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Valentino Spinelli (tinovslove) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2012-07-12 23:07:00

Entry tags:

july 2012, mia bailey, valentino spinelli

Who: Tino and Mia
What: a talk
When: today, shortly after this, and shortly before this
Where: their house
Rated: TBD

Tino frowned. Here he was, sitting around his house, waiting to deliver more bad news. It seemed like he had just been in this position. It hadn't been pleasant. In fact, it had all but backfired and blown up in his face. He wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, that was for sure. For starters, he didn't cook dinner. And the boys were around somewhere, playing or something. There would be no yelling. It was important that there was no yelling about this. Gino and Benito didn't need to know.

He paced around the kitchen. Traffic. It was the bane of his existence, even when he wasn't sitting in it. It was taking Mia forever, it seemed. Ugh. Really. The only thing he hated more than traffic was Alex Bailey, and he had good reason. What a complete and utter dick. To make Tino break news like this? It wasn't fair. And the boys had done nothing wrong. Honestly, he felt bad for Olivia. She was a sweet girl, swept into a controlling and psychopathic marriage.

He hated the idea of this. He needed a drink. With a quick couple of steps, Tino was standing in front of the fridge, pulling it open and reaching in for a beer. He popped the top off -- which rolled onto the floor and under a cabinet -- and took a large swig. In two more gulps, the drink was gone. He placed it on the counter and grabbed another. He was just about to take another large gulp when he heard Mia's keys in the door.

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in_focus
2012-07-15 06:17 pm UTC (link)

'Let me make it easy for you then. You, my sister and your sons are officially uninvited to any family gathering celebrating any event in my immediate family's lives (meaning myself, my wife, and my kids). If I happen to hear that you will be present at an event held by extended family, I will think real hard before considering attending. And if I happen to see you, her or your kids ever again in my life, you'll be nothing more than strangers to me.

Make sure your non-wife is aware of all this. And fuck you very much.'

Mia was starting to do that annoying blink-y thing that meant she was going to cry. Her head ducked down a little, before she forced herself to read over the words again.

"What did you do?" she breathed, staring at the screen. "Tino, what did you do?"

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tinovslove
2012-07-15 06:21 pm UTC (link)

Okay, now he was really pissed. "What did I do? What did you do? Or, more importantly, what did he do? I'm the innocent one, here." He put his hands to his chest defensively.

"If you hadn't run to your family and posted about how I was a scumbag who wouldn't marry you, I'm sure he would have kept his dumb fucking mouth shut. I can understand him not wanting to talk to me, but he has no right to take it out on the boys." That was the part that really got to Tino.

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in_focus
2012-07-15 07:23 pm UTC (link)

The boys were in the other room, which meant Mia couldn't scream at Tino like she wanted to, and oh, did she want to have a solid shout at him. She wanted to grab that stupid squid head of his and slam it on to the desk until he managed to shut his big, fat mouth for once in his stupid squid life!

Instead, she kept her voice low, but the venom was certainly still there. "Oh, I'm so sorry for talking to my family about how my boyfriend refuses to marry me and doesn't give a flying fuck about how it makes me feel, who just assumes that I'll bend and do things his way because I can't live without him. How terrible of me to need someone to talk to. How dare I!"

Somewhere along the line, the firmness of her voice had tapered off and the tears had slipped in. She was furious with Tino and furious with herself for crying and furious with Alex for pulling this shit now of all times. "But don't worry, Tino, if you keep this up, I won't have any family left to talk to about you anyway!"

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	tinovslove 2012-07-16 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"So this is my fault, then? Your brother is a fucking dickhead and this is my fault? If you look, I barely said a thing before he went off the wall. He has anger management issues. Honestly, if I wasn't so pissed that he's taking his shit out on the boys, I'd say they were better off without him. I don't want them around that kind of shit." He shrugged. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

in_focus
2012-07-16 03:55 am UTC (link)

"No, Tino, it's not your fault. It's never your fault, is it? It's his fault for getting angry. It's my fault for telling him in the first place. In fact, it's my fault for wanting to marry someone like you."

She rose out of her chair and looked over at him. "I think I need to go to my mom's for the weekend," she muttered. "I want to bring the boys. They haven't seen them in a while."

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tinovslove
2012-07-16 04:00 am UTC (link)

He shrugged again, and he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He ignored it for a moment, taking in exactly what Mia was saying. She was leaving. And taking the boys.

"Fine," he replied. "I think it will be good for you to get away from me for a bit. I'd leave, but I'm sure I'd have a million Baileys jumping down my throat, making comments about that being the reason I won't marry you." He leaned against the counter.

