The bell rang and I exited the cafeteria making my way out of the front door's of the school. To my annoyance, the boys followed me the whole way. I turned around calmly, "Are you all going to follow me home too?"

Zig, who was usually quiet, spoke, "It's not that we don't think you're capable of taking care of yourself, it's just that things are unormally tense with Aston and his gang right now. We really are a family Clare, when I had no where to go the boy's gave me a home. You're our family now too, we could never forgive ourselves if we didn't take care of you, or if something happened to you."

Zig was sincere, so I nodded, he really looked at me, as us, as his family. "Alright then, let's go guy's." We began to walk away from the school, only a few feet from the front steps, when someone called out for us to stop.

"Hold on just a moment boys, what do we have here? Are you running away?" It was Aston, his blue eyes sparkled in the sun light, he was even more beautiful in person.

Sean looked at Eli, "You take Clare home, Vince and I will deal with this." He turned his attention to Zig, "You go back to Class, we can handle this" Zig nodded and made his way inside, Eli stood in place. "Eli, I said go, I'm not asking."

Aston Interupted, "Wait just a moment, don't leave just yet, who do we have here. A new addition to your so called family, perhaps?" Astons voice was dazzling, he spoke so proper, like he was from the 20's with almost an English accent. I never would have guessed he was a gang member. Aston walked up closer to us, with a friendly smile. "What is your name Ms.?"

Vince gave him a warning look, "Don't."

Sean spit on the floor in front of him, "What do you want?"

Aston's face became hard, "If you want to get to business, than fine. I want my connect back bitch, I know you screwed me over. That shit you had in your house was Lil Q's product, do not try to lie."

Sean laughed, "You came in my house? You stole my drugs? That's right? And now you want to talk about getting back your connect?" Aston nodded, and Sean laughed. "Fuck you, and Fuck your block. I know the deal, no starting shit at school, but you wait. I'd watch your back, because when you least expect it, I swear to God I'm gonna make you pay. I'm gonna make it slow and painful, I might even go after your mom, since that's the way you like to play." I remembered the story Emma told me about Sean's mother, was Aston the one who killed her?

Astons face went from angry to amused again. "Dear Sean, I am so ever displeased that you think it was I who committed such a heinous crime. That's neither here nor there, I will not let this utter display of disrespect go unpunished, so the same goes for you, watch your back my friend." Aston walked around Vince and Sean, and stood in front of Eli and I. "You are strikingly beautiful ma'am, may I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"

I did the same as Sean, and spat in front of his feet. "Clare Edward's is the name."

Aston smiled even wider than before, clapping his hands together "Oh my, this is a wild one. Eli is this one yours? Don't tell me you dropped B? Do teach this one some proper manners, she almost spit on my brand new Christian Louboutin shoes."

There was a rumbling from Eli's chest that almost sounded like a growling nose, "Aston don't fuck with me today, we're on school grounds. Leave her alone, or else."

Aston's face became angry again, and he took another step closer to Eli, "Or Else what, dear little friend?"

Sean and Vince had the same worried expression on their face, I had to calm the situation. "I'm not his, I'm not anyone's."

Aston turned his attention back to me, "That is rather interesting news, I'm glad to hear. Maybe I, someday, can teach you a much better use of saliva." Aston grabbed my hand, and I froze, what was he doing? He kissed my hand, still smiling. I saw Vince take a step forward, but it was Eli who lunged first. He pounced on top of Aston knocking him to the ground, he punched him twice before Aston rolled them over. Aston got a few punches in before Vince and Sean pulled them apart. Aston struggle out of Vince's grasp, and I could see Vince reach for his back pocket, it gave me an ere and familiar feeling. I didn't want Vince to shoot anyone, but I didn't want Eli to get hurt for some reason. I didn't want to show my FBI training skills either, but I was under pressure. I kneed Aston in the private area, he fell on his knees and I hit him in the temple with my knuckle, he immideltey passed out, to my relief. Sean let go of Eli, and the three boys walked over to me. They all stared at me blanky, Vince's mouth was even slightly open in shock.

Eli looked at me in anger, "What did you do?"

I scrunched my face in anger, "I kicked his ass, what do you mean?"

Eli threw his hands up in frustration, "Great Clare, just great! Do you know what this means now? You're an even bigger target than before, that was so stupid! What if he had, had a gun on him, you'd be dead right now!"

I scrunched my face, and yelled at him in anger, "Say's that one who attacked him for no reason!"

Eli laughed, "I can handle myself, I didn't knock him out, and I certainly didn't hit him in the groin like you! He is going to be embarrassed, and ashamed, and he's going to make it his sole mission to kill you Clare." Eli turned around, and Sean called out to him.

"Eli, what are you doing!"

Eli threw a hand up, "I'm going to class, I'll see you at home."

Sean looked at me sympathetically, "Sorry Lil C, I don't know what his deal is. I thought you handled yourself well, I'm proud of you. Let's go home, and talk about our next move. We wont let anything happen to you." Sean and Vince both put an arm around me, and we walked away from the school. I truly did feel safe, and protected , for a moment I forgot who they really were, and I looked at them as my friends. Sean smiled for a moment, so where did you learn to do that, how long is he going to be out?"

"My uhm, brother, he taught me a lot of things, and Aston will be up pretty soon, it's a good thing we left when we did."

Vince kept sighing heavily for most of our walk home, and Sean and I eventually couldn't hold our laughter in anymore, angering Vince. "Why ya'll laughin at me!"

Sean patted his back, "Man cause you're pouting."

Vince squinted his eyes, "I aint pouting, I just don't know why Eli wants to go all Batman on us over Clare. She aint his girl, he got B."

"I chuckled again, "I'm not your girl either Vince." Sean made an ooooo sound.

"You know you my girl Clare stop playin." Sean and I both laughed again, finally reaching the house.