1: Finding Miss Clumsy (John Pearce/Justice Crew Fanfic)

Chapter 19

* Jaq’s POV *

If I only knew I’d be in this situation right now, I would probably have done something differently these past few years. Stay at home and deal with a broken heart than run away from home, meet a guy who deals with drugs, become a drug dealer, run away with all the money I have gotten from that last transaction I’ve had with a rich guy, which almost sums up to a million dollars, including the drugs I have successfully kept with me.

Yes, I went that path too. Becoming hooked on drugs was something I didn’t expect in my life that would happen, but during those times, it was my safe haven, and apparently everyone surrounded me, understood that life. We were all drug addicts and dealers in one home. They invited me over despite the fact I could easily run away during that time and rat them out to the cops. But I didn’t. I stayed. Xavier gave me a new life.

A new life that I didn’t really like. But at that time, I didn’t have any other options. Either to stay with him, or come back home and I didn’t want to see John, Jill, and Lenny. To be honest, I was embarrassed by everything. In my mind, if I went back home, I would be someone to be considered as weak, and all these times, I’ve worked hard to build my reputation.

It was one of those teenage dilemmas wherein people categorise you. You’ll probably go a long way if you were popular. Anything you could have wanted would be laid out in front of you. You’ll be that star, that “it” girl that every student in school would be talking about. And I was that. I worked hard to get that reputation, and after getting dumped by Lenny, everyone knew about it.

You know how these gossips travel fast in high school. That moment when my world crushed because he rejected my love for him, I knew my life would have been different.

But if I could go back to those times, I would have accepted the consequences of what I have done. It was all my fault to begin with. I shouldn’t have toyed with John and Lenny’s feelings, and even my twin sister. Jillian has done nothing to me. It was all about my insecurities that I have decided to go a different path.

The path of death. Scary, I know. But knowing Xavier, he wouldn’t just give up on the idea of getting his revenge. The odd fact is, he wants me to surrender Bailey to him when he could have a better chance to pull it all off. He has a crew, not those teenage gangs who get into fights in the middle of the street or in a dark alley. They were muscled men who deal with drugs, and yes, they have weapons to destroy any person who betrays them.

I could attest to that. They have killed people and some even were place into prison. They have all the connections and get away with it. Those were the kind of people you shouldn’t joke around with.

Unfortunately, I forgot that memo. After spending a few years with them, I should have known that I wouldn’t get out of it that easy. True, I was out of the country, but someone was keeping tabs on me for Xavier all these years. The money that I have kept and ran away with went to another person’s hands, after I trusted someone with it one drunken night.

Yep, the next day I’ve woken up, I was robbed. Not a single penny was left, but there was a note stuck on my forehead that we were over. And I have to work in order to move on with life, or whatever you call it. Of course, Xavier knew about it and gave me a chance to redeem myself, offering me some plane ticket to get back to Sydney and find Bailey for him.

It took a while to convince me. And yes, he had to throw in that idea that Bailey wasn’t even hard to find. All I need to do was to find John Pearce, that guy I dumped because I thought Jill loves Lenny, so I went to Lenny, only everything backfired.

Xavier told me that Bailey Simmons was John Pearce’s new girl, and by the looks of it, he was serious about this certain girl, acting all differently towards her. Even Jill who had a crush with John thought they were both cute together.