Right before I hop out of the car my phone rings, I don't even look to see who it is I just answer it.

"Hello this is-" I was cut off before I could finish.

"Marcus, I got your note. I want you home by 3 p.m. if not you will be in a world of trouble." Douglas says.

"Can it be 5 p.m., please?" I am hopping he will agree.

"No." Douglas replies.

"We won't be getting beck to their house till 4:30, and it's about a thirty minute ride back home." I reply, everyone is gone except Caitlin, Chase, and Maya, they are waiting for me.

"Fine, but if you are late again, you will not be going to bed tonight." Douglas then hangs up.

"What was that about?" Chase asks me.

"I didn't tell my dad where I was going or that I was leaving, so he called me." I shrugged it off.

"And he didn't demand for you to come home?" Caitlin asks.

"Nah, he's pretty cool about stuff like that, as long as I get home when he wants me to." I respond.

They all look surprised, Caitlin adds, "I wish my parents were like that."

"Where's Adam?" I ask.

"Adam and Leo went to the arcade." Chase responds.

Caitlin starts to make her way over to me when Maya asks, "Hey Marcus can I talk to you for a sec?"

I look over see Caitlin's face fall, and Chase tenses. "Sure." I say and we walk away from out friends, but I know Chase is listening with his super hearing.

"Are you ok? You seem off." Maya asks.

"Why?" I am confused.

"You seem nervous, you usually walk with the grace and confidence of a predator. Today you seem stiff, and edgy. I'm not trying to be creepy, but you are just one of those guys that demands attention when you walk into a room." Maya states.

I'm caught off guard; I didn't realize I was showing weakness. I'm a little stiff from my punishment earlier, plus I'm edgy because of Caitlin. But I can't tell her that so I just say, "I'm just tired."

"Why do you have a bruise on your collarbone?" Maya asks pointing to my collarbone.

I look where she points, the bruise is peaking out, it's a pretty big bruise, Douglas kicked me there, I thought my collarbone was broken the pain was so bad. But once again I have to lie, "I take self defense classes, I was sparring last night, and got hit. No need to worry." I smile at her to show I'm fine.

She doesn't buy it, but instead of pushing she asks, "I always wanted to learn self defense, where do you go?"

"My dad teaches me." I did not mean for the truth to come out.

"So your dad hit you?" She asks, wow she's quick.

"Yeah." I'm starting to get really nervous, she could call the cops and say child abuse.

"Isn't that child abuse?" She probes. She is really getting underneath my skin.

"Not really, we just spar, I hit him too if that helps." I hope she will drop the subject.

Before we enter the mall, Maya pulls me aside then touched my collarbone, I flinch I didn't mean to but it hurt.

"Marcus, I think you should tell somebody about this." Maya says.

"No it's just sparing. I'll prove it to you, after school on Monday I'll teach you self-defense. You always wanted to learn, so it's a win win, I prove to you it's nothing and you learn something." I smirk at her; she ponders my offer before nodding.

"Fine." She says.

We walk in the mall, Chase and Caitlin are waiting for us, and I know Chase heard the whole conversation, he keeps sending me weird looks.

"Lets go to the planetarium." Chase suggests.

He sound so excited so I agree, "Sure."

Maya just nods, and Caitlin looks at me before agreeing, "Ok."

On the way over Caitlin grabs my arm and pulls me away from the group, Maya and Chase look over but they don't do anything to stop her.

"Do you like me?" Caitlin asks, Being a little forward I think.

"Yeah." I reply.

"But how do you like me?" Caitlin asks.

I'm a little perplexed, but I think she means as in a friend or something more. "You're my friend Caitlin, of course I like you."

She sighs, "Do you like Bree?"

"Yeah she's my friend too." I have no idea where this is going.

"Do you like Maya?" Caitlin asks.

I'm starting to get irritated, "Why are you asking?"

She freezes before saying, "I'm just curious."

"Whatever. Lets just head back." I walk off without waiting for her response.

We spend an hour at the planetarium, Maya had to drag Chase away from that place, so we could go find Adam and Leo to see if they wanted to go to the food court. We arrive at the arcade and see Adam dancing and Leo looking sad.

"Hey Adam, do you want to go to the food court with us?" I ask, Leo looks insulted that I didn't ask him.

"Yeah! I could go for a burger or Chinese food or pizza or maybe one of everything." Adam gets excited, Chase looks worried, and Leo looks irritated.

We walk off and Leo trails behind us, we arrive at the food court and Adam almost runs up to the nearest McDonalds.

