The Gang Leader

chapter 27

Bianca's POV

I would've tried.

Why didn't he want to try?

   Why'd he walk away from me? From us?

I sit in my office my stomach turning as I dread leaving this place. This place of no judgement. Acceptance. That's what this place had that home didn't. Funny thing is that this place felt more like home than the place I was born.

I sigh and run my hand through my long dark hair.Why is he so stubborn?  

A soft knock on the door draws my attention to it.

"Come in."

Ariel walks through the door with a look of concern on her face. " I just saw Eric storm out of this place. The look on his face was...intense..."

I sigh and rub my hand over my face, then settle back down onto my office's couch. "Yeah. He's pissed that I'm leaving soon. He's so upset that he totally ended things with me. BUT the worst thing is he just said, and I quote, ' I can't do a long distance relationship. And then just LEFT!
  " I mean come on man! Give me at least a decent reason why!" I huff out.
Ariel looks at me from the door with an amused eyes. Her mouth twitches as she try's to suppress the smile, but she soon bursts out laughing, babbling incoherently.
  And as all this goes on I grow more and more irritated. My side throbs and my head begins to ache.
" okay. Okay, Ariel. I get that my misery is amusing," I say dryly, looking at her through slitted eyes.
Ariel snorts once more before she composes herself.
"I'm sorry.. it's just... when you rant.. it's something else, man."
" okay, so not helping, Ariel," I grunt.
" well okay you really wanna know what I have to say about this?," Ariel asks me cautiously.
I sigh looking up at the ceiling mouthing to God, 'Finally! Thank you!'
" yeah, Ariel that would be helpful, " I tell her sarcastically.
She gives me a dry look but follows it by saying, " I'd drop his sorry butt. I mean if he's gonna be all petty and just storm out why should you even give him the time of day? But then again...if you really like him..you could just be letting something good slip right through your fingers...But then you have to think about how he feels..."
I tune Ariel out as she debates with herself more and more. Eventually my brain starts to swirl so much from her out loud thinking that I tell her to stop.
" Well, geez I was just trying to help..."
I groan, " Yeah, but your being indecisive and it's giving me a headache. You and your back and forth debates with all your little crazies in your head.."
" Well then I can't help you, " Ariel starts," but I think you should just do what you think is best; for you not him."
With that Ariel leaves the room.

I sigh. I groan in pain as I sit up and get off the couch. I walk to my desk and slowly pull out the chair. I fall back onto the sticky faux leather chair with a shudder of pain. Leaning back into the chair, I let out a tired breath.

'Oh, even now I can tell this is going to be difficult and its not only Erick fault.'

Later that week

   I stand in in front of my office door, hand on the knob and breath caught in my chest.  Eric has just stormed out of the room from one of our other fights. I just don't know why I keep asking him to talk. All he ever does is say I should stay and to think of him and the gang. I have a life back home and no matter how much I love this place, nothing is going to change.
   The door hits me in the face and I stumble back as Carla and Ariel walk through the door.
" Oh, sorry. Why were you standing there?," asks Carla.
" Eric."
"Well, wipe that glum look off your face. You have less than five minutes before you have to tell the rest of the gang your leaving next week," Ariel states firmly.
  I sigh, but put a smile on my face before I look at Ariel, " Eric, who?"
   Both of the girls laugh, but continue to carry a look of concern in their eyes. Things had gotten uglier during the week as I tried to make Eric see my way.
   " And Ariel, thanks so much for taking over when we leave. I know it's a lot of work. So thanks," I say.
   " Bianca, it's no problem. I'm glad to help and I'm glad to watch over such a tight knit gang."
   Carla, who was watching us, interjects by saying, " Speaking it which, we have a gang to go speak to."
   "Right," a sigh escapes me, seems like I've been doing that a lot.
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  My palms are slick with sweat as I look at the gathered gang, a crowd of roughly a hundred. I've been waiting as long as I could before telling the whole gang.
  Taking a dead breath in I start.
   " I know I haven't been a member long. I've only been here this summer. And I can't think anything I'd rather be doing. You have all become my friends," I take a steadying breath, " but I have to leave."
   " I have no choice and I'm going to miss you all. I don't know what else to say, but have all changed me in more ways than I can count. Thank you for this amazing summer. Now, I'd like to present to you your new gang leader, Ariel."
   I leave the stage and the room, eyes full of tears, as Ariel stands to take my place.
   That's the last I ever see of my gang.

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A/N:
Soooooo it's been a while. I don't really have an excuse, but I will say that reading all your comments made me finish this chapter.
I had started this month ago and never finished it, but I did now. The next chapter will be the end of this book and I'll begin planning and prewriting a few chapters for the sequel.
Yes, there will be a sequel.
I'm hoping to update more regularly and I think a fresh start with a sequel will be a great start.
To be completely honest I forgot a lot of the details of this story, so I'm not promising the back story for the sequel will 100% match up with this one.
I'm also playing with a more complex plot, so I hope you're all looking forward to that.
So until next time!