CHAPTER 1
"Come on, girlie! Wake up! It's your 21st birthday!" my friend Kayla yelled as she bounced up and down on my bed.
I moaned and pulled my comforter over my head. I couldn't believe that I was finally 21.
"No, no," Kayla said as she tried to pull down the comforter. "You need to get out of bed. We need to get you ready for tonight. We're going to the bar to get wasted, remember?"
"Yeah. Just let me lay here for five minutes. I'm not a morning person like you are," I said as I rubbed my eyes. "What time is it?"
"It's a little after eleven," Kayla said as she got off the bed.
I sat up and looked over at Kayla.
"Who's coming with us tonight?"
"Danielle. I hope she doesn't bring that boyfriend of hers. We just need it to be a girl's night out," Kayla said as she looked at herself in the mirror.
The day went on and it was time for us to get ready to go out. I looked in my closet and tried to figure out something to wear. I went through my clothes and I found the perfect outfit. I grabbed a pair of jeans and my black, babydoll tube top that tied in the front. I got dressed and walked to the bathroom to put my make-up on. I stood in the doorway and Kayla looked over.
"Ow! Ow! Sexy mama!" Kayla yelled as she looked over at me.
I smiled and walked into the bathroom. I put some eye shadow and mascara on. I grabbed the lip gloss and put some on my lips.
"How do I look?" I asked as I looked over at Kayla.
"Girl, if you don't pick up a man tonight, I will go out with you myself," Kayla said as she went back to putting her make-up on. "What time is it?"
"It's almost nine," I said as I looked down at my watch.
"Alright. Danielle should be here any minute. I'll almost done," Kayla said as she closed her eye shadow.
The doorbell went off and I walked down the steps. I opened the door and Danielle was standing there holding a gift.
"Happy birthday!" Danielle said as she walked in and I gave her a hug.
"Thank you," I said as I took the gift and walked over to the couch to open it.
I pulled off the wrapping paper and Danielle had bought me a case of beer.
"Thank you. You and Kayla must be trying to get me to be an alcoholic," I said as I looked over towards the case of beer on the floor that Kayla bought me.
"No. We just want there to be beer here when we hang out," Danielle said as she giggled.
"True," I said with a smile on my face.
"We ready to go, girlies?" Kayla asked as she walked down the steps.
"Yup. Who's driving?" I asked as I grabbed my purse off of the table.
"I'm driving," Kayla said as she held her keys up.
"Alright. Let's go," Danielle said as she walked out the door.
I followed behind them as I locked the door. I walked out of the house and closed the door behind me. We walked to Kayla's car and got in. We arrived at Four Roses a few minutes later.
"Not too busy tonight," Kayla said as we got out of the car.
As we walked in, I noticed two cars sitting there that had similar markings on them. One was black and the other was red. Kayla opened the door to the bar and walked in. I followed behind her and Danielle came in behind me. We walked in and sat down at a booth. A waitress came over to us.
"Hi. What can I get you girls?" the waitress asked us.
"Well, tonight is my girl's 21st birthday and we want her to have a good time. Get us all rum and cokes and three shots of tequila," Kayla said as she looked up at the waitress.
"Coming right up," the waitress said before she walked away.
"Don't get me too wasted. I don't want to end up passing out," I said as I looked at my friends.
"Check the table out towards the back," Danielle said as she looked towards the back of the bar.
Kayla and I looked in the direction she was. There was a table with nine guys sitting at it. I noticed that they all had tattoos and then I noticed him. He had a shaven head, goatee, tattoos on his arms and around his neck. He looked over in our direction.
"Hotties," Danielle said as the waitress walked over to our table.
"Danielle, what about Devon?" Kayla asked as she gave Danielle a mean look.
"I'm allowed to look."
"Here you go. Rum and Cokes and shots of Tequila," the waitress said as she set everything down on the table and then walked away.
We each took a shot of tequila and held our glasses together.
"To Lacy turning 21 and getting wasted," Kayla said with a smile on her face.
We each downed our shots and set the glasses on the table. I closed my eyes and shook my head as the alcohol went down my throat. I started to cough a little.
"First one?" Danielle asked as she looked over at me.
"Yeah," I said as I started to drink my Rum and Coke.
I glanced back at the table with all the guys and noticed that the one guy was staring at me. I looked back down at my drink.
"I think Lacy's got a crush," Danielle said as she looked over at me.
"I don't think so, Danielle. You don't know what you're talking about," I said as I looked at her.
"You're blushing and he's totally checking you out," Kayla said as she drank her mixed drink.
"He's coming," Danielle whispered as she looked over at Kayla.
The man made his way to our table and rested his hands on the end of it. We looked over at him.
"The fellas and I were wondering if you ladies would care to join us at our table in the back," the man said as he looked at all of us.
"Yeah, sure," Kayla said as she smirked at me.
We all got up and walked towards the back of the bar. We stood there as Billy introduced us to everyone.
