We got like a 15 minute break from PI. Tweener had tossed me the football a couple of times out in the yard. I think he was jealous that I could throw farther than he could. After one last time the guards called him into the prison. I gave him a look like I didn't approve, but he only slapped my hand. I watched him walk away, and I noticed that Tbag was talking on the phone. It wasn't that he was talking on the phone that caught my attention, but the fact that he looked so happy at whoever he was talking to. I smiled and continued to watch him talk on the phone. It was kind of refreshing to see a human side to Tbag. I slowly approached him.
"You look happy," I said when he hung up the phone.
He turned to look at me and gave me his infamous smile. The look in his eyes though wasn't sinister, but happy. We got called back to PI and we walked alongside each other back to the break room.
"I was talking to my cousin Jimmy and he has a little 6 year old boy. They are just about the only family I've got."
I couldn't help but smile at Tbag. The way he talked about his family was so sincere and so kind that it melted my heart. I didn't see the terrible Tbag anymore, but a different man. I started to move past him, but he grabbed onto my elbow holding me in place. I looked back at him frightened, but he wasn't looking at me. I followed his eyes to where he was staring at Michael and Lincoln talking. I tried to get him back to the break room, but he wasn't having it. He chose the wrong time to eavesdrop because Michael mentioned something about there not being enough time and someone was going to have to go.
"Mind if I share that with the rest of the class?" asked Tbag darkly.
The three of us chased Tbag to the break room where he decided to make his little announcement. I tried to ask him not to say anything, but I think that made him more upset that I knew about it.
"Apparently," Tbag said pushing me out of the way, "pretty here did the math and we all don't got our ticket for the escape train, and Lincoln and Laneykins were in on it with him. It sounds like a conspiracy to me."
I looked at Tbag and was shaking my head. That wasn't true, there was no conspiracy against anyone. He was manipulating everyone in this room against us.
"I'm not digging if I'm not getting out of here," said Sucre coldly.
C-note was quick to agree. Abruzzi, however, was staring at me the whole time. His look was a mixture of anger and hurt. If I had to guess, I would say that he was upset that he had to find this information out from Tbag and not me.
"Let's decide right now who is getting out," said Lincoln.
Everyone started fighting at this point. Tbag had convinced them that this was all a part of Michael, Lincoln, and my plan to just get the three of us out and screw everyone else over. I had had enough.
"Come on guys enough. Tbag's lying!"
The common sense light bulb finally clicked on in everyone's head. They turned to give Tbag dark looks, and he looked a little nervous.
"Then it's pretty obvious who the choice is going to be," said Abruzzi happily.
"I thought we might hit this little snag so I made some arrangements," said Tbag.
He had our full attention.
"I got in touch with my contact on the outside and I told him that if he doesn't hear from me 5 minutes before the escape and 20 minutes after, he is to call the warden and blow the whole thing," he smiled winningly.
"T, oh my god!" I screeched.
"Sorry Laneykins, but if you are trying to get rid of me you will have to think again."
All the guys looked around at each other nervously. Since it was obvious that Michael, Lincoln, and Tbag were in, the window of opportunity was quickly closing. Somehow would have to back out soon, or all hell was going to break loose.
Needless to say that PI was a bit tense the rest of the day. I tried to lighten the mood, but nobody wanted to hear anything from me. I didn't understand why everyone was mad at me, it wasn't my fault there was too many people. I was really looking forward to seeing Tweener again so he could cheer me up. At first, he did. When he saw me he ran over and scooped me off the ground swinging me in circles. I laughed and told him to put me down.
"Did Michael mention anything to you about when I could get in on PI?" he asked excitedly.
I had to look away, and I bit the inside of my cheek. Why did I have to be the one to tell him that he wasn't on PI? Tweener took the signs of me avoiding eye contact as an answer.
"But Michael promised that I could work there. I swiped that watch for him yo."
I slowly turned my face so I was looking at him. It broke my heart to see the sad look on his face. Hey looked completely shattered.
"I'm sorry Tweener, but they just can't right now. If anything opens up though you are first on the list."
"I won't hold my breath," he scoffed.
I tried to reason with him, but he stormed off. I started getting heavy pains in my chest as I watched him disappear. I didn't like it very much when Tweener and I weren't getting along. I always felt sick to my stomach when we fought. I saw Michael walking alongside the fence and I stormed over to him.
"I hope you're happy," I spat.
He looked at me confused.
"Thanks to you Tweener now hates me because I had to tell that he couldn't be on PI. Plus, all of the other guys blame me for you not having enough time on your escape."
Michael only smiled. I didn't get this guy. He never seemed to get upset about anything. Whenever, there was a problem, he just shrugged it off and could think of any solution.
"Well, I can't help you with your love spat, but we do need to think of a solution to the other problem."
What was this we shit? I didn't have to do anything. Anything that went wrong with the escape was his problem. I didn't even have to argue with myself to know that I was lying. If Michael asked, then I would probably agree to assist him with whatever he needed. I realized that he was looking at me waiting for a response. I sighed.
"I will talk to the others to see who the best choice to get rid of is. I'm sure everything is going to work out."
Michael nodded his head at me and agreed for me to talk to the others. He told me he was busy right now and that he was going to visit Sara today. I smirked at him.
"I can't help you with your love spat either," I joked.
He smiled at me and walked inside. I rolled my eyes as I discovered that I was getting myself into another mess. The guys weren't going to be happy when they found out that I was supposed to interrogate them so I could decide which one would get the boot. Of course, who would be the one that would get all of the blame? I decided that the best person to start with would be my cell mate.
