East Side Story

by Fangurl Phantomhive

AU, in Trenton, New Jersey, 17 year old Eric Slingby is living with his 16 year old sister Natalia and their grandmother, while trying to finish school and work as an active member of a notorious gang. After making a friendship with new classmate Alan Humphries, Eric soon becomes part of a scandal that could leave the ones he loves dead and betrayed by the ones he trusted most. R&R

1. Dedication & Background

This fanfiction is dedicated to my best friend (I won't mention his name to keep his identity hidden). He grew up in New Jersey, and most of the things you're about to read are based off of events he saw and things he heard and experienced when he lived there for the first twelve years of his life. The gangs that are mentioned in this fanfiction are real and exist even to this day, S.M.M. and G-Shine. They still have a rivalry, but the members in the fanfiction are fictional so as not to reveal anyone's real identity.

The fanfiction also will contain strong language, graphic violence, slight torture, gay-bashing scenes, drug use, and a few sex scenes. Viewer Discretion is strongly advised. This is the first time I've ever written something like this, and quite frankly, the research I did to help fill in the holes to questions my best friend couldn't answer shocked me. I hope you all enjoy my story and support my other works.

Arigato readers!

- Fangurl Phantomhive