The Gang Leader's Girl

Chapter 1

As I stuff the last box into my car, my older sister, Rachel comes up to me, "Can I have your keys? I'll need to give them to the porters when they move in." She told me while opening her palm to me, waiting for me to put my set of house keys in her hands. 

"Can you stop being such a b***h about it? You know how hard this is for me." I tell her as I take the key off of my key ring. I place the key in her hand and turn away from her, hopping in my car. 

I turn on the engine to my Honda civic, Rachel knocks on my window she gives me the motion to roll it down, and I do. "Do you remember how to get to Ace's apartment?" I nod. "Okay, well be safe. I know that getting rid of mom and dad's house is hard, hell it's hard for me too. Please get your life straight in New York. You know mom and dad wouldn't like to see you like this."

"I'm 19 I can do whatever the hell I want. I've got to go so move your hand or it's going to get cut off. " I said coldly. I know I'm being a b***h, it's honestly the only way I can hold the tears back. I know mom and dad would hate to see me like this. I cut my eyes at her and she backs away, allowing me to roll up my window. I leave a crack in it and grab my cigarette pack out of my glove compartment. I take one out and light it, feeling all anxiety leave my body and I finally relax. I turn on the radio and some station comes on playing pop songs. Some songs remind me of when me and Mom would drive to the beach and just enjoy the ride with my Ace and Rachel. It brings tears to my eyes and I bite my tongue, hard enough to draw blood. I'm not going to cry. I've been without my parents for 5 years now. I've been okay since then and I'm okay now. 

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After the 3 hour ride to my brother's apartment, I'm finally able to pull into the parking lot considering the large amount of traffic. I grab my purse and duffel bag from the passenger seat. I look at the boxes and hope that I won't have to carry all my s**t by myself. I quickly walk up to the building and head towards the stairs. I reach my brother's door and stand there with my fist hovering over the door ready to knock, but I just can't bring myself to do it. After a few seconds skip by I knock, and not even 3 seconds later the door opens, "Scarlet!" Ace yells and pulls me into a bear hug, then he picks me up and spins me in a circle.

"Put me down! Can't breathe!" I yell. 

"Sorry, I'm just really excited to see you." He says as he puts me down. "It's been how long? A year maybe?" He says as he grabs my bag and heads inside. 

"Yeah, something like that." I say taking in my surroundings. His place looks different from when I came here after I graduated. All of the furniture has been moved, the walls are painted a different color and it looks more spacey and clean. 

"Your room is down the hall to the right." He tells me. "And also can you unlock your car so I can get some of your things?" I hand him the keys and turn to walk to my room. 

"I'll be down in a second." I tell him ass he closes the door. As I enter the room I notice that it looks like it's never been used. The floors are clean and the walls are painted white. There's a full sized bed in the corner and a desk at the foot of it. I take one final look trying to decide where I should put everything and head outside. I see that Ace already brought in 3 boxes and is currently trying to get the fourth one in. I prop the door open for him and go behind him to go outside. 

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A few hours pass and all the boxes are inside and we just ordered Chinese food. "So how was your year long break?" 

"It was okay, just doing my own thing the whole time." I told him taking a bit of my rice. Thinking back now, all I did this past year was get messed up on drugs and get my ass beat by my ex, and get into illegal fighting and street racing. That's about it, but I wouldn't let him know that. 

"You do realize that you don't have to lie to me. Rachel told me about what happened. Why would you let yourself get away from you like that, I know that you went through a rough patch, but please tell me that you're done with all that. " He looks at me with hopeful eyes.

"Yeah, I'm done with the drugs, and the racing but I can't let go of the fighting. It's the one outlet that I have. I only have that and the cigarettes. But that's it I promise." I tell him.

"Fine, but I'm going with you every time you take a match." He tells me sternly. I nod. I have an addictive behavior, he knows that if I'm around that stuff I'll fall back into the cycle. 

"I'm sorry to put all this on you. I would've stayed in Jersey if Rach didn't sell the house.I'm a mess. And by the way I'm not an alcoholic so you didn't have to hide the scotch under the couch. The only time I drink is at parties." I tell him. He sits up and takes the scotch out from under the couch. He goes and gets two glasses from the cabinets in the kitchen and comes back to sit on the couch with me. he pours a little in the glass and hands it to me. I take it and sip on it, feeling it burn it's way down my throat. 

Suddenly the door starts to unlock and open and suddenly I'm met with the most gorgeous pair of blueish green eyes.