The Crew That Died

Chapter Six

We pull up to the mansion that is Alara's home. She inhales sharply, probably preparing for the heartbreak in her mother's face when she tells her she's leaving.

"Allie, I'm gonna come with you." I tell her, she smiles and nods at me. We get out of the car and I lean in my window, looking at James.

"Stay here." I tell him, I look at Liam indicating that im talking to him too.

Once we're inside, it's insane. The place is massive and yet somehow every single bit of it feels like a home. Like I could live here forever.

"Hey sweetie." Mrs. Katz says as Alara and I walk in, she's making homemade lemonade, or lemon water, I can't tell.

"We need to talk." Alara says, her mother, with a concerned face, instantly sets down the knife she was cutting the lemons with and walks towards her daughter. Should I tell my mother?

Alara explains the situation and you can visibly see her mother get angry.

"So, I need to go to Greece." Alara finishes.

"No," Mrs. Katz says with zero hesitation. I'm not telling my mom.

"Mom-"

"No. Hell. No." I know its a serious situation but I stifle a laugh at the high-pitch tone her mother uses. Alara turns around to look at me with a face that says she will kill me.

"Fine." Alara tells her mother. We walk up to her room and she grabs a bag and starts filling it with her allowance, "What's that for?" I ask.

"Our plane tickets." She says plainly.

"Wait, I thought you weren't going." I tell her, she looks at me with a smile on her face.

"You think I'd let you go to Greece with those boys alone? Plus, I'm the only one who knows Greek." She tosses the bag at me and climbs out her window. Her room is on the second floor.

I look out the window and she's staring back up at me from the ground. "I'll take the stairs." I tell her, she laughs and walks back to the car.

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"How'd it go?" James asks as Alara gets into the front seat, I get into the back this time.

"I can't go." She tells him, he furrows his eyebrows as she buckles her seatbelt. The brunette girl looks at him and then at the wheel. "Drive, loser." She tells him, I audibly laugh at the comment and he gives me a dirty look.

"Who's that?" Liam says, he's pointing to a car who has pulled up behind us. I turn around and see a black truck, "I don't know but we're not gonna stick around to find out." James says as he starts driving.

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The truck followed us into the highway. Every turn we take, every time we switch lanes. "I think they're following us..." I say.

"No shit!" Everybody yells at me at the same time. "Fuck off."

"James, Imma need you to step on it!" Liam says as he rolls his window down.