Author's Note: SOL's are finally done for this school year! WOO-HOO! Now I can focus on the story even more! YAY! At the rate I'm going right now I'm hoping to maybe update two or three times a week. Maybe more, maybe less. I'll see how it goes. Exams aren't that far away, so it'll all really depend on the time frame that I'll be taking them.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything associated with BTR or the show. I only own the plot, Winter, Monroe, and any other OC's in the story.

One other thing:Kendall is mentioned in this chapter, but he's not actually in it. For this chapter I decided to do something different and wrote a scene with a new OC and Logan, James, and Carlos. I really hope you all enjoy it and please be sure to let me know what you think!

So, here's Chapter 8! Enjoy!

Chapter 8

For the first time in a few weeks Winter woke up the next day feeling surprisingly satisfied, for a lack of better term. Looking at the clock on her night stand she saw that it was 12:30 in the afternoon. She smiled at the fact that she had slept for an entire 14 hours without having a dream or a nightmare that starred the one and only Kendall Knight even once.

Making her way into her bathroom she walked over to the shower and turned it on. After everything that had transpired the night before Winter had fallen asleep the first chance she got. Therefore, she didn't get a chance to shower before going to bed. If there was anyone to blame for that, then of course it'd be Kendall.

All he had to do was let her go when she asked him to. But, no, he just had to go and make matters worse than they really had to be. Sometimes, Winter couldn't help but notice that fora guy who is suppose to be one of the most feared gang leaders in Miami he sure did act like a kid at times. He may not be able to ever notice it, but Winter surely did.

After taking a long, relaxing shower Winter shimmied into a pair of blue jean shorts, threw on a red and white striped tank top, and slipped into her favorite flip flop wedges. Spraying her Twisted Peppermint body spray in the doorway of her bedroom she opened the door and walked through it doing a little spin so that it'd get all over her and made her way out into the kitchen with a giant smile on her face.

"Well, someone seems rather cheery today," Ali laughed watching as her best friend did a little dance while making herself a cup of coffee.

Winter shrugged her shoulders not turning around. "What can I say? I guess I caught the happy go lucky vibe for the day." To be honest she had no idea why she was so happy today. A normal person would still be shooken up about what had happened to them the night prior to, but the events weren't affecting Winter in that way for some odd reason.

Ali raised an eyebrow out of curiousity as Winter turned around and made her way to the kitchen table sitting down across from her. "I would've thought you'd be freaked out or something today," Ali said.

It was Winter's turn to raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" she asked curiously.

"When Ryan brought you in last night he told me that when he picked you up you were anxious to get out of there and shaken up about something," Ali answered honestly. "What happened last night?

Winter bit her lower lip and then took a sip of her coffee. Should she tell her the truth? Why not? She could trust Ali. They'd been friends ever since they were kids growing up in places such as Bulgaria, France, Brazil, and Panama. Hell, they had technically been sisters ever since Winter's parents had adopted Ali after her parents passed away in a car accident when she was six years old. Winter sighed and decided that she could in fact tell Ali the truth. She truly did trust her to keep what she was about to tell her a secret from Blayne and anyone associated with Blayne.

Winter sat up straight and looked across the table. "You can not tell a single soul what I'm about to tell you right now," Winter told Ali looking her dead in her eyes.

"My lips are sealed," Ali assured her dragging a fake key across her lips and throwing it away.

Winter couldn't help but laugh for a moment. Seconds later she became absolutely serious. Winter started off by telling Ali about how she had witnessed Kendall kill Matt, and how he had told her not to tell anyone at all, but Winter trusted Ali enough to not let anyone know that Winter had told her what had happened.

"Aww! I'm glad you trust me! I swear I won't tell anyone because if I do, then now I'm on the line, too," Ali informed her causing Winter's eyes to go wide.

"Oh shit!" Winter exclaimed. "I didn't even think about that! I'm so sorry," Winter apologized suddenly feeling bad.

"No, no, no! I'm glad you told me. Because now you no longer have to carry the weight of being the only one who knows the truth on your shoulders," Ali said with a brief smile. "Go on," she urged Winter to continue.

