The last three drops went smoothly, and we actually showed back up at the apartment an hour before Billy woke up. Everyone in the gang was at the apartment waiting for both Billy to wake up and me to make dinner. As soon as I got home, I immediately went to the kitchen, after being around the guys for almost twelve years I know that when they are all assembled in the apartment and all smile and say hi it means that all they want is food. Men!

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Growing up, I ate out of a lot of cartoons and boxes. Living with three males who didn't know how to cook meant a lot of take out. When I was in the sixth grade and was forced to take home economics, I got attached to cooking. It turned into something I was really good at. And as soon as Billy and Joe found out I was forever sworn to make them breakfast and dinner. For lunch, we were all either at school or I was at Bones' shop, so the boys fended for themselves. Something that would surprise anyone who feared the Darley name was that Billy made us sit down at the table for both meals. For Joe and me it was mandatory; but it was never just the three of us. Like tonight the gang usually showed up for dinner, and at breakfast it was whoever was still in the apartment from the party the night before. The thing about me and Joe always being there was like of thing of security for Billy. It was a way for him to see us alive after a long day and then again in the morning to see that we made it through the night. With Billy's line of work he was always watching his back on top of mine and Joes.

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Tonight thankfully I had taken out a lot of chicken, I was making a chicken and stuffing dish. Twelve chicken breasts, topped with a mixture of sour cream and cream of mushroom soup, all topped with cooked stuffing. Might seem like a weird combination, but damn it was fucking good cooked. Thankfully it only takes about five minutes to prepare so all I have to do is stick it in the oven and set the timer, and I can do whatever I want for about forty-five minutes.

This gave me time to shower and get ready for the party tonight. Only one who knew what I was doing was of course Baggy. I just had to make some preparations in order to safely get out of Billy's grasp tonight. Thankfully people feel sorry for me being Billy's baby sister so I can get them to help me get free when I want. The extremely good thing is Baggy's younger sister, older than me though, loved me as Baggy's girlfriend and helped us get out whenever we wanted.

So all I needed to make my plan complete was one phone call. "Hey, Crystal, want to come have dinner? And possibly help me get out of the house tonight." There was laugh on the other line.

"What's for dinner? And where you trying to go?"

"The chicken and stuffing recipe I found. And Chris invited us to a party, they just added in a new guy to the inner circle. Suppose to be a huge thing, so Mark will be there!!" I bribed.

"Damn, they actually added someone else? And you know I will help for just asking. I am gonna change and then I will see you in a second."

"Thanks bye." I stated hanging up, continuing to get ready.

I had chosen my favorite pair of jeans, they were tight but very comfortable, and on top I wore my favorite halter top. It showed cleavage but not enough to make Billy actually yell at me to change, but enough to keep Baggy's attention! Just as I finished the final touches on my makeup the timer on the oven went off. I got a bunch of whistles and cat calls as I walked past all the guys and into the kitchen. Where, unfortunately for me, a very annoyed Billy stood. Guess sleeping didn't do anything for his attitude.

"What the fuck you wearing that for?" He snapped noticing my outfit.

"Me and Crystal are going out tonight. I need to escape from all this fucking testosterone. Is that ok?" I sarcastically asked, taking the food out of the oven.

"Whatever, where the fuck you going?" He snapped back, he hated when I was sarcastic with him.

"We are going to catch a movie, and then go out to a club or something. We are going out with another one of my friends and are gonna crash at her place, so don't expect her to be back home tonight." A voice answered from behind me. Damn when Crystal wanted to lie, she could lie. I set the food on top of the stove and turned to greet her.

"Hey girl, you look amazing." I stated giving her a hug. "Mind helping me set the table?" I asked, turning back to the food.

"Sure." She answered reaching for the plates. She held a plate as I put the food on it. If I didn't portion the meals myself the boys would take much more than what they can eat, wasting more than half of it. And making a meal to feed about twelve people into a meal for four. We set the plates on the table and called the boys for dinner.

