Priceless- Sweet Pea

Those three words

"Fangs it's Toni! Can't I just go out once and sleepover with her?" I yell waving my arms in the air wincing as a small pain travels to my stomach. Probably shouldn't be flailing my arms around like this.
Fangs notices me wince, "That's it your going to your bed and SweetPea is gonna babysit you so you don't sneak out." Fangs says lifting me off my feet slinging me over his shoulder. SweetPea follows close behind.
Fangs gently places me on the bed and SweetPea comes in slipping a movie into the DVD player. "Figured we'd watch some movies," he says smiling.
"Ugh Fine," I fake a groan, I had a plan. We watch movies till SweetPea falls asleep. Then I can make my escape and go to Pops for some alone time.
We watch several movies, it was harder to make him fall asleep then I thought, but after the fifth movie I see his eyes flutter shut. I wait for a bit before grabbing my Serpent jacket and walking out. I enjoy the cool air blowing through the atmosphere. I cross the line between SouthSide and NorthSide. I am greeted by the welcoming neon lights of Pops. I walk in looking around me. Not many people were here. I sit in a booth next to the door. Pop walks over with a welcoming smile. "Hey Shana I heard what happened, that Reggie can be violent sometimes," he sighs. "Want your regular?" He changes the subject seeing my sad expression.
"Yeah thanks," I say sighing as he walks away.
  He comes back placing the burger and fries on the table, and next to that, the milkshake. I thank him taking a sip of my drink. The bell on the door chimes and I turn to see a worried Toni. She sighs in relief and walks over to me, her expression changing to an angered expression. "Where the hell were you, SweetPea Fangs, and I have been looking for you like forever!" She snaps sitting down. I gulp down the last of my food.
  "You can tell them I'm fine, I just needed some alone time," I growl placing a tip on the table. I walk out hearing Toni yelling at me but I ignore her. I hear two bikes buzzing towards me. I quickly tiptoe into the woods not wanting to deal with them right now. I take the route from the woods to the trailer. Yes I know it was dangerous since there was a killer on the loose. But I didn't want to talk to them right now.
  I get home walking into my room. Nobody was home yet. I pick up my phone seeing several texts from the three of them.

Toni😸- where are you???

SweetPea😘- Baby where are you?

