ME AND HIM ✔️

Pt.15

Rue's POV

FINALLY. Finally we were done. The bodies were disposed of, the house was clean, and my headache is gone. Surprisingly.

"Now that the house is clean, we can finally start making a plan without the smell of rot interrupting us." As soon as those words left his mouth, the whole room tensed up.

I wasn't very fond of getting myself killed, just so Nadine can find his parents who are most likely already dead. But hey, if my parents have a slight chance at being alive, I guess I wouldn't mind getting my hands a little dirty-

"Rue, come with me" Nadines voice interrupts me from my thoughts. I stand up without hesitation and follow him. He leads me up to the security room.

"What am I doing here? I thought we already watched the footage"

"We did." he addresses, he puts his hands in his pockets and looks everywhere except me.

"Then why am I here?" I ask. I rub my arm a bit and tug my bottom lip in between my teeth.

"Because I need to talk to you." He says with annoyance.

Oh ok.

I nod my head, motioning him he to continue.

"I'm leaving tonight."

What. The. Fuck.

He can't just leave. He needs to stay here. With us.

"Why are you leaving ?" I'm not worried. Not worried. Why is he about to leave a bunch of kids alone, knowing he's the only one we have close a leader, though?

Strange man.

"Scratch that. WE are leaving tonight." He corrects.

Excuse me. Who's we? It's not me, so I don't know why he's telling me this.

"Well I mean Diego , Aniyah, Kaylee, Me, Alex, and you are leaving tonight. I got a private plane, and it's flying to Russia." He forces a smile and looks at me.

Is he on crack or something? "WE are not going anywhere. I have school tomorrow."

Nadine stares at me for a minute, before he just starts laughing. He really thinks this is funny, huh?

"It's funny how you think you have a choice." his eyes turned cold once again. He was serious, "and you're really that worried about school? Wow." He rolls his eyes in amusement.

Why do I have a feeling I'm gonna end up dead, in a ditch either way. If I say no, he forces me anyway. If I say yes, things will probably go a little smoother, but in the end, it's all gonna be the same.

Say no

Say no

Say no

Fuck it.

"Fine." I huff, "but you have to take me to my house first. I need to get a few things if we're going ALL the way to Russia." I rolls my eyes and cross my arms.

He nods his head, "fine, done."

Nadine's POV

I'm glad she took the easy rout, I didn't want things to get physical... you know, wouldn't want to tire myself out.

"What about all the others?" She asks, an eyebrow raised, "Are you just gonna leave them here by themselves?"

"I have other plans that I already discussed with them." I answer her.

"And what exactly are those plans?" She takes a step forward, as if she's intimidating me.

I lean down so that I'm whispering in her ear, "Don't worry about it, Tesoro." I step back to see a flushed look on her face. Her cheeks are tinted a crimson red, going all the way up to the tip of her ears.

She blinks a few times, "whatever," she scoffs.

I chuckle at that. It's nice to see her flushed.

-

We finally make it to the airport. It took like two hours for everyone to get packed. I'm surprised we made it in time.

"So this is like, actually happening?" I hear Alex whisper.

Maybe it wasn't the best decision bringing him, but I knew Rue wouldn't agree if her brother wasn't gonna be there. I don't even know why I brought Rue.

To be honest, I already have my team put together.

Aniyah is strength.

Diego, the brains.

Kaylee, the charmer, of course.

And of course, me. All of the above.

Now that I think about it. I don't need any of them. I'd be perfectly fine on my own.

"What are we gonna do once we get to Russia?" I look to my side, to see red hair and a freckled face looking up at me.

"My family has a place up there, it was to ensure that we had eyes on our casinos." I answer briefly.

"Why do you have casinos up there?" She continues.

I look back down at her. "We have casinos in many different country's."

"Interesting." I hear her mumble. Interesting indeed.

I glance down at my phone to see a message from my pilot.

'Mr. Rossi, we are informing you that the plane is stationed outside, and is waiting for all passengers to arrive'

"Our plane is here, let's go." I start walking off, I soon hear footsteps behind me, I turn my head a bit, to see everyone else keeping a safe distance from me, but still following.

Pussies.

"Buenoasera signor, il suo volo come richiesto è oro pronto." The pilot quickly says.
[Translation: good evening sir, your flight as requested is now ready]

"Grazie." I quickly say before walking up the steps, leading into the plane.

I heard everyone else enter as I take a seat next to the window. I try to get as comfortable as possible, but something just wasn't right.

Maybe it's the reason we're on this plane. The fact that we have to go all the way to Russia, to see if our council is still alive. I don't even know why I'm doing all this to get my parents back. All they ever did was cause pain and suffering.

No.

Im not doing this for them. Im doing this for the council. Our council is missing so it is my mission to find them and bring them home.

Yea.

Lets go with that.

Everyone gets seated, sitting next to, what I'm guessing, the person of their choice. Diego, Kaylee and Aniyah sat together in the back of the plane, near the bathroom, while Alex and Rue sit towards the middle.

Aniyah and Diego stare into the screen of a phone. Each have one AirPod in.

Kaylee puts a hot pink sleeping mask that has the words "Shush" traced with rimes tones, on it.

Alex is doing his own thing, playing on his phone. And Rue is... I don't even know what she's doing. She's bouncing her knee up and down, chewing on her finger nails, taking deep breaths, in and out.

"Questo sarà un lungo volo." I mumble to myself, looking out the window.
[Translation: This is gonna be a long ride]

-Brooke ♥️