"Jax." I say nudging him slightly as a buzzing wouldn't stop. He groans as I roll over and try to go back to sleep.
"Its not my phone." He mutters and I sigh.
I reach out to the nightstand and tap around for my phone. I take my phone off of charge and answer the call and put it to my ear.
"What?" I ask annoyed and tired.
"Lara, oh my god." The familiar voice says.
I pull back from my phone and check the caller ID to see Carter's name.
"Carter what's wrong?" I ask sitting up and running a hand over my face tiredly.
"They're here. They're actually here. They are in the house." He says and my eyes widen.
"Who? Who's in the house?" I ask and get cut off by gun shots.
"Carter what's going on?" I ask and Jax sits up and looks at me confused.
I put the phone on speaker and all that was heard was screams and gunshots.
"Carter?" I ask but this time it was more louder, more annoyed.
"Look Lara I've got to go I just thought you should know what's going on. Stay in New York!" He says then the call ends.
"I'll wake Gio and Matteo up. Then we'll go to the office." Jax says and I nod.
He quickly puts a random t-shirt and joggers on.
He comes to my side of the bed where I was sat and staring at the floor.
Who is in our house? Well that's a bit obvious.
"Everything is going to be okay." He says and I take a deep breath and get out of bed.
We make our way down the corridor to Gio's and Matteo's rooms where Jax bangs on the door.
"What the fuck it's like 3am what do you want?" Matteo says making his way out of his room.
"Put some clothes on and meet me in my office now." Jax says making Matteo roll his eyes.
Jax then continues to bang on Gio's door but he doesn't answer so he walks down two rooms and starts banging on Amara's door.
"What do you want?" Amara asks rubbing her eyes.
"Where's Gio?" Jax asks and she steps out of the way to see him fast asleep.
"Wake him up and send him to my office immediately." Jax says then I follow him to his office.
We were sat there for a solid ten minutes by the time both boys were in the office.
"What is so important it couldn't wait a few hours?" Matteo asks slouching in a chair beside me.
"The Brazilians are under attack. We woke up to an alarming phone call from Carter." Jax says and I get my phone out.
I open the app that was connected to the cameras and click to see what was happening in the foyer of the house first. All that could be heard from my phone was gunshots and foreign shouting.
The boys look over to me so I put my phone on the desk and we watch over them.
In the foyer there was a lot of blood and presumably dead bodies. I switched to the corridors upstairs yet there seemed to be nothing going on up there. So I then switched to the cameras out the front of the house were most of the fighting was seen to be going on.
I sat down in my chair and sighed.
"We can't even help." I say as I begin to grown worried and feel quite sick. I don't even know what's going on there.
"It's going to be okay." Jax says and I take a deep breath and start to hope everything and everyone would be okay.
After about ten minutes Jax and Gio look from the laptop infront of them and exchange odd looks.
"What?" I ask whilst playing with my bottom lip.
"Its Dmitri." Jax says and I run round to the other side of the desk and look.
"Remember keep your emotions in check." Gio says and I nod and take a deep breath as they answer the call.
"Oh look the lovely little trio, with sweet little Lara in the middle." Dmitri says and I bite my tongue so I don't say anything.
"Yes its probably wise to not say anything, considering I'm here." He says spinning the camera round to show he was in my bedroom.
He hands his phone to someone and steps back. He rips up someone off of the floor and it takes me a second to realise it was Arabella. Two seconds later he drove his knife right through her. My eyes widen and I look at her as she just drops to the floor.
"This ones going to hurt a bit more." He says ripping Claudia up off of the floor this time.
"Don't worry about me Lara, I'll be all good. I'll still be he--" she was then cut of by her choking as Dmitri slit her throat.
Jax places his hand on mine as a tear cascades down my face. They both good women, they didn't deserve this.
"Now this one is definitely going to sting." He says and rips Carter off of the floor.
Carter looked awful. The bruising was now starting to form on his face. He had tape over his mouth and his hands were tied.
