The Niece // Carl Gallagher (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 5

"He didn't even card us!" Debbie exclaims excitedly, looking at me.

Fiona Debbie and I walk through the hallway passed the security guard, red lights flashing everywhere, loud music with amazing bass flooding our ears.

" we must look hot!" Debbie smiles at me and Fiona.

"You do! I told you, you didn't need those whore shorts." Fiona says to Debbie.

"And Ms. Lexi here looks classy. You and Lexi look way older than 14 years old. You guys better stay close by. Don't need any drunk creeps trying to hit on you guys." Fiona warns us. We nod at her in agreement.

"Now come on, let's dance!" Fiona pulls us onto the dance floor, colorful lights shining everywhere.

People everywhere dancing around, beers in there hands. We all dance to the music. I close my eyes and let the music take me away. Fiona grabs our hands and spins Debbie and I around.

I sing along with the music and jumping everywhere, finally able to enjoy myself, until I feel someone grab my hips and pull me into them grinding on me. I look over at Debbie and see someone doing the same to her. She looks back at me just as uncomfortable.

"Hey! 14 will get you 20!" Fiona snaps at the men, grabbing Debbie and I away from them shooing them off.

We all continue to dance to the music when the lead singer points over at Fiona and calls her up. Debbie and I push her up, giving her a sly grin.
We watch as she dances on stage.

Debbie and I dance with each other when we see the same men trying to grind on us and dance. Fiona looks down at us from the stage, her grin immediately leaving her face. She starts to walk down the stage and over to us.

"Hey!" She yells at them. "Fucking asshole."

She snaps her fist back and punches one of the guys in the face and kicks the other where the sun doesn't shine.

One of the guys falls to the ground while the other looks pissed off and retaliates by bringing his fist back and punching Fiona in the face, making her stumble. I catch her before she falls.

The lead singer comes down the stage and goes over to the guy, looking pretty pissed off and decks the guy where he was previously just hit.

Fiona grabs our hands, "Shit! Come on, let's go!" We all run out of the club and run down the sidewalk.

"You wanna dress like that and hang in bars, you gotta learn to run faster!" Fiona yells towards Debbie laughing, while I keep up just fine right next to Fiona.

"That was insane! I can't believe you just did that!" Debbie exclaims towards Fiona.

We all finally stop running and stop catching our breath.

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"So Lexi, tell us more about you." Fiona looks at me, as we walk down the streets of Chicago, the moon shining brightly down on us.

"Family troubles you can say." I trail off not making eye contact. I don't want any one to know except for Kev and Vee, but I know that these two won't let up until I tell them.

"You wanna talk about it? We're the right people to talk to, especially when it comes to family troubles." Debbie tells me with a look of sympathy.

I sigh and think for a second. I should trust them. I just don't want the whole world to know about it.

"My moms a junkie and a drunk.." I tell them, my voice getting soft.

"My dads AWOL, don't even know if he's still alive. I haven't seen him since I was 10 years old. That's when my mother started shooting up H and drinking herself to death. That's when uncle Kev stopped visiting too. He couldn't stand seeing his only blood sister like this and it just became too much for him. Not that I blame him or anything. I needed out and that's when I decided to run from home in Florida to Chicago, cause I knew Kev still cares about me and he would take me in." I breathed in deeply, finally looking at the two sisters who were walking next to me.

Fiona looked at me with sadness and empathy, and Debbie had tears in her eyes from hearing my story. Debbie pulls me into a hug and Fiona joins in.

"Lexi, your welcome at the Gallagher house anytime. You're a sweet girl and you don't deserve any of that." Fiona grabs my face gently. "You hear me?"

I nod my head and smile gratefully towards Fiona.

"Nobody has ever been this kind to me." I smile at Fiona then over at Debbie, as we all continue our way back home.

**kinda short chapter but I'm gonna add another one today **