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"Kitten?" I hear Gabe's voice from my room.

"Coming" I wash my hands and dry them. I walk out of the bathroom, to see him,with a tray in his hands, wearing a black suit, and smirking at me.

"Breakfast in bed. Kind of" he says

Did Adrian tell him about my bucket list? I'm not serious about it. I was just bored one day and wrote things.

"Sit down" he says pointing to the bed.

I walk towards it, and sit down. He places the tray on the bed.

He walks around the bed, and sits down on the other side.

"Eat" he points to the tray.

"I'm not Smokey" I mumble, picking up the tray.

There's toast with Nutella on it. My favourite.

"Do you want one?" I ask, and he nods. He takes a toast, and leans against the headboard.

"You know this was my room" he says taking a bite.

I nod eating my toast.

"It's mine now" I say

I still haven't forgotten what he did yesterday.

"Where are you guys going today?" He asks and I shrug

"Out" he frowns at me.

What? I'm just keeping it simple.

"Oh wait! I have to give you something!" I jump out of bed.

I hope nobody ate the Oreo's.

I walk out of the room, and towards the kitchen, just to see Nathan, picking up an oreo.

"No!" I shout

He freezes.

I walk towards him and pick up the tray. I pull the Oreo out of his hand and walk back to the room.

I smile at Gabe.

"I know you like Oreo's so I bought some for you" I say handing him the plate.

He smiles, taking the plate off me.

He picks up the oreo and places it in his mouth.

"Fuck!" He spits it out.

"What the hell is that?" He exclaims, running towards the bathroom.

"Toothpaste." I grin at him, following him to the bathroom, as he rinses him mouth.

"Seriously kitten? How old is that trick?" I smile

"As old as you" he rolls his eyes.

"Is this about yesterday? This is child's play kitten" he crosses his arms staring at me.

"I'm a child at heart" he chuckles walking closer to me.

"So am I" he whispers into my ear, and walks around me.

I gulp.
Stupid Caitlin. Stupid.

You have to be careful now. Every step be careful.

I turn around and walk out of the room. Serena is talking to Ethan.

I walk closer to her.

"I need you to mak-"
Snap.

She gasps as I hear scissors behind me.

I turn around to see Gabe holding brown hair in his hands.

"No! No! You fucking asshole!" I push him away

"No!" I exclaim, tears rolling down from my eyes.

"My fucking hair. You fucking asshole. Get out! Get out!" I push him, and he moves back slightly.

"What am I going to do! I hate you! My hair" I pout, wiping my eyes, as tears come again and again.

My hair is my best feature. I love it.
And this asshole cut a whole chunk of it off.

"Kit-" I punch him in the arm.

"Don't." I whisper

Everyone starts laughing.

I frown at them.

"Don't cry. I'm sorry. It was a prank. Pretty girls don't cry" he cradles my face, wiping my eyes.

"Prank?" I whisper confused

"Yeah. It's Serena's hair extensions." She has the same hair colour as me.

"Asshole" I push him away again.

"Serena!" I slap her on the head.

"Have you got any brain in there?" I say as she laughs

"It's not funny. Shall I cut your hair off?" I frown at her.

"No! Sorry!" She steps back.

"Kit-" I turn to Gabe, glaring at him.

"Don't talk to me" I walk back into my room, closing the door behind me. I lock it just in case.

"I'm so sorry baby" I touch my hair. It's all here.

I love my hair. My hair is my life.
Once, the salon lady cut it wrong for me, and I got her fired.
I'm very serious about my hair. ( I felt bad then, so I gave her job back)

"Open the door kitten" he says

I don't reply.

"Mi dispiace. E 'stato uno scherzo . Non volevo ferire i tuoi sentimenti . Mi dispiace.( I'm sorry. It was a prank. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I'm sorry" he says in Italian.

I smile slightly.

