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Chapter 10:

Bryan had once been a harsh cruel person growing up. His only care in the world had been about his three brothers and his little sister. Not long after he had met the other guys his little sister had died of pneumonia from falling through the ice on a frozen lake they had been playing on. It had happened a little over ten years ago and he still woke up in a cold sweat at night reaching out to catch her before she fell. They were poor so medicine could not be afforded and she had succumbed to the illness quickly.

When he had met Ana her personality reminded him of Natalya. So instantly he had wanted to take her in and help her, probably a mental brotherly act thing. Now Ana was in a very perturbed mood that also reminded him of his sister. This was the angriest attitude he had ever seen her have. She was short tempered, refusing to cook or clean for any of them, and Issac was under her twenty-four hour surveillance. He had spoken to her a couple times about the beach and how it wasn't that bad, but it had resulted in her temper flaring back at him in a slightly frightful manner. So all of them had decided to give her her space and wait till she was in a better mood.

"Hey Ana." Ian called out "Have you seen..?"

"Figure it out yourself!" she snapped from the other room.

Ian whined in aggravation as he trudged upstairs in search of whatever he couldn't find. She seemed angrier at him the most of all. The poor little guy was taking the brunt of it all. Tala on the other hand was lying low and keeping to himself. He had tried talking to her a couple times which had blown up in his face so he had given up.

Spencer was quietly watching the fiascos as they took place. Occasionally he seemed like he was enjoying the scenes when they happened. Bryan looked over at the blonde with his purplish eyes watching him smirk.

"You should really stop enjoying this so much." he replied.

"They asked for it." he calmly responded. "All of us know how she is about Issac and they let the girls distract them from watching him."

"She's going overboard a little. Mistakes happen."

"Oh well look at you." Spencer looked slightly shocked. "I thought you were upset about Tala and his flirting."

Bryan frowned at the statement. He hated when the big lug was right. It was so difficult to argue with him. The guy was smart and wise so winning against him was difficult.

"Yeah well.."

"There's nothing wrong with it. I think it's good for the both of them. Things were happier here. Before you decided to make it awkward."

The lilac-haired man frowned at him.

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She was furiously scrubbing the bathroom using her anger to get it clean. All she wanted was for someone to care about Issac. It was angering how thoughtless men could be sometimes. You put a set of tits in front of them and they loose all focus. Then when the girl gets pregnant they push her down a flight of stairs and call her a whore. Argghhh she really hated men. None of them could be honestly trusted. She thought these guys were different, but no a child was a hassle for them as well.

Water dripped off of her face making her realized she had begun crying. Cursing to herself she wiped them away with her forearm.

"Ana." Tala called out behind her.

"What." she snapped through a sniffle.

"Woah hey are you crying?" he asked looking up a down the hallway to make sure no one else was around.

"No." she sniffled again. "The bleach just got to me is all."

"Look. I'm sorry I let you down it was irresponsible of me. I should've paid better attention. I know you hate me right now, but I care about that little boy and so does Ian. I'm not a dad and I don't know the first thing about kids, but I'm trying. We've talked about this before and you thought I hated Issac. I don't okay I don't know how to handle kids. I'm watching you and listening, but that's all I got."

She stopped scrubbing the floor and stared at it. It was quiet for sometime before she answered.

"It's ok. Its my fault. Everything is my fault."

"Wha? No no that's not what I said. I'm blaming myself but I'm asking for you to cut Ian and I some slack." he explained putting a hand on her back.

"I'm too trusting I've always been too trusting. If I had left sooner it wouldn't be like this." she covered her face as the tears started to fall.

Tala kneeled on the floor and pulled her into his arms. She sobbed in them as he quietly sat there listening. He rested his cheek on the top of her head while rubbing her back thinking of a way to calm Ana down. Deep down he felt she was no longer talking about Ian and he, but of someone else she disliked very much to even think of. All the other guys had mentioned she never spoke of Issac's father and that it was a difficult subject to bring up. To be quite honest he didn't care one bit about whether or not he learned who the man was. What mattered was that he wasn't around and Ana was safe with Issac in their house. The demons that haunted her needed to be exorcised and his mind was in a whirl to figure out how.

