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Chapter 7 - The Plan (Part two)

"I can't do it!" Zach's voice broke in a whisper, lowering his knife.

Lonokai still held his weapon over Rose. He hesitated so much until he finally let go, "Haaa, I can't do it either."

They exchanged worried looks at each other, then to the girls, then back to each other.

"What do we do now?" Zach whispered.

Suddenly, the girls woke up. "Mmmn, hmm?" "Mmm" Zoya yawned.

"The girls are waking up!!" Zach whispered pretty loudly.

"AHH! What are you guys doing?! Why the hell do you have knives?!" Rose trembled.

Lonokai stuttered loudly, "I-it's not what it looks like! W-we can explain! Although we can't tell you very much..."

Zach turned to Lonokai with a straight, annoyed face, "Nice going."

"Get out!" Zoya said sternly.

"Wait, please let us expl- "

"GET. OUT." Zoya barked.

The boys quickly and sadly left the room like puppies knowing they're in trouble. They shut the door behind them. It had been a few minutes before either girl said anything due to what had just happened.

"D-did we just see what I thought we saw?" Rose mumbled nervously, staring in a daze at their bedroom door.

"Y-yup," Zoya answered. She turned to Rose. "I don't know about you, but I really think we should devise a plan that gets us out and away from here..."

"...I agree."

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It was about afternoon when they decided to go through with their plan. The girls knew Joe was in his room on the other side of the massive mansion if he wasn't out with his duties. They were still cautious and kept a low profile down the stairs. While passing the kitchen, Rose paused, looked at the kitchen, and started making her way to the Pantry. She picked out some food.

"For the road." She said in a half smile.

Zoya sighed, "Let's go! I believe the boys are already gone for work!"

They checked the garage and surprisingly only had one car. Which meant that one car was...

"Joe's car!" Rose blurted. Zoya widened her eyes at her, "Sorry!" Rose whispered.

The girls scurried to the car, Zoya heading for the driver's seat.

"Nuh-uh."

Zoya looked behind her and saw Rose giving her the stink eye. With a big grin on her face, Rose said, "I'm driving. Take the snacks!"

Zoya rolled her eyes but just went with it. "Wait, I have to use the bathroom. I'll be right back." Zoya opened her car door and went inside.

"Okay, please hurry back." Rose said nervously.

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Shhhh. After Zoya washed her hands, she ran out and was immediately seized with one arm wrapping around her waist and the other hand over her mouth.

"Where are you going, Zoya?" A familiar voiced echoed.

Zoya peeked behind her and realized Zach was staring at her intently.

"Mmph!" She mumbled.

Zach released his hand but still held his grip on her waist and his other hand held both of her hands behind her back.

"W-what are you doing here?! I thought you were at work! P-please don't kill me!" Zoya shouted uncontrollably.

"Relax, I'm not going to kill you. Today was me and Lono's day off." Zach said gruffly.

"W-where is Lonokai anyway?" Zoya became worried.

"Off to find Rose." Zach said, expressionless.

Man, what is taking her so long? Rose peered around her car and saw Lonokai coming towards the car in the rear window.

"No no no. Shoot! Sorry Zoya! I'll keep in touch!"

Rose drove off immediately thanks to the car already being on.

"Damn it!" Lonokai panted trying to run after the car. He went back inside. "Rose is gone!"

Zach looked at him, then at Zoya and let her go, "It's alright. We can still find her. We'll send a search party."

"No!" Lonokai was overwhelmed. "I would rather look for her myself. When she came into my life again, I just couldn't help but feel like I need to be there for her and protect her. I'm going right now!"

"Lono."

"Let me get the car keys-" Lonokai was pacing back and forth.

"LONOKAI." Zach blurted. He held him still. "Calm down. You can leave first thing in the morning, okay? You're too stressed to deal with anything right now."

"A-alright." His breath softened and he glanced at Zoya, "So you caught her huh?"

"Yeah." Zach gave her a nervous look.

Zoya was awkwardly standing infront of the boys.

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Later that night....knock knock

"Hey, it's me. Can I come in?" Zach said softly.

"U-um...sure." Zoya replied quietly.

He opened the door and after entering, closed the door. Zoya was curled in her bed with many thoughts about the person who just walked through her door.

"I'm sorry about what you saw today and how I spoke to you. Tomorrow will be better." He sat on her bed with her and slowly reached for her hand-

"Zach," she said in a sadder tone, grabbing his hand that reached for hers. "Are you going to do something to me?"

Hie eyed widened, then softened. "No. I promise what happened today will never happen again. I will explain everything later. But right now," he placed his other hand on hers that was holding his other hand and gazed into her eyes, "I want to make you feel better and more comfortable around me...okay?"

If Zoya knew one thing, she knew Zach's eyes couldn't lie.

"Okay."