The boy knew that if he didn't obey, he would have to pay a large price. After all, I was the "gangster" of Manhattan. Everybody is afraid of me.

The boy walked slowly to me. He was about 17 years old. I was only 15.

"How are you" I asked him, while I thought of a way to get him to the corner.

"I'm fine," he shouted, "what the hell do you want with me?

"You shouted at Khan?" Shan shouted back defending me, "I'm gonna kill you"

She put her hands up on his neck and took him against the subway wall.

"Shut up Khan, let me handle this," she shouted back at me. Shan couldn't talk she could just scream. Shan was actually a nice girl. She only had a very bad temperament. She got angry for the smallest thing, and that's one of the reasons of why I liked her. She was also a great friend.

"Ok, give me everything valuable you have on yourself." Shan screamed so hard this time that his pants got wet. The boy gave all his money, his phone and his Tommy Hilfiger jacket to Shan. Now we started to laugh because of his wet pants.

"Why did you wet your pants?" I said while I sto

"Khan, the doctor couldn't save her," said mom while looking down "I'm sorry"

She gave me a big hug. Dad came in the room. He also gave me a hug.

"What happened to Shan?" I asked mom.

"What did you say about my mother? He started to run towards me. I stood up from my seat and put the burger down on the table. He took my neck and was about to punch me. Then Shan took a chair and hit him on his head. He was lying on the ground with blood all over him. Hamad told us to run or else we'll come in big trouble. We took his advice. I gave Shan a quick hug and ran home.

I started to cry. She was my so good friend. I lost her. Then I thought of killing Hussein. And very soon I realised that it is no use. I won't get Shan back anyway. I didn't want this to happen to another friend of mine. So I decided to stop all the "bad" work and start all over again. I wanted to do something out of life. I didn't want to waste it. And from that day I worked harder at school. I got more friends, because now other pupils weren't afraid of me anymore, and I even got friend with Hussein. I became happier, although I still remembered my bestfriend.

"M-mom" came out of my. I could barely talk. Mom noticed me awake and called for dad.

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Approximate Word count = 994
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)