chapter 5

After lunch..or dinner..we went back to the wreck room. I allready had dug my hole, some guys, like Armpit and Magnet, there were still out there. I had the evidence of digging with blisters covering the inside of my thumbs and the bottoms of my fingers. I sat on the couch with Jo and relaxed when some guy came up to me.

"Hey babe, you're kinda in my spot," He said with a sour grin on his face. He had brown hair with chilling green eyes. He had bad teeth, and the color of yellow to fill them. He had some acne also, and he looked kinda scrawny.

"Well, I kinda don't care," I snapped. "And don't call me babe," I murmered, standing up to walk away.

"I don't like it when girls talk to me like that,"He said grabbing my arm tightly.

"Let go of me ass-"

"Especially when they try and call me names. What's wrong? Don't wanna come near ol' Drill?" He said holding my hips and forcing me close to him, the smell of rot in his breath.

"Don't touch me," I said pushing him away. He frowned.

"Oh baby, you're hurting my feelings," He wined.

"Tough," I said. Then I hacked up a lougie and spit it on his face.

"BITCH!"He screamed and threw me across the room. Everyone was in silence now.

"Touch her again and i'll kill you Denny boy...you know I will," I rubbed the back of my neck and saw it was Zig Zag, with X-Ray and Squid right behind him. Zero walked forward slowly with a stick (from the pool table). Dentist or whatever his name was looked at me and laughed under his breath.

"I see you've met some boyfriends huh?" He said sarcastically. I put my back to the wall and gave him a dirty look. I got a huge head ache...just from being thrown into the wall.

"Denny Boy....back off!" Zig Zag screamed.

"Or what?"

"Well, I know some things, and if you touch her..again or even TALK to her..we'll tell everyone your secrets," Squid warned. Dennys face went pale.

"Okay..sorry,"He said walking out of the Wreck room. Zero had a sour look on his face, he backed up and put the stick back. Squid and X-Ray looked at each other and then patted Zig Zag on his sholder, as he walked towards me.

"Are you okay?" He asked. I nodded and rubbed the back of my head. "Takes alot of guts to stand up to him, he's hard to get rid of," He smiled and held out his hand. I took it and he pulled me up to my feet. I looked into those mysterious eyes. He was taller than I thought. I mean..i'm only 5'4''.

"Does Squid really know his secrets?" I asked. He looked down at me and smiled.

"No, he's just bluffin'" He said. I laughed and shook my head and went into our tent to get my lighter, Lucky. YES! I named him. My Ex-Boyfriend, Jake, he gave it to me before he...died. Jake was a member of our 'gang'. He meant the world to me. I know I didn't love him, Because I'm still a little young, but we've been dating since we were 13. Until a year ago..age 16, I remember like it was yesterday.

FLASH BACK:

Looking at those angry blue eyes, missing the love they used to give me. His blonde hair peeking in the back from his backwards hat. The lip ring he had on was clicking on his teeth as he talked. I got lost in thought during this horible time of day, fighting Stan Norrington's gang. A couple of gun shots went off and everyone scattered and Jakes body laying lifelessly on the ground. It was like a dream. I ran to him and craddled him in my arms, crying and screaming.

I didn't care if his blood was soaking on me, I just wanted him back. It should've been me, he didn't deserve this. He allways had a bad life, with his dad and all. Hedeserved better, and if it wasn't for me..he would still be alive. If I wasn't alive, he would still be here. I got up and went around the corner and vomited. I ran home and crawled into a little ball in this little liquor-filled apartment. My mom was gone at the time, at a bar probably. The sound f the gun shot went through my mind like a repeating song. The horrible screams. This isn't supposed to be like this..it's not.

I came back into reality when Zig Zag came in. I wiped a tear that was streaming it's way to my cheek, I didn't want him to see me crying.

"Hey,"He said.

"I was just leaving, like, now.."I said, trying to act normal.

"Are you okay?"he asked. I nodded and tried giving a smile. I don't think he bought it, but I walked past him, and out into the warm air. Me and Zig Zag didn't talk the rest of that day. When we went to bed, I fell asleep when my head hit the pillow.