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### Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Hi guys, I'm Céph! Welcome to my new book 'The M in Mafia'. It's my very first time writing about that topic so please bear with me. I accept and welcome constructive criticism but please no hate towards the characters or even how I portray them. If it's not your cup of tea I'm sure you'll find another book that you prefer. ♡ With that said, I will be putting some pictures here and there, throughout the chapters as a reflection of my imagination, could be outfit ideas, places, etc... If they aren't your style feel free to comment à Pinterest link to what you like. I mean, we are all entitled to our own personal likes and dislikes, right? Thank you to everyone who will care to even choose my book and read it. It means a lot. ♡ Without any further ado, this is 'The M in Mafia' ————————————————— "You guys come on! Could you stop for two minutes and order, I am starving over here!" I pleaded again, we had been seated for about ten minutes and their fight had been going on for fifteen. "In a minute Maggie." Olivia said harshly, looking at me with her big green eyes, I just sighed and made myself comfortable in my chair because I knew it was going to take some time. "Noah, you cannot seriously be thinking about dating her, she's literally the devil." Olivia said again to looking at him as if he was crazy, Noah just sat there and rolled his eyes. "You know what, do whatever you want." she finally tells him. "Thanks mom." He said rolling his eyes and taking a sip of his drink. I waited for a reasonable amount of time, ten seconds and opened my mouth again. "Can we order now?" I looked at her and gave her my best smile. "Sure, whatever." she replied and I didn't need to hear anything else that I was already calling a waitress over and giving her my order. "You guys, we have been friends for so long, do we really need this argument?" I asked them, and Olivia just let out the biggest sigh. Noah looking at me and saying nothing. "Well you either make up or you will both be taking the bus to go back home." and that weirdly had them looking at me, "Fine!" they both said in unison, which left a satisfying smile on my face. "Good, now, the beginning of our Friday night has been a bit rocky but since all is well with the world again, let's enjoy it, and also enjoy the fact that we have one month left until summer break." I tell them, already looking forward to the trip we were organizing for the summer. "Sorry Mags, you're right. Let's enjoy our Friday night." Noah said sending a smile my way. The smile that had literally all the girls in school drooling, fortunately for me Noah was one of my best friend and I couldn't see him as anything else than a big brother figure. "So apparently Miss Reed is going to get fired." Olivia started and we both looked at her. Miss Reed was a really nice teacher, but she was quite young. She was in her early thirties I think, and the thing is, when you teach in college, well you are bound to meet and teach people, who almost have the same age, and it can get tricky pretty quickly. "What, why?" Noah asked, he liked her, he thought she was 'hot', his words not mine. I snickered at his dramatic tone and Olivia laughed too. "Well let's say Dean Cruz doesn't really like when teachers and students get together." she said, taking a sip from her Diet Coke and looking all innocent. "What? Who?" I asked being interested in the gossip all of a sudden. "Well, apparently it was the one and only Chase." she said again, mine and Noah's mouth hanging open. "No way." Noah laughed, and at that moment the waitress came and gave us our orders, making eyes at Noah. He, for once, did not notice and started munching on his fries, which made me laugh. "Yeah, and since he is loaded, his parents got the Dean to let him stay and not expel him. So basically Miss Reed was 'excused'." Olivia finished as she started to eat her salad. "Damn, I didn't even get to shoot my shot." Noah said earning laughs from me and Olivia, because we knew he was joking. "So tomorrow, are you guys coming to Gabe's party?" Noah asked and I cringed. "You know I hate those parties. Too many people, too much booze and people going crazy and being drunk, it's a no no for me. Drunk people scare me." I tell him, shaking my head and taking a bite of my burger. "I know, but I thought that maybe you'd come if we promised to stay with you all the time." Olivia said, looking at me with her big green puppy eyes. I sighed and shook my head. "If you leave me alone for one second I will never go to another party with you guys." I tell them, as Oli and Noah high-five, proud of themselves for making me come to a stupid college party. "So what will you wear?" Olivia looked at me and it's at that very moment that I already regretted saying yes. "Oli." I only said her name and she already put her hands up in surrender, Noah laughing. "So Noah, you and Alice Jensen eh?" I asked him, knowing full well that the attention wouldn't be on me anymore. "There's nothing going on....yet. But I am thinking that maybe I could try something tomorrow at Gabe's." he said being nonchalant. "Hey, you said you'd stay