One year, six months and someday later.

"Rylie, you little bitch! Stop biting my pillow. You're making me nervous!"

I snatched the pillow from her and started biting it instead. She snatched it back and began chewing it with her small teeth. I gave her a slight push. She emitted a cute squeak and fell back on the bed.

"Back off! That's my pillow to bite now!"

Her face became red in anger and she pushed me with such a force that I almost fell off the bed and clutched the pillow close to her chest.

My nose flared. "That's it. This means war!"

I grabbed another pillow and hit it straight onto her face. She groaned, threw it back and hit my arm with another pillow. Then we started a pillow fight for the second time for today.

"You dumb head! When I say it's mine, I mean it's mine!"

She mimicked me in a very annoying manner and hit my head with the pillow.

"Oof! You just wait and see how I kick your cute little ass-"

"If I were you, I would refrain myself from conducting such violence on another woman."

We stopped as we both remembered that we had some other company in this room with us. Rylie's face was glowing red in embarrassment now.

"For God's sake, why did you have to ruin this? I was enjoying some girl-on-girl action."

"We are gathered here this afternoon for a reason and you..." We looked at him expectantly while he thinks of a word to describe us, "... young ladies are, well um, not giving attention to that and indulging in activities which is not a part of today's hopefully auspicious reason."

Hopefully auspicious? This son of a son of a...! Does he think that I will get a big, fat red capital letters of 'FAIL' in my final results today? We both know I worked hard on them! I spent countless late nights on it, studying, actually motivating myself into doing something good and earn this degree, educate myself and now this shitty faced idiot is saying things like these.

We are in my old bedroom. I use it as my own personal space to do things when Leonardo is out for work.

"You just had to ruin it." Adrian grumbled and picked up a magazine to read.

"And you just had to open that big mouth of yours." Leonardo shot back. "I do not understand why you are here right now. You are supposed to be packing."

"If you have forgotten that we both had decided to contribute in Amelia's education then, my dear little brother, you need to get your head checked for any internal injuries. I have the full right to know whether Amelia will graduate or not."

"Graduate or not?" I snapped. "Is that what you both think of me? How nice of you guys."

Rylie muffled a laugh. Our attention went to her and she covered half of her face behind the pillow in embarrassment.

Adrian's eyes narrowed. "That's so nice of you. Why do you hide that brilliant smile of yours now?"

She scowled and threw a pillow at him. It hit his head. "You hoe."

Leonardo choked on his water and failed extremely hard to cover it. He sounded like a dying hyena. I covered my face. This day is turning out far more worse than I actually thought it would.

"Thanks for the compliment though. It made my day. At least I won't be missing this for a month."

Adrian is leaving for Canada tonight and will be gone for an entire month. Work purposes, he had said. Something related to property overlooking and buying by some really huge estate and something like that. I wasn't too interested on knowing much details when Adrian told me, just a bit sad that I won't be having company to pull his brother's leg for a month.

Rylie cooed and quickly scribbled something in her notepad then threw it at him.

"Nobody is going to miss you, you asshole." Adrian read out loud and wiped a fake tear. "Those are some really sweet words. I'm afraid I'll go into diabetic shock if I read it again."

She made an ugly face and mimicked him.

"Enough!" I shouted. "Today is a really important day for me and I except civility from both of you for at least a few more minutes. Outside this room, go kill each other. I don't mind! But please, for me, try to keep the hate you guys have for each other low. I'd really appreciate it."

Leonardo slapped his elder brother's back really loud. "No offense, brother, but you are a hoe."

He winced. "A lot taken."

Rylie smiled apologetically at me.

"Thank you," I sighed and typed my user ID and password to open my page on the institution's website. "Well, here goes everything." I mumbled to myself, going through my inbox and finally clicking on a link which directed me straight to my results.

I blinked.

"Um, capo?"

"Si, Amy?"

"I never bothered to ask this straight from you. Where exactly did you enroll me?" I left the part where everything and I mean everything was done online. I assumed that he must have had some influence over there.

"Rome. Why?"

"Okay... You think we can go there and see the college I am graduating from?"

Rylie screamed in happiness and pounced on me to give me a big hug.

"Oof! Ouch! Too tight, Ry. Too tight!" I managed a choke of air and laughed in joy.

Education: check.

Hell yeah. I'm gonna get a degree and finally be a graduate.

After a lot of howling, jumping in bed and squealing in joy, I finally managed to straighten myself up and eagerly waited for the brothers to say something, congratulate me or anything.

They kept staring at me with a blank look on their faces. I stopped smiling. What's wrong with them? Then suddenly Adrian turned to his little brother and made the universal sign of asking money.

Hesitantly, Leonardo pulled out his wallet from his pant and gave 200 euros to Adrian, who was now grinning in triumph.

