Baggy stood staring between Billy and Ren. Both looked like they were going to kill someone. Baggy was use to seeing that look in Billy's eyes especially since Ren left; but seeing that look in her eyes sent shivers down his back. The thing was he knew that look was partially his fault, it had started when he pretty much called her a whore, and then just got worse the closer Billy got to her.
"Are you fucking kidding me? What am I doing here? I am here because it seems to be the only way I can see my fucking friends thanks to your unbearable ass." Ren seethed.
"Watch who your fucking talking to Ren, I've hit you once, don't think I won't fucking do it again." Billy said sternly taking an intimidating step toward her. "And you choose them over us, so…"
"NO, fuck you Billy. I choose Chris over YOU not THEM." Ren interrupted pointing at each person as she mentioned them. "They didn't fucking do a thing, you did. You drug-dealing, murdering, son of a bitch." Ren screamed back at him.
For the second time in her life Ren found herself at her brother's feet from his doing. Both Baggy and Crystal were by her side in a second, and then found themselves being thrown out of the office in almost the same second.
"God damn it Billy. She is your fucking sister." Crystal screamed from the lobby as Billy slammed the door shut and locked it.
Ren found some courage as she stood up to take on Billy. "She is wrong you know." Ren said completely calm.
"Really how's that?" The anger in Billy's voice was still very much apparent.
"You are no brother of mine." She snarled out, receiving another blow from Billy. This time she just went back into the corner of the office instead of on the floor.
Billy moved directly in front of her pinning her in the corner. "Get the hell away from me. I want to leave." Ren tried to hide the fear in her voice, but she could not help it when it cracked on her.
Billy didn't say a thing, just reached in his pocket and pulled out his pocket knife and grabbed Ren's hand. "Billy what the fuck are you doing?" Ren screamed the fear way more than apparent in her voice than earlier, as she tried to pull her hand back. Billy looked Ren dead in the eyes as he put the knife to her palm. Ren screamed as she felt the knife dig into her palm slicing it open, it wouldn't need stitches but it was deep enough to hurt like hell.
"Billy, what are you doing?" Ren questions as she let the tears stream down her face.
Billy pulled Ren's hand up till it was right in front of her face. "You see that?" He snarled out. "That right there will always lead right back to me." He let her hand go, and watched as she cradled it against her chest trying to stop the bleeding. "You are and forever will be my fucking sister, no matter how much you fucking deny it." Billy yelled inches from her face. "And the next time I fucking see you in my territory that bruise and cut will be nothing to what I fucking do to you." With those final words Billy stormed out of the shop. Ren didn't move until she could no longer hear the-oh so familiar rumble of his car.
"Ren, you have to let me see your hand." Crystal prodded at Ren, who now was seated in the corner, knocking her out of her trance.
"It's fine. He didn't cut that deep." Ren said in a completely calm voice that surprised both Crystal and Baggy.
"Yea, but who knows where that knife has been. We still should clean it so it doesn't get infected." Baggy stated from the doorway.
"What the fuck do you care? To you I am just a slut, right?" Ren snapped back at him.
"Look I knew Billy was on his way over and I was just trying to get you to leave, I swear." Baggy tried to explain.
"No." Ren stated standing up walking over to him. "If you wanted to get rid of me, you tell me that he is on his way and ASK me to leave. You do not call me a slut to piss me off so that I leave in anger. Haven't you heard every joke has some truth behind it." Ren snapped.
"Look Renny…" He started but stopped as Ren put her hand up.
"Look Baggy, I am living in Lexington now. It's obvious that Billy doesn't want you there and it sure as shit is clear that he doesn't want me here. So look maybe, we should just, I don't know, take a break till everything settles down." Ren stated.
"Yea whatever you say, Ren." Baggy snapped, turning around and walking out of the shop.
Crystal caught Ren before she fell completely to the ground in hysteretic. Crystal just sat on the ground holding Ren as she cried letting all her feelings for both Billy and Baggy out. After about an hour of uninterrupted crying Ren finally began to calm down.
