I woke up the next morning and looked around the room. Connor was asleep in the corner, Romeo had passed out on the pool table, and Murphy was sleeping on a beanbag a few feet from me. I quietly got up and unzipped my bag pulling out some clean clothes. I walked to the door and headed down stairs to the bar.
"Hey Doc, where's the shower?" I asked when the old man looked up at me. He pointed to a door next to the stairs and I nodded in thanks. I walked into the small bathroom and stripped down hopping in the shower. I turned on the hot water and sighed as I wetted my hair. An hour later I got out and put my clean clothes on. I walked out of the bathroom and over to the bar where Connor and Murphy now sat.
"Good morning boys." I said cheerfully patting them on their backs. They turned and looked at me with tired expressions and I couldn't help but giggle. I left them alone and went back up stairs. I threw my dirty clothes on the floor and walked over to the pool table.
"Ro, wake up." I said shaking his shoulder. When he rolled over on his back still asleep I grinned and walked to the end of the table. I pulled off one of his socks and walked back to his head balling the sock up and shoving it in his open mouth. He gagged and quickly sat falling off of the table. Connor and Murphy ran up the stairs and stopped in the doorway looking at Romeo.
"Next time you should wake up the first time I tell you to." I said crossing my arms over my chest as Romeo pulled the sock out of his mouth and gagged again. From behind me I could hear the other two snickering. I turned around and looked at them with a triumphant smile.
"I got him to wake up didn't I?" I said walking past them. I walked behind the bar and into Doc's conjoined house. I walked over to the fridge and opened it pulling out some eggs, bacon, and butter. I got two skillets out and put the bacon in one and some eggs in the other. Reaching behind me I grabbed a bag of bread and put some in the toaster. Once everything was done I pulled out four plates and divvied the food up. I walked back into the bar with the four plates and gave one to each of the guys.
"Breakfast is served." I said taking a seat at the end of the bar next to Murphy. We ate our food in silence and it kind of bothered me. Finally I realized what was going on and turned to look at the three of them.
"Guy's I'm fine. Everything that happened last night is over. It doesn't matter." I said as calmly as I could. Truthfully I had already planned out my entire day, but I was not about to tell any of them what I had in mind for my activities. I walked over to the door and grabbed my coat.
"Where are you going, Abby?" Romeo asked as I got ready to open the door. I turned and looked at them with a genuine smile.
"I have something I need to do." I said walking out of the bar and into the street. I walked off down the street and headed toward the Silver Peso. When I got to the ally from the previous night I stopped. Walking into the ally I sat down on a dumpster and waited. When I saw three men walking toward me from the opposite end of the ally I hopped off of the dumpster and walked toward them.
"Looks like that little chick from last night came back for more." One of the men said walking up right in front of me. I looked up at him and glared hatred burning in my eyes. He reached out to grab my arm and I twisted his arm around his back until I heard it snap. Hearing his arm break in two I kneed him in the back and turned to the others who pulled out knives. I ran at one of them and punched him in the face as the other one ran up behind me. Seeing him out of the corner of my eye I turned and kicked him in the chest making him fall back on the ground. The leader got up and punched me knocking me to the ground at his feet. I looked up and kicked his legs out from under him. He fell to the ground again and hit his head on a brick. The other two ran at me at the same time and one of them grabbed my arms. I struggled to get free but the other guy punched me in the stomach. I winced in pain and fell to my knees. As the two men closed in on me I heard two gun shots and saw them fall to the ground dead. I looked up at the end of the ally and saw Connor and Murphy panting and holding their guns up. I stood and walked over to the leader who had regained consciousness. I grabbed the color of his shirt and made him look up at me.
"Please. Please don't kill me." He begged as he stared up at me. Romeo ran over and grabbed my arm as I got ready to punch him again.
"Abby, let the boys take care of this, okay?" He said pulling me away. I glared at the man and turned walking back to the entrance of the ally. When we were half way back to the street I looked down at the ground.
"Forgive me father." I whispered. I reached over and pulled Romeo's gun from his side and turned around. Before Romeo had even turned around a loud bang sounded in the ally and the man who had killed my father the night before lay dead in the middle of the ally. Connor and Murphy turned around and looked at me in shock. I took in a shuddered breath and turned around handing Romeo his gun. I walked out of the ally and headed back to the bar silently. When the guys got back to the bar I was sitting at the bar drinking vodka straight from the bottle.
"Wow, slow down there, Abby." Romeo said rushing over and grabbing the bottle from me. I glared at him and snatched the bottle from him.
"Doc, how much was in that bottle when you gave it to her?" Connor asked looking across the bar at the old man.
"It was f-f-fucking full." He stuttered. The four of them looked at the half empty bottle in my hands and Murphy walked over taking the bottle from me again.
"That's enough for tonight; it's time for bed Abby." He said picking me up and walking over to the stairs. I ended up passing out before we even got up stairs, but it wasn't because I was drunk; it was because killing that guy earlier and the rage that I had had in me had exhausted me. It was weird though because I was asleep, but at the same time I was completely aware of everything that was going on. As Murphy got ready to put me down on my mattress I subconsciously reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck. I didn't want to be put down at all. I knew that if he put me down on my mattress I would fall asleep and I didn't want to go to sleep yet. I held onto him as tight as possible and I could feel him tense as I nestled my head against his chest. Soon I ended up falling asleep against him. I woke up the next morning to find that I was on my mattress covered with a blanket. I sat up and yawned holding my head.
