2

The following day, I was walking down the hallway and got shoved by the same sophomore again, I got pissed and gripped him by his grey sweatshirt

"What is your issue with me Connor?"

He spun around and grinned with arms up in a shrug

"Sorry princess I forgot to bow for you today."

I crossed my arms angry

"I haven't done anything to you and for the last time I'm not princess, I'm Kayla!"

He walked up to me, his breath smelled like cigarette

"I don't give a f*ck princess, and if I were you, I wouldn't come up in my face like that again."

I rolled my eyes

"Whatever you don't have a reason to treat me the way you do."

He brushed my black hair behind my ear as he stared directly into my emerald eyes

"I do have a reason and eventually you'll find that out if you don't know now."

I slapped his hand away from my head

"You have no idea what you're talking about Connor."

He smirked and glared with desire

"Shame you're his daughter."

He walked away down the hall and I watched as he walked away trying to hold my rage in. Over the past four weeks, he annoyingly flirted and toyed with me. I finally came to just ignore him, I didn't care to ask him what his deal was. He agitated me to the max, and I just wish he would eventually leave me alone.

By my sophomore year and his junior year, I had enough of him, he harassed me everyday my freshman year and it continued into my sophomore year. He was in front of the school smoking;

I walked up to him sitting on the concrete wall

"Connor!"

He glanced over after getting a drag of his cigarette and grinned

"Princess? Since we're saying each others names; what made you realize I'm the good guy here?"

I overlooked his remark and got right to demanding an answer

"Why do you keep torturing me? What have I done to you? Explain why you care about my father so much?"

He took a drag of his cigarette and chuckled

"You have no clue?"

I gulped, nervously while gazing at his possessing looks and looked away

"I hardly associate with you and you only acknowledge me to torment me."

He smirked

"Would suck for your dad if you knew what he really did huh?"

I got furious

"What did my dad do to you?"

He stared at me with uncertainty while tapping his cigarette

"You honestly don't know?"

I sat down on the wall with him

"Know what?"

He looked around making certain we were alone then looked back at me

"I can't tell you now."

He was acting hysterical, Devon walked up angry

"Kayla why are you speaking to this trash?"

They mad dogged each other, Devon gripped my hand and we left, he gave me a lecture

"Do not ever talk to that piece of shit again, do you hear me?"

I crossed my arms and gave him a disagreeable look

"Pardon me? I can talk to whoever I want."

He blurted

"We are getting married Kayla, I am your fiancé and you need to leave them alone immediately."

I faked a laugh and got pissed

"What?"

He inhaled

"Nothing, he's dangerous and...".

I cut him off

"You may be my best friend and you may be like a brother to me, but I will not be forced to marry you because YOU said so! We are only 16 Devon."

I started to walk home in the wind, the leaves were being blown on the side of the streets.

He followed silently, half way home he said

"Kayla... It wasn't intended to be said that way."

I stopped and yelled

"Really Devon because last I checked we don't want each other and who gets married at 16!"

He sighed

"Your father and my father..."

I faked a laugh and cut him off

"Enough, I'm not getting married until I'm okay with it and why would my father agree with that?"

He attempted lie but has always been a bad liar

"Kayla he prefers to see you get married and he's not that young you know?"

I threw him a nasty look as I nodded my head

"What the hell is going on? Why's everyone making me feel clueless about something? First Connor now you."

He cleared his throat

"Kayla... I can't explain it to you... yet."

I scoffed

"Whatever walk home alone, I'll ask Connor tomorrow."

He got furious and clutched my forearm to restrain me from running away

"Stay away from him Kayla! He's deadly!"

I yanked my arm away in fear but also anger

"Yeah because the past year he was making an effort to hurt me."

I rolled my eyes and kept on running, the breeze picked up and it grew chilly. As I was walking up to my house, I heard a murmur

"Kayla."

I paused, gazed around and saw Connor across the street. I ran over to him and stood over him kneeling behind a large bush

"Come to torment me at home too?"

He grabbed my hand to make me kneel behind the hedges with him, I said

"What the hell?"

