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"Shh..." he said. "Don't cry Kanden, we're just gonna go on a little trip, you'll be home again soon and Angel think I'm a hero..." My whole body froze as I realized whose voice it was: Tony's. I need to find Aaron... But should I really leave Kanden alone with Tony any longer? "Come on, lets grab you a change of clothes and some diapers..." Tony said.

"Shit!" I whispered to myself. Then realizing Tony might have heard, prayed he hadn't.

"Who's there?" Damnit! I cursed myself for not being able to keep quiet and unnoticed. I quickly and quietly snuck into the closest room. Hopefully he'd think he was just hearing things and go away. Too much to ask. "What did you hear?" Tony demanded after he followed me into the room and saw me standing by the door.

"Nothing but the baby crying..."

"Bullshit! What did you hear??"

"I told you! Nothing!" he grabbed my arm.

"I don't believe you."

"Then don't believe me, but let me go!" I tried to get out of his grip.

"What the HELL is going on here??" someone said. I turned to look at the door and saw a tall girl with long, brown hair. It was Aaron's twin sister, Angel.

"Ang! Hey..." Tony said, letting me go. I backed away and sat down on the egde of the bed that I'd bumped into.

"What are you doing in here??" she quizzed.

"I - uh..." he trailed off, unable to think. He really is stupid.

Just then we heard the baby begin to cry. "Why's Kanden crying? Did you do something to him?"

"I didn't do anything!"

"Get out of here, Tony. Go down to the party. Now." Angel ordered. He hung his head and slowly walked past her and out of the room.

"Hey!" she said, looking at me after making sure Tony went down the stairs. "I'm Angel."

"Hi," I responded. "I'm Amy."

"Ohhh, so you're Amy..." Angel said, smirking.

"You've heard of me?" Angel merely nodded.

"Are you girls talking about me?" Aaron asked, walking up from behind Angel. "Whats going on?"

"Nothing," I answered, "But apparently you've talked about me. Nothing bad, I hope."

"No! All good. Very good..." Angel assured me as she walked out of the room.

"How good is very good?" I asked, looking back at Aaron.

"Depends on how good 'Shes my girlfriend and I love her' is." He answered, kissing me lightly on the lips.

"Hey, PG in front of the little brother." Angel told him, Kanden giggling in her arms after having walked into his room and picked him up.

"That was PG, Ang." Aaron answered, walking over to his little brother. "Hey, K. Up from your nap already?"

"Someone woke him up." Angel reported. Aaron looked at me.

"Amy?" he asked.

"No... I think it was Tony. And I saw a bunch of his clothes on the floor."

"Tony said- he said something about Kanden going away for a while, then bringing him back and Angel thinking he was a hero. I think he was gonna-" I said, cut-off by Aaron.

"-I'll kill him." Aaron said.

"I came in here and saw him grabbing Amy by the arm." Angel added.

"Did he hurt you??" Aaron asked.

"No, I'm fine. Scared, but fine."

"Hes dead."

"Aaron, don't-" Angel said.

"No, Ang! This is the last straw!"

"At least talk to Nick before you do anything stupid."

Aaron nodded and walked out of the room.

"I'm sorry you had to see that, Amy." Angel said. "Come on, lets go downstairs." I nodded and followed her back to the party.

Aaron walked over to Nick and whispered something in his ear. Nick looked pissed. They marched over to Tony and pulled him away from the tall blonde he was talking to. Aaron was asking him something, and apparently didn't like his answer, because he shoved him. In the meantime, I filled Julie and Gina in on what had happened upstairs, after introducing them to Angel. Nick grabbed Tony by the arm and dragged him inside.

"You bitch!" Tony yelled as Nick shoved him past me. "What the fuck did you tell them??"

Aaron came over and kissed me. "Don't pay any attention to him." he looked past me and at Angel. "We're gonna take care of this." The four of us nodded and quietly followed them to the living room, where we watched from behind the wall as Nick shoved Tony onto the couch.

Someone must have come in to use the bathroom and left the sliding glass back door open, because we couldn't really hear much of their conversation over the music. All I heard was something about me.

"Okay, let's go and end this party." Angel said. I nodded and she pulled me back to the backyard, and Julie and Gina followed close behind us.

"OKAY, PEOPLE!" Angel called, signaling to the person playing the music to shut it off. "PARTY'S OVER! LET'S GO!" She directed the crowd out of the house, and I helped her make sure everyone left.

As we stood in the frontyard watching everyone leave, Aaron came out and the first thing I noticed was the blood on his lip.

"Aaron!" I called, rushing over and holding his arm.

"I'm fine." he said. "Amy... Maybe you should-"

"We're gonna go." Julie and Gina said, at almost the same time. I nodded to them.

"I'll call you." I said. They nodded and left with everyone else.

"Aaron what happened in there?" I said in a worried voice, looking him in the eye.

"He said - He said you came onto him and I punched him. He hit back."

"Aaron, I-"

"I know its not true, thats why I punched him."

"He said the same thing about me." Angel told me. That a$shole.

"I better get back in there, I left Nick alone with him... I just didn't want you to leave." Aaron said, looking into my eyes.

I kissed his forehead. "I won't."

"Do you want me to wait somewhere?" I asked uncertainly. Awkward moment. I made the motion of starting to walk back across the street toward my house, but he grabbed my arm lightly.

"No, stay here," he pleaded, "I want something good to look forward to after I finish with the shithead." I nodded, kissing his cheek. Just then, we heard a scream. Aaron hurried inside, with Angel and I close behind him.

The first image that registered in my eyes was blood. Blood dripping from Nick's red lips, blood on Tony's black 'Gansta' shirt. Tony had Nick on the floor.

"Nick!" Angel screamed, trying to pry Tony's bulky body off of her brother, "Nick!"

I rushed over to help her, but he shoved both of us off of him.

"Don't touch them!" Nick hollared, managing to shove Tony off of him and against the wall.

Tony's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Nick's angry blue eyes, his breathing heavy and ragged. "Get the fuck off of me!" he exclaimed.

"Dont tell me what to do in my own house!" Nick yelled. I stepped back against the wall. It scared me how angry Nick had gotten in such a short period of time.

"Are you okay??" Aaron asked us. We nodded and he walked over to his brother, looking past him and at Tony. "I want you out of here. Out of my house, out of my life, out of California!" He hollared.

"Fine!" Tony yelled, spewing blood all over the wooden floor as he walked to the entryway to the living room stepping up to the raised floor area of the hall, "I dont want to see much of your trailer trash anyways!"

"Angel wasn't trailer trash twenty fucking minutes ago, Tony!" Nick called.

"Oh fuck you, Nick!" Tony yelled as he slammed the door shut, shaking the house ever so slightly. I cast a look at Aaron, who was staring at the door Tony had just exited with intense hatred in his eyes.

Nick placed a hand on his shoulder to prevent him from going after Tony. "Hes not worth it."

"Hes not?" Aaron yelled. "He tries to kidnap my brother, he tries to rough up my girlfriend, pound on my brother, throws my sister and my girlfriend across the room, and calls my family trailer trash!! And he was my best friend!! Thats not worth it??"

"Hes not worth going to jail over." Nick told him. Aaron looked to me, and I nodded in agreement, as did Angel.

"C'mon," I whispered, "Forget about that scumbag. We could go walking or whatever, or I could just leave so you can help Nick out with cleaning up. Whatever you want." He smiled and took my hand, leanding me out into the backyard, he kissed my cheek. "I love you, Amy."

"I love you too, Aaron. Maybe you should get cleaned up."

"Yeah," he laughed. We walked back inside, and I waited in the living room while he went to clean the blood off of his face.