A T H E N A D E L U C A' s P O V :

"I missed you" I sigh, hugging my dad. "I missed you too princess" he stays like that for a while before speaking up. "I'm proud of you" he pulls away and wipes my tears before pulling out something from his coat pocket, handing me a necklace. "Thank you" I say kissing his cheek.

"Are Ambrose and Mom here?" He shakes his head. "Not this time since you'll finally be coming back" He fills out a form at the desk.

"You know you didn't have to come all the way here to pick me up, I could've just taken a flight back home" he shoots me a look. "We have a private plane.. well planes"

"But whose counting?" I laugh and he chuckles.

"Let's go" he says, keeping a hand on my back and leading me in front. "What do you wanna eat?"

_ _ _

"Well, Andrew and Isabella are in Italy right now so Axel is staying with us. Xavier is.. well how he usually is" he thinks for a moment. "And that's about it, didn't miss much."

"Wait no, you did miss Ambrose getting drunk and bringing tons of girls home, it was pretty fun watching your mom kick them out" and I chuckle.

"Sir, we're here" The driver says, stopping in-front of our mansion. My dad gets out and opens the door for me before leading me inside.

I don't take one step inside the house and I feel my mom's arms around me, hugging me as tight as she can. "I can't help you with this" my dad whispers, going in, leaving me with a crying mom.

We stay like that for a while before mom finally stops, wiping her tears. "Mom, I'm here too you know" I hear Ambrose, before I feel his arms around me. "How have you been little sister"

"You're only a minute older" I hit his back. "Dad how many years of jail will she get if I report her for abuse" he asks, going towards the couch, where Dad was.

"We're here!" I hear voices come through the door and footsteps coming towards the living room. Final-fucking-ly.

Soon enough I feel someone on top of me, hugging me to the point I couldn't breathe. "Give her room to breath woman" Felix says, pulling Lyla from on top of me. As soon as he pulls her off, he hugs me. "Not fair" I hear Lyla whine before I feel her wrap her arms around the both of us.

"My dad asked me to remind you that the meeting with the Han brothers was tonight" Felix tells my dad once he pulls away from me. My dad nods, taking out his phone.

"Sorry princess, I'll need to leave right now but Xavier, Arabella, Cameron and Hunter will be here shortly and You can see Liam tomorrow" he says kissing my cheek before getting up and whispering something in mom's ear, making her blush and he pecks her lips, leaving.

"Your dad is so hot" Lyla says, dropping on the couch beside me. "I know right" My mom says, dropping beside me, on the other side. I gag in disgust as they both sigh dreamily.

"Even your mom is hot, I need to know your secret" she says turning towards my mom. "Good dick"

Lyla keeps her head on my lap, throwing her legs on the couch. "You're hot too bestie" she winks, caressing my cheek flirtatiously. "Really?" I smirk a bit, "Oh yes" I hold her face in my hands. Just as she leans in, Felix pushes her head back down on my lap with his finger. "Yeah, no" he says making Lyla and I burst into laughter.

"Ambrose" Lyla calls out.

"What?"

"You're hot too" she winks and he smirks "already knew that darling"

I notice someone come in and turn to see it's Axel, "hey" he says, noticing me. "How was your trip to London?" He asks and Ambrose shoots him a look. I guess no one other than us knows. "It was nice, I had lots of fun" I smile. "When are your parents coming back?"

"Don't know, probably in a month or two" he shrugs and looks at Ambrose before they both walk out, mumbling a small 'bye'.

"Why was there so much tension between you two." Lyla whispers, "you could cut it with a knife" Felix whispers back. "Honestly" my mom interferes and I look towards her to see her leaning towards us, listening, making me chuckle.

"Misses De Luca, have I told you how hot you look?" Lyla asks, sitting straight. "Once or twice" she laughs.

"I'll go clean up" I tell my mom, getting up and pulling Felix and Lyla with me towards my room. I walk down the stairs towards my closet and they follow behind me. "I still- after seven years- can't get over the fact your dad made you like a literal shopping mall as a closet."

"Everything aside, how are you feeling?" Felix asks. "Better" i mumble, "it feels good to be back" I sigh. "Fill me in" I ask, changing the topic. "Remember Giana Rosa?" Lyla asks and I nod.

"She turned into a total hotshot, slept with almost every guy, basically Tiffany 2.0"

"No way!" I say in shock as I pick out a hoodie. "This one" Lyla points out to a black hoodie and I pick it up, going to the room with all my pants. "You guys staying over?"

"Yep, we could go to the condo but it's probably better to stay here since it's your first day back" she says and I nod my head in understanding.

Lyla, Felix and I had put money together to buy a condo, it was our hangout space. If we needed to take time for ourselves or were going through something, we knew we would be there for each other.

I have known Lyla since I was ten because we went to the same school and we met Felix when we were around thirteen I guess, and he was fourteen. We met because my dad had invited some people over for a meeting and Felix just happened to be with his dad.

And we have been inseparable since.

"Daniel asked about you" Felix says hesitantly. "He knows I'm back?" He shakes his head. "I guess he's worried, he asked me too" Lyla interferes.

"Come on no more sad shit, she's back and we're having a movie night" Lyla shouts, taking Felix's and my arm in hers, pulling us back up, out of the closet.

"You go in there" she stops in front of my bathroom. "And you come here" she pulls Felix to my bed, picking up the TV remote.

I walk into the bathroom, locking it behind me. Stripping off of my clothes, I look at myself in the mirror. My eyes fall down to my thighs, they looked chubbier than before but the scars from before were still visible.

I don't look any longer as I walk into the steaming hot water, loving the feeling of it burning against my skin. I shampoo my hair and wash my body with Vanilla scented shower gel.

Once I'm satisfied, I turn the water off and tie a towel around my hair and body before walking out. "I left my clothes here-" I get cut off by my door opening and Axel walking in. "Everyone's here" he says but stops, staring at me.

"All of them are hot" Lyla says running out the room. "I'll go after her" Felix speaks up, leaving the room.

I look around feeling anxious of my body before I notice he was still looking at me. I pick up the clothes from my bed, hurrying back into the bathroom. I quickly put on a hoodie and sweats before walking out.

I walk out to see Axel on my bed, going through his phone. "What is it?" I ask as I sit in front of my vanity, drying my hair.

He shrugs, not looking up from his phone once. "Waiting for you"

"Why?" It's not like I didn't know my way around my own house. "Because I want to" he looks at me.