"Basically you were jealous so you destroyed me and Ace's relationship?" I said blankly to Dante who stared at Ice. Ice just shrugged in response, seeming to have no care of the situation.
"Yeah" he nodded. I just shook my head and walked away.
I was about to go up to Ace when the bell rang. I ran upstairs to get Ace but he was out of his room by the time I got to the top of the stairs. "Let me get it" Ace announced from upstairs, jogging down to open the door. He had a serious look on his face. He opened the door and I saw two people wander in. "Ace" the man nodded at him . "Hey Ace" the woman smiled, hugging him, Ace being slightly shocked by the sudden affection. "Oh yeah sorry" the woman smiled before pulling her hands back, forgetting that doesn't really like any human contact because he just doesn't like people.
They greeted Ice and Dante. The man was tall and had big broad shoulders like Ace but was still more....... manly. He was attractive and was obviously athletic or worked out often like Ace. The woman was beautiful; She was gorgeous. She had light brown hair and a smile that could light up an entire room if it wanted to.
They had suitcases with them suggesting that they were staying for awhile. Then, in a blink of an eye, two teenage boys walked in. "No, I'm going on a date with her" The brown haired one exclaimed. One of them was identical to who I'm assuming was their father but the other had blonde hair and blue eyes. "No, she's mine" The blonde one challenged him.
"Would you two shut up?" The man snapped at them. "No" the both replied. The man looked like he wanted to kill them. "Woahhh big guy, take a step back, I'll give them a talk later" The woman reassured the man who was calming down.
The man scanned the room and he locked eyes with me. I was standing slightly behind a wall at the top of the stairs. "Who's that?" The man asked. I shook my head at Ace. "She's um..... Sofia" Ace didn't know how to respond. "She's his girlfriend" Ice muttered with cheeky smile knowing that it would annoy Ace. "Ace Hernandez has a girlfriend?" The man chuckled jokingly. "You're no better, there was once a time when people thought the exact same thing about you" The woman warned the man while crossing her arms, shutting the man up. I really liked this woman, she seemed strong and fearless.
Ace appeared infront of me. "He's a bit intimidating" I uttered, still peaking out from the top of the stairs. "Do you think I'd ever let anyone hurt you?" Ace raised his eyebrows at me questioningly. "No" I sighed defeatedly, coming out from behind the wall.
Ace led me down the stairs.
"I'm Ashton Carter" The man introduced himself. He held out his hand and I shook it, his hand basically engulfing mine.
"You're scaring her Ashton" the woman warned him. "I'm Ella Carter" She said as she hugged me. She radiated happiness and she seemed so warm. "You guys are the Carter's" I gasped at the realisation. "Yep" Ashton uttered, sitting on the couch with a groan. I slowly stood behind Ace. He was very intimidating yet this woman wasn't scared to be around him.
We all ended up sitting on the couch. "I'm Grayson but people call me Gray" The brown haired teenager introduced himself. "I'm Chase and you are......" the blonde one shook my hand. "Very attractive" Gray winked at me.
"Grayson Carter. Go upstairs now" Ashton's voice deepened to sound demanding, scaring even me. Grayson stood up and basically ran upstairs. "I'm sorry about them" Ella shook her head, embarrassed. "It's okay, he's a typical teenager, reminds me a bit of Ace" I nodded.
"Don't mind my brother, he's a bit too forward like our dad" Chase rolled his eyes. "But my brother is a good guy, he just doesn't like to show it" Chase shrugged. "Also the Ashton in him" Ella responded with a gentle smile, glancing at her husband.
"Are you guys friends with Ace?" I questioned them curiously. "Yeah, we used to live near this area and became family friends. Then we moved across the country and visit every so often to make sure Ace is doing okay" She explained, meanwhile, I was wondering if they owned a Mafia. "Are you guys a part of the Mafia?" I questioned, knowing it was probably rude to ask. "Oh yeah, of course" Ella nodded, confirming my suspicion. "We also heard about Ace's mom and we didn't want him to be alone" she uttered with a sad face; That was nice of them. "But we just told him we were coming for a visit so if you wouldn't mention the last part to Ace, it would be appreciated" She smiled ever so slightly at me. "Yeah of course" I responded with a nod. There was an awkward silence for a second.
"So you and Ace huh?" Ella nudged me, making me smile slightly. "I don't know" I sighed staring at Ace and Ashton talking about killing people. "Let me guess, he's an asshole who doesn't want to be loved?" Ella uttered questioningly to me. "No" I shook my head.
"He's an asshole who wants to be loved but is scared because I'm probably the first good thing to ever walk into his life" I explained to Ella who just listened. "Now I have no doubts you and Ace are made for eachother" Ella smiled at me reassuringly. "How do you know?" I looked at her puzzled since she had hardly saw Ace and I interact.
