Desperate

☽ revealed ☾

Jason and Lana had arrived at Jason's past gangs house and quite frankly were expected to be greeted with open arms.

That was not the case

Instead they were greeted by a familiar face of an innocent looking boy who looked to be in his mid teens.

"Hello Jason" The young boy said obviously annoyed by the two's presence

"Hey Connor, Lana wanted to stop by and talk to you guys so- may we come in?"

Connor furrowed his eyebrows in confusion "So you mean you want me to allow the girl who shot my fucking balls, practically is at fault for getting Dylan killed, the man who disappeared and left us in debt, and last but certainly not least the man who killed his best friend for the most unjust reason"

Lana began fidgeting with her hands knowing everything Connor admitted was true

Connor paused "How about hell to the fucking no" He said and slammed the door

"Well at least I know how they feel about me" Lana said half smiled with a pained expression

Jason looked down at Lana and sighed, his initial reaction was to bust into the house and show the gang who is still 'the boss' but he refrained and decided to be the bigger man in this situation.

Jason knocked on the door again and was still greeted by the innocent looking boy "Connor-"

Jason was cut off by Connor's attempt to slam the door but the door came to a halt by Jason's foot.

"I'm trying to be reasonable with you Connor please let me in and hear what Lana and I have to say"

"Sure-I'm not trying to get killed today" Connor said and swung open the door

Jason and Lana entered the house, Lana politely smiled noticing Connor was looking her up and down in disappointment. The two sat down while the gang of men continued to stare, until one of the men who looked to be in his early twenties decided to speak up.

"Well are you going to apologize or what? We're waiting" The man said chewing on a toothpick with his arms crossed who looked to be the leader of the gang

Jason's grip tightened on Lana but continued to stay calm "Actually we came here because my girl wanted to talk to you guys, but since you all want an apology then we'll give you one-"

Jason looked around making eye contact with the other seven members before continuing "I'm sorry for killing Dylan I wasn't in the right state of mind and I made an irrational decision; there was that good enough."

"I guess that's the best apology we're going to get from you Jason and we don't forgive you but we will remain civil with you." The man said whilst continuing to chew his toothpick

Suddenly all eyes looked to Lana waiting for her grand apology, she made eye contact with all of the members and spoke. "Look you guys may not have the greatest impression on me and some of you in this room may have found yourself to hate and even blame me for Jason disappearing on you. For that I truly am sorry, Connor I apologize for shooting you in-"

"The balls" Connor said

"Yes- and I'm sorry to all of you who now have lost not just a friend but practically a brother like Dylan. I hope you can find yourselves to one day forgive me but if not I understand."

Lana sighed and looked back up at the group of men and noticed a slight change in them. It was as if they truly listened to Lana's apology and trusted her words. Just the thought of this brought a reassuring smile to her face.