Closing / Chapter 29

"Oh my God Harley! Calm down! You look fine!" I laughed, spiking up his hair.

He made a whiny sound and pushed it down "This is a bad idea. Why am I doing this again? I should can-"

"Don't you dare say cancel." Case interrupted,

Harley shook his head, "What if she doesn't show up?" There was real fear in his voice.

"She will." I assured,

Harley shook his head again, "She kidnapped you."

"Oh my God, Harley we talked about this." I had already explained to him Dani wasn't really the bad guy,

"It was just work. She also could have let them kill her but she was the only one who prevented it." Case pointed out. We'd already talked about this a lot,

"Harley you just need to chill, ok?" I said with an exasperated sigh.

Harley sighed, "Ok...I-it's just a movie. What do you even do? Just watch. Easy." He said,

"Unless you sit in the back and make out the whole time." Case said with a smirk,

I felt my face heating up, Harley looked from me to Case a few times and shook his head. "I still don't approve." He said, but I knew he did. He did or he wouldn't have let me be with Case in the first place,

So I just smile at him, leaving it to Case to say something stupid and inappropriate.

"Oh no! That makes me regret all the sex we had." He smirked at Harley, watching blood drain from his face. Before he could say something I chimed in,

"He made that up Harley. Shut up Case he's already stressed."

Case put his hands up. "Sorry."

If you were wondering, it had been four months since the kidnapping. After the first two, Case asked me out, and after the fourth, Harley got the courage to ask out Dani Charter.

Don't worry, it was after I assured him she wasn't evil. Because, in all truth, she wasn't. To be honest, I liked her. Admired, maybe.

She was just badass and I loved that, in real life. Not in a movie or something.

Of course that meant she could break my poor big brothers heart easily.

Case told me she wasn't really like that. Just breaking hearts without much reason,

Unless the guy deserved it. Which Harley didn't.

Dani and Harley had been texting for awhile, awkward, boring texts. Like the texts you sent in middle school.

I was living with Harley, full time and for sure now. I don't know where Gloria went. Last I heard she was with some guy off in the Caribbean.

So that was good.

Honestly, life was good. For now anyways,

I still had scars from the West/SouthSide, they went over my arms and my shoulders. What really bothered me was the few scars over my face, they faded into thin white lines but, I hated it.

The bruises and burns faded, until they were nothing. Until they were gone.

"Alex?" Case asked,

I perked up, "Hmmmm?"

"I...uh, I asked, I asked if you wanted to do something. Get dinner or...see a movie or something." Case said,

I smiled, "Movies are cool. Sure."

He held out his hand to me and I took it, smiling in an oddly content way.

Harley groaned, "Don't you have something to ask me Alex?"

I sighed dramatically, "Can I go to the movies with Case, Harley?"

"Have you done your homework?" Demanded Harley.

I rolled my eyes, "No. I'll do it later."

Harley was so soft. "Ok fine. No kissing." He glared pointedly at Case.

Case took that opportunity to lean down to me, placing his hands on my waist and kissing my lips passionately, long enough for it to get awkward for Harley, who I knew was just staring.

When he pulled away I was kind of gasping, "O-Oh.."

Harley clenched his fists, "No!" He yelled.

Case smirked at Harley, seeming to enjoy all this.

It had been like this for two months. They never, never, stopped fighting.

I laughed, "Calm down Harley."

Harley scowled at me. Then at Case. "I swear if you get my sister pregnant-"

"No, no, no need to worry. We'll use protection." Case flashed a bright smile.

Harley gasped and started to say something, but I beat him to breaking the silence,

"Don't worry Harley. I'm not that stupid. Are you ready? You look great." I assured,

Harley sighed "Thanks Alex.." He turned to glare at Case,

"Call me if you need help with anything." I said to get his attention back to me,

He nodded, "Ok...curfew is ten.."

"Eleven..?" I asked hopefully.

"Ten thirty." He shrugged.

"Love you, Harley." I smiled at him, "Now go." I kind of shoved him and he walked out groaning.

