Lola woke up groaning, her head was hurting and it felt like it was burning.

Her mind played the last events over and over in her head until she realised what was going on.

"Lola"

She looked up and saw Haley looking over at her. Her eyes widened when she realised that she was tied up in a chair along with Jamal.

"What the-" Lola began to scream

"Lola shush" Jamal said scrunching up his eyebrows. "Do you really think that's gonna help?"

Lola shut up straight away. Even though he was tied up, Jamal looked like he was about to get up and hit her.

"What's going on?" She whispered after a few minutes.

"They're probably putting us up for ransom or something?"

"Why?" Lola asked. "What did you guys do?"

Jamal played with his tongue in his mouth before answering. "We were late to providing some stuff for him. Drugs and shit"

"Does your dad know you guys do that?" Lola asked.

Jamal chuckled "He's the one that runs this shit"

"So how are we gonna get out?" Haley asked. "We can't just sit around."

"If we start tryna escape, there's a good chance they'll catch us" Jamal spoke. "We've gotta figure out how they plan to deal with us, what times they come in. How many of them there are. Where we are in the first place" Jamal sighed.

"And they got guns" Lola said. She started tearing up and shit her eyes tightly. "What are we gonna do Jamal?"

***

"Stop looking over your shoulder so much" Luke slapped Mika's shoulder. "You're gonna make me paranoid too"

"Where are we going?"

"Michael's house" Luke replied quickly. It was 5:34pm and they were pretty sure they were being followed. They had been to Mika's house to get some stuff quickly and left in case they had seen her. They both had left their phones and so Mika left a note for her dad.

"Are you even sure they're gonna come after me?" Mika asked.

"You left your shoes at my house" Luke said turning the corner into a street.

"I know"Mika sighed. She had cried dramatically about hitting her toe on the curb as they walked to her house meaning that Luke had given her his shoes.

"They're not that smart though, are they? They might think it's your moms" Mika suggested.

"Yeah because they'll totally believe my mum wears Jordan's" Luke said sarcastically.

"Whatever" Mika said. Luke knocked on Michael's door.

"Yo, I've been calling you guys all day" Michael said as they walked past him into the house.

"Are you guys okay?" He asked. Suddenly, Shamika just dropped her bags and gave him a big hug. "I know we always fight but I love you guys" she said crying. She they'll grabbed Luke and pulled him into a hug too.

"What happened?" Michael asked as Mika cried.

"They took Lola and Haley and Jamal and Chris." Shamika stuttered.

"What are you on about?"

"DJ came back" Luke said rubbing Shamikas back. She pushed past them and went into his bathroom.

"Wait, What? What does she mean they took Lola?" Michael said speaking loudly.

"Michael!" His mom called. "Why are you yelling down the walls in my house?"

She walked down the stairs. "Oh hi Luke" she smiled giving him a hug.

"And who's that girl crying in my bathroom" she asked crossing her arms "you cheating on Lola?"

"That's her cousin" Luke chuckled slightly.

"Why's she crying then?"

"Some people took-"

"Her bag and she's gonna get into trouble with her dad."  Luke interrupted pinching Michael.

"Oh, did y'all call the police?"

"Yup" Luke nodded.

"Alright. Take care Luke" she said walking back up the stairs. She watched Shamika go back down the stairs and shook her head.

"Why didn't you let me tell my mom?" Michael said pushing Luke's shoulder.

"And get her involved with DJ? Hell no" Luke said. "I like your mum and she doesn't need to get involved.

"Why're you guys here then?" He asked.

"I need somewhere to crash, and Mika needs a ride to Thomas' house" Luke smiled.

"Okay" Michael sighed. "But what are we gonna do about Haley and Lola?"

"I don't know, I need to call my dad too"

Michael slid his phone into Luke's hand.

"I got you"

He grabbed Shamikas bags and put them in his car then took Luke's bag upstairs into his room.

"Chris is at the house still" Luke told Michael when he walked back into the living room. Shamika was laying on her back staring at the ceiling.

" I thought you guys said they took him too."

"I guess not" Luke said.

"What are you gonna do?" Michael asked.

"My parents are gonna stay at a family members house, but I don't know what to do" Luke said. He looked more stressed and his eyes were going red with fatigue.

"They took Haley bro" he said, his voice started cracking slightly.

***

Lola sat absolutely still when the door creaked open.

So far, she had noticed that they were in some type of house by the marks on the floor suggesting there used to be a bed. And the window that was covered up looked more like a bedroom window than a normal buildings window.

They had been sitting there for about 5 hours and the door was now opening up.

She had expected DJ to walk in but instead two other guys walked in. Jeremiah and Loco.

"Boss said we should separate you, incase you wanna try something" Loco snarled eyeing Lola.

Jeremiah approached Jamal with a knife and Loco cocked his gun before aiming it at him.

