SARAH

I looked at Lailah and tapped her on the arm. She was touching her tablet.

'What are you doing?'

Lailah looked up. 'Oh, I'm just, ah, checking for something, but I'm done.'

She pressed a button on the side of her tablet and it shrunk into a small phone. Lailah turned to me.

'I have the feeling you want talk. So talk.'

I grinned. 'John's busy talking to Eight, so I got no-one to talk to.'

'So, are you and John dating?'

I nodded, my heart leaping. 'Yeah, ever since he was in Paradise.'

'Are all the Loric back in Chicago?'

'Yeah, everyone. We were just waiting for you. Well, I'm tired now, so I'm Going to sleep.'

Lailah shrugged and took out her phone. I leaned back and closed my eyes.

I opened my eyes and saw that Lailah wasn't next to me. I was about to ask John where she was when he started talking.

'She's gorgeous.' He said. My heart sank.

'You have no idea. The weirdest part is that she doesn't even know it.'

'Yeah.'

'But you can't make a move on her because you got Sarah. Whereas, I am free.'

'Yeah, right! You're with Marina. But you know I couldn't hurt Sarah.'

I felt a flush of happiness go through me, John was so sweet.

'Maybe Nine would go for her,' Eight grinned. 'I mean it would make sense; they're both seriously tough, but then again Lailah would beat him up.'

John and Eight burst out laughing.

I sat up and wound my arms around my boyfriend's neck.

'Mmm... Hello.' I put my head against his neck.

'Hey, did you just wake up?' He sounded nervous.

'Yeah,' I lied. 'Where's Lailah?'

'She wanted to go in to the shop for some reason.'

I nodded. 'I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be back.'

I opened the car door and walked inside the shop. I walked to the bathroom. After I was done I washed my hands and walked out. There was a door open at the side of the wall. Out of pure curiosity, I peeked out the door and squeaked.

There was Lailah, shouting at a buff guy, her arms flailing around. The buff guy actually looked scared. I backed away and walked back to the car. John was sitting at the back, going through Lailah's bag.

'John! What are you doing?!' I screamed.

He looked up and flushed. 'We were, ah, just checking if she was, ah...'

'Never mind.' I said as I sat next to him.

I grabbed Lailah's things from John and put them all away. When I was done I slid my arms around his neck and pressed my lips against his.

Just then, Lailah came running from the shop. She jumped into the passenger seat and screamed at Eight. 'Go! Go! Go!'

Eight drove off, Sam trying to catch up with us. I turned around and saw ten huge men coming from the shop, shouting and screaming. Then the buff man from the shop came out.

'I got the chip, you crazy bitch! I got it! And you government phonies won't get it, you bloody bitch!' The buff man screamed.

'Yeah, right, you asshole! I'll get from you soon enough!' Lailah screamed at the man, grinning.

The men were about to get into their cars but the man, the leader it seemed, pushed them back, laughing.

I shook my head, not wanting to know more. I closed my eyes and rested my head on John's shoulder, falling asleep.