"So what movie do you plan on going to see?" Joe questioned while stuffing his face.

"The Secret Life of Bees." Crystal answered.

"What the fuck is that?" Bodie groaned out.

"It's a movie." I answered sarcastically.

"What movie theatre are you going to?" Billy questioned.

"The one on 5th st." I answered looking at my plate.

"And when the fuck did the two of you lose your fucking minds?" He snapped, slamming his hand on the table.

"What?" Crystal asked innocently.

"Three girls are not going to that movie theatre alone at night, especially my fucking sister." Billy snapped at her.

"Calm down, Billy. Jesus, why don't I make Baggy go with us." Crystal remarked, as Baggy jumped in.

"Fuck no. I am not going to see no fucking chick flick." He yelled.

"Yes you fucking are." Billy answered, returning to his dinner.

All the guys got a good laugh at that one. Both me and Crystal were smiling to, but not cause Baggy was being 'forced' to go with us. We were grinning cause lying to get our way was working perfectly, and Baggy wasn't a bad actor either he actually looked pissed that he had to go with us.

After dinner, the three of us packed an overnight bag and headed out to the party. It was about an hour drive out, so we arrived around eight o'clock. Majorly early, since the party wasn't supposed to happen until like eleven. When we arrived at Chris' apartment his girlfriend Sarah let us in. Sarah and I use to hate each other. She went with Chris on one of his runs to picks up the guns one time and thought that I was trying to steal him from her. But once both me and Chris told her I was completely in love with Baggy she calmed down and we ended up becoming really great friends. So technically we didn't really lie to Billy, we were staying with a friend that was girl. We just left out that her boyfriend was a gang lord too. Yeah I know if Billy ever found out I would be dead ten times over.

"Hey guys, Chris said you weren't sure if you could get free." She said, wondering how we got out of Billy's sights.

Baggy gave her a hug and then took our bags to the guest room that we always stayed in when we partied together; which was about twice a month.

"If anyone asks your Dakota Fanning." I joked, giving her a hug.

"As cute as she is I like my women legal, thanks." Chris announced from the door way.

"Hardy har har aren't you hilarious." I replied, shoving him.

"Hey watch who your pushing youngin." He sternly said pulling me in for a hug.

"HEY HEY hands off my woman." Baggy interjected, coming back to the living room.

"And what are you gonna do if I don't?" Chris threw back at him, turning me around so that my back was pressed against his chest.

"Umm…I will steal yours." Baggy stated, grabbing Sarah and pulling her close.

"Okay, you two, play nice and let us go." I laughed out. "Please." I added in as Chris' hold got tighter. Finally he let go and him and Baggy went and talked in the dining room.

"Well at least you two get claimed." Crystal somberly stated, sitting on the couch.

"Oh, please girl." Sarah started sitting across from her. "Every guy in this damn gang has their eyes on you, especially Mark. And we both know you like him to. All you have to do is make a move."

"Yea it's not like you would have to keep it a secret, and you also know that Baggy approves." I added.

"I guess, but if something was to happen between us I would only get to see him every once in a while. I mean if Billy saw him over in our territory he would think the worst you know that Ren." She thought aloud.

"Yea he would." I answered nodding my head. Damn my brother, he screws everything up. "But hey at least you don't have to see your boyfriend everyday and not be able to kiss him or cuddle up to him at all. I mean hiding mine and Baggy's relationship is driving me insane. I swear if I wasn't so worried that Billy would kill him, I would have already told everyone. But no I have to have an overprotective jackass gang lord for a fucking brother." I let out a huge sigh, which of course Baggy heard and came back in to see what the matter with me was. He sat down on the love seat with me and pulled me close. "See I just want to be able to do this at my own fucking house." I added to the girls.

"Yea, that would be nice, except your brother would fucking lock you in a closet and castrate me then kill me." Baggy stated, obviously he didn't hear our conversation earlier.

