p dir="ltr" /p
p dir="ltr""Mom strongtold /strongme you were a drug addicted, child trafficker on crack!" Midnight spits in turn, getting the stink eye from him./p
p dir="ltr""I was never on drugs or child trafficking!" Vincent counters, throwing his arms in the air./p
p dir="ltr""Then what about crack?!" Midnight asks, throwing her hands up into the air./p
p dir="ltr""No. Your strongmother /strongonly told you those things, because I never told her what I was actually doing. It was too strongrisky/strong!" Vincent is near tears again, wanting to wrap her up to keep her safe from the vicious cycle of life./p
p dir="ltr""What emwere /emyou doing?" Baby jumps into the conversation, standing to the right of Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"Colt and Tum Tum went to take a seat on the stools of the bar./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is waiting, tapping her foot on the strongrotting /strongfloorboard. She hadn't took note of Rocky on her left side, but she could sense he was there./p
p dir="ltr"Barbie and Sasha were close to Baby, raising curious eyebrows at the man./p
p dir="ltr"Vincent sighs, nodding. "You want the truth?"/p
p dir="ltr""Yes." All four girls spoke in unison; scaring the boys./p
p dir="ltr""I fell into working with a dangerous guy strongprior /strongto your birth. He used to be my best friend. I snuck around while spying on him to bring him in for the FBI, but I got nowhere. He threatened to come after me once he found out from another inside guy on the FBI." Vincent is numb upon explaining the situation./p
p dir="ltr""You had a treacherous best friend?" Barbie quirks an eyebrow./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, how sweet." Sasha sarcastically taunts, earning a scowl from Baby./p
p dir="ltr""We all have someone we trust who betrays that trust eventually. A best friend, an enemy, a lover, etc. You name it." Vincent explains, tugging at Midnight's heartstrings./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum knows the feeling all too well. He mindlessly nods, spawning a questioning gaze from Colt./p
p dir="ltr"Colt thinks back to how Tum Tum said Birdie used him to get to Midnight. He comes to the conclusion of how Tum could relate, returning his attention to the topic at hand./p
p dir="ltr""How bad could he have threatened you?" Rocky voices the one question Midnight was about to propose./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight nods in wonder./p
p dir="ltr""Your strongmother /strongwas the love of my life. My one and only so when she told me she was pregnant with you; I tried to get out. You know what that nearly cost me? Your mother's head on a plate with you inside!" Vincent screams, frantically tugging at his head of hair./p
p dir="ltr""I thought you said she didn't know?" Colt is dumbfounded like the rest./p
p dir="ltr""No, she didn't. She followed me one night, trying for answers afterwards. I couldn't have her die with my unborn child!" Vincent speaks, feeling his heart beating fast in his chest./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is gnawing on her bottom lip./p
p dir="ltr"A tall, lanky, lean, muscular guy with slick dark hair comes over carrying a brown box. His skin is a darker caramel, compared to Midnight. His honey brown eyes snapping solely to Vincent. He wore a white tee shirt, tucked into the waist band of his dark blue jeans emwhile /emdawning dark boots./p
p dir="ltr""Mr. Salvador, where would you like this?" Asks the male, seemingly a little older than the teens in the bar. He failed to notice them. He held a thick New York accent as he spoke to the strongboss/strong./p
p dir="ltr""Over there, Mars." Vincent says, eyeing the girls once more./p
p dir="ltr"All the females stronghad /strongtheir attention on the good looks of the male. All were chewing on their bottom lip, but not as bad as Midnight./p
p dir="ltr""Who's your captive?" Baby asks, causing stronga /stronghint of jealousy to stir in Colt./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, his name is Julian Warrington. He lives with me, considering his parents tossed him out. He goes by Mars. His choice." Vincent passionately voices./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, I'm almost eighteen." Mars comes into view. His eyes strongtaking /strongin all of the beautiful ladies. His eyes stop on Midnight, strongdrinking /strongher in the longest. A soft smile placated his features as he extends an arm directly to her./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight, Spice or Night Sinclair. Your choice." Midnight shyly grins, shaking hands with him./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky is irritated along with Colt, but Tum Tum is fascinated by Mars like the rest of the girls./p
