11] Party

Alessio's Pov

I was talking with my friends while I waited for Stella to show up, . After a few moments, she arrived with a guy.

His arms were clasped over his shoulders. and she didn't appear to care, which annoyed me. She introduced them to everyone as her new friends, although he doesn't appear to be a "friend" to me.

She stared at me and approached to sit next me, but I ignored her. Her delicate hand rested on mine. I turned to face her.

"What's the matter?" she inquired, tilting her head. "Nothing," I muttered as I yanked my arms away.

She sat calmly and didn't bother to speak to me again, which irritated me even more. "Are you planning on attending the party this weekend?" Jermiah inquired, "What party?" Stella questioned.

"There is a party this weekend for everyone" "Just for fun, no particular reason." Marcello stated "Yesss, I want to go," Maya, or whatever her name is, said.

"Yeah, but you need a date to go," Yoshi commented. "Oh, do y'all have a date?" she asked "yeh i have" Ludovica answered by lying her head on my shoulders, making me shurg her off.

I noticed Stella looking at her lap and fiddling with her fingers.

"You can be my date," Yoshi said to Maya, who hugged and thanked him.

"And what about me?" Stella inquired, "I can be your—" Luca began, but I cut him off. "No, you can't," I yelled at him, making Stella frown.

"Why not?" she responded, slightly increasing her voice, "because I want you to be my date." "But you're already my date," Ludovica pointed out. "I didn't even realize I was your date until you told me, and when did I agree to be your date in the first place?" I screamed at her,"

I focused my attention on Stella. Her cheeks were flushed, and she appeared shy. "So... are you going to be my date?" I asked curiously. "Sure," she responded quietly.

Ludovica simply scoffs and walks away, "So who will you go with?" Stella inquired to Luca. "Mhhm, there will be someone," he said carelessly.

The bell rang, and we proceeded to our courses. Surprisingly, Stella and I have the same classes. We both walked to class and sat in the back.

"Why were you so moody before?" she inquired. "Nothing," I responded flatly, causing her to pout and turn to the other side. "OK, I was simply upset that Luca was touching you," I explained.

"And why is that?" she questioned crossing her arms "umm wont your brothers be mad too? "Ask your brothers," I explained. "They're doing it for my safety." "Same," I responded.

"But Luca is a great person," she pointed out. "Stella, You don't know if he's good or bad; you've only known him for a few hours." " The hell you know nothing about him" I said. "I know a lot about him," she grumbled, crossing her arms.

"All right, then, tell me all you know about him." She went on and on about him, which irritated me "And Miya said he is... you know, the other type." She said, looking down.

"What do you mean?" I questioned, puzzled, "She said he likes... Dick?" She uttered it in a barely audible whisper. surprising and relieving me.

"Oh, I assume he's a nice guy," I commented. "See, I warned you, and you should apologize to him," she poked my chest. "For what?" I replied. "Because of your horrible behavior," she continued, making me roll my eyes.

We spent our lecture time discreetly chatting, with her giggling at everything. I asked her a question that had been bothering me since the night of the party: "Stella, why were you crying on the night of the party?" I questioned, causing her smile to fade.