The next morning, I was rudely awakened by Bobby's yelling. Bobby yelling was never a good sign. I quickly got out of bed and fixed my hair. I opened the door and walked down the hallway. I stopped going down the stairs when I saw who was standing there. It was the Mexican woman from last night that got me slapped and a gun pointed at me. I sighed and rubbed my temples.

"Loco Ono is not staying in this house!"

"Bullshit, Bobby!"

"I don't care! La Vida Loca ain't stayin' in this house one more minute! So get her stuff-" Angel cut off Bobby and I sighed heavily while massaging my temples once more.

"So it's your house?" I decided to make my presence known by saying,

"Angel, this ain't no homeless shelter." Angel swerved and glared at me.

"Then why the fuck are you here." My eyes flashed and my voice grew cold.

"If you want me to fucking leave, then I'll fucking leave. Excuse me for thinking that I was welcome into my best friends' home. Boy was I fucking wrong!" I turned and walked up the stairs and heard Bobby and Jack yelling at Angel. I walked upstairs and into Jack's room. I took a few deep breaths before walking back downstairs to where I saw Angel's little girlfriend. That's when she went off in Spanish to Bobby. My eyes flashed at what she said. I had her pinned against the wall via my forearm in seconds. As she struggled to get breath I said something to her.

"Bitch, if I ever hear you call Bobby anything like that again in Spanish or English, I'll fucking kill you." Angel pulled me off of her and literally threw me over the stair railing. I landed on my feet and glared at the couple. I turned on my heed and stomped into the living room. I sat down and thankfully, Sofi, or La Vida Loca, as Bobby called her, finally left, so it was just me and my boys. Bobby and I were sitting on the couch. He had propped his head up on his hand and let the other one on his side while one leg was on the floor, and the other was in my lap. I was leaning on one hand, like Bobby, but I was sitting with my other arm slung over his leg. We were watching the hockey game with Jerry and Angel. Jerry was sitting in a chair by the fire and Angel was sitting near a record player. Angel picked up some yellow disks and I glared at him. He just chuckled and threw one at me.

"Man, stop, we're trying to watch the game here."

"Why do you always do that?" I rolled my eyes and then felt something soft hit me between the eyes. I looked down and saw the yellow disk in my lap. I glared at Angel and threw it back at him. It bounced off his forehead and landed on the floor in front of him. He looked at me and blinked.

"He's doing it because I threatened La Vida Loco." Bobby stifled a laugh and so did Jerry. Angel just glared at me before throwing a disk at me; I didn't even duck, because it hit Bobby instead. Bobby didn't do anything, amazingly. So, Angel threw it at Jerry who just sat there.

"You a woman." Bobby smiled.

"Get him, Jerry."

"Try it one more time."

"What are you gonna do?"

"You'll see."

"Big-ass teeth. Bite me?" Angel made chomping noises and I shook my head. Bobby laughed and said,

"You do got some big-ass teeth."

"Yeah." Angel threw another disk and it bounce off Jerry's forehead.

"Alright," he said while getting up and walking towards Angel. He slapped Angel in the back of the head.

"Yeah, get him, Jerry!" The two started talking trash, and Bobby suddenly became an announcer. "The Gorgeous Black Ladies of Wrestling, Nitro and Midnight. Nitro got Midnight in a headlock. Get him! Get him, Jerry! Midnight trying to get up, but Nitro's on him! Get him, Nitro!" I sighed and shook my head while walking into the kitchen. Bobby watched me go past him and almost caught my leg, but I dodged it and walked into the kitchen. Jack was busy cooking the turkey. I hugged him from behind and said,

"That bird looks good, Jackie Jack." He laughed and hugged my arms.

"Thanks, tell Bobby and the others that it'll be ready soon." I sighed and hugged him a bit.

"You okay, Jackie?" He nodded.

"Yeah, I'm okay; now hurry before they start rioting." I smiled and walked into the living area. I blinked at the three of them. They were back to normal.

"Hey guys, Jackie Jack said that the bird'll be ready soon." Bobby smiled and pulled me down next to him. He grinned and said,

"Jackie Jack? Well then what're our nicknames?" I thought for a minutes before sighing.

"Well, Jeremiah is Jerry Jer." Actually it's Jerry, but hey, what're you gonna do? "Then Angel is Angie Ang." Technically it's Ang. "And you, Robert, are Robby Rob." Or The Sexiest Man on the Damn Planet...or Bobby. He looked at me and his jaw dropped open slightly. I grinned evilly and laughed. "You look funny, Bobby." He grinned and said,

"I'm gonna make you look funny here in a minute." I laughed and said,

"Oh really? How're you gonna do that?" He grinned and smiled while going towards me. I quickly got up and ran into the kitchen. I sat down and smiled ay Jack. He looked at me and laughed. Bobby, Angel, and Jerry ran into the room and sat down. Bobby was teasing Jack and he stuck out his tongue. Bobby made a comment about Jacks tongue ring and he looked upset. I gave Bobby a look and smacked him upside the head.

"Bobby! Stop being so mean to Jack! He's just trying to fit in with you, but you keep calling him a fairy. Will you leave him alone? We all know that he likes girls, damn." I heard a noise and saw Jack come into the room with a smile on his face while putting the turkey on the table. I stood up with the rest of the Mercer family and Bobby said a prayer.

