CH.4 - One week later -
Taylor observed Matty coming out from the restaurant and slowly getting down off a few ladders. He was tried. What they'd lived in the past week had made them change. Grow up. They were no more just sons of mobs. They'd become men.
Matty joined him thoughtfully, looking around him. "You told him?" asked quietly Taylor frowning.
"Yeah." said Matty: "I told him".
"Fine." nodded Taylor: "So you finally closed with it". "Yeah. I closed with everything" confirmed Matty in a low voice, still thinking to his father. Then he took the keys of his car. One of his father's gifts and threw them inside it through the window. He wanted nothing of that world no more. A world, which he'd never belonged to and that had killed all his friends. He'd been the only survivor, thanks to Taylor. He would have never forgotten that.
"And now?" asked Taylor inhaling a dragon of smoke from his cigarette and then throwing it away.
"Now, we go far from here" replied Matty. Taylor nodded and both jumped on his van. He started the engine and drove into the traffic. They reached a red traffic light and he slowed down to stop at it. He still had that tormenting thought in his head. That thought. He suddenly put the indicator on and turned on a street.
"Where do we go?" Matty asked him.
"Gotta stop before in a place" Taylor answered him enigmatically driving his van in a certain direction. He stopped it under a building.
"Where are you going?" asked Matty frowning.
"I'll be back in a minute" Taylor simply said and got in the building with fast step.
He rang at the doorbell, hoping that he was still in time.
"I go open, don't worry" said Marie Jane loudly going to the door and opening it. Her heart missed a beat. "Are you going to somewhere" he quietly asked her almost a reproach, watching her waitress uniform with her nameplate.
She widened her eyes and opened her mouth speechless, she couldn't believe to her eyes: he was there. She first shook her head in disbelief: "I.I was.going..to work" she whispered.
"No" he said sure of himself.
"No?" she repeated frowning a little confused, still shocked by his presence.
"Pick up your things. You come with me" he briefly ordered her peremptory.
"I.I..you.are back" she was babbling not able to concentrate, with all her emotions flowing outside like a river in flood. Tears came from her eyes silently without she could even control them, as what she was feeling, all her happiness, right now, had to blow outside. With a leap she put her arms around his neck holding him tightly to her.
"Beware! Girl!" Taylor groaned in pain pushing her a bit far from him with a grimace.
"What?" she frowned not understanding, then she noticed his bandage at his left shoulder. She widened her eyes: " But.but you're hurt!!" she suddenly said worried softly touching his arm.
"It's ok. It's nothing" he said reassuring her: "Shall we go now?" he repeated quietly.
"Police..is after you? You're.chased?" she dared to ask hesitantly watching out his shoulders, worried.
"No, No! Nothing like that. I just took a bullet for .someone else" he briefly explained: "And I'm fine now" he simply ended before she asked.
Her lips bent in a large smile that warmed his heart: " Always told you were special!" she whispered.
"So? We go?" he insisted feeling uneasy with compliments.
"When?" she asked him.
"Now"
"Where?"
"Does it matter?" he replied raising an eyebrow.
She stared at him for a long moment then: "No" she mouthed smiling him, her eyes shining because of her tears of joy and held him in her arms paying attention of not causing him pain and giving him light kisses. "Tell me only.why" she asked softly after a moment, moving enough to meet his gaze, half closing her eyes.
"It wasn't you the one who talked about a second chance? Maybe it's true. I chose to believe in you and try again" he explained her briefly. She nodded and held to him she kissed him again, this time deeper than before.
"MJ? Who's at the door?" a female voice asked from the other side of their apartments. "My prince charming, is back" she whispered on his lips, her eyes lost in his. He grinned and kissed her again.
THE END ---------------------------------------
Taylor observed Matty coming out from the restaurant and slowly getting down off a few ladders. He was tried. What they'd lived in the past week had made them change. Grow up. They were no more just sons of mobs. They'd become men.
Matty joined him thoughtfully, looking around him. "You told him?" asked quietly Taylor frowning.
"Yeah." said Matty: "I told him".
"Fine." nodded Taylor: "So you finally closed with it". "Yeah. I closed with everything" confirmed Matty in a low voice, still thinking to his father. Then he took the keys of his car. One of his father's gifts and threw them inside it through the window. He wanted nothing of that world no more. A world, which he'd never belonged to and that had killed all his friends. He'd been the only survivor, thanks to Taylor. He would have never forgotten that.
"And now?" asked Taylor inhaling a dragon of smoke from his cigarette and then throwing it away.
"Now, we go far from here" replied Matty. Taylor nodded and both jumped on his van. He started the engine and drove into the traffic. They reached a red traffic light and he slowed down to stop at it. He still had that tormenting thought in his head. That thought. He suddenly put the indicator on and turned on a street.
"Where do we go?" Matty asked him.
"Gotta stop before in a place" Taylor answered him enigmatically driving his van in a certain direction. He stopped it under a building.
"Where are you going?" asked Matty frowning.
"I'll be back in a minute" Taylor simply said and got in the building with fast step.
He rang at the doorbell, hoping that he was still in time.
"I go open, don't worry" said Marie Jane loudly going to the door and opening it. Her heart missed a beat. "Are you going to somewhere" he quietly asked her almost a reproach, watching her waitress uniform with her nameplate.
She widened her eyes and opened her mouth speechless, she couldn't believe to her eyes: he was there. She first shook her head in disbelief: "I.I was.going..to work" she whispered.
"No" he said sure of himself.
"No?" she repeated frowning a little confused, still shocked by his presence.
"Pick up your things. You come with me" he briefly ordered her peremptory.
"I.I..you.are back" she was babbling not able to concentrate, with all her emotions flowing outside like a river in flood. Tears came from her eyes silently without she could even control them, as what she was feeling, all her happiness, right now, had to blow outside. With a leap she put her arms around his neck holding him tightly to her.
"Beware! Girl!" Taylor groaned in pain pushing her a bit far from him with a grimace.
"What?" she frowned not understanding, then she noticed his bandage at his left shoulder. She widened her eyes: " But.but you're hurt!!" she suddenly said worried softly touching his arm.
"It's ok. It's nothing" he said reassuring her: "Shall we go now?" he repeated quietly.
"Police..is after you? You're.chased?" she dared to ask hesitantly watching out his shoulders, worried.
"No, No! Nothing like that. I just took a bullet for .someone else" he briefly explained: "And I'm fine now" he simply ended before she asked.
Her lips bent in a large smile that warmed his heart: " Always told you were special!" she whispered.
"So? We go?" he insisted feeling uneasy with compliments.
"When?" she asked him.
"Now"
"Where?"
"Does it matter?" he replied raising an eyebrow.
She stared at him for a long moment then: "No" she mouthed smiling him, her eyes shining because of her tears of joy and held him in her arms paying attention of not causing him pain and giving him light kisses. "Tell me only.why" she asked softly after a moment, moving enough to meet his gaze, half closing her eyes.
"It wasn't you the one who talked about a second chance? Maybe it's true. I chose to believe in you and try again" he explained her briefly. She nodded and held to him she kissed him again, this time deeper than before.
"MJ? Who's at the door?" a female voice asked from the other side of their apartments. "My prince charming, is back" she whispered on his lips, her eyes lost in his. He grinned and kissed her again.
THE END ---------------------------------------