AN: As things finally get better between the two families, something, or someone rather, finally breaks that momentary peace, and a leader makes his presence known.

Chapter Ten: Leader of Men

Needless to say, after he finally got things together, and finally calm things down between families, Alexander felt as though things were going good, not great or excellent, but good. He felt as though that things were going to get back to normal, it was going to take a while, no doubt about that. If there was one thing that Alexander was glad for, it was the fact that everything was back on the right track between the two families, and Alexander was going to make sure with everything between their families was going to stay that way.

Alexander and Derek were standing at their lockers, talking and chatting about various things. They both saw that Casey was talking with Truman, and without warning, she walked off in a huff.

"Wow, what was that about?" Alexander asked Derek.

"Well, from what I heard, things were getting a little sour between those two." Derek said. "Man, from what I heard during a phone call between those two, they are done, and what we saw right now, that confirms it."

"That sucks." Alexander said.

"Yeah, but things are going to change, and not for the better either." Derek said.

"Yeah, and not for the better either." Alexander said. "Let's get to class, I have bigger things to think about."

Alexander was sitting on his floor in his room, his back against his bed, while he was doing his homework. Just as he finished, he heard his cell phone ring. Sighing, Alexander answered it.

"Yeah." Alexander responded in his phone.

"I'm outside, we have a situation here." His sister said. Alexander pulled on a sweatshirt, and went outside to greet his sister, who was with Jack.

"Okay, what's up?" Alexander asked, then Melissa motioned for Jack to speak.

"There is a rumor going around that Truman has been bragging about sleeping with Casey on their first date." Jack said. Alexander had a look that was of total disbelief.

"Wait, why would he do something like that?" Alexander asked.

"Anger, he was mad that Casey broke it off with him." Melissa said.

"Man, this is going to be something." Alexander said. Just as he was going to speak again, Alexander looked up, and saw that Nora came out and stood on his porch, and motioned for Alexander and Melissa to come over.

"Come on, and leave your vest here." Alexander said.

"What happened? What's going on?" Alexander asked.

"Truman had spread a rumor about Casey." Nora said.

"Man, I figured that was going on." Alexander said.

"Do you know how far has it spread?" Nora asked him.

"Pretty far." Alexander said. "Melissa and Jack told me about it, so it had probably spread even farther than that."

"She's upstairs crying her eyes out." Nora said. "Melissa do you think you can help me talk to her?"

"Do you think that I should?" Melissa asked. Nora nodded her head, yes.

"Nora, what can I do?" Alexander asked in the most sincere way.

"I know that you care about her, so do what you think is right." Nora said, as she and Melissa went upstairs, Alexander and Jack sat on the porch, pondering their next move.

"Alright, now what are we going to do?" Jack asked him.

"Truman is at Smelly Nelly's right now." Alexander said. Then an evil grin crossed his face.

"Call the others, it is time to pay or friend a little visit." Alexander said.

Derek watched as Truman sat at his table, acting as if nothing was going on. Derek wanted to come over, and smack him in his face. He knew better, because he knew that something was going to happen, and as he heard the roar of motorcycles ride up the street, Derek knew that he was going to get what was coming to him.

"Oh Truman!" Alexander said, walking inside, five guys right behind him. Truman turned around, and saw that Alexander was walking towards him, holding a bat. Truman tried to run, but Derek pushed him back in his seat.

Alexander grabbed him by his collar, lifted him out of his seat, and pinned him against a nearby wall.

"You think that you are slick? You think that spreading rumors is funny?" Alexander growled. "Tomorrow, you are going to apologize to Casey, and you are going to tell everyone at school that you made the entire thing up, okay?"

"Okay," Truman said. "Look, everyone. The story that I told you about Casey is a lie. I made it up out of anger because I was mad that she broke up with me."

Alexander smiled at him. He figured that was enough for now. Alexander grabbed his bat, and left, but not before punching Truman in the face.

"That was for lying in the first place." Alexander said, leaving with his brothers in arms.

Alexander saw that there were cop cars sitting in front of his house, and they knew that they were there for him. Alexander didn't fight when they placed the cuffs on him, and placed him in the squad car.

"For what it was worth, it was cool what you did, it reminded me of what your father did for your mom." One cop said.

"I know, I know." Alexander said, knowing he did the right thing. His brother and sister were going to chew him off good after he gets out of jail, and there was no way that this wasn't going to be all over school in a few days, but again, he know he did the right thing by Casey.

He loved Casey, after all.

AN: The last chapter is next. Thanks for reading, everyone!