly. He wraps his arm around my waist burying his head in the crook of my neck.

Dad said the plane is ready. We all pile into 5 different cars getting ready to go on the plane. Getting there and getting on is nothing but now we have an 8 hour flight. It's not too bad because it's on overnight flight but fuck I just want to sleep the whole time. We'd get to New York at 8 am which is not bad but then we have to get ready for an interview mom and dad have.

I sit next to Val on the window seat lowering my chair to lay as flat as it can. "Val can you move the armrest up" He moves it up I move into his side he holds me close to him. Gio throws us one of the blankets Val wraps me in it pressing a kiss to my temples. "I am so tired" I tell him he laughs yawning. "We have all night to sleep" his muscular arms rubbing my back. I close my eyes, holding him tightly.

I feel someone shaking me. I groan , opening my eyes, seeing Val folding the blanket. "We just landed baby , there's food in the penthouse already." I rub my eyes standing up grabbing my bag. We get off the plane going into the car.

We went to the hotel riding up to the penthouse. It's big but since a bunch of it were split in two the penthouse each has 8 rooms so we'll use the first one is floors 47-48 which is one and the second one is 49-50. Everyone's majority is going to be in 49-50 all the time. The other ones are mainly to sleep. Going inside the smell of food hits my nose. Everyone goes to the kitchen seeing food laid out on the dining room table.

We all sit around eating and making conversation. When I finish my food or what I tried to eat I go upstairs looking in my bag for clothes. Once I was done changing I go downstairs mom tells us the car is waiting for us. These interviews I usually stay quiet. They ask more for mom and dad. They want to know what's their next move. Santo isn't in New York yet he won't be until a few hours from now. He just got on the plane with the kids and Rory.

When we get there Dad opens the door for us to get out. I keep my head low just wanting to go inside.

"Santo said he's going to skip this one because he can't make it. Are you still up for it?" Mom asks, looking at her phone. Everyone nods, getting mic'd up.

This is going to be live. I don't think I want people to see what I'm doing at this exact moment but it is what it is. We get seated in 7 chairs in front of a backdrop where the interviewer starts the session.

I zone out staying in my own world. It's not like they're asking me anything about myself. The focus is on everyone else. Not that I mind, it's a bit easier to breathe that way. "Alright now we're going to play a game just with the kids so Athena and Lucky I'm going to ask you both to join me on this side. The rules are simple: each sibling calls their favorite sibling but the only catch is once your name gets called you no longer get a pick" he explains. Mom and Dad both look uncomfortable trying to say something but get Stopped each time.

There's only five of us. Someone's not going to get picked.

"So since Santo couldn't join us today we'll start with Luciano" I try to calm myself down. Maybe this won't be so bad.

"I'd say Giovanni" they both get up moving to the side. "Your turn Alessio" he looks at Achilles smiling.

"I have to pick my twin brother" they both move to the side leaving me there.

We're triplets

Giovanni looks at me with pity, mouthing 'I'm sorry' I nod looking back at the interviewer. "Annabeth, sadly your brothers didn't choose you. How does that make you feel?" I bite the inside of my cheek holding back tears.

"Um I mean they all love each other differently. As long as there protecting each other that's what's important"

"So you'd rather them love each other than you"

"No that's not what i'm saying"

"But you're implying it. Your brothers rather choose each other than you"

"I don't know that"

"But they just did it right now. Would they even care if you weren't here?"

"Um, can we talk about something else?"

"Why are you avoiding the question?"

"Im uncomfortable"

"Answer the question Annabeth. Not even the brothers you were in the womb with cared enough to stop this. It's all about trust they said twins not triplets"

"I don't want to answer the question" I feel my lungs starting to close up the build up in my eyes making it hard to hold back. Mom and Dad notice stopping the interview. The cameras get turned off and the On air sign is no longer on either.

Gio comes to comfort me but I push him away. "Can I go back to the hotel later?" I ask mom and dad, they both nod. Dad wipes the tears trying to fall. "Just let us know where you're at and when you're downstairs in the lobby" I nod, grabbing my small book bag while walking out.

Zeno sends me a message that he's downstairs with Marcello in his car. They both wait outside the car looking at me with pity. "It's alright Anna let it out," Zeno says, hugging me tightly.

When we sit in the car he goes to the back with me letting me release any emotions that I have.

Valentino's pov

I met everyone in a diner close to where Anna had that stupid interview. From the start of it I could tell she was uncomfortable. Then the fucking guy doing it made her feel worse about herself.

Athena and Lucky said that she's out with friends right now. I texted her and she said she was fine. i know it was pure bullshit but I didn't want to force her to say anything either.

Sitting in between Alessio and Nicola the table is full of different conversations. I stay quiet not wanting to blow up on the wrong person by accident. "Isn't that Zeno?" Achilles asked, pointing to the door.

I turn my body seeing him walk in with 4 other people and Anna. Her face is bright red but her eyes are becoming less puffy. They get seated at a table on the other side of the diner most likely not knowing where they are. "We should talk to her" Alessio says standing up Lucky makes him sit back down.

