I know it's been a while, I think like two weeks or something, I had been busy though not with college or anything like that because I couldn't go back to college, but my kitten had died last tuesday and it was hard, and I've been doing chores around the house. I also wanted to get ahead in writing the story so that I wasn't struggling to update and write another chapter then update that and so on. I think in my Google Document the story is on chapter 8, so I'm well ahead, that being said, this chapter is kinda boring, just a little kind of developmental chapter, so its shorter. Either way, I hope you still enjoy, the story gets better, I promise.
Enjoy!
~MajorChemistry~
Chapter 5: Captain Oblivious.
Weeks had passed, and it was the last day of school, "I can't believe its the end of the school year. Its like it just started!" Rachel said as we headed out of the school. Some of the Brotherhood were chilling in the parking lot, watching me, "Why are they always watching you?"
"They're assholes."
"I can't believe I am friends with a gang banger."
"I'm not a gang banger!" I said defensively,
"Whatever you say."
"And if you guys don't back off I'll shove a grenade up your individual assholes and laugh when you experience an assplosion!" Everyone around me gave me a weird look. I sat my skateboard on the ground, "See you later Rachel." I headed to the hang out.
I headed inside and heard laughing, "You can't do it man." I heard Pierce say,
"I mean I know you like her man but she's a handful, I've been around her for 15 years." Johnny said,
"Come on guys give him a break, he can't help that he likes her and shes oblivious." Shaundi joined in,
"Look man I won't care if you ask out my sister, but you're in for a surprise, she can be intense."
"I am not." I whispered to myself,
"I'll give you 50 dollars if you ask her out when she gets here." Pierce said,
"I'll add on 20 to that." Shaundi said,
"I don't want Sara to think I asked her out because I was paid to do it." At least he was modest, but I wasn't even sure how I felt about him.
I walked back towards the exit quietly and slammed the door, "Hello? Anyone here?" I asked coming down the stairs,
"Hey Sara, how was your day?" Johnny asked, they were all acting nonchalant,
"Fine." I said, acting as if I didn't know what they were previously doing, "Fucking Brotherhood wont get off my back but they're no problem at the moment." I sat my bag down. Everyone fell silent for a minute, "You guys are being uncharacteristically quiet."
"I have to go talk to the Boss about the Sons of Samedi." Shaundi walked away,
"I'm going out with Eesh... Uh Carlos you mind taking my sister home later?" Johnny asked, I could see what he was doing,
"...Sure?" Carlos said. They all left, leaving Carlos and I by ourselves, "Uh..." Carlos wasn't sure what to say,
"Let's go." I said, getting up,
"Where are we going?"
"We are going to do some reconnaissance."
"Why?"
"We have to take care of some Brotherhood douchebags."
"Okay." We headed out.
Carlos and I were parked out of sight from the Brotherhood but close enough we could see them, we were listening to their conversations through the bug I put on DJ's truck during school, "How did you manage to bug their vehicles?" Carlos asked,
"Wasn't hard, they're not outside during school hours so I did a little sneaky sneak..." I looked through the binoculars. They weren't doing much, just working on their vehicles, "Wow, they are really boring." I sat back in the passenger seat of his car, "Where did a man fresh out of prison get a car like this?" I asked,
"It was my brothers car, he gave it to me."
"And the bike?"
"That was mine."
"Ooh okay."
"Why don't you drive?"
"Im only 15, and I barely missed drivers training. Besides, driving in Stilwater is such a hassle, I prefer skateboarding." I looked back through the binoculars,
"You think Matt will do another tattoo for me?" I heard Dj ask,
"Yeah man, what are you going to get?" Another guy asked,
"I want to get a flaming skull on my bicep." He pointed to his right bicep,
"Thats cool man." Carlos and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes,
"Babe..." A girl approached DJ,
I recognized her instantly, "Shayna..."
She would have been a junior in high school but she ended up dropping out, "Hey Shay whats up?" DJ asked,
"I thought you were going to take me shopping."
