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Chapter four;
-Later that night- back to Morgana's POV-
I fell onto the chair looking at the boys and grabbing Murphy's beer and taking a gulp. "Hey!" he said, snatching it back.
"Well I wasn't going to take Roc's; he backwashes," I explained.
"Do not!" Rocco snapped.
"Do so!" I snapped back. That was the end of the conversation as we sat for about an hour watching Rambo, until Rocco stood up.
"I'm fucking hungry," he said. After that, we decided to walk to a diner near my apartment. I jumped onto Murphy's back.
"To the coffee house!" I shouted. "Rocco owes me dinner anyway." We moved out of the apartment and to the street. It wasn't long until we reached the diner. When we got there, Rocco automatically stared talking about the next hit. I rolled my eyes as my burger was delivered.
"Let's talk some business here. I know a sick fuck... makes the ones we been doing look like altar boys. Worst night of my life when I met this guy," Rocco said as I attacked my burger. The three men's attention shifted to me.
"What?" I asked after swallowing. Murphy smiled.
"My kind of woman," he said causing me to blush. Connor reached over and stole some French fries. I glared at him as Rocco cleared his throat.
"Can you stop trying to take my friends?" he asked. I smiled innocently.
"Can't help that I'm prettier than you," I teased. He flipped me off as he started to retell his story. I only half-listened, getting bits and pieces.
"The guy never says a fuckin' word to me. We're driving for 25 minutes. Never a sigh, no throat clearing, nothing. And his face? Blank, man. Just nothing there," Rocco said, "We pull up to the house and I get out and sit on the hood as this dude makes his way up to the house. The dog kept barking, man, then nothing. He shot the fucking dog man. I didn't see what he was doing while he was in there."
I looked at Rocco as he told the story but I couldn't hear him. All I could think about my best friend of 20 years, Ruby Johnston. Our mothers met at some art class they both were taking and their friendship continued through Ruby and me. They called us Ruby Red and Snow White, ever since we played the characters in a fourth grade play. We were twenty when her life ended.
We had been walking home from rehearsal; we were doing Alice in Wonderland and she had gotten the part of The Queen and I had gotten Alice. We were talking about costumes when I noticed a black Sedan following us. Once we got to my apartment, I begged her to let Rocco take her home, but she refused. She told me I was paranoid, and then left. They found her two blocks away with seven bullet holes in her. Her father had owned the local crime family money and couldn't pay, so they took Ruby's life as a warning. The cops didn't get enough evidence to convict the men that did it, so they got away.
"You okay, lass?" I hear Connor ask me. I looked up confused.
"Huh?" I asked, staring at the boys' faces.
"Yeh were glaring at your fries," Murphy said. I frowned.
"You know what pisses me off?" I remarked, instead.
"Your French fries?" Rocco asked, like the smart-ass he was.
"No. Innocent girls who are shot down because their father owed some shit head money, and how that innocent girl's best friend had to go on for six years without her best friend," I replied. The boys looked at me in concern as I rose from the table and stomped out the door. I heard them following me.
"Where are you going?" Rocco asked.
"Church," I answered, handing him the keys to my car. "I'll have Jess take me home." He nodded. I went to walk away but he pulled me back.
"Is it alright I inform the guys? They wanted to know." I nodded. "Say a prayer for her from me."
I smiled sadly.
"That's not how it works, Roc."
"I know. Alright, just please," he begged. I nodded and took off toward the church. Once there, I shut my phone off and entered the old building. I sat in the middle and begin to pray.
'Heavenly father, I know I really haven't been here in a while but I've been thinking a lot about Ruby. I miss her so much. If you can give her message for me, I would love that. Can you tell her that I'm going to play Velma in Chicago? And if she wants to, she can pop down and see me? I would love that. Tell her Rocco sends his prayers, even if he doesn't send them himself. Lord, about my brother…he did something bad the other day... I'm sure you know about it. Can you forgive him, please? He's just a little lost right now, but I'm sure he'll find the way soon. That brings me to Connor and Murphy MacManus… Please tell me you meant for me to meet them. They're amazing! I know you are using them in your greater plan and you will keep them safe but can you keep them safe for me and everyone who look up to them? In your name we pray, amen.'
I stood up and walked back outside. I started to get a weird feeling, as if I was being watched but I shook it off and called Jessica. It hardly rang. "Hello, Morgana. I didn't know they had phones in the castle?" she answered. I could hear the smile through the phone.
"You know me, Jess. I'm way beyond the year," I replied.
"What can I do for you?" she asked after a bit of light chuckling.
"I need a ride. Roc has my car and I'm at church."
"Be there in a minute."
"Thanks Jess," I said, getting ready to hang up.
"No problem, Ana." I hung up after that and sit down on the step, waiting for Jess to pull up. After a little while, she finally pulled up and I walked to her car, sliding in the passenger side. We smile in greeting and she begins driving me to the apartment. On the ride there, we talked about auditions and how well the kids were doing in my after school class. She told me about her art class she teaches with second graders. I smiled at how happy she was. We soon arrived at my apartment building.
I bid her goodbye and walked up to my apartment. The boys were passed out on the floor and I laughed. I grabbed three blankets and covered each one of them, followed by a kiss on the forehead. I went to my room and collapsed on my bed. I groaned and looked up at the ceiling. I had started to get a headache on the drive home. Jess had said it was from thinking too much. I didn't doubt that as I walked into the kitchen and look around for some Advil. I took some with some water and walked back into the living room where Rocco was smirking at me.
"Don't look at me in that tone of voice," I snapped at him. He laughed.