"This one was to busy trying to be a hero. Didn't even see me when I grabbed him. Poor boy. Shortest reign I've ever known." Dmitri says and I grip Jax's hand as I start to get angry.
"But once again I am here to cause problems so I'm letting Carter say his goodbyes." Dmitri says with a smug look on his face.
He rips the tape off of Carters mouth and I smile at him sympathetically.
"They still trust you Lara. You need to do good by them but stay in New York, please promise me you will." He says and I nod.
"I promise." I say and he nods.
"I'm sorry." He says and I look at him confused. "It feels like since the night of the ball all we've done is fight and I'm so sorry." He says and I nod too.
"I'm sorry as well." I say and he sighs.
"Nonsense, you're just trying to do good by Alannah." He says.
"That isn't what I meant." Dmitri says to Carter who takes a big breath.
"I love you Lara. I know you'll always love him but I love you." He says and I felt my eyes welling up. "I love Alannah too, will you tell her that?" He asks and I nod.
"You needed to know, I love you. I know its forbid for the Rodriguez heir and the Fernandez heir to be together but--"
"No Carter please, I don't know if I can listen to this?" I say as a tear falls down my face.
"Oh you will." Dmitri says and Carter continues.
"I fell in love with you Lara. I fell in love with how hardworking you are, kind, your hair, your smile, your freckles, your tiny beauty mark at the top of my forehead. There isn't a part of you that I don't love. But I also know that there isn't a part of you that doesn't love him and I'm not selfish Lara. But I just want to know if you ever?" He asks and I nod my head as I wipe away a few tears.
"I did." I say and he smiles but loses it.
"Not the way you feel about him though?" He asks.
"I'm so sorry." I say and he nods.
"Its okay. As long as you know now. Better to say it then regret not knowing." Carter says and I nod.
"I do love you though Carter." I say and he nods.
"I know and I love y--" He got cut off as Dmitri ran him through with a knife.
I put my hand over my mouth as he falls to the floor.
"Now now, don't cry. You'll be reunited soon because we're coming for you next." Dmitri says before ending the call.
I sat just staring at screen of the laptop. I just lost three people in the space of minutes. The thought of it suddenly made me feel quite sick.
I stand up and rush out of the room and make my way to Jax's room. I head into the bathroom where I empty my guts into the toilet.
Once I had finished throwing up I cleaned myself up and headed to the back garden for fresh air. I could've went to Jax's balcony but I didn't exactly feel like it.
I take a step on to the steps that lead down to the garden. The difference between the two views were amazing.
From Jax's balcony you can see New York and how pretty it looks at night. Then from the the garden it was hardly affected by the lights from the city. You could see the stars whilst looking at the sky.
"Its a bit late for you to be up?" A voice says making me turn to see Rocco.
"Not late, early." I say remember that it was roughly 4am now.
"Rough morning?" He asks and I scoff.
"You'll hear about it soon enough." I say and he sighs.
"Its a bit early for you, don't you think?" I ask him and he scoffs.
"I didn't go to bed, I'll have an hour or two at about 5." He says and I furrow my eyebrows.
"Goodnight, well in this case good morning Lara." He says before heading back in.
I was staring at the stars for quite a while. They really are beautiful.
"I've been looking for you." Jax's voice says and I sigh.
"I've been looking at the stars." I say and he sits beside me.
I put my head on his shoulder and he just puts an arm around me.
"It'll get better Lara." He says and I sigh. Will it?
"I hope so." I say as he kisses my temple.
Jax stayed with me whilst we watched the sun rise.
"I want to tell Alannah today." I say and he sits up properly.
"Are you sure?" He asks and I nod.
"I don't want to wait I just want to get it out of the way." I say and he nods.
"Its nearly 6, we should go up to our room." He says helping me up. We walk to his room where we continue to lie on the bed.
"I know this is the wrong time but I just want to know--"
"About what I felt towards Carter?" I ask cutting him off and he nods.
