Clash

The glass broke and I felt a sudden pain in my arm. I looked down at it and it was bleeding like crazy but when the other window also broke, I sighed deeply because it was only a graze.

“Anna are you okay?” I heard Harry ask but was I really? I wasn’t sure about being shot. “I think so.” Was the only answer that was in my mind right now. He was already looking at the wound on my arm but I wasn’t feeling anything, I was numb and I know Harry was constantly asking me how I felt but I just ignored him after a few times. When we finally pulled up our drive way I just leaped out of the car and walked inside, there it was like someone had dropped a bomb because everyone was running around like crazy.

They stopped when they spotted me. I know I was covered in dirt and blood, so I must be a scary sight for them but I didn’t care, I was happy that they did move out out of my way because I really wasn’t in the mood to explain what had happened.

I walked straight to the bathroom and pulled of my sweater. I had grabbed the emergency kit and began to clean the wound, everything I did was on auto pilot. I wasn’t there with my mind, it was like I had shut down or something, which was weird because this wasn’t the first time I was in this mess but maybe my brain finally had enough of it.

When everything was clean again, I got rid of the remaining clothes and stepped into the shower. I just let the water fall on me, it was soothing and it felt like I could breathe again.I felt a right poseur for acting like this because we had been shot at before and I was always fine but now suddenly I wasn’t. I acknowledged that my behaviour was just weird.

“Anna?” I heard Harry knock on the door but I really didn’t feel like talking to him so I just ignored him for now. I enjoyed the warm water and deal with Harry later. I did know what would happen now, peace was definitely over and knowing Harry this was war.

Eventually I had to come out of the shower but I felt more like myself again. I put on skinny jeans and a sweater and completed it with a braid. I walked out of the bathroom and there was Harry waiting for me on the bed. He looked really anxious but when he saw me, I noticed the relief and it almost made me wonder what he thought I was doing there. I know I have a history of trying to kill myself but there was no way I was going down that path ever again.
“Are you okay?” he asked whilst jumping from the bed and I just nodded. He didn’t buy it though but was wise enough to know when to drop the subject. “I really don’t want to bother you with this but we really have to discuss Bradley with everyone.” He told me sheepishly and I just nodded.

“Fine.” He grabbed my hand and first pressed a kiss on the top of my hand before pulling me along with him. When we walked into the living room it was full of people. There were a lot of people I didn’t recognize and a few that I became friends with. I didn’t know our gang was this big but apparently it was and I wondered how it was possible that I never knew this, as I was the head of this gang.

I took a seat next to Liam who hugged me shortly before turning his attention back to Harry, who looked every bit as a leader. You had to respect him.

“So earlier today we were under attack by Bradley and his 3 minions. This was something we weren’t prepared for because it was in a shopping street full of innocent people.” He paused for a second and made eye contact with me and I just smiled at him in encouragement.

“Anna and I were almost shot by one of his minions, inside a store. Anna had to literally fight for her life and when we got out, Bradley himself showed up and shot at us. Anna was hit by one of the bullets, luckily for her it was only a scrape but it should not have happened in the first place.” He stated and I agreed with him, as there were a lot of ‘bodyguards’ protecting us.

“This week we will plan our attack on Bradley because he needs to die, this can’t go on any longer because not only we are getting hurt but innocent people as well.” Everybody cheered except for me, I kept my mouth and just stared at the man I loved. I saw what this did to him, he loved the power and the moment everyone began to cheer he started to glow and the proud look that appeared in his eyes, said everything.

Liam got up and walked to harry and squeezed his shoulder. I felt people staring at me and I know they were waiting for me to go stand by harry. I sighed before I got up but I know that my place was next to harry. I walked over to him and stood next to him whilst everyone was cheering at us.

“alright lads, we have a lot to do so everyone get to work.” Harry told everyone and they all scurried out of the room. I know they were preparing for a war, so I know that they were split in groups, some of them were training and some were learning how to shoot and when I looked around I saw a few still waiting.

“Didn’t you hear Harry?” I asked them rude and they nodded when one of the girls stepped to the front. “We are in your group to learn how to take care of wounds.” I narrowed my eyes at Harry and he looked really innocent but he still smiled at me.