"Well if you were my sister, honestly I would probably do the same thing. I mean out of all the guys you picked Baggy?" Chris joked trying to lighten the mood.

"Yea, what can I say I had a brain spasm or something." I replied getting a shove from Baggy and a laugh from everyone else.

The five of us hung out till about nine thirty, when Chris had to go do some business and we needed to go to the ABC store to get enough alcohol for tonight. The thing that sucks is that I had to stay at the apartment because I was the youngest out of both gangs at nineteen. Baggy was the second youngest at twenty-three for our gang, and Mark was the youngest for Chris' gang at twenty-two. While everyone went out to do whatever they had to, I stayed at the apartment and took a nap. I knew I wasn't gonna be able to sleep once the party got started and then when me and Baggy actually did decide to go to bed, we weren't going to actually do any sleeping, so I had to get as much as I could now.

I was awoken by someone on top of me kissing my neck. When I was about to freak out a voice made its way to my ear. "Do we have to party or can we just stay here all night?" That calmed me down because right away I knew it was Baggy. I turned over so that I was facing him.

"Umm…as much fun as that sounds, NO!" I laughed kissing him and then pushing him off me. The hysterical thing was that I accidently pushed too hard, and he wasn't expecting it, so he fell clear off the bed. I was still laughing as I ran out of the room, trying not to get caught by Baggy, who wanted payback. I ran straight to the kitchen and hid behind Chris. I was still laughing when Baggy found me. Everyone that was in the kitchen was just staring at us. Especially me who was just in boxers and a sports bra.

"Damn Baggy, your girls is half naked running from you, to me!" Chris laughed and teased Baggy. That resulted in Baggy taking his shirt off and handing it out to me. I stepped from behind Chris and put the shirt on. I didn't like the way some of the lackeys were looking at me, either. I put the shirt on and leaned against the counter between Baggy and Chris.

"So what the hell did you do, Ren?" A guy named Adam questioned with a smile on his face. Adam was in Chris' inner circle and had been since the beginning. We had almost begun dating, but then Baggy expressed his interest in me by breaking Adam's nose when he kissed me. Thankfully they made up and I and Baggy became an item, after we had a fight in front of everyone.

Flashback:

Me and Adam had been flirting for weeks. I never really notice Baggy keeping an angry eye on us. I knew I had feelings for Baggy but he was one of my brother's boys and never showed any feeling toward me that would lead me to think that he liked me. So I was giving Adam a try. We had finally gotten away from the chaos of the main party and were in one of the dining room corners. Chris and Baggy were both playing a game of poker with a couple of the other guys.

"So how many people would kill me if I kissed you right now?" Adam joked, looking dead into my eyes.

"If Billy found out he would have all the boys on you, plus my dad and any guys he sends so about thirty or so. But then again, if you don't kiss me, I can always kill you myself." I teased back, with a mischievous smile. My eyes were completely on Adam as I watched him move closer and his lips found mine.

We had only been kissing for about ten seconds when Adam was ripped out of my grasp. I watched in horror as Baggy threw him up against a wall and punched him in the face. I yelled and tried to pull Baggy away but soon Chris' arms found me and pulled me through the house out onto the balcony. I was so pissed off I was screaming back at Baggy calling him all sorts of names, and I threw many threats at him. The thing that pissed me off the most was not that Baggy had hit Adam; it was more that I was worried Baggy would tell Dad or worse Billy.

Chris sat with me out on the balcony, while we listened to Baggy and Adam screaming.

"What the fuck, are you serious?" Adam yelled.

"Look I am sorry man, but…" Baggy didn't finish his sentence. Everything was quiet and it was irritating me. So I pushed by Chris and swung the door open.

"BUT WHAT, asshole?" Finish a god damn sentence would ya." I screamed, Chris stood behind me, ready to stop me if I tried to go at Baggy.

