Battle Scars

Ch 4

“Where is Harry and Louis!!” He screams. He looks worried and angry all at the same time. I wonder if they're all friends, or if any of them are related.

 

“I don’t know, they ran after this Max guy. He killed Alex’s friend.” Emily says pointing to me. He seemed to get tense when she says this. “Don’t worry Liam, they’ll be fine.”

 

“If they get into trouble again, they’re leaving, we’re not” The brunette, named Liam, grumbled under his breath. His gaze finally meets mine. He has dark brown eyes, his brown hair is still in a nice short quiff. He looks to be about 5’ 8”, because he is a bit taller than me, but not by much. He has a chevron arm tattoo on his right forearm. “So who are you?” He asks in an angry, protective voice.

 

“Um.. Liam right? I’m Alex. My friend was just murdered I guess you could call it, by Max and a few of his gang mates.” I say it so smooth and calm, it surprises me. It makes it sound like I am use to this.

 

“You said Max killed her, but you told the medics didn’t know what killed her. I was meaning to ask you why you said that.” Emily asked, a bit of confusion in her voice. Liam’s gaze soon snapped back to me.

 

“Wh-what? no I didn’t.” I said was surprisingly strong

 

Liam crossed his arms over his chest and stared straight into my eyes with a firm look, “You’re lying. Tell me why you didn’t tell them. And DON’T even think about lying because I will be able to tell.”

 

Emily just nodded her head. It looked like she was telling me he was telling the truth.

 

“Well... umm... well I am already in a mess with Max and I don’t wanna add to it telling them he murdered Aleshia. He would somehow found out with in an hour that I spilled and he would come for me… again.” I state looking at the ground.

 

“What do you mean you already are in a mess with this man?” Liam asked really low and slow. It was kinda scary. Do I trust them? What if within the short time they were here already they are associated with Max already. I could just be falling into their trap. Ugg I hate not being able to trust people!

 

“It’s nothing” I say really quickly, shaking my head. I believe I studded a little but I hope neither of them noticed.

 

“No it IS something Alex.” damn Liam can be demanding. He just met me less then 5 minutes and he is already caring about me? What is this some sort of joke? I wanna trust them but at the same time I don’t.

 

“I just know some stuff about Max and his crew that he does not want out. They can be put behind bars with this info if I got the evidence. Trust me I do.” I said with a little laugh in my voice. I still look at the ground. I can’t bring myself to look into there eyes.

 

“Then do it! What are you waiting for! Your friend just got killed because of them!” I could tell Emily was furious with me not handing them in. Gosh when she saw the kitchen I thought she understood. I thought she was like me. I guess not. Maybe they don’t know anything about Max or have dealt with stuff like this. I should have known better than to drag them into this.