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THURSDAY 20TH DECEMBER

Lola and the others had started their Christmas holidays. Lola's plan for the day included going out to eat with Shamika, Haley and Khloe.

She wore blue denim jeans with black air forces and her black puffer jacket. She put her curly hair up in a tight bun and slicked her edges.

When she got downstairs she saw her dad snuggled up with Jennifer, his girlfriend. She had already greeted her about an hour ago and had a small conversation about a how her boss would constantly complain about her skirt being too short.

"Bye guys, I'll see you later" she said grabbing her helmet off of the table.

"My car keys are on the door" Lucas said.

"I'm okay riding my bike." Lola said.

"Are you sure?" He asked. "It's cold outside."

"I'm fine, plus I told Haley she could ride with me on the back"

"Does she have a helmet?" Lucas asked clearly concerned. He still didn't know why he allowed her to get a motorbike.

"Yeah, she's using Luke's" Lola said heading for the door.

2:54PM

She parked her motorbike on the grass and pushed it along so that it was closer to her house.

She walked into the house and heard Luke with Haley laughing loudly upstairs. She ran up the stairs and barged in.

"What are you monkeys doing?" She asked looking at the both of them cackling.

They stared at each other then started laughing again.

"It ain't even funny" Shamika said making Lola jump.

"Where did you come from?"Lola said holding onto her chest.

"So you really didn't even see me standing next to you?" Mika asked rudely.

"See, your presence isn't noticeable when you're quiet." Haley laughed.

Shamika rolled her eyes.

"Yo, did she tell you she was gonna raise her baby by herself" Luke said with tears in his eyes. "And she thinks she's gonna get a sugar daddy that'll take care of her"

"What?" Lola looked at Mika.

"I was joking" she said quietly.

"Wait when did you find out that she was pregnant?" Lola asked Luke.

"Just now" Haley answered for him. "That why he was laughing."

"Seriously?"

"Wait, I thought she was joking at first" Luke said making an excuse and laughing again. "But like on a serious note, you're gonna be a mom"

"So did you tell your dad?" Lola asked sitting down between Luke and Haley.

"Nope" Haley answered.

"I can speak for myself" Mika said eyeing Haley.

"Sorry" Haley said still grinning. "I feel like I'm on a sugar rush"

They heard the door open downstairs and Jamal's deep voice speaking to Chris presumably.

"I'm gonna say hi" Lola said standing up. Shamika headed for the door too and Haley stood up.

"You not coming?" Haley asked Luke.

"We're not on speaking terms right now."Luke said taking his phone out of his pocket and leaning back onto his bed.

"Okay"

They all walked down the stairs with Lola in front.

Lola followed their voices into the kitchen. "Hey" she smiled.

"What are you guys doing here?" Jamal asked hugging Lola back.

"We came to see Luke" Haley said.

"Actually, I was only tagging along" Mika said. "We're supposed to be going out to eat" she said eyeing Haley.

"Are you going now?" Chris asked leaning against the counter.

"Well-" Lola started.

Jamal looked down at his watch before interrupting "you guys gotta go" he said.

"Why?" Lola asked. The way he was speaking seemed really harsh.

"Lola it's not up for discussion" Jamal said.

"I know you're her big brother and alla that, but I think we deserve an explanation." Shamika interrupted. They didn't respond. "What? You got some hookers coming over or what?"

They heard a loud knock on the door and a loud deep voice mumble something.

"Stay in here" Chris instructed as they left. He shut the door behind him and Jamal.

"What is going on?" Lola asked, more to herself than anyone else.

They stayed quiet and listened to the many footsteps walking into the house. Lola counted about 5 men. She pressed her ear against the door trying to grab anything they said.

"Have you never watched a movie before?" Mika rolled her eyes and passed her a glass cup. She pressed it against the door and heard a deep voice speaking. He seemed angry but he wasn't shouting.

"What are they saying?" Haley asked.

"Wait, shush" Lola said. Lola heard snippets of their conversation. Something to do with Jamal's dad, James, and an event from a week ago.