"You'll talk to her later let her breath" Alessio huffs rolling his eyes sitting back down. You have to pass our table to go to the bathroom and It looks like that's what Anna's doing. " Adeli you saw it, he said fucking twins. Last time I checked were Triplets. Shows how important I am" We hear her say passing by

She doesn't know were here

The table goes quiet after hearing what she said. I'd but hurt too if I was in her position.

Annabeths's pov

Mom texted me to wait for her and dad in the lobby because they wanted to talk to me. I am not in the mood to talk about anything right now. I text her that I am here waiting for them. "Anna" They walk to wear I was sitting dad holding a bat in his hand. Why does he have a bat in his hand?

"Come we'll show you something" We went into the elevator stopping at the 9th floor. "Before we go to the other room, here are the Keys to this room. Your stuff Is already here. We figured that you would want some Privacy. Order anything you want, do whatever you want to it. It's also soundproof so you can blare your music" Dad opens the door showing all my stuff in a regular room.

"Alright now too the fun" Mom happily says, closing the door bringing me to the 12th floor. She leads us down the hall into one of the old penthouses not being used. "This penthouse Is getting renovated to be rented again. Were not keeping anything from here and I told the workers I'd help them get a head start in demolition. Here you go" She hands me the bat.

"You want me to destroy the penthouse?" She nods "I know you have a build up of anger and since you can't punch your brothers you can break shit" I take the bat from her seeing them walk out

"Just come upstairs when you're done so enzo could put something on your hand" They both start to walk out when I swing the bat against the wall.

Over and over and over again.

For more that I try to stop I simply can't because the urge is too strong. Mom was right, maybe I do have a strong build up of anger.

Glass is broken everywhere, tables are broken, everything is broken. It kind of looks like me. When you first step in it looks all sunshine but then it gets taken down at the end of the day.

"Fuck" I feel a piece of glass cut my arm. Blood trickles down my arm but I don't stop. I keep swinging the heavy bat against the last piece of un-touched property.

I throw the bat on the floor looking at the mess I made. I needed that but now I need to have uncle Enzo look at my arm. Going upstairs I pass through the guards blocking the door. They move out of my way , nodding every time I look at them.

"Uncle Enzo" I yelled out, opening the door. Where the fuck is everyone it's so dead in here. "Yes Anna, wait what the hell happened to your arm?" He comes down the stairs with Alessio.

''Glass" I shrug he sighs bringing me into the kitchen. Mom and dad are there with Gio and Rico. "What did you do with your arms and hands? '' Rico asks, looking at all the blood. Hm I didn't realize it was bad.

Maybe being shot up on adrenaline isn't a bad thing. "You still she's some glass in the cut. I'll go get my bag" he runs upstairs going into his room." Alessio looks down at the counter not saying anything. "What did you do to your arm Anna?" Rico asks, trying to wipe blood off my hand.

"Rage room" I saw Uncle Enzo come down with his little doctor bag. He takes out some tweezers before giving me a bottle of vodka. "I don't have anything to numb your arm and you're still shot up on adrenaline. Your going to need this is" He pours a little bit more than the usual amount urging me to drink it.

I take it down in one shot feeling the liquid burn down my throat. "You ready?" He asks me to clean the blood with disinfectant. "Alright I'm going to take the glass out" In the corner of my eye I see Val come in with Dante looking at us weirdly.

"How the fuck did you cut your arm?" Val asks, looking at the cut. He takes a chair sitting in front of me putting his hand on my thigh. "A rage room apparently" Rico says I feel a big piece of glass come out.

Looking at it, it's full of blood and fairly big. "I'm going to start stitching it. Hold something or someone it's going to hurt" Uncle Enzo says Val let's me hold his hand.

I keep my eyes on my favorite emerald ones holding Val's hand tightly when the needle goes into my skin. "Just keep looking at me Bellissima" He tells me I feel the last stitch go in.

"Alright it's done. I'll take these out in two weeks. You don't have a scar that bad but I'll call one of my friends here to give me a cream for it" Uncle Enzo says, cleaning his tweezers and throwing the needle away after wrapping it.

"Thank you I'm going now. I'm ordering pizza" I jump off the chair grabbing my phone. "Your room is upstairs? Where are you going?" Gio says crossing his arms

"I'm not staying here, don't worry you still have Luciano. Mom and Dad know where I'm at" His face drops when I say that. I hear Valentino walking behind me. I keep going down the hall.

"Anna" he grabs my arm stopping me from waking. Fuck that's the bad arm. I hiss in pain he drops my arm "I'm sorry bless mia. Baby what room are you in?" He pulls me closer to him

"Val I want to be alone right now"

"I know baby I won't follow you. I'll just go check on you later I won't even stay I just want to make sure your okay"

"919 Amore" He kisses my forehead nodding "I love you Anna be careful and actually eat something"

"I love you Val. I'll eat '' He gives me a small kiss before going back inside. I go to the elevator passing the guard who moves to the side.

Pressing the ninth floor the sound of elevator music is all I hear. Maybe I should order pizza now. I call the pizza place once I get out of the elevator ordering a medium pie. I probably won't even eat the whole thing.

All I know is that no one's complete emotions come out until they are laying on their bed alone.

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