"Amen," we all said before sitting down and eating. I was silent down near Jack. Everyone was silent. There wasn't a sound in the house except for our silverware against our plates. After a few minutes, Jerry spoke and told Angel to clothes his mouth. I smiled down at my plate and then heard Mrs. Mercer's voice. I sighed silently and looked at her seat. She was sitting there while grinning at me.

"Alicia..." I smiled down at her and she continued. "I wondered when you'd come back, dear. We've missed you, especially Bobby." My cheeks flushed and I looked down. "Don't worry dear, Bobby's alright." I nodded and smiled to her. I looked back down and then back up, and she was gone. I smiled to myself and glanced down the table, Bobby was looking down at where his mother used to sit. Then he got up with his glass and said,

"To hell with this, man. Let's go get a pickup game. I wanna see some quick sticks and tight passin'. Whos up?"

"It's too cold, man. I ain't come all the way back out here to go play no hockey." I smiled and said,

"I'm game." Bobby nodded.

"Come on, ladies; let's show these guys some fuckin' skills!" Jack laughed and I stood up. I heard Bobby say," Now that's just sad when the Fairy and Ali are down for hockey, but you two ain't? Man..." I chuckled on my way to the stairs. Within a few minutes, someone came up behind me and picked me up. I laughed and they set me down. I looked and saw that it was Jack. I smiled and he told me that everyone was waiting for me. I nodded and walked down stairs with Jack behind me. Bobby stood there with his gear on and I was there with mine. I grabbed my black hockey stick with 'Hustler' on the handle in silver letters. Bobby smiled. I smiled and we all walked out to Jerry's car. We got in and Jerry drove us to the rink. We got there and Bobby decided to take on some random team of five. I shrugged and we started playing. The other team started complaining about them playing dirty. I just shook my head and said,

"Psh, they ain't playin' dirty. They're playin' the Mercer way." Bobby smiled and said,

"Damn straight we are!" He rammed someone and then we skated past Jerry, who was on his phone. Bobby took the phone and said," Get your head outta yer ass, Jerry." He dropped the phone and hit it across the ice. Jerry went after it and I just laughed. Three people ran into me, and I fell over. I growled, and Jack knew I was pissed. He started laughing as I skated and tripped at three of them at once. Jack stole the puck and skated towards Bobby.

After the game, we ended up kickin' total ass at by the way. It was amazingly fun to do, too. Jack and I sat in the back seat with Bobby. I sighed as Jerry started up the car. I smiled as I saw that they were all laughing and having a good time. Memories came flooding back, and soon enough, someone nudged me. I shook my head and saw that we were back at the Mercer house. I sighed and got out of the car only to get nailed by a snowball. I glared at Jack and he smiled. I ran at him and tackled him to the ground. I picked up a handful of snow and shoved it in Jack's face. He laughed and I got up. I smiled and shook my head before feeling something wet go down my shirt. I let out a shriek and turned while glaring playfully at Jack. I tackled him again and shoved snow down the front of his shirt. Then we got into a slap fight. We laughed and Jerry said that we needed to stop and change. I got off of Jack and went inside to get dressed. They all got dressed and left to go to their mom's accountant place. I sat in the living room and did absolutely nothing. I took this time to cry my eyes out. Sofi came down and put her hand on my shoulder. I just cried and cried. Evelyn was like a mother to me, and she was an angel. Soon enough it was night and the boys weren't home. Sofi started getting worried, but I wasn't. I calmed her down as best I could. I told her that they were probably off drinking. I later realized that I shouldn't've done that because she was more hysterical after that. I got a phone call later from Bobby.

"Hey, meet us outside in a few minutes."

"Okay, see ya." I looked at Sofi and told her that I had to go back to my place for a while. I walked outside and Bobby pulled up. I slipped into the front seat and looked at him. "What's the plan?" Bobby grinned.

"You know me too well, Ali." I shrugged and he told me the plan. I grinned at the plan and smiled.

Within a few minutes, we were near a warehouse. I grinned as Bobby opened the trunk. Bobby pulled out a pistol and handed it up Angel.

"Be careful with my baby." I shook my head and grinned. Bobby handed Jack a gasoline can and Jack said,

"We doin' the gas thing?"

"Are we gonna do that gas thing?" He asked in a nerd-like voice. "Yes we're gonna go the damn gas thing." I laughed. "The only thing that scares people more than being burned is behind eaten." Bobby almost shut the trunk, but Jack stopped him.

"What do I get?" Bobby pulled out a crowbar and said,

"Here you go sweetheart, poke 'em with that." I sighed and shook my head. They turned to me and I smiled. Bobby nodded and we went inside. Someone put their hands on me while we walked around and I kicked him in the balls before punching him in the face. I glared and walked with the rest of the boys. They were scaring people left and right. I sighed to myself and shook my head. I just kicked anyone's ass who touched me. We walked to where the ringleader was and I grinned. He was scared shitless of Bobby and Angel. I stayed with Jack. Some girl mouthed off to him and I kicked her in the face. She pulled out a knife and tried to cut me. I pulled out my dagger and threw it at her. She almost dodged it, but it caught her hand. She screamed out in pain and Bobby looked at me. I looked at him innocently and shrugged. He just shook his head before going back to business.

We were then at the courts waiting for the lights to turn out. It was 10:02, and Bobby was getting impatient. I sighed and got into the car. Within another minute, the court lights went out. Bobby, Angel, and Jack got into the car.

"Damn, he was right." I shook my head and Bobby started the car. We arrived at the house and I walked upstairs and into Jack's room. I snuggled into the covers and fell into a nice, deep, dreamless sleep.