"Why didn't he fight? Why does the one that I want to fight back down and the one I want to back down fight?" Ren finally cried out. "Why are guys so fucking impossible?" Ren screamed out in frustration.
"Well, we are probably the same to them and…"Crystal stopped talking when a phone began to ring again. "Honey you gonna answer that it is about the third time it has gone off. Who the hell is calling you anyways?"
"Chris and the boys. He hated the idea of me coming alone so they have called every hour. I honestly haven't even heard it ring." Ren explained. Taking her phone out of her pocket she was to afraid to answer she simply ignored the phone call and texted Luke who was the one calling her now.
Fine. Can't talk. 3 Ren.Bout time, we almost came 2 get u. LSry. Leaving in about 20 min. 3 Ren.
Ren slid her phone back into her pocket and finally stood up. She went to wipe her face of her tears. She winced in pain as she forgot about the cut on her palm.
"Here come on let me get some things to bandage that up." Crystal stated walking into the tattooing section looking for bandages and other things to clean the wound.
Ren had only one more person that she wanted to see. So she pulled out her phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?"
"Hey I am at Crystal's work. Can you get away for a couple minutes?"
"Umm…yea. Give me about five minutes and I will be there."
Just as Ren hung up the phone Crystal came back with peroxide and gauze. By the time they were done bandaging up her hand the bell to the door went off.
"REN." A male voice called out.
"In the office Joe." Ren called out, standing up and walking to meet Joe at the doorway. Joe who in turn enclosed her into a huge hug. They both just stood there hugging for a while. They stopped when Crystal cleared her throat.
"Can you two move, I need to clean all this shit up." Crystal joked. Joe finally looked down and realized she was holding a cloth with blood all over it.
"What the fuck is that?" Joe called out pushing away from Ren to look at her. Ren showed him her hand.
"Your brother decided he was gonna try and show me that no matter what my blood was always his blood. So he sliced my hand open." When Ren saw the horrified look on Joe's face she explained a little more. "It's not that bad, just a surface cut. Nothing to worry about."
"Actually there is." Joe said somberly.
"What are you talking about?" Ren questioned now worried.
"I think Billy knows about you and Baggy." Joe explained.
"Yea well there isn't a me and Baggy anymore. I broke up with him." Ren explained.
"Yea well, when I got off the phone with you and headed to the main part of the office. Dog and Spink were practically carrying Baggy out to take him to the hospital. Billy beat the shit out of him. When Bodie asked what the hell happened. Billy just told us all to make sure Baggy lives. I guess they are good now or whatever. But Billy really did a number to him." Joe explained. "So how did He find out?"
"Baggy's dumbass decided that the best way to get me to leave so that I didn't run into Billy, who was on his way over, was to call me a slut and piss me off. Then he screamed something about me not contacting my boyfriend. Which Billy heard as he barged in. Then me and Billy got into it, Billy left, then me and Baggy got into it. I cried for a good hour and then I called you. I really need to get back home before Chris and the boys start a gang war by just coming to look for me. But I just really wanted to see you before I headed back." Ren explained walking over to Crystal giving her a hug and saying goodbye.
She walked back over to Joe and he engulfed her into another bear hug. He kissed the top of her head and squeezed her again. "I love you, baby girl." Joe stated, finally letting her go.
"I love you too." Ren calmly said. Ren fought tears as she left the shop and started her way back to Lexington.
When Ren got in Lexington city limits Ren noticed a certain car following her. Ren couldn't help but smile at the thought that Chris was just like Billy when it came to protectiveness. She pulled over into a parking lot and put the car in park as she got out and waited for the car to come to a stop next to her.
"Hello beautiful." Mark called as he got out of his car.
"So how long have you been waiting for me?" She laughed out.
"Actually only about fifteen minutes. Crystal called me and gave me a low down on your trip today." He saw the look of worry on her face and continued before she could talk. "Don't worry no one else knows but me. That is why I was waiting for you. I wanted to get to you before you got back to Chris and the rest of the guys."
