Captured

Charlotte is still a little bit shaken up from finding out that she could be related to one of us.

We're currently behind the brick building waiting for the perfect time to attack.

"Relax," I say as I grab a hair tie from my wrist and begin to put my hair up into a bun

"Pretend for a couple of minutes that you're an only child" I suggest

"It's not that easy" she says as she continues to watch what's happening on the battle field

"But you shouldn't be this messed up about it" I say and refill my gun

She suddenly turns to look at me with an 'are you serious' facial expression.

"Aspen, I can't be your sister" she say seriously

"What do you mean?" I ask with a confused tone

"If there is any chance that we're related, everything will change," she explains

"Sisters shouldn't feel the way I feel for you" she says with a broken voice

I place my gun in my holster before walking up to her and gently grabbing her face. She looks down at me with a vulnerable expression.

"Please elaborate on that" I say

"Sisters shouldn't want to make out, much less kiss, their sister. Sisters shouldn't want to leave hickies all over their sisters body. Sisters shouldn't want to make love with their sister." She lists off

My breath hitches at her last statement as she looks down at me with pure love in her eyes.

"That's why I can't be your sister, I'll never be able to love you like a sister, only a lover" she finishes

"I- um- uh-" I stutter out since I have no idea how to respond to her statement

"We'll finish this after we lock them up" she says with a small smirk before cocking her gun back and creeping out onto the battle field.

Fuck, this girl is crazy.

But I'm crazy about her too.

-

We've been at battle for what feels like an hour.

A few of Charlotte's members were wounded.

More than ninety percent of her parents members were injured or dead.

Carolina and Kayden jog up to us while heavily breathing.

"Is it done?" Charlotte questions

"Yeah, the members are heading back to the house" Carolina replies

Charlotte nods as we continue to glance around the area.

Her parents, Maddie, and Hayden are hiding somewhere.

They haven't revealed themselves yet.

"Aspen, watch out" Kayden says as he quickly and violently pushes me to the ground

I hear a gunshot ricochet in the air near my right.

"Thank you" I reply as I ignore the throbbing pain in my arm and stand up

I try to move my arm only for it to stay flat against my side.

Fuck, I probably broke it.

I quickly pull my gun out of its holster and aim for his forehead.

I miss him by a couple of inches which makes me groan in annoyance.

"Carolina, Nina is going to come after you. Kayden, Maddie is going to come after you" I tell them quickly as I turn around to face them

"Don't kill them, only injure them" I say demandingly with a glare before turning around to fire at Hayden again

Only for him to duck and miss it.

"If you kill them before we've gotten answers, let's just say it won't be a pretty sight" I say to their shocked faces before ducking avoid getting hit by a bullet

"You're just going to let her talk to me like that?!" Carolina says incredulously

"She's my equal, therefore yes" is all Charlotte responds

She walks up beside me and helps me try to immobilize our opponent.

I happen to look over and see Bruce point his gun at Charlotte's head.

I quickly turn my body in his direction and aim for his shoulder. I quickly pull the trigger and aim for both of his shoulders so that he's completely immobilized.

"Good shot" Charlotte comments as she glances over at her whining father

While Hayden is distracted by my attack on his boss Charlotte uses this opportunity to shoot Hayden.

Let's just say that she shot him in a place where the sun doesn't shine.

I hear someone groan in discomfort which causes me to turn around and face Kayden who's sitting on top of a defeated Maddie.

"Kayden, catch" I yell as I throw a pair of handcuffs to him

He catches them with ease and locks them on Maddie's wrists.

"How's your arm?" Charlotte asks with a worried tone as she glances down at it

I look down at my arm which is red and swollen.

"Very painful, I think I might've broke it" I say as I shrug my good shoulder

"How are you so calm about this?" She questions with an amused tone as she gestures to my swollen arm

"Honestly, my broken arm is the most normal thing that happened today" I say which makes her smile

"What's life without a little excitement" she teases

"Excitement and putting your life at risk are two different things" I say which makes her smile at my smart retort before grabbing my good hand and lacing our fingers together

I hear two loud gunshots which causes me to look in the direction of Carolina only to see that she shot Nina once in her thighs.

"We won" Charlotte says nonchalantly

"Whatever, lets handcuff them and put them in the van" I say and leave her side so that I can help Carolina handcuff a sobbing Nina.

-

After placing them in the car we shortly arrived at Charlotte's place.

Her members helped Carolina and Kayden take the prisoners to their cells.

"We'll be back soon, I'm going to take Aspen to the hospital" Charlotte yells out to a random member

"Good luck, Thunder" they say with a wink

Why are they winking at her?!

Is there something she isn't telling me.

I glare at the member to silently get my point across.

Charlotte turns around and starts to reverse the car out of the driveway.

