Silence in the sound

Chapter Sixteen

Mohammed complained quite a bit along the way, most of us just zoned him out, tired of his constant whining. He kept saying "allow it"?? and I have no idea why!.

We continued our travels to Busselton, all of us on edge, we could hear weed guys' muffled screeches as he tried to yell out for help.

T: Guys, what if someone hears him?

Holly turned to us back seaters  once again,

"Don't worry" She smirked.

She opened the glove box and took out a music CD. 

H: Just what we all need! Some sick beats.

TO: It better not be some of that shit Mohammed was singing in the warehouse!

H: Yeah Toby, cause I listen to deepthroat

Holly said sarcastically. 

H: We're listening to TAYLOR SWIFT!

TR: I love that! I am such a #SWIFTIE

Travis said, I could see the excitement gleaming in his eyes.

We sang along to Taylor Swift for a few hours, Holly and Toby were bopping out so much that us back seaters were worried for our safety. 

Many Taylor Swift songs later, we all arrived at Deklan's gang headquarters in Busselton.

D: Does everyone know the plan?

I looked around the car and other than Deklan and Toby, everyone seemed unsure. 

D: Oh for goodness sake! Holly and Travis, you watch our backs, Mohammed-

M: YUH
D: I was speaking!

M: Okay? Congratulations Deklan

Deklan grumbled quietly before continuing his explanation, without Mohammed interrupting him as usual.

D: As I was saying... Mohammed and Tianah, you guys will distract. Since you're on the hitlist, they will try to murder you, Tia. This works out great for us-

TI: What the f*ck excuse me!?

M: I gOt MuRdEr On My MiNd

TI: Shut up or I'll put you in the boot with weed guy. 

D: This works out great for us since they will focus on Tia and give the rest of us a chance to capture him

H: That's so badass!!!

Holly teased before continuing to bop to Taylor Swift. 

H: AND EVERYONE BELIEVES YA! WHATS THAT LIKE?
H&M&TR: IM SO SICK OF RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN. WONDERING IF ID GET THERE QUICKER IF I WAS A MAAAAAN

I covered my eyes, as the sound of Holly, Mohammed and Travis singing brought to me a vast feeling of disgust. Their voices were repulsing. 

The car ride was dreadful but it finally was over and we all hopped out of the car, one street down from the headquarters of the gang. 

Mohammed and I walked ahead of everyone else while Mohammed kept mumbling a catchy phrase to himself

M: Another day another slay, Another day another slay, Another day another slay, Another day another slay

T: Shut the fuck up

M: WOAHHH ALLOW IT

Mohammed and I both quietened down as we got closer to the headquarters.

Suddenly, we heard screaming, it was two gang men and Mohammed started running up to them and howling like a wolf aggressively!

M: IM ALPHA

Mohammed's assertiveness actually managed to scare the guys off and they ran away towards the beach, we later found out they tried to swim away!

Not far behind us were Deklan and Toby, I turned around quickly, my gaze meeting Deklan. Instantly, an array of butterflies exploded in my stomach, seeing Deklan in such a serious state, doing all of this for me, it got to me... I felt like he cared. 

Eventually we got close enough to the headquarters that Holly and Travis were sending me updates through the walkie talkies. We were all informing each other of our whereabouts. I was in absolute disbelief at the fact that Mohammed was being our brawn and scaring off all the gang members. 

We all managed to make our way into the headquarters and with so much more ease than we realised, we had managed to handcuff the leader and were walking out the front, when all of a sudden we were swarmed by cameras and paparazzi all yelling at us from different directions. 

My heart started to race, what was happening?

PAPARAZZI: CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY?!?!?!
D: Leave us alone at a time like this!

The stress started to get to me, Deklan took my waist in his arm by wrapping it around me, and gently pulled me in before the two of us walked off together, evading the cameras and ongoing chatter.

Holly and Mohammed, stayed behind, they loved the attention, meanwhile Toby and had gotten stuck waiting for them. I am so glad they were all safe, and we all got out of this okay!

Once Deklan and I were in the clear from the press and news, he sat me down and sat next to me as well.

D: We did it

T: We didn't do anything with the leader though! All we did was handcuff him.

D: The police can do the rest, I saw their cars pulling up on our way out.

I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and Deklan had made me feel so safe in that moment.

T: Thankyou

D: What for?

T: Everything, you saved me.

Deklan and I looked into each other's eyes, it was nothing like we had ever done before. The way Deklan looked at me had me incapacitated, I focused my gaze from his eyes down to his lips.

Deklan cupped my cheek into his face , and before I could react, he leaned in and our lips met. 

It was pure bliss. 

Exchanging each other's touch was something I had craved since that one night in our tent. 

After a short while we pulled back and let our eyes meet once again.

"So, what now?" I asked.

"Whatever you want, my love"