Chapter 9

3 wreaks after the whole Monica fiasco

As Daniela moved to head inside, she felt a vibrating in her pocket and pulled out her phone. She saw that it was Fiona.

"Hey Naruto hows it going?"

"Lip and Ian were arrested," answered the man shortly.

"WHAT?"

Daniela marched into the police station, her blood boiling. Those stupid idiots. What were they thinking? Driving a stolen car. She honestly questioned the intelligence of both boys as she found her way to the front desk. Jack trailed behind her cautiously.

"Ella!" Cried a light, happy voice from behind her. The girl's head whipped around to see Debbie sitting with a clearly distraught Fiona on a bench against the wall. Smiling, she made her way over.

"Hey Debs," she greeted, giving her a squeeze. She turned to the shaking Fiona and did the same.

"Thanks for coming, Ella, you really didn't have to. I just wanted to keep you updated," said Fiona.

"Oh please," waved off the teen. "I wanted to come. Besides, I need to give both of them an ass-whooping once they get out."

"Yeah, well me first," scoffed Fiona humorously. The woman's eyes switched to Jack and she nodded slightly.

"How are you going, Fiona?" Asked the young man in greeting.

"Well, as you can tell, pretty shit," shrugged the woman. Daniela looked between the two with a frown.

"Oh yeah. I forgot you two went to school together." She looked back to Fiona in worry. "Any news yet?"

"Not yet," answered Fiona, raking a hand through her unkempt hair. The woman sat back down and blew out a deep breath. Debbie grabbed her sister's hand comfortingly.

"No lattes or anything but they did have hot chocolate for Debbie," announced an unfamiliar voice. Daniela turned to see a pretty blonde woman walking up to them, balancing three cups in her hands. She stared in surprise at the two new arrivals. Daniela did the same to her.

"Oh, hello," greeted the woman with a large smile. She handed off two of the cups before placing a manicured hand out. "I'm Jasmine. A friend of Fiona's and Naruto's ."

"Daniela. Friend of Ian's. And Lip too," she added as an afterthought, not returning the woman's handshake. If Jasmine seemed put out in the slightest, she didn't show it and continued to smile. Daniela noticed the appraising looks between Jasmine and her brother with mild repulsion. Rolling her eyes, she took a seat next to Debbie.

"Thanks for this," said Fiona to her new friend. "And for driving, but you don't have to stay."

"It's cool," shrugged the blonde. "I'll hang for a bit."

Daniela's attention snapped to Tony as she saw him walk over before noticing them and making to turn away. This made her curious. It seemed she wasn't the only one who saw him as Fiona also stood up.

"Tony! Did you see them?" The officer faced the group with a grimace.

"They're still in the back."

"When can I see them?"

"If Lip's not charged as an adult-"

"Wait, what?" Asked Daniela in shock.

"-You can see them both in court tomorrow," finished Tony, placing both hands on his hips.

"Why would Lip be tried as an adult? He's 17," pointed out Daniela angrily. Tony tilted his head and explained, not wanting to enrage the group anymore.

"It's because he's 17 and so close to the legal age. It doesn't help that he's had previous altercations with the cops before. They may charge him with felony grand theft auto."

"Holy shit," breathed the teen, turning away to pace. The thought of Lip possibly going to jail worried her more than she thought it would.

"There's no way Lip would steal a car, he's too smart- and Ian doesn't even drive!" Argued Fiona furiously. Daniela found herself agreeing with the flustered woman. They were smarter than that, even if sometimes she thought otherwise. This wasn't something either of them would do. Yet, here they were.

"If they didn't steal it-"

"They didn't steal it!" Refused the woman again, cutting off Tony.

"If they didn't then they have to tell the detectives who gave them the car and agree to testify. If they don't give up a name, Lip could do five years". Daniela felt her stomach drop at Tony's words.

Lip couldn't go to jail. He had so much potential. Plus, whether she wanted to admit it or not- she cared for him. Genuinely. Possibly even more than she thought she should. Hearing that Lip could do some serious time caused a deep frown to mar her face as she began to chew on her nails.

Tony gave the group one last sympathetic look before walking away. Fiona looked about ready to burst into tears but continued to hold it together. Daniela admired that.

