"What was that for?" David asked me, after i kissed him
"Just a token of my love" i mimicked
"Then lets hit it in the backseat" he sniggered
"Boy shut up and drive" i laughed
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Four days later,
"We are going to land in Atlanta in 30 minutes, jerichos location has been confirmed. We are all ready and have as much backup as possible, i just wanna thank yall. We dont know who will make it back today, so if anyone does die here today i just want yall to know how much help you have been" david said holding up his cup of chardonnay
"David dont go soft on us now" trish laughed
"this nigga turned gay ever since we left" kam laughed
It had been four days, we smashed all the cameras back at the lake house, cassie recovered fast and right now we were in a jet on our way to atlanta
We ditched chynas plan, and had enough information to ambush jericho without the help of the western black vipers
I started feeling my feelings towards david grow stronger, you ever feel hopelessly in love to the point you hate yourself so much for loving someone so hard?
He popped my cherry
Gave me the unconditional love i have always craved.
Lord, what was happening to me!
There was weed, crack and guns all layed on the table
The jet was packed
Everyone was having a good time, we had a toast and we only had 28 minutes before we faced the valley of death
"Why are you overthinking" david asked me.
I looked out the window
"Im not thinking" i said smiling
"Well your not exactly celebrating with everyone else" he said
There was noise and music in the background, how were they so comfortable smiling and having a good time when any of them could die at any second
"Hello... earth to diamond" he said
"Oh sorry, im just! Im just thinking thats all" i said
"Shordy what did you smoke? You just said you werent thinking?" He giggled
"we dont know what we are up against" i said to him
"D, everyone here is family! We ride for eachothers back. And why you trippin?, your not coming to the battlefield with us anyway" david said rolling up his blunts
I burst out laughing
"He is serious D" cassie added in
"Cass, you got shot like a week ago! You dont get a say" i told her
"And david stop making decisions for me, im not letting you go in there without me" i continued as i held his hand
"David has to make it out alive!! He has 2 weeks to find banks baxter" cassie said
"Okay yall, stop the panick-"
"Boss we are gonna land in 11 minutes" davids bodyguard interrupted
David nodded
"Ight, quan put all the guns in the black bags after their loaded" david yelled
Quan nodded
"And diamond. Your not gonna change my mind i said no" he continued and got up to help his friends
I rolled my eyes, irratated
"Diamond he really cares about you" cassie said
"Yep, ive heard that one over and over again" i smiled
"No seriously, he would never look out for me like that!! Even when i was in a relationship with him" Paris butted in
"But i cant just stand idly by, i have to do something" i said
"This isnt your battle to fight.. sorry" paris said.
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Tension grew in my limbs as the jet began landing on the rocky surface of the land, thoughts were accelerating inside my head.
We finally landed
Guns, drugs! All packed and ready to go. Everyone was wearing something black for disguise with their balaclavas hanging ontop of their heads like beanies
"We landed 20 minutes away from were their staying, we are going to walk from here. You all better be strapped with something" david yelled.
Everyone nodded or replied with "yess boss"
"I have faith in all of yall.. whoever comes across your way i want you to shoot them, dont hesitate once!" He yelled
They all marched right out of the jet, appart from the close crew, there were bodyguards i never seen before
Two big black range rovers waited for our jet to land as they were the second backup.
The mara salvatrucha was far more extended than i thought.
"Stay in the jet, 4 security guards will stay here with you and cassie. I promise ill come back to you" david whispered into my ear.
It was as if there was splinters clawed in my throat, i didnt know what to say... i just felt hopeless
"Dont do anything stupid-" i quickly said
He laughed
"As long as you dont try to leave the jet" he said
I nodded
"How about you think of a yes or no answer for when i ask you to be my girlfriend once i come back, to keep your mind busy" as soon as the words left his mouth i realised i was probably beyond in love with this man
I dont know when it happend but it did..Falling in love with him was the easy part it's admitting to myself that it happened that's hard.
I wanted and needed him. I wanted him whole, his flaws happy moments, sorrows, and demons
As soon as he said that he left
He left
He left
And i didnt know if he was coming back
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2 hours later
"Cass its been 2 hours" i said shaking her off my shoulder
She fell asleep while i had been overthinking this whole time, there was probably a shoot out going on right now while i was sat here.
My answer to davids question was YES! i just needed him to be here.
