My week went smoothly, I irritated Owen, Leo and most of my teachers. I think Owen hates me, which I'm fine with. Chase and I grew close, we speak Russian and text in class, I alternate between sitting with Bree, Caitlin, and Owen or Adam, Chase, and Leo at lunch. Leo is still trying to convince his siblings that I'm evil. Bree and Adam are beginning to become my friends, and Douglas has not hit me once. So far it's been easy and fun.
A/N that was just an explanation to help you understand the time skip.
This morning is Saturday, the day I go to the movies and surprise Caitlin with Chase, Maya, and Adam. She might be a little upset, but maybe she'll realize that I don't like her.
My phone beeps, meaning I have new messages:
Chase: Do you need a ride?
Adam: Can Leo come?
Adam: nevrmnd he said noo
Marcus re Chase: No thanks; I'll meet u there
Marcus re Adam: Whatever
I guess I better get ready. 10 minutes later I'm walking out my door, when Douglas stops me.
"Marcus, where are you going?" Douglas asks.
I sigh, how did he forget, "To the movies, with Adam, Bree, and Chase. I already told you." That last part got me in trouble. Douglas squeezes my arm; I can tell it will already bruise.
"Don't be late, we have training." Douglas warns before leaving.
I hurry up and jump on my motorcycle, so Douglas can't stop me. When I arrive at the theatre, I see Adam parking his car; I take the space next to them.
"Hey Marcus, sweet ride." Adam says as he hops out of his truck. Chase, Bree, Owen, and some girl, who I assume is Maya, follow.
"Thanks." I respond, the only reason I got a motorcycle, was because Douglass thought it would make me 'cool' and people like to befriend cool people, or something like that, I wasn't really paying attention.
"So I'm guessing Leo couldn't make it?" I ask, pretending like I care.
"No, he said something about not liking you, and how you are evil. Blah blah." Adam replied.
"I think we should het going before Caitlin freaks out, the only other person she invited was her cousin, so they are probably waiting for us." Bree states, and then walks off, Owen follows, and then buys their tickets. The rest of us shrug and follow them.
"Hey, you must be Maya, Chase has told me so much about you." I reach my hand out to her; she nods and then takes it.
"I'm Marcus, Chases, friend." We are still shaking hands, when the person in the ticket stand clears their throat, I turn and glare at them, and they shrink back.
"Two tickets, for [Insert horror movie name] please." I hand the ticket person the money, and they give me the tickets.
"Marcus why'd you buy two tickets?" Adam asks.
"One for me and one for my new friend Maya." I smirk and hand Maya her ticket, she looks speechless, and Chase looks slightly annoyed.
"You didn't have to do that, I brought money. Let me buy you snacks at least." Maya offers.
"Nah, it's fine." I wink at her.
"Thank you." She replies.
Everyone has their tickets so we go in and buy snacks; I offer to buy Mayas snacks she declines. Then points to her messenger bag, I think she's tying to tell me she brought snacks so I just nod. By the time we enter the theater, Bree and Owen are sharing a large popcorn, two sodas, and some candy, Caitlin is sitting behind Bree, her cousin behind Owen. Caitlin then gestures the seat she saved next to her, I walk over and then she realizes I brought three guests along. Her smile falls.
"Marcus why did you bring more people?" Caitlin asks, oh I forgot to tell her, I was being sarcastic incase you didn't catch that.
"These are my friends, Chase, Adam and Maya." I then gesture for her to move over so we have room. By the time everyone is situated, Caitlin's cousin Megan is sitting five seats away from the aisle; Caitlin is sitting to her right, Chase is sitting next to Caitlin, Maya next to Chases, I next to Maya, Adam in front of me, Bree to Adams left and finally Owen next to Bree. I can tell Caitlin is upset, with this seating arrangement, she is leaning as far away from Chase as she can get, and Chase is leaning as far away from her as he can get, so him and Maya practically share a seat. I move over so Maya can move over, so basically Chase, Maya and I share two seats.
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The movie wasn't terrible, but it wasn't scary, the only one who jumped was Caitlin, I don't think she likes gore. We were all walking out in our respective groups; Caitlin tried to join ours but ended up staying with Bree, Owen and Megan. Chase and Maya were laughing at something that happened during the movie and Adam was just walking next to me in comfortable silence.
"Hey guys Caitlin needs a ride home, Megan can't drive her she has to get to work." Bree informs us.
"My truck only seats five people." Adam tells us.
"I can drive Maya home, if that would help." I offer mostly so Caitlin wouldn't try and invite herself. Caitlin look disappointed, Chase looks angry, and Maya looks confused.