"So what exactly did she tell you?" Ren questioned.
"Well she told me about the hand," He said pointing to it. "And she told me you broke up with Baggy, and that you were not happy about either event. So you want to talk about it?"
"Naw, I'm good after talking with Crystal and the drive after, but thanks. So I was planning on lying to Chris about my hand, you don't mind going with that do you?"
"If that is what you want, sure. So you gonna tell Adam that you broke up with Baggy?" Mark asked with a huge smirk on his face.
Ren slammed her head on the back of her jeep. "Oh god. Did you really have to bring that up?" Both just laughed.
"Fine, but we should get back like now. Everyone has been on edge since you fucking left. I swear to god you have all of us in love with you baby girl." Mark joked giving her a hug. Ren couldn't help but think that Mark's hug felt a lot like hugging Joe.
"Yeah, what can I say I'm amazing." Ren joked hopping back into the jeep.
Ren grabbed her phone and texted Crystal. Tnx. Ttys. 3 Ren
Ren followed Mark until they got to the apartments. While she turned into them, Mark went straight, the way to the office. When she pulled into a parking spot she noticed that there were about six guys sitting on the stoop talking. As she got closer she heard their laughter and couldn't help but smile. She walked right up to them.
"Hello Boys!" She called out wrapping her arms around the waist of both Chris and Luke. "So which of you is cooking dinner?" She joked, getting a laugh out of all of them.
"Hello beautiful. How was home?" Luke asked.
Ren was quiet for a little bit and then had an ear to ear grin on her face as she thought of an answer. She unwrapped her arms from the boys and turned so that she could sit in the middle of the group. "I know that you sleep all day but I am pretty sure that you know that I was not home today. I was in Boston." She joked receiving smiles from all the guys, especially Chris. But his smile soon faded, when he saw her bandaged hand.
"What the hell happened?" He asked concern and anger clear in his voice.
"Huh?" She questioned back. When she pointed to her hand, she frowned a little bit and then explained.
"Oh, I visited Crystal at work and well my clumsy ass tripped and sliced it open. It's no big deal, we just bandaged it so it that it doesn't get infected." Ren shrugged at the end hoping to show them that it was no big deal. "So what are you guys up to tonight anyways?"
"Well now that you are back home." Chris emphasized the word home with a smile. "We are all hungry so why don't you get off your lazy ass and cook us some food woman." He laughed as he jumped back to avoid a kick from Ren.
"You see if I don't poison you next time I cook." She joked right back. "How about you guys treat me to dinner? I could really go for some Friendly's." All the guys laughed, ever since Ren moved in whenever she didn't want to cook she would grab one of the guys so that she didn't have to go alone. The guys didn't mind because it meant that they got a good meal and got out of work for almost two hours without having to worry about Chris yelling at them for not working. It was actually how Ren had gotten close to the rest of the inner circle that she usually didn't talk to.
All the guys looked to Chris to see if he was gonna let them all go eat instead of work. Chris just laughed and put out his hand for Ren to grab. He pulled her up and hugged her. "IF it was any other girl I would never let them all out of work. But because I bet you had a long day, and since you called this home. I guess we can all go out for once." As all the guys began to walk over to cars, Ren ran and jumped on Chris' back, who in turn just helped her up and gave her a piggy back ride to the other side of the parking lot to their cars.
Everyone was joking around and Ren could not help but be happy surrounded by Chris and his guys; she felt she had a family in them. While they all piled into their cars and headed toward the restaurant none of them noticed the smoke coming out of the driver's side window of a car across the street. The man picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Yea, boss?"
"I want her, don't care how the fuck you all do it. Just bring her to me ASAP. Got it?"
"No problem. You will have her by the end of the week."
"Good."
The man hung up the phone and flicked his cigarette out of the window. He quickly peeled out of the parking lot and headed back to Boston with a mischievous grin on his face.
