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Chapter 7

We pulled up to the hotel in designated cars; me with my girls in one car and the guys scattered in others. Cameron had been taken elsewhere with Bart and Jack. It doesn't really matter what happens tonight. Magcon is during the weekends and our hotel reservations were expired, so we had to pack our bags and head home.

No one really talked at all on the way to the hotel. Just awkward eye contact and occasional throats being cleared. We all met up in the storage room and Nash shut the door behind him. "So what questions do you have?" He asked us, shortly.

"What do you mean?" Kelly asked. "There's too many."

"Pick one." 

"What's going to happen next?"

Nash rubbed his arm with his hand. "What do you mean?" 

"We can never really tell that." Carter spoke up. "Scary, but true."

"This doesn't even seem like a gang." Kaitlyn mumbled. I was happy she was actually speaking up now. That was a lot to get off of her chest earlier.

"Oh," Taylor broke in. "Just wait."

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We threw our bags in my car and Nash, Aaron, Matt, Carter, Taylor, and Jack walked up to my cute, red vehicle.

"So we'll keep in close touch to you." Nash said firmly. It seemed that he was the leader when the bosses were gone.

I shook my head. "No need. We'll just contact Bart next weekend when we have to travel." 

Aaron laughed. "You think we only do business on weekends?" He shook his head. "Gangs don't take breaks, sweetheart."

By this time, I was beyond done with the events of the past two days. And I also couldn't help but wonder what they had told my mom to keep her brainwashed.

"Okay, whatever." Kelly whined through the window, eager to leave from inside the back seat. "We'll keep in touch." 

Matt licked his lips and stared at her. I bet he was trying to be nonchalant, but he obviously sucked at it. 

Carter jogged around to the opposite side of the car and Carmina rolled her window down. "Yeah?" She asked. Before she could comprehend what was happening, he pecked a kiss on her cheek. 

"See ya around." He smiled cheekily. She waved lightly and rolled up her window, her face beat red from the impact of Carter's lips.

I opened passenger's door for Kaitlyn and she smiled at me. "Thanks." We had made up without realizing it. All it took was realization and the lack of reality at hand.

I shut the door and Kaitlyn leaned her head on the window. She looked as tired as I felt. Nicole was already knocked out in the back seat and I could see Aaron anxiously eyeing the window where she was sitting.

"Any more questions?" Nash smirked.

I thought about it for a moment. "What does O2L stand for?" 

Nash strode closer and put his hand by my head, leaning on my car. "Oppose Two Legacies." 

I scoffed. "That makes no sense." 

"Actually," Jack spoke up. "It does. See, Magcon and O2L are the two leading gangs." He scratched his forehead. "And they want only one to remain instead of two. For years they've been trying to beat us out of the playing field but we just can't get knocked down." Aaron and Nash bumped fists. 

I couldn't help but wonder where Shawn was where all of this took place. 

Nash leaned his shoulder on my car, now even closer to my face. "Just please stay safe." He said quietly. I looked at him and for the first time I saw sympathy in his eyes.