with me all the time." I tell him, faking being hurt. "Nop, I didn't say that, Oli did. I never said anything." he said smiling. "Well I was implying it." Olivia said, trying to hide the fact that she was clearly upset about this whole Alice thing. I brushed it off and looked back at Noah. "Yeah well, I will stay with you, until I find Alice and if I make my move and everything goes well then you probably won't see me for the rest of the weekend." he laughed, and I couldn't help myself but laugh too. "I guess that's better than nothing." I shrugged. We kept on eating and talking and laughing and since they behaved so well I gave them a ride home. Noah was going to his house while Olivia would stay at my place. "Bye Maggie, thanks for the ride." he said and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and did the same to Olivia and got out of the car. Waving at us as we left his house. "So tell me, what has got your panty in a twist tonight?" I ask Olivia, as I pull over at my place. getting out of the car and hearing her let out the biggest sigh. "I just, I don't know." she said and I turned to look at her as I was using the flashlight of my phone to find the keypad and enter the code to my front door, I would've used my key but I had forgotten it. "Hm." was all I said and we made our way inside. We took our shoes off before entering the foyer and making our way towards the staircase. "Maggie? Is that you?" I heard as I was starting to go up the stairs, I turned around to see Isabelle, our maid, tying her bathrobe around her, I didn't like to call her a maid, she was more like an aunt to me. "Yes Isabelle it's me, so sorry I didn't want to wake you up." I tell her smiling apologetically. "No, no it's fine. Do you want me to set up the guest bedroom? Or have something to eat bring up to your room?" she asked, and I shook my head immediately. "No not, it's already late enough. Go back to bed I will manage." I tell her and when I saw that she was about to be stubborn, I spoke again. "Also are my parents home?" I asked her, and I had a feeling I already knew the answer. "No Miss, but they did leave a note and a present on your bed." she smiled at me, but I knew it was her sad smile. I just nodded and thanked her. "You're okay?" Olivia asked as we made our way towards my bedroom. "Yeah sure, I know that they probably would've liked to see me before leaving." I tell her. I loved my parents and I knew they loved me but they had a weird way of parenting. Anyway I never lacked anything material, just probably wished that my parents would be around more. "So do you want me to take out the second bed or do you feel like sharing?" I asked her, I was already tired and I was down to share my king sized bed if she wanted to. "No we can share it's fine." she said while opening her bag and going to my bathroom to get changed. I went inside my closet and changed into my pajama too. I went over to my bed and found a black box with white letters on it, I took it and put it aside, taking the letter and opening it. I smiled at their words and put the letter on my desk once I was done reading, looking at the pile of letters I had from them. I put my brown curly hair in a bun and sat on my bed crossed leg, taking my control remote and turning the Tv on. "I think I need a boyfriend." that's the first thing Olivia said once she got out of the bathroom. And boy oh boy I knew that this was going to be a long night. ————————————————— There you have it, the first chapter, I will post the second one soon. Let me know what you think. ☺️ Love, Cephxx
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### Chapter 2: Chapter 2
"What are you talking about? You just broke up with, what's his name." I told her and she came towards the bed and sat down too. "His name was Lucas, thank you very much and we broke up a week ago because he was rushing me into things I wasn't ready." she said fidgeting with her hands. "Oli, didn't you loose you V card to John Peterson when you were 14?" I asked her again, putting my glasses on. I didn't really need them unless I was starting to have a headache. "Yes I did, but that is not the topic. I knew he wasn't being faithful so I didn't want to give it to him." she said shrugging, she really didn't look that sad about the whole thing. "So explain to me why you need a boyfriend?" I asked putting on some lotion before going to sleep. "It's not that I need one, it's just that... I like having someone care for me and hold my hand and to tell me they love me and also... well you know." She started, and I faked gagging when she said the last part. She looked like she had already someone in mind, but it was way too late at night for me to ask about it. "I can hold your hand?" I told her laughing and she just rolled her eyes at me, I started to go towards the head of the bed and slipped under my comfy blanket, already yawning. "Are you really going to sleep, when I am pouring my heart out to you?" she asked me and eyed me suspiciously, I knew better than to say yes, so I just sat up with my back against the headboard and looked at her with a look that said, 'go on'. "Now that I think of it, you never had a boyfriend." She said turning her attention