...Thirteen...
...Now Everyone's in my Kool-Aid...

It's been a few weeks and during these weeks, things were getting strange. I've been hanging out with Han most of the time and he was acting weird and so was Dom and Rome. I had no clue what was going on. I've been going to school and coming to the garage to help with fixing my car, but everyone's been a little distant and I want to know why. It's just irritating, being out of the loop.

It was a Saturday afternoon and we were at the docks, while Sean and Dom were drifting. I'd have to admit, it is cool watching it from the outside. As soon as my car is good to go, I'm going to drift the hell out of it.

Me and Neela were sitting on our own little couch, enjoying the view of the water from the docks, and with the sun shining. It was nice outside.

"So... how are you and Han doing?" Neela asked me.

"Um... okay. We've been hanging out." I shrugged my shoulders.

She nodded and said "I think he likes you a lot."

"Oh yeah? How can you tell?"

"Just the way he looks at you... he looks at you like there's no one else in the room."

"Oh... really?" I grinned. "He's so adorable."

"You two are perfect." I giggled. "So, how are you and him doing... with what happened to you in L.A.?"

My giggle and smile quickly faded away. "Wait... what?"

"Um..." she started.

"Neela, who told you?" she didn't say nothing for a minute. "Who?"

"Han..." my eyes widened. "Is he not supposed to know?"

"No, not that many people do know."

"I'm sorry, Alex."

"What exactly do you know?"

She told me, then I nodded. "I'm sorry." she said again.

I looked over to see Han. I found him leaning up against Twinkie's car. "Excuse me, Neela." then I walked over to Han and I was beyond fried. I stood in front of him and crossed my arms. I wanted to so much to slap him in the face, but I couldn't.

"Hey..." he smiled, but his smile went away when he saw the look on my face, because I was not happy. "What's wrong?"

"We need to talk." he nodded, then he followed me, away from everyone.

"What's going on?"

I had to cross my arms over my chest, so I wouldn't slap him. "So, when were you going to tell me that you knew about me?" his eyes widened. "Who told you?"

He sighed and said "When Rome had that 'talk' with me."

"What did he say?"

"First he told me that I need to keep you safe and protect you, because of what happened to you when you went with Brian. He was off somewhere, while you were by yourself... getting hurt, by that guy Lance. He trusts me, because D trusts me and he just wanted me to know."

"Is that why, you wouldn't sleep with me at first?"

"Yeah, I didn't want to hurt you and make you think you're going through it all over again."

"I didn't, Han." he just stared at me. "I can't believe you didn't tell me you knew... the whole time!" I yelled.

"I'm sorry."

"And then I hear that Neela knows?"

"It slipped."

"Something like that... doesn't just slip, Han."

"I'm sorry."

"You should have told me... God! You've been lying to me and I can't even trust you." I started to walk away, but he grabbed my arm. "I had my arms crossed so I wouldn't hit you, so I suggest you let me go." he let go of me and I turned to look at him. "I don't even want anything to do with you, so leave me alone." then I walked back over to Neela.

"Is everything okay?" she asked me.

"No... can you take me somewhere?"

She nodded and said "Yeah, sure." she gave me her keys. "Get in and I'll go tell Sean, bye."

I nodded and said "Okay." then as she went over to Sean, I got into the car.

He should have told me, he knew. Besides seeing my baby sister dead on a gurney at the emergency room and going through that pain that knowing I wouldn't be able to see her anymore, what happened in L.A. was almost the second worst thing I could ever go through. Even more than once.

A few minutes later, Neela got back in the car, started it, and said "Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere but here." I said, looking out the window.

She nodded and drove off. A few minutes later, she spoke again. "What happened?"

"Rome told Han all about what happened in L.A. and I guess Rome had his reasons, but Han didn't tell me he knew."

"I'm not going to tell anyone."

"Thanks."

"Who all knows?"

"Dom, Rome, Sean, Letty, Mia." I paused. "And Brian... but he's the one that caused it."

"How did Brian cause it?"

"Me and him went to this place to check it out and see who was rolling in what. It was kinda like a party. I was told not to go, but I did anyway... because I'm hard headed." I turned to look at Neela. "Well, Brian went off to go get his dick sucked by some whores while he left me behind. I got grabbed and I was unable to defend myself." I paused. "And so that's how it happened."

"Oh."

"Dom and Rome kicked Brian's ass, for letting it happen, and he deserved it."

"Have you been okay... since then?"

"Right now, I think I'm okay. But after all of that, I was so scared and terrified that the... person would come and find me, then do it again. The only person that I could trust to be around me was Rome. He helped me through my breakdowns and my nightmares. Nobody knows this, except for Rome and I am trusting you with this."

"Okay." she nodded.

"There was a few times that I tried killing myself, but Rome being the wonderful guy he is... wouldn't let me."

"Really?"

"Yeah... then I got put into juvie and I was all alone again. I haven't told anybody this, not even Rome, or nobody, but while I was in juvie, it happened again."

"What!" she kind of yelled.

"The... guy who did it and I don't know how he snuck in there to pose as a guard, but he did it for like... a week, then supposedly he got transferred, then I haven't seen him since."

"I'm so sorry, Alex."

"Yeah... well, I have never told anyone that and I've blocked it out the best I could."

"I swear, I won't say nothing."

"I believe you."

She smiled and said "Let's change the subject... do you want to go shopping or something?"

"Sure." I said, then looked back out the window.

A little while later, she pulled up to what looked like a mall. We went in and did a little shopping for three hours. It made me feel a little better. Then she took me to Veronica's. I walked into my room and took a nap. I woke up around nine and grabbed something to eat. Hmm. Veronica isn't here and I haven't heard from her all day. Weird.

I grabbed a banana, ate it, then went up to my bathroom and took a long hot shower to calm my nerves. When I was finished, I put on my sleep attire and attempted to fall back to sleep.

Ugh! I was tossing and turning all night. I couldn't sleep. All I was thinking about was the fight me and Han had earlier. It was really bugging me that we even had a fight. I sat up, thinking about if I should go get a drink of water. Nah.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a blue blinking light. What is that? I followed where it was coming from and it was on the side of my phone. That's weird.

Seconds later as I was looking at my phone, wondering why it was blinking, I heard glass breaking downstairs. I gasped, then went over to my door to hear. Then I heard Veronica screaming. Oh no! Wait... what the hell did she just say?

Boom. Boom.

Gunshots! Shit! I shut and locked my door as I heard voices coming up the stairs. I jumped out of my window, not caring that I was two stories up, to try and get away.