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"Anita parce mihi placet! Paenitet! Placere! "
(Forgive me please Anita! I'm sorry! Please!), Dimitri desperately says banging on my door for the thousandth time.

I walk to the door and open it.

"Look Dimitri, I'll talk to her but please stop banging the door okay?", I calmly state. I didn't have the strength to quarrel anymore. I also ignore Jay who is standing beside Dimitri, hoping I'd spare him a glance.

"Please do Jem, let her know I'm really sorry", he says hugging me, trying to get a peep at Anita but she's in the farthest corner of the room, so he can't see her.

"Sure, now go freshen up and make us some lasagne", I say going into the room and shutting it right before Jay could say anything.

"You need to stop crying like a baby and go talk to your boyfriend, he's a weeping mess", I say dryly concentrating on the mortal combat game I'm playing.

"He almost hit me and if you weren't there today, he'd have", Anita says wailing again.

I feel sorry for her, she is so in love. Gosh! Love is a pain in the ass. I look at her swollen, red eyes, tear streaked face, even her face is swollen.

"Tsk tsk! You look miserable! You've been crying for over five hours and if you don't stop now, I'll leave you" I say continuing my game.

"Aren't you mad at Jay?", she asks

"For what? What exactly did he do? He told me to wear skirt to tomorrow's party? If there's anyone I should be mad at, it's you Anita for suggesting skirt in the first place, I was only upset that I have to wear skirt, that's all", I reply nonchalantly, still focused on my game.

"But.. Never mind! At least Jay didn't hit you"

"And Dimitri didn't hit you either", I state sticking out my tongue and furrowing my brows in utter concentration.

"Why don't you understand Jem? I..."

"What is there to understand?", I cut her short,  getting agitated and dropping my phone on the bed.

"I agree he made a mistake, but don't you think he's in pain because you're in pain too? You've been crying for over five hours! Five hours Anita! And you still don't want to forgive him! Fine by me but I'm not going to sit here and wallow in self pity like you're doing right now", I strongly state and make my way to the door before stopping and going back to her.

"It's okay if you want to stay here but if you're coming down, there's a face towel in the drawer, damp it in cold water and use it to dry clean your face. I have some lip gloss over there too. Apply some and look alive okay?", I say smiling before pulling her in a small hug and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

I make my way downstairs and the smell of lasagne has my stomach grumbling.

"I hope you made extra because I'm starving", I state upon entry into the kitchen.

"Where is she?", Dimitri states, looking behind me fervently.

"Relax she'll be here in five! Four! Three! Two! One!", I say counting my fingers and just at the end of one, Anita emerges down the steps slowly. And with everyone's attention on her, I steal a chicken wing from the plate and quickly eat it.

What? You don't expect me to starve myself while waiting for some hormonal teenager. Please don't tell any of them, I took the chicken. Wait! Who am I talking to? I'm going crazy! I think before actually face palming and focusing on the situation at hand.

Dimitri rushes to Anita and hugs her whispering sweet words to her. She hesitates a bit before hugging him.

"I'm so sorry Anita, please forg... ", he is saying but Anita cuts him short with a kiss. He deepens the kiss and this is beginning to turn into a make out session.

I look anywhere but them as I patiently wait for them so I can have dinner and my eyes locks with Jay's.

He moves towards me and pulls me into a hug. I tense up a bit and hesitantly hug him back. It took me three fucking seconds to relax in his hands.

"Amica Mea!" Jay says nuzzling his nose into my neck.

"I'm not your love Jay", I say breaking the hug but still holding his neck, smiling.

"Pupae infantis", he says again.

I roll my eyes at him and smile.

"You know, saying Baby doll in English is way sweeter than saying it in Latin", I say with a raised eyebrow.

"Then Baby doll it is", he says and I cringe. It's not like I hate the nickname but I'd really like it if Alan is the only one who gives me a nick name.

"What happened to coconut?", I ask trying to pull away from him.

"Well... "

"Anita Te amo! ", Dimitri unknowingly interrupts Jay.

"I love you too Dimitri", she responds back going for another round of smooching.

"Come on guys, if you're going to eat yourselves let us know, so we can proceed with the food", Jay annoyingly says.

The couples blush and settle round the dinning table. Anita says the prayers and we begin to eat.

"A piece of chicken wing is missing from the equation!", Dimitri states with a wide eye.

I look anywhere but him and pretend like I didn't hear him.

"I think we all know who took it", Jay says chuckling.

I swallow hard and look at Anita for help.

"Yea that person should be punished", Dimitri says with a mouth full.

I yank him by the ear and say;
"You owe me one Dimitri", I point at Anita.

His eyes suddenly becomes stony.

"On a second thought how about we take the person on a tour of Rome", Dimitri states with a red cheek.

I smile at the idea of going on a tour of Rome, boy it'll be fun.

"Yea but that person will have to prepare me a dish tomorrow morning", Jay says eyeing me with a hint of smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Yea me too", Anita says trying to swallow the piece of food in her mouth.

"But you guys know I can't cook", I say too quickly before realizing what I just said. I look at the three of them and suddenly everywhere becomes hot.

"Well, we've found the chicken thief", Anita says wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"And her punishment will be to cook the meal for everyone tomorrow morning", Jay says. I look at Dimitri and he looks anywhere else but me and moves to clear the dishes.

"Fine!", I mutter before continuing with the last piece of chicken wing.

"Dude you eat like a pig", Anita says picking the remnants of food off her teeth with a tooth pick

"I concur", Jay says imitating Anita's action, accompanied with his boots on the table.

"Whatever", I say finishing the last piece of flesh and wiping my hands and mouth with a cloth. I move to the sink and dump my plates there before joining Dimitri in doing the dishes.

"So what where you thinking, when you raised your hands to hit her?", I ask trying to douse the thick silence a bit. He tenses a bit.

"I really, don't know! I was blinded by rage", he tersely says.

"Mm, so I'm guessing you've got a hot temper then"

"Yea, but it's completely reduced compared to before", he replies wiping his hand as I do so.

We join Anita and Jay in the middle of an argument. Dimitri joins in and I feel a little left out. I move to the living room and turn on the TV. I tune to Wrestling and I see my favorite wrestler, Roman Reigns with his cousins, the twins, Jimmy and Jey Uso.

"Hey Jem, we're going to the gaming room to play some video games, wanna join?", Anita calls from the dinning room.

I tense at the mention of video games. I haven't played one since he left.

"No!", I shriek, trying to refocus on the wrestling.
"Okay", she calls back and I hear feet shuffling as they make their way to the gaming room.

I suddenly lose interest in the wrestling and no it's not because King Corbin and his minions comes out to so rudely interrupt Roman.

I turn off the TV and slowly walk to my room thinking;

I've stopped so many things because he left. I stopped going to the cottage,  I stopped eating pizza, I stopped playing video games, I stopped taking tea...

I slowly open my door and close it quietly, slowly trudging towards my bed and falling on it like a log.

He promised to never leave me, to always be there for me but he not only left me, but also abandoned me.

I yawn, suddenly feeling tired. I am not going to cry over Him, I won't! I am stronger than that! I am the most feared assassin, so I won't cry and I won't look for Him either.

That was the last thing I remember thinking before drifting into oblivion.

A/N
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