The Angel and The devil

Its okay.

Ethan's POV

"Fuck" I Said to myself as I walked into my house.

"Ethan?" Said Grayson "weren't you gonna have a sleepover with Valerie"

"She found out"

"How? Did you tell her. Did you break up?"

"No. I fell and she saw my cut from the fight with the jokers and her mom is a nurse. She saw my tattoo"

"She kicked you out?"

I nodded. "Fuck" I Said again angry. "And I know for a fact that she told Val sense she told me to get out Devil"

"Do you think she'll dump you"

"I don't know. Who would stay with a gang leader!?"

"It's val. She loves you. She's like my mom almost"

I sighed. "I'm going to my room"

Valerie's POV

I started to think. Over think. I want to see Ethan. I want him to explain everything. That cut is definitely from someone. Fuck it.

I grabbed my keys and my sweater and went downstairs.

"Where do you think you're going" Said my mom from the living room. She was flipping through channels.

"Where do you think" I Said opening the door and closing it before she could pull me back in. She would be to embarrassed to yell at me in front of everyone in my neighborhood. I got in my car and drove to Ethan's house. I got out and rang the door bell.

"Valerie?" Said Grayson shocked

"Where's Ethan. I need to talk to him" I Said

"H-He's in his room" he said letting me pass.

"Thanks" I Said walking upstairs going to his room. I took a deep breath and knocked.

"Grayson. Fuck off. I'm not opening the fucking door"

"It's not Grayson"

I heard Ethan move around his room and say my name behind the door in disbelief. He opened the door and saw me. He pulled me into a hug.

"I can explain everything"

"Please do" I Said hugging him back.

We walked to his bed sitting down. We went silent.

"Why didn't you tell me before"

"I couldn't"

"You couldn't tell your girlfriend that you were a fucking gang member"

"You would leave me. Everyone does. They get scared and leave"

"And I didn't leave. Look where I am" I Said. He looked down.

"Winter, Faith and Presley. Are they-"

He nodded.

"You robbed the gun shop and the jewelry store at the mall"

"And the murals and the corner stores and sold weed and had the shoot off with the Jokers"

"What was the cut from" I Said

"Uh- A joker came up to me and other gang member Jonathan and he uh, he cut me with his knife saying it was from his leader"

"Who is the leader of the jokers" it was weird I was having this conversation.

"We don't know"

"Are you really the leader" I Said

"I- yeah." He said "I get it if you don't want to be with me anymore but you can't-"

I cut him off by giving him a kiss.
"I told you I will love you through everything."

He smiled and kissed me again grabbing me and laying on his back me on top of him still kissing.

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We laid on his bed covered by his bed sheets. I traced his tattoos with my finger and he watched me do it as he played with my hair in comfortable silence.

"Ethan"

"Mmmm"

"My mom said my dad died because of the gang. Do you know what happened to him" I said softly

He sighed. "All of our parents died. The original Jokers and original Diablos. My mom and dad were friends with your dad. The jokers threatened to kill me and Grayson. My parents decided to take everyone in the gang to kill them off. But a joker made a bomb and killed everyone."

"And they're back?"

"Their kids are back and well when we started last year on the low. Selling weed, getting in fights, robbing houses. Then we started to rob businesses. We sell more drugs, we rob people and scam"

"Have you-" I hesitated.

"Ask me anything. You deserve answers"

I held my body on my elbow looking at Ethan. He looked at me with his pokerface. I can't believe I'm asking this.

"Have you ever murdered someone"

"Yeah" he said ashamed

"Why"

"I had to"

I laid back down. I started to process everything. I'm actually dating a gang leader. Why do I always fall for the bad ones. My ex was physically abusive. My other ex cheated on me. My other ex did it cause of a dare and broke my heart. Now my boyfriend is a gang leader. Even though he is dangerous he has treated me better than all my ex's. He treats me like a queen. No wonder he always insists in paying. He has a shit ton of money. I started to drift to sleep.