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A/N: I wasn't sure if you guys would like this or not, but I decided to write it anyway. Oh, I'm sort of second guessing myself because a couple of people posted some stories about if they had a sister. I'll just put this one up and if you like it I'll add more. And I decided to put up a small bio about Ashley.

Full name: Ashley Lynn Mercer

Nickname: Ash

Hair: Light brown, almost blonde

Eyes: Dark Brown

Age: 18

Other stuff: She's closest to Jack because they're very close in age and had almost the same background. Ashley is about medium height and muscular. She's plays on a co-ed hockey team. Became a diabetic at 12.

Okay on to the story!

Ashley's POV

Murphy's Law states that if anything can go wrong, it will. Well, I really didn't believe that until this past week, the week my life came crashing down around me. My brother Jack has always had this fear of being too happy. He says that every time his life starts to go well bad things happen. I used to call him crazy, but now I believe him. But you'd have to know the whole story to understand.

Things went wrong from the moment I got out of Julie's blue pick-up. Practice had just ended and there was no way I could have walked home, like I'd planned.

"Do you need help getting to the door? Can you get up the steps?" Julie asked after stopping in front of my house. Julie has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. She doesn't play hockey but I got lucky today, her study group let out late. After seeing me hobble out of the locker room she commanded me to get into the truck. I didn't argue because I felt bad enough and it was dark outside.

Detroit is not somewhere you want to be after dark. The gangs and criminals come out at night and I knew that I would be the prime target to someone wanting some action. Normally I can take care of myself but tonight I was hurt and made the stupid mistake of not eating before practice, my sugar was low.

Practice was harder than usual and I got hurt an hour in. It's not the hardest I've been hurt but I couldn't walk very well.

"I'll be ok. Thanks for giving me a ride, Jules." She gave me a smile and waited for me to make it in the door before leaving. That's another thing about living in a bad neighborhood; you don't just drop someone off. Julie was a pretty smart girl, a little naïve but then again she hasn't been through what I have. I'm the youngest Mercer criminal, except I'm not as bad as my brothers. I just came from a bad family and shut everyone out. That's not to say I wasn't rebellious, but not as bad as Angel or Bobby.

Just thinking about my brothers made me smile, they were great. A little rough and dangerous but they'd do anything for you. Like I said I'm the youngest and the most protected, well me and Jack. Jack is about 2 years older than me and we're the closest. I loved all of my brothers but Jack was the only one that gave me my space. Bobby and Angel were so protective that for a while I truly hated them. But after a particular incident I realized they only did it because they loved me.

Flashback

"I said you can't go!" Bobby roared at me. It was a Friday night and I had been planning on going to a party. By this time I was livid and everyone in the house had heard us and came to investigate.

"Mom told me last week that I could go!" I shouted back, ready for a fight with him. The argument had only started a few minutes ago, when he stopped me from leaving, but I knew it was not going to be pretty.

"Well she's not here and I'm in charge. So the answer is no." He played the older brother/ I'm in charge card. That made me even angrier. Mom wasn't home at the moment. One of the women from church had gotten really sick and Ma went to be with her and wait for her family to arrive. She wouldn't be back 'til late.

"That's not fair!" I cried. "You guys went to parties when you were my age." Bobby shrugged, a way of saying 'So we're older and I'm not letting you go.'

"Oh, let her go Bobby." Jack stood by my side. I gave him a smile while Bobby glared at him.

"Stay out of it, Fairy. You know how wild those parties can get. It's no place for a fourteen-year-old." I was about to shoot something back when Jack beat me to it.

"You guys went to them when you were 13."

"I don't care. And another thing, what are you wearing?" Bobby asked me. I looked at my clothes, they weren't bad. I had on a pair of tight blue jeans and a red spaghetti strap shirt.

"I'm barely showing skin! There are plenty of girls who wear less." I pointed out. That's when Angel stepped in.

"Those girls aren't our sister."

"THANK YOU! Someone who speaks reason." Bobby lifted his hands in the air, like he was hugging God.

"And you have on too much make-up." Angel pointed to my face.

"I just have on lip-gloss and glitter." I growled. They both gave me identical shrugs. "Ok Jerry, where do you stand on this one?" I drug him into the fight.

"I'll have to side with Bobby and Angel. You're too young to go to one of Hunter Jamison's parties." I growled in defeat and stomped upstairs.

"Make a little more noise!" Bobby yelled up the stairs, I grabbed Jerry's book that was on the stairs and hurtled it at Bobby. He ducked just in time and I stormed off to my room. My room was in the attic, but I slammed the door hard enough that it rattled the whole house. I could faintly hear Jack's voice; he was fighting with the other three.

I was pacing my room when Jack came in, looking defeated. "I'm sorry Ash."

"It least you stuck up for me." He sat on my bed and I went to join him.

"Just for the record, you looked good." I smiled at him; he was just trying to be nice.

"Thanks. But this sucks! I can take care of myself."

"I know you can." I flung myself back on my bed and sighed deeply.

"Jason was going to meet me there. He said he was happy I would be there." I softly said and thought about Jason. He was a cute 16 year old that I was crazy about and he had talked to me. "Would you cover for me?" I sat up and asked.

Jack sighed, he hated that I snuck out and got worried. "Will you be back by midnight?"

I squealed and jumped into his arms. "I will be back before 12. Promise."

"You swear?"

"Swear."