"Because me and Ashton were made for each other and I tried to give up on him, more than once but he'd crawl right back, somehow finding his way into my life, purposely or accidentally. When I look at you and Ace, I see a younger version of us, different but two people who'll be together forever and that answer you gave, it means you understand him. All I can ask you to do is to not give up on him" Ella spoke so passionately about Ashton.
"So, I've heard stories about you and Ashton, the two epic mafia lovers" I finally let it out before I burst. "Can you tell me one?" I asked like a child, almost jumping with excitement. She let out a snicker.
"There was this guy called Derek, he was in our inner circle. I'll keep this short because it's very long and depressing but basically he kidnapped me, Ashton and my son Grayson. We were so drugged up that we could barely stand and Derek told me that I had to kill my husband, well at the time boyfriend" She shrugged like it was no big deal. "Ashton was going to let me kill him, I had the knife at his chest. I was shaking and sobbing, I was a mess" she giggled while I was so intrigued by this story .
"But then our friends saved us and we lived" She smiled at me. "So we were okay and we lived happily and had another child together". I glanced at Chase puzzled. "No I'm the odd one out" Chase smiled but I could tell it was forced. "I told you to stop saying that, you're just as much my son as Grayson" Ella kissed his forehead. "Thanks mom" he smiled. "Grayson wouldn't even let me kiss his forehead, that's how bad it's gotten" Ella sighed hopelessly.
"Mom, he's fine, you're overreacting" Chase rolled his eyes as he pulled out his phone. "Shit" Chase snapped standing up. "Language!" Ashton snapped at Chase. "Sorry" Chase sat down with a huff. "The girl was asked to the dance already" Chase replied disappointed. "Maybe it's for the best, me and your mom never had much luck at dances" Ashton smiled at Ella who sniggered at his response."That's an understatement" Ella said.
Chase looked disappointed. "You're cute, someone will come around" I ruffled his blonde, slightly curly hair. He gave me a smile in response.
"What age are you guys anyways?" I asked him. "14" Chase replied quickly. He stood up and stretched. "Dad I'm going outside to play football, you coming?" Chase asked, rooting through his bag and grabbing his football. "Yeah" Ashton stood up, dragging Ace along with him. "Help" Ace mouth to me. I gave him a smile along with a shrug causing him to trip over Ashton from not paying attention. Ella and I laughed while Ace just lay on the ground.
"Seriously Ace?" Ashton rolled his eyes. "Ashton Carter, I'm warning you, don't play rough with them, they are just boys after all" Ella teased Ac . I saw Ace become angry and respond with "I'm not a boy". I let out a giggle. "Well atleast parts of me aren't, right Sofia?" Ace winked at me, grabbing the ball and running out to the backgarden. I blushed as Ashton, Ella and Chase all stared at me. "Gross Ace, I didn't have to know that" Chase growled at Ace; I heard Ace laugh.
His laugh was very rare to hear. "Ace Hernandez, get back in here and apologize to your girlfriend" Ashton chased after Ace.
"Ace has a chance to be a boy again when Ashton is around, Ashton is basically Ace's father that he never had" Ella replied beaming as she watched them play out the back. "Considering Kai is a real piece of shit" Ella nodded. "I second that" I whispered to her.
Ashton came back in, holding Ace by the back of the neck, forcing him to come inside. "Say it" Ashton glared at him. "I'm sorry" Ace responded staring at Ashton. Ace knew that he wasn't stronger than him. "You're sorry for what?" Ashton raised his eyebrow curiously. "For the comment, I made," Ace said reluctantly.
"Ok Ashton, let him go" Ella giggled grabbing Ashton's hand, completely taking all of Ashton's attention. She had him wrapped around her finger. "I love you" she whispered to him. "I love you more" He kissed her. "Not possible" she broke the kiss but continued to hug him. "Hey I wasn't finished" Ashton grabbed her face pulling her back in. She smiled into the kiss.
I stared at them in awe and Ace saw me, staring longingly at the happy couple. He walked over to me. His hand brushed off mine, telling me that he wanted to hold it. I smiled slightly, intertwining my fingers with his as we watched Ashton and Ella.
I lay my head on his shoulder. "I'm not sorry about the comment" Ace whispered to me causing me to laugh. Ace leaned his forehead against the side of my face.
I turned my head towards him, catching him gazing at me. I saw something in his eyes I'd never seen before; I can't explain what it was but I never wanted it to leave. He inched closer, practically begging me to kiss him. I hated when he did this. It was agonizing waiting for him to kiss me. "Kiss her Ace, this is killing me" Ella shouted at him while hugging Ashton.
Ace smiled at me. "Is this annoying?" He questioned with a smirk. "Yes it- he pressed his lips against mine, quickly breaking it after.
"This is so gross" Chase walked back outside with the football.
"You should probably go play football," I said as he stared intensely at me. He nodded but pecked my lips again before running out again.