"Why do you have a picture of Nicole?" Marcus looked at Jack, "do you know her?"said Marcus?
"Ofcourse I do; why and you know, I know her, be straight with me why are you here and why are you acting so strange."
Marcus looked around, "me acting strange?" You are the one who is acting all weird, I don't have time for this I have to go."
"But Marcus?" Jack grabbed his arm, "why are you running?" Marcus looked at Jack and pulled away, "let me go before you get hurt."
Jack opened his hand, " I am just looking for answers, relax man"
Marcus shook his head, " you looking for answers?" Marcus face started to turn red. "Maybe the answers to are looking for is right there in the mirror."
Jack frowned, "can you stop speaking in riddles and be straight up?"
"Straightup? Sure Jack, perhaps you should be out there looking for your sister than standing here interrogating me.
Marcus walked off, as Jack stood there, " what does he even mean."
Jack turned and took the escalator down, while going the escalator he saw Claire she was by the ice cream machine, she looked up at him, and let out a faint smile.
She stepped out into the light, that girl with the blond hair, a thousand shades of gold that made new mosaics each moment in the warm summer air. I guess from afar you could say her soft curls were the colour of rich cream, but up close it was a chorus of hues. The emotion in her eyes was fathoms deep, yet they carried the warmth and life of the sunlit surface. They had a thousand hues of blue and a small touch of hazel radiating in softly swooping arcs.
"She smiled and fluttered her eyebrows. He felt his heart quiver." He never had the guts to ask her out, when he was around her alone he was speechless, he nervously scratched in his pocket searching for his phone as a escape mechanism to avoid awkward, but it was to late.
He had reached the bottom of the escalator, and she was standing right there at the bottom.
"Hey Jack you again." She leaned over and hugged him, as he akwardly stood there like a frozen statue, not sure what to say.
"Hey? How are you?" He responded. "
"Dude why are you so stiff? What is wrong with you?" Nothing, what must be wrong, i mean we are just both here talking , hanging out getting to know eachother. He scratched his head, he had never been alone with her. This is the first time.
"Chill, we friends, what are you up to?"
"Nothing, just the usual window." Before he could complete the sentence, Max came from behind, he was a popular guy on the school, charming had a wealthy family.
"Sup Jack in the Box."
He playfully punched Jack on the shoulder, "are you trying to take my girl?" He kept a serious face until he noticed how awkward Jack was.
"Im kidding man." He placed his arm around Claires neck, "have you heard anything of that girl."
"What girl?" Jack lifted his right eyebrow.
"Whats her name Nicole."
"Omg, you means she is still missing her poor parents must be devastated, thats probably why her brother is back from london."
"No, i haven,t heard anything but they suspect the worst has happened to her."
Jack thought for a moment, she never mentioned she had a brother, " and how does Claire of all people know him?" She was popular, and had in on the latest gossips, but Nicole? Claire? Her brother? There must be a piece of the puzzle he is missing.
"Say man, are you here alone?I mean you could hang out with the rest of the crew we going bowling." before Jack could say Respond, "Yes, Jack will join."
Claire looked at Jack with her ocean blue eyes as she bit her curved lip, sandwiching it between her canines, letting out a smile.
How could he say no to someone so beautiful, her Amazonian figure sat well on her wafer-thin body.
Her crescent shaped eyebrows inclined slightly "you are okay going with us right Jack, i mean it would be great having you there."
"Lets go guys." Said Max slapping her butt, as they walkws there way to the bowling Alley Claire decided to walk with Jack who was walking in the back, they were a group of five, and they all knew eachother, but would never have expected Jack to be joining them.
Max walked with Claires best friend, Melanie.
Melanie had black her light skin, and she was initally from Netherlands, she had relocated she had a perfect shape body, she had long black
black hair and wore a black bikers Jacket. She had a strong personality, and got well along with anyone. When she laughed she laughed loud.
People loved her because she was not stuck up and with her it was a matter of what you see is what you get. When she broke into a smile, her beguiling, oyster-white teeth lit up the room. It could jolt you like an electric current when that megawatt smile gave you her full attention. Filed to perfection, her Venus-red fingernails ran through her nougat-brown hair. Spools of it plunged around her photogenic face and hid a swan's neck, elegant and smooth. Everyone loved her nebulous, Eden-green eyes which were a-sparkle with the 'joie de vivre'. They were like two beryl-green jewels melted onto snow.
Her calamine-pink lips tasted like rose petals. It surprised Claire that they were plump and botox-boosted as she had a demure, timorous personality.
Claire was secretly Jealous on how Melanie looked, but Melanie was to confident to notice Claires Jealousy. Even though they were best friends.
Claire looked at Jack and smiled, " why are you ways this serious dude."
Jack smiled, "me serious never, people aren't always what they seem so I just pick my company more carefully than others do."
Claire was surprised at Jacks response, Claire stared at Jacks red lips as he spoke his perfect eyebrows, and his smile. "So Jack how is your sister doing?"
"Why am I starting at his lips." She asked herself, there is something about him that makes him appear mysterious and daring, he walked confidently. "Well my sister is at campus, she is doing well thank you for asking Claire, he replied in a thick stern voice."
"Do you come here often?" She found herself staring again, " shit what am I doing I have a boyfriend."
Claire? " Yes sorry what is it you were saying my mind is elsewhere." Jack let out a smile, "It's okay, I was asking if you come here often?" A guy walked pass and bumped against Max, "watch where you walking asshole."
The guy retaliated taking out a knife with a eleven-inch blade.
"What did you just call me he walked up to Max." he was a few inches taller than max as Max backed up, "Chill man I was just saying watch where you walking."
Melanie jumped in front of Max, pushing the guy with the blade and two men came from.out of nowhere holding knives they all had hoodies and carried unfamiliar tattoos.
"What you having your girl standing up for you now." the two men moved in closer "security help over here." Melanie shouted, but there was no security.
Claire jumped in, "listen can we please go our own ways, we aren't looking for trouble."
"Well trouble found you." He pushed Claire to the ground as the ground started to gather around them Max jumped in as the guy punched Max so hard to the face he fell flat down to the ground.
Jack, became angry, they had just hurt Claire, he jumped in and grabbed the guy by the chest kicked him to the ball and used his elbow knocking the guys teeth out of his mouth as he fell.to the ground the other two men Jumped in and tried to grab Jack by the arms, but Jacks reflex was to fast, he pulled away pulled out a 9mm colt, standing in front of Claire Protecting her, "enough now boys."
He looked them in the eye. Standing sideways with his gun out the crowd, ran off when seeing the gun.
"Jack put that thing away." Claire screamed looking around, "yeah put it away Jack" replies the thug, Jack then hit the thug in the face with the back of the gun and kicked the other one on the ground, blood was over the tiles. The thugs realizing what they up against put away there knives and dragged each other out of the mall.
All Claire's friends stood there watching Jack. His anger had blinded him. He looked at his hands with there blood on and put away his gun, "I am sorry, I have to go." Jack wait, said Claire, he kept on walking as Claire was about to run after him. "Claire where are you going?" Said Max laying on the ground with a bloody nose.
Claire looked back, as Jack stopped turned around and smiled. It's okay Claire im okay.