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Evelina's POV.

I've been laying on my bed, staring at the ceiling for hours. I don't even know what is happening. I don't want to get up and turn their mic on or something, to hear the action, at least. I just want to relax.

But its relaxing honestly, now that I know Elonzo is there and will handle it.

After what felt like years, I heard the mic turn on.

"Its all over, baby."

Huh!? What the truck?

"And don't think you're the only dramatically cool Romano." Elonzo said. I could only imagine the smirk on his face.

"Yeah right. Now break that fooking computer and come home." I said, chuckling a little.

"Okay." He said, sounding amused. "We'll be there soon. Love you."

"Love you too." I smiled.

God! Never let him go away from me.

I pulled the chain out and tried getting rid of the camera.

After about an hour, I heard the front door open.

"We're home." Marco yelled. I jumped up and ran downstairs.

Elonzo stood there, looking up at me as I ran down the stairs. I jumped on him and hugged him tight.

"I missed you too, baby." He said, wrapping his arms around me. I snuggled closer to him, feeling extremely comfortable and safe.

I've missed them so much these past days. But it made me realise just how much they care for me and constantly try to spend time with me. I'm grateful.

"I'm sorry." I muttered, as my voice cracked. "I'm sorry for being so weak that they made me do all that and I kept doing it."

Tears started flowing freely as sob escaped my mouth.

"You know you're so strong. If you hadn't told us, we couldn't have found them so quickly." Marco said, kissing my head.

"No. I'm always the target through which people get to you." I cried, tightening my hold on Elonzo.

"But you handled it so well. We're not normal people. It happens. Don't stress over it." Elonzo said, rubbing my back.

"He's right." Marco agreed, stroking my hair. I kept crying into Elonzo's shoulder. I felt him sit down. He kept kissing my head and rubbing my back, while I cried like an idiot.

I don't know. Everything was so overwhelming.

"Here. Have some water." Marco said softly, handing me a glass of water.

I looked up and took it.
"I missed you." I said, putting my head on Elonzo's shoulder and sniffling.

"We missed you too. It was weird to see you locked up in your room all day." Elonzo said, as Marco chuckled.

"Fair to say, we don't like silence anymore. It was weird to witness silence in this house again." Marco said.

"Where are the others?" I asked.

"They're not home?" Elonzo asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"I don't know." I said, sniffling a bit.

"I'll call them." Marco said, before leaving.

"I helped them spy on you." I muttered, still guilty.

"Don't you even think that way, Evelina." Elonzo scolded. "They threatened you. You had no choice."

"As dumb and funny those two may be, they could've really killed the kids. Heck they were powerful enough to kill us. They weren't lying about the bombs." He said. I just nodded.

Marco walked in.
"They're all at the warehouse." He said. "The cousins are on their way here. Her friends are coming. Expect this get-together to turn into a party."

"Wow. Chaos." Elonzo muttered, sarcastically.

"Is Smith coming?" He asked, making my ears perk up. Marco nodded.

I almost forgot about my baby gorilla.

"Great." Elonzo said, before looking down at me. "How about some ice-cream in peace before we face the chaos?"

"Sounds great." I said, jumping up and walking to my room to change and splash some water on my face, to make my eyes less puffy.

"You wanna join us?" Elonzo asked, looking at Marco, who shook his head.

"No. I'll stay home." He said, before walking back upstairs.

Weird.
Something seems off about him, now that I notice it.

Marco has always been the distant brother, who is almost never a part of the fun and keeps to himself.

We went for Ice-cream quicker than always. Partly because I was annoying Elonzo and partly because he wanted to see Anna.

"Hey Anna." I said, genuinely happy to see her after so long.

"Hey Evvie." She said. "What can I get you today?"

"Strawberry." I said. "How's everything going?"

"Pretty good. The Job's great. College is great. I have enough time to call my parents. I earn a lot more and Elonzo visits often." She looked up abruptly, realising what she said.

"Uh huh." I nodded, smirking at her, as she blushed and avoided eye contact.

"Don't look at me like that." She grumbled.

"Like what?" I asked, acting confused.

"Ugh. Forget it. Here's your ice-cream." She said, rolling her eyes.

"Elonzo will pay." I said, looking through the door, to see him busy on a call.

"How often does Elonzo come here?" I asked, as we both walked to a booth.

"Every other day. Mostly on alternative days." She said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "But he didn't come to meet me this past week. I'm not complaining. I know he's busy."

"Yeah. He really is trying to save time to come here and meet you." I smirked at her.

"Hey." I heard Elonzo say.

"Hello, Mr. Romano." Anna said, saluting a little as Elonzo took a seat.

"Hello, Ms. Davies." He said. "What can I have today?"

"Kisses maybe?" I whispered and stifled a laugh. I didn't want to interrupt their formal act, but I couldn't help it.