"You drank a lot last night, so you probably have a hangover." A voice said from the doorway. I looked up and saw Romeo walking over to me with a glass of water. I took the glass and chugged it in three seconds. Sadly I didn't remember to drink the ice water slowly and I grabbed my head again.
"Brain freezes and hangovers don't mix." I said curling into a ball. Romeo took the glass off my lap and helped me stand up. We managed to get down stairs to the bar without him having to carry me or me falling. I sat down at the bar and stretched my arms all the way across. I let my hands dangle over the other side of the bar as I rested my head on my arms.
"Maybe next time you shouldn't drink half a bottle of straight vodka." Connor said looking over at me. I glanced up at him without moving my head.
"You think? I'd say that's pretty obvious." I said rolling my eyes. A few hours later my hangover was gone and I went to take a shower. As I closed the door I heard the guys talking about me and what had happened last night.
"She didn't want me to put her down on the mattress. It's like she thought it was going to eat her or something." Murphy said laughing.
"No she's just clingy when she's drunk. All you have to do is wait for her to fall asleep." Romeo said as he and Connor joined in the laughter. I hopped in the shower and just stood there for a few minutes letting the hot water and steam clear my head the rest of the way. When I came out all three of the guys looked at me in surprise. I had chosen to wear my favorite outfit today: a pair of black skinny jeans, a tight dark purple corset with black trim, and my black combat boots. My hair was up in a spiked bun and my bangs hung down on one side. I had dark black eyeliner on which highlighted my bright green eyes. I walked over to the bar and put my choker on and my earrings in. I had two holes in each ear. I put my normal earrings in their correct holes: my dangling earrings with three crosses at the ends of three chains went in the bottom holes and my silver studs went in the upper holes.
"What?" I asked looking up at the guys as they continued to stare at me.
"What are you wearing?" Romeo asked looking at me in confusion. I laughed remembering that Romeo had only ever seen me in my work clothes.
"This is how I normally dress." I said. When I stopped laughing we heard the door open and looked over. We saw an older man in a long trench coat walk in and take off his sunglasses.
"Who's that?" I asked Connor.
"That's our dad." He said as he and Murphy stood up and walked over to the man. They gave him a hug and the three of them walked over to Romeo and I as we continued to sit at the bar.
"And who is this boys?" The man asked looking at his sons.
"This is Romeo's little adopted sister Abby." Murphy said looking at me with a smile.
"I'm starting to wonder if I can still call her little anymore." Romeo said with a chuckle. The other three men laughed too and I just smiled as I leaned back against the bar.
"I'm Noah." The man said holding his hand out to me. I shook it and stood up walking to the door behind the bar.
"Doc, we've got a guest so come out here." I call into the old bartender's house. Eventually he shuffled out and stood behind the bar. He got out five glasses and filled four of them with beer and one with vodka. I reached for the glass of vodka, but Romeo grabbed my arm.
"You don't get to drink today." He said pulling my hand back.
"Aw, but I'm not hung-over anymore." I whined trying to grab the glass again. He held me back again and I gave him the puppy dog eyes.
"How old is she?" Noah asked laughing at me.
"Nineteen, but I'll be twenty in four months." I said looking up at him. He grabbed the glass of vodka and handed it to me and gave each of the boys a glass of beer.
"She can have that one glass." Noah said looking at Romeo and taking a drink of his beer. A little while later we were all talking like we were old friends. I sat at the bar between Noah and Murphy as we talked about random things. They had had to separate Romeo and I because he still looked half ready to kill me for drinking more vodka. By the end of the night all five of us were completely drunk. My one glass of vodka had turned into three glasses of vodka and eight glasses of beer. I had had to switch to beer after I drank the last of the vodka. I showed of my skills at the dart board and laughed each time I got it in the center. Eventually Noah, Connor, and Romeo went up stairs and fell asleep. Murphy and I weren't quite as drunk as they were so we stayed down stairs and talked for a little while longer. When it got to be four in the morning Doc made us go up stairs. I changed into my pajamas behind a stack of boxes then crawled into bed. Connor had stolen Murphy's bed, so I let him share my mattress since it was huge.
"Hey Murphy, do you think I'm annoying?" I asked as I looked over at Romeo who was sleeping in the corner.
"No, why would you ask that?" He asked looking over at me. I shrugged and pulled the blanket up to my chin.
"I think Romeo hates me for some reason." I said trying to get warm. It was surprisingly cold tonight and all I was cover with was a little tiny blanket. Seeing me shivering Murphy got up and walked over to one of the boxes.
"I don't think he hates you, I just think he wants to protect you." He said walking back over with a sleeping bag. He unzipped it and took the little blanket from me. He replaced it with the nice thick sleeping bag but I was still shivering a little. Crawling under the sleeping bag he crawled over to me and put his arm around me. I snuggled closer to him as I felt the warmth radiating from him. We ended up falling asleep like that and I knew that in the morning we would have hell to pay.