The song is Alone by the band Falling In Reverse! I have so much planned for this book so I hope you're all prepared!

(Hopes POV)

Brian and I got out of his car as most of the guys were hanging outside talking with one another. They look at me and some give me a sad smile. Craig runs to Brian's side as Brian is running his hands through his hair.

"You don't think the dumbass will go back to her, do you?" Craig says to Brian before taking a glance at me.

"God I sure fucking hope not. He's... he's not stupid to drop Hope like that. Or so I hope." Brian says as he walks to the front of the car and leans against it.

"You're saying... that Evan would really dump me for her? Do I have to spell it out for you guys?! She tried to kill you! Why would Evan go after her again if we're his family?" I ask leaning on the car next to Brian.

"Sydnee is how Evan found Warren. She's like some relative or something I don't know or want to know. Sydnee helped "create" Evan into Vanoss, so Evan thinks he has to be in debt to her and Warren because of it." Tyler says, air quoting create as he crosses his arms.

"When she was trying to go after us, we would say something to her or Evan, Evan will just tell us to suck it up or in Sydnee's case, she'd threatened us by saying that Warren's men will come after us. So when Evan finally broke up with the bitch and got a restraining order against her, everything just kind of subsided, until well I guess now? She most likely knows what happened to Warren and since she knows WHO is in the gang, well... just be prepared for blackmail and more attacks from Warren's men, especially since she knows about you now Hope." Delirious says as he looks toward the ground. And just like that, I'm in danger once again but this time so is everyone else.

"What all did she try to do to you guys exactly? So I can I guess look out for it?" I say looking around at everyone.

"What she did to Craig, Delirious, Tyler, and I was hire hitmen on us. It put Tyler in the hospital for a good couple of days." Brian says looking over at me.

"I saw her put something in my drink, but that's the only interaction that I had with her," Brock says as he shoves his hands into his swim short pockets.

"She went as far as finding out where Lui and I live, turns out she was having someone watch the place and I came home one day to people in my apartment. Wasn't a fun fight to fight in, trust me." Basically says looking over at Lui. David sighs as he kicks at the ground.

"I feel like a bitch now, but she tried on multiple occasions to attack me by herself. I was able to hold my ground but it still felt wrong to attack her." David says not looking up. I look around at the guys as they try to avoid eye contact me.

"Why didn't you guys just kill her? I'm pretty sure sooner or later, Evan would've been like oh shit the guys were right." I put my hands into the hoodie pocket.

"To be honest, we were scared of Warren going after us and taking everyone out, even Evan. Hope, yeah you might have killed Warren, but he still has loyal men out trying to find us. We only killed him and the people that were in the building that night. We're still going to be on alert just not as big of a one because Warren is dead now." Craig says leaning his head forward so he can look over Brian.

"Is... is it bad... that I'm starting to get scared of Evan now, because of all of this? I mean, what if he does take her back?! I'm going to be her first target for fucks sake!" I yell out. Brian looks over at me and shakes his head no.

"Hope you can't be scared of Evan if he goes back to Sydnee again," Brian says, giving me a contempt look. Brock coughs to get my attention, I turn and look at him.

"Hope is allowed to be scared because honestly, I'm scared for her. We have no clue what's going through Evan's mind or what he will even do. For all we know, Sydnee could be joining the gang and we'll have to deal with it. Hope, if you're scared of Evan because of Sydnee or if he's going to break up with you for her, you have every right to be." Brock says giving me a small smile. In the distance, we could hear a supercar's engine get closer to us. I turn back and sure enough Evan's red Entity XF is speeding towards us.

"It feels like death is coming in that car," Craig says.

I agree with him, it feels like Evan heard what I said and is coming to yell at me for it. His car drifts to a stop next to Brians as his engine shuts off. I actually move myself closer to Brian, as if he could protect me from what's about to come next. We all watch as the drivers' door opens up and Evan gets out.

I wait, expecting the passenger door to open up, but thankfully it never does. He was wearing dark aviator sunglasses as he looked at us. His gaze meets mine as he slammed the door shut and was storming his way over to me. I lean away from the car and cross my arms, it's going to fucking hurt, but I can fight him if I need to. I hear Brian lean off of the car and get closer behind me.

