Cross My Heart I'm Dead

Chapter 25

----Alexis' POV----

I can't believe it. Cray Jester was on other land, following us, looking straight at me and probably about to kill me. Derek and I were now running towards the back exit to escape any danger. We had been running for quite a while and just as we stopped to catch our breath, in one of the back roads, a black SUV pulls up beside us. I looked over at Derek who now had a poker-face on and his hands around his belt where his gun was hidden. The blacked out and most probably bulletproof window went down to show the faces of Jester and his second best in the gang. I don't know his name but he is always alongside Cray.

"I presume you received our text." Cray stated, looking ahead with a similar poker-face to Derek.

"Yeah." I reply not showing anything but pure hatred.

"The fight is going to be planned. The old and abandoned skate park that the usual fights used to be held is where we will be meeting at 8p.m tomorrow. You don't start fighting unless it is passed 8. I have decided to give you a chance of survival. Though I doubt you'll make it out alive. Everyone can fight everyone but we will fight at the end with no help. If I die then you obviously live and if you die we have an everlasting truce with the Shadow gang. Unless you start something." He gave a pointed look to Derek who just held his poker-face.

"What if one of us dies before we get a chance to fight?" I asked with no emotion.

"Then the fight is over." His friend said with a shrug.

"Jester. We know why you are doing this for Taylor. We know who she is and I know for a fact that doing things for her won't work. She is not involved in anything to do with her family. Her parents have practically disowned her. This will just be a waste of time and hurt others. If Alexis dies tomorrow - which she won't- you will NEVER be respected again. She is known by pretty much everyone. There will be a truce within the gangs an friends mentioned but not between others. If you start to get low looks, it won't be our fault. And what is going to happen to your gang when you die tomorrow?" Derek said, looking at nothing in particular. His voice was stern and strict but lacking emotion.

"I won't die tomorrow. Don't get ahead of yourself, kid. And its not like people will miss her. No one at her school will. Her family won't. The police will be happy and disregard this case. Not even the people in her neighbourhood will miss her."

"Yes they will. They all will." I let out a quiet sigh as I knew most of what Cray said was true. The police would disregard it. The school wouldn't give a fuck. My family, well, I don't know about them. My dad has shown some care for me these past few days and Jed had stopped all the hating. 

"So if I do die tomorrow, not that it'll happen," I started off hearing a scoff from Jester, "what will happen when you see Taylor is using her name to her advantage. You would of just killed me for no reason. Made a truce for no reason. Gone through this trouble and probably much more for her. Just to see she's faking." 

"You don't know of or plans so shut your fucking mouth!" He snapped but I showed no reaction. "Now you have the details of the fight, we will be off. See you tomorrow, Redment." With those last words the window went up and the car sped off in the direction it was first headed at. I turned to Derek who had visibly relaxed and was looking back at me.

"You ready for this?" He asked me softly. I just looked into his eyes saying nothing. I had no words left to speak. I ran at him, jumped into his arms and pulled him down for a kiss. Once we pulled away I looked back up at his eyes trying to read any emotion.

"I can't believe it. I'm actually leaving my life. So many times I've wished to have a different life. I always came back to one thought. You guys. I'd miss you. I'd miss everyone. Heck, I'd even miss Jed. I.. I just can't believe it," tears started to prick at my eyes but I managed to keep them in. I'm not going to cry. I'm not really leaving. I will still be able to talk to them. It will be okay. Everything is going to be okay. I let out another sigh as Derek pulled me into a tight hug.