Chapter Six

Ebony

"Known whereabouts" Ramon handed me a wad of paper and carried on his way.

"Okay" I said to myself leaning on the railing, I looked down on the crew sifting boxes of drugs on and off trucks. Shipments came in on the Sunday night and went back out the Monday night, to and from foreign countries.

"Ebony" I turned around to see Eli, one of the youngest sharp shooters I knew and despite being what he was underneath he was a real decent person. I knew him when he was a little kid as our fathers used to take us fishing together until we were ten, when the incident occurred and my father didn't want to take me fishing anymore he just wanted to inject himself with heroin.

"Hey Eli" He came to stand next to me.

"I know the job boss gave you, does your father still have that rifle?"

"Yes he does, why?" I closed my eyes as the rifle came into my head, going back to the time…

"Hold it like this" My father positioned the stock of the rifle against my shoulder and guided my hands to the correct positions, the left around the grip, the right around the foregrip.

I squinted focusing on the bird and then with my father's direction I shot. It went wild and I cursed.

Father laughed. "You can't expect to get it the first time Ebby, give it time"

"No" I told him moving the rifle up a bit as I had spooked the bird into moving up onto a higher branch, it was looking dead at me now and I knew this was the last time, if this one went wild again the bird was going to fly away and there was nothing else in sight. I looked it back, right in the eye, right through the barrel and then I shot again.

"Use it"

When I opened my eyes the door was swinging shut from which he had come out of. I missed my father, I had always been close to him and he had took me everywhere and teached me everything. He was still alive but his soul, the soul that had loved me had gone.

I stepped back out the warehouse feeling the nice cool breeze on my skin and headed over for my car, it had been sitting there when I had come out of school. I liked to think that subconsciously he still loved me but just as I thought that he would hurt me and I realised he didn't.

"I still don't see why I wasn't allowed in" Ryder grumbled.

"Because you don't have a weapon" I told him driving off. "No entry without one"

"You could get me one"

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that" I took a sharp corner flinging Ryder across his seat.

When we got home I didn't ask my father if I could borrow it, I just took it. If I could shoot an innocent bird I could shoot a guilty human being.

000

"I made an error of judgement" Benjamin complained as he flopped down next to me on the grass on the second day of school at lunch.

"What error?" I asked absently as I flicked through the pages Ramon gave me, hidden in a textbook.

"I think you should stay away from him"

"What?" I looked up at him.

"Dominic I don't know his last name"

"Are you kidding me?" I snapped the book shut and stood up. "Were over Benji, why can't you just accept that? I've moved on and I've only just met Dom"

"So it's all on my side" Benji stood up too. "You don't even like me anymore? Is that what you're saying?"

"Of course I do" I exclaimed. "But we can't be no more, we have to move on, you know that as well as I do"

"Dominic has problems. I'm trying to look out for you"

"He has problems?" My voice rose. "We all have problems Benji! And it's not your place to say" I stepped forward and poked a finger in his chest. "We both ended it, don't make me out the bad guy all because I've moved on"

I strode away fearing I'd lose my temper if I stayed any longer with Benji.

The sun was out today with a breeze so everyone was enjoying the last of the sun so the school was practically empty as I wandered up and down the halls, nose in the textbook. "Whoa there" Someone's hands steadied me and I glanced up seeing Dom.

"Oh hey" I smiled, lowering the textbook.

"It's a lovely day outside and you're spending it reading" Dom tilted his head. "Biology"

No I'm spending it reading where the guy I'm going to kill soon could possibly be but it's not like I can tell you that.

"Science is my weakness subject" I shrugged.

"Hmm okay"

"I'm the best at chemistry"

"Chemistry? Hmm nothings coming to mind"

"Maybe I just have to teach you then"

"There's a lot to teach"

"We do have time"

"Don't we" We were so close to each other that our breaths mingled and our foreheads nearly touched, and oh my I wanted him, and then I was moving past him just for the bell to go.

On Wednesday I observed Dom from afar watching as he sat alone against a tree, always with an apple and seemed perfectly content to just watch the world go on by. He has problems, Benji's words swarm into my head, but don't we all?

On Thursday I got caught out. "Watching me eh?"

I jumped at the sound of another voice, my friends didn't complain and stayed away when I went off by myself, sometimes I just liked to be alone. Especially to observe hot guys while figuring out where the guy I'm going to kill soon would be.

"You have no idea"

"Oh right" He chuckled. "Nice for a girl to actually admit that"

"Is it?" I turned to him moving my book so that he can sit down.

"You're reading again?"

"And is that a problem?"

"Well no" He angled his head to read the title. "Same book, you're really studying for your biology eh?"

"Uh huh" I hummed. "We still have half an hour of lunch left and I've nearly finished this book"

"What do you suggest we do?" He smiled back at me.

I stood up and held out my hand for him to take. "Let's go do some Chemistry, you're be an expert in no time with me as your teacher"

A/N: Thanks to guest and electracait for reviewing.

Alex and Dom are brothers who have been through quite a lot together and this is just how Alex copes with it-by being a bastard basically- but underneath Alex does love his brother. Hope that answered the question!

Sorry for long wait I got caught up. Review, please?