He whispered

"It's not safe for me to be here, come with me please."

He had a serious, concerned look on his face, I sarcastically said

"Are you going to tell me I have to marry you too?"

He looked at me confused

"What?"

I exhaled and tossed my hair back

"Never mind, can we just go?"

He hopped up and ran away from my house to a nearby meadow, I ran behind him. I was wheezing and coughing, he made fun of me

"Should work out more."

I crossed my arms

"I have asthma jerk, now explain what the hell is going on."

He sat down in the dry, golden grass, I remained standing, he smirked

"I don't bite princess."

I rolled my eyes

"I will prove to you the opposite of a god d*mn princess if you continue to call me that now speak."

He chuckled

"Chill, I'm getting there."

He began explaining everything

"You're the daughter of our worst rival, you and I shouldn't even be having this conversation..."

I sat down next to him, our knees almost touching

"Business rival? Your dad is a?"

He cut me off

"Gang leader and so is your dad..."

I was convinced he was lying

"My dad is an honorable man and saves people."

He sighed with agitation

"How am I expected to explain if you interrupt me?"

I shrugged my shoulder

"Sounds made up, come on, a gang leader? Sounds like something pulled out of a movie."

He replied

"Your father is the gang leader of the Diablos and my dad is the leader of the Shadows, they were formerly in partnership together, that was until your mom slept with my dad but don't bother asking we aren't brother and sister..."

He cringed and made a remark

"I'd hate to be your brother."

I laughed

"I already hate you, continue on."

He cleared his throat

"Your father found out and was finished doing business with my dad, they despised each other than my dad met my mom and they had my older brother, Derek then my middle brother, Tyler and later me. Your father then stabbed my mom trying to get my dad... now it's a regular back and forth battle between them."

I laughed

"You don't get how ridiculous this all sounds do you?"

He sighed with exhaustion in his voice

"Your father is becoming older Kayla and that's the explanation for the whole marriage between you and Devon, bringing two gangs together as one, you're a girl and can't be a gang leader that's why your dad didn't tell you."

I became confused

"I honestly don't get this whole picture, but I'm not getting married until I'm ready, gang or no gang even if this were true, why would my dad lie to me?"

He laughed trying to hold back his rage forming

"You really don't have an alternative and he lied to protect you."

I asked him

"Protect me from what and why do you enjoy calling me princess?"

He grinned

"From my dad, are you even paying attention? Your dad gives you what you desire and I honestly believed you'd be snobbish and bratty."

I sarcastically said

"Thanks, coming from the gentleman who dumped food all over my favorite shirt."

He laughed

"I'm sorry, I assumed you knew about this, but I was wrong."

I just gazed at his elegant, hazel eyes with delight, he cleared his throat

"You can stop staring at me."

I came back to reality, I was embarrassed and tomato red

"Sorry."

He ran his fingers through his fawn hair

"I know I look good but there's no need to stare princess."

I rolled my eyes

"Don't get your ego too stiff, it was more a death stare then admiration."

He smirked

"Okay... but in any circumstance if you were interested, I can't be interested in you, ever."

I laughed

"I wouldn't be anyways."

He faked a laugh

"Ouch you must have been holding that one in a while. But in any other case I am attracted to you."

My cheeks tingled as I blushed

"So much for not being interested."

He gazed at me with passion

"I said I can't be, never claimed I wasn't."

I changed the subject

"So I have to marry Devon?"

He looked away upset

"Yeah unfortunately."

I overheard some people yelling Connor's name from a distance, I got up quick and said

"You're being called by someone, I should leave."

He stood up and stretched

"Hey don't worry about it, you don't have to..."

I had no idea what he meant but we couldn't be seen together so he had to cut himself off. I took off just as his brothers showed up

"Connor there you are, let's go."

He turned to see if I was out of sight, Tyler joked

"Who are you searching for? Your other lover?"

Connor glanced at Tyler with a frown

"It can never happen, I'm engaged to Crystal."

Derek teased him

"It's okay to have a few hookups brother, just make certain she doesn't find out your engaged."

They headed back to their house and carried on to tease Connor.