"I felt the kiss on the forehead and saw you kiss the other two. Should I be worried, little sis?" he taunted.
"Rocco, shut the fuck up," I snapped.
"Just wondering. I mean, I know you haven't had sex since high school."
I heard someone laugh and I turned to find Murphy and Connor watching our encounter.
"Fuck you all. Now, I'm going to go pass out and not get up until tomorrow night. If I hear anything out of the three of you, I will castrate every single one of you," I threatened. With that, I walked into my room and fell to my bed. I passed out almost immediately.
The sound of my door being flung open woke me the next day. I glanced at my alarm clock and growled when I read one o'clock. I moved off my bed and threw open my bedroom door to find them in the kitchen, bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds.
"What happened?" I asked. They ignored me as Connor turned on the gas stove and slammed my new clothing iron down on the burner. He wrapped the cord around the handle so it wouldn't burn. "Sure, you can use that," I muttered. They ripped their clothes into tourniquets to begin nursing their wounds.
"Who the fuck was he, Rocco? I know ya fuckin' know!" Connor yelled at my brother. I leaned against the entry way and watched them. Rocco defended himself saying he didn't know who this unknown person was. Murphy yelled at him. 'Back at the farm, you all are going to bleed to death while arguing,' I thought.
"Fuck you both! You ask me! He was aiming at you!" Rocco snapped.
"HEY SHIT HEADS!" I shouted, over their loud voices when I couldn't take it anymore. They looked toward me. "Do you really want to bleed to death? How about you cauterize the wounds and then yell at Rocco?" Rocco glared at me. "And then you will explain what happened." They nodded.
"You gonna help?" Murphy asked.
"And puke my guts out? No, I would like my burger to stay down. I'll be in the shower." I turned and went to the bathroom. I started the shower and hopped in, flinching every time I heard a muffled cry. I stared at the shower curtain and didn't realize when the water turned cold. I was so deep in thought I heard someone say something but I didn't know if it was directed at me or what.
"Ana?" a voice said snapping me from my thought. I stuck my head out from behind the curtain and Murphy stood inside the bathroom door with a towel.
"The water turned cold," I said absentmindedly. He frowned.
"Are ya alright?" he asked. I looked deep into his beautiful blue eyes.
"No, Murph, I'm not alright," I answered, honestly.
"What's wrong?" he asked, handing me the towel. I wrapped it around me and stepped outside.
"You guys were shot at," I whispered. There was a moment of silence and I shook my head. "Sorry, just letting myself have a girl moment. No harm done." He nodded and looked around.
"Where exactly is your clothes?" he asked.
"In my room?" I said confused.
"So you're going to walk through the kitchen and living room to your room?"
"Yeah it's not like any of you are going to jump me." I heard him mutter something that sounded a lot like 'I might'. I stared at him. He looked up and met my eyes. A light blush appeared on his cheeks and I smiled.
"Shut it," he said as I walked out of the room. Rocco and Connor's conversation stopped once I exited the bathroom.
"DAMN IT, MORGANA! PUT SOME FUCKIN CLOTHES ON!" Rocco yelled trying to cover Conn's eyes, whose jaw was to the floor. I could hear Murphy laughing behind me.
"I'm in a towel, Rocco. Not stark naked so grow the fuck up," I said with a sly smirk as I walked to my room.
"Ya sister is fuckin' hot, Roc!" I heard Murphy say. Connor agreed, then the sound of something hitting someone. I got dressed in a green sundress and walked back out to sit next to Murphy on the couch.
"So how did my brother lose a finger?" I asked. Murphy explained to me how an old guy caught them off guard and started shooting at them. I couldn't help it; I started laughing.
"Shut up! It's not funny," Rocco snapped.
"I'm sorry," I said with a grin. "You're telling me an old geezer is the one who shot you up?"
"Fucker had six guns," Rocco explained. I went to make a smart ass comment but my stomach took that time to grumble, causing all eyes to be on me. Laughter soon followed. I told them to shut up as I reached for the phone.
"Chinese good for everyone?" Murphy leaned over to whisper in my ear.
"I prefer Italian." I blushed and dialed the number to The Great Wall. I put the phone to my ear as Murphy kissed my neck, causing me to giggle. Connor and Rocco turned to face us; Connor laughed.
"Can you keep that shit to yourself? I do not need to see my little sister being defiled," Rocco said.
"Hello, Ms. Della Rocco," a small voice answered the phone.
"Hey Lee, where's your mom?"
"Helping with a costumer. She saw it was you and told me to answer it."
"How do you like the third grade?" She explained how the kids in her class were picking on her because she was behind in math. After about five minutes of conversation, her mother got on.
"Sorry about that Ana," the voice of Eline Shen came over the phone.
"It's no problem, Mrs. Eline," I said with a smile. She asked me what I wanted tonight and I smiled , ordering enough of my usual for four people. After I hung up the phone, we settled down and began watching another Manly movie, much to my dismay. I heard Murphy yawn and felt him put his arm behind me; I started laughing. Connor and Rocco looked at us in confusion. I felt my face get red from lack of air.
"What the hell is wrong?" Rocco asked. Connor looked at Murphy, who was glaring at me, and joined me in my laughter. Rocco repeated his question.
"He-he-he-" I gasped for air and began to calm down enough to explain what I was laughing at. "Murphy yawned, and then he put his arm around me." This sent Connor and Rocco into another fit of laughter. Murphy looked at little put out so I laughed and hugged him. He hugged me back and I inhaled his smoky scent, sighing outwardly as I did.
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