Unbeknown to me Baggy had talked to Chris about what to do about his feelings for me. Chris knew I like Baggy too, but knew that I was scared to show him I liked him.

"But he knew I liked you alright." Baggy said avoiding eye contact with me.

"Excuse me?" I questioned walking over to stand in front of him now.

"I fucking like you alright. I just didn't think you felt the same way." He yelled finally looking at me. My only response was to kiss him.

Unlike Adam's kiss there was a huge amount of passion and desperation in that kiss. Everyone knew me and Baggy were an item then. Adam liked me but he also knew that both me and Baggy had feelings for each other, so he wasn't surprised or extremely hurt by the image in front of him. He actually had a smile on his face when I looked over at him. Everything was silent and everyone was looking at us, until Chris came up and patted Baggy on the back.

"About damn time you two, now what you gonna tell Billy?" He teased. Everyone began to laugh when both me and Baggy got horrified looks on our faces.

End Flashback

"Hello? Anyone home?" Adam snapped me out of thoughts, and waved a hand in front of my face.

"Huh? Oh. " I said shaking my head to clear my thoughts. "I pushed him off me, and accidently made him hit the floor really hard." I said with a smile. That got a laugh from everyone.

"Baggy, why the fuck are you shirtless?" Crystal exclaimed. Then she saw me. "Aw man, don't tell me you two went at it already. I thought you guys were together last night?" Everyone turned to look at me.

"Why you all have to look at me? Why don't you fucking look at him?" Baggy just shook his head and laughed. "And to answer your question, no we did not 'go at it'. He woke me up and scared me so I pushed him off the bed. He chased me out here, and then gave me his shirt when we both realized I was only in boxers and a sports bra." I explained to her and Sarah who had walked in to see what the commotion was.

"Girl it is already ten thirty every will be here in about thirty minutes you need to go get ready." Sarah announced.

"Alright, alright." I walked to the kitchen doorway and got an evil idea. I turned and locked eyes with Baggy. He looked at me confused and then I saw the light bulb in his head click as my hands reached the hem of his shirt. I quickly threw it over my head and at his. I stood there for a moment as both Sarah and Crystal laughed amused and the guys all stared at me again. I was laughing and Baggy was just shaking his head.

"Can you please get out of here now?" He growled at me.

"Speak to me like that again, and the bra is gonna come off next." His eyes got big and he walked over to me. I defiantly stayed put, and placed my hands on my hips. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and then turned me around and pushed me toward the bedroom.

"Alright, alright, don't get your panties in a bunch." I called over my shoulder as I continued walking toward the bathroom.

"Well I guess we all know who wears the pants in that relationship." I heard someone tease, probably Adam.

I closed the door and grabbed my things I needed to take a shower. I was going to change back into what I was wearing when I left home but when I walked back into the bedroom, Sarah and Crystal were standing there in very cute dresses and then they handed me a blue floral halter dress. So, I put that on instead. It fit perfectly. We heard someone turn on the stereo and music soon filled the whole apartment.

"Guess the party has officially started." Sarah joked, as she helped me finish my makeup.

As soon as the three of us were done getting ready we went out into the living room. Sarah went to talk to some of the girls that had showed up, and Crystal went straight to Baggy, and I went straight to Chris; who had the key to lock the bedroom. I always locked the door ever since I had to go without a bed for a night. We had stayed here one night and a couple decided they were going to use the bed for some fun. Since then Chris gave me the key so I could lock it and we wouldn't have that problem anymore. I went and stuck the key on to Baggy's pants, knowing that he would not lose it, because if he did he knew he wasn't getting laid. The apartment was absolutely crowded; apparently all the lackeys and their flavors of the night were there. I set out on my mission for the night, looking for Mark and putting him together with Crystal once and for all. I found him managing the bar.

"Ren, don't we look stunning tonight. What can I get you?" He smiled at me.