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	in_focus 2012-07-16 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Mia looked him over for a minute, thankful enough that he hadn't objected that she could ignore his comments for the time being. Had they really been happy a couple of weeks ago? It felt so far away. "Just... help me get them ready, please," she murmured, moving for the boy's room. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tinovslove
2012-07-29 01:39 am UTC (link)

Tino rolled his eyes, but had no choice but to oblige. He sighed loudly, and followed her toward Gino and Ben's room. On his way, he slipped his phone out. He had a text from Janey. He raised his eyebrows. Sure, she was his sister-in-law, but she wasn't exactly on his frequent text list. Curious, he hit 'Open'.

He stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the words. Toni was in the hospital. He was, apparently, hurt. Quickly, he sent back a short text and waited for the answer. In the meantime, he joined Mia.

"What do you want to pack them?" He was distracted now, waiting for another buzz, but he wasn't going to give Mia the satisfaction of seeing him nervous.

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in_focus
2012-07-29 04:01 pm UTC (link)

Mia eyed him as she heard his footsteps pause, and at first shrugged off his reaction when she saw him texting. Typical man. Texting in the middle of a fight like nothing was happening.

But when he came up next to her again, something was off. She'd known him too long not to notice. Still, she didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing she was curious.

"Clothes for a few days," she answered after a brief pause, watching him with interest.

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tinovslove
2012-08-06 02:15 am UTC (link)

She was speaking at him, but he wasn't really listening to what she was saying. Toni was hurt. In the hospital. Janey's text was replaying over and over in his head. It could be anything, and Tino hated not knowing.

"They need clothes, right?" He opened the closet door and pulled two small suitcases from the top shelf. One had a Toy Story pixar design. The other one was Nemo. The boys loved them. They'd be happy to know they were traveling with their own luggage.

His phone vibrated in his pocket again, but he waited to check, even though it was killing him. He couldn't look too eager. Mia would definitely know something was wrong.

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	in_focus 2012-08-06 02:17 am UTC (link)
	She gave him an odd look. "Well, I wasn't asking you to pack mine." Still, he'd at least gotten the suitcases down, the sight of them enough to make her lips quirk up slightly, before she remembered the situation at hand. "Aren't you going to get that?" she asked of his buzzing phone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tinovslove
2012-08-06 02:27 am UTC (link)

Tino quirked his brow at her. He wasn't planning on packing hers anyways. If she wanted to leave for a few days, she could pack her own damn clothes. Her comment annoyed him so much that she almost forgot that his brother was hurt.

Her question brought it crashing back down on him. "Oh.. yeah. One second." He pulled his phone out. Sure enough, the text was from Janey. Her spelling was horrendous, but the message was clear. Toni was stabbed. In the chest.

Tino could feel the color drain from his face. He could hear nothing but a loud ringing. His worst fear was about to come true. He'd already lost his best friend. Now he was going to lose his brother.

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	in_focus 2012-08-06 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Mia lips parted for the inevitable Well? But before she could get there, she saw a look on his face that her backpedaling. She hadn't seen a look like that out of him in a long, long time, and she felt a small burst of panic at seeing it again. "...What is it?" she asked, tone softening considerably. "What's wrong?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tinovslove 2012-08-06 02:34 am UTC (link)
	Almost immediately, Tino replied. "Nothing," he said. He didn't want to worry her. He didn't want his trauma to change her mind about leaving. If she was going, he wanted her to go. He didn't want her to feel bad for him. "Let's just get the boys packed so you can go to your sisters. Or mothers. Wherever you're going." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	in_focus 2012-08-06 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Mia's concern was struggling against her frustration with him, but it managed to win out for another probing attempt. "Tino. Stop," she demanded, reaching for his arm. "What's going on?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tinovslove 2012-08-06 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Out of habit, he almost let her arm stay there. But after a second of fighting with himself, he pulled away. "I have to go to the hospital for something. Don't worry about it. I'll still help you pack, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	in_focus 2012-08-06 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Okay. And the frustration won over. "Valentino Ermes Spinelli, you have exactly ten seconds to tell me what is happening, or I am going to kick your scrawny ass into next week. Something is obviously wrong. Now quit being an idiot, and tell me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tinovslove 2012-08-06 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Tino blinked. "Toni was stabbed. In the chest. Happy?" He pulled out his phone, asked Janey what hospital he was in, and then pocketed it again. "Let's just get the fucking boys' clothes packed so I can go, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

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