Learning to Live

Chapter 2

Flash back

Andre had seen this kid for the last few weeks around the streets, he knew that this kid shouldn't be out after dark, he seemed to sweet and innocent but he wanted to confirm that he wasn't part of another gang trying to get information.
The kid looked to be around 16 or 17, bright ocean blue eyes, with brown curly hair that just seemed to be wild on his head, he looked under fed but that could be that his clothes were just baggy.
Andre asked around his gang about the kid, when Grace said she knew of him and that his name was Luca and he was 17 so he had been right about his age, he was very quiet didn't have any friends and that she had named him dreamer because he always had his head in the clouds. Dreamer that's a nice nickname.
End of flash back

Andre was walking down the road with Reggie deep in conversation when Andre dropped his wallet with £50 in, Luca watched them and then noticed the wallet he ran across the road picked up the wallet and checked what was inside looking for a driver's license to find his address, he didn't even look at the cash, he noticed the address was right round the corner so he walked to the house and knocked on the door and was greeted by a 6 foot 5 giant and Luca being Luca said the first thing that came to his head "wow your a giant I think you need a bigger house you have to duck to get through the door" people started to laugh behind the giant "What do you want, kid?" "Oh yes" holding out the wallet "some one called Andre dropped his wallet, just giving it back" the giant grabbed the kid and pulled him into the house slamming the door and pinning him to it "did you steal it?" Luca rolled his eyes "if I stole it, why would I give it back" "he has a point" a red head kid said "you can let him go, giant" "wow I got the nickname right" Luca was smiling at the new person to this conversation "thank you for giving me my wallet back" giant handed the wallet to Andre who checked inside "I'm surprised nothing is missing" Luca was frowning "why, is every kid you meet a thief" everyone laughed around Luca "yeah pretty much" "You hang out with the wrong people then" Andre raised his eyebrow " suppose I do" he shrugged.
"Ahhhhh, this stupid math question, how is the answer 97" Luca started to walk over "Umm I can help" everyone looked surprised "what so first you thought I was a thief now I can't be bright, thanks" he then spent 5 minutes explaining how to get the answer, "I couldn't be cheeky are you any good at English" Luca rolled his eyes and pulled up a chair "ok tell me what's the problem" Andre had watched everything with Reggie "you thinking what I'm thinking" Reggie looked confused "no then, we could pay this kid to teach the idiots so they can pass school" Reggie nodded "that's a good idea".
Andre walked towards the table "hey Kid" Luca turned "stop calling me kid, I have a name it's Luca" "actually it's Dreamer but that not important" Luca scrunched up his nose but didn't say anything."do you know who I am, who we are?" Andre said with his hands spread wide, Luca shook his head no but he had an idea "my name is Andre , I'm the leader of The Ravens" "oh ok" Luca then turned back to the essay, Andre turned to Reggie who shrugged his shoulders, Andre coughed to get Luca's attention, he looked up and straight at Andre, Andre couldn't understand how this kid wasn't scared or intimidated by anyone in this room.
"Most people are scared of me, of us" "I'm not most people, I know who you are, I know what you do, it's your life, you live it how you want." "Do you want to stay for dinner Luca?" Dinner would definitely be nice, he doesn't get hot meals very often "yes please" "well can you come with me for a second, I just want to ask you something" they both got up and walked out the lounge.
Andre had purchased 3 terraced houses next to each other and knocked the walls down so there was one massive kitchen 2 big tables and 2 lounges but they hadn't taken the 3 lots of stairs out. They walked up one of the stairs.