Winter nodded, and then she continued by telling Ali about her mild panic attack and how she woke up at Kendall's mansion only to have to kiss him in order to steal the key to get her out of the gate.

Ali couldn't keep herself from laughing once Winter was finished telling her that part of the events from the night before. "You seriously one upped, Kendall freaking Knight?" Ali asked in disbelief as she laughed uncontrollably, leaning over the kitchen table holding her stomach because it hurt from all the laughing she was doing.

Winter smirked and shook her head up and down. "I did indeed! I, Winter Wrenn Montenegro, one upped Kendall freaking Knight!" Winter boasted throwing her hands up in the air triumphantly.

"That is truly epic!" Ali exclaimed coming down from her laughing high. "Alright, you can continue on again now," she said once she was in full control of herself again.

"Might as well," Winter said before telling Ali about what happened after she escaped up until the point where she fell asleep as soon as she got into Ryan's truck because she was completely exhausted.

Once Winter was finished telling Ali the tale of what happened last night, Ali's jaw was practically on the floor. Ali wondered how Winter stayed as calm as she did for so long. If it had been her who was in Winter's place then she would've been royally screwed to put it bluntly. Ali had to give it to Winter. She had handled it way better than Ali ever would've.

"Wow! You had a really eventful night last night," Ali said still trying to process everything in her mind.

Winter nodded and replied, "I sure did."

"And, you're not worried that Kendall's planning some sort of revenge on you?" Ali wondered not being able to stop herself from asking the question.

Winter shrugged her shoulders. "If he is, he is. There's nothing I can do about it other than be careful. I'm not going to just stop living my life because there is a possibility that he's after me for some sort of revenge now," Winter told Ali in complete honesty as she stood up from the table. "Well, I'm going to go shop at Biscayne Bay," Winter said with a smile pushing her chair in. "Wanna come with?" she asked with a hint of hopefulness in her voice.

Ali shrugged and smiled standing and pushing her chair in as well. "Sure, why not?" she answered with a smile heading for her bedroom. "Just let me go put something on other than my pajamas and get my purse. I'll be right out," Ali said disappearing into her room.

"Kk," Winter replied going back to her room and getting her own purse.

Winter had to admit that she did in fact feel like a bit of the weight on her shoulders was lifted off after she told Ali about last night's events. Apparently, telling someone was exactly what she needed. Also, maybe she was so happy today because deep down inside she knew that if she told Ali the truth that this is what it would result in.

"Alright, I'm ready to go, Winter!" Ali called out from the living room.

Winter walked out of her room and smiled, "Let's go then."

~BTR~

Monroe Brooks walked down the semi crowded streets of Miami South, as she called it, glad to finally be on land and breathing fresh air again. After two hours and fifty five minutes on a plane fresh air was all she needed. It didn't help at all that she was afraid of flying. If it hadn't been for her anxiety medication she would've probably freaked out on the plane.

Monroe was in town to pay a surprise visit to her cousin and her cousin's best friend. Before her cousing and her best friend moved to Miami the two of them and her had been inseperable. Together the three of them were known as the clique of girls that you didn't want to mess with. Monroe smiled to herself at the memories of the three of them ruling the streets and schools of Panama City.

She was looking forward to being able to relive the good old times with the two of them. After all Miami and Panama City are practically sister cities. Some say Panama City is the second Miami while others say that Miami is the second Panama City. Either way they both meant the same thing and they were both right.

"Well, well, well," Monroe heard a voice say breaking her out of her thoughts.

Monroe came back to reality and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw three guys standing in front of her blocking her from going any further. Monroe sighed and crossed her arms across her chest. She really didn't feel like being bothered right now. To be honest she wasn't that big of people person.

"How come we've never seen you around here before?" a different boy asked.

Monroe rolled her eyes and answered simply, "Because I'm only visiting."

"From where?" the third one questioned.

"Panama City," Monroe answered simply once again.

"So, what's your name?" the first boy that spoke asked this time.

Monroe couldn't help, but feel like she was being interrogated, so she answered with a smartass questione of her own, "What's it to you?"

