"Thanks for the food Derek." I said as I crumbled the hamburger wrapper up and threw it onto the table.
"You're welcome" Derek replied.
I grabbed my soda, sat back on the couch, and slurped it, trying to break the awkward silence barrier. "Sooooo"
"So what?" Justin asked.
I decided that I had just waited too long, and I really wanted to start hearing answers. "I know you guys don't want to hear this but I really need to know something."
I looked straight at Justin, and he had a look on his face that told me that he knew exactly what I was talking about.
He sat up in his chair, and cleared his throat. "Umm, I don't think right now is the best time to tell you Kelsey."
"Well I do" I argued back. "Ive been waiting forever and Derek already told me that he would tell me. Soooooo..." I looked at Derek and smiled.
He grabbed his soda and drank a little bit. After that, he sucked his teeth and took a deep breathe. "Nahh bro if she wants to know, then we will tell her."
Justin grunted, rolled his eyes, and leaned back in the chair. "Fine." He looked at me and frowned. "But you will regret it."
"Well im a big girl and I think I can handle it, so tell me Derek."
"Okay then but you have to promise me that what I am about to tell you, you will never repeat to anyone else."
"I promise" I agreed.
Derek sat his drank down, and began. "Well it all started about 6 months ago. We use to live in Chicago but we had to move because of some things. When we came here, we just got involved in more drugs and stuff with Brian and now we owe him a lot of money and stuff, and yep that's about it."
He picked up his drink and started drinking again.
"Derek!" I yelled. "I know that's not what happened and I won't leave here until you tell me what happened."
"I did tell you what happened."
"Why do people call you bad asses?"
"Because of what happened in Chicago."
"What happened?"
Derek and Justin made eye contact and then looked away quickly.
"Well.." Derek continued. "If you must know, you might as well know the whole story. One night, me and Justin went out to do a drug deal for our friend. Everything was going smoothly until all of a sudden, a rival gang of ours came out of nowhere from around the corner. They tried to rob us, and take all of our drugs and stuff. Eventually, the leader pulled out a gun, put it to my head, and said that he was gonna shoo me. That's when I.....I heard a gunshot go off." Derek looked down at the ground, and slowly back up at Justin.
"Well what happened?" I asked.
The room was filled with silence before Justin finally spoke up.
"I shot him."
After another long pause, I finally built up the nerve ask him what him and Derek had been trying to hide from me this whole time. "Did he die?"
Justin cleared his throat as if he were trying to keep from getting emotional. "Yea"................