"Wait why are you doing?" Lola asked jumping up and down in her seat trying to get free.

Jeremiah cut his ropes off. "Try anything and he'll shoot" he threatened.

Jamal stood up and Jeremiah pushed him towards the door. And then there were two.

"What are we gonna do Lola?" Haley spoke. Her voice was quiet and scared and sounded as if she had a blocked nose. Lola turned to face her and realised she had been crying.

"I don't know Haley." Lola said. She moved her arms around trying to get her arms free but the rope hurt her wrists.

"Do you think you could untie me?" Lola asked. She sat up straight when she heard someone by the door.

Haley heard it too despite being all the way on the other side of the room. Lola was closest to the door and Jamal had been next to Haley by a boarded up window.

The door opened quietly and a tall white boy with light brown hair walked in. He had a piercing on his left ear and wore grey sweatpants and a white tee.

"I got you guys some food." He said showing his grills.

Lola and Haley didn't say anything. They just stared at him. He wore glasses on his face and held a tray containing pot noodles.

"What? No one taught you guys any manners" he joked.

"Thanks" Haley mumbled.

"Wow, tough crowd" he chuckled awkwardly.

Lola rolled her eyes and his smile disappeared instantly.

"Look I know y'all don't wanna be here. But I'm trying to be nice here. DJ doesn't even wanna feed you guys so I went out and bought y'all food" he said eyeing Lola.

She looked up. "Thank you. But you could probably see why I'm not in a talkative mood" she said shuffling. His eyes lit up again and he put the tray down. He put his glasses on his shirt and bent down behind Lola.

"If you try anything I won't hesitate to hit you" he said. "I don't wanna hurt you guys but I'd rather hurt you then get killed by DJ"

Lola nodded.

Haley watched as he untied Lola's rope. When he stood back up she noticed the outline of a gun in his pants.

"Thank you" Lola said as he untied Haley.

They both sat there waiting when he had untied them.

"You can get your food" he said he stuttered slightly before speaking again "just sit back down again"

They did as he asked and ate silently.

"I'm Levi by the way"

"Do you know how long we're gonna be here for?" Haley asked ignoring his attempt at polite conversation.

"Until Jamie pays what he owes"

"And how much is that?" Lola asked.

"Half a mil" Levi said.

"All this for half a mil?!" Haley said.

"I know for definite it's more than that though because you girls showed up. And he thinks that Jamal was being disrespectful"

"What is with him and girls?" Lola asked.

"He had a girl he knew forever and they were tight. She got caught doing something for him and so she got a deal with the cops. If she snitched on Dj then she would get a reduced sentence or nothing if they caught him with something major. But Dj caught her trying to take some recording of a meeting and so he got her brother sent to prison for killing someone he killed. She's probably in prison now for not keeping her end. But she knew if she went through with it he could get her brother killed in prison."

"Wow" was all that Haley could say.

"That's some petty ass shit" Lola tutted slurping on her noodles. Levi chuckled a little making Lola smile.

"I'm Lola"

"I'm Haley" Haley smiled over at him. He was still stood by the door suggesting he either didn't trust them or was scared someone was gonna walk in and find them untied.

"How long do YOU think we'll be here for?" Lola asked.

Levi hesitated and just went with a shrug.

"How old are you guys even?" He asked taking the pots off of them when they had finished.

"17"

"18"

"You guys gotta be careful. You're vulnerable here" he said.

"Wait are you going?" Lola asked.

"If I stay here any longer I'll end up helping you out. You've never seen a movie like that before." Lola just held a small smile on her face. "If I help I'll get killed" he said as though he was making up excuses. "I'll come back" he reassured them despite them not asking.

He tied them up tightly and rearranged the chairs so they could see each other more easily but they were further apart.

He opened the door and picked up the tray with the forks and empty plastic pots. Haley glimpsed through the door a figure of a male.

"They sleep yet?" Was all she heard before she passed out.

***

Michael and Shamika drove in silence to Thomas' house.

She had made plans to see him later that day and was hoping he would take her in.

"Do you wanna talk about what happened?" Michael asked.

"Not really" She replied bluntly. She winced when she realised how harsh she sounded and looked over to Michael who had his eyes fixed on the roads.

He looked concerned or worried and seemed to be playing thought over in his head.

"They won't hurt her, them. I mean what could they possibly gain from that?" Mika asked herself more than him.

Michael didn't reply and so Mika went back to looking out the window.

After a few minutes, Mika was taking her bags out of the boot and walking up Thomas and Khloe's steps. He opened the door before she got there and smiled.

"Hey" she smiled. She looked back at Michael who stood by his car. He waved at Thomas from afar.

"Hold on" she dropped her bags and went back to the car.

She hugged Michael tightly unexpectedly, his arms lingered by his sides till he hugged her back tightly.  

