I know that I've been posting faster than this recently, but I just have been busy (okay, actually I was on vacation!)
BOCD
SOCCER FIELD
Sunday, September 27th
1:26 p.m.
"Is Verne legally allowed to hold practices on Sundays?" Ryan asked as the boys were lacing up their cleats.
"I don't see why not?" Caleb said. He took a swig of his red Gatorade. "Anyway, as quite a few of you have football on Saturdays, at least it doesn't interfere with your games."
"True," Ryan and Bentley said in unison. They then chuckled and fist-bumped.
Bentley then frowned, noticing that Ringo wasn't around. He still wasn't comfortable with his girlfriend hiding out at Ringo's house, but as she hadn't missed a day of school, her father had stopped looking for her and her grandparents seemed okay with the situation until they could win custody, there was nothing he could do. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, because he did... Well, he trusted Kali. Ringo was sometimes debatable.
"Sorry I'm late," Ringo said, walking up to the field, already in his cleats. "I was abducted this morning for brunch at the Van Allen's house."
Bentley noticed Ryan perk up at the name but Bentley had other concerns. "Did they see Kali?" Bentley asked.
"No, they are still blissfully unaware of where she is," Ringo said. "Anyway, I was picked up by Willem, and I don't think he realizes that Kali hasn't been to her own home for over two weeks." He put his bag down and pulled out his water bottle. "He ended up not staying for brunch to it was just Michelle, Ceri, and me."
"Why did you have brunch with Michelle?" Caleb asked.
"Because Ceri missed me that much," Ringo said. Considering the confused looks from Bentley and Caleb, he continued on. "Ceri is Michelle's mom. I used to called her 'Aunt Ceri' until I was about ten."
"Their families are really close," Ryan said to the two. Bentley realized that Ryan was wishing that he'd have a reason to see Michelle that wouldn't upset the current Adorbs Angels the way Ringo did. After all, it was one thing to ignore Michelle, but to ignore her mother was a totally different thing. There had been more than one mention of missing Mrs. Van Allen among the Angels.
Before they could get any more talking in, the whistle blew and they all had to stand up and make their way to where Verne stood.
A few hours later, Ryan, Bentley, Caleb and Ringo were all getting a ride to Ringo's house in the Blake family car with Cruz at the helm. Bentley wanted to check on Kali, again, and Ringo and Ryan were scheming on how Ryan could get to spend some time with Michelle that wouldn't upset Kali and the girls.
"Hey, Ceri," Ringo said into the phone after having dialed her number. They were nearing Ringo's house. "It was great seeing you this morning." He stopped for a moment, and the three other boys quieted down hoping to hear but got nothing. "Well, Cruz is out, and I don't know how to cook." Another pause. "You are the one that said I needed to eat less pizza." He paused again. "Uh… sure…" He hung up the phone. "We may have a problem."
"What kind of problem?" Ryan asked nervously.
"Well, I wasn't invited over," Ringo said. He took a moment to breathe in. "Ceri is sending Michelle over."
"Here?" Bentley asked, his eyes going wide. Ringo nodded. "But Kali is here. If Michelle comes here and finds out that Kali is here."
"Hey, it's a big house," Caleb said indicating to the mansion they had just arrived at. "There is no reason that she has to run into Bentley, Kali, or me."
Bentley nodded. Caleb was right, and thinking logical. "Right, we'll go disappear," Bentley said.
"Oh, Cruz," Ringo said, leaning forward toward his momentary care-taker. "You'll need to disappear as well. If Mischief sees you, or your car, she'll have Luis turn around."
"And?" Cruz asked, looking at the boys in the mirror. "Why exactly are you setting up a date for your friends to spy on?"
Ringo's cheeks reddened a bit. "It's not a date," he said. "Anyway, it's for Ryan."
Cruz pulled up to the front on the house and stopped. The four boys crawled out, and Bentley sighed. It was possible that, maybe, it might work. Of course, it would work best if Kali didn't know that Michelle was going to be coming over even, but he knew they'd have to tell her.
"Come on," Ryan said, and Bentley could see that he wanted to get inside and get ready for Michelle's arrival.
"Hey, you!" Kali called out when the boys walked in and she spotted Bentley. She ran up to him and draped her wrists over his shoulders, and smiled at him. Bentley couldn't help but smile back at her. He really, truly, liked her. He reached up and fingered her strawberry blonde hair and stared into her grey-green eyes.
"Not to interrupt the love fest," Ringo said, "but you might want to…" he nodded his head toward the grand staircase.
"Okay, I know you're actually socially impaired, despite the odd popularity you've come to claim," Kali said releasing Bentley and turning to Ringo, "but are you actually suggesting that Bentley and I get a room?"
"Don't forget to bring Caleb," Ringo said with a cheeky smirk.
"Ex-scuse me!" Kali gasped.
"We're kind of expecting someone that we don't think you want to see," Ryan said. Bentley sighed as he saw Kali turn to Ryan, and then turn to him.
"What does he mean by that?" she asked. "Wait… who does he mean by that?"
"Ceri kind of is sending Michelle over," Ringo said. He shrugged. "The original plan was that Willem would come pick Ryan and me up, but apparently she has other dinner plans, so she's sending food to us." He smiled again. "Sorry."
"Seriously?" Kali asked. She let out a laugh. "You know she'll probably just send Luis over to drop off some Chinese."
"Mischief would, yes," Ringo said. "Unless Ceri told Luis otherwise. Anyway, I think that Michelle's so desperate for attention not from someone with the last name Van Allen that she'll revel in the idea of talking with Ryan."
"That's if the idea of you doesn't send her running," Kali said. She opened her mouth to speak again, but then stopped, her eyes turning to Ryan. "And why do you want to talk to her?"
Ryan's cheeks had gone pink and he sort of shrugged. "I just, I've known her for a while and want to make sure she's doing okay."
"I'm sure she's doing fine," Kali said, rolling her eyes.
"Anyway, Kali, it's not like you're my Alpha," Ryan said, despite the fact that, up to that point, he had basically done everything she had asked of him since she dethroned Michelle. "I'm not one of your 'Adorbs Angels.'"
"I see a car approaching," Caleb said, standing near the window.
"So, skadoodle," Ringo said, waving Kali off.
Bentley led Kali up the stairs and to the guest room where she had been staying, Caleb trailing them. From her pace and the look on her face, it was evident that she was shocked by Ryan's statement, though Bentley knew that Ryan had been right. Kali was the Alpha of Keelin and Madge and no one else. They had mostly just followed her because her ideas were rather good usually.
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