The Niece // Carl Gallagher (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 3

I stare up at the red house, standing in front of the steps frozen.

What was I thinking. I haven't seen uncle Kev in four years! What gave me the idea he would take me in. Especially when he's living with his girlfriend Veronica.

I look at the piece of scratch paper, making sure this was the right address. I take a deep breathe and walk step by step up the stairs. I lift my uninjured hang up and knock loudly three times.

I stare at the ground, fumbling with the bandages on my knuckles. I look up to the sound of the door in front of me opening.

"Who the fuck-" Veronica stops in the middle of her sentence, looking at me in shock.

"Lexi?" She asks.  "Oh my god, what happened to you!?"

She stares at the fading bruise around my eye. She rushes me into the house quickly, taking my guitar case and my hand leading me in. I look over and see a beautiful woman with brunette hair, wearing a low cut shirt and a small baby with blonde hair and blue eyes sitting on her lap and her belly swollen, making me assume she's pregnant.

"Kev!!!" Veronica yells in loud voice.

Loud thumps run down the spiraling stairs.

"Vee! Little quieter please, I just put Amy and Gemma to sleep.." Kev trails, his voice going quiet when he looks down at me.

"Lexi.." he whispers. He looks at my face.

A million feelings rush through me, finally seeing my only family. My blood. I start to tear up, and I rush into his arms, trying to keep tears in.

"Oh Lexi, what happened?" Kev wraps his arms around me.

"It's mom..if I should even call her a mom." My voice cracks. "I'm got tired of it. Being her maid. Having to deal with her drug habits." I sniffled.

"Oh hun..did she do that to you." Kev pulls away and points to my eye. I nod.

"You're not going back there, sweetheart." Vee says. "You'll have to stay on the couch for now though, you have two new baby cousins."

"Oh and this is Svetlana" Kev chimed it, nodding his head to the woman on the couch. "She's staying above the Alibi and helping us out with a few things. She'll be here often."

I put my hand out to the woman, "it's nice to meet you" I smiled.

"Pleasure is mine" Her Russian sultry voice flows out of her mouth, her hand gripping mine.

I smile at the three adults in front of me.
I think I'm going to like it here

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I grab my guitar and head out for the streets of Chicago. I told Vee and Kev that Ill be out to wonder the new city around me, when really I need time to process everything that has happened today.

I sat down on the curb of the sidewalk a few blocks down the street from the house and start messing with the strings of the guitar, strumming a random melody.

I have two new baby cousins. Amy and Gemma. There absolutely adorable, though Vee doesn't seem to happy to have them around. I vow to protect them though, there innocent minds are too pure for all the bullshit in the real world.

I take in my surroundings. This may be just as much as a shit area as my town was but at least the people seem to be more kind.

The sun is going down so I get up from the curb, ready to go back to the house. As I get to the house enter the house, I watch Vee storm out of the house in a mad rage

"Feeding our baby with a hookers tit...shaving off all your hair." She mutters angrily storming passed me, not even realizing I was there.

I walk into the house wide eyed, and see Kev. All of his hair gone. Debbie standing next to him, her face caked in makeup with shoulder length hair along with a tall slim woman with doe like eyes.

"holy shit!" I exclaim. Everyone's head turns towards me.

"Lexi!!" Debbie shouts and runs to me giving me a hug. I stood there in shock.

"Kev what happened to your hair!" I asked him still in shock.

" It was hot out and the kids were pulling on it!" Kev replies. "God..everyone's so surprised."

"Well..we should get going, come on deb." The other woman says, leading Debbie out the door.

"Wait! Fiona! This is Lexi." Debbie points to me.
"She punched a guy for me" she smirks.

"Lexi!" Kev exclaims disappointedly.

"What!? The guy was being an ass." I grumbled.

"Wait..Hey Kev, how do you know Lexi..?" Deb questions.

"Well...this is my Niece. She's going to be staying her a while." Kev explains to Debbie and Fiona.

"Well it's nice to meet you Lexi, but we really should get going." Fiona greets me smiling, but looks down at Deb with slight anger.

They walk out the door, leaving me and Kev standing there alone with Amy and Gemma sitting in there play pen.

"Well, today has been eventful." I smirked up at Kev

***chapter 3 is up. I know this story's probably shit but I enjoy writing it. The anticipation of getting to the good shit involving Lexi and Carl is killing meeeee damn. If your reading, let me know what you think so far (: **