"Congratulations, class of..."

I looked over at the bleachers and saw my family sitting with smiles on their faces, my parents recording on a camera.

"Wooh!" We all threw our caps up and the people around us cheered and clapped.

"Master, we did it!" Enzo smiled and threw himself at me, so I hugged him tightly and kissed his cheek.

"Yes, we did, Puppy." Levi and Milo joined the hug and I pecked their lips. "I'm so proud of you guys. I love you boys so much."

"We're proud of you too, Master, and we love you, too!" Levi gave me his pretty smile that I loved.

"So is this it, huh?" I turned around and watched Mason, Tristan, and Kody stop in front of us.

I shrugged and gave them a small smile. "To be honest, probably."

Mason nodded and looked away, before glancing back up at me with a small blush. "I'm just going to let this out, because I know that we probably won't ever see each other again, but I've had a crush on you for a while now..."

Milo growled beside me, but I chuckled. "I know, Masey. Don't you remember when you became a bit obsessive of me when I was still in boarding school?"

Mason shifted his weight onto his other leg and chuckled awkwardly. "Right...I thought you forgot about that..."

"Master doesn't forget." Milo scowled at Mason, who swallowed thickly.

"Now I know..."

I tugged on Milo's collar and he moaned, looking up at me while licking his lips. "I can't wait for later, Master."

I glared and let go of him, turning back to Mason. "I think you shouldn't go for someone like me, but more of someone like...Tristan."

"What?!" Tristan and Mason yelled.

"I knew it." Kody chuckled and shook his head, mumbling something to himself.

"Why him?!" Mason covered his mouth, and Tristan looked off to the side.

"Because Tristan is nice, a gentleman, he's caring, funny, and a bunch of other things." I shrugged.

"What about you?"

"He's so sexy, hot, fucks great, has a big cock-" Milo was grabbed by Levi and I glared at him.

"I'm just...ok." I smiled at Mason and grabbed his hand when I heard my family calling for me. "Look, I know that you'll get over me soon, but you're a great person, Mason. You need someone who will be perfect for you, ok?"

Mason nodded and I pulled him into a hug, kissing his cheek. He gave me one last final squeeze and we pulled away, so I looked over at Tristan and Kody.

"You guys are some pretty cool people to hangout with."

"Even if I didn't talk as much as Mason and Tristan?" Kody asked, and I nodded.

"Yeah. You're pretty quiet, but that's ok."

Kody chuckled and nodded. "You guys are pretty cool to hangout with, too."

Tristan suddenly hugged me and whispered, "How did you know?"

I chuckled quietly. "It's quite obvious, Tristan."

He groaned and we pulled away, but I patted his arm. "It's ok, you'll figure things out."

Tristan blushed and nodded, looking to his left. "I have to go, I'll see you guys later."

He gave me and the boys one last glance and we smiled, nodding and watching him walk away.

"We have to go, too." I looked at Mason and Kody, and they nodded.

"Maybe we'll see you guys again sometime in the future?" Mason asked, and I smiled.

"Maybe." I gave them a bigger smile. "Goodbye, guys."

"Bye..." They gave us one more smile, and we turned around, walking away to our family.

"I'm so proud of you, Xavier!" My mom hugged me and I chuckled.

My dad, sister, and brother walked to us and we did a family group hug. I was congratulated by them, while Andy just made fun of me, calling me old and everything. I just laughed and left to go with my other family.

"We're so proud of you guys!" Dom, Benji, Rami, Kian, Kai, and Quincy pulled Levi, Enzo, Milo, and I into a bigger hug and I just smiled.

I received multiple head kisses and smiled bigger to myself, feeling really warm and happy at the moment.

When we pulled away, Enzo and I walked over to our closest friends and we were hugged and congratulated by them as well.

"You graduated, Xavier!" Marco kissed my face and spun me around.

"M-Marco!" I screamed and wriggled in his hold. "I'm getting dizzy, put me down!"

"Sorry." He set me down and Gio snatched me from his lover. "Gio!"

"You've had your turn, now it's mine." He laughed and I giggled at Marco's pout.

"Do you have anymore goals now, Xavier?" Gio asked, and I shrugged.

"Not really. I just want to care for the people that I love, that's it."

Gio smiled and kissed my cheek before I was taken by Eddie. "I'm so proud of you, Xavier."

"Thank you, Eddie." I smiled and looked at Reece, who was peeking from behind Eddie. "Aw, don't tell me you're scared of me now, Reece?"

"We haven't seen each other in a while, so I feel a bit shy." He blushed and I cooed at him. Reece walked to me and hugged me, which made me smile and pat his head. "But congratulations, Xavier."

"Thank you, Reece." I hugged him and looked past his head, watching Manuel laugh at Jace.

I squinted a bit, but smirked to myself.