When we were younger, I would speak Italian with mom. I spoke more Italian than English.
When I was with Gabe, some times I would speak Italian.
He promised me that he would learn it for me.

"Eres un idiota.( you're an idiot)" I say.

I hear him chuckle.

When we were younger, the same way I spoke Italian, he spoke Spanish. I promised him that I would learn Spanish.

"Yes. I'm an idiot." He says and I nod.

"A big idiot. The biggest of their kind" I say

"Yes. The most dumbest as well." I smile and get up

I walk towards the door and open. He wraps his arms around me, hugging me tightly.

"I'm sorry for making you cry kitten." He whispers

"Don't you remember? I always told you to never touch my hair" I mumble and he chuckles

"How can I forgot. You kicked me pretty hard, when I tried to cut a little bit off, when we were in art class" he sighs

"I missed you a lot kitten" he whispers

"I missed you too Gabe." I smile, wrapping my arms around his neck, as he pulls me closer.

His hugs always made me feel safe as a child. They still do.

My phone starts ringing.

He places a kiss on my neck, letting me go. I blush, walking towards my desk. I pick it up and it's dad, face timing me.

"Go tell all the boys to be quiet, except Adrian" I look at Gabe.

He frowns but walks out of the room. I answer the call.

"Hey dad!" I smile

Smokey starts barking.

"Hey Smokey" I wave

"Hey princess. So do you like the apartment. Look what your mom's making me?" He turns the phone around and I see steak.

Our family favourite.

"Mom you have to make me some, when I come back" I say and she nods

"So how is everyone? How's Serena?" She asks

"She's good." I walk out of the room. All the boys are quietly sat in the couch, the TV silent.

"Is Adrian behaving?" Mom asks

"Yes Angel. I'm being a good boy" Adrian calls from the kitchen.

"That's good. Show me the place. Seth you said the view is amazing right?" Mom asks dad, who nods

"Good morning Mr Parker" Gabe appears behind me.

I close my eyes, hoping for the best.

"Gabe?" Dad mumbles

I gasp, opening my eyes.

"You knew?!" I exclaim.

"I told you" Serena walks closer to us.

"Of course I knew. I'm your dad. It was my job to keep you away from him. You were practically going to walk down the aisle with him, at the age of 5" dad shrugs

I blush slightly, as Gabe chuckles.

"Gabe? How are you? You didn't even tell me?" Mom slaps dad on the arm.

"You would have told her then" dad rolls his eyes

Smokey barks.

"Woah. Is that the same dog?" Gabe asks me and I nod

"Yep. I love him so much. Right Smokey?" He barks.

"Not as much as you love me, right?" He whispers into my ear.

"Hey! You're too close! Move back a little" dad says and Gabe chuckles, moving back a little. I can still feel his body heat on me.

"Gabe how are you? How's your mom? You've grown so much" mom gushes at him.

"Hi Angel. Mom's doing great now. I'm 24 years old. I'm bound to grow" he chuckles

Everyone calls mom Angel. Once I stopped calling her it, everyone else started calling her it.

"Oh that's great. Are you living with Caitlin?" She asks making a salad.

"No. I live close by though" she nods

"Well are you going to come back with them? It would be lovely to see your mother" mom says

"I don't know about my mom, but I would love to come" he smiles at her.

"Okay that's enough. Adrian!" Dad calls

He runs towards us.

"Yes?" He says

"Be honest, or I'll burn your house down. How many boys have they been with? How many boys are there in this room?" I glare at Adrian.

"Remember. If you lie to me, you won't come back to a house. I'll burn it" I shake my head at Adrian.

"3." He says and I sigh

"3. Right, I'm on my way" dad says

"No! Dad I'm okay here. They're Serena's friends. They're her best friends. She knows them well, and they go to the same school" I say

"Serena does your dad know about this? I know Kara knows, but your dad? And do you have cupcakes?" He asks

Cupcakes is used by all my family, when others are in presence.