Naruto was holding Fiona hand as she was getting ready to cry but she was putting her brace face on. The blond was looking at his brother best friend seeing that she was extremely angry.

She felt the warm hand of her brother touch her shoulder. "Maybe we should go home."

"No," she turned down quickly. "I'm staying."

"Ella, you really don't have to," argued Fiona lightly but she knew there was no point. The girl was stubborn and wouldn't take no for an answer. Her brother Jack seemed to notice this too and nodded with a sigh.

Dropping his hand, he placed it in the pocket of his coat. "I'll go get us a hot drink."

Jasmine, perking up a little, smiled at him. "I'll show you."

Daniela watched her brother and the blonde walk off with an unimpressed look. She turned back to Naruto,Fiona and Debbie, who had taken their seats once again.

"She's married you know?" Started the woman, drained. She raked both hands through her hair once again. Daniela noticed that she did that whenever she was stressed or upset. She had seen her do it a lot.

"I'll be sure to let him know," smirked Daniela. It quickly slipped away to be replaced with another serious look.

"Where the hell did they get the car from?" She whispered, more to herself than the others. However, she didn't miss the flash of emotion on Fiona's face and frowned and Naruto shaking his head.

"Fiona?" She asked to get the woman's attention. When her head snapped up to look at her, she continued. "Do you know something? About the stolen car?" Fiona chewed on her lip, a clear sign of nervousness.

"Fiona?" She asked again, this time more insistent. A few, long moments passed before Fiona finally sighed and nodded subtly.

"I think they got the car from Steve," she admitted in a hushed tone. Both Naruto and Daniela honestly wasn't surprised with all the shady things she had learned about him and wondered why she hadn't already come to that conclusion. "He steals cars and sells them. I think he let Lip borrow one so they could go and look for Ian's real dad."

The blond got up and clench his fist and stated "I'm going to kill that asshole." But as he was about to get up Fiona gave the blond a pleading look which made him sit back down.

"Well then call Steve, get him down here to fix this. He's rich, he could pay off the cops no problem!" Daniela's voice raised higher and higher showing her growing frustration.

Fiona sucked her teeth and waved a hand. "I've tried! He's not answering his phone. Fucking asshole."

"Ian and Lip can't get charged for this," continued Daniela. "Ian won't be able to enlist and join the army like he's always wanted to. And Lip... Lip could go to jail. Which means he won't finish school and go to college." She shook her head at these thoughts. Ian not being able to enlist pained Daniela and she hoped that it wouldn't result in that. If there was one thing her best friend wanted more than anything, it was to join the army.

Fixing Fiona with a hard look, she leaned forward. "Call Steve again and get him down here."

The tired woman stared back at the teen in slight surprise. Sure, she had seen Daniela angry, but never like this. The stubbornness she showed for Ian was nothing new, however, she wasn't used to seeing that same emotion used for Lip. She had vaguely questioned when the notorious hatred between her and Lip had changed. She had seen the changes. Anybody who wasn't blind could.

Daniela let out a low, angry breath and stood up. She needed some fresh air.

Walking out to the front of the station, she vaguely wished of Ian handing her a beer or Lip handing her his cigarette to share. Either option would help her warm up in the freezing snow and also put her mind at ease.

She pulled out her phone, going through her contacts until she found the name she wanted. Pushing down the call button, she waited for them to pick up.

It took five rings before they did.

"Daniela?" Answered Steve, sounding distracted. The girl didn't waste any time.

"Ian and Lip were arrested because they were driving a stolen car. And yeah, I know you stole the car, Jimbo. So why don't you come down to the station and get them out because if you don't there's a very high chance that Lip will go to jail." The line was quiet for a few moments. Daniela tapped her foot into the soft snow impatiently.

"Fuck," was all Steve said. Daniela could practically hear him pacing. "I can't."

"Um, excuse me? Is it my shitty phone reception or did you just say you couldn't?"

"Look, Ella. I can't be there right now. I'm tied up with things," he explained in apology. Tony had threatened him. He couldn't see Fiona again. He had to leave.

Daniela let out a low, shaky breath. "I know you were lying about who you really were, Jimmy. But I still thought you were a somewhat decent guy who actually gave a fuck about Fiona and her family. I know you care about Fiona. So don't be an asshole, Jimmy and come fix this. You know Lip and Ian don't deserve this."

