A/N: I'm sorry this update took so freaking long but I just lost two of my friends in a car crash. So I am a little broken up right now. I promise it won't take as long for the next up date. Much love! Apprentice 08
Chapter 4
Oh the plans we've made
John waited at the dinner impatiently, they were late, but perhaps they had all tried to come together. Knowing them they probably had had to make up some very unbelievable lie to their parents and then jack one of the cars. That was fine by John, they would need a car for the next part of the plan.
John looked out the window to make sure his stuff was still there, then he grabbed the napkin dispenser and looked at his face, it was the darkest black eye he had ever had. It was swollen and puffy and he could barely see out of it. His old man really could pack a fucking punch when he really wanted. Just for fun he checked his teeth and was pleased to see they were still in place and no more blood was oozing from the gums.
Finally John heard the dinner door open with a tinkle from the bell and he looked up to see the three members of the club walking in. "Finally." He said to himself breathing a sigh of relief, the people at the counter had started to stare at him. The group spotted him and walked over, Brian slid in next to John and Andy and Allison shared a booth.
"Okay Bender, what's this plan… dude what happened to you eye?"
"Don't worry to much about it sporto... it ain't important at this current juncture." John said with a small smirk. He looked at the group and started to speak quietly. "As you may or may not have figured, Claire is having some issues at home. And I think it is our duty as her friends to give her a hand. So, I flew the coup."
John sat back pleased with himself, he folded his hands behind his head and waited.
"Flew the coup?" Brian asked looking confused.
"I am guessing it means he left his house." Andy said never taking his eyes from John.
"Damn right I did, I am 18, they can't hall my ass back. The only reason I stayed was to pay for shit… but thanks to Claire's recent misfortune… I've decided it was time for me to stop caring for them and start caring for myself." John was smirking like it was nobodies business.
"That where you got the shiner then?" Andy asked.
"Sure is, pops was pissed when I told him I was leaving, taking my shit and never coming back… he asked me who was gunna pay for all my stuff and I smiled and said, 'Whose gunna pay for all yours?' He was speechless after that… verbal wise anyway." John said motioning to his eye.
"So wait, what does you moving out have to do with Claire?" Brian asked glancing at Andy and Allison who were just as curious.
"Well, I did the math Brain and in three months Claire will be 18. She can legally move out with out her crazy ass mother reeling her back in. However, I am not about to leave Claire in that insane house for three months… so I am going to get an apartment and Claire is going to live with me."
The group sat in silence. No one moved or spoke and John stared at them as if what he said should not have surprised them. "What?" He asked with honest curiosity.
"What do you mean what?" Allison said starting to smile at John's inability to comprehend how crazy John's scheme was.
"John, there is no way you could get away with this… I mean honestly dude… as soon as Claire would go missing you know they would have every cop in the world looking for her. And when they found her living with you they would slap a kidnapping charge on you so big you'd be in jail till you rotted."
"That's the catch Sporto." John said with an even bigger smile, "Her folks are going to know exactly where she is and they are going to be perfectly fine with it…"
"What?" All three asked at the same time.
"I will need to talk to Claire to confirm some things but I am almost one hundred percent sure we could pull it off… you remember in detention when Claire mentioned living with her brother…"
Instantly the thought was transported around the table, Allison started to giggle, Brian gave a timid smirk at John's genius and Andy just looked at him like he was on fire.
"Oh my god." Allison said jumping up and down in her seat, her hands were tucked in her lap and she was trying not to laugh at the top of her lungs.
"John no way would her parents by it… we don't even know if he lives around here… what if he lives in Florida… and then suddenly her folks decide to go to the mall… they see her…. Here in town! I mean just because Claire's supposedly gone doesn't mean they won't be out and about."
"That's why I need to talk to Claire sporto… figure out everything about her brother, then the habits of her parental psychos and then bing bang boom! Claire and I will never have to deal with this kind of shit again. By the time they could even get wise she would be 18!"
More silence, then to everyone's surprise Brian said, "Let's do it!"
"Wait you want to?" Andy asked looking confused.
"Well why not? This would get Claire away from her mother, John won't have to live alone, if Claire got a job I bet they could make it easy. And think, if those two got a place the breakfast club would have a place…. you could spend the night with Allison right John?"
John caught Brian's game instantly and smiled, "Oh sure yes! Anytime you two wanted so personal time you could come over… hang out… get away from your folks.. it would be a haven or sorts…"
"You guys couldn't afford you own place… you would have empty pockets, empty stomachs… empty everything!" Andy said.
"I'd have Claire." John said with such a serious tone Andy instantly shut up. "At this point, all I want is Claire. Everything else can stay empty… and you know that no one could take better care of that girl then me. I will lay it down flat, by the time she is 18 she will be so street smart the girl could make a living out of selling shoes from a dumpster."
Andy looked at him and started to laugh, "I suppose that's true. Ok I am in, but we have to plan this out before anyone buy any type of place to stay. Until we figure this out for sure, you can crash in the tree fort out behind my house. It's in the woods so my folks won't even know."
"Done and done!" John said smiling happily.
Things were going swimmingly, now if only Claire's parents didn't fuck things up.
A/n: R&R I will crank the next chapter out tomorrow. Thanks again.
