The cafe was already closed when we got there eventhough its barely past 6 cause Alex kept making us take stops on the ride to go to the nearby bathrooms.
Even I know that that's not a first good impression for a date.
Now I know she kept saying that it might not be a date but who are they kidding?
But cody said nothing about it nonetheless but I picked up on some moments when he cursed under his breath at the 7th stop.
"You're doing great." I assure her when she came back not helping to lace slight sarcasm in my tone.
And ofcourse she picked up on it, "How was I supposed to know that the cheese cake will decide to do shit to my body."
"Well maybe you should have thought of that when you stole it from the teachers lounge"
Especially after the discovery we made when we saw one of the lunch ladies buying fish from the Gas station.
The main course was fish soup the next day at lunch.
She shrugged,"I always thought Mrs. Guinevere had good taste in food"
Her choice of quality is questionable tho
"There's no any other cafe nearby, I think we should just go to the mall or something" Cody suddenly cuts us off stepping back into the car.
We got at the mall at the eastern part of the city which only took us half an hour to get to.
There are many and different of kinds of malls in this city but this mall was where the Majority chooses to go to.
It was the biggest mall in the city but its size wasn't the reason for it being the most popular.
It was the fact that it was the central hangout of teenagers since it provided the best food courts, best shops and customer services.
And I never came here before eventhough Alex kept bugging me to check it out.
I could see familiar faces from my school giving me questioning glances as I walk through reminding me exactly why I don't come here.
Alex suddenly halted in to a stop making us pause from walking as well.
I looked up at her questionably on to see the familiar scene of her wriggling her eyes in a weird way again her legs doing odd moves.
"Well I need to run to the bathroom again."
"Seriously Alex?!!" Cody exclaimed clearly pissed.
"What the hell do you do there anyway?"
She takes tennis lessons
Sometimes I have this theory that my conscious is just a plain sarcastic bitch.
Its not even nice to me most of them time.
Alex shoots him a glare but doesn't even answer as she drags herself through the stores making a few people drop their bags of whatever they were holding.
Cody and I just decided to check Forever 21 till Alex comes back when my phone started buzzing.
Unknown: The plan has been changed, He wants to meet you at the place. Meet me in your driveway.
I put my phone back in my pocket not bothering to scroll down to check the sender cause I already knew who it exactly was.
"Hey cody?"
He hummed an inaudible response as he checked out the cologne section so I just continued.
"Can you tell Alex that I had to go? Something just turned up."
He instantly dropped the shirt that he just grabbed and narrowed his eyes at me, "Where are you going? It's late to go anywhere else now."
"Ace can't come to his shift tonight cause he's sick so he texted me to cover for him."
He nodded before picking up another shirt, "Do you want me to pick you up after your done?"
I shook my head, "No it's fine I can take the bus."
He gives me a nod before telling me to just text him when I get there.
I checked the time on my phone and was just about to head out of the door when he called out for me again.
I slowly turned around and started panicking inwardly thinking that he figured out my lie.
"Do you think these jeans make my butt look fat?" He asked flicking his butt to me a little in what seemed like a nonchalant pose.
"What?"
He shrugged, "I couldn't decide on what to wear this morning, I didn't like this jeans but it really went well with my white shirt which had a nice contrast with my eyes and-"
I cut him off from his ramble by putting a hand feeling my youth and time slip by me as we speak, "Its fine cody"
He looked hesitant for a moment but decided to drop it.
"Why are you so stressed out about what you're wearing anyways?"
"You know for my Dat- I mean hang out with Alex."
I gave him a look as to say 'I'm not buying any of that', "Yeah sure"
I finnaly exited the store only to bump in to the nearby ice cream parlour when I see Alex rounding the stores looking for us.
I looked down to see a scoop of icecream of one of the customers plopped on the ground and I fought the urge to have a moment of silence to mourn over the lost icecream.
Melt in peace
I noticed that Alex's attention amazingly a Nacho Bar and I immediately took the chance to walk right past her.
I do a victory cheer inside my head when I make it out to the parking lot but immediately paused when I'm reminded that my ride was still in the Mall.
So I took my phone out again to text him to come pick me up instead.
Noah arrived and parked beside me after an exact ten minutes and just gave me a nod to get in to the car.
I oblige and open the door to the passenger seat.
I immediately looked up at him expectantly after I took a seat and he just shrugged before starting the engine.
"He'll tell you everything when we get there" he states starting to drive abruptly fast even for me after he pulled over.
I look through the window but everything seemed like a blur to even see.
The traffic lights flashes from orange to red and he comes to an abrupt stop making me loose my balance and heave forward. My jaw would've probably been crushed if I haven't been caught by the seatbelt.
"Would you slow down?" I exclaim glaring at him.
That sounded so wrong coming from me.
I notice the tight grip his holding on the hand break and realise that he's been quite through the whole ride.
"You alright?"He asks glancing me a little while still trying to keep his eyes on the road.
I nod and cross my legs over the other accidentally hitting the little compartment.
"Hey be careful with my baby or your walking."
I rolled my eyes and the deja vu of that immediately hit me when I remembered Alex always saying that about her bike when we were little.
