I felt like I was dying.
My eyelids had kept repeatedly been drooping down ever since I stepped foot in this school. It was now lunch and I sat in my usual spot trying to study some notes for history; my next class. Apparently, Ms. Davidson thinks it's such a good idea to see how much we have learned from our previous year. Like that was our P R E V I O U S year! Now see, I'm a usual straight A student, but today is just NOT my day.
I stayed out all night just to avoid a scolding from the boys, hell, I even waited until they left the house for school so I could get ready myself. I ended up coming just in time for my second period and avoided getting a detention since the doors were unlocked from the outside. The boys have been eyeing me all day today but all I've been doing was ignoring them and acting like I was totally fine, which I wasn't.
Right now, the boys haven't sat down yet at their usual table, but I don't mind it, at least I can get some shut eye before they start getting suspicious-
"Hey precious!"
Ugh, spoke too soon...
I lifted my head up in annoyance and acted like I had a lot of energy still in my system when the boys suddenly sat down at my little isolated island of a table. Liam and Blake sat on either side of me while Kai sat right across from me. I raised an eyebrow at all of them which they returned with a small chuckle.
This day can't possibly get any worse...
I looked around the cafeteria to see everybody's heads were turned towards my table and looks of shock and confusion were written all over their faces. What the hell was happening right now? Why were these boys here? Why would they drive this much attention towards me? Are they stupid?
"So, wanna tell us where you ran off to last night?" Kai asked in a stern tone. I scoffed sarcastically at him which only made his face turn red with frustration.
"Step sissy, now don't make this so hard on yourself alright? Why don't you just tell us where you've been for the past two nights and we won't bother you, good?" Is my step brother really trying to negotiate with me? I never liked negotiating with people, I don't even like talking to people for Christ's sake, what more of negotiating?
I smirked at how he was trying to get me to talk, but he knew as much as I did that I wouldn't. That's why they're here in the first place, right? Because I won't talk?
It seemed like my silent treatment had irritated them because all of a sudden Blake stood up in frustration, "EVERYBODY GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!"
And in a single breath, everybody started exiting the cafeteria like mice scurrying away from being caught in the light. I started standing up from my seat but was held down by Blake, "Oh no, not you precious," ugh now he was just sounding like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings.
I sat back down and continued eating my food as the boys stared at me. I made an expression that told them, 'what? '
"We're not gonna ask you again, where were you for the last few nights?" Kai hissed.
I pulled out my phone and went to notes and typed in my answer. I handed it to Blake who read it out loud, " 'I went to the 24hr gym' " he read. I didn't tell him a lie, I just didn't tell him the full truth. I took my phone back from Blake and typed in another message and handed it to Liam, " 'Now stop asking fucking questions,' " he read out loud. I snatched my phone away from him and started making my way back to class.
After that whole fiasco, it was like I was struck by lightning because of how awake I suddenly felt. I aced my history quiz and copied notes for science like I had never done before, which now leaves me with my free period. As I was putting all of my books away since we weren't assigned any homework, I got a phone call from an unknown number. I looked around to see if it was anybody in particular when my eyes landed on the boys.
They were talking to each other but their eyes were on me. I looked them up and down in disgust and went back to my phone. After a couple of more rings I had finally decided to answer it...
"Hm" (hello)
"Gold!" I let out a sigh of relief when I recognized Williams' voice.
"Hm?" (what)
"How do you feel about fighting for me this Saturday again? Yeah? " I kept my mouth shut but whined and I'm sure he had heard it.
"Oh c'mon Gold! The prize money is $9,000, it's good money, you're on a roll this week," he's right. I had been on a roll this week, usually it's twice a month, not thrice in a week.
"Mhm," (yes)
"Ok great! I'll let you know the details as soon as possible!" and with that he hung up the phone just as the bell went off. I looked back over to the boys to see them making their way towards me once the halls started clearing up. I immediately turned back around and headed towards the doors until a teacher spotted us.
"Hey! Why aren't you kids in class?" She questioned. I held up my schedule and she nodded in approval as she saw it was my free period. She turned to the guys and scolded them for not being in class.
Before they turned away they gave me a scowl and I gave a small wave with my fingers while grinning from ear to ear. I skipped out of the school and to my beautiful red baby and drove towards the house.
