Hello!! Sorry this has taken soo long to update. Things have been hetic. Finishing my sophomore year at high school and finals. Being apart of Beauty and the Beast at my high school. The day after my school ended I was on a plane to New York and stayed a week there, my birthday was during that time so that was fun. But my computer died on me in late April, so I have had no computer for almost a month and a half. Which has been the worse. So now I am back with a brand new computer. Which is a answered prayer.
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Chapter 9: Meeting of a Lifetime
Me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reins
We gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
Me and my gang
Rascal Flatts
Once we got into the car, we headed straight to the
north side. On the way we talked about the normal things.
Like who was going out with whom. Who cheated who, who was
fighting who; those kind of things. It was nice to catch up
with her. Nice to have a friend that could understand me.
"Wes told me about what happened today," she said, after we had caught up with each other.
"Which part?" I asked her. I knew Wes would had
told her and a few of the guys about the whole visit. I
also knew that she would be asking a lot of questions, about
why I was at the grave.
"All parts," she laughed.
"I knew that boy wouldn't keep a secret." I
joined in her laughter.
"You know Wes by now Shadow. You should expect
that to happen. Anyway, when Wes told the boys about what
happen with you and Billy. The tempers were flaring up."
"Damn, I was afraid of that. Anyway, nothing
happened," I told her.
"Not in their eyes. Half of them blew a gasket,
when Wes told them the message. Not to mention, they went
to your side and almost jumped you…" She pointed out.
"I'm a big girl, I can handle myself," I said.
"I know you can; they are just being protective of
you. Wes also said you were at the cemetery. Do
you want to talk about it?" She had added the last part
softly and kindly.
"Not really. But, knowing you, you'll get it out
of me somehow," I sighed.
"Yea, so what will it be then? The hard or easy
road?" She laughed.
"Well, is neither a choice?" I playfully retorted
back.
"Nope." She put an emphasis on the 'p'.
"I've been having nightmares about Caleb's
death. And it scared my brothers, they started asking more
questions this morning. Hell, I was dry-heaving and
falling apart in my bathroom. If they were the ones doing
that, sure I would ask questions. I know if I tell them,
they will be on my case every day. While if I don't tell
them, maybe they will leave me alone." I admitted to
her.
"Hell, if I was there I would bug you to no end."
She pointed out.
"I know," I sighed. "I just want to tell
him," I mumbled.
"Who's the guy?" She asked, irrupting my
mumbling.
I had shut my mouth after she had asked me about
Two-Bit.
"I plead the fifth," I finally spoke up.
"You should've thought of that before the
mumbling," she pointed out again. "So, what's his
name?"
"His name is Two-Bit," I groaned.
"Was he at the Dingo?" She questioned.
"Yes."
"Well…" She egged on.
"Well what?" I asked.
"Well, come on. A little more details please,"
she happily said.
"He is one of my closest friends. I don't have to
put up a front with him. He is funny, and cares for me."
I reluctantly gave in. I continued on letting my
frustrations out. "But, he has a new blonde girl each
week. So I don't fit that category. You see this." I
grabbed a lock of hair. "This is brown, not blonde. So
in the end it doesn't matter." I huffed.
"Well, it sounds like your boy needs some
motivation."
I turned my head to face her. Her eyes holding a
mischievous gleam.
"Oh no. Whatever you are planning you can just
stop." I warned her.
"We'll talk about this later, we're here."
She turned to me and winked.
I just then noticed that we had stopped in front of a
house. It was Mickey's house. His folks normally
didn't come home. They didn't care about him, and he
didn't care about them.
We both got out of the car and started to walk up the
driveway.
"I think I should warn you…" she started to
say.
"Warn me about what?" Crystal stopped in front of
me. "Crystal, what's going on?" I said seriously.
"It's about Danny. Danny's back."
My breath came up short. My mind grew to a freeze.
Danny was here, here in town. Here in Mickey's house. I
couldn't think, couldn't breathe, he was here, he came
back. I loved him.
"What! He's back and you fail to tell me this,"
I yelled.
"Natalie…" She responded.
