6. The Shopping Spree

Iris's POV:

Okay me being me would never want them to spend their money on me and them being them, would fight it off and push that aside saying that I am their responsibility. Let the day begin.

I wore a black ripped jeans and topped it off with a white T-shirt with a rainbow on it. Okay I know it is typical. But the boys told me they loved me seeing in the clothes that have rainbows on them. I am named after the goddess of Rainbow. 

"Angel, you ready to go?" Sky asked popping his head inside my room and I nodded giving him a small smile. he returned it and came forward to hug me. We embraced each other for a bit and went downstairs. 

"Sorella, come have breakfast with us" Arius yelled from the table and I shook my head no. "She's not a breakfast person Arius. Let alone not a food person, let her go before she throws a  tantrum for us asking her to eat" grandpa said narrowing his eyes at me and turned to his food.

"Actually, I am going out with the boys, I'll something when we get there" I said going to give him a hug and he returned it kissing my forehead. I headed to grandpa and hugged him and he pinched my cheeks. "Here take this" Arius said handing me his card, but I declined.

"I have enough money to buy things Ris. I don't need your card" I said shaking my head sideways and taking a step back. But Arius doesn't take a no for answer. "Ris, if you are not taking this with you, I'll have the whole store delivered here" he said narrowing his eyes on me.

"And let alone if you don't use and I find you using your money, you'll be facing the consequences" he said glaring at me and placing the card in my hand. I glared back at him and turned back to face Sky. He had a grin on his face and I just huffed in response.

"You all are just spoiling me" I said waving my hands in the air and heading towards the door.

"We love to do that and that's what exactly we are doing. Spoiling you" Sky said coming to my side and putting an arm around my waist. I huffed and turned away from him to which he just chuckled. 

"Okay, so, I take it that the others are not coming and we are shopping alone" I said looking down at the floor. We have been at the mall for an hour and have been waiting for the others to come. "Yeah I guess-" he said but stopped when his phone chimed. He took it out and looked at with  frown on his face.

"What happened?" I asked him worried. He just looked at me then at the phone and then shook his head sideways. "See, angel, I've got some work. I've to go real quick. I'll send someone to take you back home" he said placing a kiss on my temple and rushed to the entrance. 

Wow, so much for helping me with the shopping.

I bought everything I needed and asked them to deliver those to home. I asked the guard sent by Sky to leave the car with me and asked him to leave with the other men. He reluctantly obliged and did what I asked him to do.

I drove to the ice-cream parlor. It was the same except for the furniture and the colors. I looked around the last place I remembered being in home-town. This was the last place I was before I was sent away and the last place I saw my mom. 

"A scoop of all flavors" I said taking my purse out and looked up to see the man behind the counter smiling. "Iris?" he asked and I nodded in confusion. "Matt. Mathew" he said extending his hand and I shook his hand. The owner of this place.

"Well, no one ever orders the same as you though" he said winking and I blushed. It is hard for me to just pick a single flavor. I've been the same since young and though I choose a single flavor at first, I would end up eating all the flavors. Yeah I know I am weird. Who said I am normal. I ain't normal.

I took my ice-cream and sit in the corner booth. "I kept this place for you. I always thought you would come and I never let anyone sit here. It has been yours. Always" Matt said smiling and smiled back. This one booth is away from the others and more like a private one. We can see the whole parlor from here, but none can see us. 

I took a spoonful of my ice-cream and kept staring outside the window. The parlor has a nice view of the sky-scrapers, but it is located in a secluded area which gives the kids and students time away from the bustling of the city. And it gave them a chance to attack on us and kill my mom.

"Stay safe and happy my little angle. Take care of everyone. Your dad, your brother and the boys too. You are our angel. I love you Iris" she said kissing my forehead.

 Those were my mother's last words. A stray tear rolled down my cheeks and I quickly wiped them away. You need to stay strong Iris. They don't like seeing you cry. I said to myself and looked around. 

I heard the bell ringing announcing someone's arrival and I looked at the door. All the boys are here. All six of them. But they are not alone. They are here with a few other boys and three girls. I looked at them and they were all smiling to something the blonde girl told. They looked happy. They ordered and sat in the booth infront of mine.

"Looks like they don't know you are here" Matt said getting me some wafer rolls. Okay, I am his favorite and he keeps giving me something or the other to eat. And me being me, pay for that. Maybe I tip him. I made dad do that back then. I mouthed him a thank you and nodded answering his question.

