Infatuation Of Darkness

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Smack!

She gasped loudly as she felt someone slap her behind. In an instant, she turned around and looked at the person who did it.

Parker Jones.

It was not the first time and not the last. She was just grateful that she was out of his sight for most of the day. She looked away from him smirking, grabbed her books, shut her locker and walked away with hunched shoulders and back. All she could do was run away because she knew for a fact that if she stood up and said anything Lisa and Madison would come forward with bricks and sticks for talking back to their friend.

Speed walking into the class, she sat down on the second bench near the window. She kept her head down until the teacher came in, maybe she did it to disappear from the crowd or turn invisible to them. A push came and her head was banged into the books she had kept on the desk. It stung a little but she had endured worse this year.

"Oh sorry, Didn't see your ass there." Maddison sneered as she went to sit on her desk or rather on Parker. If anything Madison was jealous of Alexis about her ass. Madison was not as famous as the others but she tried to keep up and for that, bullying was the easiest thing. She turned a blind eye to almost everything. Even her boyfriend cheating on her. 

The current Alexis sitting in front of Angelo, Smiling at Parker as she recognised her bully the moment he said his name and the moment she saw the fake Christ earring on his ear. If anything he wasn't a follower of God because if he was, he would have thought twice before bringing any harm to any other soul. She wanted to strangle him at the moment. It was the anger talking. 

She looked at Angelo, who looked pleased as she realised who Parker was, "Hi Parker. I'm Alexis from high school. How are you? Weren't you gonna work for your father?" She asked as she looked him up and down with a confused look. That was what he always bragged about. His father is the best businessman alive. 

"I-I do!" He proudly stated as if her tone offended him, "This is my dad's restaurant." He told her, looking quite confident.

"Oh is it?" Angelo scoffed. How funny was that, after all, he bought this one. 

"Yes of course it is! Do you think I'd work for someone else?" A visible sneer came to his face as Angelo called him out. He had to show it. 

"Could you tell me the name of the man that owns this restaurant?" Arched eyebrow and a stoic expression greeted the boy. He surely looked like it had his facts right, why not test it?

"Angelo De'alassandro," he stated proudly, "he is my father." He confessed. 

A snort came from Alexis's mouth. She laughed out loud and covered her mouth as soon as she remembered the place she was sitting in. Tears came from her eyes as she laughed so hard. He had no idea about what he had just done. 

"Oh-oh," she teased, "I'm sorry, it's been so long since I have laughed so hard." She laughed again a little and looked at him, pointing a finger at Angelo, "He is Angelo de'alassandro and I don't understand how he is your father." She laughed again.

Parker's eyes widened. He had never met the owner and had only heard his name here and there. Now he was sitting in front of him and had heard him and on top of that, he had talked to the boss with a bloody attitude. He was going to get killed and thrown in an alley. 

"I'm so so fucking sorry! I-I didn't know! Or I would've never said that.." Parker stammered. He knew what happened in the restaurant and which people came here and for what purpose. And if it took begging to steer clear of the man sitting in front of him he would beg on his knees if he must. He had to live. 

"That's alright." The shock came through when he heard the ruthless showing him mercy.

"I think I can spare Alexis's friend once." He shook his apology off. He smiled at Alexis.

"Wait what?" Alexis questioned, leaning in and wanting him to repeat. He was anything but her friend. "He isn't my-"

"Of course I am. I mean we are!" Parker cut her off, as Alexis watched him talk. He had squealed those words. 

"Oh, are we now?" She numbly looked at him with a doubtful expression. Was Angelo hinting at what she thought? Even if so, she wanted nothing to do with him. 

"Yes, we are. Don't you remember that we use to sit together in the cafeteria?" His snake eyes were darting between the couple.

You mean, when you threw your lunch at me or mine in the dustbin? How pitiful people could be? 

Alexis did not comment any further on the topic. So now she was least bothered by anything. How could someone lie to such an extent? Some things are just shocking. 

"Angelo," she softly spoke with a little tired expression, "I'm hungry, can we order now please?"

Angelo nodded and his cold gaze returned and shifted to the waiter making him flinch immediately. He had never seen the top man in action and manage to offend him in one line. The first he spoke. 

"Chef's choice. Drinks and food. We choose dessert, now get lost."

Angelo leaned in and held her hand which was on the table. Caressing it lightly he tried a little to provide effort.

"Alexis, if this upsets you then you can do either of the two; finish it off or speed it up." He squeezed her hand. "It's your call."

Alexis had an eerie feeling that finish it off was nothing like she wanted to understand.