Taken || SKZ

[Chapter 39]

It had been around a week since I had been to Kara's and the boys' house, and I was still trying to figure something out.

Should I ask Gabs for information? Or would she be as stubborn as the boys.
Although, since she was close with Kara, she might just be the same as her.

So I posed the question with her at lunch.

"Hey Gabs?" I asked.
"Hm?" She asked, as she took a bite of her sandwich.
"Do you want to hang out after school? Just you and me? Y'know at the cafe you, me and Kara used to hang out at." I said.

"Oh, sure. I can come directly with you if you want. You'll have to drive me though, Seungmin drove us all to school today and they won't let me steal their car." Gabs said.
"I wonder why I wouldn't let you steal it." Seungmin narrowed his eyes.
"That was months ago when I crashed it into the mailbox! I'm a better driver now, I swear!" Gabs grumbled.

"You haven't even driven since.. Bang Chan literally took your licence away from you." Seungmin retorted.
"In her defence he did it because he thought she would hurt someone by hitting them with a car." Jisung defended.
"Excuse me, what?" I asked.

"Gabs had like this grudge against this old man who always got in the way when she used to drive to school, and one day she almost hit him. She's wanted to hit him since." Hyunjin explained casually.

"I still really want to run over his smug ass." Gabs grumbled.
"Not concerning at all.." Felix mumbled, sipping from his drink.

"But yes that's all good! I'll meet you at your car after school!" Gabs smiled.

The last period passed by quickly, and then I was driving Gabs to the cafe.
"When will Kara come back to school?" I asked, knowing Gabs should know this, saying the pair was almost inseparable.
"I don't know. She's gotten worse, and it worries the shit out of me, and the boys. Felix is a wreck over it all, the poor boy." Gabs sighed.
"Probably next term. This one's almost over though, so it's not that far away."

As we went inside and ordered, we sat down.
It was the exact same seats where me and Kara had sat weeks before, before Bang Chan whisked her away, doing who knows what.

Something was wrong, clearly.
But no one would tell me what.

"So.." I started, not really sure how to phrase my question.
"Let me guess." Gabs begun, clearing her throat.
"You don't believe what Bang Chan said, and want to ask me questions, assuming you'll get your answers, because perhaps Kara answered some of them."

I just sat there awkwardly. "Yeah, basically.."
"Well, I'm not as naive and nice as she is. A hundred bucks a question." Gabs said, her hands resting under her chin as she smirked slightly.

I was taken aback my that.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me. One hundred dollars. Per question you want an answer for." Gabs repeated.
"I don't have that kind of money." I said.
"Did you parents not leave you anything? What a shame, I suppose you won't get any answers this way." Gabs sighed, circling the rim of her glass as our drinks and food came.

"Fine let me give you a friendly discount for your first question. Fifty bucks. Does that work with you?" Gabs asked.
"Actually wait it depends on the question. Ask me if first, then I'll tell you how much you owe, based on how confidential the answer is." Gabs smirked.

"Fine.. is what Bang Chan said about Kara true?"

"That's two hundred dollars." Gabs scoffed. "Easily more."

"Fine then. Are you guys in a gang?"

"Fifty bucks for a half-assed answer, one hundred for the full story. Oh and an extra fifty for backstory." Gabs chuckled, clearly enjoying herself.