Him

Chapter 26: Information

"He hates me, I don't think he would hate you," he says as he eats a strawberry.

"You should have seen him today. He completely went off at me. He was totally pissed off at me."

"I'm sure he'll get over it in a couple days. But if it makes you feel any better I can talk with him."

"Noo, no I think we should let him cool off. I'll talk to him later on," he nods and takes another strawberry from the cake.

As I sit up I say, "Okay, on another note, I need to talk to you about a few things."

"Okay, shoot. Ask away," he says.

"If we're going to be exclusive, I need to know more about you. Over the past month, we rarely talked about you. It was all about me. So I'm prepared to hear your story."

"Okay," he says looking concerned about something. Maybe about what my reaction would be to his story. "So what do you want to know?"

"I don't know....I mean...I know that Barry's a gang leader or whatever, so are you, too?"

"Yeah, I am," he began telling his story. "I was just a year younger than Barry when I joined my father's business. My father asked a lot from me at very young age. He wanted everything his way no matter the task. No matter how hard it was. And he never, not once, did he show one ounce of love towards me. So as soon as I turned 18, I decided to pack my bags and leave. But I wanted to start my own business because although he wasn't the most heartwarming person he did teach me valuable things." He stopped and looked at his hands and rubbed both palms against each other as he prepared what to say next. "I tried to keep that side of my father from Barry because he was young and I didn't want him to picture him as a bad guy. The one thing I did regret was leaving Barry all alone. I left him and I didn't stay in touch not even after our parents died."

"So did you come back for him? For Barry?"

He looked at me and I could see tears swelled up in his eyes, "That's part of the reason," he says as a tear slipped out and he wiped it away. I walked towards him to sit next to him. I hugged him and he held me in his arms. "I- we want to take him down."

"Who?" I say looking up at him.

"The bastard that killed my parents." I tensed up a bit knowing he was referring to Gonzalez. And I knew I had to ask more.

"So...you and Barry have a plan?"

"We're working on it. Right now...." He stopped for a second and looked at me. "I don't want to drag you into this Snow."

"It's okay, I've already dragged myself into this," he arched his eyebrow and tilted his head. "That's right. You don't know. So.. I was kidnapped by Gonzalez about 2 months ago."

"Wait- what?"

"He caught me leaving with Barry's friend and thought I was associated with him. When he realized I was just an innocent bystander, he let me go."

"And he didn't hurt you?" he asks caressing my cheek. I shook my head. He kissed the top of my head and held me a bit tighter. "I'm glad nothing happened to you." I'm not. I wished I hadn't been let go. Then I wouldn't be doing this to you. We laid down together and looked up at the sky. It was a shade of pink with purple and blue. We stayed there in silence for about 30 minutes before deciding to go. Crap I forgot to ask a bout his plan, I thought.

We picked everything up and headed to the car.
"So, you never told me about your plan?" He put the blanket in his trunk and walked to the front of my door.

"Well that's because we sort of haven't elaborated a plan yet." I leaned against the door and he came right beside me. "We're trying to figure out his location for the moment. We haven't had luck, but I've got something up my sleeve if noting appears soon." He says

"And what's that?" I ask. He turned and looked at me for a few seconds. "I mean I just wanna know what my boyfriend is getting into."

He smiled and walked away to his door. "I'm sorry, Snow, but I don't want to drag you into something that doesn't concern you. I just want you to be safe, okay" I looked at him and smiled.

"Okay, fine," we both got in the car and he took me home. "Thanks for today, I had fun" I smiled and gave him a peck. "We'll eat those sandwiches another time," he chuckled and he kissed me. 

"Bye," I say as I get out of the car.

"I'll text you later," he says and I nod. I wave goodbye as he sped off. I took a big deep breath and walked into my house. At least I have something for Gonzalez now, I thought, I hope it's good enough for him though. As I walked up my room I got a call. UNKOWN, it showed, and I knew it was him.

"Hello," I answered.

"Hello, Miss Snow," he said.

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Longer chapter. You're welcome:)

-Mari 💚❤️