Honoured with love novel Chapter 10

Sixteen years of age...

Seven months pregnant + 3 weeks + six days...

I decided to take Luca out for the day. The need to get out of the house was smothering, I was going insane and desperately needed to focus on something else. I took him out to the space parlour in town, surrounding ourselves with people our age. I thought it was a good idea at the time, little did I know. The boys from the rugby team at school were here also. I'm standing next to Luca watching him takedown a whole bunch of zombies in a mansion. It's four dollars a game, the graphics are crap and the sounds even worse. He's loving it, yelling and ducking like they're gonna jump out of the plasma screen and eat him. 

He's having a blast and that's all that matters. 

"Gio, Gio...  Did you see that?" He yells, waving his gun around, reloading it.

"Si," I laugh. "Those zombies don't stand a chance." I rub his head, messing up his hair. 

" Hey......" He shuffles to the side. "You're gonna make me lose."  The sheer determination I witness in his eyes was staggering. 

I wish he'd put that much effort into helping me out with chores around the house. 

I unclip his gaming card from around his neck. "I'm gonna go load some more money on it," I told him when he looked up at me with worried eyes.

I think he thought it was time to leave.

"Stay here until I return," I tell him, I wait for him to nod yes before I walk away. 

I walk up to the counter and wait in line.

"Oh crap!" I hear a familiar voice say as he chuckles. 

"Is that Papa Bear Giovanni?" His voice raises purposefully. 

I roll my eyes, taking in a deep breath, exhaling slowly as I try to remain calm. 

"Yeah, yeah...  That's him alright." Another familiar voice laughs out loud. 

"Oh damn... Wonder where Mama Bear is." A third familiar voice yells out. "Wonder what her honey pot tastes like." He finishes. 

They all laugh in unison like it was the funniest thing ever. They obviously haven't looked in the mirror lately. 

I straighten my back getting to my full height, rolling my shoulders back and loosening my neck muscles. Preparing to give at least two of them a beating. 

"Nah, Nah bro... I heard after they give birth their...."

      ~Silence... followed by a lot of gasps~

The unfortunate prick didn't get the opportunity to finish his sentence before I viciously connected my fist with his ugly face. 

"You're DEAD Venturi!" His teammate bellowed out as he charged towards me in a tackle execution.

I sidestep him, clasping my hands together and bring them down hard upon his back. The force of my mighty punch sent him plunging to the ground with a loud thud. 

"You'll have to do better than that Dantey," I said laughing at him.

Unexpectedly I found myself being tackled to the ground, landing on my back. 

New Zealand and their damn rugby moves. I groaned on the inside.

I looked up just in time to see Leos' fist flying through the air, heading straight towards my nose. I twist to the side, then the other side, bringing my torso up to create space between our bodies. I raise my legs high, wrapping them around Leo's neck, cutting off his air supply. His face starts to turn purple quickly as he panics and desperately tries to break free.

"Tap out!" I say through gritted teeth. 

His body slowly starts to go limp.

"Merda! Tap out!" I howl.

He finally taps out, hitting my arm. Instantly I release him and get to my feet waiting for the next contender. James and Finn look at each other then back at me. They shake their heads and raise their hands surrendering. 

" You're all good bro, we were just having a laugh," Finn mumbles.

"At whose expense?" I growl taking a step towards them. "Is it funny still?" I feel the rage still burning inside me. 

"Nah Nah... Bro, we'll grab the boys and leave." James says as he slowly approaches his cousin Dantey. 

My eyes never leave his until I'm satisfied he won't try anything. 

"You gotta go, man.." The cashier says when I finally reach him.