Yay, another chapter, I mean, I was supposed to submit this last saturday... it is now thursday... oops... Anyway i kinda forgot about updating until 20 minutes ago when i woke up and wanted to start another story. It whatever though.
Enjoy!
~MajorChemistry~
Chapter 6: More than a friend.
The next day I walked into the Saint's hideout. Johnny and Pierce were hanging out on a couch talking to others, "Where is everyone?" I asked,
"Boss and Shaundi had some Samedi business to take care of." Pierce said and gestured to the empty space on the couch across from them.
I sat back, "How's Aisha doing?"
"She's good, you know she likes getting out of the house."
I noticed Pierce grinning at me, "Pierce, why are you grinning like an idiot?"
"It's nothing, I just thought of a funny joke that Shaundi told me."
"Yeah? That's the excuse I tell my mom when I lie to her about why I am laughing if I don't want to tell her why I am laughing." Pierce's smirk vanished as Johnny chuckled. I thought about asking where Carlos was but I didn't want to make it obvious that I liked him, though I figured they knew.
Pierce got up, "Man, fuck this waiting around, I'm outta here." He left, I puffed some stray hair out of my face,
"I know you're looking for him." Johnny said,
"Wha- I have never heard such a ridiculous thing. I mean, where would you get such an idea...?" I said in one of those fake belief tones that people always do.
Johnny raised an eyebrow, "You're a terrible liar."
"I am not!" I folded my arms, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You know he likes you right? He asks about you all the time when you're not around. It kinda gets annoying."
"You annoyed because I have an admirer?"
"No, I'm annoyed because there are more important things to talk about than you."
"Gee thanks Johnny." I folded my arms, "He's too old for me anyway."
"If you say so." He got up and started walking away,
"Where are you going?"
"Somewhere called none of your business."
"Don't be an ass." He walked away, I sighed,
"Hey Sara!" Shaundi approached me, Boss followed behind her,
"What's up?" I turned to face her,
"You have connections to the police department right?"
"... Yeah..." I gave her my skeptical look.
She smiled at me, "Can you do us a favor?"
"Maybe." "For fuck sakes, we need to tap into the traffic cams so we can find the general." Boss said,
"Eh... I don't know..."
"Sara, you're supposed to be helping us out."
"Yeah, and I'm not about to jeopardize my reputation at the police department, especially since that incident with Maero."
"Yeah and speaking of, have you been doing your job on any of the gangs like you're supposed to."
"What the fuck do you think I am? A fucking genius?! No! I am one 15 year old being forced into doing a job that I don't want to do!" I turned my back to them and crossed my arms. It really wasn't fair, even though I wasn't killing anyone or making the drugs, I still felt like I was doing all of the work.
I heard the boss sigh behind me, "Look, Sara I'm sorry, we're all just dealing with a lot right now, can you just help us with this?"
"Fine." I turned back towards them, "The best way in is to go undercover, maybe as repair technicians, something always breaks down at that cheap ass building. You can get in that way, I'll go in before you guys do. That way I can slip in, make sure everything is easy for you guys and slip out before anyone starts questioning."
"Alright sounds like a plan." Boss said,
"I'll call you to give the signal."
"Thanks Sara." I nodded and left.
The thing about being a quote unquote gang banger with a mom who is a police officer is that everyone at the department knows who you are so trying to keep on the down low is tough. I managed to do it somehow, I snuck upstairs to the fuse box and flipped the switch to the monitoring room. I left the room and was walking down the hallway, "Ah shit the monitors are busted again." One of the officers in the room said,
"Sara!" The other one called,
"Yes?"
"Call a repair company, this outdated piece of shit is broken."
"Yes Officer Jackson." I walked away and grabbed my phone, calling the Boss,
"Sara?"
"Yeah." I looked around, "Now's your chance, when you guys get here I'll turn the monitors back on so you can do your thing."
"Okay."
I headed downstairs to the front desk, "Hey Sara." The secretary, Janice, greeted,
"Hey Jan, need help with anything?"
"Yeah, there are some papers here that need to be taken to Officer Bradshaw as soon as possible."
I groaned, I hated talking to Troy, he had turned into an asshole the last few years, I didn't want to deal with him at all! "Do I have to?"