"Thank you and you can get one of these damn lackeys to manage the bar. I finally got Crystal to come back, and she could probably use a drink right now." I stated pointing to Crystal who was standing in the corner surrounded by a bunch of lackeys. She was smiling, but I knew that smile, it was her polite smile she used when she didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. "So, why don't you make a rum and coke and then take it to her?" I instructed with a smirk.

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The last time I had gotten Crystal to come to one of Chris' parties, one of the lackeys slipped something into her drink and tried to rape her. Thankfully the room was suppose to be for Adam and his girl, so they ended up walking into the room and catching the guy trying to undress and unconscious Crystal. He was dead by the time that the sun came up; both I and Baggy watched Chris kill him. That night was one example of how I knew that me, Baggy and Crystal were completely safe in Chris' territory. Me and Baggy didn't even know what the guy had done until he was dead. It was good thing the guy was dead to cause the anger that Baggy was showing scared even Chris. It had been about a month since that incident though, and I had talked Crystal into going to the next party he had, explaining that I would not let her leave me sight unless I knew she was with Mark, Chris, Sarah or Baggy. So getting Mark to go hit on her was doing two good things for me. One it meant that hopefully they would finally date; and two that I didn't have to watch her and I could hang out with Baggy. I couldn't help but smile when I saw Crystal really smile when Mark handed her a drink. She looked over at me and just nodded her head.

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I found Baggy playing beer pong in the dining room. Some girl I didn't know was his partner and was all over him. I noticed that Sarah was on the other team with Byron, one of Chris' main guys. Chris was sitting near the middle of the table watching the game, and talking with Luke, another main guy. He saw me glaring at the girl that was pawing Baggy and he patted his leg for me to go sit on his lap. I walked around making sure to walk in front of Baggy and the girl. I had almost gotten by the girl when I felt arms wrap around my waist, and pull me. I turned mid pull and ended up with Baggy's lips on mine. I couldn't help but smile as he kissed me, making him laugh. He moved his lips from my mouth to my ear. "Don't even think of pulling the jealousy card on me, you weren't around and I needed a partner." He whispered, giving me another kiss. He then pushed me toward Chris, but before I got out of reach, he smacked my ass. I just turned and gave him an evil look, though there was no way I could really be mad with him.

As soon as Baggy lost he made sure to come right to me afterwards, completely avoiding his partner. Which resulted in her giving me a completely dirty look; I just smiled at her and pulled Baggy in for a passionate kiss. He didn't realize what I was doing but he was more than happy to deepen the kiss. We hung out in the dining room most of the night. We played a couple of games of beer pong and chatted with some of the guys. It was nice, I didn't have to worry about anything except having fun. When we were talking to Mark and Crystal, I had finished my drink. I went to get a refill, when someone whispered in my ear.

"We need to talk." I jumped at the sound. I turned to see Chris and his three main guys, Adam, Byron and Luke, standing behind him. He grabbed my arm and led me to his bedroom. The guys followed as well, Baggy saw this and immediately followed. Well he at least tried to. As soon as we reached the bedroom, the guys made a wall and didn't let Baggy pass.

"Chris, what the fuck man?" Baggy screamed. It wasn't that he didn't trust Chris; it was the way Chris had his three main guys blocking the door, meaning something serious was going up.

"Baggy, I am not gonna do anything. I just need to talk to her alone. Guys make sure no one can hear us." He ordered, closing the door. He turned to look at me; I just stood about a foot away from him with my hands on my hips.

"OK, what the fuck is going on? And since when the fuck can you not talk to me when Baggy is around?" I asked as calmly as possible.

"We have a problem." He stated walking over to his bedroom window to look out.

"Ok, gonna have to be more specific. Do you mean me and you, you and Bones, or you and Billy?" Chris didn't answer he just motioned for me to come to the window. When I looked out I saw a bunch of guys in the parking lot, surrounding my car.

"What the fuck are they doing here?" I snapped, man were we in trouble now.