"Why're we even hiding out here?" Shamika sighed. She grabbed the door handle and quietly opened he door peeking into the corridor. Lola still held the glass onto the door as the door widened. Mika saw the back of a tall black guy with dreadlocks plaited down. She noticed the gun he had in his pants and shut the door quickly.

"Mika" Lola said catching the glass before it broke.

"He's got a gun!" She whispered turning around a tad too quickly and knocking the glass out of her hands.

It smashed onto the floor, the glass bouncing out in different directions.

Mika covered her mouth and backed up to the other side of the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" Lola whispered as she tugged on the back door. They heard the living room door open and he same voice Lola had heard before.

"Who the fuck you got hiding in their Jamal? The police?!" He yelled as he swung the door open. Haley edged towards Shamika, and Shamika slipped into the store cupboard as DJ stepped in.

He was one of James' most valued distributors because he always payed on time and sold so much weed, cocaine, guns, you name it.

"Who the fuck are they?" He. Chuckled angrily. With him, a bunch of other guys came in, most were y'all and built.

Lola noticed how Jamal fit in with them, Chris however looked slightly outta place. He was slightly built, but his body was more average, plus Lola would never imagine him hanging out with people like this. He was too, book smart.

"Y'all know I don't like females" DJ said throwing a mini tantrum and waving his gun around.

Haley winced and fell back into the counter behind her.

He glared at her, his eyes wide and mad like a mad man.

"I told you Jamal" he laughed crazily and pressed his gun into Jamal's chest. "I don't. Do. Females. I mean, all they do is lie and cheat and snitch. All they're good for are making babies"

Jamal didn't flinch, he just listened to DJ'a rant.

Lola watched the little man poke his gun into her brother's chest and wave it around. She looked over to Haley and then at the back door. Haley shook her head no. It was locked.

"Are you guys scheming?" DJ asked stepping closer to the girls.

Lola shook her head no after failing to form any words. He looked at the two girls then back at Jamal.

"Who are they?" He said as if they couldn't answer for themselves.

Jamal kept his mouth shut and glared at DJ.

DJ just tutted and looked at Lola closely, he put the tip of his gun on her chin and made her turn her head so he could get a better look. He heard her breathing escalate and snickered to himself.

"She looks a whole lot like yo mama boy" DJ said looking over at Jamal. "And I know y'all don't have no other sisters. Is she your cousin or something?"

Still, no one replied to his questions.

"Wow tough crowd" he said letting go of Lola.

She let out some air she had been holding in since he placed the gun on her. Lola looked up and saw that he was now holding it against Haley's temple.

"What about this one?" DJ asked. "Ya lil girlfriend" he asked Chris who looked unfazed.

Chris spoke up after a second "Let them go man. They're not gonna do any-" and in an instant, one of DJ's henchmen has hit the back of his head hard with a gun completely knocking him out.

"To be honest, isn't she a little too young for y'all." He said pressing the gun harder onto her head unbothered by Chris collapsing. Haley was shaking and whimpering. Tears had already started to fall and Lola felt frozen. She was wondering why Jamal wasn't doing anything.

"Y'all still not gonna say nothing?!" DJ yelled. His finger itched towards the trigger. Lola let out a yelp and covered her mouth.

But still, Jamal said nothing. His face made it clear he was angry but he wasn't moving.

"Aight then" DJ said. He pulled the trigger and Haley screamed as she felt the gun move.

Lola was in tears and a couple of DJ'a gang members were chuckling.

"The safety's on dumb ass" DJ laughed pushing Haley away from him.

"Take 'em all" he said clicking his finger, he stepped over Chris and walked out the room with some of his guys.

One of the guys grabbed Jamal's arm and he shoved them off forcefully. "Don't you h me nigga" he said. The guy ignored his words and grabbed his arm again more harshly.

Lola winced when she heard his finger snap.

"Jamal, don't make this any harder on yourself. We've got more guys outside" someone else said as the guy whimpered and held onto his hand.

"Y'all bitches not gonna help me" he yelled at Haley and Lola who stood there watching him cry. They didn't budge.

"Shit" he cursed walking out the room. Jamal was led outside by three men who were careful not to touch him leaving three guys to get the girls.