"Pinky swear?" He stuck out his pinky. I hooked my pinky in his and he nodded in approval. "Okay, now how are we going to get you out? Ground level is out of the question."

"I can shinny down the drain pipe."

"But to get to the drain pipe you'll have to go through Bobby and Jerry's window." I shrugged and he nodded. "I'll leave the back door unlocked so you can get in. They should be upstairs by then."

A half hour later I was at the party and dancing with Jason. It made me laugh, thinking about how Bobby didn't have a clue I was out. I had told Jason the story and he promised to give me a ride home, or most of the way home. He'd drop me off at the corner so I wouldn't get caught.

"Are you thirsty?" Jason yelled over the loud Guns n' Roses music and I nodded to him. He left to get me a drink and I thought about the advice Jack had given me earlier. He had told me not to set my drink down and that if I did, not to drink out of it again. You never know what someone will do to your drink. Jason came back with a couple of beers and we walked outside to talk.

"I'm really happy you came. It wouldn't be a party if you weren't here." My cheek grew warm and I was happy it was dark.

"I'm having a good time." I told him and a silence filled over us. I took another drink of the beer and realized it was already half way gone. Had I drank that much already? When I went to look up Jason pulled me into a kiss and I didn't pull back. After a few minutes we pulled apart and everything was dizzy.

The dizziness hadn't come from the kiss. But it was weird because I'd checked my sugar level before leaving, it was fine. I dropped the beer bottle and went to grab it before it smashed, but I couldn't move. My arms wouldn't work. I looked up horrified.

"Jason, my arms… something's wrong with them. I can't move." He smiled an evil smile at me and began to kiss me again, harder this time. I tried to cry out but no one heard me. The music was too loud and my mouth wasn't working right.

That's when health class information popped into my head. He'd slipped me something. I couldn't move, he was on top of me and memories from my past flooded my mind. I began to cry but to someone passing by it would look like nothing. My mind began to get hazy when Jason was suddenly jerked off of me.

It was Bobby and Angel. I tried to talk to them but mylips felt glued together and I looked around to see Jerry and Jack pushing their way through the crowd. They rushed over to me and started asking me questions. I couldn't say anything. Jerry was the first to figure it out, his concerned eyes turned to hatred at once and he went to Bobby and Angel, they were beating up Jason.

"What did you give her?" He roared and my other brothers stopped in shock.

"He slipped her something?" Angel gaped. Jerry nodded and Bobby came back to me. He pushed my hair out of my face.

"Jack, take her to the car. We'll be there in a minute." Jack wasn't about to argue with Bobby. He just hoisted my thin, fragile body in his arms and took me to Bobby's car, laying me down in the backseat.


When I woke I was in my bed. My brothers were asleep in there too. Well most of them. Jack was curled up on the floor with his head on Angel's stomach. Jerry had passed out on the edge of my bed. Bobby was awake and I didn't notice he was there until he took off the blanket he'd been curled up in and gently laid it over Jack and Angel.

Jack stirred a little but slumbered on and curled into a ball. Bobby smirked at them and looked at me. Jumping when he saw I was awake.

"Hey, Sweetie. How are you feeling?" He sat on my bed. I shrugged slightly and felt tears come to my eyes.

"I'm sorry Bobby. I'm so sorry. It's my entire fault. I deserved what happened." The tears came freely now. He pulled me into a hug and tried to calm me down.

"That was not your fault." He told me firmly. "I was so worried last night."

"I shouldn't have snuck out. Wait. How did you know I was gone?"

"Jack got worried when you didn't come home on time. He told us everything. I nearly killed him when I found out he covered for you." He smiled at the memory.

"Well did you take your anger out on Jason last night?" I asked. His smile grew.

"Yup. I'd be surprised if he ever blinks your way again."

"So how mad is Ma?"

"She's still not back. Mrs. Ronda's family can't come in until tomorrow so she'll be up there for a while."

"You're not going to tell on me?" I was shocked.

"No way. You're not the only one to screw up in this family and you won't be the last." From that point on I was grateful for how protective Bobby and Angel are.

End of Flashback

I broke away from my thought when I walked it thehouse to find that no one was home. That was weird because Ma didn't have to work late. I limped into the kitchen and found a note.

Went to get turkey for Thanksgiving. Please put a couple of extrablankets on Jack's bed. He'll be in tomorrow.

I love you,

Mom

How could I forget? Jack was coming in for the holiday. He was pretty good about that, always in for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Smiling at the thought of seeing my brother, I went up stairs to get a shower and fix up Jack's room. It didn't really need fixing up because Ma never touched anything. She went in to dust but that was it. But Jack always got cold easily so I put in a few spare blankets and went downstairs to see that Mom was still away.

My stomach began to feel uneasy and I checked my sugar to find out it was low. After eating a candy bar, I lay down on the couch and watched some TV. There was a hockey game on. I fell asleep watching the players skate back and forth on the ice.

RING

RING

RING

Nearly jumping out of my skin, I ran (well kinda ran) to get the phone. I checked the clock to see it was just before midnight. Ma still wasn't home.

"Hello?" My voice was groggy from sleep.

"Ashley?" It was Jerry but his voice was weird too. Why was his voice weird? And why was he calling this late?

"Jerry? What's wrong? Are you guys ok?" A sick worry feeling filled my stomach and I started to get scared.

"Ash…there has been an accident…"

A/N: I know it was a bit of a cliffhanger but I thought that was long enough. Once again I'm not trying to take anyone's idea. Please don't hate me! And please r/r!