p dir="ltr""You can call me, Baby!" Squeals the redhead, shaking hands with him. A goofy grin usually reserved for Colt sat on her pale features. She went on to add in a seductive tone, "All you want."/p
p dir="ltr"Mars chuckles, shaking hands with Barbie and Sasha./p
p dir="ltr""Barbie. This is Sasha." Barbie replies, motioning to the quiet girl beside her./p
p dir="ltr"Sasha may have been germophobic yet she knew a good looking male when she saw one./p
p dir="ltr""I'm Tum Tum!" The youngest shouted, startling everybody in the place. He grows quiet, shrugging. "I like to be loud."/p
p dir="ltr""Not these days." Colt remarks, arching an eyebrow at his baby brother./p
p dir="ltr""Well, I'm Rocky and my other brother is Colt. Why aren't you in school?" Rocky holds a pale hand for Mars to shake who refuses to touch hands with the blonde boy./p
p dir="ltr""Is this blonde thing your boyfriend, Midnight? I gotta say, you can do better." Mars comments, wiping off a shot glass./p
p dir="ltr""Oh no, the blonde fool has a blonde girlfriend at school. I don't know their names. So, it's cool." Midnight bites her bottom lip, wriggling eyebrows at Mars./p
p dir="ltr""strongAm /strongI forgiven or not?" Vincent questions, snapping Midnight to reality./p
p dir="ltr""For which part? Not trying to reach out to me or trying to cut off one of my friends pinkie's?" Midnight glares as she voiced her questions./p
p dir="ltr""I strongdeserve /strongthat." Vincent sighs, wondering how he could make it up to her. "I'm sorry."/p
p dir="ltr""Can we go or are you going to have Jules beat us to death?" Rocky angrily asks. He was usually able to force away the negative feelings, but he couldn't shake the angry feeling latching onto him in the current moment./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight furrows an eyebrow, twisting to see the blonde strongheading /strongfor the door./p
p dir="ltr"Colt would follow. Only, he got the sense leaving the girls alone isn't the best thing. Even if his Baby was into kicking butt with him. He knew Rocky wouldn't usually walk off, leaving a female strongunattended/strong but he seemed oddly angry said night./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight checks the time. "I'll think about forgiving you. We've got to kick rocks."/p
p dir="ltr"Barbie, Sasha, and Baby follow Midnight from the biker's bar. Their eyes take in the stars, littered across the night sky./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky is leaning on the wall, glaring at the gravel under his feet. He hardly glanced up at the females./p
p dir="ltr""We have to hurry. It's late. A lot of terrible things can happen during the night." Colt urgently voices./p
p dir="ltr""I'll lead!" Tum Tum and Baby volunteer./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight cast her gaze to Rocky, wondering what's got him bent./p
p dir="ltr""Rock-zan, what's got you so uptight?" Midnight calls in question, earning a scowl from said blonde boy./p
p dir="ltr""Quit it with the odd nicknames, Midnight!" Rocky growled, starting to follow Colt and the others. He wasn't hurrying embecause he /emstill wanted to make sure Midnight got home safely./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is reluctant to follow their lead. Yet she does, eyeing the backside of Rocky stronghardcore/strong. A dirty thought came to her mind, causing a snort to escape her. She slid into her house without the latter realizing, quickly stripping from her bloody clothes. She goes for a nice, soothing hot shower. Does she forgive her father for any of the crimes strongcommitted/strongstrong? /strong/p
p dir="ltr"Should she forgive the man who so blatantly forgot of her presence? She wasn't ready to forgive emquite /emso soon. She stronghad /stronga lovely step-father. She even did her strongbest /strongto warm up to her step-mother. She didn't want to hate the woman she knew nothing of. She decided she would give Claudia another try upon their arrival with her new brother./p
p dir="ltr"Stepping from the shower, she wraps a soft pink towel around her body. Her eyes scan the healing wound on her abdomen, knowing a scar would forever be on her. Sighing, she climbs into bed feeling the day drain her. She forgets her clothing, falling into a deep slumber. strongRest /strongcomes easy for her./p
