Chapter 5: chapter 3

Alexander and James were quick to note their family was rich when they finally boarded the plane but Skye seemed to out of it to acknowledge how rich they were. Despite being in the hospital she had only slept a little due to passing out from exhaustion. That was 5 days ago. She would pretend to sleep at night so they didn't sedate her.

"She needs sleep" Lorenzo stated as he watched how Alexander and James helped her to her seat. Without them she would probably have collapsed.

On the way to her seat, Skye tripped and due to how malnorished Alexander was he wasn't able to stay standing when she fell into him. Knocking them both over. Lorenzo smirked when he saw.

James automatically tried to help but Lorenzo simply rolled his eyes and walked back over.

Rafael had purposely not gone over, instead he had nudged Lorenzo to go because he saw Lorenzo wasn't pleased with them. He wanted to get Lorenzo talking to them.

"Clearly you are all too incompetent to even find a seat. You two go sit" he said the last part to the two boys.

They refused without Skye but he sent them a deadly glare "now" he ordered.

Skye nodded at them to go, not wanting them to get hurt because of her.

They reluctantly took the closest seat, both ready to get up again if he did something to her.

Lorenzo felt them staring at him but ignored it and helped Skye up "as soon as we get in the air you're going to go have a nap" he told her as she stumbled.

She shook her head fast. She couldn't sleep, especially on a plane with two strangers. There was no where to run. Nowhere to hide.

"It's non negotiable, you can't even walk you're that tired"

She tried to walk to prove him wrong but she was too tired and everything went dizzy.  She almost fell again.

Lorenzo sighed and picked her up. Alexander was quick to react, but before he could say or do anything, Lorenzo had placed her back down, this time in the seat next to Alexander.

"When did you last sleep" Rafael asked.

Skye looked to Alexander. "Skye isn't a fan of hospitals so it's effected her sleeping whilst we have been there " Alexander calmly said so they couldn't see it was a lie.

"Well that's understandable but Skye you need to try get a bit of sleep" Rafael said looking at his only daughter with concern. Something Lorenzo had only seen a few times.

Alexander and James were worried about Skye, her sleeping habits were bad.

"She's going to try" Alexander said looking at her in concern.

"Very well"

Once in the air and the seatbelt sign went off, Lorenzo got up and walked back to them.

"What are you doing" Alexander asked instantly.

Lorenzo rolled his eyes "we all just agreed she needs sleep. Come on Skye" he said.

"No" Alexander said as Skye nervously undid her seatbelt.

"Excuse me?" Lorenzo said not liking Alexander's behaviour.

"I said no. You're not taking her from me" he said with panic. He couldn't let her get hurt.

Lorenzo rolled his eyes and picked up Skye. She normally would have freaked out but at this point she couldn't concentrate and wasn't fully aware. She was exhausted and sitting down on the chair was probably the most comfiest thing she had sat on before and so it drained her further.

Alexander and James jumped up and followed Lorenzo."give her back " Alexander said. "Let her go. Let her go  Please just let her go" he was frantic by now. Rafael was quick to jump in "boys it's okay, you can go with him, he's only putting her in the bed. We have a bed for long night journeys. He's only going to put her there so she can sleep easier" he spoke, concerned at how they freaked out. Again he played it off as a stranger taking away their baby sister.

James nodded but Alexander was quick to follow Lorenzo. He watched him carefully as he placed her down on the bed. By this point she had passed out as he had been carrying her.

"You are protective I get it but don't you dare yell at me like that again " Lorenzo warned and left.

Alexander let his walls falls, a tear ran down his face. Everything was a mess.

"It's going to be okay isn't it" James whispered after entering the room.

"I don't know. How could we let her reach the point of exhaustion" he said angry with himself that he hadn't taken care of her proper.

"She's sleeping now though Alex" James replied.

"Yes but I doubt we will be on the plane for long. We need her to sleep more" He replied.

"Are we in trouble for how we just acted" James asked, he was scared to go back out.

Alex thought for a minute."I don't know, why don't you take a nap too" he said fully planning on taking whatever punishment they give before they could get angry with James.

"But what about you" James asked.

"I'm fine" Alex replied.

James usually would say no but he was tired and didn't want his sister waking up alone so he agreed.

Alex waited until James was asleep which didn't take long, before quietly leaving. He rather stay and watch his siblings but he needed to get the punishment over with before they woke.

Whilst all this was going on, Rafael and Lorenzo had been discussing what had just happened. Rafael had  scolded Lorenzo for walking off without talking to Alexander.

"I will not have him speak to me like that" Lorenzo said.

"Well next time calmly explain where you're taking her. He's obviously very protective of his siblings, it's admirable really. You need to remember, they have no idea who we are, we are just strangers to them"

"Fine"

Alexander entered and took a seat.

"Where's James" Rafael asked.

"Taking a nap too"

"That's good, maybe you should have a little nap as well"  Rafael replied.