"That's Bodie, Dog, Spink, Jamie, Baggy, Heco, Tommy, this is my brother Joe, and I'm Billy," the man said as he went around the table.
"I'm Kayla, this is Lacy, and that's Danielle," Kayla said as she introduced us.
Billy was his name. Danielle sat down beside Jamie and Kayla said down beside Joe. I sat down beside Kayla as Billy pulled up a chair for him to sit in. We glanced at each other and Billy gave me a smirk as he lit up a cigarette. He inhaled and then pulled the cigarette out and exhaled.
"So, whose birthday is it?" Billy asked as he looked at us.
"Hers," Kayla said as she pointed at me.
Billy looked at me and said, "Well, because you ladies are hanging out with us, anything you get is free."
"Thanks," I said as I looked at Billy then back over at Kayla.
We sat with the guys and continued to drink as the night went on. Joe and Kayla had gotten closer and Billy and I were talking as the rest of the guys were talking about business.
"Yo, guys!" Heco yelled as he ran into Four Roses. "B Street just went past and they're coming back!"
The guys all got up and made us stand up. They rushed us out of the bar and we went outside. All the guys pulled their guns out and looked around.
"What's the problem?" Kayla asked after we got outside.
"Trouble's coming," Joe said as he looked around.
Just then, two cars came down the street and had their guns out. They started shooting and Billy pulled me down behind a car. I could smell his cologne and cigarettes mixed together. I heard screaming and I looked over to see that Danielle was laying on the ground.
"Danielle!" I yelled as I tried to get up.
Billy held me down as the firing continued.
"Stay down," Billy said as he held my arm.
I looked over at Danielle with tears forming in my eyes. She had been shot and there was a puddle of blood forming around her. The firing had stopped and Billy looked over the hood to make sure that the coast was clear. He stood up and helped me up off the ground.
"Danielle!" I yelled as I ran over to her side and dropped to my knees.
"Danielle!" Kayla yelled as she came over and stood there with her hand on her mouth.
"Danielle, it's okay," I said as I put my hand on her wound.
The guys stood there and looked over at us. Danielle started to spit up blood.
"Danielle, just hold on," I said as tears came down my cheeks. "Just hold on, okay?"
I held her hand and tried to keep her awake. I heard sirens coming and I looked in that direction. I saw lights flashing as they approached the bar.
"Danielle, the ambulance is right there. Stay awake," I said as I looked into her eyes.
The ambulance pulled into the parking lot and the paramedics got out and ran over to Danielle with a bag. They had us back up as they kneeled down beside her.
"What's her name?" the one medic asked as he opened the box.
"Danielle," I said with tears going down my face.
Danielle's eyes started to close as I looked at her. I turned my head and sobbed into Kayla's shoulder as she held me. The guys continued to look on as they felt bad for us.
"We need to get her to the hospital right now," the medic said as they loaded Danielle onto a stretcher.
They took her over to the ambulance and I got into the back with her as Kayla got into her car. The ambulance pulled away and started its way to the hospital. I continued to sob as I looked over at Danielle. The ambulance made it to the hospital minutes later and they took Danielle out. I jumped out and followed the medics and Danielle inside. Doctors and nurses were there waiting for Danielle to be brought in. They took Danielle quickly down the hall as I stood there with tears going down my face. Kayla came through the doors and over to me. She put her hand on my shoulder and then I turned as we pulled each other into a hug.
"She's not gonna make it," I said as I sobbed.
"Shh. It's gonna be okay," Kayla said as she started to sob.
We made our way over to the waiting room and sat down on the chairs. A couple minutes had passed and I felt Kayla nudge me. I looked over at her and she nodded her head in a different direction. I looked over and saw Joe and Billy walking into the room.
"How is she?" Joe asked as they walked over towards us.
"We don't know yet. She's in surgery," Kayla said as Joe sat down beside her. "Who were those guys?" Kayla asked with tears going down her face.
"They're a gang that we don't get along with," Joe said as he looked at the floor.
Billy sat down beside me and rested his head back against the wall.
"They'll get there's," Billy said as he looked up at the ceiling.
An hour had passed and I had my head rested on Billy's shoulder. The doctor came into the waiting room.
"Are you all here for Danielle?" the doctor asked as he looked at us.
"Yes. Is she okay?" I asked as I quickly stood up.
"I'm afraid I have some bad news. Danielle passed away during surgery," the doctor started to say as I pulled my hands up to my face and slowly fell to the floor.
I didn't hear anything else after that. I felt Kayla wrap her arms around me as I sobbed into my hands. Joe and Billy looked at each other as they knew that they needed to go after B Street for what they had done to their new friends. It had to be done and it had to be done soon.
Well, this is my first chapter to my new Death Sentence fic. I hope that everyone liked it and I'm going to try to make it different than my last one. We'll see how it goes as I continue to write it. Please read and review!