Chapter One

(Gerard)

It was raining that night. I was lying in my own bed in the room I shared with Quin, my older brother. The pitter-patter fell heavily on the windowsill. I'm sure Quin was asleep, but I wasn't. I was always an insomniac - always thinking about what could happen the next day. But this night I wasn't able to predict.

Our parents didn't keep much from us. We were a regular, functioning family, in an open and honest relationship. But there was one thing our parents did keep from us: we were unsafe. A few years ago, my dad had been in a bar, playing poker. He gambled away more money than he could give. So he ran. I hadn't understood why we'd had to move, but that night it all made sense to me.

Turns out, my dad had been gambling with a mafia group. They weren't going to give up. Eventually they were able to track him down.
I heard a window shatter. My mom screamed and Quin shot up.

"What the heck is going on!?" He whispered heavily.

"I don't know! It's coming from mom and dad's room I think." I grabbed my cell phone and we crept out into the hall.

"What do you want from us!?" My dad shouted as my mom shrieked and sobbed in the background.

As we approached the door, a deep voice rumbled, "I want the money you owe us, Mordorski."

"We don't have it!" My mom sobbed out.

I ran back into my room and dialed 911. I let the police know where we were, and what was happening.

"We're on our way. You can stay on the line with-" I hung up. I wanted to hear what was going on.

My mom was still shrieking and I heard the same deep voice call out, "Well boys, looks like we're going to have to take what we deserve for ourselves."

And that was it. Two gun shots to win the fight. Two gun shots to send me to tears. Two gun shots to change my world forever.

Authors Note: This story is written by myself and two others. Gerard is written Regina, Corrie is written by Nicollette, and Quinten is written by myself. At the top of each chapter is each characters name which tells you who's mind you're in so it's not all confusing. :)

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