Weeks pass by and I don't see the Italians anymore, Matt's been calling and texting me more frequently now, which is odd he never has time to text me.

After last weekend we haven't gone out again, I usually just stay at his house or he comes over to my apartment.

"Your good here? I've gotta make a errand run." Maddie calls.

"Yeah I'm good! Have fun!" She hugs me before swiftly walking out leaving me to hold down the fort alone.

I pull over a stool and begin to add to our chalkboard menu, fixing the drinks and food items and adding our latest stuff.

I'm almost done when the bell rings not bothering to look I finish what I'm writing. "One second." I say to the person behind me.

"Take your time Star." I gasp nearly falling off the stool.

"Shit." I say spinning around to face Asher, Alex and other guy. I slowly reach for my phone in my pocket while hopping off the stool. "What can I get you guys?" I ask hoping my voice comes out strong but it's all shaky.

Alex cocks his head to the side watching me carefully. "Watcha doing there bella?"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Piercing guy adds making me stop my reaching for my phone.

"Can I help you guys?" I ask them taking small steps back I try to make it to the counter to put as much space as I can in between them but someone grabs my arm pulling my harshly against them.

"You are going to help up Star." Asher breathes into my ear.

He reaches for my pocket picking out my phone and dropping it on the ground. I watch wide eyed as piercing guy smashes it into the ground.

I look at Alex who's guarding the door and then piercing guy who's standing a little bit in front of me. Ashers grip on my arm isn't going away but I need to run, and fast.

If I can make it to the back door I can make it out and find Matt or something I'm not sure. Taking a deep breath I shove my heel into Ashers crotch he let's go yelling out in pain and I kick him away before sprinting for the door.

I grip the edge of the counter about to sprint around it when two powerful hands slam down on either side of me.

"Where you going Nova?" Asher asks.

Tears well up in my eyes god Nova don't start fucking crying right now. Alex walks up to Asher with something in his hand and with a wink from him I feel a prick in my arm.

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I groan at the light shining through the window god why does my head hurt so badly?

"Fuck!" I yell sitting up and looking at my surroundings the bed I'm in is comfy as hell and the room is larger than the cafe.

I rush over to the door trying the handle, obviously it's locked I kicked the door as hard as I can just to see but it doesn't even budge curse my weak ass body.

As much as I want to explore the room it'll make it too real for me, so I plop back down onto the bed and curl up into a ball.

I hear the door open and immediately my head snaps up a women walks in carrying a tray she gives me a sad smile before placing the tray on the nightstand beside the bed and swiftly leaving.

You would've thought I'd have the plague with how she came in and left, besides I don't even eat breakfast.

I stay laying on the bed staring at the celling for what feels like forever, I don't have the energy to do anything else I just want to leave. Matt will notice I'm gone soon he'll come get me.

The door opens again but I don't bother to look I just keep staring at the white celling it's so empty and expansive.

"You didn't eat anything." I look up at piercing guy but I end up back to the celling.

"I'm not hungry." I respond it was partially true I was hungry but I didn't want to eat.

"I know you don't usually eat breakfast or a real lunch for that matter but here you will." He stands to the side of the bed watching me, I can feel his eyes watching me like I am with the celling.

"I don't want to be here." I turn my head to look at him now.

"Unfortunately you don't have much of a choice in that matter." Yeah which is just great being trapped in here.

"Who are you guys anyway? Why do you even need me here?"

"Were basically the same as that little boyfriend of your but we're nicer." He smiles. "Now get up and come on."

"Where are we going?" I ask slipping off the side of the bed.

He doesn't answer he just continues to walk out the door, I have to run to catch up with his long ass legs. "You know your kinda rude."

"You don't know anything about me." That shuts me up hes got a point, I don't even know his name.

I follow him down some steps, he turns into a dinning room where both Alex and Asher are sitting, they look at me when we enter.

"Why'd you bring her down here? She has food."
Alex says leaning back in his chair.