Alexander looked at his father, suprised he hadn't lashed out yet but then it hit him. Rafael obviously wanted him to fall asleep so he could punish his brother and sister for how he acted. Not a chance would he let that happen.

"Okay how about you ask us some questions. It's obvious you don't trust us which makes sense since you don't remember us so ask away"

"Why do we not live with you" Alexander asked. It had been on his mind since he had been told they had a family

Lorenzo and Rafael shared a look. Rafael didn't seem to be replying so Lorenzo anwsered "you were kidnapped when you were 4, from a birthday party one of your friends was having "

Alex nodded. It made sense. Those people who had them were criminals, they had connections. But why kidnap three 4 year olds. It didn't make sense.

"You say you're the eldest, how many of you is there" Alex asked.

"Three more brothers, Leo, Marco and Nico" Lorenzo replied.

Alexander managed to keep his emotionless expression up, inside he was freaking out though. Living with 5 other men. Would they make him do drug runs? Would they threaten James and Skye?  They looked even more stronger than the men who hurt them, how bad would their hits hurt. What will they have him do? How bad will the punishments be?

He was already making a plan to keep his siblings safe in his head. He wouldn't let them get hurt like that. He had been failing as a brother recently. He should have just said thank you for the bread and that man wouldn't have touched Skye like that. He would need to be extra careful, Lorenzo kept warning him about disrespect, just like they had done. He would need to try harder not to be disrespectful.

And then a new worry, Skye would freak out. James would probably hide it but he'd be a mess too.

He knew he couldn't leave them alone with 5 others in the house.

"Do James and Skye speak" Rafael said finally snapping out from reliving the awful nightmare, the day his triplets were taken from him.

"They do but they are shy"

Alex half lied. Sure they were shy but they had been beaten to the point where they feared to speak.

"So I presume this means you will be speaking for them" Rafael asked.

"Most likely.  I want to apologize for the disrespect I've shown you both so far. I'm just very protective of them and you guys dont seem like the warm and friendly type" Alex said getting in a small insult.

"It's understandable and I will give you time to get used to us but then any disrespect will not be taken lightly but we will give you a few days to settle in"

"A few days?" Alex asked suspicious of why they were given time."yes a few days. did you expect me to summon you to my office after we have eaten dinner to give you all the rules, perhaps about how you can only talk to us and no socialising with kids your age"  Rafael said with sarcasm so heavy even Alex could tell he was being sarcastic.

Alex didn't even expect dinner though so that confused hin.

Alex realized he probably meant after he (Rafael)  had finished eating. Of course he wasn't going to feed James, Skye or his self.

He made a mental note that when given food to say thank you and be greatful. He wasn't going to make that mistake again.

"Well you could give me the rules now, saves screwing up" Alex needed to know the rules or he would overthink every little thing however he knew they would add more rules just to have them break it so they can punish them.

" Respect. We all, especially Lorenzo and I, expect you to respect us. That means no back talk, no insults, no cheek. In return we will treat you with just as much respect.

Secondly we appreciate you are teenagers wanting to try new things but you are 14, no alcohol, drugs or smoking"

Flashbacks of what they made him do were brought back at the mention of drugs.

Maybe they wouldn't use him to deliver drugs if they were telling him no drugs.

Or maybe they just don't want him getting high when he's suppose to be selling it.

"Apparently you were home schooled, however the new school year starts in two weeks so we will be getting you enrolled there. I expect you to put in effort, if you do poorly its not the end of the world, we will get you a tutor, any slacking off though is no accepted, you will respect your teachers and peers."

Alexander slowly nodded. They had never been to school. When they were younger they were taught basic things, they were able to catch on quick. But Alexander worried about his siblings, he not only had to protect them from their family but now a whole school.

"That brings me on to my next rule, you befriend whoever you want just no relationships just yet, you are too young at the moment"

Alexander nodded shuddering at the thought. He knew what guys were like, he would need to keep a careful watch on Skye.

"And finally if we ask you to do something, you will do it" Rafael finished. He hadn't meant this in such a bad way but Alexander took it as a bad way.

"What happens if we break the rules"

Rafael knew Alex would probably have a hard time being respectful. "we will talk about it and why you broke the rule before we give out punishments. I have a feeling you will struggle to be respectful out of protectiveness for James and Skye which I will accept but if you don't have a valid reason that's when it becomes a problem"

Alex nodded. He would try his best and would make sure his siblings knew.

"I'm a busy man so most likely Lorenzo will deal with the punishments"  Rafael said.

Lorenzo looked up from his laptop. He had took to doing some work whilst they talked.

He smirked when he heard the sentance "if you would like an example, Marco and Nico stole my car and got it scratched, they have now had their cars taken from them and they will be working at the garage in town for a month" Lorenzo said.

Alexander didn't think that seemed too harsh. Maybe they wouldn't beat them up as punishment.

What if the garage wasn't a car garage but a torture place they called a garage.

Yes he was an overthinker.

"Anyway we will give you a few day, go wake your siblings up we are landing"  Rafael said ending the conversation.