"Especially after the incident we both had before he
left," I whispered fiercely.
I had calmed down a bit. But, I was still a little
tense, wanting to run in the other direction.
"Well," I sighed. "I guess we should go in and
get this over with."
I soon joined her and we walked up the steps of the
house. I had an uneasy feeling and butterflies in my
stomach, as we got closer to the door. Crystal didn't
bother to knock, but just walked in. The radio and the tv
were blasting and people were just standing around and
talking. We entered the front room. I saw the rest of the
girls and me and Crystal started toward them. Half way
there, I felt arms encircle my waist and pick me up. The
arms twirled me around, as I was laughing begging for mercy.
"Natalie, your back! You finally have come home!"
The person yelled.
I recognized the voice as one of my most reckless
friends, Blade.
"Put me down, Blade." I laughed, as he twirled me
around.
I faintly heard chuckling and laughter at out small
reunion.
Blade soon stopped his spinning and dropped me down.
I took a step back to see him in full and fell back. I was
falling back till I felt a pair of arms hold me up.
"Watch yourself there, Natalie." Charlie's
voice ringing in my ears.
"Thanks, Charlie," I said as he pushed me back
up.
I was finally standing upright and the room had
stopped spinning. Blade and Charlie were smirking at me.
"You know, we missed you and your clumsiness,"
Blade said, still smirking.
"Yea, yea, you just miss laughing at me." I
pointed out.
Charlie laughed. "True, so true,"
I felt someone's arms wrap themselves around my neck
and pulled me closer to them.
"Hey there Shadow," Jack's hot breathe tickling
my ear.
"Jack!" I twirled around and threw my arms around
his neck.
"Wow, you're in a good mood," Jack said.
I let go of him and slinged my arm around his
shoulder. "Jack, those two," I pointed at Charlie and
Blade who feigned surprise. "Are very mean."
Jack looked at me raising one eyebrow. "Want me to
kiss your ego to make it better," he said sarcastically.
All three boys broke out in laughter at the
statement.
"You jerk," I growled and punched him in the
shoulder playfully. I had joined in their laughter, finally
able to let loose.
All of a sudden I heard Mickey's voice yelling to
get into the living room. We all then moved into his
medium size living room, where we got into a circle. I
looked across the room, and my breath stopped short for the
second time that night. Across from me was Danny. Danny,
living breathing, not just my imagination. He looked like the
day he left, his black leather jacket still looking worn
out. His hair dark brown, only lightly greased back, not
even noticeably. His eyes were also a dark brown,
smoldering. He caught my glance and gave me a small smile.
I didn't know what to do. He had been through everything
with me. He held me when I cried. He was there that night
comforting me. But, he left. Left without a word. I had
gone to Mickey after a week had passed with no contact from
him.
I stormed into Mickey's house without a warning or a
knock. I was sick about not knowing where he was. I knew
Mickey would probably know. So I was going to give him a
piece of my mind. Come hell or high water, I was going to
find out.
I speed walked through the front of the house till I
got to the backyard. Where I knew he would be. When I
entered the backyard, not only was Mickey there, but Jack
was there also. Good, I could knock out two birds with one
stone.
"Alright, I ain't going till I get some
answers," I said firmly holding my ground. Both boys had
turned their bodies to face me.
"Natalie, we can't-" Jack started to say
slowly.
"Don't you say you can't. He is my best
friend." He is my fling, I added silently. But, hell,
they didn't need to know that.
"Calm down Natalie." Mickey said slowly.
"Don't tell me to calm down. I know you know
where he is. But, you won't tell me. What if he is in an
alley dead somewhere? Or hurt somewhere?!" I yelled. Just
thinking about it got me hysterical.
"I know for a fact that he is not hurt. Besides,
he's a big boy, he can handle himself." Mickey shrugged
off my hysteria.
"So what would happen if I ran off? Would you be
this calm about it? Cause I know if I went missing you all
would be raising holy hell to find me." I huffed at the
both of them.
How could they be this calm. Something could have
happen to him. He could be hurt somewhere or
worse…killed.
"Natalie, do you trust me?" Jack asked me.