towards me, I looked at her and shrugged, "Besides that, summer love of yours, with the geek, what was his name?" she asked again, and I sighed, "His name was Harry, and he wasn't a geek, he was nice, and he wasn't my boyfriend, more like a crush and he kissed me on the last day of camp, and we were 13, I don't think it counts for anything really. And by the way, we were talking about you not about me." I shrugged again. Harry was really nice, I had a huge crush on him, he was a little taller than me, he had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, and big round glasses, we used to spend our whole camp days talking about old movies and whenever we were supposed to team up for a game or activity, we would always do it together. After that year of camp, I never saw him again, he apparently had moved to France or something like that. "Yeah, well as I was saying, you never had a boyfriend. Instead of me trying to find me someone, I should probably find you someone." She had her devilish smirk on, and I regretted this conversation already. "Yeah, no thank you, I'm really fine on my own." I told her again chuckling, and she let out the biggest dramatic sigh ever. "Anyway, you will come to the party tomorrow, so who knows who you will meet there." Oli said again, and I just smiled at her. I honestly didn't think we would meet anyone new, as it was a college party and I'm not saying we know everybody but almost. I really wasn't looking forward to this party, but I wanted to do it for Olivia. "Okay, we can go to sleep now." She chuckled, "Thank you." I tell her as I lay back down and instantly greet the peaceful darkness that was sleep. -------------------------------------------- I woke up in a good mood, the sun was shining, and I could already smell breakfast downstairs. There's a couple of things to know about me, I love food and I love sleeping and if I am deprived of one of them, I will just be in the worst of mood ever. And if I am deprived of both, then do not even get me started. I checked the time and saw that it was 9h30 a.m., I looked over and saw that Oli was still sleeping so I gently nudged her, and she started to wake up. I went to my bathroom and brushed my teeth staying in my pajama. "Hi Oli, slept well?" I asked her as I opened the curtains and saw how the sun was shining outside. "Maggie, my eyes!" She yelled dramatically, while I just rolled my eyes and opened the double doors stepping out on my balcony, inhaling the fresh air and looking at the garden. "Hi Rico." I yelled and waved as I saw our gardener in the garden attending to his roses. He waved back and gave me a smile. After that I turned around and looked at Oli, who was already on her phone. "Anything interesting on this fine Saturday morning?" I asked her and she shook her head, as she started to get up from the bed. Oli wasn't really talkative in the morning, not until she had her first cup of coffee anyway. So, we made our way downstairs in silence and entered the kitchen. On the kitchen island were two plates set up, and there were plates of chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and French toasts. Olivia went straight to the coffee machine and poured herself some in a big mug with a big O on it, looking at her taking the first sip and seeing her whole face change, from a grumpy cat to a perfectly fine and happy puppy. I laughed at the sight and went to sit down, some chocolate milk already poured inside my mug, which has a big M on it. "So, what are you going to wear to the party?" Olivia finally spoke up, smiling at me as she started to stack some pancakes on her plate. "I have no idea, probably just some shorts and a large t-shirt." I said shrugging, knowing she wouldn't let me walk out like that, and when I saw the look on her face, I knew I was right. "Not on my watch Miss Richmond. I thought of maybe something like,... a dress?" she said, asking herself the question, at that same moment, while I was praying for someone to save me from this conversation, a really happy Noah entered the kitchen. "Hi Oli." He said going to her and hugging her, then he came towards me, and I smiled at him. "Hi Noah." "Hi Maggie, how are you?" he asked, kissing the side of my temple, and taking a seat next to me. Olivia eyeing us weirdly. God what was in her coffee ? "Isabelle let you in?" I asked the obvious question, only to diffuse the weird tension that had appeared out of nowhere. "Yeah, she really is so nice, so what are the plans for the day?" He said taking a bite of a toast with some scrambled eggs on top. "Well, we will have to get ready for the party." Olivia said, not looking at us. "Oli, it's not even 10 a.m., relax, we have time." I tell her, looking at her to see what her deal was. "I was thinking about going to the pool and just lay around all day." I said pouring maple sirup on my pancake. "That is such a good idea. It's so hot outside already." He said all excited and I just laughed. "I don't have my bathing suit." Olivia just said, "Well, you can borrow one of mine if you want it's okay." I tell her smiling and she faked a smile and nodded. I really needed to talk to her and see what was wrong.
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