SURPRISE!

a n g e l i n a

This is uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable. Vince and Romeo keep glaring at each other and I'm done with it.

"OKAY I SWEAR ON MY TWIN'S LIFE IF YOU DON'T STOP GLARING AT EACH OTHER I WILL LOCK YOU IN A ROOM TOGETHER." I yell.

They immediately look away cause they know I'm not trucking around when it comes to Ace.

"Sorry angel" Vinny sheepishly mutters and I just give him a satisfied nod and cuddle into his side.

I see Romeo glaring at Vincent's hand that's currently in my hair, trying to burn it off with his glare.

"Romeo sleep!" I snap at him.

He huffs but obeys. Thank god I wasn't in the mood to argue.

When we get to our house, I immediately take off towards my room, dragging Vincent and Romeo with me by their arms.

"Okay sit on my bed, I'll be right back!" I exclaim.

I run downstairs, grab some popcorn, candy, soda,chips and run back to my room.

"I'm back!" I screech as I throw my self in the space between them that can fit at least four Marcos.

"Did you both have to sit so far away from each other? It's not like I told you both to make out you know?" I wiggled my eyebrows.

They choked on their own spit.

Did is say something wrong?
You innocent child.
Hey you're my brain so if I'm a child then you are one too!
What a great comeback Angie! So proud of you!
Thank you
You do realise that was sarcastic-nevermind.

"Angelina Lilith!" Vinny yelled and I just looked at him innocently.

"Yes?" I blinked.

His eyes softened and he shook his head and grumbled. "You're too damn cute." I grin and he kissed my head.

"Rome you know you don't have to be so stiff all the time. What happens in this room, stays in this room." I smiled at him.

His lips twitched up but he didn't smile and just rolled his eyes and looked away. That made me frown.

What did I ever do for him to hate me so much?

I can't help but think that everyday. Am I not....cute?

Nah I'm cute and I know that.

THEN WHATS HIS PROBLEM?

That stung though. My frown just turned deeper until I saw Vinny looking at me. I quickly replaced my frown with a bright smile.

"Let's watch a movie!" I chirped.

He smiled at me and nodded.

"I don't want to sit through this bullshit. Where the hell is the guest bedroom?" He snapped.

I don't know why, but ever since I moved in with them, I've been more in touch with my emotions.

And that fucking hurt.

Great. He made me cuss too.

I quickly covered my frown up with a blank face.

t h i r d  p e r s o n

Vincent felt angry. He saw his angel masking her hurt and pain with a blank face. They were now back to square one and it was all because of Romeo.

It was infuriating to see that. Vincent could never see Angelina hurt or sad. It broke his heart.

He grabbed Romeo's arm and pulled him outside.

"No one forced you to be here Romeo. You can go downstairs, take a left and there are many guest bedrooms there. Pick whichever you like. You better not talk to my sister like that again. Stay away from her.I'm warning you now." He snapped.

"She isn't even your sister! I think it's YOU who needs to stay away from her. You're just a stepbrother! A FUCKING STRANGER. We are her real brothers and we know how to take care of them. You don't need to talk to me like that! She doesn't need you! Ace doesn't need you! You're nobody but a stepbrother to them. STEPBROTHER NOT REAL BROTHER. Looking after them for a few fucking years doesn't make you their real family!" He spat.

"Well it's good that I don't care about what you think then. Isn't it?" Vincent spoke in a deathly calm voice and then he stormed out.

What Romeo had said, did hurt him. He was right for the most part. He was their stepbrother after all. Not a blood relative. But what he said about them not being his family was wrong.

The twins were and always will be his family. No matter what. That wouldn't change even if the twins themselves said it.

Meanwhile,

Angelina,who had heard the whole conversation, was angry. No. Fuming. How dare he say those things to her hero? Vincent and Max were still everything to her and they always will be!

Then how dare Romeo call them some...some strangers?

He had crossed a huge limit today.

She stormed out of her room to see Romeo still standing there. She looked him dead in the eye as she walked up to him, and punched him square in the face.

"WHO ARE YOU! HUH? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO HUMILIATE AND PUT MY BROTHER, MY HERO DOWN KIKE THAT! WHO!" She screamed in his face.

"Do you have no shame Romeo? Didn't you already cross so many lines? WHO THE FUCK GAVE YOU THE FUCKING RIGHT TO CALL MY BROTHER A STRANGER? I..I thought you were just getting used to us being back and didn't know how to react so you were acting like this. I didn't know you could be so...so heartless Romeo. The same stranger took care of us, loved us like a brother should, while you weren't there. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER TALKED TO YOU AGAIN IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM MAKING US PROMISE WE WOULD AT LEAST TRY."

"WHY DO YOU HATE US SO MUCH ROMEO! WHY! WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO YOU! WHY-"

She was cut off when he yelled.

"BECAUSE YOU TOOK MY FUCKING MOTHER GODDAMMIT. YOU WERE HERE LIVING AS A HAPPY PICTURE PERFECT FAMILY WHILE WE WEEPED FOR OUR SIBLINGS AND MOTHER EVERY DAMN DAY AND NIGHT! AND THEN YOU SUDDENLY COME HOME ACTING ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY, BEING SECRETIVE! YOU DON'T TELL US SHIT!"