"Did their favorite change?" I asked looking at them. "I can say yes and I can say no. It depends on various factors. I can't say they have only one fav anymore" he said shaking his head sideways and pouted. I just laughed and he went to the counter to take orders from others. Matt is great man and back then I knew he had a girlfriend. I don't know what happened. I should ask him about that. 

"Heard the news that your girl is back. How is that you all are still here?" the boy with tattoos asked raising his eyebrows and smirking. All the others stiffened at the mention of my name and they glared at him.

"It's none of your business Abel. But you better hold your tongue and never mention her" Leo said pointing his finger towards Abel and he gulped nodding. Okay, so tell Leo is very intimidating and he is scary as hell. The girl beside him put her head on his shoulder and whispered something in his ear to which he smiled. But I can see the tension rising at the table. All the others were still fuming.

"It's not your concern where we go and where we stay. We can be where ever we want to and this is where we wanted to be. So, you better fuck up" Ryan said narrowing his eyes. 

"Oh, so you say you prefer us over her?" the girl sitting beside Nick asked placing her hand on his biceps and he turned to look at her. No one spoke anything. I think that's what they meant when they said they wanted to be here at the moment right? 

I waved to Matt and he came to my table. "Umm, tell me about your family real quick" I said wriggling my eyebrows and he laughed shaking his head. "Umm, I have a beautiful wife and beautiful son. You know, I had one before you left, but then I married her after you left" he said winking at me.

"So, you are telling me that you have a son of my age and I never met him?" I asked trying to suppress my tears. They prefer not to stay with me. Get over with this conversation fast and leave Iris, I mumbled to myself. "Yeah, I am sorry for that. We never brought him out. He was weak and he needed medical attention. So, we never used to bring him out much. But he is doing fine now. Thanks to your father for that" he said giving me a smile and I returned his smile. I paid and left him a tip on the table with a note on it.

While I was passing by their booth, Nick saw me and there were many emotions that ran across his face. Shock, confusion, happiness, fear, and anger. Why the hell are you angry? What did I do? 

I walked past them and went straight to the car. Before I could leave, Nick came to my side and he knocked on the window. I rolled it down and raised my eyebrows. "What the hell are you doing here alone  and where are your guards?" he asked in a hard tone. 

"I have the right to be anywhere I want at any given time and the guard, they have family to take care of and children that would be waiting for them. So, I gave them a day off" I said in a similar tone to which he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Why did you do that and who gave you the permission to do that?" he yelled and I flinched at his tone. His eyes softened a bit when he saw tears in my eyes. I quickly wiped them away.

"I have every right to do what ever I feel like and every right to go where ever I want to with whomever I want to" I said and drove from there. I looked in the mirror and saw him looking at the car and then he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration.

I went home and when I entered in, I have been hugged by someone and I stumbled down on to the floor. "Get off me" I whined, and struggling beneath them. 

"I got to hug my fav cousin after so long and she is asking me to get off her" the person mumbled getting up and giving me his hand. I took and when I was back on my feet, he hugged me again and then I was packed in a hug from a group of people. 

"I am not able to breathe" I said and they slowly pulled back. They all stood infront of me and I looked at them with narrowed eyes. Okay they look familiar.

"What's with that confused look my dear little cupcake?" The one in middle asked smirking and I jumped on to him hugging him hard. tears rolled down my cheeks and I cried into his chest. "Okay, calm down cupcake" he said kissing my forehead and I pulled back still sniffling.

"I missed you Enzo. Soo much. SOoooo very much. Sooo soo sooo much" I said putting my head on his chest and sniffling. "Same with me angel. I missed you soo soo soo much" he said and meanwhile someone pulled me into their chest.

"Why is that you are always stealing my baby from her fav cousin" they mumbled from behind and I immediately know who it is. "Eddie, I love you" I said pulling his cheeks and hugged him. Everyone chuckled and he groaned in annoyance. He hates being called Eddie. But you know he'll never say no to me.

"Okay, only you get to call me that" he said huffing and hugging me back. 

"Enough whining. And you all know I am her fav. Right little angel?" another one said hugging me from back and I nodded in response. Enzo and Edward put their hands on their chest in fake pain and shook their head sideways mumbling something under their breath about betrayal. I chuckled and turned back to hug Carlo my cousin. 

Uncle Loris and aunt Carmine are just looking at us with teary eyes and they are happy. I hugged them both and cried a bit in the end. You know I haven't seen them in many 12 years. I was 4 when I left them here and I'll turn 18 soon. 

I said I am tired and went upstairs to my room. My new bed is already delivered and everything has been set in their places. Everything has been arranged and tomorrow is the first of my school.