"Um I guess, let me just call my dad and ask him if its alright if I ride a motorcycle." Maya says, and then she pulls her phone out and calls her dad.
"I can ride with Marcus, if it's a problem with Maya's dad." Caitlin offers, I am praying that he says yes.
"Your parents would kill you, if you came home on a motorcycle." Megan warned Caitlin, Caitlin gives her cousin a glare.
"Hey Marcus my dad wants to talk to you." Maya taps me on the shoulder; I look over and take the phone from her hand.
"How long have you been riding?" Mayas dad asks.
"I have been riding dirt bikes my whole life and this motorcycle for six months, sir." I am trying to put on my best act; I know Caitlin will hop on the back of my motorcycle regardless of what her parents think. I spend the next ten minutes getting interviewed by Mayas father. We all walked out to the parking lot by that time, and are now at our vehicles. I'm leaning on my motorcycle and everyone is surrounding me trying to figure out what to do if he says no.
"Fine, but have her here no earlier then 10 minutes, or later then 15 minutes. She better be wearing a helmet. Now let me talk to my daughter." He finally gives in.
"Yes sir." I hand the phone to Maya sending the group a nod. Everyone piles into Adams truck, except Chase.
Maya hangs up, I hand her my helmet, since it's the only one I brought. She doesn't know how to work the strap, so I help her. I can feel Caitlin's jealousy thorough the car.
"Maya, text me when you get home. Please?" Chase asks her.
"Sure." She replies, they hug and then Chase gets into the passenger seat of Adams truck. They wave goodbye as they leave the parking lot.
"If I'm going to fast, just squeeze." I can tell this is her first time on a motorcycle; she is still standing beside it. I gesture for her to get on, she nods and then gets on when she feels the bike shift she grips my waist like it's the only thing keeping her alive. I haven't even started the bike yet.
"Maya if you're scared, we can call a cab or your parents." I offer, "I won't tell anyone."
"No it's fine lets just go, or you'll miss your deadline and my dad will kill you." Maya replies, loosening her death grip on me.
"Ok." I start the bike, her death grips resumes, I back out and follow the GPS in my chip to Mayas house, and we arrive 14 minutes after my conversation with her dad. Throughout the ride I feel Maya relaxed. When I pull into her driveway her dad is sitting on the porch with a timer.
"Thanks for the ride Marcus, it wasn't as scary as I thought." Maya smiles at me, I smile back and then her dad approaches us.
"Who is this?" He asks.
"Dad this is Marcus, Chases friend, Marcus this is my dad." I see him relax when she said Chases name.
"Hi sir." We shake hands.
"I'll see you around Maya." I say, then she hands my helmet back, after a minute of struggling with it.
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I pull into the driveway, Douglas is standing in the garage, tapping his foot, he is livid. I pull in next to him.
"You are thirty minutes late." He practically spat each letter out, he was furious.
"Sorry, I had to bring Chases friend home, if I didn't there would have been a problem. Chases was grateful, so it all works out." I know I'm not getting off that easily.
"Get to the lab, now!" He then turns and walks off.
I get off my bike; close the garage and head after Douglass.
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After 10 hours of training, with only bathroom breaks, I'm exhausted Douglas even spared with me. I knew if I hit him he would beat me so I was on defense and took his hits. Right now I'm sparring with a robot, I think I might fall over from exhaustion, but if I do that its 1000 push-ups then a ten mile jog, and finally I spar with the robot again. If I beat the robot now, I can finish training, but if I lose I have to start all over,
"Hurry up Marcus, in battles if you took this long you would be dead. If you win, I'll give you a six-hour break then we will work on your bionics. Don't even think about complaining this is all on you, if you arrived on time we would be done with all your training." Douglas just loves to blame for everything. I make a swift kick to the neck, where a pressure point is on a human, and the robot falls.
"Wasn't near perfect, but I guess its fine for now. I'm going to go to bed I'm tired, see you in six hours." Douglas dismisses me. I practically fall over, but I make it to the shower.
I'm lying in bed, just about to fall asleep, when I turn my phone on. I have one text:
Chase: Some friends and I are going to the mall tomorrow, do you want to come?
It was sent at seven p.m. yesterday, and it's 4:30 a.m. in the morning now, I know I should go but I don't know if Douglas will let me. I fall into a dreamless sleep.
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I wake up at 9:30 a.m. and hour before Douglas is suppose to get me. I am sore, but I get up anyway and send Chase a text:
Marcus re Chase: Sure, srry 4 the late reply, my dad took my phone since I was late.