Fangs🐍- Lil Sis your in so much trouble! 😡

  I hear glass shatter in the living room. I walk in cautiously seeing no one around, just the glass shattered on the floor. A mouth covers my hand and I realize it's the black hood. Tears well up in my face as a knife is held to my throat. The restraint he had on My reminded me of The Sisters. My body tenses and my breath gets quicker. A panic attack was brewing.
  My body goes limp in the black hoods grasp and my breath is quick and short. The front door opens and the black hood slams me against the wall, which hurt my stitches by the way, and makes a run for it. I lean against the wall breathing quickly as memories of the sisters of quiet mercy come back. A hand grabs my arm and I scream "no!" My mind playing tricks on my thinking it was one of the men in white.
  "Oh god she's having a panic attack!" Fangs says grabbing my hands making me look into his eyes. "Hey breath with me," He says. He breaths in and out deeply, me shakily doing the same until my breathing is normal. "Are you gonna tell us who that was and why you had a panic attack?" He asks staring at me.
  "It was the Black hood, and it brought back memories of the men in white," a sob escapes my mouth and SweetPea lifts me off the ground, my legs wrap around his waist, I wrap my arms around his neck and bury my head into it. He softly places me on the bed kissing me, then he lays down next to me. "Shana," he starts, "Shana," he says a little louder, "Shanara!" He yells nudging me.
  "Don't fucking call me that," I mutter. "What do you want?" I ask turning my head to him.
  "Why did you leave?" He asks.
  "I needed some alone time, you and Fangs are acting like helicopter Parents," I growl looking up at the ceiling watching the ceiling fan blow in circles.
  "Well I'm sorry reckless Shana, but some of us want you alive," he chuckles pulling me up so my head is rested on his chest.
  "I love you SweetPea," I whisper without thought. He tenses under me and I feel slightly uncomfortable. I take my head off his chest and sit awkwardly next to him.
  "I'm uh just gonna go get a drink," he says tiptoeing out.
  Why'd I have to say the three words? I groan angry at myself.
  SweetPea doesn't come back so I assume he went home. I flutter my eyes shut and fall asleep.
  I wake up and walk into the living room to see SweetPea asleep on the couch. I walk into the kitchen seeing Fangs making Pancakes. "Hey lil Fogarty," He squeaks out the nickname the older Serpents gave to me. "Why didn't SweetPea sleep in your room last night?" Fangs asks flipping a pancake.
(Little did she know SweetPea was awake and listening to every word of their conversation!)
  "I told him I love him without even thinking about it," I say pouring myself a cup of coffee.
  "Good that means you mean it if you didn't think about it when you said it," he smiles taking the plate of pancakes to the table. "How'd he respond?" Fangs asks causing me to sigh.
  "Not good huh?" He asks placing a pancake on my plate. I nod devouring the pancake. SweetPea walks into the room and I froze. "Hey baby, what's up Fangs?" He smiles. There is an awkward silence before Fangs and I say in sync, "Hi" this was probably a twin thing. We all awkwardly chuckle and eat breakfast in silence.
During school Fangs stays next to me all day making sure I was fine. At least I could get away from him for the classes we don't have together. SweetPea and I haven't talked a lot since last night.
  Toni and I walk through the halls of SouthSide high talking, Fangs ahead of us looking back at me every once and a while. I can't blame him for being overprotective, I was his only Sister.
  Suddenly the doors of SouthSide High were kicked open. Sheriff Keller and mayor McCoy waltz in arm and arm. Deputies and drug sniffing dogs followed behind them arresting Southsiders. A deputy slams me against the wall hurting my stomach handcuffing me. I'd only gotten those stitches a few days ago and they hurt like a bitch. I groan and the deputy leads me outside not noticing. Fangs seemed to notice, fury flaring in his eyes.
  We are brought to the police station and thrown in a cell, they begin taking us out to talk to us one by one. Fangs and SweetPea sneak over to me. Fangs lifts up my shirt checking if my stitches opened up. Luckily they didn't. "Thank god," he sighs sitting down next to me. After a while I'm called out and they take me to a room where there sat Sheriff Keller.
  "Shanara Fogarty, records, stole from a pharmacy for drugs." He reads the paper suspiciously.
  "It's not what you think-, they were for my brother he was sick!" I yell and clutch my stomach. I really need to stop yelling, it really isn't good for the healing of my wound.
  "Everything uh, alright there?" He asks nodding his head towards my clutched stomach.
  "Yeah I was only stabbed a few days ago, and then hit against a wall by some deputy which by the way hurt like hell," I snap angrily.
  He sighs, "Sorry about that. Look I'm not accusing you of anything yet but I do have to keep you here for further questioning." He says. I grunt angrily slamming my fist on the table. (This broken girl has a tough side lol)
  "Dismissed, for now" he says and the guard takes me back into the cell where five ghoulies sat. Great I'm the only Serpent here in a cell with my worst enemies.
  I hear one whisper to his friend, "slut," he says staring at me.
  "Why don't you come over here and say that to my face?" I growl the ghoulie standing up being joined by a few other ghoulies.
  He get close into my face, "slut," he whispers in my ear. I kick him in his 'men's area' and he groans, the deputies come inside and take me out putting me in a separate cell as them. I shrug them off me and they walk out locking the door behind them. I look down at the ground the ghoulies were whispering and staring at me angrily. It made me nervous, the ghoulies were a dangerous gang. Later that night Sheriff Keller takes me out again for questioning.
  "So your drunken parents were passed out and Fangs was sick, so you decide to steal pills from the pharmacy for him?" He asks raising an eyebrow.
  "Yes yes yes, for the millionth time yes," I growl not yelling, I didn't want another strike of pain at the moment.
  "Okay after a lot of thinking, I think your innocent." He says shuffling his papers. Finally. "You can let her go," Keller tells the deputy. He nods unchaining me and taking me to the lobby. I call Fangs to come pick me up but no response. My finger hovered over the call button with the name SweetPea. I finally hit call bringing it up to my ear. "Heyasshole," I joke chuckling.
  "Hey did you get out?" He asks awkwardly.
  "Well duh, now come pick me up." I say hanging up. After five minutes Fangs truck pulls up. I furrow my eyebrows in confusion. "What's with the truck?" I ask hopping into the car.
  "I'm pretty sure a motorcycle isn't good for your stitches," he chuckles.
  "True," I say before we both fall silent for the rest of the ride.
  As we get home I skip into my bedroom and frown when Pea doesn't follow behind. I look out of my room seeing him setting up the couch to sleep on. I sigh curling up into my bed falling asleep.