Waking up to a new day and in an empty bed in what I like to call my starfish form.

A sigh of contempt leaves my mouth but as soon as it does my belly rumbles with hunger.

"Great ruin my morning for me why don't you." Grumbling incoherent words under my breath I roll over only find I'm on the edge of the bed and land on the ground with a thud.

Must've been a huge thud because I hear loud stomping coming down the hall. Uh oh.

With the door opening up and a panicked Ryker at the knob. Looking everywhere for me he doesn't notice me laying on the ground looking like a jelly roll.

"Sarah! Where are you!" Holy mother of Jesus. His voice almost made me pass out. It's so smexy...

"Down here." With my face half smashed into the ground, it comes out as "brown bere."

Ryker's eyes snap to me and he immediately starts laughing. Mother fudger...

After his laughing fit, he comes to help me. Unwrapping me from my cocoon of blankets he picks me up by my armpits so easily making me feel like a little kid.

Oh no I did this to myself...

"Looking like a true survivor! Feeling like a little kid!" As I sang the lyric from the movie 'Sing' I realized today was going to be a singing type day.

As Ryker put me down my mouth just opened causing havoc.

"I'm still standing! Better than I ever did!" Yup. All my fault. But.

I have no regrets.

"Sarah there's food downstairs but I have a lot of work to do so I'll be in my office. When you're done could you please come to my office I really want to show you something." Again with the tone. He acts like he's never said please in his life. Well sorry, buddy but Ima have to burst your bubble because you'll be saying that a lot if you want something from me.

"Ok I'll see you there but I really need a kiss right now." Giving him my puppy dog eyes I Win like always with him smashing our lips together.

Giving me the best kiss of my life he pulls away and starts to speak.

"You never need to ask me to kiss you." Well then. That was easy. FREE KISSES!

Skipping down the hallway all the way to the kitchen I notice stares from all directions coming from every boy I've seen. Wow, they must be some horny prostitutes. Oh, wait. I forgot to ask Ryker of his occupation. Eh, I'll just ask him when I go to his office.

Entering the kitchen doors I notice Selena working hard as always. You might be wondering who Selena is well she is the cook I always talked to when I wasn't talking to Ryker. Ahhh good times.

"Hey, girl. Heyyyy." Yup, that's our greeting. Be jealous.

"Nothing what's Gucci with you." Our talk is the bomb.com ask your mom.

"Just waiting for my food if you know what I mean." Giving her a wink she nodded giving me 'the look' and don't be nasty she knows I want pancakes.

A plate full of pancakes awaits before me soaked with syrup and some milk on the side. Ahhhhh this is the life.

Scarfing down my food with a satisfied grumble from my tummy as I finish up.
Once I finish cleaning my dishes I head toward  Ryker's office passing a group of boys but not before hearing a part of their conversation.

"Dang, she's hot, look at her body."

"Dude, don't you know?"

"Know what? That I wanna tap that? Of course!"

"No bro, that's she The Gangleader's Girl."

I didn't hear anything else from that but as I made my way to Ryker's office I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I'm apparently 'The Gangleader's Girl'. I don't know what that is but I do know that I want to find out. Ryker, here I come.

Walking into Ryker's office without knocking makes an angry-looking Ryker look up ready to yell.

His facial expressions calm down once he sees it was me. Closing the door and sitting down on the chair right I in front of his desk I speak up.

"What is 'Gangleader's Girl'?" At the question, Ryker tenses up and looks at me.

"Where did you hear that?" Sounding calm is what gets me. It's never good when Ryker is 'calm' because it's only a matter of time before he explodes.

"I heard it from a group of boys downstairs. And I've been meaning to ask you but what's your work?" If possible Ryker tenses up even more.

Setting down everything he comes around the desk and picks me up to set us down on the couch.

"What I'm going to tell you will probably scare you but I want you to promise me you won't run away or hate me at all. I promise to never hurt you. Just... don't go." Oh no, he is a prostitute.

"I promise I might break that promise." What it's true. I don't want to be touching my lips with a prostitute's lips.

"Please Sarah. I'm serious. I don't want you to leave me." Ok then.

"Ok, I won't just please tell me."

"Ok, the um... men in my house are all in a... gang. My gang. We are called the Serpent Shadows and we're the most feared gang in all of America. You're my girl so I told my gang that you are not to be messed with because you're mine..."

That's when it hit me. That night I was kidnapped, he shot a man point-blank. The 'most wanted man' thing. The 'don't want to be caught' thing. What Antonio said when I first got here 'tonight's shipment is a go'. The reason everyone calls him 'boss'. Why the cooks were all so scared of him when he entered. They weren't scared because they might've lost their job. They were scared because they didn't want to be blown to bits or tortured. I've been kissing a criminal. A fugitive. A no good for nothing thief. And I love all our kisses. I have feelings for a cold-hearted man. And my feelings are blocking all the hate I have for thugs like him. And it only makes me more terrified then I was when he first started talking.

Getting up from his lap with a look of horror written all over my face must've scared him. Because he started getting up with pleads for me to stay and not be scared of leaving his mouth.

My mind starts blocking out everything he's saying and all I see is Ryker on his knees with his mouth moving a hundred miles per hour.

I find myself making my way towards the door so fast I almost forgot how to run.

Dashing towards the front door only to be stopped by the same group of boys I heard talking about me.

"Does the boss know you're leaving?"
Nodding my heard frantically leads me to be left alone.

Sprinting all the way down the driveway only to find me with vehicles but no keys. Wait I remember Ryker telling me he had an emergency vehicle for when if someone attacked and they had to leave the keys would be somewhere in there.

Quickly finding the car and opening the door then swiftly shutting it and searching for the keys. Putting them into the ignition and starting up the sports car and speeding down the street. Only to find me with one thing running around my head.

This was not the fairytale I imagined but then again it's life, you write your own fairytale

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I'm so sorry I'm late! I hate my ELA teacher for giving me homework over the weekend! I hope this makes up for it... anywho. What did you think? Please tell me. I don't like being clueless.

Whalllleee byyeeee my lovelies!