"Tell Luke's stupid ass dad to fix this" Mika said.

"I'll make sure of it" he said before leaving in his mum's car.

Thomas took one of her bags for her into the living room.

"Why do you have your bags?"
He asked chuckling awkwardly.

"I was hoping I could stay here a bit" she blinked. "Something happened"

She began to explain the situation and Thomas held her as she cried about Lola and how so much stuff was going on.

***
02:43AM

Haley was the first to wake up. Her bottom lip quivered as she realised where she was. She was no longer in the same room as Lola and was now in a tiny room with a tattered mattress. A thin blanket hung off her legs as if they had just thrown it on her, clearly they didn't care. She sat up and sighed when she realised her head was banging.

She stood up and moved towards the door slowly. She just wanted to go home and be with her parents.

She held onto the door handle and twisted it downwards slowly until she felt it free open, she pulled it open quietly and saw a figure slouched over on a chair. His head bobbed up and down a little suggesting he was sleeping.

She took a step out of the room and heard the floorboard click beneath her, she held her breath and took another step quietly. She tip toed around the guy quickly and quietly trying not to fall or touch him since the corridor was slightly narrow.

Once she got around him, she tip toed to the end of the hall where she found a staircase. She could hear people having sex in the room by the stairs and she thanked God that they were louder than her walking down the stairs. She heard a few voices down the stairs and hesitated. Would she risk it and go downstairs or find another way out?

She decided against going downstairs and headed back upstairs quietly. She attempted to open several doors on the floor she was on and failed several times. She went back to the top of the stairs and began to cry again. Everything just seemed wrong and she didn't like the consent fear of being caught that lingered in her chest.

She finally decided to take a step downstairs.

"I'm not losing another one of you guys?" Someone said grabbing her arm and dragging her back upstairs. She screamed and started crying drastically.

"Yo, I'm not gonna hurt you, chill out with alla the screaming" Loco said pushing her into the room.

"Why can't you just let me go?"

"Boss' order sweetheart" he grinned.

She pulled her knees up to her chest and cried. Loco sighed and shut the door behind him.

"Look, you'll get out eventually. Boss ain't too keen on killing innocents. He just needs leverage"

Haley looked up at him, her cheeks were red and her eyes puffy.

He kneeled down besides her and looked her in the eyes, she noticed that they were a green hazel colour. They went well with his light skin tone and curly hair. He wiped the tears of her face softly with his thumbs, she winced at his touch.

"Who's the other girl you guys were with?" he asked.

"What girl?"Haley asked. And just like the white guy before, he switched and sulked when he didn't give him the response he wanted.

"Just give me a name" He stood up. "We can't have no other girl out there snitching, if anything you would get shot along with your friend and Jamal if she was to say shit about what happened?"

"But she would never do that, she's not stupid"

"So there is another friend"

"We both knew there was another friend" Haley mumbled.

"So do I get a name?" 

Haley glared at him then looked back down at her shoes. After a few seconds she heard his footsteps accelerate and he was approaching her rapidly, his nose flaring angrily.

"I want a name chica"

Haley crawled backwards until she hit the wall.

"Mika" she covered her face before he could hit her.

***

Jeremiah sat on his phone scrolling through Jamal's Instagram, he couldn't find this Mika girl that Loco had said her name was and so was looking for anyone else.

When he didn't, he clicked on a post with Chris and Jamal then went onto Chris' page which mostly had pictures of scenery and every so often himself. He went onto his following list and searched up Mika too but couldn't find her. So he went back onto Jamal's page and found Luke. On Luke's page he had several pictures with himself and the light skinned girl they had taken. He learnt that her name was Haley and chuckled. 'That's why she was there' he thought.

He clicked on a group photo and saw Luke with Haley, the other girl they had taken (Lola) , a boy wearing a drug had his arm around her and they were all smiling. They were all tagged so he went onto Haley's page and cursed when he saw that she was private. He then clicked onto Lola's page but saw only one picture with the girl they were looking for and she wasn't tagged. He rolled his eyes and returned to the ground picture with the two couple's. He noticed a laughing emoji by Luke's @ in the comment section and clicked on the comments.

@babymika - so no one's gonna compliment my photography skills

@Lukeforpresident - it's my face that made the picture better tbh

Jeremiah immediately clicked onto Shamika's profile and looked over her picture's. He found several spots that she seemed to post at consistently and noticed a boy that had recently been commenting underneath her posts. Thomas.

***

Mika giggled as Thomas danced in front of her, he wasn't bad to be honest.

"Come on, you gotta bust a move for me" Thomas held his hand out. she smirked and too his hand.

"To be honest, I think i'm the better dancer here"  Shamika boasted.

"Prove it" He crossed her arms and watched her as she danced around him. She slowed down her moves and woahed.