"What should we do with Chris?" One spoke up, his name was Jeremiah and if he wasn't involved with DJ, Lola would have considered him very good looking.

"Just leave him. He can give his dad the message. Y'all can deal with these, right?" the third guy said walking out the room.

Loco, the second guy who was left behind with Jeremiah approached Lola.

She backed away and headed for the back door with Haley who tugged harder than before.

"Just make it easy for yourself" he spoke in a chirpy voice making Lola even more uncomfortable. He grabbed her from behind and she screamed loudly.

Haley called for help as Lola kicked her legs.

"Jeremiah, grab her legs man" Loco said turning around with Lola in his arms who was squirming from side to side.

He approached her and reached to get an her legs but she kicked her legs hard into his stomach making him crouch over and making Loco fall back slightly. She elbowed him making his back hit the counter and she slipped out of his hands towards Haley again who was failing to break through the door. She pulled open a drawer as Loco and Jeremiah recovered and pulled out a butter knife. She threw it down and took a fork instead.

"What? You couldn't find a knife?" Loco joked approaching her again. She threw the fork at his face hitting his eye. He squinted his eye and cursed allowing her more time to search for a better weapon.

She finally found knives ordered neatly on a wooden plank. She pulled one out and threw it quickly at Loco. He ducked slightly making the knife slice through the skin on his arms.

"Yo that's it!" He yelled aggressively approaching her. She had another one in her hands and attempted to hurt him again but he grabbed it with his hand. The blade cutting his hand. She let go and her eyes widened when she saw his blood. The knife clattered to the floor and he grabbed her again more aggressively. She tried to get free but he was way too angry to let go at all.

Haley slipped past the two of them and headed for the door, Jeremiah grabbed her wrist and dragged her outside.

"What took you so long?" DJ asked impatiently. He took a look at Loco and snickered. "I like this girl" he said looking at Lola who held a mean mug on her face.

Haley started yelling for the neighbours and Lola joined her. Eventually one of the guys got tired and knocked them both out before dragging them into the back of a van.

"Check the house" Loco told Jeremiah, "they might have someone else in there."

2 MINUTES EARLIER

Shamika peaked out of the cupboard as Lola and Haley got dragged out the room and covered her mouth as they screamed. When she heard the door shut, she crawled out of her hiding spot and heard a loud thump from outside the back door. She backed away from the door till she was under the table.

She jumped slightly when she heard the hard knock on the door. She saw some curly hair by the window.

"Luke" she called lightly.

She heard the door unlock quietly and saw it open up a little. She crawled back towards the door and slipped out when Luke opened it up for her a bit more.

"We've gotta go" he whispered. "Is anyone still in the house?"

She shook her head no and saw the disappointment in his face. He took her hand quickly and led her to the back of the garden where he jumped onto the table.

"Hurry up" he said holding his hand out for Mika. She hesitated slightly and took his hand before stepping onto the table, Luke jumped over the fence first and Mika followed.

They ran away from the house as fast as they possibly could.

***

Jeremiah watched the two kids jump the fence fromLuke's bedroom and sighed. He was probably gonna be in trouble if he reported them back to DJ. He looked at the bed sheets that were tied around Luke's bed and hanging out of his window. The sheets didn't reach the floor which meant he would've had to jump. Maybe he was injured Jeremiah thought, but he couldn't be sure. Either way he doubted he would be able to run after them.

"What you looking at?" Loco asked making hm jump.

"Nothing" Jeremiah shook his head "You gotta stop scaring me like that dude."

"Did Luke make it out then?" Loco asked approaching the window. Jeremiah nodded.

"It's aight, he can tell his daddy what happened, send the message across" Loco shrugged, he was now crunching on an apple.

"There's another girl"Jeremiah said. "I think she was with the other girls. So I need to figure out who she is so that I can get to her before she talks to the police"

"I doubt she's gonna go to the police" Loco said, he handed him the two phones he had taken off of Lola and Haley.

""She might talk to someone though. And what if she's seen our faces" Jeremiah said.

"Just make sure DJ doesn't find out then"Loco said patting Jeremiah's back before walking off.