"Xavier!" Felix and Ollie grabbed me and kissed my face. "You're officially on your own in this big world."

"I've been on my own, guys." I chuckled and they shushed me, handing me over to Alvaro.

"Here." Alvaro handed me something small and I looked down at my hand.

"What's this?"

"Just a small gift for you."

"I already have so much jewelry, Ali, I'm scared that I'm not going to have anymore room left." I frowned and Alvaro chuckled.

"You'll be ok, Xavier."

I opened the small box and pulled out the thin necklace. It was just a pure gold necklace with a viper-shaped pendant.

"I love it, Ali, thank you." I kissed his cheek and hugged his shoulders.

"You're welcome."

Alvaro placed me down and I put the necklace on, thanking him again. He kissed my cheek once more and I smiled, running over to Amir who was patiently waiting at the bottom of the bleachers.

"Ami!" I smiled and he pulled me onto his lap, setting my ass on his right thigh. "I did it, Amir, I finally graduated!"

"I'm so proud of you, mi amore." He tilted my head up gently and kissed me, making me mewl and kiss back. He pulled away and kissed my cheek. "I love you so much, Xavier."

I blushed and kissed his jaw. "I love you so much too, Amir."

"What about me?"

I looked up and smiled at Enzo. "You know I love you too, Puppy. I love you and all the others, and we're all family."

Enzo smiled and Amir pulled his cousin onto his left thigh. "You already know I'm proud of you too, Enzo."

My puppy blushed a bit and kissed Amir's cheek, laying his head down on his shoulder.

"I haven't had my time with you, Xavier!" Manuel picked me up and carried me further away from my family.

"Where are we going, Manny?"

"I want to tell to you something..."

I nodded and let him carry me wherever he was taking me. I watched people around us smile and laugh with their families, while some had picture frames of their child.

We had the funeral ceremony before the graduation actually started. Some of the teachers told some stories and told a speech. We stayed silent for a few moments, then we moved on.

The seniors that died had a large picture frame posted up where they would've sat. Each picture frame had a bouquet of white roses. It was quite sad to see how many picture frames there were, along with the other students in the other grades and the staff. We had other students' pictures up as well, but more towards the back.

The mood was depressing and I'm sure that we could all feel it. The families that lost a loved one watched the rest of us graduate. Some students were holding onto their friend's picture and even brought it up when we went to receive our diplomas.

I was quite grateful that my lovers and I were safe, and that we were all ok.

Manuel moved me to his right hip and I looked down to see Jace. He smiled and planted a gentle kiss on my lips.

"What did you want to talk about, Manny?" I looked up at him, and waited for him to say something.

"We haven't told you...but Jace and I have been talking!" He said rather quickly and closed his eyes as he blushed.

I looked at Jace and furrowed my brows at him. He nodded and I looked between the two of them. "Ok."

Manuel slowly opened his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Ok. You guys are talking, and what about it? You both have the right to talk to have a relationship without having to tell me about it. I really don't care, guys." I shrugged and kissed Manuel's cheek. "I do wonder how things will work out, though. Oh, but you guys will be able to come with us for the road trip, right?"

Manny and Jace both nodded and I cheered. "It's gonna be so much fun, I can't wait!"

"Is there a specific place we're going?" Manuel asked.

"No, we're just going to look some places up while we're on the road, but that's it. No real specific destination to go to." I explained.

The others soon joined us and we hopped in the cars, then finally left to head to the restaurant. I went with my family instead, and sat next Jace.

"So you and Manny?" I wiggled my brows and he blushed. "How has that been going?"

"It's been going good." Jace rubbed his arm and met my eyes. "He's really nice and caring, and I really like him..."

I nodded and patted his hand. "He really is caring, but he can also be a big tease when he wants to."

"What do you mean?" My older brother scrunched his brows together and I smirked.

"He'll tease you...a lot, until you beg for more or ask for him to stop." I shrugged and smirked at him as I lowered my voice to a whisper. "I wanna see you being teased by him, actually. That would be so cute, Jacey!"

He rubbed his face and I chuckled. "It'll be more fun because I'll be there."

"Just shut up, Xavier." He swatted my hand away when I tried patting his cheek, and I laughed.

The rest of the ride was filled with snickers from me and Jace. We hopped out of the car and we met the others at the front of the building.

"For Genovese." Amir told one of the receptionist at the front, and he nodded.

"Sonny will be your waiter for tonight." The older woman told Amir, and gestured to our left.

I watched a slim boy walk forward and my eyes widened. He smiled at us, but it faltered when his dark eyes met my brown ones.

"Uh, right this way..."

I heard a growl beside me and knew who it came from. "Master, that's..."

"Relax, Milo, he's just our waiter." Milo stared at the back of Sonny's head and glared. I tugged on his collar and glared at him sternly. "Stop, Pet."

