Post #2370701 in In Mafia Vita, a roleplay on RPG

Kalista Ross

As quickly as Kalista’s joking tone had been turned on, it flicked off and Kalsita narrowed her gaze at Kole. “Well, you’re a lone wolf, aren’t you?” replayed in Kalista’s mind and it continued to anger her. He had done absolutely nothing to cover up his unamused attitude. It seemed as if Kole was annoyed with her and that was what really had her going. She had done her best to give him advice the night before, and even now when she was in the most uncomfortable, inconvenient position that a person like Kalista could be in, she had chosen to stay with him. And now Kole was annoyed with her. In Kalista’s mind, Kole had absolutely no right to have any semblance of a bad attitude toward her.

Kalista rolled her shoulders back as Kole opened his mouth to speak again, mentally preparing to hold herself back if he said something else that angered her. “He’s been bought. I thought I had him trained better. Can’t exactly have a police dog keening over every girl he’s told to sniff.” Once again, Kole’s bitterly sarcastic tone had Kalista reeling in her mind. She had to remind herself not to snap at him, but this time, she made no attempt to hide the anger that was bubbling up again.

They stood there for a moment, looking at each other and Kalista glared daggers at him as if she were daring him to say something else. “Okay then. You get to deal with me. Like this. Can’t help but feel like I’m making you into a babysitter...” The only thing that Kalista understood after that was that he was asking a question, but she couldn’t fully understand the words coming out of his mouth.

Kalista stood there with clenched teeth, glaring back at Kole, eyes narrowed, deciding how she was about to handle the situation. Suddenly, Kalista started laughing. It was short, huffed laughs with a smile that spread across her face and made her eyes squint; however, it was a fake, forced laugh that Kalista often did when she was angry. It was half way between a chuckle and a scoff that often confused people.

“Are you kidding me? You’re really giving me this attitude right now?” Kalista paused a moment to let out one last chuckle before her smile dropped and her brow furrowed. “I understand the place you’re in right now. I more than understand it. But that does not give you a reason to be an ass to me.” Kalista paused to gather her thoughts, only momentarily stopping to wonder if she should take back what she said, before deciding that she couldn’t stop herself now. “Do you know how uncomfortable the past 24 hours have been for me? In case you live under a fucking rock and haven’t noticed, I’m not too keen on sharing my feelings with people.” Kalista stepped closer and poked a finger in the center of Kole’s chest, pushing him back slightly while she continued her monologue. “But when you ask me the other night, I gave you the rundown.”

Kalista dropped her hand and took a step back from him. “With Dylan just now? A majority of the people in the Genovese household either can’t stand me or don’t know what to think of me. I hate nearly everything about that mansion. But I was willing and ready to go back there with you because I thought that you needed someone that understood what you’re going through. It might not look like it, but this past month has been the most emotional vulnerable I’ve been since I was a child. I thought you wanted and needed me around. But right now, with this pissy attitude of yours, I’m getting the feeling that you don’t want me to be here. I can always leave if that’s what you want.”

Kalista took a step back and simply glared at Kole. She characteristically wiped any sign of emotion off of her face. It was a defensive mechanism for her when she felt that she was getting too out of hand. Kalista took a moment to reflect on what she had just said. It was uncharacteristic of her to show this amount of any emotion to anyone. To a certain extent, it wasn’t really Kole or anything that he had said. It was an accumulation of everything and everyone treating her like shit and then Kole giving her this attitude was the straw that broke the camel’s back. It was slightly confusing to her though. Why had Kole been that big of a deal? Maybe it was because he was the one person that she didn’t think would treat her like this - even after everything that he had been through. With a clench of her fist, Kalista decided not to muse anymore on the subject.

She just wanted to take it all back. Not because she didn’t mean it or even because she felt bad about saying it to Kole. She just didn’t want anyone - especially him - to think of her as a weak, vulnerable woman who openly expresses her feelings.

A moment of silence passed before Kalista took a step back from Kole, still glaring daggers at him. She then cracked a smile; this one was evil and sarcastic and mocking all at the same time. “Well, you don’t seem to need me anymore. I’m going to go take my run.” With that Kalista turned around and began to walk back the way they had come, but not before calling back over her shoulder, “I guess you can try being a lone wolf too now.”

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located in Manhattan, New York, a part of In Mafia Vita, one of the many universes on RPG.

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