Evan takes off his glasses and shoves them in his shorts pocket, his gaze still not leaving mine. He got so close to me that his chest was touching my crossed arms.

"You're fucking lucky I got out of there when I did. What the hell was that back there?!" His voice rising with every word. I pushed him back away from me.

"First off, you don't come in here and start fucking yelling at me if I didn't start shit. Your little girlfriends back there seemed to really want me gone, you should've yelled at them instead of me right now!" I yell back, uncrossing my arms now.

"HOPE I FUCKING DID! I YELLED, I WALKED OUT, AND I QUIT ON THE SPOT AFTER YOU LEFT WITH BRIAN! I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HER AND THE OTHER BITCHES!" He yelled back. Brian was pulling me behind him now.

"HEY, FUCKTARD! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DEAF OR NOT, BUT HOPE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING UNTIL ONE OF THE SLUTS SAID SOMETHING TO HER! IF YOU DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS NOW." Brian was yelling at Evan now. I start to run my hands through my hair as I walk away from the two and toward the warehouse.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?! THIS PROBLEM CONCERNS YOU TOO!" Evan yells behind me. I stop walking and turn around to glare at him.

"Why are you still yelling at me? Did I embarrass you in front of all of those girls and that's why your mad at me, or is it because I stood up for myself not caring if one fucking girl saw what I looked like or sounded like. You saw her for like an hour and your acting like she fucking killed me!" I feel my throat go dry, can we please just stop fighting before we get even more mad at each other?

"BECAUSE SHE ALREADY HAS HOPE! DO YOU NOT GET THAT?! I-" I ignored him as I held my breath, looked at the ground, and turned back around to go inside the warehouse.

The guys started to yell at Evan and me but I ignored them as I went inside. I slammed the door behind me and looked around the place, it didn't look any different from the last time I was in here. I go back to one of the bedrooms and slam the door shut behind me before locking it. Evan just thinks I'm useless now just because I got out of the hospital. I'm not fucking useless, I can take care of myself, hell I can probably kill the bitch without any of the guys knowing.

I look around the room, two guitars were on stands while the famous Vanoss mask was laying on the computer desk. Great, I had to pick Evan's room to go into. I take off my shoes and climb in bed, turning my back to the door. I give myself credit for not crying yet, either out of anger or from what Evan said. I look over at the nightstand next to the bed. I see a picture frame and in it is the picture that Evan got me for my birthday. I reach over and grab the frame, looking at it more closely as I see small writing on it. The best thing I could ask for is her. I look at Evan's face, he looks... happy in it. I wonder if we'll ever catch a break from all of these problems that we keep getting and have a moment like this again.

I put the frame up and hear a soft knock at the door. It's most likely Evan, probably wanting his room back so he can hide away from everyone like I am.

"Go away, I'm really not in the mood for a lecture right now," I say in an annoyed voice.

"Well how about a friend to talk too?" Brock says on the other side of the door.

I really don't even want to talk to Brock right now either, but I get up and unlock the door before going back to laying on the bed. The door softly opens and closes again. I felt the end of the bed push down under Brock's weight.

"I think the last thing that you need is someone yelling at you, especially during a time like this. Everyone was still yelling when I came inside, no one knows what to do." He says with a sigh. I look over at him as he looks to the ground. I sit up and bring my knees up to my chest and hug them.

"Evan didn't mean what he said, as soon as you walked away I can see how much he regretted it. He's just trying to make sure nothing happens to you again. You being in a coma was tough on all of us, especially on Evan." He looks over at me and lets out another sigh.

I was going to open my mouth to say something when we heard a ton of gunshots going off. We both jump up and run out of the bedroom, the gunshots continuing to fire. We go outside and see Evan firing a Carbine Rifle at one of the abandoned buildings next to the warehouse. I make my way toward him before arms were wrapped around my stomach, stopping me from going anywhere.

"I wouldn't go near him when he's like this Hope, it'll be bad for the both of you," Brian says still holding onto me.

Evan ran out of ammo and threw the gun away from him. He stood there looking at all the windows that he either broke or had bullet holes in them. Brian let go of me but I stayed still, not knowing what to do.