"What's wrong?" She asks as she glances over and notices my crossed arms

"Nothing" I say with a monotone voice as I turn my head to look out the passenger side window

"You're lying" She says as she takes a left turn

"I said I'm fine" I say calmly as I observe to calm scenery around us

"What did I do?" She asks as she takes a right turn

"You didn't do anything" I answer as my eyes land on the giant building with the words 'emergency room' hanging from it

She pulls into the parking lot and parks her car close to the front.

As she's turning off the car I go to open my door only to get stopped by her hand resting on my shoulder.

"Aspen, we're not leaving this car until you tell me what's bothering you" she states

"I already told you, I'm fine" I say

"You're not fine, you glared at me then crossed your arms and turned away" she says

"I did not glare at you, I glared at the person you were talking to before we left" I reply but immediately press my lips together

Shit.

I wasn't supposed to tell her that.

She gives me a confused look.

"Why?" She asks

"It's nothing" I reply as I look down at my fingers

"If it was nothing then why were you so upset about it?" She questions

"I think you know why" I reply with a low voice

"I really don't" she replies with a slight teasing tone

Ugh, is she really going to make me say it.

"I was jealous" I say inaudibly

"I'm sorry, what was that?" She questions jokingly

"I was jealous" I say with an eye roll as my cheeks start to heat up

"Aww" she says as she admires my face

"Stop it" I say as I place my head in my hands

"You're cute when you're jealous" she says as she removes my hands from my face

I look up at her and just admire her.

She starts to slowly lean in which makes me freeze.

Shoot, I can't kiss her.

At least not yet.

I turn my head at the last second which causes her lips to press against my cheek.

As she pulls away I turn to face her and give her a guilty smile.

"Lets go inside, who knows how long the wait will be" I say awkwardly before I unbuckle my seatbelt and open the passenger door

I carefully get out of the car and close the door behind me.

Fuck, that was close.

Too close.

I need to be more careful until we find out answers.

-

We've been waiting to be seen for a little over two hours.

When we were finally seen they brought us to a room and told us to wait until the doctor came in.

"Hello, my name is Skylar and I'll be your doctor for today" a lady says as she enters the room

As she turns to face us I release a gasp.

"Ocean?" I question

"Aspen, nice to see you again" she says with a smile

"Can we get another doctor?" Charlotte asks with a cold tone

"Calm down, I'm just here to make sure that Aspen gets checked" she says with a calm tone

"If you'd follow me, I'll lead you to the X-ray room" she says to me

As I get up I hear Charlotte stand up from the plastic chair.

"Oh, I'm sorry, they only need to patient" Ocean says

"I'm not letting her go anywhere alone with you" Charlotte says with crossed arms

I walk up to Charlotte and give her a kiss on the cheek so that she'll relax a little bit.

"It's okay, I'll be fine" I say with a reassuring smile

She glares at Ocean before looking down at me and wrapping her arms around my waist.

"You're mine" she says with a slight possessive tone but I see the worry in her eyes

I use my good hand to gently caress her cheek.

"I'm yours" I say which makes her smile

I step out of her grip and turn around so that I can walk out of the hospital room.

Ocean and I walk down the long hall in silence.

"Look, I'm sorry if I intruded on your relationship" she says seriously

"No, it's fine. We're taking a break" I say with a sad smile

"The both of you look good together" she says matter of factly

"Thanks" I reply

I start to think about everything that has happened within the past couple hours.

"You like girls, right?" I ask her

"Yes, why?" She questions skeptically

"I know this girl that you'd look great with" I say

"Oh yeah, what does she look like?" She questions as we turn down the hall

"She has medium length black hair and space grey eyes. She's my age and has her diva moments" I say as I recall a lot of them

"She sounds...interesting" Ocean replies hesitantly

"I'd love to introduce you to her, but I'm not responsible for her actions" I say as I raise my hand in surrender

"Okay, I'll meet her" she says

"Great, call me when you get off" I say and point to the phone number on the form she's holding

"Will do" she says as we stop in from of a door.

-

After getting my X-rays done Ocean walked me back to my hospital room and told us to wait until they were done.

I hear a knock at the door before it opens only to reveal her face.

"Okay, from our knowledge you've broken it but we don't want to put a cast on you until we're one hundred percent sure" Ocean says

"So I recommend that you ice your arm everyday for thirty minutes seven times a week" she says as she looks down at her clipboard

"I'll provide you with a a sling which you'll have to wear for a week" she says

"Do you have any pain medication?" She questions and peeks up at me

"Yes" I respond

"Make sure to take it two to three times a day" she finishes

"Okay" I respond

"Will that be all?" She asks, I nod my head at her question

"Great, I'll bring you your sling and you'll be on your way

"Thank you" I say

"No problem" she says with a smile before she winks and walk out

As soon as the door closes Charlotte's turns to me.

"I still don't trust her" she grumbles out which makes me laugh.

She's too cute.