"Don't you think you're being too mature already. Saying things like that. I think that guy is a bad influence." Elonzo narrowed his eyes at me. I gulped.

"Maybe." I shrugged, laughing nervously. "You should pay attention to your girlfriend, Elonzo."

"Don't you say one more word until we are home, baby." He warned, before turning to Anna.

"Whatever Oldie." I rolled my eyes.

"Whatever you want, Mr. Romano." Anna smiled politely, but her red face gave her away.

Elonzo ordered his Ice-cream and turned to me.

"You okay?" He asked. I looked up surprised and just stared at him.

"What?" He asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

I kept staring, then he suddenly realized.

"Yeah right." He rolled his eyes. "Like you obey everything I say. Quit the act."

I chuckled.

"Yeah. I'm okay. But I really miss the others and Zack."

I'll break down crying when I meet them.

"Do you know, I haven't had any hugs and kisses from Zack since forever?" I teased. Elonzo looked at me, looking like he'd throw up any second.

"Back to being quiet." He ordered, glaring at me, while I stifled a laugh.

"Don't you dare order me, old man." I said, narrowing my eyes.

His lips twitched up. My jaw literally touched the floor.

I expected him to glare at me or narrow his eyes or raise an eyebrow or any mean oldie gesture. But here we are, with him trying not to smile.

Just smile already!!

Have you learnt nothing from me?

"Are you okay?" I asked, leaning forward to touch his forehead.

"Yeah. I missed you." He said, ruffling my hair. "Its good to have you back."

I'm surprised how difficult the last five days were. We can't live without each other. At least, I can't. I couldn't even go through one day, without thinking about just gluing all of my family and friends to me.

"Yeah. It was painful, I'd say. Being alone and not rambling." I said, chuckling.

"Oh. Sister-in-law is back." I said, when I saw Anna walking towards us. "Except my brave-but-scared-of-girls brother can't ask her out." I rolled my eyes.

"Here." She said, and took a seat beside me.

"You took the wrong seat. Your boyfriend is over there. I'm sorry lady, but I'm taken." I said, raising my hands in surrender.

"He's not my boyfriend." She said, turning red and looking down.

"If you speak another word, Evelina Romano.." Elonzo said, letting the threat unsaid.

I know what he means.

I will ground you for an eternity.
Add a heavy scary voice.

I shut my mouth and just focussed on eating.

"How's everything?" He asked Anna.

"Everything's okay." Anna answered. Elonzo nodded.

"Would you like to have dinner with me this weekend?" He asked, after some time of silence.

Wow! Who throws that question randomly, like that?

Right. This dude, also known as my older brother.

Maybe I should give them some privacy?

"I'll be right back." I said, looking at Elonzo, hiding my smirk. He looked at me knowingly and winked when Anna was looking at me.

When I walked back to the table, I saw Elonzo and Anna talking happily, looking at each other adoringly.

Ugh. I miss Zack.

"Are you okay with this, Evvie?" Anna asked, turning to me. Her face was flushed.

"Okay with what?" I pushed. I know what she means.

"Okay with this?" She gestured to her and Elonzo, blushing furiously. "With us..." She stopped to clear her throat and whispered, like its some vulgar word. "Dating?"

I laughed and saw Elonzo looking away, shaking his head in amusement.

"What?" She asked, looking down at her ice-cream, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, clearly embarrassed. "You are mean." She grumbled, talking about me and Elonzo.

"Of course, I'm okay. If I wasn't, we wouldn't be here." I said. "I liked you from the beginning."

"Glad to hear that." She mumbled, looking at Elonzo for a second then looking down.

Feels good that she asked if I was okay with it. Although she doesn't need to.

"We'll meet you soon." Elonzo said, as we walked out. Anna followed us to the door.

And my soul left my body.

There was a meteor shower. A tyrannosaurus destroying the city. A zombie apocalypse. And Evvie in a pink dress, being sweet and loving with Zack. Ooh and the tyrannosaurus was wearing a pink skirt.

Exaggerating.

So what actually happened was, when we walked out and said our goodbyes, Elonzo bent down to Anna's level and kissed her cheek.

AAAAHHH! WHAT THE TRUCK?

Even the voice in my head said,
'Unbelievable.'

I looked at Elonzo wide eyed. Anna looked like she was a mannequin. She froze completely, her mouth wide open and her eyes wide.

Elonzo smirked a little, took my hand in his and pulled me away. Anna snapped out of the shock and touched her cheek with one hand, while waving at us with the other.

I looked back and forth between them, as Elonzo kept walking towards the car, dragging me with him, seeming satisfied with himself.

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I'm not jealous. I'm not jealous. Anna is lucky, isn't she?
I'm jealous.
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