"Um well after us, I was heartbroken. He was there for the majority of it. When I wasn't with him, I was with James and I would never look at James that way. He was just there and well he was the only man around basically. I grew a bit of a crush but like he said, its forbid for the heir to the Fernandez and the heir to the Rodriguez to get together. So I sort of got over it." I say and he nods.
Jax did end up falling back to sleep but I physically couldn't. I wasn't necessarily sad, it was more anger. But whenever I got really angry I met Jax's face to see him fast asleep. I never really watched Jax when he slept. I was always the type to go to sleep first whilst he held me.
Now I'm sat facing him whilst he's fast asleep yet still holding my hand and observing him to calm myself down. He was beautiful. There wasn't one part of him that was negative in my eyes.
I loved looking at his tattoos, that's something I've always enjoyed. They really compliment him. I was never one for tattoos before I met Jax, he is coated in them. But it doesn't bother me because they suit him.
"If you take a picture it'll last longer." Jax mutters.
"You don't like it when I take pictures of you." I say and he smiles and sits up.
"What's the time?" He asks and I roll back and pick up my phone.
"Nearly 8." I say and he nods before pulling me into a hug.
"How are you feeling?" He asks while squashing me to death in the tightest hug.
"Like I can't breath." I say and he pulls back and chuckles before kissing my forehead.
"Would you like to join me in the shower?" He asks once he gets out of bed. He takes his t-shirt off and throw it to the door of the closet.
"Fine but no funny business." I say sternly as I stand up.
"Can't promise." He says putting his hands up in defence making me roll my eyes playfully.
After our shower I put on some black jeans and one of Jax's hoodies. I couldn't be bothered to either blow dry or straighten my hair so I proceed to french plait my hair.
Once I was ready I went into Alannah's room and woke her up before we went down to breakfast.
At breakfast it felt completely off but then the rest of the house was off. It was definitely the vibe and you could tell no one knew what to say of do.
After I got Alannah cleaned and dressed I took her to the living room. She sat playing for a little while. I didn't want to tell her, but I had to.
"Alannah." I say and she looks up.
"Come sit next to me, I need to talk to you." I say and she nods. She brings one of her stuffed animals and sits beside me.
I turn slightly to face her and sighed. "You remember Carter, Arabella and Claudia right?" I ask and she nods.
"Back I'm Brazil." She says and I nod.
"Well, a bad man got into their house last night and they died." I say and she looks at me confused.
"They're not here any more bub, not on this planet. They're in heaven and they are watching over the both of us." I say as tears start to fill her eyes.
"I got to speak to Carter before he passed. He told me to tell you that he loves you." I say and she nods and starts crying.
I put her in my lap as she cried and I continued to stroke her hair. She placed her head in the crook of my neck and just cried. I could feel the streams of water run down my neck.
Alannah ended up crying her self to sleep which completely and utterly broke my heart.
"Is Alannah asleep? Do you want me to take her to bed?" Jax asks coming behind me on the sofa.
"She cried herself to sleep." I say and he rushes to my side.
"So I take it you told her." He says and I nod.
"She's heartbroken Jax." I say and he sighs.
"It's understandable, you guys were all family." He says and I sigh.
The rest of the day went extremely slow. I didn't want Alananh to sleep on her own after such tragic news. So after getting her ready for bed I put her to bed in mine and Jax's bed. Once she was fast to sleep I got ready for bed and into my pyjamas.
"We have company tonight do we?" Jax asks once he comes into his bedroom.
"I didn't want her to sleep alone, not after today." I say and he nods.
"That's okay. I'm going to get ready for bed." He says and I nod.
Once Jax was ready for bed he came to my side by the bed. He took my hands as he sat infront of me and kissed both of them.
"I love you." He says and I smile.
He places a kiss on my lips before getting into bed on his side, on the other side of Alannah.
"Did you talk to my dad or Marco?" I ask laying down on my side to face him.
"No, he said he's going to call tomorrow." He says and I nod.
At about 2:45 both Alannah and Jax were sound asleep. I couldn't sleep so I had gotten out of bed and was sat on the balcony. I spent pretty much all night out there.