All three boys smirked. "Feisty, just the way we like them," they all said in unison.

Monroe rolled her eyes and scoffed. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours first," she compromised. She refused to ever give if she wasn't going to get back.

"Fair enough, I guess," the pale boy said before introducing the three of them, "I'm Logan, that's James, and that's Carlos."

Monroe perked up. "Wait a second. You three wouldn't by any chance be the three right hand guys of Kendall Knight, would you?" she asked wanting to make sure she wasn't just hearing things.

"So, you've heard of us then?" James asked with a smirk.

Winter chuckled and answered, "I have. My cousin has told me a lot about Kendall and the three of you." A second later she added, "Nothing good, though."

"We wouldn't want it any other way," Carlos said honestly a grin on his face.

"Do you and your cousin have names?" Logan asked curiously.

Monroe shrugged, "Maybe."

"Why don't tell us them, then," James said getting impatient.

Winter rolled her eyes and sighed. There was really no point in denying the the inevitable any longer. She was going to have to tell them her name sooner or later, and judging by the way her cousin talked about them surely they would already know who she is. "Monroe Davis and my cousins name is Winter," Monroe said her arms still crossed securely across her chest.

The smirks on all three of the guys faces grew at the sound of Winter's name. They all exchanged looks with each other and then focused back on Monroe.

Monroe raised an eyebrow and asked already knowing the answer, "I take it that you know my cousin?"

"Somewhat," Carlos answered speaking first.

"Our boss is a lot more acquainted with her than we are," James informed Monroe.

"Speaking of which, give your cousin a message from Kendall will you..." Logan started to say.

Monroe sighed and dropped her hands to her side. "Sure, whatever," she said clearly disinterested.

"Let her know that Kendall is extremely pissed off at her right now, and that it'd be wise for her to watch her back," Logan finished what he had started only moments ago.

"Oh, and also...when Kendall decides to come after her she won't see him coming," James added onto what Logan had just said.

"Be sure to tell her all of that. Wouldn't want to be the reason your cousin gets hurt or something. Now would you, Monroe?" Carlos asked Monroe's name rolling off of his tongue.

"Sounds like a threat to me, but yeah I'll make sure that she gets the message," Monroe said looking at all three of them before stepping forward. "So, is that all?" she asked anxious to get as far away from the three of them as possible.

Logan, James, and Carlos all moved out of the way to let her by.

"Thanks," she muttered before walking past them.

Monroe laughed to herself when she sensed all three of them watching her and looking her up and down as if she was the prize for winning some big contest. She shook her head as she turned the corner and disappeared down the sidewalk out of view of the guys.

~BTR~

It hadn't been more than thirty minutes that Winter and Ali had been shopping when her phone rang. Winter stopped walking for a moment, and pulled her cell phone out of her purse and looked at the Caller ID. A smile lit up her face at the sight of her cousin's name on the screen. Why was she calling, though? She never called this early in the day.

Curiously, Winter pushed the green talk button, and smiled into the phone, "Hola Monroe!"

"Winter, how are you?" Monroe asked from the other end of the phone.

"I'm good, just shopping with Ali at Biscayne Bay Marketplace. And, you?" Winter answered with her own question at the end.

"I'm good, too. Enjoying the sun and shopping a little bit myself," Monroe said, a smile could practically be seen on her face. By the way she was talking, Winter knew right away that Monroe was up to something.

Winter shrugged her shoulders at Ali when she looked at her and raised an eyebrow mouthing, "What's going on?"

"So, why are you calling me at this time of day?" Winter wondered as she slowly started walking down the sidewalk with Ali next to her.

"Can't I call my favorite cousin and see how she's doing every once in a while?" Monroe questioned answering Winter with a smartass remark.

Winter laughed and told her honestly, "No, not at this time of day."

Monroe sighed and then said, "Well, I guess that you don't want to know what your surprise is."

Winter was confused. What the hell was Monroe talking about? "What surpriuse? You know I hate surprises!" Winter reminded her cousin.

"Surprise?" Ali asked just as confused as Winter was.