"Please? For me?"
I took the papers, "Fine." I headed back to the offices. I prayed that he wasn't in there when I knocked on the door,
"Yeah, come in." He said,
"Dammit." I muttered as I opened the door. He was sitting in his chair looking at other papers,
"Sara, what do you want?" He asked,
"Janice sent me to give you paperwork." I said, handing him the papers.
He took them, "So, you staying out of trouble?" He asked,
"You know it, just enjoying the summer." I said,
"You haven't seen your brother have you?"
"Nope." I lied right to his face, "I haven't seen him since he was in prison."
He glared at me, I kept my composure, "Well, you know Sara to turn him in if you see him, brother or not you don't want to get in serious trouble for harboring a criminal." He sat back in his chair,
"I'll keep that in mind sir." I said as I walked out. As soon as I closed the door I flipped him off, "Asshole." I muttered and headed back.
Boss and Shaundi were at the front desk, "Sara, you mind showing them to the monitors?" Jan asked,
"Sure, right this way." They followed me up the stairs, once out of earshot we spoke,
"You gotta hurry with the hacking, you won't have long before they notice something is up."
"Good work." Boss said.
We walked up to the door, "I'm going to turn the power back on." I said pointing to the room with the fuse box,
"When you're done get out of here, I don't want you getting caught in all the heat, especially if it's going to be heavy."
I nodded and walked into the circuit room. I flipped the switch and headed back out, "You're on." I said to them,
"Good job."
"Thanks, I'm heading out." I went down the stairs and grabbed my bag from behind the front desk, "I gotta go Jan." I said,
"Okay, thanks for doing that for me."
"No problem, see ya later." I walked out the door, just as the alarms started to blare.
I went to the mall for some me time, I needed it anyway. I passed by the jewelry store and noticed Carlos inside, "So what are your thinking of buying? What is her taste?" I ducked behind a plant and listened,
"I think she's a real classy girl, she's feisty... And I really like her but I don't have much money to buy what she deserves." "
Well..."
"Why are we hiding?" Someone whispered behind me, I jumped and turned. Rachel was behind me smirking, she peeked through the window, "Ooh do you like him?"
"I ain't telling you... Let's get out of here." I stood up and headed to the food court.
I paced around my room later that night, who was he buying for? Was it me? Does he have someone else? I couldn't handle it! I flopped on the floor and put my hands on my head, "Ugh!" I sighed,
"You okay in here?" Johnny asked in the doorway,
"No, being a girl is hard..."
"It's not about being a girl, it's about being a teenager. Trust me, I went through it too."
I lifted my head up, "So what did you do?"
He shrugged, "I just went with it." He walked away,
"Wait, what is that supposed to mean?" I got up and ran to the door, "Johnny?!"
He was at the bottom of the stairs at the front door, "Figure it out Sara." He left,
"Fucking Johnny." I shook my head and closed my bedroom door. I flopped bed and buried my face in my pillow. The cell on my bedside table started buzzing, I looked at the ID, it was Carlos, "Carlos!" I answered almost too excitedly, "I mean, what's up?" I almost face palmed,
"Hey, are you busy?" He asked.
I looked at the clock, it was almost midnight, "No, not at all."
"Do you want to hang out?"
"Yeah, sure, I can do that." I said sounding nonchalant, but screaming on the inside.
"Cool, I'll pick you up in a few."
"Bye." I hung up and screamed. I had never been out past curfew before without my mom knowing where I was, I wasn't about to tell her I was going out with a guy who was older than me, nope! Time to be a rebel, I brushed my blonde hair so it wasn't a mess, threw some makeup on and put on an over the shoulder top, "Perfect!" I sprayed a little perfume and grabbed my purse, heading downstairs.
About five minutes had passed before I saw headlights shine in the living room window, I dumped my glass of water in the sink, heading to the front door just as the doorbell rang. I hesitated for a second then opened the door, "Hey Carlos." I said, acting casual,
"Hey, I got something for you." He handed me a bag,
"What's this?"
"I felt bad that you ripped your favorite pair of pants for me, so I got you another pair, I hope the size is right." I looked at the tag, they were a size smaller than I normally wear, but I couldn't say no to such a kind gesture.