The traffic light flashes green and he gives me a smirk before pressing down on the gas zooming through the street making the surrounding blurry yet again.
Asshole
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We reach a huge gate after a few minutes and I pant at shock that we're still alive.
I frantically fiddle on my seatbelt and almost trip when I step out of the car.
I turn around and find Noah behind me with a huge grin on his face.
"You're an Airhead!"I scream at him as I recall the number of times we almost ran over some cabs.
"You should really thank me chloe" He say crossing his arms, "That messed up hair look really fits you"
Chloe?
"Its Zoe, Asshole"
"What ever Holly, your blocking the way" He says pushing past me.
I was comprehending over running him over with his own car when I looked up at the gate and noticed that it was the same gate of that place of the mansion I was held in not a week long ago.
I feel beyond stupid to be back to this place again and not mention with my own accord.
I gulp when I see two huge guards over the main entrance looking stone head as they glance over me.
I make my way through past the guards avoiding eye contact with them and take a few turns before I find a room which looks like the one I was called over last time.
I knock a few times and open the door when I don't hear a response only to be met with the boss himself sitting at the desk at side of the room.
"Sit down" He orders and I close the door slightly behind me incase I decide to make a run for it.
I sit on the chair across from him without a word and look at him expectantly.
"Since the date of your departure is rescheduled early, you'll have to go through the plan as soon as possible" He says holding an intimidating gaze on me.
"Your gonna accompany Noah to deliver a package to Mexico tomorrow. You don't need to know what the package is or any other possible details. your part is as the another lead is just to convince and gain their trust."
Great. Sounds like rainbows and unicorns
"And how do I even gain their trust?" I ask crossing my arms exasperated.
"You'll have to figure that out yourself. Anything you would need would be provided to you in the Airport so you don't need to bring anything, Just get there by the next morning."
It takes me all I got not to glare at him or throw a tantrum so I just leave the room flustered before I make my situation worse.
I hold a tight grip on my bag and stroll out of the halls and through the gate feeling my vision blur.
I feel the panic rise in me when I felt nauseous and my heart pounding painfully.
No this can't be happening here.
I closed my eyes and leaned on a corner of a wall to focus on my breathing to get air in my clogged lungs just like how my Doctor thought me.
I sighed in relief when my breathing evened out and opened my eyes to observe where I am.
I got off of the wall I was leaning on and tried to take a peek of the gate only to realise that I've already walked a few blocks afar from it without realising.
I adjusted the strap of the bag on my shoulder and continued to walk on the side walks.
I've considered going to the police station but I've seen one of his guys slip something through my phone that night.
Eventhough I got a new phone after that I can't guarantee I'm not being tracked or possibly followed.
And the cops aren't really fond of me either after a couple of too much encounters with me for some particular reasons.
My phone starts to vibrate in my Bag making me stop in my tracks of thoughts
I fish out my phone from my bag and suck in a breath when I see its Alex.
Well it had been a good seventeen years.
Not really
"Heyy Alex", I say dragging the first word longer than necessary.
"Zoe! where the hell are you!? I can't believe you just left" She immediately shouts through the line making me flinch.
"I'm really sorry Al but something came up"
"Is everything alright?" She asks quietly her tone completely changing to concern.
"Every thing is fine, I'll tell you about it when I get back."
"Fine"
"How was your date?"I ask my tone slightly changing to mockery.
"It wasn't a date."
"Yeah sure, How was it anyways?"
I hear her sigh exasperatedly before starting her ramble, "It was horrible zow. I made a complete fool of myself"
"Yeah, no kidding"
"Thank you for your yet again continuous emotional support."
"Always."
"Let's face it Zoe after thirty years we'll live in a small appartment with 60 cats together."
"Hey!, why is my life ruined?"
"Because your my bestie and it's a must to do everything together"she explains in a duh tone.
"I really don't have time for your life sucking predictions Al" I say with a snicker.
"I'm going to Alabama tomorrow so I'll call you then."
"Your visiting your Grandma?"
"Yep."
"But you've never visited your mother's family before ever since-"
I cut her off immediately "Yeah, she called me saying that Grandpa was being a pain in the butt or sth" sorry Pops.
"Ok just call me when you get there."
I nod my head then I realise that she can't see me so I just replied a quick ok before I hang up.
I looked around at the nearby bus stop and realise that there's not any coming so I decide to go back to the Mansion remembering that I saw another bus stop near there.
I was almost halfway across the road when I heard a screeching wheel on the road up close to me.
I glance to my right and see a motorbike heading straight towards me.
My eyes widen and I try to move away but I can't, it's like my feet are stuck to the ground.
I closed my eyes too afraid to see whats coming next but nothing happened.
I opened my eyes cautiously and I see green eyes staring back at me.
My heart was beating frantically that I was afraid it was gonna stop at some point from the near marathon it face tody and that's when I realized I was already on the sidewalk with Noah holding my waist tightly.
I let out a breath and wrap my arms around him.
"Thank you." I say quietly surprised that I managed to find my voice.
"You should be more careful" He whispers back exasperatedly."I swear I'm gonna kill you myself if you don't."
I chuckled at how ironic that sounded and took a step back from him when I realise we've been standing in the middle of the street for awhile.
"Come on I'll give you a ride"