The Laws of Love | Marco Reus

Chapter 8

I never called her, not once since I left Russia and I don't know if I'm gonna call her from now on. It's not that I don't care about her, I do, but she is a part of my old life, she remembers me of everything that happened to me and I can't relive those things again. But it doesn't matter anymore because I will be back here next month and all those feelings will come back and this time my dad won't be here to help me get over the memories.

After I took a deep breath, I stood up and went to find Natasha. She needs to know what I've done, I needs to know that there is someone here I can trust. As I expected she was is her room, reading a book. You might wonder why is she living here, but the answer is quite simple. She was 10 years old when my father brought her to our house. Her parents worked for my father in his organisation and one of their mission went wrong... and they were killed by Dima, my uncle. Since then, my father took care of Natasha and I learned to love her like a sister.

"Hey, you're back" she says noticing my presence.

"I did it" I say looking into her eyes. "Did what" she asks me confused. "I am the new leader. Their new leader."

"Aleksandra, why did you do that? We could've find a way to avoid this. You should've talked with me" Natasha says appalled.

"They gave me no choice. It was me or – or Dima" I finally manage to say.

"How did they even thought about him? He just can't – I can't believe they mentioned his name" she says with hate.

"I was too angry to ask why did they thought about them. I don't care what I have to do but he's not coming back here. I promise" I say trying to calm her down. Thinking about that man makes her feel bad and awakens memories who were supposed to be hidden deep down in her consciousness.

"I'm sorry, Aleksandra. I'm so sorry that you had to make this decision" Natasha whispers with tears in her eyes.

"Don't think about this. It's going to be fine because you are going to be my right hand."

"Anything. I will do everything you ask" she says a little bit to excited.

"Well, I already have a task for you. I need you to find everything you can about the twelve members of this organisation. Ten men and two women. I need to know everything, if they have any familly, what they eat at breakfast, everything, you understand?" I ask her. "Yeah, I'll do it, I know exactly what to do" she answers. "I'll be back here in a month and by then I need to know every single weaknesses they have" I continue saying. "But that's not all, I need another favour from you, but I don't know if you will be able to do it... I need to know where Dima is and what's he doing. I didn't like the fact that they thought about him and we need to take control over this situation" I say waiting for a reaction from Natasha. "Count on me. That monster won't make anyone suffer anymore."

After making sure that Natasha will be able to do what I asked, I hugged her and said goodbye. She was supposed to call me when she got any useful information for me. Before leaving to the airport I wanted to talk with nanny again but I couldn't find her so I left. I don't know when the time has passed, but by the time the sun was rising I was landing in Dortmund. Elise didn't know I was coming back and I was pretty excited about that. She's going to be so surprised.

"Ma'am, can you please tell me where we are going" the driver asks me making me realise that I was sitting in the cab for almost 10 minutes whitout saying to him where I wanted to go. When he parked in front of my apartment I payed him and gave him a big tip.

When I entered the apartment the first thing I saw were the empty bottles that were sitting on the couch. I can't remember the last time Elise drank this much. I put my luggage on the floor and went to see if she was in her bedroom, if she was fine. I opened the door trying to be quite, but what I saw when the door opened completly was unbelievable.

Elise was in her room and in her bed and she seemed to be more than fine because she was sleeping in the arms of the one and only Marco Reus. What was this man doing here? Why was he hugging my friend? Why was he here with Elise? When did they become so close? What the hell happened when I was gone?

Wanting to make sure I wasn't having a nightmare, I went closer. Reus was half naked, his shirt was standing at the end of the bed and his arm was around Elise. She was looking happy, like she has found something she never had. But why it had to be him? And why I was feeling jealous?

I turned around wanting to leave the room but in my way to the door I tripped over the bed and then I started to swear. Seconds later, Elise and her new friend opened their eyes.

"Alek, is that you" Elise asks me with a sleepy voice.

"The witch is back, may the spells be complete now" Reus says with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, I'm back so be careful 'cause I might turn you into a frog" I say looking at him. "I wanted to make you a surprise, but it seems that you are the one who surprised me" I continue to say looking at my friend.

"It's not what it looks like, you should know that" Elise says looking at Reus. His hand was still around her waist even if now they were standing on the bed. Deep down I knew Elise was telling the truth, but I just didn't want to believe her. I was feeling betrayed. But why?

"Why it had to be him, Elise? You can have every man you want, but you choose him" I say whispering.

"You don't believe me" she says terrified.

"How dare you say those things? The only thing she if guilty of is loving the wrong man! You are a -" Reus starts to say but he stops when Elise whispers something in his ear.

"What are you talking about? She's not in love, I would've known that! She my best friend and I know what she feels" I say starting to get angry.

"Maybe you should think again, because you don't know shit about your best friend" Reus says making me realise that he cares about her.

"Marco, please don't" Elise says sadly. Closing his eyes, he accepted her wish and stayed silent. I looked at Elise and I could see that she was suffering and I didn't know the reason.

I turned around and left the room, closing the door behind me. I started to run and before leaving the apartment I took the key of my car. I needed to be alone and think about what just happened.