We're Just Strangers

Miguel stood there thinking until he finally spoke again, "I know how much commotion this can cause so I'll let this one slide. But you have to control your boy here, he was about to take one of my members."

Edgar looked at Luis, who had his head down, "Who did he try to take?" Edgar said, as he looked around.

Miguel then looked over at me and Edgar looked at me confused, "Estas con ellos?" ("You're with them?") he asks. I nod, "It's my first day today actually, and your guy just tried to kidnap me."

Edgar looked over at Luis, "Y eso Luis? Porque te la quisiste llevar?" ("Why did you try to take her?"). Luis looked over at me, "Porque es mi hermana y tengo el derecho de hacerlo." ("Because she's my sister and I have the right to do it.") He said as he looked at me coldly.

I looked at him, "Tu y yo ya no somos hermanos! Eso paró el momento que me abandonaste!" ("You and I aren't family! That stopped the moment you abandoned me!") He grabs my arm, "You joined his fucking gang Rose! What kind of person are you to side with the guy that killed the person I love!?"

I pull my arm away, "You were planning on fucking leaving us Luis! You killed his brother! He would have shot you in the head that night but he didn't! You wanna know why?! Because after everything you did, you were still a really close friend to him! You killed his brother Luis!"

"And if it wasn't for me, they would've killed Santiago because of what you did! Don't try to pin this on me because I had to deal with the consequences of your mistakes Luis! And you got to leave! Just like you wanted right!?"

and then i finally lose it and punch him right in the nose, something probably nobody expected and then i grab his arm and pull him close and whisper in his ear, "You're nothing to me. Me and you? We're just strangers to each other now." and then I let his arm go, turn around, and walk away.

I don't even make it that far before i start hearing yelling, it's from Edgar, "Luis put the fucking gun down!" He was aiming it at me, he was ready to kill me, i hear Miguel start running towards me.

And then i feel him grab me and tackle me to the ground, and then i hear a gunshot go off the second i hit the ground. I knew he did it on purpose, he purposely waited for me to be on the ground so he could accidentally shoot someone else.

I look up and saw who got shot, but when I saw who it was, I froze, it was Angel. "Angel!" I scream as I try to get up, Miguel still on me but the second he sees Angel falling back, his eyes widen and he turns around.

I wasn't thinking straight, I got up and ran to Angel screaming his name, everything was muffled, I couldn't hear right.

All I heard was Edgar yelling at Luis and then Luis yelling back and then he started shooting in our direction.

I looked down at Angel and he was just still, he wasn't dead but blood was gushing out of where the wound was located on his left shoulder. He was almost shot near the heart area but fortunately he wasn't.

I pulled my phone out but that's when I heard people shooting from our shots and then from the other side. Miguel was behind me shooting at the other side.

I don't know what happened to Luis but I don't care anymore, I hear Miguel yelling at me to get Angel inside the car and to go back home. I get help from someone else and we put him in the car and then Mateo enters as well.

I try to stay with Miguel but he tells me to go back with Angel so i do. Someone then takes us home, and when we arrive, I help get Angel in and I see Maria's face, she tears up but I yell at her to help him so she does.

I go over to Mateo and ask if he's alright, he just nods but I can see he's lying, he has bruises everywhere and a black eye.

I help him clean the dry blood and make him lay down and rest. An hour has passed since i left Maria with Angel and it turns out they went to the hospital where they had connections with some of the doctors so they could help Angel.

I was tired but I didn't want to sleep until Miguel came back, I needed to know what happened. My rib cage started hurting so I headed to the infirmary to see if i could find something to help but i suddenly got dizzy, i didn't even reach the stairs before i blacked out.

I woke up in the infirmary, i had a big headache but i was confused as to how i got there. Then I see Miguel walking in and I immediately sit up, "have you heard from Angel?"

he stands there looking at me, "you're not going to ask me about how we found you at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious? Or about how you didn't ask for help? Rose you could've been seriously hurt you know that? And you're going to ask me how Angel is?" he asks angrily.

I look at him, "Miguel, Angel could've died because of me, you shouldn't have saved me! We both know Luis would never shoot me!"

He shook his head, "you didn't know that for sure. I couldn't lose you after just winning you!"