p dir="ltr" /p
p dir="ltr""Mom strongtold /strongme you were a drug addicted, child trafficker on crack!" Midnight spits in turn, getting the stink eye from him./p
p dir="ltr""I was never on drugs or child trafficking!" Vincent counters, throwing his arms in the air./p
p dir="ltr""Then what about crack?!" Midnight asks, throwing her hands up into the air./p
p dir="ltr""No. Your strongmother /strongonly told you those things, because I never told her what I was actually doing. It was too strongrisky/strong!" Vincent is near tears again, wanting to wrap her up to keep her safe from the vicious cycle of life./p
p dir="ltr""What emwere /emyou doing?" Baby jumps into the conversation, standing to the right of Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"Colt and Tum Tum went to take a seat on the stools of the bar./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is waiting, tapping her foot on the strongrotting /strongfloorboard. She hadn't took note of Rocky on her left side, but she could sense he was there./p
p dir="ltr"Barbie and Sasha were close to Baby, raising curious eyebrows at the man./p
p dir="ltr"Vincent sighs, nodding. "You want the truth?"/p
p dir="ltr""Yes." All four girls spoke in unison; scaring the boys./p
p dir="ltr""I fell into working with a dangerous guy strongprior /strongto your birth. He used to be my best friend. I snuck around while spying on him to bring him in for the FBI, but I got nowhere. He threatened to come after me once he found out from another inside guy on the FBI." Vincent is numb upon explaining the situation./p
p dir="ltr""You had a treacherous best friend?" Barbie quirks an eyebrow./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, how sweet." Sasha sarcastically taunts, earning a scowl from Baby./p
p dir="ltr""We all have someone we trust who betrays that trust eventually. A best friend, an enemy, a lover, etc. You name it." Vincent explains, tugging at Midnight's heartstrings./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum knows the feeling all too well. He mindlessly nods, spawning a questioning gaze from Colt./p
p dir="ltr"Colt thinks back to how Tum Tum said Birdie used him to get to Midnight. He comes to the conclusion of how Tum could relate, returning his attention to the topic at hand./p
p dir="ltr""How bad could he have threatened you?" Rocky voices the one question Midnight was about to propose./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight nods in wonder./p
p dir="ltr""Your strongmother /strongwas the love of my life. My one and only so when she told me she was pregnant with you; I tried to get out. You know what that nearly cost me? Your mother's head on a plate with you inside!" Vincent screams, frantically tugging at his head of hair./p
p dir="ltr""I thought you said she didn't know?" Colt is dumbfounded like the rest./p
p dir="ltr""No, she didn't. She followed me one night, trying for answers afterwards. I couldn't have her die with my unborn child!" Vincent speaks, feeling his heart beating fast in his chest./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is gnawing on her bottom lip./p
p dir="ltr"A tall, lanky, lean, muscular guy with slick dark hair comes over carrying a brown box. His skin is a darker caramel, compared to Midnight. His honey brown eyes snapping solely to Vincent. He wore a white tee shirt, tucked into the waist band of his dark blue jeans emwhile /emdawning dark boots./p
p dir="ltr""Mr. Salvador, where would you like this?" Asks the male, seemingly a little older than the teens in the bar. He failed to notice them. He held a thick New York accent as he spoke to the strongboss/strong./p
p dir="ltr""Over there, Mars." Vincent says, eyeing the girls once more./p
p dir="ltr"All the females stronghad /strongtheir attention on the good looks of the male. All were chewing on their bottom lip, but not as bad as Midnight./p
p dir="ltr""Who's your captive?" Baby asks, causing stronga /stronghint of jealousy to stir in Colt./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, his name is Julian Warrington. He lives with me, considering his parents tossed him out. He goes by Mars. His choice." Vincent passionately voices./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, I'm almost eighteen." Mars comes into view. His eyes strongtaking /strongin all of the beautiful ladies. His eyes stop on Midnight, strongdrinking /strongher in the longest. A soft smile placated his features as he extends an arm directly to her./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight, Spice or Night Sinclair. Your choice." Midnight shyly grins, shaking hands with him./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky is irritated along with Colt, but Tum Tum is fascinated by Mars like the rest of the girls./p
