The Gangleader

Chapter 5

"He's a what?!"
I was sitting in a restaurant with Nicole and our friends Kim and Rose and I was telling them about what I found out about Eric.
"Yeah, he's a crip."
"Holy shit. I don't know if you should be afraid or turned on", Nicole said.
I rolled my eyes. "Nicole, Eric and Dre are basically in a gang and you're thinking about them being hot?"
She hummed with a smirk on her face. "Hell yeah, aren't you?!"
I shook my head and chuckled at her. "I don't know what to do. I really like him but I don't want to get in trouble with him and I don't want to get him in trouble by being with me".
Kim nodded. "I feel you. But maybe you guys should just sit down and talk about it. Figure out what you wanna do next".
I sighed. "Yeah you're right. I just don't know if I can face him right now."
"Do it sooner rather than later cause he's probably confused as to why you ran off on him. If it doesn't work out then it wasn't meant to be".
Nicole took a sip of her drink. "I have to go talk to Dre. Hopefully he understands and doesn't want to stop seeing me. But I would get it if he wouldn't".
Nicole's father is in the gang with my stepfather so she hasn't told Dre what's been going on either.
"I think he's really feeling you. Don't worry to much", Kim said running our hands.
We looked at each other and both said, "I hope you're right".
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      We pulled up to Eric's house and saw the lights on and heard music coming from the windows. Nicole and I got here earlier so we can talk to Dre and Eric before Kim and Rose got here.
        I blew air out of my mouth and turned to Nicole. "You ready?"
      "No but let's do it and pray to god we don't get our black asses shot up in here".
      I laughed at her and made my way up to the front door. I knocked on it loudly so they could here me over the music. The locks turned and the door opened to reveal Dre.
        He looked shocked and happy. "Nicole?"
   She waved back half-heartedly. "Hey Dre"
       He smiled and said hi to me and let us in. Dre grabbed Nicole's hand and pulled her into the kitchen. "Aria, E's in the living room".
      I nodded and took a deep breath and walked towards the living room. Once I got there, I saw Eric sitting in the sofa with a blunt in his hand, smoking it.
       I coughed to get his attention and he looked up and saw me. "Ari?"
      I smiled faintly has he grinned back and got up and hugged me tight. I hugged him back. He took my off guard when he leaned back some and planted a kiss in my lips, softly.
      I kissed back gently and pulled away. "What's up? I missed you", he said pulling me to the couch.
      I sat next to him as he put his arm around me and kissed my neck gently. "I've been around"
       "Listen, baby I'm so sorry I didn't tell you about me. I thought you would judge me and wouldn't want to be with me."
      I looked up at him and smiled slightly. "I know. It's just-you just took me off guard that's all".
He smiled. "Yeah, I'm sure you were. I just don't want you to look at me differently. I still wanna be with you but I understand if you don't want to see me anymore", he said looking down.
I stared at him for a minute. Did I want to go down this road? Our relationship isn't gonna be an easy one but I want him.
I leaned in and pecked his lips softly. He kissed me back until we were full on making out in the couch, tongues down each other's throats.
He pulled me on his lap and we continued to kiss like our lives depended on it.