Chase re Marcus: No prob, we are all meeting at my house at ten, here is the address [Insert Address]
I go upstairs and leave Douglas a note, I know he'll be angry, but I need a break, plus tomorrow is a school day so its not like he can keep me up all night. I get ready and I'm on my bike in less then thirty minutes.
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I arrive at their house five minutes before ten; I park my bike in their driveway and walk up to their mansion. Douglas said that Donald treats them bad, but by the looks of it he was lying. I knock on the door. A few minutes later Leo opens it.
"What do you want?" he snaps at me, I just push past him and see Adam sitting at a table eating, so I sit next to him.
"Hey Marcus, your early. Chase is up stairs, Maya is on her way and Caitlin some how found out we are going to the mall so she invited herself, Bree is coming but she is going to meet up with Owen because they have a date. Leo and I are also coming." Adam rambles excitedly.
Leo rolls his eyes before mumbling, "I didn't know Marcus was coming."
"Chase invited me last night." I smirked at Leo; he was surprised that I heard him.
A women walks in, she notices me and says, "Hi, I'm Tasha, Leos mom, and Adam, Bree, and Chases stepmom." She sticks her hand out toward me. I take it.
"Hi, ma'am, I'm Marcus, I go to school with your children." She smiles at my politeness. Leo just rolls his eyes, annoyed that his mom likes me. I still can't see what's wrong with this place, why I need to rescue Adam, Bree, and Chase. It actually looks like they are treated nicely here, better then I think Douglas is capable of treating people. The door knocks, so I jump up to get it.
"What a nice young boy, you two can learn some manners from him." I hear Tasha say to her sons, and then I hear her heels click out of the room.
I open the door and see Caitlin and Maya; apparently they arrived at the same time.
"Hi Marcus, I didn't know you were coming." Caitlin bats her eyelashes at me.
"Yeah you did, you said 'If Marcus is coming, then I will.'" Adam calls.
"No I didn't." Caitlin defends her self.
"But I have your text right here." Adam says pointing to his phone. Caitlin refuses to look at him.
"Why don't you two come in?" I gesture for them to come in, and they rush in.
"Good morning Maya. I hope your dad wasn't to upset with me last night." I ignore Caitlin trying to talk to me.
"Hey, Marcus. No my dad got over it. Thanks for the ride though it was fun." She replied.
"Hey guys." Chase says as he runs down the stairs, "So Tasha said we could borrow her van, so we could all fit. But we can't go yet, because Bree isn't ready."
"I can always take my bike, and bring someone with me if it causes to much trouble." I offer, if I act nice and polite their parents wont mind me coming over.
"Only if I can drive your motorcycle." Adam says.
"Then who is going to drive us?" Chase asks Adam.
"Never mind." Adam sounded disappointed.
"My moms fine with it." Leo says.
"Sorry for the wait guys." Bree says, and then adds "Hey Caitlin, I can't hang out I have a date with Owen."
"No worries, I came here to hang out with you brothers, and Marcus." Caitlin responds.
Just to make her mad I add, "And Maya." Caitlin's face turns red with embarrassment.
"How about we just head over to the mall." Bree suggests.
We all pile into the van, Adams driving, I get shotgun, Chase is behind me, Maya is to his left, and the third row has Bree behind Maya, Caitlin to her right, and Leo is forced to sit next to Caitlin, since I beat him to sit next to Adam. The mall is about ten minutes away from their house. I listen to Brees and Caitlin's conversation the whole way
"As your friend, I'm just going to tell you I don't think he's good for you. Plus he only sees you as a friend." Bree whispers to Caitlin.
"So you don't think I have a chance?" I can practically hear Caitlin holding back tears.
"It's not that, but you're in the friend zone which is hard to get out of. If it's to awkward you can hang out with me and Owen." Bree offers, still whispering.
"Thanks, but I'm going to just tell Marcus how I feel, and if he rejects me, I'll back off." Caitlin sounds determined.
"That might lead to an awkward ride home if he rejects you, plus it could ruin your friendship." Bree warns.
"But I have to give it a shot, and I'll just wait till Megan gets off her shift she can give me a ride home." Caitlin says.
"If that's what you want, but if it gets awkward come find Owen and me." Bree offers.
"Ok." Caitlin says.
Then we arrive at the mall, I have no idea what I'm going to say to Caitlin.
A/N I think this is a good place to leave off. I know Marcus doesn't have a motorcycle in the show, but I think it adds to his character in this story.
Should Marcus reject Caitlin, or test it out and see if she's the one for him?
Please let me know.
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