“Girls can I have a moment with Harry?” I asked them through gritted teeth and they immediately walked out of the room. “Why am I training those girls, I mean are they even adults?” I asked them seriously and he had the decency of looking really guilty.
“Not all but this is the way they will be safe.” I was at a lost right now and waited for him to explain. “They are daughters from some of the members.” He shrugged and that made it a bit better because they would indeed be safe, whilst being here. “Okay but I wasn’t planning on staying behind Harry.” I was almost stomping my feet out of protest when I saw his smile return.

“Oh I know Anna, don’t worry about that, you will join us. You are way to important to stay behind.” He told me and that made me feel better and I nodded. “Okay I will train them but remember I’m not a doctor.” He just nodded and I turned around and walked into the hall way where the girls were talking anxiously to each other.

“Alright, follow me ladies.” I told them and they obeyed me without so much as a word. I walked into the kitchen with them and told all the lads to get out. They listened and now I knew how it felt to have some power and it did feel good if I have to be honest, “Take a seat.” I waved towards the table and they immediately sat down. I grabbed the emergency kit and a laptop because that was how I had learned stuff. “First of I want you all to know that I’m not a doctor or a nurse but I do know how to stitch and take care of wounds, this is what I can teach you, If a wound is more severe then the person has to go to the hospital, do you understand this?” I asked them and they all nodded at me with big eyes.

But of course there was always a smart ass in a group like this. The girl did put her hand in the air, so that was a start. “Yes, uhm what is your name?” I asked the girl politely. “I’m Kendra and excuse me for asking this but if your not a doctor why are you treating their wounds, isn’t that dangerous?” she asked me and she was right, it was dangerous but I also knew when I couldn’t help someone as I had seen someone die after I treated him.
“It is but I have been studying and had to take care of wounds for the last year, so I can safely say that I have enough experience to teach you some basics.” I told them and that shut the girl up.

I turned the laptop towards them and showed them video’s on how to stitch and remove bullets. It was crazy what you could find nowadays on the internet. In the mean time a put on the kettle for some much needed tea, when Niall appeared in the door opening. “Anna, can I have a word?” he asked friendly and I held up my finger to indicate that I was coming.
“Girls I have to talk to Niall for a second but I will be right back please continue?” I followed Niall to the hall way and he turned to face me and he was actually red in the face. “What’s up?” I asked him and he smiled.

“I want to thank you.” That surprised me because I never expected that. “For what?” I asked him and that’s when I saw Julia walking towards us and that’s when I knew why he was thanking me and I did feel jealous but I was also really happy for him. “You know, I’m happy that you are happy, I wish you all the happiness.” I quickly kissed him on the cheek and turned back to the kitchen when I catched a glimpse of Harry and he wasn’t looking happy but I didn’t feel the need to explain myself to him this time and I just went back to the girls and showed them how you had to sanitize needles.

After a half day trying to teach the girls how to sanitize needles and put on band aches I was really feeling drained. I dreaded the talk I was going to have with Harry over what he saw and the fact that I still had to train before turning to bed.

This war was really exhausting and I was sick and tired of it. I hadn’t been feeling well since we got back from shopping but I didn’t want to complain, so I just kept going. I put on my training clothes and went down to the gym. I started running first and I did this for at least thirty minutes, with music blasting in my ears. Next thing I did was throwing punches against a bag and I was aware that people were staring at me in awe.

When suddenly Luke was in my face. “I challenge you.” He told me, whilst looking at the ring that was in the middle of the room. He was going to regret this and I couldn’t help but smile at him. “Okay.” I shrugged and followed him into the ring, Liam stepped in as well to be the judge, just in case it went to far and I know he wasn’t worried about me but more about Luke.
We started to circle each other and I noticed that we had a lot of people watching us and I know Harry was one of them but he stayed in the back.

I waited him out and I saw his impatience and as he took his first swing, I blocked him, which surprised him as he probably thought I was an easy target. He tried again and again I blocked him and I saw him getting angry and that’s when I took a swing at his face and I actually hit him because he hadn’t seen it coming. He staggered back and let out a groan which only made my smile wider.

After a while he had hit me a few times hard but it was mostly him, whole got hit the entire time and he was actually bleeding but he just didn’t want to give up and kept swinging at me. I was growing tired as this had been a long day so I decided to put an end to this and swung one last time and I hit him so hard that he fell straight to the floor unconscious. This made me feel confident and the guys were actually clapping for me, which was new for me.

I got on the same level as Luke and grabbed his hair and pulled up his face a bit. “Next time, it’s better that you don’t underestimate me.”

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