What Have I Done
Chapter Five
Lincoln didn't really have much to do now that he gotten everything together. He still had two more hours left until his plan would be put into action. He used that time to think about what he would do. He really haven't even thought about what he was going to do or what he was going to say to Ronnie Anne in the first place. He was going in blind and that scared him. What if he said the wrong thing that would set Ronnie off, or what he did something that was embarrassing and it ruined his his chances?
He needed to have a game plan, but didn't know what it would be. Sure he had his sister, but he needed to have a plan set up in his mind not by someone who is standing on the sidelines. He thought about what he was going to do. Some plans seemed good,but some also fell flat. He needed to get one quick, but he was running out of time to work with. He had a deadline that he had to work with, but he was having trouble doing that.
He then decided to stop. He had the perfect plan. This plan was good because no plan was involved. Things will have to come along as time went on. He didn't need a plan because he knew that he failed it would been worth a try, but it was most likely to fail in the first place, and if was going to why would he need to do all this thinking.
He knew tons of outcomes could happen while he would be talking to her, and there are way too many to comprehend. He couldn't have one plan because if something went wrong the plan would be set off. And his thinkings would be set off, and his plan would fail.
He decided that going in blind would most likely be the best choice. Plus, he had help so he thought that he would be okay... for now. He saw that he had one hour and thirty more minutes until he would need to put his "plan" into action. He knew that he would need to walk a solid twenty minutes to get to the arcade, mostly because his mom and dad had the car to go grocery shopping.
He might as well go ahead and get a head start before Ronnie gets there. He went to Lucy's room and saw Lynn doing something with her bat. He looked at her for a minute and saw that she was beating up something.
"Why is she beating up her pillow for?" He thought.
He didn't know if he should say something of keep silent. Maybe she was getting rid of stress, but if she was she was doing a weird way of doing it. Usually when she's mad she'll go outside and play some type of sport, but this looked different. She seemed enraged about something, but did he have the time to figure out why? Did he want to know. Right now he had a mission and that was what was most important.
Lincoln then left his sister be he still wondered about why she was doing that. As he went downstairs he saw Lucy in the kitchen and she seemed to be putting two water bottles into her backpack.
"You ready to go?"
"Give me a second, I'm trying to make sure I am prepared."
Lincoln looked at her and thought for a moment. Lucy was going out of her way to help him. She didn't need to it, but she was doing it anyway. That's why he trusted Lucy, she was someone he could rely on and someone that would always have his back.
"Okay now I am."
" Come on, wait I have to tell Lori."
Lincoln then made his way up the stairs, but he couldn't help but think about what he was about to do in the first place. He knew that his plan would not work, but he needed to do this. He didn't need to do this for himself, but he wanted to do this for his sister.
He then approached Lori's door and opened it. He saw her on her phone, most likely texting Bobby on her phone.
"Hey Lori I'm about to go."
She looked up from her phone and looked him straight in the eyes and responded, "You better not mess this up."
Without saying anything back he just walked out and met up with Lucy.
"Let's go." He said.
They then walked outside of their house and started walking down the road. The sky was filled with clouds and it looked like it could rain in about an hour. Lincoln didn't really care about the weather today, all he really cared about is that they had a chance of doing this correctly.
The wind was also starting to pick as well. The tree swayed in the wind so did his white hair. After about 15 minutes of walking they finally made it to the arcade. When they entered they saw that there were not as many kids there usual. There only about five kids there. Maybe because there was a storm brewing.
"Okay how are we going to set up?" Asked Lucy.
Lincoln and he got an idea.
"Okay here's how we are going to set up okay. You see that vent, over there. You are going to need a screwdriver to get in there."
Lucy then pulled a screwdriver out of her backpack and then Lincoln continued, "As you can see the ventilation system is exposed in top of us and once you get there try to find a good view of my Ronnie Anne when she comes. I will most likely be over here by the dinning area when I start talking to her. My plan is to buy some pizza to try and ease her while we talk."
"You sure this is going to work, I mean what if I get caught, then what?" Lucy asked in her monotone voice.
"If you do then we'll just have to find another angle of attack,but right focus on the current plan." Lincoln responded.
As Lucy left he started to think about what he was doing because in a way he was making a plan, so I guess his original idea really wasn't going to apply at all. He had some confidence though, but only time could tell.
Meanwhile, Lucy was working on trying to unscrew the vent door. The only thing that was getting in her way were to kids that were playing a fighting arcade game. Lucy never really had an interest in video games. She really just stuck to her darkness and poems. Occasionally Lincoln would ask her to play, but she would usually decline his request.
Lucy had to find a way to get into the vent, but she didn't know how to. From the looks of it it seemed to be 2 boys that to be in there preteens. She thought of many things, asking, asking Lincoln to distract them, pizza. Pizza that was it, that's what she needed to do.