I smiled, "Thank you Carlos, but you didn't have to."
"It's no big deal."
"Here, let me put this in my room." I headed back up the stairs and into my room. I sat the bag on the floor by my dresser,
"Nice room." Carlos said from the doorway.
My room was a disaster area, clothes were thrown all over in a heap of some clean some dirty. The bed was a mess, it hadn't been made in weeks so the blue comforter was almost on the floor and my makeup was spilled all over the vanity. I blushed in embarrassment, "Sorry, it's a mess... let's just go." I almost shoved him out of the room and closed the door, "Where was it you wanted to go?"
"I was hoping you would like to see a movie."
"Sure, let's go." We headed out.
We ended up seeing a cheesy "horror" movie about these kids at a summer camp and some psycho coming after them, I think it was a knock off Friday The 13th movie. Carlos and I walked out of the theater, "That was..."
"Awful." I said, finishing his sentence,
"Sorry I made you sit through that."
"Nah, it was fun, when I was younger me, my dad, and Johnny used to watch crappy horror movies. I had a lot of fun." I looked at the time, it was already 2 am,
"Your mom doesn't mind that you're out this late does she?"
I shrugged, "She doesn't know, and she doesn't need to." I shivered a bit, it was a cooler night for being almost July,
"Here." Carlos draped his hoodie over my shoulders. It was nice and warm, and it had a hint of cologne smell.
I smiled at the gesture, "Carlos?" I turned to him, turning serious,
"What's wrong Sara?"
"Did you take me to the movies because you wanted to go on a date?"
"I uh..." He blushed, I raised an eyebrow, "Do you want to go out with me?" He asked,
"Well, considering we are already out, and I would feel bad if I rejected a guy who took me to a shitty movie and bought me pants so yeah, I'll go out with you." I smirked,
"You're such a smart ass."
"I can't help it, I've been around Johnny for too long." He grabbed my hand and smiled, "You've been my boyfriend for five seconds and already you've called me a smart ass... This relationship is going to be great."
"Come on, let's go."
"Where to now?"
"My place, I'll make you a late night dinner." We walked back to his car.
Carlos lived in a small apartment on the south side of town, it wasn't bad on the inside there was a tiny kitchen and a tiny living room and in the back there were two other rooms, presumably a bedroom and a bathroom. He sat his keys on the kitchen counter, "It's cute." I said,
"Well, your bedroom is about the size of this apartment, but I make do with what I can." he walked into the kitchen, "Would you like anything to drink?"
"No thanks, I am fine." I sat down on the couch he sat next to me. We talked for a few hours, it was 4 am before I decided I should go, "Mind taking me to Johnny's house?"
"Sure." We left his place, "What do you think the Boss will do with The Brotherhood?" Carlos asked on the ride there,
"Probably kill them, who knows, it seems like everyone in this town wants a piece of the Saints." I said,
"Yeah, we can handle them though."
"Listen to you, trying to be all tough and shit." I smirked,
"I cant be a wimp in front of my girlfriend, especially if she's tough." He smiled back at me,
"The house is up here on the right." I pointed to it.
Carlos pulled to the curb, "Hey, thanks for going to the movies with me."
"Thanks for inviting me." He leaned forward for a kiss. I should have found it weird that he wanted to kiss and we've only been together for two hours... But then again, I didn't care. I leaned in and kissed him back, the kiss was nothing special, I wasn't sure why. Carlos was the only person I kissed in a romantic way, so I was hoping for something more, maybe it was just me. We pulled away, I smiled at him, "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"I plan on it." He smiled back. I got out of the car and walked up to the front door. It was unlocked and the living room light was on, I slowly opened the door and saw Johnny passed out on the couch, a beer bottle in his hand. I rolled my eyes and went to my room, it wasn't until I laid down that I realized I was still wearing Carlos' sweater, I smiled as I covered up in the blankets and fell asleep. The next morning I was awoken by the sound of glass breaking in the living room, I jolted out of bed,
"Johnny I just bought that table!" Aisha exclaimed, I headed downstairs to see what the commotion was all about.