N/A

Alejandro: Brother of That Kid From Grief Group That Lost His Brother To His Own Gang

Jack: Rivel Gang Leader Of Max's Gang Who Swore He'd Get His Revenge

Chapter 20

I'm surrounded by white. Even the floor looks like white clouds. I keep walking forward into the mysterious white room, world? Whatever it is. The ferther I go into the white cloud the more I can make out. The white world actually was a room, my room. The room my sister and I shared and sitting there on the bed was my sister. Angel.

I run to her as fast as I possiabley can. I reach her in a milasecond. I open my mouth to ask questions to say something, anything but nothing comes out. I feel a tear of pure happiness and joy fall down my cheek as I throw my arms around her embracing her with all my stregth.

A familiar joyful laugh fills the room and I freeze for a second beacuse it her laugh. Exsactly the way I remember it. I squeze her tighter beacuse everything feels so right. Something that hasn't felt like this in years.

"I've missed you too Max" She says her voice so pure as she hugs me too.

I pull away but take the next to her on our old bed, like old times. For a moment nothing crosses my mind. For once in my life I'm only thinking of whats right infront of me and that was my sister. Too bad she wasn't thinking like me. Leave it to Angel to become so wise just beacuse she's an angel.

"Max we gotta talk" She says with a worried face and adds "God i've missed you. You still wear that wall around your face, your still so strong."

"I miss you too" I say as another tear runs down my cheek.

"Okay no more mushy stuff we have to get serious" Angel says trying her best to look older sound wiser.

"What's to worry about? I'm here with you!" I say throwing my arms in the air and then falling back on the bed.

I sit up in an instant "Wait. I'm here with you, but that means...Jack won"

"No Max he hasn't won" Angel says.

"Then?" I ask

"This is a dream" Angel says slowly.

A flash of sadness cover her face for a second but vanishes as fast as it came. I don't have to wounder what my face is looking like beacuse i'm sure its full of disappointment.

"Of cource" I whisper slowly bringing reality back into my world.

"I'm sorry Max, but I had to talk to you and it was either this or to kill you" Angel explains.

"You should have just killed me" I mubble quitely to myself but I know she heard me.

"You cant talk like that. Iggy and Gazzy need you. Your all they have. You always told me you'd do anything for us and you sound like a quitter to me" Angel says.

"I'm sorry, your right. So what did you have to tell me?" I ask looking at our old tv.

The telivison is just as I remember it exsept it has bottions that have years on them. I stand up exsamining it. On the screen it is set to the year 2000 Angel and me are sleeping in a landry basket in the kiten. Many emotion run through me as I remember the day.

I remember that Angel had done something bad and my mom got mad. Angel's punishment was to sleep in the kiten by herself but when everyone went to sleep I snuck in and slept with her.

"Like it? Every angel gets one. They hold all of our perisous memorise. I always watch it. This ones my favorite one thou." She says smiling at the tv.

"So whats important again?" I ask trying not to cry again as I turn away from the television.

Angel looks at me and says "You know sometimes it's alright to feel sad. You miss the old days, I do too"

I don't reply. She sighs knowing I was never good with emotion.

"Do you remember when Jack was leader of your rival gang?" Angel ask changing the subject.

"Of cource" I reply looking at her.

"Okay well remember when he hadn't shown up for two of the gang fights thoese two weeks?" She asks.

"Sure I do" I say.

"Well durring that time he had sprung a deal with Fuentes about taking over the drug deals all over east LA inechange for the Vivitar territoir." Angel says

"Thats why Fuentes went after Alejandro, our head drug dealer who always dealed clean. Alejandro would never let Jack make dirty deals. Thats why they killed him. But what does that have to do with me?" I continue.

"Alejandros not dead and if your going to win this your going to need him" Liliana says.

"Wait a minute is he's not dead where is he? and who the heck do you know all this. You um...passed away before I ever got jumped into the gang" I ask.

"He faked his murrder, started clean. Changed his look everything. You wouldn't recoginze him if you saw him. And about the whole spying on you part you can't blame me you were so crazy I was scared you'd join me too soon" Angel says.

"Okay so he started new but where is he?" I ask not bringing up the her spying on me part back up beacuse shes right. I was reckless.

"He goes to your school. You know him...very well might I add." She says hidding a small smile.

I look at her with the most confused face ever and right when i'm going to ask her something she says with a smile "We don't have much time Gazzy is about to jump on you and wake you up"

"Okay I say but before I go can...can we sing a song together like old times?" I ask.

"Of cource" she says with a smile i'll never forget, not even if I could.

(Remember When By Avril Lavigne)

Angel: Remember when I cried to you a million times? I told you everyting, you know my feelings

Me: It never crossed my mind that there would be a time for us to say goodbye. What a big surprise.

Angel: But I'm not lost, I'm not gone

Me: I haven't forgot. These feelings I can't shake no more, theses feeling of running out the door I can feel it falling down

Angel: And I'm not comming back around

Me: these feelings I can't take no more, this emptiness of the bottom drawer. It's getting harder to pretend

Angel: And I'm not comming back around again

Both: Remember when

Angel: I remember when it was together 'til the end

Me: Now I'm all alone again. Where do I beggin? I cried a little bit.

Angel: You died a little bit. Please say theres no regrets and say you won't forget but I'm not lost, I'm not gone

Me: I haven't feelings I can't shake no more, theses feeling of running out the door I can feel it falling down.

Angel: And I'm not comming back aroud

Me: these feelings I can't take no more, this emptiness of the bottom drawer. It's getting harder to pretend.

Angel: And I'm not comming back around again.

Both: Remember when

Me: that was then now it's the end

Angel: I'm not comming back

Me: I can't pretend

Both: Remember when