Baggy stood staring between Billy and Ren. Both looked like they were going to kill someone. Baggy was use to seeing that look in Billy's eyes especially since Ren left; but seeing that look in her eyes sent shivers down his back. The thing was he knew that look was partially his fault, it had started when he pretty much called her a whore, and then just got worse the closer Billy got to her.
"Are you fucking kidding me? What am I doing here? I am here because it seems to be the only way I can see my fucking friends thanks to your unbearable ass." Ren seethed.
"Watch who your fucking talking to Ren, I've hit you once, don't think I won't fucking do it again." Billy said sternly taking an intimidating step toward her. "And you choose them over us, so…"
"NO, fuck you Billy. I choose Chris over YOU not THEM." Ren interrupted pointing at each person as she mentioned them. "They didn't fucking do a thing, you did. You drug-dealing, murdering, son of a bitch." Ren screamed back at him.
For the second time in her life Ren found herself at her brother's feet from his doing. Both Baggy and Crystal were by her side in a second, and then found themselves being thrown out of the office in almost the same second.
"God damn it Billy. She is your fucking sister." Crystal screamed from the lobby as Billy slammed the door shut and locked it.
Ren found some courage as she stood up to take on Billy. "She is wrong you know." Ren said completely calm.
"Really how's that?" The anger in Billy's voice was still very much apparent.
"You are no brother of mine." She snarled out, receiving another blow from Billy. This time she just went back into the corner of the office instead of on the floor.
Billy moved directly in front of her pinning her in the corner. "Get the hell away from me. I want to leave." Ren tried to hide the fear in her voice, but she could not help it when it cracked on her.
Billy didn't say a thing, just reached in his pocket and pulled out his pocket knife and grabbed Ren's hand. "Billy what the fuck are you doing?" Ren screamed the fear way more than apparent in her voice than earlier, as she tried to pull her hand back. Billy looked Ren dead in the eyes as he put the knife to her palm. Ren screamed as she felt the knife dig into her palm slicing it open, it wouldn't need stitches but it was deep enough to hurt like hell.
"Billy, what are you doing?" Ren questions as she let the tears stream down her face.
Billy pulled Ren's hand up till it was right in front of her face. "You see that?" He snarled out. "That right there will always lead right back to me." He let her hand go, and watched as she cradled it against her chest trying to stop the bleeding. "You are and forever will be my fucking sister, no matter how much you fucking deny it." Billy yelled inches from her face. "And the next time I fucking see you in my territory that bruise and cut will be nothing to what I fucking do to you." With those final words Billy stormed out of the shop. Ren didn't move until she could no longer hear the-oh so familiar rumble of his car.
"Ren, you have to let me see your hand." Crystal prodded at Ren, who now was seated in the corner, knocking her out of her trance.
"It's fine. He didn't cut that deep." Ren said in a completely calm voice that surprised both Crystal and Baggy.
"Yea, but who knows where that knife has been. We still should clean it so it doesn't get infected." Baggy stated from the doorway.
"What the fuck do you care? To you I am just a slut, right?" Ren snapped back at him.
"Look I knew Billy was on his way over and I was just trying to get you to leave, I swear." Baggy tried to explain.
"No." Ren stated standing up walking over to him. "If you wanted to get rid of me, you tell me that he is on his way and ASK me to leave. You do not call me a slut to piss me off so that I leave in anger. Haven't you heard every joke has some truth behind it." Ren snapped.
"Look Renny…" He started but stopped as Ren put her hand up.
"Look Baggy, I am living in Lexington now. It's obvious that Billy doesn't want you there and it sure as shit is clear that he doesn't want me here. So look maybe, we should just, I don't know, take a break till everything settles down." Ren stated.
"Yea whatever you say, Ren." Baggy snapped, turning around and walking out of the shop.
Crystal caught Ren before she fell completely to the ground in hysteretic. Crystal just sat on the ground holding Ren as she cried letting all her feelings for both Billy and Baggy out. After about an hour of uninterrupted crying Ren finally began to calm down.