Steve was having a mental battle with himself. However, he knew the girl was right.

"Okay, I'll see what I can do." The relief that washed over Daniela was staggering.

"Thank you, Jimmy."

"Don't thank me until they're out," replied Steve. "You're not going to stop calling me Jimmy are you?" He asked lightly a beat later.

Daniela scoffed and shook her head. "Not a chance, Jimbo." She heard the low chuckle of Steve over the line.

"Goodbye, Daniela," he ended. The girl couldn't help but feel a certain finality to his goodbye, something that made her frown.

"Bye, Jimmy."

" Naruto can you track that bastard ?"asked Daniela. The blond look at his younger friend and only nodded good give him hell for me.

The blond headed out as he went in his car and drove off as he found the loacation of Jimmy place.

He first knocked on the door and Jimmy didn't open but asked " who it is.

Naruto being the smart person altered his voice to a little girl "um cookie scouts I'm trying to sell some cookies." Naruto heard some unlock of the door and Jimmy open the door to get a punch to his face. " You fucked with the wrong family Jimmy and I have no problem getting rid of you like the peace of trash you are.

Jimmy looked back at the blond as he pleaded " looking at the man.

The blond looked at the car thief and said this " okay Jimmy here's is what your going to do my man.

After Naruto little talk with Jimmy both Lip and Ian got out Scott free. Jimmy owned up and apologize to Fiona for being an idiot, but he still didn't tell her the whole truh.

After 5 hours Fiona and the rest of the crew left the police station to only wait til the next day.

It was the middle of the morning when Tony had called them letting them know that the charges had been dropped. The blond had smirked when he heard that information was dropped not only did Fiona kiss his check but thy went down to the station.

As they went to the prison Naruto saw Ian's best friend Daniela was also at the jail place with her older brother. It looked like she was there for a while.

A smile lit up her face as soon as she saw the head of her best friend and his brother make their way out of the building. Lip and Ian looked exhausted as they spotted their family waiting for them. Daniela didn't waste any time.

Quickly, she moved towards Ian, who looked at her with a grimace as he more than likely knew of his friend's worrying. The girl embraced him tightly, not letting go. She felt her friend's arms wrap around her in relief and happiness.

"I'm sorry." Daniela continued to hug him.

"You smell," she mumbled against his neck. She felt the low rumblings of Ian's laughs.

Daniela pulled back, her smile gone. In its place was deep anger. Ian cringed at what he knew was coming.

"You idiot!" She cried, hitting her fists against her chest. Ian took it, finding it slightly amusing. She pulled him into another hug. "Don't do something so fucking stupid again."

Ian laughed slightly and nodded into her neck. "Okay."

The girl pulled back, letting his sister finally hug him. Fiona rushed towards him as well, before also hitting him. Daniela grinned at it, turning her head to look at the other Gallagher boy.

Lip stood, staring down at Carl and Debbie who were both hugging a side of him. Veronica was talking to him, most likely chastising him. After the woman was finished, she stepped away, going over to talk to Ian. Daniela stepped forward and met Lip's blue eyes.

Even Naruto gave his two brothers a long stern before embracing them in a hug.

Fiona made her way over, going to hit Lip in the head. The boy ducked with a laugh before being pulled in by his sister.

"You guys popped your cherry!" Proclaimed Kev jubilantly. Both boys laughed, agreeing. The group began making their way home, arms around each other.

At home

Naruto , Daniela we're both in the two Gallagher's room and both of them Laying around as Daniela was laying on her best friend and Naruo had Nina on his lap with a big grin on her face.

Ian frowned, taking a moment to think and laughed. "Well, there was this one huge guy with two nipple piercings and a bull ring." Lip made a noise of recognition, turning his head to look at them from his top bunk.

"Oh yeah. He was really into Ian. Kept flirting with him and sitting close to him."

"It was uncomfortable," grimaced Ian.

"And I remember him being interested in you too!" Lip grinned, shaking his head at his brother. He pulled out his phone and typed in a number.

The door then opened with Carl entering.

"They give you a cavity search?" Asked the boy casually.

"No we weren't there long enough," answered Lip. "It was probably on the menu, though." The call he was trying to put through went to voicemail. "Hey, Karen, it's me. Uh, call me back when you get this message?"