Once inside I ran to my bedroom and changed to get to bed. I closed my curtains and jumped on to my double sized bed and smothered myself in my soft comforter that I had already missed in just one night. After getting comfortable I drifted off to sleep with fighting on my mind.
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Kai
She could be anywhere. It pissed me off how she had free period for last period, it pissed me off how she just stood their gingerly waving at me knowing that she had gotten away with it. Fuck, I wish I could be frustrated with her but she's so goddamn beautiful. Yesterday when I pinned her against the fridge, all I could think about was how her lips looked so fucking kissable, but she moved too soon.
Shit! This girl is too smooth, too fucking slick, it's unbelievable. And if she really is Gold from the fight club the other day, man, that would be so badass. I mean she's a fucking fighter at night and an innocent girl by day, that's so hot. She hides behind these hoodies to try and cover up her beautiful face and I don't know why, her body is so perfect and her big brown hazel eyes, her perfect honey like skin and her sizzling attitude, it's like all that I've ever wanted! And her tattoo... fuck... I would've never guessed she was Gold from the fight club as long as I didn't see her tattoo, but here we were, chasing after her to get answers.
See, we know she is Gold from the fight club, we just want to hear it from her so we haven't been chasing the wrong person this whole time. But the thing is, she doesn't fucking talk! Son of a fucking bitch.
The thing is, we need her. If she really is Gold then we need her for a closing deal. My gang and I need her to fight one of the Royal Aces to prove ourselves worthy to make a deal, it's how we make our deals in the gang life. If we can get her to fight, she'd be doing us a huge favor, and as much as I want to tell her the truth, we can't end up spilling our beans to the wrong person if she isn't Gold.
I don't want her to be apart of our gang, no, just to say that she's fighting for us and shit like that. We need this closing deal, it would make us more stronger, more powerful, even if we already are number one.
I'm the gang leader of the Deck of Cards, the number one gang leader in the world. Liam is my second in command, and Blake is my third. They're also my best friends who helped me get to the top while growing up, so what I get, they get as well. They're family's are protected all of the time, and they're also oblivious to all of the gang activities we do, and we like it that way.
The bell suddenly rang and I rushed out of my seat and stormed out of the classroom to meet with Liam and Blake at my car. Once they came into view we all gave each other a nod in acknowledgement and raced over to Liam's house.
We rushed in and made our way to Diamonds' room where I hope she was being held. I cracked open the door to see her sleeping peacefully in a beige wool cropped sweater and grey pajama shorts, sprawled out on the mattress. I closed the door once again and turned to the other guys, "So we're just gonna let her sleep?" Blake asked confusedly.
"Yeah, she needs it. Let's just make some dinner man, maybe then she'll wake up," Liam suggested. We all nodded our heads and made our way downstairs and started cooking. We knew our way around each other's houses like the backs of our hands, so it wasn't really a problem finding everything we needed for dinner.
"Let's just tell her the truth man, she'd probably understand why if we just tell her-"
"Only if she agrees to listen," I cut Liam off.
"And what if she doesn't?" Blake asked.
"Then we make her." I simply stated.
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Diamonds
Alfredo... I sniffed a little more,
Chicken Alfredo....
I sat up in bed and the smell of chicken Alfredo filled my nostrils as my mouth started to water up. I looked outside to see that the sun was now replaced with stars and the deep black of oblivion took over the light blue sky of the day. I rolled off the bed and stumbled onto my feet to start moving downstairs. My feet hit the cold marble floor of the staircase but I was a little glad since it kind of sent a jolt of liveliness through my body, causing me to wake up a little more.
With every step down the thought of going back up kept getting stronger. I tried to ignore it and tell myself it was just my tiredness wanting me to go back up but once I stepped into the kitchen it was too late.
As I stood frozen in the doorway of the kitchen I saw Blake setting up the table for four, Liam getting pitchers of water, and Kai filling a big bowl with Chicken Alfredo. Just as I was about to sneak my way back out of there Blake beat me to it, "How did you sleep precious?" He asked with a cocky smirk that I only glared at. The other boys' heads immediately snapped to me and I felt like a deer caught in headlights. The blood drained my face as they were now all aware of my presence. I grew nervous at the amount of attention I was getting.
And in that moment I didn't know what to do, so I did the only thing that came to mind.
I fucking ran.