You. Have got to be. Kidding. Me.

"You both made a bet on my education?" I sneered.

"Yep." Adrian said proudly. "The only method to get some money out of my little brother's pocket. Congratulations Amelia, I'll buy you a nice souvenir from Canada with this money or maybe give you a nice treat before I leave."

"I can't believe you made a bet on this!"

He rubbed his ears and grinned mischievously. "No need to shout, my lovely Amy. It was just for some fun. Besides you should be scolding your boyfriend, who is now two hundred euro short on his account. He lost because he thought you wouldn't graduate when you started your course."

My scowl became deeper as my gaze shifted to his brother.

Adrian stood up. "Alright then. That's our cue to leave, signorina Rylie, so why don't we go out and continue our usual bicker banter outside, hmm? Maybe then you could get an opportunity to kill me for good. Do tell me, what kind of weapon would you prefer? I have a really cute cabinet in my closet full of them for your tiny little heart's desire."

Her expression clearly said that she wanted me to save her from this abomination of being in company with a crazy man like Adrian Agostini. Too bad I wasn't in mood to be the saviour of her life.

The door closed and I met with silence. I crossed my arms and gave him a stern look. "You know, you just ruined my day with your little betting game."

"You are upset at me."

"No. I am angry at you."

He nodded curtly. "I see. So does that mean I will be sleeping on the bath tub again?"

"No. The chair would suffice."

"Wow. That's a shocker."

My eyes narrowed. "You think this is funny? When I said that I want to do something in my life two years ago, I meant it. And now that I have finally achieved something on my own, you go out giving money to your brother because you thought that I won't be able to do something in my life. How sweet of you, signore Agostini."

He scratched his hair. "Umm... It was not supposed to go like this. I made that bet long back because I was bored and wanted to make money out of my brother's pocket. Hell, I had almost forgotten about it until this morning. Don't make a scene out of something I did long back, Amy."

"Like the time you shot me?"

"Exactly like the time I shot you."

My lips twisted nastily. "I still don't like you for that."

"Of course you don't. You love me." He purred and slowly removed his shoes then climbed up the bed like predator stalking his prey, slowly shutting my laptop close in the process.

"Hey, no. Back off. I-I am angry at you! Very angry!" I protested, well, at least tried to. I could already feel my body and heart surrendering to his charms.

Two years... One year... God knows how long we have been together now. Everyday was a new day to learn something interesting, surprising about each other. Leonardo is still the same idiot I had landed on almost two and a half years ago, give or take. There are times though, where we fight a lot, have separate opinions. Okay, not we. Me. That bastard keeps his mouth shut and silently watches me blabber. I force him to sleep somewhere else, on any flat sizeable surface but in the middle of night, he comes back to me. He always does. Today is just going to be another one of those days.

Business is going good though. He manages it well along with Adrian, an almost thirty two year old, single, flirting man-baby who never misses an opportunity to make fun of him with me. Sometimes, he comes back really late at night but would refuse to talk about his late night work endeavours. He keeps me out of it. His 'other' job, I mean. I don't mind. As long as it does not turns out that he is cheating on me and is safe. I swear, if he ever does that, history will surely repeat itself again for the third time but it would be gender reversed.

"So you say that you're angry, huh?" He licked a sensitive spot behind my ear. I shuddered.

"Yes. Very angry." I let out a breathy moan and squeezed my eyes shut.

"Mmh. This is the first leave I have taken in a while. I deserve full compensation from you. Besides, we both know that Angry sex is the best sex."

******

My body was still shaking in post coital bliss. Leonardo was above me, catching his breath while I slowly ran my fingers on his back.

"Y-You... You are an ass."

"Yes. I have already done your ass." He said and pulled out. I bit my lip at the loss of contact and felt him dripping out of me. He rolled over to his side of the bed and pulled me close to his chest. I looked around and saw that we had almost thrashed my entire room.

"You are still not forgiven for today." I sighed.

"Hmm. You know I don't care."

A short laugh escaped from my lips and I smacked his bare chest. "You're so full of yourself."

"Technically, you are full of me."

"Oh God, shut up! Get that useless brain of yours out of the gutter before I kick you out of this room naked."

"Ha ha." He said flatly. "I'd like to see you try."

I kicked his leg. He remained unfazed. "You are provoking me a lot today, August-mini. Dont make me force you to sleep on the floor tonight. We both know your standards are a tad bit higher than that."

"I absolutely agree. We should definitely sleep together on the floor tonight."

I groaned in annoyance. Saying anything else to him is useless now. He'll change the conversation to some dirty intentions with me so I chose to stay silent and enjoy this moment with him.

"So what's next?" He asked for a moment of silence.

"Huh, what?" I was confused. What did he mean by that?

