"Riff, this whole thing is getting out of hand. It was fun when we made the Jets, but it's getting too much."
"What do you mean it's 'getting outta hand'?"
"I mean, Riff, you bought a gun for a little rumble that shouldn't be happening!"
"You ain...
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I wake up to the sun blazing on my face, and I hear cars honking their loud horns.
I look around and I see that I was asleep on Diesel's muscular forearm, on the floor. I then sit up and look around and see all of the Jets dotted around the zoo, with empty beer bottles scattered. I smile to myself thinking about what happened last night, proud of myself for not drinking too much - mostly because I have work. Mainly because I wanted to remember this.
We cracked open the beers and we all had a cigarette in our mouths.
"Where have ya been Annika?" Action asks, sadness clearly in his voice.
"I've been in hidin'." I answer simply.
"No shit." He responds with, which makes me smile.
I begin to think about telling them the truth about why I haven't been around for my second family. I weigh out the pro's and cons.
Ah fuck it.
"I've been scared, boys. I'm a pussy." I tell them, whilst looking around and I notice that some of them are shocked.
"Scared? Whatcha scared of? Krupke?" Ice mocks. I roll my eyes and scoff.
"Shut up ya jackass." Mouthpiece smacks the boy round the head.
"I was scared, that what happened to Tony would soon happen to you. All of yous. And I would just be on the run all the time, which is fun when your with ya family. But when your by yourself. It's a whole different story." I explain.
"And, the name callin', boys, what is that about? I didn't wanna ever be apart of that. The gang rivalry's got way to much for me." I explain again.
"But, you could've just said that, instead of just leavin' us. We had no idea where you were." A-rab reasons.
In response to A-rab's comment, I thought about why I couldn't go and find them and tell them.
I left out the detail that Riff basically cheated on me with my brother's ex.
"You're right. I should have found you." I smiled at the boys.
"Yeah, I know I'm right. That's why I said it, dumbass." A-rab joked, before taking a swig of beer.
"So, whatcha been up to?" Asks Snowboy.
"Well, I've got an apartment-"
"No she don't, it's a shithole boys-" Riff cuts me off.
"Shut ya mouth Riff, it's-"
"She's gunna get evicted soon cuz she ain't payin' her bills." Riff tells them.