"You know. I was thinking, and Bryan won't like it, but we need a pet to liven this place up a bit. Issac could use a pal to play with. I won't accept anything other than a dog though. Rodents are disgusting and I have a slight fear of snakes."

She pulled away from him to rub the tears from her eyes.

"Why?" she asked her green eyes glistening.

"Snakes are sneaky and the way they slither is creepy."

"No." she smiled. "Why do you think a dog is going to fix things."

"Because they're awesome." he replied flatly.

He was actually very serious about the subject. Julia hated dogs and would never let him get one. Now he had the chance to have one and he wanted to take it. Not to mention adding in Issac would most likely help him with his chances of getting one. Yes it was devious, but he really really wanted a dog.

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Julia Fernandez was an independent woman. She didn't take crap from boys and nobody told her no. She did what she wanted and the results of whoever got hurt was of no concern to her. However at the current moment she was regretting the decision she had made named Romero. He was becoming a huge thorn in her side and his clingy nature was driving her insane. His constant nagging of wondering where she was going and who she was hanging out with was driving her up the wall. Sighing heavily she looked down at her phone at a picture of herself and her ex together. It had been a good 6 months or more since she had last seen him but who was counting?

She had been pretty pissed when she had found out he'd gotten the deposit for their apartment, but she had gotten everything he left behind so in the end she had won. Still he had done everything and given her anything she had ever wanted which is a lot more than she could say about the pansy ass who was showing off his new wardrobe he had bought to her. Seriously, he could've gone out and bought her a new closet full of clothes, but no he had to be greedy for himself as usual.

Her fingers skimmed over her phone typing quickly to the redhead. The response was the same it had been for several months now which was no response. She disliked being ignored very much, then again whenever he had gotten like this with her she found it really hot and attractive too. Julia wanted to see him so she went online to her Facebook and asked around to some of her friends and aquaintances. Several people claimed they had no idea where her Russian ex was, but when the social website's annoying little 'people you may know' popped up she smiled. Before her was Ian Papov smiling with a gun in his hand and Tala was in the background oblivious to the photograph with…..She squinted to make sure she saw correctly. He had a child in his arms that looked like him. Rage consumed her at the thought of him having a child so soon with another woman unless he had been cheating on her! All this time people had been trying to make her feel like crap for leaving him and yet he had been doing it first!

She jumped off the couch glaring angrily, her green eyes blazing. This was so wrong and she was going to confront him for it, not to mention get her half of the deposit back! That worthless jackass. Ughh she hated him so much. This was one of the reasons why she hadn't wanted to be with him anymore. He always did things so recklessly and didn't think about his actions. Anytime she had wanted him around he was never there, but apparently he had gladly been there for someone else! She was not the type of woman to just go down without a fight.

"What's wrong with you?" Romero cut into her thoughts.

"Nothing." she snapped "I have some business to take care of."

"I'll come with you." he smiled.

"No. It's a girl thing you wouldn't understand." she had learned he always avoided her girl time so going to see another guy without him knowing was a cinch, he still hadn't caught on to the other two men she was speaking to behind his back.

"Oh…girl stuff no thanks I'll stay here I have a modeling shoot later today anyways." the older man slicked his hair back and walked out of the room.

Julia rolled her eyes and grabbed a small bag to pack a few things. She dialed a number on her phone and started talking to one of her best friends. The girl was on board for the little road trip they were about to take.

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Tala sneezed repeatedly as if he were have an allergy problem. He wiped his nose on his arm to try and get rid of the itch.

"You alright?" Ana asked as she walked down the hallway with Issac holding her hand.

"Yea." he sniffled "Somebody must be talking about me a lot."

"Don't get cocky. It's probably nothing good." Bryan grumbled.

"Oh come on your just mad about us getting a dog and you can't say no to Ana." Tala teased.

"Shut up." came the only reply