Chapter Five

I twisted myself in the swing set, Joe was smoking and watching me amused. "You're a kid at heart babes." he said laughing as I misjudged my step and the swing spun around quickly with me on it. The swing lightly swung side to side and I stared at Joe while my vision became clearer. "I hope so, I'm only sixteen Joe." I said. "You'd always be like that I guess." he said absently mindly digging in the dirt with the toe of his sneaker.

"Is that a bad thing Mister Greig?"

"No, you're just always so happy."

"Around here you have to be."

"I'm not."

"Yea well… you know what I mean…."

Joe fished threw his pockets, bringing out something but I couldn't see it his hand was to big. Squinting my eyes to see if I could make it out better I looked at it. "Come 'er babes." he said motioning me over with the hand that didn't hide the surprise. Slowly I got up from my swing and walked over to the one he sat on, he mointed me to sit on his lap so I did. I gave him a quizzical look and he smiled at me. He didn't show his teeth when he smiled, he had one of those thug smiles but I looked at his eyes and they smiled. "I got you something babes." he said in a gentle tone I rarely here him use, brining his arms around my waist, holding a box with much care.

"What is it?" I asked looking at the box and then glancing over my shoulder at him. "I dunno, open it." With his large hands still supporting the box, I gingerly opened it, gasping softly as I saw it. A small gold heart, on a thin gold chain was neatly placed in the box, a small pink rose at the base of the heart. "Oh my god Joe, it's beautiful!" I said with astonishment, taking it out of the box, running my fingers over it gently. "I thought you'd like it." he said.

I handed it to him so he could put it on. The cold gold sent a shiver down my spin as it touched my skin. "How'd you afford to buy it?" I asked him softly, turning to look at him. "I got my ways." he said plainly. I knew his ways pretty good but he supported his mom and three younger siblings on drug runs and sparing that much money for me? "You didn't have to Joe." I said suddenly feeling guilty.

"But I wanted too."

"So does this mean we are back together again?"

"I didn't think we weren't."

I laughed softly, some what bitterly, "Yea, that little argument we had last week was just a little fight nothing big."

"Right."

We're lying to ourselves, I thought leaning back on him, all that yelling and telling each other how… stupid… we where, I even punched him and it was just a little fight? Ha, well then I hate to see what the big fights are like…

"Who's my brother going to fight next?" I asked him softly, finding nothing else to talk about. "Who ever looks at him the wrong way." Joe answered. "He's going to get beat really bad one day." I said trying to get the swing to move, eventually it did slowly. "I doubt it, once he challenges me that's going to be the day." he said, twisting a strand of my hair around his hand. I giggled, "Sure Joe…" "What you don't think I can beat him?" he said hastily, rather insulted. "I didn't say that, just you two will never fight."

There... Chapter Five's up and I didn't leave ya on a cliff... hanging... Now the main conflict in the story hasn't came yet and I doesn't come for a while... but if I keep it up like two chapters a day it should come up pretty quick... Lets see what else are my fave songs... I love that song We Belong Together... it's so awesome and I dunno let me think... ANYWAYS! lol... R&R peese!