"They grow up so fast."

Case nodded. "Mmm...Tragic."

"So...movie?" I asked.

He nodded. "Yeah Alex."

And that's how it was.

Case had started taking junior college classes online, he was pretty behind in school. Case had come to realize, he wanted to go college.

He told me that right after telling me something equally as important.

"Alex...?"

"Yeah?" I asked.

"I stepped down. As uh, leader or whatever." He said quietly.

I set down my drink. "Of the eastside..?"

"Yes Alex." He sighed, obviously unsure of his decision.

I bit my lip, "Why..?"

"I mean...I..." he shook his head. "It's not what I want to do. It's not...I dunno I don't even like it...I was kind of just doing it out of obligation lately.."

I didn't know what to do, or say. Because I was proud of him, and I was so so so glad it was over. I didn't have to deal with any of that anymore. He wouldn't be in so much danger anymore.

"Who...who's leading..?" I asked.

Case sighed. "One of the guys...he's doing ok.."

"How did they take you stepping down..?" I asked.

He frowned. "Okay, I guess.."

I shifted my feet under the table. "I'm sorry, Case."

"For what? It was my decision..."

"Did you step down so they wouldn't do anything to people you care about..?" I asked quietly.

He looked away. "Maybe. But that's not the point. I just, wanted to tell you."

And life went on. Of course, Case still helped out when the EastSide really needed it.

God I hated that, so much. So so so much. It was stupid, Case was fine. He could protect himself. But still, what if something happened?

Honestly, it made me feel sick. If you hadn't noticed, case and I had gotten closer over the last few months. Close enough that worry consumed me when he was off with the Eastside. He never actually told me when he was leaving to help. He didn't want to worry me. But I could tell by the way he'd kiss me a little longer, hold onto my hand a second more than usual, and then give me this sad smile.

And then he'd leave, sometimes for a few hours. Sometimes for a week. He never texted, he'd only call. Usually explaining that he couldn't text, for stupid gang reasons that I just didn't want to argue with because let's be honest, I was still a little scared of it all.

Thankfully, he rarely left like that. Maybe, four or five times since he'd told me he had left the Eastside.

Case and I watched the movie on my couch, after deciding neither of us wanted to drive. I was leaning my head against his chest, he had his arms wrapped around my waist as we watched some stupid movie that neither of us actually cared about.

Case was playing with my hair, twirling it in his fingers. I was listening to his heartbeat, breathing in sync with the rhythm of it.

After the second movie we watched, I wanted to go to sleep. But I also wanted to be awake when Harley came home. I wanted to be awake in case he texted or called me needing help. So I forced myself to stay awake,

"Alex. Sleep." Case told me as he stood up, "Harley is a big boy, he'll be fine. And you are practically shaking, you're so tired."

"No I'm not...I-I'm fine.." I argued, glancing at the clock.

2:14

Case shook his head. He pushed me into a laying position then laid a blaket over me. "Goodnight." He smiled down at me and kissed my forehead. I decided maybe I could take a small nap.

"Night...bye.." I said, and fell asleep quickly

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Harley and Dani apparently had hooked up.

I don't know why I was surprised.

When he got home, all Harley did was smile, all day. Like he couldn't stop. He wouldn't give me any details and that's kind of what gave it away.

"So it went welll..?" I asked.

"Yes." He replied smiling.

"What did you do?"

"Not much." He said smiling.

"Did you have fun? Was she nice?"

"Yes. And yes." Harley was grinning.

I smiled back, "Yeah, ok Harley."

After everything that had happened, it was nice to have peace. To be able to wake up without worrying about Gloria, or the Westside, or Case being hurt.

It was perfectly uneventful, and hopefully, that's how it would stay.

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This is the end! I know it's really bad but I couldn't think of anything else. Lol thanks guys for everything, all the reads all the comments all the votes, it made my days so great. I might write another story again but, I don't know when or about what. Lol y'all are a amazing, thank you so much if you actually finished this!! Also Harley x Dani!?! Yeah. Ok guys, love you, bye.