"Why didn't he fight? Why does the one that I want to fight back down and the one I want to back down fight?" Ren finally cried out. "Why are guys so fucking impossible?" Ren screamed out in frustration.
"Well, we are probably the same to them and…"Crystal stopped talking when a phone began to ring again. "Honey you gonna answer that it is about the third time it has gone off. Who the hell is calling you anyways?"
"Chris and the boys. He hated the idea of me coming alone so they have called every hour. I honestly haven't even heard it ring." Ren explained. Taking her phone out of her pocket she was to afraid to answer she simply ignored the phone call and texted Luke who was the one calling her now.
Fine. Can't talk. 3 Ren.Bout time, we almost came 2 get u. LSry. Leaving in about 20 min. 3 Ren.Ren slid her phone back into her pocket and finally stood up. She went to wipe her face of her tears. She winced in pain as she forgot about the cut on her palm.
"Here come on let me get some things to bandage that up." Crystal stated walking into the tattooing section looking for bandages and other things to clean the wound.
Ren had only one more person that she wanted to see. So she pulled out her phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?"
"Hey I am at Crystal's work. Can you get away for a couple minutes?"
"Umm…yea. Give me about five minutes and I will be there."
Just as Ren hung up the phone Crystal came back with peroxide and gauze. By the time they were done bandaging up her hand the bell to the door went off.
"REN." A male voice called out.
"In the office Joe." Ren called out, standing up and walking to meet Joe at the doorway. Joe who in turn enclosed her into a huge hug. They both just stood there hugging for a while. They stopped when Crystal cleared her throat.
"Can you two move, I need to clean all this shit up." Crystal joked. Joe finally looked down and realized she was holding a cloth with blood all over it.
"What the fuck is that?" Joe called out pushing away from Ren to look at her. Ren showed him her hand.
"Your brother decided he was gonna try and show me that no matter what my blood was always his blood. So he sliced my hand open." When Ren saw the horrified look on Joe's face she explained a little more. "It's not that bad, just a surface cut. Nothing to worry about."
"Actually there is." Joe said somberly.
"What are you talking about?" Ren questioned now worried.
"I think Billy knows about you and Baggy." Joe explained.
"Yea well there isn't a me and Baggy anymore. I broke up with him." Ren explained.
"Yea well, when I got off the phone with you and headed to the main part of the office. Dog and Spink were practically carrying Baggy out to take him to the hospital. Billy beat the shit out of him. When Bodie asked what the hell happened. Billy just told us all to make sure Baggy lives. I guess they are good now or whatever. But Billy really did a number to him." Joe explained. "So how did He find out?"
"Baggy's dumbass decided that the best way to get me to leave so that I didn't run into Billy, who was on his way over, was to call me a slut and piss me off. Then he screamed something about me not contacting my boyfriend. Which Billy heard as he barged in. Then me and Billy got into it, Billy left, then me and Baggy got into it. I cried for a good hour and then I called you. I really need to get back home before Chris and the boys start a gang war by just coming to look for me. But I just really wanted to see you before I headed back." Ren explained walking over to Crystal giving her a hug and saying goodbye.
She walked back over to Joe and he engulfed her into another bear hug. He kissed the top of her head and squeezed her again. "I love you, baby girl." Joe stated, finally letting her go.
"I love you too." Ren calmly said. Ren fought tears as she left the shop and started her way back to Lexington.
When Ren got in Lexington city limits Ren noticed a certain car following her. Ren couldn't help but smile at the thought that Chris was just like Billy when it came to protectiveness. She pulled over into a parking lot and put the car in park as she got out and waited for the car to come to a stop next to her.
"Hello beautiful." Mark called as he got out of his car.
"So how long have you been waiting for me?" She laughed out.
"Actually only about fifteen minutes. Crystal called me and gave me a low down on your trip today." He saw the look of worry on her face and continued before she could talk. "Don't worry no one else knows but me. That is why I was waiting for you. I wanted to get to you before you got back to Chris and the rest of the guys."