"Y-Yes, sorry..." He looked down as we were led into a different area of the restaurant.

It was quieter here with dimmer lighting. There was a big table rectangular table that had enough seats for all of us.

I sat down next to Jace and Amir sat on my right.

"I'll be back in a few moments to take your drinks." I heard the waiter say, then he quietly walked away.

"Is that Sonny, you're ex Sonny?" Jace quietly asked me and I nodded, feeling Milo's eyes on the side of my face.

"Yeah," I nodded. "He looks really different, but Milo seemed to have recognized him right away."

Jace nodded and turned away as I felt a larger hand cover my own. "What's wrong, Xavier?"

I shook my head. "Nothing, Ami, it's just that the waiter is my ex."

His eyes widened a bit, and he gripped onto my hand. "Oh...is that why Milo is acting weird all of a sudden?"

"Mhm..." I scowled at Milo again, and he just looked away.

I grabbed the menu and looked through the list of beverages before finally deciding on my order.

"We already have everything ready for the road trip, and we leave in a week." Amir was talking with my parents.

I looked around the area and squinted, suddenly feeling on edge.

"You feel it, too?" Enzo asked me from across the table, and I nodded. "I'm sure the others can feel it, too..."

I looked around again, and stopped when I saw something flashing red in one of the plants in the corner of the room. I got up and walked over to the plant, plucking the tiny camera from the stem and crushing it in my hand, then walking away from everyone else.

"We'll be back." I heard Enzo say to the others, then heard multiple footsteps follow me.

I walked past the receptionist, and he stopped me. "Is something wrong, Sirs?"

"No, we're just getting some fresh air." I replied, then opened the door and stepped out.

I walked around the side of the building and looked up at the building beside it. I could see a window slightly open, while something black poked out of it the window. I squinted a bit more, then froze.

"Alvaro, Felix, Ollie, go inside and get the others. Hurry..."

They didn't question me, and ran off to go back into the building.

"What's wrong?" Manuel asked, and I turned around, giving him a look as I tapped my ear.

"Nothing, I thought I saw something." I walked away and pulled my phone out, sending a quick message to the group chat that we're in.

"We need to leave...right now." I whispered to Amir, and he nodded, pulling his phone out. We were about to walk back around the corner, but I stopped when I heard a muffled yelp, before someone shushed them. "You guys can go ahead, Amir and Enzo will stay outside with me. I just need to talk to them about something."

Manuel, Marco, and Eddie nodded, but Gio stayed as he shook his head, then looked behind us. "I'm staying..."

I shrugged and stood still, attempting to listen to another yell. Instead, I heard a low whimper and I turned around, watching something disappear behind the dumpster.

I let out a short whistle, letting the others know that I was checking behind the dumpster. I quietly walked closer, and heard a very brief whine, before I walked faster and looked around the corner. I quickly pulled my head back as a shot rang out with a scream.

"Shit..." I pulled my knife out from my pocket and flicked it open, stepping forward as I threw it at the guy, watching the knife land between the man's eyes.

I watched him fall to the floor, hearing Amir, Gio, and Enzo run over to me. I looked at the person who was crying and realized that it was Sonny. Tears were running down his face.

"Alvaro said that everyone is out of the restaurant, and they're going back home. What happened?" I heard Manuel's voice and I shrugged.

"Seems like we didn't get the last of Paola's men." I scowled down at the man, but sighed, looking up at Sonny. "Are you ok?"

His body visibly shook and he stared down at the man with wide eyes. "I-I was throwing trash out and he...g-grabbed me. You k-killed him..."

I nodded, then flipped the man over, pulling my butterfly knife out from his head and using the inside of my shirt to clean the blade. "Well, would you have preferred if you died?"

Sonny shook his head and I looked up, seeing that the window in the building next door was now closed. I turned around and tucked my knife away.

"There was a sniper up in that window." I pointed at the window and Gio growled.

"I thought we got rid of them?!" His hands curled up.

"Apparently not." Enzo scowled and looked down at the body. "Amir, have you called for cleanup?"

"Yeah, they'll be here soon." He put his phone away and looked past me. "What about him? He's probably traumatized."

I turned around again and stared at Sonny. He was crying as he stared down at the body, pushing himself up against the wall.

"Leave him to me." I walked over to him and held my hand out for him to take.

Sonny glanced at me before looking down again, then quickly crashed into my chest. He hugged me tightly and cried into my neck, which made me still for a few moments.

"Xavier..." Enzo furrowed his brows and silently questioned me.

I mouthed that I would explain later, and rubbed Sonny's head. "Are you ok?"

He shrugged and pulled back. "You just k-killed him. What do we do, call the police?"

