Chapter 3

Past and present

If we'll going to look back on our past life, I'll still choose where I am now. I don't want to go back to the past where we experience so much pain.

If we could just forget our past, that's what I'll gonna do for sure. But no, you can't just erase and forget the past as what you please.

But even though we experience those it's still have a lesson for us right? Those traumatic and painful past gives you courage to continue your life. . .to continue living.

All you have to do is to accept and move-on. You will just realize that it will makes you stronger as you face trials in life in the future.

"So, you're just here." I turn to her and smile a little. It's been a month of our friendship and I can say that I didn't regret of being her friend.

For the mean time, we're here in the rooftop of the school to freshen up my mind. This what I always do when I feel like there's something bothering me.

"Hmm, yeah." I nod and close my eyes. I just feel the breeze of the air as I recall my last life.

It's still fresh in my mind on how my parents died. . . It's still feels like yesterday to me. Up until now, I can't still accept that at a young age I'll gonna face the world alone, with my self.

When they died, I feel like I'm the only one person on earth. I feel like I want to give up and just end my life too. I was empty and lost and I didn't know if I can still move forward.

It's not easy for me, I used to comfort myself. . .to motivate myself even if it's very hard.

There's no such thing on earth is easy to cope right?

But how? How they can just easily say that we should move on from our past? It's just easy for them because they didn't put thier shoes on mine.

"Hey, you okay?" I just realize that I'm already crying. I hurriedly wiped my tears and manage to smile.

"Carl-"

"I'm fine Ash, it's just nothing." Then, I put my headphones in my bag and slung my bag in my shoulder. We headed back to our classroom because the class is about to start.

After our last period, I headed to work. But, when I was just a meters away I saw those three bullies. Greyson, Drew and Mark.

Shit.

"Hello there!" Said by Drew while playing his baseball bat.

I slowly step backwards, and I was about to run when he manage to grab my shirt.

"Do you think you can escape from us? You can't you id*ot, you're really dead."

***

Someone's P.O.V

I was walking down the cold breezy street when I saw three teenagers beating up a student.

It looks like he's hopeless.

He's face is full of blood, and even his uniform is coated with blood. I sigh in annoyance and go near them.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

They turn around and stop beating the poor student, he's face is unrecognizable.

"Don't mendle on our business, beautiful." Said by tall moreno guy. I think we're just at the same age. The guts of there's nutheads!

The chinito guy approach me then caress my face. I slap his hand and punch him in the face.

"Fiesty, I like it." He said then lick his blood in the side of his mouth.

I stare at him coldly and turn to the poor guy that they beat up.

"What did you do to him?"

He turn his head around and look the poor student. "Well just make him pay, hes too nosy and he mendle on our business." He just chuckled then continue." If he just didn't mendle on our business, he shouldn't be beaten up like this."

"Because of him we're expelled form university!" I walk towards to the poor student and help him to sit. Tsk, what a lame guy!

"I think you did something that's why you'll expelled, right? This poor guy won't mendle if you didn't." I wipe his face and take off his polo.

I take off my hoodie and handed it to the poor guy. He looks at me confused but, I eyed him.

"Can you walk?" I ask him. He just nood his head. We was about to go when the moreno guy block the way.

"Out of our way." I said coldly with no expression on my face. The morenonguy didn't bulge and smile wickedly.

"I don't want to," he said. I sigh and shook my head, rolling my eyes. The other guys also block us around.

They really think that I will be scared of them?

Tsk.

I put the guy down. " Just stay here okay? I just deal with this and we'll go home later. . . couz." I whisper. I saw how his eyes widened. I just smile at him and face the three idiots.

"Hey, what are you two whispering in there? Hahaha that guy won't help you miss, if you just didn't-"

I didn't wait any second to hear his sh*tness and beat him up. The two guy attack me together but I manage to fight with them, I roll then twist thier arms.

They really think that I am that low? That I'm not capable of doing things like this? Nah, I can beat them up though, haha

You messed with the wrong person.

The moreno one was about to attack me at the back when I kick him first. I kick his tweety bird and he winced in pain. He roll on the ground.

I held the two shitheads head and bang them together. I hear the police sirens as I finish to manage to beat the three. When I look at Carl, he's just glaring at me too while holding his phone.

-

My cousin explains what happened and why we end up here. He also explains that the three guys beat him up that's why he has many bruises. I also explained my side that I didn't want to make any trouble but the three just pissed me off.

One of policemen ask me where I learn to fight but I just answered him that I learned it from my dad because he's good at martial arts.

Well yeah, I just lied martial arts my ass!

I'm really a gangster leader. . .but this is just a secret.

The police arrested the three jerks and brought to the police station.

When we return home, Grandma almost had an heart attack. Good thing that grandpa manage to give his wife a inhaler before it gets worst.

I treated Carl's bruises, well he's lucky because he has iron-like bones. We are here in the sala, we are watching a news when the news catches my attention.

'Three most feared ganster leaders are now in the Philippines. . .'

I stop midway and leave Carl in the sala. I dialed Jessy.

Dialing. . .

"So they're here." I ask Jessy.

[Yes. They're here now in Philippines to find you, that motherf*cker is so obsessed with you.] She said in other line.

Tch. That id*ot!

"Tell our gang to stay unnoticed okay? And be careful on your steps, their good in finding such people like us." I said then ended the call.

"G-gang?" I was taken a back. Okay, I think it's time. When I turn to Carl he's just shivering because of fear. I sigh and nod at him. I think I should tell him either.

I nod my head, "Yeah, and I'm the gang leader."

***

Carl's P.O.V

After I hear all the words that I need to know I feel like I my head is spinning. I didn't go to school for a while to heal myself. I was in my room while thinking about those revelations.

Even though I already know that my cousin is a gang leader but I should be more careful of what I say.

'I came back here in the Philippines to protect you Carl, I heard that our rivals is now up to something to eliminate you. They know that you're my cousin and they also know that you are the son of former gang leader who kills the thier leader.'

S-son?!

L-leader?!

"My parents is a gangster too?!" Haile nod. Wtf?

I just did try to absorb those information that I hear. So if my parents is gangsters. . .it means that the accident is planned? So it's not accident at all.

This is too much.

Haile just clicked her fingers. "Binggo! Yes, your parents death isn't accident at all."