"See anybody get shanked?"

"We were cuffed to a bench in a hallway most of the night, Carl," sighed Ian. He was clearly exhausted from his long night.

Fiona knocked on the door, coming in with fresh towels. She threw one each at her brothers.

"Clean towels. You both need showers, you're rank."

"I'll go first," said Lip, hopping down from his bed and heading out.

"Did they take your shoelaces and belts so you don't hang yourself?" Piped up a very curious Carl. Fiona threw him a disapproving look and sent him downstairs to help Veronica with dinner.

Later at night

Naruto was at his house when he heard a knocking on the door. He opened the door to see it was Lip. "Um hey bro what's up is something wrong." The blond asked as he saw that his brother was holding in his first which meant he was angry about something.

"Ian's at work," was all he said before he stepped aside to let him stumble in. Naruto led him into the living room, warily eyeing him as he clenched and unclenched his jaw, his hands in solid fists. He was almost afraid he was going to break something.

"What happened?" Lip didn't say anything. Instead, he just paced and paced. Back and forth. He was shaking. Not in a scared way, in a furious way. This was bad.

"You know if you keep going like that, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor. And you'll have to pay for it," commented Naruto lightly, hoping he would ease up a little. He didn't.

"Lip?" The blond asked again, more insistently. "What happened?"

"Fucking Frank," he swore heatedly to himself. "Fucking Karen." Naruto was still confused.

"What did Frank do?" The boy wiped a hand over his nose, sniffing. At the mention of his father's name he snapped. His already-bloody fist connected hard with the wall.

"Tell me what happened." The boy shook his head, the anger flowing back.

"Frank fucked Karen," he stated. Naruto's eyes bulged. "Yeah, can you believe it? Frank and Karen? I mean, I knew she was a whore but fuck- Frank?" He shoved the palms of his hands into his eyes and let out a groan of frustration.

"Holy shit," breathed Naruto , not really sure what to say. The blond couldn't deny the burning anger that built up in his own stomach. At both Frank and Karen mostly directed towards Frank.

"Look Lip Karen wasn't somebody that you needed to give the time of day to. I mean after what her dad said to her I thought it was a phase she was going through to get back at her at father. Tho it seemed much deeper than that man. So don't think about that whore to much she is really fucked up and is not in a good place right now. The blond saw that his brother was still pacing around angrily.

Naruto heard a door slam.

The blond took notice that Lip went and left his room to who knows where.

Next morning

The blond woke up and heard a knocking on the door and saw it was Ian's best friend Daniela. He saw that the girl was some what glowing and also looked distracted a bit. "Oh hey Ella what's up." The blond said looking at the blond brunette girl as she looked at Naruto.

"Um Naruto, Lip came to me last night and thing kinda got sexual and your the only one that knows this please don't tell Ian and I know Lip was drunk so was I ." The blond brunette stated with concern showing in her face. My dad is gonna get out of jail so please tell the family I'm going to be moving away after I graduated ." The blond brunette had tears in her eyes as she said that.

The blond could only hug his brothers best friend for comfort.

She finally left and Ian came down stairs. The red haired boy looked at Naruto. Naruto looked back at Ian, " so are you gonna tell your best friend that you fucked her family's enemy or do you want me to do it because it seems like she's going through enough right now as it is. The blond stated to his brother.

The red head looked back at his brother all but blond and answered back, " when are you gonna open the letter Monica gave you it's just been laying here for quite some time." The red head stated as he saw Naruto was clenching his hand when the mention of woman's name came out.

Three weeks later

The abandoned building they all stood in was only illuminated by the dingy yellow ceiling lights. Cheers and bets rang out around her as all eyes stayed glued on the two men brawling in the middle of the circle.

Lip took another stiff punch to the cheek eliciting deep hisses from Naruto , Ela,Ian, and Mandy. The guy he was fighting was much larger, managing to make Lip look like a stick in comparison.

"Come on, Lip!" Yelled Ian to his brother in encouragement.

They all watched as Lip tried-and-failed- to throw a hit back. In retaliation, the other guy grabbed him by the head, driving his knees into Lip's stomach leaving him winded. He stumbled backward into them with Ian catching him.