"No, this will be taken care of, but I think you should go home, Sonny." I gave him a brief smile, and tried pulling away but he held onto me.

"C-Can you hold me? I feel scared..." He didn't let me answer before he tucked his head back between my neck and shoulder.

I silently sighed and rubbed his back. "I think you should get your things, and tell your manager that you're leaving."

"I will...but I just want you to hold me for a bit, Xavier."

Enzo growled lowly but Amir placed his hand on my puppy's nape. Amir whispered something into his ear, then straightened up.

"Sonny, I think it's best that you get your things right now. We'll take you home, if you'd like." Amir looked at Sonny with a blank face, which made the smaller boy shake a bit more.

"Ok, I'll go get my stuff..." He pulled away and opened the door that was across from us, stepping inside.

Someone quickly grabbed me and pushed me against the wall. "Xavier, who is that?"

Enzo was looking down at me. I smirked and placed my hands on his hips.

"Why? Are you jealous?"

"That's why I'm asking who he is, am I not?" He glared at me, and I scoffed.

"He's my ex."

Our friends laughed beside us, which made Enzo growl and turn to them. "You guys can take the boy home. Xavier and I are leaving."

Enzo tried pulling my hand, but I pulled him against my chest, cupping the left side of his jaw. "Why are you acting like this? Do you think something will happen again like with Terra?"

"Yes, which is why I want us to leave. The others will take care of him." His eyes softened a bit and I smiled.

"Don't worry about it, Puppy. I know Sonny, and I know that he's not like her." I kissed him, but he held my head in place and kissed me harder.

I moaned, but then heard the door open. Enzo kept me in place and bit my lower lip, making me tug on his collar and pull his head back.

"Enough." I glared, but he just nodded with a smug smile.

"Yes, Master."

I rolled my eyes, and my playful face swiftly disappeared as I looked over at Sonny. "You have everything, right?"

"Yes." He nodded, but glanced at Enzo.

"You guys can go ahead. We'll stay here until the crew shows up." Manuel said, then looked up at Amir. "Are you staying, too?"

"I'll go with them." He gestured to Enzo and I. "Just meet at Xavier's place after all of this is cleaned up."

Manuel nodded, so we left and walked to Amir's car. I was about to go in the back, but Enzo pushed me into the front passenger seat and closed the door. He hopped in behind me and I shook my head.

"Where do you live?" Amir asked Sonny, so the latter told him the address.

Amir started the drive and it was silent for half of it, before my phone started ringing. "Marco?"

"The man you killed wasn't one of Paola's men."

"Then who was he?"

Marco grumbled, then I heard Gio shush him. "He's part of a small gang that Gio seemed to have pissed off."

"Hey, it's not my fault that their Don tripped over my foot, broke their neck, and died! The man was old, he was about to die anyway!" Gio yelled on the other side.

"Yeah, yeah, shut up." Marco sighed. "Our guess is that they were trying to kill Gio, but Sonny came out the door so he was grabbed. He would've been dead right now if you hadn't of heard him."

"Oh," I rubbed my thigh, then asked, "The sniper up in the window was going to kill Gio, huh?"

"Yeah..." Marco went silent, then I heard movement on the other side.

"Marco seems to no want me to die, because now he's crying." Gio's voice came through, then Marco yelled.

"Are you fucking serious?! I obviously wouldn't want you to die, you idiot!"

"Oh, I forgot..." Gio chuckled, then whined. "Ow, stop hitting me!"

I shook my head and told Gio that I would see them back home. I ended the call as Amir parked in front of an apartment complex.

"Here we are."

I looked up and looked back at Sonny, seeing that he was taking off his seatbelt. "Um, thank you. I won't tell anyone about what happened."

I hopped out when he got out and walked to his side. "I'll walk you up to your place."

He nodded, and I looked back at Enzo who was glaring. I just shook my head and followed Sonny.

"He's your boyfriend?"

I tucked my hands into my pockets. "Yeah, he is."

"That's good for you." Sonny spoke quietly and I nodded.

"Mhm," We started walking up some stairs, then I followed him onto the second floor, stopping in front of a green door. He pulled his keys out, but I stopped him. "Sonny, you can't tell anyone about what happened today, ok?"

"I feel like I shouldn't tell anyone, anyway." He stepped inside his apartment and placed his stuff down on the floor.

"Will you be ok?" I looked at him warily, and he nodded.

"I'll try my best, Xavier, but I'll be fine. This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me."

I didn't ask him about it, but just nodded. "I hope you do well, Sonny, I really do."

"Same here..." Sonny looked at me and gave me a small smile. "Goodbye, Xavier."

"Goodbye, Sonny."

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I just wanted to scare you guys with this chapter and make you think that some things weren't done yet, hehe...

What do you guys think?

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, see you next time, BYE!!! :))

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