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Chapter 24.

"Bro nothing's not gonna happen", says Stevie inhaling his zoot.

The way he's so calm about the situation. He's not letting it bother him.

"Trust me", he added.

I didn't say much. Just remained quiet contemplating about life.

"Why you so bothered?", he asks me.

I gave him a side screw face.

"Stevie don't play stupid. They're asking for ME!", I snapped.

"Relax."

"How? Please tell me how bruv?"

He looked at his zoot like it was nothing and pass it over to me.

"Nah Stevie, don't even want that", I nudged.

"Want grey hair you fool?"

I kissed my teeth.

"Take it man. Just inhale strongly once"

I look at his zoot. Then I kissed my teeth again and snatched it from him.

I did as he said.

It weren't good enough but help somehow.

"Moving all tense and that. Like are you The Rock?", he laughed

"Forreal, it ain't no laughing ting g. These youtes wants me? For what fucking reason?", I complained

"Lamar of course. Such a prick"

"More like a dickhead, at the moment", I spat.

Stevie laughed even more to comment.

"Man said 'more like a dickhead', that's jokes bruddah", he chuckled.

"Feeling to cut still. Getting all tired bruv. This is too much stress in my head", I handed him back the zoot.

We spoke some more for a good 10 minutes, then I left.

Literally, leaving the house got me all paranoid. Constantly looking behind me, preeing cars with tinted windows, keeping my eyes aware of group of boys . Just all that shit.

Just by the minute I heard this familiar voice.

"Look at you .. Keiran", she spat rudely.

Surprisingly, she's looks good but even though I dislike her.

"What you want?"

"Nothing you bitch boy"

Is this girls brain ok?

"Your gonna get fucked over", she laughed as she walked pass me.

My eyes followed as she disappeared from my eye sight.

I cleared my thoughts and continued walking.

This time I felt more paranoid as I see people staring at my face and giving me a weary look.

I don't feel comfortable. My veins are pumping faster than ever. I feel my shirt drenched from the sweat I was pouring from my body.

Stay calm Keiran. Fucking chill bro.

I say in my head to compose myself.

~ Leah ~

Keiran .. Keiran

His name ran around in my head. This boy drowned me in him. I love him but I feel like he doesn't show me enough. I'm I not enough? I wanna know.

Keiran .. K-

My phone starts to ring. It's him. I answered his call in a split second.

"Baby?", his sincere voice triggered through my ears that soften me.

"Oh hey Keiran"

"Where you baby?", his sweet voice said.

He makes me weak when he calls me baby.

"I'm at -", I got interrupted.

I can hear cars screeching and loud laughters. Also, heard a word "boo" that creep me out.

"KEIRAN!!", I screamed down the phone.

He didn't respond. I start panicking.

"KEIRAN!!", I screamed down the phone.

Still no respond. All I hear is wind blowing. This time I hear kicking, punching with loud sniggers.

I quickly called out my brother Rio name and quickly put on my black low converse.

"Yo!", Rio respond.

"It's Keiran. He's getting attack", I cried.

"Shit", he quickly sprinted to the living grabbing whatever he needs.

I went into Kasey's room. I put on her navy jacket since she's already in her grey tracksuit. Then I put her black trainers on.

As I was doing that, I had the phone beside my ears still trying to communicate.

"Let's go, let's go!", yelled Rio.

I picked up Kasey's and rushed downstairs as I see Rio already outside the door waiting.

As we rushed down the stairs in our flat, I see Keiran's mum and Cynthia with baby Keilani coming up the stairs.

Then Keiran's phone locked off. My heart sank.

"Leah are you alright?", Cynthia said.

My eyes began to blur with my watery tears.

"...", I couldn't speak.

"It's Keiran ... He's in some of sort of tro-", says Rio before he got interrupted by Keiran's mum.

"Wait- what are you talking about?", says his mum.

"We gotta find Keiran", I cried as I handed Kasey to Rio to hold.

I ran. I ran fast as I could everywhere around the area.

Rio pass Kasey to Cynthia. As Rio and Keiran's mum followed me.

Keiran's mum automatically called the police and ambulance with fear.

But then I stopped running. I was too parched and my hearts racing like crazy.

"Shit, I can't breath", I breathed heavily.

Rio jogged pass me calling out Keiran's name. Until I saw him stopped. I looked back seeing Keiran's mum in tears and trying to catch up with us.

"L-Leah ..", Rio stutters my name.

I heart pounded deep like a drum.

I walked slowly to were Rio was standing and there I saw him.

I couldn't get my words out. My tears just rolled down my cheeks.

Surrounded in his own pool of blood.

"KEIRANNN!", his mum cries out as she sees her son lies on the ground deadly.

She ran up to him and went on her knees holding his head on his arms.

"Stay with me, Keiran...there coming", she pleaded him.

I went on my knees too on the other side of his body holding his hands tightly.

I cried even more.

His eyes is opened but he was blinking slowly.

Then he mumbled.

"I'm...I'm not gonna make it"

Lord please don't take him ..

Please...please don't take him