Landon
Weakness.
Having a weakness will only make you weak.
It won't make you stronger, it'll make you weaker.
People will feed off of it.
They will use it against you.
And that will only make you vulnerable to the world.
To let them see what can hurt you the most.
I never had a weakness.
I had no one to care for me, which led me to have no one to care for.
But it's different now.
Because I have her.
My weakness.
*
I speed through the streets, going back and forth between cars.
I make it to my destination and park the car.
Glancing through the review mirror I see my men behind me in a black SUV.
I get out of the car, not before placing my hand on my waistband where my gun sits.
Once I'm out, I shut the car door and signal my men to come out.
I start walking towards the dark alleyway, with my men following me behind.
I take out a cigarette and light it up, taking a long drag from it.
I stand, leaning against the wall and watch as my men carry the poor excuse of a man towards me.
They hold down his arms as the man fights against them.
I take another drag while watching the pure terror on the man's face as his eyes watch me closely.
"Please Angelo I-" He says but I cut him off with a dark chuckle.
I look him in the eyes coldly.
"What makes you think,
I say darkly and pause looking down as I drop the bud to the ground and step on it lightly.
you can call me that ?" I say continuing.
I now look up to his terrified eyes and smirk darkly at him.
I take a step forward and he begins to struggle more against the men holding him down.
"Please I-I beg y-you. I have a wife a-and a stepson at home" He stutters in fear pathetically.
I stare at him with cold eyes knowing damn well that he doesn't give a single shit about his wife or stepson.
Due to the way he's been abusing his wife and has molested his stepson.
Fucking pathetic.
I take out my gun from my waistband and turn the safety off.
Hearing this, he kept thrashing around and continued begging for me to forgive him and that he'll be better.
Lies.
Having heard enough of his whining I shot him in his temple and watched as his lifeless body dropped.
I nod at my men to take him.
He shouldn't have messed up my shipments.
I look down at my watch and see that it's nearly 3am.
I walk out of the alleyway and make it back to my car.
Opening the door, I sit down and click the engine on.
I lean back in my seat and start driving back to my house.
I massage my jaw as my mind kept going back to one particular person.
The way her golden-brown hair flows down her waist effortlessly in curls.
Her white porcelain skin glowing, her full cherry red lips luscious and inviting.
Her dark lashes shadowing over her emerald green eyes.
Fuck, those eyes.
They hold this innocence and this tranquillity that surrounds her, making me more addicted to her than I already am.
She's so pure.
So fucking pure.
And I love it.
*
I make it back home and take a shower.
It was now around 4am on Friday.
I made it through the week without her.
How? I don't fucking know.
My mind was focused on her nearly the whole time, remembering the feeling she gives me which relaxes me somehow.
I sigh and open my laptop and start doing some work not before sending a message to Layla that I'll pick her up for school.
I haven't talked to her all week, I thought it was for the best so I wouldn't get more distracted than I already was.
Being the Mafia you need to keep your head straight and focused.
You need to sleep with one eye open with having as many enemies as I do, not that they would dare to try anything anyways.
After a couple of hours doing endless work, I looked towards my watch and saw it was time to pick Layla up.
I got into one of my cars and sped down the streets heading towards her house.
Having my lifestyle is only bound to make you emotionless.
You can't show or feel anything, it'll only ruin you.
Being shut off from the world will only make it beneficial.
But now it's different.
Ever since I laid my eyes on her, I've been feeling different.
I haven't felt anything close to happiness once in my life.
Everything was just the opposite.
I make it to her house and get out of the car.
I stand outside and lean against my car taking a cigarette to my lips and light it up.
I tilt my head up and close my eyes breathing in the smoke.
I sense her presence near me.
Her illuminating smell filling my nose and instantly calming me more than the useless stick in my hands did.
She smelt of Vanilla and Strawberry.
I open my eyes and look down at her.
Her green eyes lit up with happiness as she saw me.
She opened her tiny arms and wrapped them around my torso.
My heart starts fucking beating faster from the contact.
I wrap my arms around her waist and put my head into her neck.
I breathe in her scent like Its oxygen.
Her soft warm body-hugging me tightly, I kiss her neck which makes instant goosebumps rise up onto her soft skin.
A small smirk makes way to my lips at this.
I pull away and look down at her to see her red-faced.
I brush away her hair from her face with my hand tucking it behind her ear.
Her green innocent eyes stare into mine.
"Hey, Landon." Her angelic voice rings through my ears.
I look at her blankly and nod to greet her back.
She smiles at me, and I turn around to open the car door for her.
She gets in and I walk around to the driver's side.
I start the car and head off to the school.
"Are you coming in today?" Her velvet voice asks me softly.
I glance at her to see her playing with the ring I gave her.
"Yes." I reply.
I see her smile happily.
Fuck her smile.
It seems anywhere she goes, she lights up any room.
Illuminating the darkness with her light.
Even my friends look at her in awe.
We make it to the school as I park in my usual spot.
I get out of the car and open her side up.
She gets out and takes my hand in hers.
We walk into the school together and I spot Andre and Dante leaning against their lockers talking.
Layla sees them too and looks back at me.
I turn in their direction and tug her along.
Once we make it to them, I see them turn towards me and then turn their attention to Layla beside me.
Andre's face breaks into a grin and immediately runs to her and hugs her tightly.
She stands there in shock but puts her arms around him, hugging him back.
"It is great to finally meet you, Layla!" Andre says, his voice muffled.
She giggles and replies.
"You too Andre." She says softly.
He lets go and Dante comes up in front of her and takes his hand out for her to shake.
She smiles up at him and shakes his hand to which he smiles at her in return.
Layla then turns back to me and I put my arm around her waist letting my fingers linger on her bare skin.
"I need to ask you something." She says turning to me.
I nod my head at her and signal for Andre and Dante to leave.
They nod in return and smile and wave goodbye to Layla.
I lean against a locker and stare at Layla blankly.
She stares up at me but then looks down at her shoes and talks.
"So, there's this beach party everyone's going to this weekend. And I was wondering if you wante-" I cut her off by placing my hand under her chin tilting her head up to look at me.
Her emerald eyes stare into mine.
"I'll go with you." I say to her blankly.
Her eyes light up and she smiles softly at me.
I brush away a strand of hair and lean down to kiss her warm cheek.
I feel her face get warm and nearly smile at that.
Little does she know that she affects me the same way.
"What time?" I ask her.
"Um, they said to get there at 10am tomorrow, it's like a whole day party thing down at Longland Beach" She says to me.
"Okay, I'll pick you up at 8 then?" I ask her, looking down at her bright eyes.
She nods and smiles at me.
I know I have a lot of work to do, but I couldn't say no.
Besides, I've got business to deal with there anyways.
"Well I've gotta get to class I'll see you later then?" She tells me.
I just nod at her but before she can walk away I pull her back grabbing her arm gently.
I look down at her through my hair falling onto my eyes and point to my cheek.
She blushes and stands on her toes, I bend down slightly to give her more access as she kisses my cheek softly giving me tingles through my body.
I pat her waist twice telling her she can go now.
She smiles one more time and turns to leave, I watch as her small body rounds the corner and I sigh and get up from the locker, I make my way to Andre and Dante with only one thing on my mind.
Her.
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