I didn't answer him only nodded. I couldn't trust
myself to speak.
"Then trust me, he is fine." Jack's eyes
reassured me.
I looked between both boys and walked out of the
backyard in a gaze. Finally realizing he really was gone.
I ran through the memory. Remembering the pain I felt
when he left. I looked toward him and gave him a sad smile.
His expression changed to a concerned look, with his eyes
asking me if I was alright. However, Mickey's voice
finally cut in, bringing me back to the present.
"All right, let's get this meeting in order,"
Mickey said.
All of a sudden it got quiet, serious. We united
together. We were the toughest gang on the North side. Toughest gang in Tulsa.
We were the top gang.
Together, we were the Rattlesnakes.
"So we have a couple of things to take care of,"
he continued.
"Some Falcons have been causing some trouble that
needs to be taken care of." Once Mickey had said that
there were snickers across the room and knuckles cracking;
ready for a fight. I rolled my eyes at the little amount of patience in this room.
Mickey continued. "As you know, they have been
coming over to our side. We have been warning them. But,
now it has gotten serious. One of our own has been
threatened…" He glanced over to me and I glared at him.
This was not happening. This can't be happening.
If the rest of the boys found out, I would be watched
constantly. I scanned across the room and saw Wes standing
by Mickey. I glared at him, wanting to grab him and teach
him a lesson. Stupid kid.
"Shadow!" I stopped my glaring and looked at
Mickey. "Wes told me that you had a bit of a situation
today."
"Yeah, so?" I nonchantly stated.
"So? You see they were on her side today.
Messing with her." He said to the crowd. There were
mummers of disbelief. Whispers of confusion. I looked
toward Danny once again and saw the anger on his face.
Anger that someone would hurt me.
I finally spoke up. "No one got hurt. It wasn't
a big deal," I said assuring them.
"They were talking to Natalie's brothers and her
gang. Talking about taking territories." Wes's voice
echoed off the walls.
There was suddenly a flurry of activity. People
getting hyped for fight.
"Guys," Mickey first stated, and then he yelled it.
"Guys!"
The room fell silent as the voice of a leader rang
out.
"As much as I would love to issue a rumble, right
now, we can't. We have to make sure they make the first
move. And when they do that first move; we'll be
ready." Mickey explained. He then looked at me and
pointed at me. "From now on, you are not to go anywhere
alone. Now that they know where you live, they will be
checking in. That means you go with someone at all
times." I nodded in agreement. "Also, some people will
be checking up on you. We'll figure that out later.
Just, everybody be on your guard." He sighed. "That is
it."
Soon everybody started talking and moving around to
meet others. I found Crystal, and next to her, Cara.
"Cara!" I turned to her and gave her a hug.
"Natalie!" She returned. We both let each other
go and stepped back. "You look good, I gotta fix that
wardrobe a bit," she tisked at me.
I laughed. "It's good to see you too." Me and
Cara proceeded to talk about random stuff and how life was.
"Cara, I gotta find Crystal and get a ride from
her."
"Alright, hey we gotta really get together. Just us
girls," she exclaimed.
"Sounds great, call me." I told her. I soon
turned and scanned the room for Crystal. I saw her and went
to her. She was talking with Jack, Charlie and Blade.
"Hey Crystal, I need a ride back," I told her.
Crystal turned to face me; and looked like she was going to
answer. However, someone's voice cut in.
"I'll take you home, Natalie." Danny's voice
cut through the air.
I turned around and saw him right behind me. Gazing
at me with distinct eyes.
"Alright, then. I guess I will see you later."
Crystal said slowly.
"See ya," I said uneasy.
"Let's go then. My car is outside," he said,
then started to lead the way out to the door.
I started walking after him, and turned around to face
Crystal. Her face slightly concerned. She mouthed 'will
you be ok?' So I mouthed back 'I'll be fine.'
I turned back around and started heading toward the
door where Danny was waiting.
I finally wondered while looking at him.
Would I really be fine?
So how was it?? Will Natalie be ok with Danny. And if you remeber, that Danny is that mystery guy that kisses her and then leaves in the chapter where she is having the most flashbacks.
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