Finding The Gang Leaders Heart

Chapter Six

I went out into the hallway and into the bathroom. I made sure to lock the door and stripped down. Turning the water to full heat and then stepping in. I let the water wash away my tears. I washed my hair and my body. I also shaved because you know it had been three days.

Once I got out I got dressed in sweats and a tank top and then went downstairs. Almost everyone was gathered in the living room. When I walked through the entry they all turned to look at me. I saw Coby look up from his phone. When he saw me his eyes filled with some unknown emotion. They weren't hard like usual. I ignored it and sat down next to Seth. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and everyone was joking around. I joked around with them because I didn't want them to know how bad I was actually hurting. I laughed with them but inside I was falling apart. I hate when people feel bad for me. It's the worst feeling in the world, pity.

Seth suggests that we make dinner, and I reluctantly agree. If anything here is dangerous, its me in a kitchen. So now standing in the kitchen was Seth, Josh, and I. Josh was flipping through a cookbook that had grease all over it and Seth was going through the cabinets throwing random things onto the counter.

"What are we going to make with crackers Seth?" I ask him laughing. On the counter he had put a can of beans and a box of crackers. From the fridge he had also put out carrots and the milk.

"I'm just laying out my options" he tells me completely seriously. I thought I would be the bad one in the kitchen, but Im starting to doubt that.

We eventually agree on spaghetti, because its the only thing we are convinced we wouldn't mess up. I get put in charge of the noodles, and Seth and Josh work on the sauce. Noodles seem simple enough. I grab the pot and fill it with water. I watch them argue about vegetables while I wait for it to boil. Soon Josh puts the sauce in a pan and dinner is almost ready. When my noodles are done I grab the pot. I carry it to the sink and strain the water out. A loud crashing noise makes me drop the pot on my toe.

"Mother-" I start to express my pain but the scene I see when I turn around is horrifying. I see the sauce splattered through the whole kitchen floor. A very guilty looking Seth shoots me a look.

"Seth!" I say, still grabbing my toe I start to laugh. Coby comes running into the kitchen with a pen in his hand. He looks like hes ready to kill. When he sees the mess we all look at him with pleading eyes.

"So were ordering pizza?" he asks very monotone. Josh starts laughing and we all look at him.

"And this lady and gentlemen is why we don't cook" he says bowing.

Josh gets on the phone and orders the pizza while Seth and I start to clean up. By the time we have the kitchen mopped the doorbell rings. I skip towards the door and I see Colby walks there as well. I open the door, and I see the pizza man. Then I dont, I see the man. I see the gun.

"Ma'am?" The pizza boy says. I snap out of it back to reality. Coby tosses me a weird look.

"Oh yeah, sorry" I say, trying to laugh. Coby hands me money which I hand to the man. Then I bring the boxes into the dinning room.

"And now we feast!" Josh says like hes a boy from Neverland.