The Gangleader, Is a Kid?

Chapter 7: Pranks.

You gotta be cruel to be kind.

It was 3:20 and we had all just collapsed into a booth at Denny's laughing our asses off. I've never been shopping before but all i heard about it was that it was torture. The again only guys said that, well all except Rudy Goldberge but i had a feeling he was going to be the next Gok Wan with the way he dressed. We had been all over town causing havoc, after the first five minutes we started daring each other to do things for example: Mark 19, got ketchup and made a red trail one end leading to the ladies bathroom the other behind two teenage girls walking down an isle. He then hid the bottle behind his back and tapped one of their shoulders and pointed at the mess. Their reaction was hilarious! I swear i burst out in tears! Then we dared Andrew 21, to,set at the alarm clocks in the clock shop to go off, it went like this: one clock went off, the grouchy man walked over and turned it off muttering something about stupid kids under his breath, when he got back to his desk a few moments passed when another clock went off, and another, and another until most of the shop was going off. We were watching through the window and had to run off before he called the police. Next was Jace 23, he was the one who first spoke to me this morning, he put up a tent in the children's play area and said they were only allowed in if they brought duvets and pillows from the bedding department of the store. 23 children i counted got into that small tent with the sheets from the display windows. Other then that we went to the sports store and got sports store and got some skate boards to put on my wall. By some i mean 4 trolleys full. I knew how to skate, i found a board in a bin a while ago and taught myself so it was quicker to get to school. But in my neighbourhood that quickly got nicked. I planned to bash them up a bit before nailing on my wall. I also got a basketball hoop for my wall and some other equipment. That's how we all ended up here, hungry as hell.

A waitress came over and pulled down her shirt a little and pushed her chest out, she made eye contact with Jace but he was still busy laughing, "hey can i get a diet coke please?" She was still staring at Jace trying to grab his attention. "Hello?" No answer still. "Jace can you order me a diet coke please?"
"Why... Why" he was still chuckling "order it yourself your a big" *chuckle " boy now."
"Yes but I'm not the big boy with the waitresses tits in his face!"
He looked up "wow, yeah well a diet coke and- make that -" he counted the 6 of us *chuckle "6." He wiped a tear from his eye, the others were still recovering as well. "Anytime soon?" She awoke from her trance and smiled and got our cokes as fast as she could. It was great service but she forgot to leave after setting down our drinks. "Can i help you?" Jace asked.
"Er, well... Do you want my number or not?"
"No."
"But!"
"I would of asked if i did and i didn't" Jace said bluntly.
She turned away and huffed. We better not order anything else or she might spit in it.
"Why did you do that?" I asked.
"What?"  Jace looked genuinely confused.
"You upset her!"
"Look kid, if you don't say it bluntly they don't listen. Would you rather me toy with her emotions and give her hope? Dude you gotta be cruel to be kind."

We finished up our drinks and left a standard 12% tip. We all got up, i was first and headed towards the door at that moment a load of guys from my school came in and bumped into me, knocking me to the ground.

The atmosphere in the room changed instantly. The guys pulled out their guns and aimed at the boys from my school. Everyone froze. I picked myself off the ground. Slowly. "Guys, errmm what are you doing. I looked at Jace. "You know them?" He asked still tense, "yeah, they go my school. Jace you wanna put that down? Cause we're in a resteraunt! With people staring, and calling the cops!" He looked at his gun and tucked it back in his waistband.

"Blake? Blake Kingston?" I was confused for a second, he didn't remember me? Oh yeah i got a hair cut, it was the same as the others, they had... Insisted, it was that or a bowl cut.

"Yeah, it's me." He looked slightly shocked for a second then laughed in my face. "What? You think your better than me and not a loser cause you hang around with these dip shits?" He started laughing but got cut short when Jace punched him in the stomache. He fell to the ground trying to breathe, "who you calling dipshits?" He kicked him in the stomach and pulled out his gun. His group legged it but Jace didn't care, Jake Miller disrespected him and he wasn't going to get away with it. "Please can we just leave?" I pleaded looking around at the people staring. I could hear the distant sound of sirens. I really need to get us out of here "Jace we are leaving." I said with more authority then i ever knew i had. Jace immediately looked at his feet and put his gun away and walked out the dinner.

I ran after him, the others trailed behind me. "JACE! Jace, thanks. I know he's a dick but-"
He cut me off "No. Thank you. You stopped me from shooting a kid in a crowded dinner full of innocent people. I mean..." He sighed. "I lost control, i swear I'll never do it again!"

"Don't make promises you can't keep." He nodded and got in the car.

"When we go back... There's something you need to know..." Jace trailed off
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