Atlas High

Chapter 3-The Plan

 Leo Thompson Point of View

    As I unlock my 2018 Viper ACR I drop the grocery bags into the trunk of my car. Moving over to the driver side I stop mid step when I hear a faint sniffle. Looking around I try to find the person when I notice a car parked a few spots away from me. Moving past the families in the lot I make a b line for the car. From where I was parked I could only make out a few details about the car like the first few letters of the license plate or that it looked like a Mustang. As I approached the car two things became clear. One being I was right about the car,, it is a Mustang GT 0-60. The second thing was the driver was definitely not well. 

    Taking a deep breath I make my way to the driver side and knock on the window which gets the driver attention. It is now that I can tell the driver is a girl. Who looks around my age maybe a year or so younger then me. She quickly tries to wipe away her tears as she partially rolls down the window. The tear stains on her cheeks, a bright red nose tip, and the puffiness around her eyes has me at a loss for words and air. It took some time and a lot of convincing for her to trust me enough to talk to me. We walk out of the lot and down the street where we see a cozy café, a perfect location if there were to be one for this situation. 

    As the both of us sit down at the first available table in the outdoor patio we are soon greeted by a friendly freckled covered brunette waitress. She quickly says the usual hello and ask us what we would like to order. In a polite voice I tell her our order of two cups of chamomile tea, oatmeal cookies, and a blueberry muffin. Sitting in front of this complete stranger I patiently wait for her to say a word to me or do something if I am being honestly. But with the little bit I got to tell me I know there is a lot more to the story. Debating if I should push or wait a bit a familiar ringtone rings out. 

            Holding up a finger to her I quickly answer his call. “Hey, where are you? Neverminded that there are these three guys looking for you," Hunters quickly says to me. 

            "Well..." I begin to say but I know most likely my best friend is not listening to me and instead is planning my painful death. The more I tell him the more I know I am getting on his nerves. "I wanted to be neighborly so I offered to help them move in. They are actually going to join our school and are in our grade. Anyway, I should be back in time to help out but could you help out? Consider this as a payment for the last time." 

            "Okay, then we are even Leo. Next time if you are going to be neighborly don't," Hunter says to me. With that, he ends the call. Looking back at her it seems she's ready to talk to me which is surprising. 

            "It's been rough the last few months...I guess that is life huh?"

            Shaking my head side to side I look straight in her eyes before responding to her comment. "Life is a lot of different things or stuff wrapped up into one amazingly confusing painful gift. It can be filled with moments of great pain that test our strength within ourselves. It can be filled with moments of great joy that takes your breath away without even trying," I say letting out a breathy laugh before continuing on.  

            "Throughout there will be moments were you are confused or experience what many refer to as 'grey noise.' Both do the same thing which is busying your life with trivial stuff and clouding your brain. It is up to you to create the fragile balance between them." With the last word coming out of my mouth I could not help myself but remember all of my painful, joyous, and confusing moments. All of them having one or more to do with her which does not surprise me consider what had happened. Coming back to her I see her give me a small smile which helps me feel better before I have to check my phone. Looking back up to her I say, "I'm so sorry but I gotta go before my friend executes his plan of killing but, before I leave you here is my number. Call, text, or even facetime just do something with it okay? I’m Leo by the way." He says before handing me a piece of paper. 

            "Why are you so nice to a stranger Leo?" 

            Before I could stop my body from reacting to her harmless question I go stiff as the trees that surround us. With my new found willpower I force my body to relax before responding to her. "You remind me of someone from my past. Someone who tested all of my strength," I whisper the last part to myself. I unconsciously move my finger to trace my tattoo on my forearm that is out of sight for her.  A reminder of the time I shared with her. A time where all I felt was pain, grief, and turmoil on a daily basis. 

            “Thank you, Leo, for listening to me. I’ll call you soon,” she says as she squeezes my hand. I nod still lost in though. Images of her flood my mind which has my heart squeeze painfully with every memory. 

    I am not sure how long I stayed behind after she had left me. All I know was that it was long enough for me to start to see flashes of her. How she styled her short platinum hair to frame around her oval face. Her strangely unique grey eyes perfectly suited her fair skin. It had surprised me how her eyes always held mischief and how her plump baby pink lips were in a smirk. It helped with her manipulative behavior and calculated moves. Maggie, even her name makes my body stiffen. Opening up my eyes I start to trace my tattoo that I had gotten done soon after the incident. 