"Adam and Leo why don't you guys go find us seats and will bring back the food. What do you two want?" Chase takes the lead, and his brothers follow.

"Chase I want one of everything." Adam decides.

Before Leo could say anything, I remark, "Guys we better hurry, the lines are starting to get long." they agree and we head off.

"Marcus did you catch what Leo wanted?" Chase asks.

"Yeah something for McDonalds, I'm heading over there do you want me to get it for him?" I ask.

"Thanks, here is the money Tasha gave me for lunch." Chase hands me some money.

I walk over to McDonalds, I flirt with some girls close to the front and they let me stand with them.

"Can I get a Happy Meal, chicken nuggets, apples, and the girl toy? Also a number one with a coke pleases." The lady behind the counter takes my order, I hand her the exact amount of money and take the food.

"Here Leo." I hand him the happy meal, "They gave me the wrong order, but they were busy so I didn't want to bother them."

Leo looks annoyed, but Adam looks happy, "I should have got the happy meal."

I pull out my meal and eat it, Leo then pulls out the girl toy, he glares at me, and I just smirk in response.

"Can I have the toy?" Adam asks, Leo gladly hands it over.

"What? Apples instead of fries." Leos voice squeaks, then he blushes in humiliation.

"Hey Adam, we got you a box of pizza from Dominos." Chase walks back with Maya, they each have Chinese food and Chase is carrying a large box of pizza. Adam eagerly takes the box of pizza and Chases Chinese food.

"Adam, that Chinese food is mine." Chase says, but its to late Adam dumped it all over his pizza and is now eating a slice that has orange chicken. Chase ends up sharing Mayas food and then Caitlin appears and she's carrying Mexican food.

"Why are you eating a happy meal Leo?" Chase asks.

"They messed his order up, but they looked busy so I didn't bother them." I answered as I handed Chase his change. Leo looks horrified that I just lied, but he has no proof.

"That sucks." Caitlin says, then she offers, "Do you want half of my taco?"

"Leo is allergic to Mexican food." Adam answers, then adds, "every time he eats i-"

"That's enough Adam, they don't need to know what happens." Leo cuts him off.

We spend the rest of lunch talking, and finish eating around 1. So we get up as a group and then Chase sees tech town, so he basically runs towards it and starts talking about all of the technology. The only one who pretend to listen is Maya, they're practically dating I don't know why Chase can't see that. By the time we leave Chase got a job offer by the manager, which he accepts.

We hit a few more stores, before tracking Bree down so we can head home. We find her and Owen walking out of a shoe store. Bree is carrying two bags from the store, and Owen is carrying twenty other bags from various stores, only two look like something he would want. Bree waves to us as she heads over.

"Hey guys! We were just looking for you." Bree smiles.

We walk out to the van; Owen accompanies us so he can put Brees bags in the trunk. Once all of Brees stuff is in the trunk, and Owen and Bree say goodbye. We pile into the car, same seats, as before, Leo is less then happy.

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Once we arrive I hop out, and walk over to my motorcycle. Caitlin calls out "Marcus can we talk for a moment?"

"Sorry, if I'm not home on time my dad will get angry. Then I'll probably be grounded for the rest of high school." The first part was the truth, the second part was a mini lie; Douglas will just run me into the ground if I don't make it home on time.

I am so happy I make it with 10 minutes to spare. But Douglas still looks mad.

"Why did you think you could just walk off, I don't care if its to befriend my children. You always have to ask me first." Douglass slaps me across the face. I'm not going to lie; it hurts when he implies that I'm not his child. I know biologically I'm not his son, but he raised me, he's all I got, but I'm beneath his feet.

I train using bionics till midnight, and then I go to bed and finish my homework. By one I'm lying in bed, I just realized that I didn't tell Douglas that Maya is coming over. He is going to kill me, but he is always nice in front of strangers, so I probably wont die till after she leaves.

A/N Not the longest chapter, but I hope it's enough. I probably wont be able to update later, I have some family stuff.

I choose to wait for Caitlin to ask him if he likes her, I can't decide if he should reject her, or accept and go out with her. Please let me know what you want in reviews!

Maya wasn't suppose to be this much of a main character, if no one likes it I'll have her back off, please review so I know what you guys like.

amichele: Thanks! I always love reading your reviews, they make me very happy and encourage me to update sooner!

That goes for everyone, your reviews encourage me to write, I'm not saying I need reviews to update; they just make want to write since I hate disappointing people.

Please let me know if I make any spelling or grammar mistakes, so I can go back and fix them. I edit every chapter, but sometimes I miss stuff and I'm really sorry if I do.