She approached the two preteens and saw their face. The one on the right had green eyes, freckles that that were spreader across his face, and he had brown hair. The one on the left seemed to be directly the same, so she inferred that they were twins.
She tapped on there shoulder and said, "Excuse me." They ignored the first time, but she then said, "Uhm hello, anyone there?"
"What do you want? Don't you see us playing this video game?" the one on the right responded in an irritated tone of voice.
"I was wondering if you guys what like to have some pizza?" She asked.
She seemed to get their attention because they instantly paused the game.
"What type of pizza?" The one on the left questioned.
"What type of pizza do you like?" She asked the two.
"Sausage with mushrooms." They both said.
"Well I have a brother that can get that for you."
"Alright where is he at?" They both asked simultaneously.
"At the dining area."
On that note they both walked off. She decided that this would be a good time to check up on her brother with the mics that had they had.
"Hey Lincoln," she said with the mics she had in her ear, "You may have to boys heading towards you in a minute."
It took him a while to respond, but he soon did and said, "Why would there be boys heading in my direction?"
"They were in the way of the vent, it was one the only ways that would work, so the only way to get rid of them is to either buy them pizza or find some other way."
"Thank you for making me have to deal with me stuff, but I guess I can try." He then responded as he went silent.
While Lincoln was dealing with the two twins Lucy took her screwdriver and started to get to work, She had to hurry before anyone else walks by. As twisted her hand as fast as she could, and after about two minutes she was able to get the screws off of the vent door. She then pulled the door and began her crawl through the vents.
When she had first got in there she relied that the vent where a little bigger than the ones at home so she was able to bring the backpack with her. The vents had dut u them and some spider webs, our may think that it would be complete torture to go in there, but for her it was paradise. She then approached a ventilation split.
It had other routes she could go through one had an incline that went up so of course she went that way so that she can get an overhead view of the scene. She struggled to get up the inclined because she didn't have much grip on the surface of the vents, but after awhile of slipping downwards she finally got up it.
As she crawled she went past, many vents that showed an overhead view of the arcade. She continued to crawl until she spotted Lincoln through one of the vent doors.
"Hey Lincoln I have a good view of you from the vent I am in, so I guess I'm in my place." Said Lucy.
"Lucy, oh thank goodness! The kids that you said were coming to meet me wouldn't go away until I bought them what they wanted. God thing they only wanted one slice of the pizza I bought, but otherwise than that I'm glad to see that you are in position. Oh, and I should've asked you if you wanted to eat anything before you left!" Lincoln replied.
"It's all good because I have snacks inside my backpack so I wouldn't starve to death." Lucy continues.
"Alright I'll check up on you later okay."
"Okay"
With that lucy was left alone in the vent. She didn't know if she should say something else to Lincoln or should she just be quiet and wait for her time to go. For know all she heard was the new noise of rain pattering on the roof, some kids talking, and the occasional clanking of the dishes from the kitchen. Besides that she was alone, and the worst part is that she left her poem book at home and she really didn't have anything to do. So in the meantime she just ate a Hershey bar from her book bag.
As she ate Hershey bar she looked around her current surroundings. The vent was very dusty and there were spider webs scattered around her. Most of the spider webs were abandoned and no spider was actually there. For some reason she felt uneasy in the vent, and it wasn't because there was spider webs and dust everywhere, but mostly because of the silence. She was so used to her loud family that when it was quiet it just didn't really feel right to her and it made her uncomfortable.
As she sat for awhile she finally said something, "What time is it Linc?"
"11:30, she should be here in awhile, plus my pizza is getting cold." He responded.
Lucy sat and thought for awhile and the said, "Do you think she is still coming? I mean, it is raining outside."
"I don't know, but this is my only shot right now, so I need this to work out."
"Why are you doing this Lincoln? I know that you don't want to do it as well. I can tell because you would be way more nervous than what you are right now."
"Maybe I didn't really want to do this Lucy because when I heard the news of course I was sad about, and angry about Ronnie didn't tell me sooner either. After a while I knew that it would most likely be best if just let things happen, but at that time me and Lori already had our plan situated. I knew that I would still need to do it because I didn't want her to be like the last time Bobby dumped her." Lincoln explained.
Lucy just sat there and let what Lincoln soak in for about a minute and said, "Guess we just need to push on. If it's the only way to help Lori."
"Yeah I guess it is."
OMG guys I'm so sorry for being neglectful toward this story. I had to deal with a lot of school stuff, and I have more testing next week. I'll try to have the next chapter out by next weekend, but it could be earlier, but it's my deadline. So like always I hope you enjoyed this Chapter. I really enjoyed writing it as well.