Three words

Chapter two

I stopped my dabbing and stared up at him. Niall..In a gang? He's to sweet for that, he must be joking. Is it April fools day already?

"A...a gang?" I stammered, shaking my head and looking down at the tiles of the floor. I saw him slightly nod and frown.

"Y-You...I...What if...That's to dangerous!" I stammered, finally finding my words and spatting them towards his feelings where it would hurt. I knew that if he thought that his family would get in danger,  he'd immediately stop. What's so cool about being in a gang anyways?

"How?" He quipped back, furrowing his eyebrows and scowling. I'd played this trick on him before; When will he stop doing stupid things?

"Well, for example," I snapped, venom oozing from my tone."You could lead any stupid war or fight you get into close to the family, and then what'll happen?"

He narrowed his eyes and glared at me. "What'll happen? Are you really thinking about the family, or are you just thinking about what your friends would think if they knew you had a brother in a naughty gang. Oh, wait. You don't have any friends!"

That hit me hard. Too hard. I felt the tears trickling down my cheeks but I ignored them. He knew having no friends was a sensitive spot for me, my father being most of the reason I'd had none, but he knew he'd done wrong when he widened his eyes and covered his mouth. I shot up strait and he grabbed my wrist, trying to hold me back.

"Chris, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"

His cheek flushed with blush blood ,where I'd slapped him, before ripping my arm out of his grasp and stomping upstairs. I slammed my door shut and locked hit, slumping at my desk. I turned my computer back on and logged onto AIM, getting ready to tell the first person that I'd thought of about Niall's gang thing. 

I looked into my contacts and surely enough, Nash Grier was online. Being the same age as me, he gave great advice and always listened, whether he wanted to or not - most times he wanted to.

Chrissy_Horan: Hey :c I need a little advice..

Nash_Grier: Hey girl, what's up? :o

Chrissy_Horan: Don't tell anybody but Niall just came home all beat up and told me he was in a gang...is it wrong to be afraid or embarrassed of that?

Nash_Grier: And why would you be either?

Chrissy_Horan: Cos if he ever did something to upset his fellow gang members, they'd most likely kill him. I'm embarrassed cos what if my mum finds out and leaves us just like...him.

Nash_Grier: Oh, that's a sticky situation you're in sista... :o But I think I can help. 1st, have you tried persuading him out of it?

Chrissy_Horan: Yup...Ended up getting hurt in the ole feelings :/

Nash_Grier: I  iz sowey bae. Um, Maybe you could...Brent might be able to help to.

[MrBrent98 has joined the conversation invited by Nash_Grier]

Chrissy_Horan: ???

MrBrent98: She's not happy to see me? 

Nash_Grier: She needs advice. Come in my hotel room and I'll tell you.

Chrissy_Horan: As I said before, ???

MrBrent98: Omg gurl, I'm so sorry. Well, first, think from Ni's point of view. What might he be doing to help your family. He couldn't just be doing it for himself.

Chrissy_Horan: '-' You...said something smart...!

MrBrent98: Wait to put me down.

Nash_Grier: Anyways, Horan,  that was great advice. Tell us, right here and now, why might Niall, A.K.A you, join a gang?

Chrissy_Horan: Oh...you're right. I would do it to have friends/Fellow gangers that would protect my family when they needed it most. Maybe to get some extra food on the table if there's money involved as well. '-'

Nash_Grier: Exactly.

Chrissy_Horan: I don't see... You're right!

MrBrent98:Aren't I always?

Nash_Grier: Not exactly

Chrissy_Horan:No,Not really

MrBrent98: -.- Whatever. Bye gurls, luv y'all

[MrBrent98 has logged off]

Nash_Grier: Same Chris, luv ya! <3

Chrissy_Horan: Bye C: <3

[Nash_Grier has logged off]

I logged off as well and closed my laptop, leaning back into my spinny chair. 

Why, besides protecting the family, would he even think about joining a gang? 

Then, a thought that made my heart thump was: Why do I care so much?

I mean, yea, maybe the family could use some protection. But this isn't a actual war movie, I doubt my life will ever get exciting as that, so shootings or attacks on Great Brittian are somewhat a rarity. 

Come to think of it, in West Yorkshire, everything is a rarity. School isn't what it sounds in those cheesy books or movies where there's a popular slut and drama and all that shit. 

Really, school is so boring, it does what it was made for. No friends, no highschool lovers, nadda. More like, it's all about teachers, homework, and no drama whatsoever. 

Neither is anything else. Events are usually when they're making a new important law in the town or it's the mayor's birthday and whatnot.

But, why? Why do I care? It's not like there's any chance of this family getting in trouble. This town would be too boring.

Or maybe that's what it seems.