    The first rose was a blood red color with shading around the petals and stem to add contrast. The second rose was a lighter shade of red with petals falling off. For the final rose looked completely dead with dried petals surrounding it.  Letting out a sigh he starts the car and heads to his house. 

Hunter Young Point of View

    Now that I finished helping Jack's and Leo's neighbors move into their homes I lazily make my way to their house. I grab the spear key from my pocket and go ahead and unlock the door. As I enter the house I quickly deactivate their alarm system. Heading for the grand stair case that leads to the second floor where most of the bedrooms are located. Pulling out my phone I check in with my parents, open emails, and then open up my favorite app, snapchat. 

    I see I have gotten snaps from David, Emily, Kyle, Trevor, Melody, and about five more people. Opening the snap I got from Melody that is about five minutes old I get a pleasant surprise. I bite my lip knowing exactly where this is going and exactly how this is going to end. She poses in front of her bedroom floor length mirror in skin tight red lace bodysuit lingered. She has her right arm below her chest which pushes it up to showcase her cleavage. Her left hand holding the phone which gives a great view to her bear legs and red 6 inch high heels. 

    By this point I am already in the guest bathroom that I use when I stay over here. It is like my second home considering how much time I hang out with Leo and Jack. I go ahead and decide to mess around with her before taking a shower. Holding down the red button I get close to the window where I huskily whisper the next line. "Ooh Melody what am I going to do with you, hm?" I sent the snap and wait for her to reply to me and soon enough she does.  

             She snaps back with a teasing video of her slowly pulling down the thin straps of her lace bodysuit. Slowly she starts to sway her hips in a circular motion going up and down while looking in the camera. She zooms in before saying, "what are you waiting for honey?"

    I chuckle when I hear that and decide to join her. I pull my shirt over my head and move to pull down my shorts. I move my hand to rub against my clothed c**k as it grows in size and hardness. I let out a loud groan when I picture her kneeling down in front of me waiting for me to let her touch me. It doesn't take long before we snap each other of me groaning as I jacked off while she sends one of her on her bed pleasuring herself with a bright pink vibrator. By the end I c*m in my hands and set into the shower where I let the water relax my muscles. 

                    10 minutes later

    Rummaging through their pantry I move around the plethora of food choices until I see something I like. Grabbing a bag of Doritos and flaming Hot Cheetos I head to the living room. On my way to the room I stop mid step when I hear the engine of car. Thinking it is Leo's I go the closes window. Instead of seeing Leo and his 2018 Viper ACR I see a Mustang GT 0-60. It wasn't until the driver of the car got out that I felt my breath hitch. I notice how she makes her way inside the house I was at earlier. Could she be their sister that Leo was talking about? Or a friend they could have had here? I couldn't help but feel jealous and extremely upset at the idea of her being alone with them.

    The questions going through my head come to a stop when I felt someone squeeze my shoulder. Instincts taking over I elbow the person which has them hunch over. As I turn around I get a good look at the person who happens to be Leo. 

            "Ugh, dude why did you hit me?" Leo says while groaning from the pain I caused him. 

            "Why would you try and sneak up on me?" I asked instead of answering his question.

            "Well maybe if you weren't so busy staring at whoever you were you would have noticed my car, me opening the door, and calling out your name," Leo says with attitude. "Plus this is my house idiot." 

            "I was staring at the car, not the girl Leo," I say with broadness to his comment. 

            "I never mentioned a girl Hunter," Leo says with mischief as he wiggles his eyebrows. "Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for your help with the neighbors when I was away." 

            "Yeah, no problem but now you owe me," I say seeing the perfect opportunity to meet the angel I saw a moment ago. 

            "Fine. But, I am not going to pretend to be your grandmother again or wear that hideous dress, okay?" Leo says. 

            "I promise. Actually I don't promise but for this favor, you don't have to pretend to be a grandmother," I say trying my best not to laugh as the memory comes back to me. 

     Leo just stares at me with seeing no humor as to what happened years ago. The short version of the story is that Leo lost a bet with Jack. Jack forced him to wear a lacy dress he founds god knows where for his date he had with some girl. Let's just say Leo didn't get any for a while as photos of him circulated our high school. I was brought back to reality by Leo snapping his fingers in front of my face. 

            "Hunter, where did you go? You zoned out on me."

            "Yeah sorry I was just remembering something. Anyway, you ready to help me out?