Winter looked at Ali and gave her a look that basically said, "It beats me." She shrugged and confessed, "I honestly have no idea what she's even talking about."

"I'm sure you'll love this one," Monroe said hearing all of what Winter and Ali were saying.

"And, you think so because wh.." Winter started to ask, but was cut off by Monroe.

"Just turn around, Winter," Monroe smiled.

"Why?"

"Just do it!" Monroe exclaimed.

Winter rolled her eyes before turning around. She gasped when she saw Monroe standing only a few feet away. "You bitch!" Winter exclaimed ending the call and putting her phone back into her purse before running over to Monroe and pulling her into a bear hug. "What are you doing here?" Winter asked when they pulled away from each other.

"I'm taking a break from school and decided to pay you two a visit," she answered looking past Winter at Ali. "Hola adopted cous," Monroe smiled brightly.

"Monroe," Ali smiled back at her.

Ever since Ali had been adopted into the family Ali had become really close to them all. She was like a little sister to Landon, Blayne, and Winter, a cousin to Monroe, and even a second daughter to Winter's parents. If it wasn't for the fact that Ali looked a bit different than them anyone at first glance would've figured that they were all related.

"So, how long are you going to be staying here for?" Winter asked out of curiousity.

Monroe shrugged and answered, "I'm not quite sure. I haven't decided yet. So, are you willing to put up with me and lend me your guest room for however long?"

"Of course!" Ali answered before Winter even got the chance to.

"Blayne will just have to sleep on the couch whenever he decides to stay over," Winter said answering her in her own way.

"Oh, speaking of which I ran into umm...Logan, James, and Carlos on my way here," Monroe informed Winter and Ali.

Both of their eyes went wide and the smiles they had on their face just seconds ago were no longer there. It was no secret to anyone in Miami that running into any gang member from either the north or south side was not a good thing. If anything running into a gang member from either gang was a curse that was only then beginning.

"Do they know that you're Winter's cousin?" Ali asked with slight worry in her voice as she stepped forward so that she was standing right next to Winter.

Monroe nodded.

"What did they say?" Winter wondered crossing her arms across her chest. "Did they mention Kendall by any chance?" she asked not knowing why she even cared.

"Yeah, they told me to give you a message from Kendall," Monroe answered biing her lower lip.

Winter drew in a deep breath. She had a feeling that something similiar to this would happen. Just think, though, if Monroe hadn't run into Logan, James, and Carlos when she did, then most likely they would've come and told Winter themselves somehow. But, Kendall had probably told them to tell her themselves anyways, so why would they tell Monroe instead of following their orders? Maybe they were just trying to mess with her head? It all made sense.

"What was the message?" Winter asked when she came back to reality.

Monroe took in a breath and let it out slowly before telling her, "They said that Kendall wanted you to know that he's extremely pissed at you right now, and that you better watch your back."

Winter shook her head in disbelief and muttered, "Un-fucking-believable."

Without another word Winter stalked off leaving Monroe and Ali behind to watch her in confusion and wonder where exactly she was going. Surely, she wasn't far enough out of her mind to go and confront Kendall. Or was she? Monroe and Ali looked at each other and their eyes widened.

They knew Winter well enough to know that that's exactly what she was going to do. Not wanting Winter to make a mistake and maybe accidentally walk right into a trap set down by Kendall, Monroe and Ali ran to catch up with her. They had to try and stop her no matter how much she might hate them for it afterwards.

...So, there you all go! Not sure how I like the last part of the chapter, but I think it came out okay. What'd you think?

Also, what did you all think about the introduction of Winter's cousin, Monroe? Do you think she's an interesting addition to the story? Or do you think she's too much at this point in the story? Also, what did you think about me writing more of Logan, James, and Carlos?

Oh, and before I forget, I also have a new poll in my profile about which boy you'd like to see Monroe get closer to during her part in the story. So, please be sure to check it out! And, maybe later on if/when I give Ali a bigger part I'll pair her with one of them, too. But, for now Winter and Monroe are enough I think.

Please review! I'm looking forward to reading what everyone thinks!

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