The Gangleader's

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Jake's pov

I didn't feel anything. I opened my eyes and Liam's eyes went wide. He looked down at his stomach and back to me. Blood started flooding through his shirt. The hell? He fell to the floor and behind him I saw, "Ariana?" Her face was full of shock, her eyes were wide, and she was sweating. "I-I k-killed him" she murmured. I ran over to her and she let the gun fall to the floor. "I-I k-killed someone, oh my god" her eyes were wide and still looking at all the blood flowing all over Liam's body. "Shh Ariana, no, look at me!" I tried making her look at me but she wouldn't look away from him. "Ariana! Look at me!" I shouted cupping her face in my hands and making her look at me. She had tears in her eyes. "I killed him" she whispered. "No, Ariana, you didn't kill him okay. If anything it's my fault. It was me okay. I killed him. If anyone asks who it was, I killed him." I tried to convince her. She looked at me then back to Liam's lifeless body. "I killed him" she looked at me tears flowing down her face. "I-I h-had to, i-if I didn't, h-he would've k-killed you, I'm sorry" she whispered looking straight into my eyes. "Don't be sorry Ariana, it's not your fault. I would've done the same for you, okay. Thank you for saving me, but you got your hands dirty, you shouldn't have done that. I-I'm sorry" I mumbled. "I got you in this mess, I'm sorry" I whispered looking down. "N-no you didn't I got in this myself. Can we go home p-please?" She asked quietly. "Yeah let's go" I whispered back and we started getting out of the alley and to the car. "Austin, get rid of the gun" I ordered. He mumbled a yeah and left to get the gun.

All the way to the house Ariana was quiet. I would steal glances at her but she wouldn't look at anything or anyone she would just stare out the window to nothing in particular. "Ariana, are you okay?" I asked slowly. She didn't even turn so I tried again, "Ariana" she snapped out of her daze and turned to look at me. "Mhm" she mumbled. "I said are you okay?" She looked at me and sighed. "N-no" she admitted and looked back out the window. I wrapped my arms tightly around her and mumbled "it's going to be okay"

Once we made it home and inside Ariana excused herself to take a bath. "I'm worried about her" Grayson said looking down. They all agreed and no one said anything. "I think we should take her to see her dad and twin brothers, don't you think Jake? I mean it might take her mind off of this" Max murmured. "Yeah, we should"

Ariana's pov

I killed him. It was either kill him or have Jake killed and I couldn't live with that. I felt numb right now. When we got home I went directly to my room and to my bath. I stripped my clothes off and got in. After about an hour later I got out, blow dried my hair, washed my face, put my hair in a messy bun, put on some underwear, a bra, grey sweatpants, black socks, a black tank-top, and went downstairs. "Hey Ariana, you need something?" Jackson kindly asked. I gave him a small smile, said "no thank you", and went to sit next to Jake. He wrapped his arms tightly around me and I laid my head on his chest. "You okay?" He whispered. "Yeah" I mumbled back. He kissed the top of my head and went back to watching the movie.

I woke up a few hours later in my bed. I don't even remember falling asleep, maybe 'cause of all the exhaustion today. I looked at the clock and it read three a.m.  I went downstairs to get a glass of water and when I got downstairs I saw Jake laid in the couch. "Jake?" I whispered but he was asleep. "Jake!" I slightly shouted making him fall off of the couch with a loud 'thud' but he was still half asleep. "Come on let's get you to bed" I whispered and helped him get to his room. Once in his room I laid him down but he wrapped his arms around me and brought me down with him. "Jake, you need to sleep" I mumbled. "Sleep with me" he murmured back. "No" I playfully said. He tightened his hold on me making me loose oxygen. "J-Jake c-can't b-br-breath" I struggled to get out. He loosened his hold on me but didn't let go completely. "I said stay with me" he said kissing my neck sending shivers down my spine. "O-okay" I stuttered and laid next to him, my back on his chest and his arm tightly wrapped around me. "Jake?" I asked. "Mhm" he mumbled.  "Don't ever leave me"