"Kick him back," ordered Ian. "You're punching like a fag." He shoved him back into the middle as the cheers rang out even louder around them. The other guy grabbed him around the waist, hoisting him up to slam him down on his back.

The referee clanged the bell, signaling the end of Round 1. Lip was let up and headed back to his corner taking a seat on a wooden crate in front of the trio.

"Hey Mandy," he greeted casually. She had shown up halfway through the round. The Milkovich girl smirked and waved.

"You know you're supposed to hit him back right?" Joked Ian, pulling out a rag to wipe the blood and sweat off of Lip's face.

"Fuck that kid hits hard," winced Lip as he tilted his head back.

Naruto gave him some ice he just happened to have laying around.

Ian pulled his attention away and grabbed his face.

"You wanna throw in the towel?" He asked.

Lip laughed and shook his head. "I would if I was smart."

The referee rang the bell again, signaling the start of the next round. Lip walked to the middle quickly managing to catch the guy with a punch to the cheek.

"Woo!" Cheered the three of them from the corner. However, their cheers quickly turned to winces when Lip suffered another hard hit.

"We make anything on my fight?" Asked Lip, taking a cigarette out of his pocket.

"Nobody wanted the odds," shook Ian.

"Well then what did you put on it?"

"What, on the fight you lost?" Laughed Ian and Mandy. "Nada. Fraternal loyalty doesn't extend to stupidity."

Lip scoffed a laugh and turned his attention to both Naruto and Daniela. "What about you?"

The blond pulled up with seven grand which made Lip grin in comparison.

"Woah you won all of that." The red head asked as he Naruto only grin. "What can I say just off gotten lucky." The blond stated which made every one laugh at the blond luck.

Naruto saw as Ian's body shake in anticipation for the Milkovich's release.

"In about a week or so," answered Mandy. "If he doesn't stab anybody else."

"You gotta be looking forward to having Mickey home again," wondered Lip, taking a puff of his cigarette.

When they reached the main road, Lip pulled out a stack of bills and handed them to Ian.

"Hey, I wanna stage another fight next week." He handed the bills to Ian. "Go around to the dojos, round up some more scrappers."

"Sure," nodded Ian pocketing the cash. "Where are you going?"

Lip had already begun walking off. "Karen's" Which only made Naruto shake his head in dispointment when he heard that news.

"Thought you gave up on that!" Yelled back his brother, clearly not impressed. He had been pissed at Karen when he found out that she had had sex with Frank. From then on, he had been amicable to the blonde but only for his brother.

"Karen Jackson?" Critiqued Mandy with a smirk. "After that thing with your dad?" Both Naruto and Daniela stayed quiet, slowly climbing down Ian's back.

"I'm sneaking antibiotics into his toothpaste, just in case," as Lip told them.

Which left Ela and Ian as Naruto decided to give them a ride to work.

The blond headed to alibi but not before going to Gina's place to get Nina and show her the ropes of his work.

It was getting late and Naruto saw Fiona and her new friend Jasmine come to the bar. Jasmine Hollander was a married woman and had three kids. Naruto saw that as both Fiona and Jazmine were drinking. Jasmine was extremely drunk and decided to kiss Fiona. Which made the blond laugh at the brunette misfortune.

The blond decided since it was getting late to give them a drive as he sensed that Fiona was getting very uncomfortable from the woman since she's free spirited.

"You ladies need a ride, because I was about to drop my little princess off. It also seems like your to drunk to drive tonight and I would feel bad if anything were to happen to you." The blond stated which made both the woman blush at his statement when he said that towards.

Fiona came up and hugged him,"my savior that lady was giving me the Heebie-jeebies." The brunette stated to which made the blond only laugh at his friend/lover.

The blond dropped off Jasmine and finally got to Gina's place and he put his little princess to bed but not before kissing Gina a good night. As he got back on the road to drop off Fiona. "Okay here we are home sweet home." The blond stated but Naruto also saw that Fiona was giving him a look in her eye.

The blond decided to pick her up bridle style and took her to her room. Luckily for the blond no one was up but then again it was also late at night. The blond took the drunken brunette to her room. The brunette was slurrintg words. "Naru sleep with me." The brunette said as she finally closed her eyes.

The blond decided to lay in the bed with her as sleep finally consumed him.