"So what exactly did she tell you?" Ren questioned.
"Well she told me about the hand," He said pointing to it. "And she told me you broke up with Baggy, and that you were not happy about either event. So you want to talk about it?"
"Naw, I'm good after talking with Crystal and the drive after, but thanks. So I was planning on lying to Chris about my hand, you don't mind going with that do you?"
"If that is what you want, sure. So you gonna tell Adam that you broke up with Baggy?" Mark asked with a huge smirk on his face.
Ren slammed her head on the back of her jeep. "Oh god. Did you really have to bring that up?" Both just laughed.
"Fine, but we should get back like now. Everyone has been on edge since you fucking left. I swear to god you have all of us in love with you baby girl." Mark joked giving her a hug. Ren couldn't help but think that Mark's hug felt a lot like hugging Joe.
"Yeah, what can I say I'm amazing." Ren joked hopping back into the jeep.
Ren grabbed her phone and texted Crystal. Tnx. Ttys. 3 Ren
Ren followed Mark until they got to the apartments. While she turned into them, Mark went straight, the way to the office. When she pulled into a parking spot she noticed that there were about six guys sitting on the stoop talking. As she got closer she heard their laughter and couldn't help but smile. She walked right up to them.
"Hello Boys!" She called out wrapping her arms around the waist of both Chris and Luke. "So which of you is cooking dinner?" She joked, getting a laugh out of all of them.
"Hello beautiful. How was home?" Luke asked.
Ren was quiet for a little bit and then had an ear to ear grin on her face as she thought of an answer. She unwrapped her arms from the boys and turned so that she could sit in the middle of the group. "I know that you sleep all day but I am pretty sure that you know that I was not home today. I was in Boston." She joked receiving smiles from all the guys, especially Chris. But his smile soon faded, when he saw her bandaged hand.
"What the hell happened?" He asked concern and anger clear in his voice.
"Huh?" She questioned back. When she pointed to her hand, she frowned a little bit and then explained.
"Oh, I visited Crystal at work and well my clumsy ass tripped and sliced it open. It's no big deal, we just bandaged it so it that it doesn't get infected." Ren shrugged at the end hoping to show them that it was no big deal. "So what are you guys up to tonight anyways?"
"Well now that you are back home." Chris emphasized the word home with a smile. "We are all hungry so why don't you get off your lazy ass and cook us some food woman." He laughed as he jumped back to avoid a kick from Ren.
"You see if I don't poison you next time I cook." She joked right back. "How about you guys treat me to dinner? I could really go for some Friendly's." All the guys laughed, ever since Ren moved in whenever she didn't want to cook she would grab one of the guys so that she didn't have to go alone. The guys didn't mind because it meant that they got a good meal and got out of work for almost two hours without having to worry about Chris yelling at them for not working. It was actually how Ren had gotten close to the rest of the inner circle that she usually didn't talk to.
All the guys looked to Chris to see if he was gonna let them all go eat instead of work. Chris just laughed and put out his hand for Ren to grab. He pulled her up and hugged her. "IF it was any other girl I would never let them all out of work. But because I bet you had a long day, and since you called this home. I guess we can all go out for once." As all the guys began to walk over to cars, Ren ran and jumped on Chris' back, who in turn just helped her up and gave her a piggy back ride to the other side of the parking lot to their cars.
Everyone was joking around and Ren could not help but be happy surrounded by Chris and his guys; she felt she had a family in them. While they all piled into their cars and headed toward the restaurant none of them noticed the smoke coming out of the driver's side window of a car across the street. The man picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Yea, boss?"
"I want her, don't care how the fuck you all do it. Just bring her to me ASAP. Got it?"
"No problem. You will have her by the end of the week."
"Good."
The man hung up the phone and flicked his cigarette out of the window. He quickly peeled out of the parking lot and headed back to Boston with a mischievous grin on his face.