Stormy Clouds (o2l/magcon fanfic)

chapter 23: on the road

Gilinsky and Jack drive till the sun comes up. By then everyone in our car is asleep except for gilinsky and I. He pulls into a hotel and as him and Jack go in to reserve rooms, I hear a yawn from the back seat. I turn too see Matt is awake.

"Hey." I smile at him.

"Are we stopping?" He asks yawning again.

"Yes." I nod.

"Are you and Gilinskh dating yet?" He asks stretching as best he could without waking up Stephanie.

"No.." I blush, honestly at this point all I can think about is getting my brother back. I can't think about boys that like me.

"Well I like him, I know kian has his rule and everything, but eventually he's gonna have to let me choose someone to be with." I sigh.

"And that guy is Jack?" Matt asks. I nod seeing Gilinsky walk back over to the car. Just walking him walk over make my heart speed up. The fierce look on his face, like he has to guard someone. His tough attitude. Everything about him makes me happy. The way he's so willing to protect me. I know it just started off as a bodyguarding job, and it quickly turned into something more.

"Hey, we are staying here till we can figure out a plan." Gilinksy says opening the door. I can see he's struggling to keep his eyes open. I'm a bit tired myself.

"A plan?" matt asks. Gilinksy turns to look at him.

"Yeah a plan. We can't just go charging in there. Trust me, It was hard enough for me to leave the gang i can only imaging how much harder it was for Jack." Gilinsky says turning to look at his ex best friend.

"Alright...sounds good." I give him and smile which he returns.

We manage to get everyone in the hotel room which most of them wind up sleeping on teh floor. I'm sharing a bed with Gilinsky. His reasoning was he could protect me better in case something happened, though i knew he just wanted to sleep next to me. Gilinsky was quick to fall asleep with his arm secure around my waist.

"pst." I hear. I move my head and see a shadow standing next to my bed.

"Whos up?" I whisper.

"Sammy." he shipsers.

"oh." I feel dumb for not recognizing Sammy. Then again i just sort of met him less than 24 hours ago.

"Can I talk to you outside?" He asks.

"I guess." I carefully move Gilinsky's arm off me, careful not to wake him up.

I then step over Matt and Stephanie cuddled close on the floor and exit the hotel room on to the balcony with Sammy.

He plants his hands on the railing and stares at the sun rising ahead. I stand next to him shove my hands in the pocket of Gilinsky's gray hoodie.

"Do you ever wonder if there's more to life than this?" he asks glancing at me.

"What do you mean?" i ask looking at him. He sighs and runs his hand through his hair that i now notice isn't blonde anymore but a dark brown.

"what?" he notices my weird look.

"Your hair..." I reach out to touch it gently rubbing my fingers through the front part of his hair.

"Oh! I dyed it blonde to keep my identity safe....I uh...I have a little sister back home." he glances out into the distance once more.

"Makes sense." I sigh thinking about Kian. I hope him and JC are alright.

"I'm sure your brother is alright." Sammy places his hand on my arm. I give him a small smile.

"I hope so." I stare down at the ground below.

"But seriously though....do you ever wonder if there is more to life....than being gang members.....protecting each other? Just living a normal life." he says leaning his arms on the railing.

"I used to have a normal life, before Kian got all mixed up in this gang stuff." I shrug.

"Must have been nice." We hear. We turn to see the dark haired kid from Jack's truck.

"Can't sleep?" Sammy asks the guy, who nods in response. The guy walks over and stands by me.

"Got too much to think about." He says shaking his head.

"I feel you." Sammy says. "Oh, in case you don't know who he is. Kenzie this is Jacob Whiteside."

"Call me Jake." He says smiling at me.

"Okay." I smile back. Jake sighs and goes back to staring at the sunrise. We all stand there enjoying the silence, until Jake breaks it.

"Do you guys know anything about Gilinsky and Jack's past...or are we letting them lead us into a trap?"

"How could you say that?" I glare at Jake. "Gilinsky wouldn't betray Kian like that."

"I'm sorry...it's just he's strange..." Jake shrugs.

"I'll admit I had my doubts when he joined this gang...but he's protected kenzie...so I can't say he's bad news." Sammy says.

"I am right here you know..." I say.

"Yes kenzie, you are right here." Sammy ruffles my hair and I swat his hand away.

"So does anyone know anything about his old gang?" I ask uncertain.

"Nope..." Jake says as Sammy shakes his head.

"They must be dangerous if they are willing to capture both our gang leaders." Sammy says.

"True." I sigh once again hoping that my brother is alright.

"One question though." Jake asks causing Sammy and I to both look at him.

"What?" I ask afraid of the question

"Who's in charge of us all?"

Sammy and Jake stare at me.

Fuck.