Chapter 7 - You had it coming.
Shay's POV
I looked at the three boys standing in front of us and swallowed hard. Dougie stared at the ground, his hand stuffed deep in his pockets. I could tell right then that he was scared out of his mind.
"Fuck off, Simpson," Danny told him angrily. "We don't have time for this."
"Oooh," the three boys laughed, "Scary."
"Charlie, I thought we taught you a lesson." Danny said, "Don't mess with us."
"You didn't teach me anything." Charlie said, "Except that we're going to have to get even with you." His friends nodded. I'd seen those three boys around school. Charlie, Matt and James.
Dougie stepped forward. "Charlie, you can do what you want to me, but leave my friends out of this. They didn't do anything."
"Guilt by association," Charlie said simply. "Besides, you're friend Danny here is the one who picked the fight the other day."
"Bullshit, you had it coming!" Danny shouted at him, "After what you did to Doug-"
"After what we did to Doug..." Charlie mocked him, "Ha. That's funny. You didn't even know Poynter before we jumped him, so why are you sticking up for him now, huh?"
"Because he's our friend," Tom told him.
"Sure, sure." Charlie laughed, "Friend."
Charlie reached into his back pocket and instantly Danny shoved me behind him, "You don't want to do this, mate." Danny said
Charlie pulled his hand out of his pocket and in his hand was a switchblade. My heart skipped a beat. Charlie grimaced, "Yes. I do."
"Run," Danny told me. I had stayed completely silent this whole time.
"Where?" I asked him. I was shaking by this time.
"I don't care," Danny whispered, "Anywhere. Just run."
So I did. I turned around and ran as fast as I could in the other direction. I didn't get far, I was tackled from behind and hit the sidewalk.
"So, Danny, you recruited your sister?" Charlie asked. He was the one who had tackled me.
Danny clenched his hands into fists and hit Charlie as hard as he could. That didn't get him off me, though. He slung his arm around my neck, choking me. I coughed and tried to pry his arm off me, but it was no use. I wasn't strong enough. I closed my eyes and prayed something would happen, anything would happen. I was losing breath fast and I knew Danny and Harry were trying their best to get me away from Charlie.
But before I knew it, my head was slammed into the sidewalk and everything went black.
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I woke up I don't know how much later, but I was laying in Danny's lap. I opened my eyes and sat up.
"Shay. Shay you alright?" Danny asked. I nodded. I looked around and saw Harry and Tom sitting on the ground next to Danny and Dougie standing up not too far from them. He looked absolutely terrified. His eyes were fixed on the ground and I followed his gaze and nearly threw up when I saw what he was staring at.
On the sidewalk was Charlie surrounded by a puddle of blood. I looked back up at Dougie who had the knife in his hand. He looked up from Charlie and turned to face me.
"I killed him..."