"You know... Next. You're getting a degree most probably by next month so what comes after that? What's your next plan?"

"I..." I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out of it. What's next? "I... I don't know. Do you know?"

He gave me a weird look and shook his head. "Why the hell would I know?"

"I don't know what to do next." I confessed. Hell, I have never been so clueless about my life before. "In these past years... I had never thought about my life after getting a degree. Even after finishing up my language class with Papa, I was engrossed in my college classes for days. But now, I have nothing to do. What should I do next, Leo?"

He started playing with my hair. "You can do anything. Maybe open that restaurant you used to talk about. What did you used to say about it again...? Seeing happy faces without burning or cooking anything? Was it something like that? You can do that. We can go look for some open property nearby someday and get it all kick started, hmm?"

My lips pursued into a bittersweet smile. "No. Some dreams are better left off as dreams."

"Fine. But you are not getting a job anywhere else except my company... if you want to. Turn that intership part of your amazing life story true."

I made a nasty expression. "And suffer the pain of you breathing down my neck 24/7? No thanks. You are forgetting that I am a self made multi millionaire, turning billionaire next month, business woman who is involved in dealing partnerships."

He laughed heartily. "A perfect way to summarise everything! Give it another year or half, you'll be only a few thousand euros behind Adrian's income or even less."

"Aw, that's so sweet of you." I cooed and gave him a giant smooch on his lips. I sniffed and cringed. "You stink. This room stinks."

"You say so?" I squealed when he flipped me and my back touched the mattress of my bed with him towering over me, his face buried in the crook of my neck. He inhaled deeply. "It's called the smell of wild sex, Amy. I thought I had taught you everything over these past months. Did you forget everything, hmm?"

I laughed shamelessly. "Leonardo... enough. Spare me my afternoon and go take a shower. We can continue later tonight, on the floor."

He hummed against my skin. "Naughty Amy. I took a leave today only for this and you dare defy me? I should punish you for being such a naughty girl."

"Only for this? You idiot, I asked you to take a leave to see my results and be with me for an entire day. You haven't even said a simple 'good job, Amelia!' or 'congratulations, Amelia! I'm proud of you' to me."

"Good job, Amelia. Congratulations. I'm proud of you." He groaned in my ears and slowly started rubbing his tip in-between my folds, preparing me for round two.

Of course I was expecting this from him. I knew him so damn well.

"Leo," I warned. "I mean it when I say later tonight. I'll let you sleep back on our bed instead of a chair. I still have a few things left to do a-and... oh." He sunk inside of me and pulled out, leaving just the tip in me.

"How about we celebrate your graduation in shower?" He purred seductively in my ears.

I let out a puff breath. "How about you go and celebrate my graduation alone in shower?"

Three cheers for me keeping my mind sane and straight.

He stopped kissing me neck and finally pulled away from me. "You are a very bad girl, you know that? You're leaving me in pain."

"I did learn how to pick locks. Do you want me to go badder than that?" I asked amusedly. Let's ignore the part where I have been trying to break into his locker in our closet for months to see a certain glinting circle he had told me about a long time ago. "Just go and shower, will you? I'll just write up a small mail that I'm coming to Rome with you next month and will get my degree physically."

"Fine." He grumbled. "I'll leave the door open for you as always, if you ever change your mind."

"Okay. Now go." I chuckled and shook my head in amusement as he walked inside my bathroom, leaving the door open in hope.

So what now?

To be honest, this question has been lingering in my mind for quite a long time now. I sighed as I sat up straight on my bed and picked up my laptop from my nightstand – which was something I managed to keep away during our little heat-y moment before we pounced onto the bed after doing some tumbling on the wall – turned it on and smiled to myself when I saw 'PASS' printed on the screen after a series of numbers.

So what now? Goddamnit! What now? How can I not know or plan what to do next in my life after getting a degree?

Feeling frustrated over these simple words, I shut my laptop down and opened a drawer to search a packet. One two mornings ago... Not this morning... Tomorrow morning... I sighed in relief when I finally found a packet of morning pills.

Ha. Funny thing about these. Been popping them as if my life depended on it after that little scare I had a year and half ago. There were slight internal complications at first but got over it. Filled a glass of water through a jar, popped open one pill from the packet and brought it close to my mouth.

I heard the shower turn on.

I stopped when a simple thought crossed my mind. I laughed at myself silently for even thinking about it but then I remembered something and remembered how right it felt but at the wrong timing.

Change of my non existent life plans. I definitely know what's next.

Without any hesitation, I got up and threw my morning pills into the bin, my heart pounding in my chest and followed the sound of running water, where the man who turned everything in my life upside down the moment I landed on him, the love of my life was patiently waiting for me. I stepped into the shower.

"On a second thought... Let's celebrate."

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A/N: Introducing Bad Boy Baby #1