The other guy laughed, "Yeah, c'mon we'll go right now." They climbed into his truck and started heading in our direction,
"Fuck they're coming, get down." Carlos and I ducked down. We listened as they drove by, we looked at each other, our faces inches away from each other.
I noticed for the first time that he had really beautiful brown eyes, "You think they're gone?" He whispered,
"Probably." I whispered back, "... Why are we whispering?"
"I don't know." He said.
We sat back up, "Well nothing here." I said,
"Wanna get some Freckle Bitches?"
"Sure, I'm starving." He started up the car and we left.
We sat down with our food, "So what's your story?" I asked,
"Huh?" He asked,
"I just want to know more about you because technically we are working together... And if you're bringing me home I gotta do a background check, like why were you in prison?"
"I'd rather not talk about it."
"Fair enough." I took a bite from my food,
"What about you?"
"What about me?" I asked,
"What's your story?"
"Well, I mean, I'm 15, I live with my mom, I only have one sibling... Well half sibling. Um... My dad died when I was 8, he had lung cancer... My dad and I were really close, and when he died Johnny kinda took over looking out for me... He was overbearing at first... And he still kind of is but we are close." He nodded, "Thats pretty much it."
"Your life seems pretty simple."
"Yup, its pretty vanilla."
He smiled at me, I smiled back, "There's nothing wrong with vanilla."
"Thanks." It felt weird that I could be so open with him, I was normally shy around people but not him, he was cool. I finished my meal, "What should we do next?" I asked,
"Hmm."
I raised an eyebrow, "Wanna see my secret place?" I asked,
"Wait... What?"
"Not like that. There's this place I like to go when I like to be alone... Its pretty cool."
"Okay, lead the way."
He drove us out of town into the woods, "Turn right onto this trail up here." He turned onto the path, "Just pull over here."
"Okay... You're not going to murder me are you?"
I shrugged, "Maybe." I got out of the car and walked through the trees,
"Sara?"
"What?" I asked, climbing up on a rock,
"What were you going to show me?"
I turned to him, "This." I extended my arms out to the scenery. The rock sat in the woods on the edge of a cliff, down below was a ravine surrounded by more woods, "Isn't it beautiful?"
"Yeah..." He stood next to me,
"I found it one day when I was pissed off at Johnny and left home... Pretty neat huh?" I grabbed the branch above me and climbed up the trunk of the tree, sitting on the branch. He looked up at me, "Need a lift?" I held out my hand to him, he grabbed it and I helped him up onto the next branch over,
"Come here often?" He smirked,
I laughed, "Way to be classy."
"I try." He shrugged.
He drove me back home later that evening, "It's on the right up here." I said, he stopped in front of my house,
"Here, let me walk you to the door at least." He said,
"Ooh, what a gentleman." I smirked,
"Well it's just that it's dark out and it could be dangerous." It was only 20 feet to my door, but I didn't bother to say that to him. Carlos got out of the car and walked around, opening the door for me,
"Why thank you." I said, getting out.
We walked up the sidewalk to my front door, "So uh... That was fun." He said, nervously scratching the back of his neck, "Thanks for hanging out with me."
"Yeah, no problem, thanks for walking me 20 feet to my doorway."
He laughed slightly, "Yeah." We stood awkwardly for a moment.
I leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek, "Don't worry, I know you like me... I like you too." I opened the door, "Good night Carlos." I went inside, leaving him shocked and standing on the doorstep. I wasn't sure what it was but I had a strange feeling, like I was a little kid opening presents on Christmas, I wanted to jump up and down, but I didn't. Instead I found myself grinning as I walked into the kitchen.
My mom was heating up leftovers, "What are you grinning about?" She asked,
"Huh? Oh nothing, Rachel told me a good joke."
"Is that who dropped you off?"
"Uh yeah." I grabbed a glass of water and went to my bedroom.