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18

i've been sitting on this bench for a good 10 minutes now. just processing.

i shot someone. i lost my two bestfriends. i'm homeless. blaine isn't dead.

i see in my peripheral a car drive up in front of me.

a black one to be exact.

i moved my head to look up and saw ethan exiting the car.

"alex what the fuck i was worried when you didn't meet back up with us" ethan says sitting next to me.

"i'm sorry i just- i kinda lost it. so much happened today and my only friends hate me, along with the fact that i shot someone today. oh and the cherry on top being that i am now homeless again." i pause shaking my head. "and blaine is stilling fucking alive." i let my head fall into my hands and take a deep breath.

"lex" ethan says softly placing a hand onto my upper back. "it's gonna be okay. i promise." he says. i lift my head out of my hands to look up at him.

"how pissed off is grayson?" i ask. he face looks conflicted.

"very. but it's only him. the rest of the gang is okay. more so worried about you." he says.

"they are?" i ask dumbfounded. i didn't think any of them cared too much about me.

"i mean, yeah.....we spent a month or so together and got to know eachother." ethan says with a small smile. i cant help but slightly smile back.

"what do i do now?" i ask feeling tired and defeated.

"well that's kind of what i was thinking about offering." i furrowed my brows, confused.

"last week you made a few comments about how after this you'd have to find somewhere to live or you'd be homeless again. so i talked to the gang a few days ago and we want to offer you a place to stay..." my eyes widened as i processed what ethan has said.

"we won't force you to join the gang if you don't want to, but we're friends now. and friends don't desert other friends. especially when they need each other the most." ethan said looking into my eyes. i smile and nod.

"thank you. so so much. are you sure everyone is okay with me moving in?" i ask.

"yep!" he jumps up and hold his hand out. "ready to go home?" he asks excitedly. i chuckle and nod.

i grab ethans hand and bring myself to my feet. we walk over to his car, as he unlocks it.

after we both climb in, he begins to drive back in the direction of the house. my mind starts replaying a certain sentence that ethan had said.

"i know you said that you wouldn't force me to join the gang, but after being surrounded by such bad criminals.....i think i want to be on the good side. i wanna help bring them and the people like them down." i said. ethan slightly smiles again.

"that's great. you're really good at this and we'd be really grateful to have your help." ethan says. i look forward and smile.

maybe things won't suck so bad after all.

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A/N: hey wow it's been a while since i've updated....but mentally i have not been in a good place and i seriously needed to be safe and take a small break. i couldn't stay away from writing very long considering i love it so much, and i love writing this book.

also yes this is a filler/shorter chapter, but i'll try to write some more tonight.

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