"She didn't eat it." Asher responds.

"So we invited her to eat with us?" I just stand there awkwardly until piercing guy motions for me to sit down taking his own seat.

So I sit down beside him and Asher with Alex across from us. Asher watches me carefully as I toy with my bracelets.

"Why didn't you eat the food? It's not poison." Asher asks.

"Wasn't hungry." Alex raises an eyebrow in my direction.

"Bullshit." Alex supplys.

I shrug looking down at my lap, I was in fact hungry I still am but I can't bring myself to eat anything.

I chew on the inside on of my cheek before I look up at piercing guy. "What's your name?" I ask him I can't take calling him piercing guy anymore and the silence was too much I had to break it.

"And just why do you want to know?" He asks generally sounding curios.

"It's either you tell me or you'll forever be piercing guy in my brain." Alex bursts out laughing and piercing guy just stares at me.

"His names Marco." Asher speaks up while Alex is still laughing hysterically.

"Matt will be very angry when he finds me gone." I say to no one in particular. "Matt's the only one that would matter anyway, so when you think about it the odds are ever in your favor." I smile to myself at my hunger games reference.

"Hunger games?" Marco asks.

I shrug "went through a dystopian phase awhile back." I keep staring down at my hands my hair falling down over my face but I don't move to fix it. "I hate the quiet." I whisper after moments of nothing I know their all watching me.

"Well that's a lie, I hate when people stare at me I hate the uncomfortable silence when the attention is on you but there's nothing. I live in silence you know, I'm used to it but I hate when people stare at me." I shut my mouth frowning at my outburst I never know when to shut up. "Sorry." I add wincing when I hear a chair scraping against the floor.

"Look at me Star." I shake my head lightly. "Nova, look at me."

I don't even know these people, they kidnapped me and I'm sitting here like everything's fine but I don't know what else I can do. They're bigger than me I can't outrun them they have security all over this damm house.

"I want to go home." I say finally looking up at Asher, I'm about to break and he knows it.

"Do you know who we are? What we do? Do you even know what your boyfriend does Nova?" He lifts his hand up to cup my face.

"I don't know... Matt owns a company, I think." My unsure answer causes Alex to laugh. I frown looking away from Asher "Matt doesn't tell me much." I say honestly.

"Don't look away from me Nova," Asher demands, when my eyes raise back up to his he responds "Matt's just as bad as us Star. Maybe worse."

"Matt doesn't kidnap people." I mumble the words but I know Asher heard me.

He drops his hand and smiles "I don't force people to starve themselves."

My eyes widen at his words "he's never done that." I twist my bracelet around.

"Why are you so scared to talk to me Star? You pause your words as if debating if it's going to upset me or not."

"Why do you keep calling me Star?"

"Tra tutte le stella del cielo sei la più luminosa. Hai lasciato che Matt lo portasse via." (Out of all the stars in the sky you're the brightest. You let Matt take that away.)

Alex and Marco give Asher a look but I just stare at him confused "I don't understand Italian."

"I know Star." He turns to walk away "don't try anything stupid or you get locked back in that room understand?" I nod as Alex and Marco get up and follow Asher out. "Oh and Star, I would make it your best interest to eat." He calls from the other room.

I slump farther in my chair I finally allow myself the chance to look at the food, pancakes, muffins, eggs, and loads of fruits.

I go for the muffins picking one up and leaving the table, the house is huge I mostly just wander around the muffin long gone. I was starving, I still am but I'd never admit it.

The halls are absolutely silent, and vacant. The house is huge but there's nothing most doors are locked anyway do they even use all these?

I make it to the farthest room in the house, a library with huge windows. Locked obviously. But there's chairs and I'm tired of this place.

I don't think my brain has caught up to me with how much danger I'm in. I should be screaming or crying or something but I feel nothing. I'm numb. I have no emotion to the situation at all.

It'll hit me soon.