p dir="ltr""You can call me, Baby!" Squeals the redhead, shaking hands with him. A goofy grin usually reserved for Colt sat on her pale features. She went on to add in a seductive tone, "All you want."/p
p dir="ltr"Mars chuckles, shaking hands with Barbie and Sasha./p
p dir="ltr""Barbie. This is Sasha." Barbie replies, motioning to the quiet girl beside her./p
p dir="ltr"Sasha may have been germophobic yet she knew a good looking male when she saw one./p
p dir="ltr""I'm Tum Tum!" The youngest shouted, startling everybody in the place. He grows quiet, shrugging. "I like to be loud."/p
p dir="ltr""Not these days." Colt remarks, arching an eyebrow at his baby brother./p
p dir="ltr""Well, I'm Rocky and my other brother is Colt. Why aren't you in school?" Rocky holds a pale hand for Mars to shake who refuses to touch hands with the blonde boy./p
p dir="ltr""Is this blonde thing your boyfriend, Midnight? I gotta say, you can do better." Mars comments, wiping off a shot glass./p
p dir="ltr""Oh no, the blonde fool has a blonde girlfriend at school. I don't know their names. So, it's cool." Midnight bites her bottom lip, wriggling eyebrows at Mars./p
p dir="ltr""strongAm /strongI forgiven or not?" Vincent questions, snapping Midnight to reality./p
p dir="ltr""For which part? Not trying to reach out to me or trying to cut off one of my friends pinkie's?" Midnight glares as she voiced her questions./p
p dir="ltr""I strongdeserve /strongthat." Vincent sighs, wondering how he could make it up to her. "I'm sorry."/p
p dir="ltr""Can we go or are you going to have Jules beat us to death?" Rocky angrily asks. He was usually able to force away the negative feelings, but he couldn't shake the angry feeling latching onto him in the current moment./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight furrows an eyebrow, twisting to see the blonde strongheading /strongfor the door./p
p dir="ltr"Colt would follow. Only, he got the sense leaving the girls alone isn't the best thing. Even if his Baby was into kicking butt with him. He knew Rocky wouldn't usually walk off, leaving a female strongunattended/strong but he seemed oddly angry said night./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight checks the time. "I'll think about forgiving you. We've got to kick rocks."/p
p dir="ltr"Barbie, Sasha, and Baby follow Midnight from the biker's bar. Their eyes take in the stars, littered across the night sky./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky is leaning on the wall, glaring at the gravel under his feet. He hardly glanced up at the females./p
p dir="ltr""We have to hurry. It's late. A lot of terrible things can happen during the night." Colt urgently voices./p
p dir="ltr""I'll lead!" Tum Tum and Baby volunteer./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight cast her gaze to Rocky, wondering what's got him bent./p
p dir="ltr""Rock-zan, what's got you so uptight?" Midnight calls in question, earning a scowl from said blonde boy./p
p dir="ltr""Quit it with the odd nicknames, Midnight!" Rocky growled, starting to follow Colt and the others. He wasn't hurrying embecause he /emstill wanted to make sure Midnight got home safely./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is reluctant to follow their lead. Yet she does, eyeing the backside of Rocky stronghardcore/strong. A dirty thought came to her mind, causing a snort to escape her. She slid into her house without the latter realizing, quickly stripping from her bloody clothes. She goes for a nice, soothing hot shower. Does she forgive her father for any of the crimes strongcommitted/strongstrong? /strong/p
p dir="ltr"Should she forgive the man who so blatantly forgot of her presence? She wasn't ready to forgive emquite /emso soon. She stronghad /stronga lovely step-father. She even did her strongbest /strongto warm up to her step-mother. She didn't want to hate the woman she knew nothing of. She decided she would give Claudia another try upon their arrival with her new brother./p
p dir="ltr"Stepping from the shower, she wraps a soft pink towel around her body. Her eyes scan the healing wound on her abdomen, knowing a scar would forever be on her. Sighing, she climbs into bed feeling the day drain her. She forgets her clothing, falling into a deep slumber. strongRest /strongcomes easy for her./p
p dir="ltr" /p