Nerd in Disguise: Blood Bound

Chapter 20

"Is that who I think it is?" Tony exclaims.

"Vivi!" Leo lifts me up and swings me in a circle. Tony does the same.

"You actually grew...a little," Leo measures my height to his around six feet tall frame.

"I grew four inches. I am 5'5" now." I smack his hand as he points out the half foot of air between us.

"You'll always be tiny as ever." Tony chuckles.

"And as annoying," Dante adds, which earns him a scowl from me.

"It's not my fault all three of you got the tall gene from dad's side. And 5'5" is not short!" I cross my arms. "That is perfectly average. I don't know what type of height chart you guys have, but it is awfully skewed."

"Sure," Tony pats my head. I huff a bit louder in annoyance.

"So why are we here? Is this a shopping-bonding moment?" I have not shopped in years unless you counted online shopping. The uniforms at Elite did not offer me much of a reason to shop. "Aren't you guys a couple years too old to be shopping at a place called Forever 21?"

"Twenty-three is not old." Tony says at the exact same time Leo says, "I think twenty-four is a perfect time for mating."

"Leonardo-say-what?" I shoot him a look.

Leo laughs, "Your faces! Priceless!"

"Anyways, as I am the most mature one," Dante begins but my brothers snicker at his statement. "As I was saying before these immature children interrupted me, I, the most mature Ricca brother, have appointed myself with the responsibility of being your disguise coordinator."

"And we decided to help." Tony and Leo nod.

"You told them!" I gasp at Dante's betrayal.

"Not really," he shrugs innocently. "Da did."

Tony and Leo finally burst out laughing, clutching their stomachs tightly. They seem to find this all too hilarious.

"How could we not miss this chance?" Leo says in between his laughs. "Of course, we would want to play a part in this elaborate plan."

"Absolutely not." My face frozen in horror.

"We reject your opinions." Leo grabs my shoulders and pushes me into the store. "Hush child, the masterminds are at work," he shushes me with his hand as I open my mouth in protest. My eyes dart towards my other brothers for help but the two Devils look away.

"I'll get you three back for this, especially you!" I glare menacingly at Dante, who only smiles sweetly.

*****

Two freaking hours later

I hate this store.

I hate shopping.

"Are you serious?" I wrinkle my nose in distaste at the most horrifying outfit ever. And let's say this is the twentieth outfit I have seen. I would rather smell my brothers' stinky gym socks than be spotted in this fashion disaster of an outfit. We all knew that plaid against plaid was an absolute no for fashion, especially if the plaid shirt sported an ugly chihuahua with a Santa hat.

"It's perfect." Dante smirks. "The chihuahua looks just like you."

"You asshole," I scowl as the chihuahua looks even uglier as I stare at it longer. I am sorry for all the chihuahua lovers out there, but I cannot stand chihuahuas. They look too much like hairless rats. Plus, their barks are so annoying.

"Oh c'mon little sis," Leo swings by with two arms full of clothing articles. "The three of us are the best fashionshitas out there." He must mean fashionistas.