"Yes. I have 3 cupcakes. Full with icing" she says to dad

Icing is bullets.

"That's good. I'm trusting you with this Serena. If anything goes wrong, give a cupcake to Caitlin. I don't care if she's scared. She needs it. Okay Caitlin?" I nod

"Have you fed Smokey?" I change the topic

"Yep. I have to go now. No fighting, and Gabe you should leave. You won't like this place. It's not nice for yo-"

"Bye dad!" I hang up quickly.

"Adrian!" Serena and I exclaim at him.

"What? It was the matter of my house!" He exclaims

I laugh at him messing his hair up.

"Caitlin!" He gasps

Adrian and I have one main thing in common. We both love our hair.

"Sorry" I grin at him.

"Sorry" he mimics me, and messes my hair up

"Adrian I just curled it!" I exclaim.

"So?" He runs to his room.

"We're going to the local mall today. I want to buy a few things" Serena says and I nod.

Everyone walks to their room.

"I like your hair curly" Gabe whispers into my ear.

I turn around, and he's walking out of the penthouse.

He turns around and smiles at me.

"I'll pick you up in a few minutes. Leave your hair down. Please" he walks out.

I like to curl my hair a lot.
I still remember the day he told me he liked my hair curly, when we were small.

"Kitten! Happy birthday!" Gabe runs towards me and hugs me tightly.

"Gaby baby!" I kiss his cheek

"Oh. It's this a new dress?" He asks

"Yep. Angel got it for me. Is it nice?" I ask and he nods grinning at me.

"It's very nice. When I grow up and have a lot of money? I'm going told buy you dress as well. A nice one." He says and I grin.

"I like white dress." He nods

"I'll buy you a nice white dress. Like Cinderella dress" I gasp

"Really?" He nods

"I love you Gaby Baby" I hug him tightly.

"Oh. I like this hair too. It's so nice, and big" he let's me go, touching my hair.

"No touching Gabe" I say and he pouts at me.

"But I like you hair" I smile

"Okay you can touch it" he touches it.

"It's so soft. What are these?" He picks up a hair strand.

"Angel say it's called curly. I think" he nods

"I like your hair curly. You always keep it curly. Okay?" I nod

"I promise I keep it curly. I don't know how too, but I learn it for you" he smiles.

"I go home, and tell mommy quietly, that I want to learn it too"

I remember it so clearly.
I wonder if he learnt how to curl hair?

Serena walks out of her room, blushing slightly.

"What's up with you?" I ask

"Nothing. You should get your bag, and credit card. We're going to shop till we drop" I laugh at her, walking to my room.

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"What about this?" Serena asks, holding up a bracelet.

I shake my head.

"No. It's just not...me" she nods

All of a sudden someone places a ring in front of me. I look at the arm. Gabe.

I smile at it. It's beautiful.

"Do you like it?" He asks and I nod as Serena walks away.

"It's beautiful. Where did you find it?" I ask looking at him.

"In the windows. It's the eye catcher" I nod

Eye catcher meaning expensive. And I don't need a ring.

"No. I don't want that. Serena! Let's go to the other shop" I say

She nods walking back towards me.

"Ready?" I nod walking out with her.

We walk towards Ethan and the rest of them.

"You look hot" Ethan wraps his arm around me.

Hot? I'm just wearing shorts, and my red bikini top, with a white shirt over it.
We're going to go to the beach again.

I roll my eyes at him, and look at Serena. She's talking to Adrian.

Okay. She's got the other guy next to her, while her left over is next to me.

"I bought you something" he says

Roger hands him a rose bouquet.

He hands me it.

"I bought you this" he says

I smile, taking it off him.

"Thank you" he smirks

"No problem babe" I roll my eyes, looking at around the shops.

"We should have a bonfire" I say

"Yes" Gabe says behind me.

He removes Ethan's arm, and pulls me to his side.

He holds my left hand.