She punched him hard in the face again to shut him up. This time, it was a bit harder which broke Romeo's nose.

"FUCK!" He yelled as he held his nose.

"WE WERE FOUR ROMEO. FREAKING KIDS. IT WASN'T OUR FAULT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO WITH HER. WE DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE."

"And really? You...you think we lived happily ever after, Romeo? HUH!" She screamed.

She was frankly done with his shit.

"WELL NEWSFLASH ROMEO. WE NEVER HAD A PERFECT LIFE.OUR LIFE WAS ANYTHING BUT FREAKING PERFECT. OUR BELOVED MOTHER USED TO HIT US, KICK US ,PUNCH US! She-she used to stab us" She released a shaky breath and collapsed onto the ground, heaving.

She couldn't breathe.

"Angelina? Angie? ANGIE WHATS WRONG!" Romeo yelled, worried and crouched down beside her.

She held a hand up and pushed him away. Now he cared.

"I don't w-want y-your false p-pretence Romeo. You wanted to kn-know, I'm l-letting you know!"

"You..y-you w-wanna kn-know more? I-I'll give you more. She sexually abused me. HER OWN DAUGHTER. And t-then she would make Ace watch. You want to know why I always keep the back of my neck covered?" She knelt down and moved her hair to rest them on her shoulder.

There, on the back of her neck was a scar. A scar of a bullet wound. It was as if... the ground was snatched from beneath Romeo's feet.

"She did this. SHE DID THIS. She ruined my twin and I's life! I told you this before Romeo. DON'T ASSUME! You still had a family. We had no one Romeo. No one but each other. We had to grow up too fast. We used clean and cook when we should be making a mess and having food fights. We had to train when we should be playing with kids our age. We had to learn different language when we should've been learning multiplication and division! WE weeped for you all when all we had was a psychotic druggy of a mother. You had dad, you had Mason, Noah, Marco, Roman and Aaron. You had our cousins, uncles, aunts and a grandfather. Who did we have? No one but each other. You don't know what real pain is, Romeo."

Now. Romeo felt guilty. He knew. He knew he shouldn't have just...assumed. She was right. Romeo never actually knew what real pain was.

"Then, 3 years ago, when we were 11, Audrey met Steve. He was a kind man. A great father. He took us all in, he married her just for us! He told me...He told me he always wanted another child but his wife had died while giving birth to Max. Vincent and Max never made us feel like we weren't their family. Instead they were so happy and excited to have little siblings they could spoil. Again, our mother didn't like we were getting attention and she wasn't so the abuse continued. We never told them. We always lied about getting into fights. Vincent had a hunch as to what was happening."  She choked out a sob.

"SHE COMPLETELY BROKE US. SHE ENJOYED OUR PAIN,OUR SUFFERING. SHE TOOK OUR LOVED ONES AWAY FROM US!
S-she killed my bestfriend... right in front of us in the most brutal way possible. We couldn't do shit! HE WAS INNOCENT IN THIS ROMEO!YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME?SHE SAID IT WAS MY FAULT HE WAS KILLED. You know what MY fault was? He cared for me and I let him. He got close to us, and I let him. He loved me and I LET HIM. HE DIED AND I LET HIM. She wanted to get rid of anyone who loved us. She didn't like it when someone cared for us. THAT WAS MY FAULT AND HE PAID THE PRICE. SHE KILLED MY BESTFRIEND MY AXEL. I'm willing to bet you all the wealth in this world it was her who killed Steve! She killed papa!"

(REMEMBER AXEL HE'S IMPORTANT!!)

"One day...When I came home from school, I heard Ace and Audrey screaming at each other. Again. Ace always lost his cool when it came me to me so my guess is she mentioned me somewhere. I rushed inside and...and saw a knife in her hands she was going to stab Ace, my other half right in the chest. I ran in front of him to help him. The knife dig into my arm." She lift her sleeve up to show him the long scar.

"After that, Ace yelled some more and she finally stormed out. He called papa and Vinny. They were furious. Papa wanted her behind the bars. He left to....anyways..he never came back home. A cop informed us of the accident. It was hit and run. They delivered his body in a coffin next day. It was bad Romeo. It was so bad. His face was completely smashed in. IT WAS ALL MY FAULT " She yelled and broke down.

She let it all out. All her pain, her grief, her sadness.

Romeo was stunned to see the ever cheerful Angelina break down like that.

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Well there you go!

DOUBLE UPDATE!

SHE FINALLY PUNCHED HIM.

IM SO HAPPY I SWEAR IM SUCH A VIOLENT PERSON BUT HEY I LOVE MY DUMBASS SELF ANYWAYS.

And well, living with 6 brothers and a macho dad does that to you.

AND ANGELO FINALLY OFF HIS TIMEOUT.

ITS TIME FOR REVENGE.

Anyways, enjoy!

I love you guys!

Love,

Angel and Angelo.