I regret all those moments i said i hated him
I regret all those moments i argued with him
I regret the moment i couldnt sooner agree that i was in love-
"Diamond someones approaching!!" Cass said
I wiped the foggy windows with the sleeve of my jumper to see who it was but it was too dark to make out the figures
Me and cassie both got up on our way to see who it was until this crusty ass bodyguard stood infront of me
"I cant let you leave"he said
"You cant even move out the way to let us breathe some fresh air" we asked?
He gave us a weird look and opened the door.
The shadows we saw earlier kept getting closer and closer.
I ran towards it, ready to jump into davids arm and smell him again.
But the only people i saw were Trish, quan and paris and other people part of the mara salvatrucha
Paris and trish were crying their eyes out which made my heart drop to the bottom of my stomach
"What happend?!!" I yelled
They could bearly get their words out
"Kam is dead" quan muttered
"What?!" I said
He was dead???
But were was david!
"Weres david?" Cassie asked
I had so many questions too
Did they kill jericho?
"The diamantes negros have david, they said their not going to give him until they see you Diamond" quan said
He was the only one that kept his emotions together
"Me?! Ill do whatever, take me to them! We have to save David" i yelled
"Im sorry D, david said whatever happens i cant take you to them, he said he will find his way back to us" quan replied.
"No, no no" i whispered.
Cassie grabbed my shoulder to reassure me everything was going to be fine
Paris and trish found comfort in eachother after learning about kams death.
"The diamantes negros switched up on the eastern black vipers, all of a sudden they began shooting every member of jerichos gang. Their all dead!! The only survivor who fled was Rashad" quan said
"Who is rashad?" Cassie asked
"Thats jerichos son!! The one you saw at the bridge when they kidnapped me" i told her
if no-one had hope why would i
I began hitting quan "TAKE ME TO HIM" i yelled over and over again
He held my arms
"DIAMOND! we are not going to get him back for a while" he shouted.
The tears brutally came down harder causing a headache
I began running, i ran away from them, my feet were kissing the land, i was breathing steadily with overwhelmed emotions all over the place. My hair was sticking to my tears i felt like i was suffocating
"DIAMOND!!" cassie yelled, she was running behind me but i wasnt going to stop
David would rain hell on anybody who captured me, why shouldnt i do the same
If the diamantes negros wanted me why should someone else pay the price? Kam was already dead, the rest were injured? What more did we have to endure, i stopped running i could feel my heart throbbing inside my chest.
I ran further than i thought i did, the jet and crew looked like massive black dots from far.
But cassie was right next to me breathing in and out.
I carried on crying
"Diamond stop!! Okay? Thats enough" she said bringing me closer to her chest
"We are going to find him-" she contiued
"Psst.. are you diamond" someone said from behind us
I turned around with all my might
That was him
"Yes!! Are you part of the diamantes negros??" I desperatley asked
"Im Aurelio, come with me" he smirked
Me and Cassie exchanged looks and followed right behind him
We pushed past the bushes and trees, there was a beach
Solitary, there was no one there
Except a large gang of people from far
Me and cassie walked slower, and held eachothers hands
"Its okay, we are your people" aurelio said
"What?" I mumbled to myself
I saw david with blood dripping from his lips, they were holding him tight. He looked devastated and unable to speak
But i had butterflies! He was okay.
I ran towards him and threw myself in his arms
"Diamond?!" He grunted
"You brought her!?" A man said
"Yeah" aurelio replied
"What did you do to him?" I asked them
"Nothing.. this happend during the battlefield... infact we saved him-" the man said
"So why did you take him?" Cassie asked
"We used him as bait to get diamond here" he replied
"Go, d!" David said
"Shh" i said wiping the blood of his face
"Its okay, jericho is dead we made sure of it! The only downfall is his son rashad the next heir to the eastern black vipers is still alive" aurelio said
I was glad to hear atleast one thing went right
Quan began calling my phone, i put it on silence
"Why do you need me, and how do you know me?" I asked
"Your father is denzel right?" Aurelio asked
I nodded
"Did you know my dad?" I said
"This is great news! She looks exactly like him" he yelled.
"Sorry i dont follow.." i replied
"Cassie get diamond out of here NOW" david yelled
"David stop exhausting yourself" i told him
"Diamomd dont you realise! Since your dads dead and your his only child you are the Leader of the diamantes negros" he yelled
Holdon, i think there was a potato farm growing in my ears.
You say what?