"oooh" he nodded his head hyping her up. Soon enough they were both hitting the same moves as How 'Bout That by Quavo played. Next on his playlist was a slow song. Mika smiled when she recognised the tune.

"You know this song?" she smiled.

"Obviously, I mean it's only because I watched the New Edition Movie" he shrugged.

"What?!" Shamika's eyes widened "You watched that?"

"Yeah it was sick" He swayed to the side and begin clicking as New Edition Can You Stand The Rain played.

"Yo this is my favourite part" Thomas said taking Mika's hand. They swayed a little until the part came up.

"Is it a duet thing or?"

"Shh sh" Thomas hushed her making her laugh "'Cause I neeEed somebo-Ah-dy, who will stand by meee. Through the good times and bad times she will always, always be right thereeeee"

Mika smiled widely as he kept on singing and swaying with her, she took her hands out of his grip and placed them on his shoulders making him naturally place his on the small of her back. Then she joined in the second time the chorus came in taking Thomas by surprise. He grinned down at her making her blush.

Then, he leaned forwards and kissed her on the lips.

"I really like you Mika"

***

FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER

Michael sat in his bed staring at the ceiling, it was probably 7 in the morning meaning he got about 3 hours of sleep since he could barely get to sleep in the first place. He kept thinking of Lola and how scared she must be. His feelings for her were ever-growing and she knew it. He had always been clear about how much he led her.

He thought about the day they had broke off from school.

(THROWBACK TO FRIDAY 14TH)

"Michael!" Lola yelled as she ran after him. He had found one of her wigs in her room when he was retrieving her phone for her and decided to make a show of it. He stood at the other end of her garden with her straight lace wig on and flicked the hair over his shoulders.

"Girl, whet? You keep calling my name but you ain't saying nothin' " Michael stuck his hand onto his hip and spoke like a girl.

She ran towards him and he slipped past her making sure to run with his hand stuck out like he was holding a handbag

"Michael!" she yelled sprinting towards him with full force. He remembers being surprised by how fast she could run when she tried and how hard he fell when he forgot to move his feet and they landed on the floor together.

Michael groaned as he felt some pain in his upper back and looked down to Lola who was looking at him expecting a reaction of some sort. She smiled before she started laughing and rolled off of him so they were both on there backs looking at the ceiling.

"You didn't think that through did you?"Michael said.

Lola shrugged and looked over at him as did her. They smiled at each other until Michael began to sniffle. "Do you smell that?"

"The food!" Lola jumped up and ran back into the kitchen, one of her slippers fringed itself backwards as she ran.

Michael picked it up for her and sorted out the wig on his head before heading back inside.

They had eaten spaghetti Bolognese together and then made there way into the living room.

"You know how we were talking about our future?" Michael said.

"And how you were gonna name your daughter Michaela" Lola said focusing on the tv show they were watching.

"Our daughter" Michael had corrected. He noticed Lola smirk.

"Before you ay anything else"Lola said turning to face Michael fully. "I just want to say something."

Michael looked at her expectantly.

"Don't look at me like that"  she giggled nervously.

"How do you want me to look at you?" he asked.

"Can you shut your eyes?" she asked.

"Lola-"

"Please"

He did as told and felt her hands in his. he rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb and waited.

"I know you love me. You tell me all the time. Sometimes I don't believe it because you tell me so often, and I... I just didn't expect so many feelings to come from a guy, a guy like you. I guess, I always liked you. Even when I was with King, I just didn't think that it meant I liked you like you. Yanoe?"

Michael chuckled.

"Well, I just wanted to say... I love you too. And I appreciate you so much, I think maybe I always have loved you as a person and I want to say i'm falling in love with you but that would just be too cringe-"

Michael opened his eyes and watched as Lola blabbed on. He let go of her hands and kissed her hard on the mouth making her fall backwards onto the couch and Michael was on top of her kissing her deeply.

He caressed her cheek and kissed down to her neck leaving love marks on her, her breathing had escalated greatly and she felt a bulge against her inner thigh as he kissed on her collarbone.

In a sudden surge of adrenaline, Michael picked her up by the waist and slung her over his shoulder. She giggled and blushed as he brought her upstairs into her room.

She shut the door and took her shirt off, Michael smirked and began stripping down too until they were nearly naked.

Lola pulled him over to the bed with her and kissed him deeply.

"You sure you wanna do this?" He asked. He knew he wouldn't be her first be he just wanted to make sure.

She nodded eagerly and began to pull his boxers down revealing his large member.

Lola lay on his chest barely keeping awake and listened to his slow breathing which had begun to slow down. She felt his soft lips kiss her forehead before he mumbled something and she dozed off into a deep slumber.

//

Imma be making a character page with everyone's pictures and brief descriptions, partly for myself, and so you guys can see what the newer characters look like. Though tbh, I had images of the characters in my head but I can't find real life versions 😂🤷🏾‍♀️ oh well.

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