"A bonfire?" He looks at me and I nod

"I'll arrange something for tonight" he smirks at me.

I smile nodding at him.

"Let's get something for our parents. I know Angel and mom will want something" Serena says and I nod

"I'll get my mom a cookbook. She loves cooking" Ethan says.

I smile.

"Let's go into that gift shop. Maybe we can find something" Serena says

I nod walking towards the gift shop with her. Gabe following me, without letting go of my hand.

We walk inside, and I smile at the old women working behind the counter.

Everyone splits up in the gift shop except Gabe. He's still holding my hand.

I walk towards the keyring section.

I pick up a keyring with the name Angel written on it.

I feel something cold on my finger. I look down at my left hand, to see Gabe putting a ring on it. The same ring he showed me in the shop.

"I know you liked it. I told you kitten, I'll pay for everything, as long as you smile" he whispers, smiling down at my hand.

He said that when we were small. I wanted to buy Nutella, but I didn't have enough money, and I was scared to ask dad. He always said that chocolate isn't good for you.
So Gabe said he'll get big, and buy me a warehouse full of Nutella.

"Gabe, I can't have this" I say and he shakes his head

"You can and you will. I like that key ring. Angel will definitely like it" he changes the topic.

"Gabe I-" he leans down closer to me. His lips inches away from mine.

"Please?" He whispers staring at me. I nod slowly.

"Your dad will not like it if I kiss you, but-" he places his lips on mine.

"I can't help myself" he mumbles.

My eyes close, slowly, as he places his palm on my cheek, deepening the kiss. Just as I wrap my arms around his neck, someone coughs.

I push him away quickly, blushing.

"Her dad will burn my house if he finds out about this. So just keep it for the bedroom. Please. I need a house to get back too" Adrian says

I roll my eyes, walking further away from them.

I kissed Gabe.
Oh Fuck.
I kissed him.

*
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It's been awkward between us.
We'll I think I make it awkward.

Gabe comes and tries to talk to me, but I smile, and walk away. I'm trying to be polite as well.

"So are you going to tell me what's up?" Serena asks next to me, on the sand, infront of the bonfire.

Gabe did an amazing job. He bought marshmallows for us, the fire was lit, there was a few decorations, on the private beach.
There's also tables of food.

"The sky" I sigh, laying my head, on her shoulder.

"Haha. Very funny. No I meant the kiss, in the gift shop" my eyes meet Gabe's.

He's sat opposite me, still in his suit.

"I don't know. He just gave me this ring, and boom he kissed me" I say showing her my finger, as I stare at Gabe.

He smirks. He knows we're talking about him. I blush looking down at the marshmallows in front of me.

I love Marshmallows. I may even love then more than chocolate.

"Do you know what this means?" She smiles at me.

I look at her confused.

"You're engaged to him. It's on your left finger. The one that connects to your heart?" I gasp

"What?" I look at my hand.

I look up just as Gabe, walks closer to me.

He smiles.

"May I have this dance?"he places his hand out for me.

"There's no music" I say

"There doesn't need to be" I place my hand in his, as he lifts me up.

He walks me far away from all of them. He places his hands, on my waist, after making me put them on his neck.

"You look beautiful today" I smile

"In shorts? Thank you" he chuckles

"You look beautiful in everything. Especially the mornings" I frown at him.

"When have you seen me in the morning?" I ask as he twirls me around.

"You forgot our special moment already? My hearts broken kitten." I laugh at him, as he places his hand over his heart, pouting at me.

"I like this side of you Gabe. The more fun one. Like we were kids" I say, placing my hands around his neck, as we sway side to side.

"Times have changed kitten" he sighs

"But do you have to change?" I ask

"No. I want too" I nod staying quiet

"About the kiss-" his phone rings.

He stops, and pulls his phone out of his pocket. He answers it quickly.

"Yes?...What! Emily....Emily please stop crying. I'm coming" he starts running away.

Okay then.
Who's Emily?
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