Escape ~ S.Harrington

80} Bribing Erica and Destroying Cars

"Are you sure you can do this, Jenna?" Lucas hesitantly asked Jenna.
"Are you really questioning my ability to bribe your sister right now?" She scoffed, "I'm the queen of this shit, Sinclair."
"I don't like when you last name me," He pouted.
"That's what you get for doubting me," She shoved him into the middle school, "Now get her attention you two."
"She's bossy today," Mike whispered.
"Tell me about it," Lucas agreed.
"Hey, I may have headphones on, but I can still hear you two!" She yelled, causing them to run down the hall towards Erica's classroom, "That's what I fucking thought."

After a few minutes, they came running back down the hall with Erica not far behind them.
"You have 60 seconds to explain why you interrupted my favorite class," She started her stopwatch.
"Erica, this is really serious," Lucas took a deep breath in.
"57, 56..."
"I've got it, dude," Jenna shoved Lucas behind her, "Basically everything went really badly at the crawl last night."
"Wouldn't know, I wasn't invited," She snarked.
"Because it's not safe- anyways, things went bad and a lot of shit happened, and now we think Dipshit Derek is in trouble."
"That literally makes no sense. And even if it did, why would I care that Dipshit Derek is in trouble?"
"You're just gonna have to trust us, okay?" Mike added.
"To help the little shit, we need you to get into the Turnbow house. Tonight," Jenna rolled her eyes.
"Not possible," Erica shook her head.
"Of course it is," Lucas scoffed, "Make plans to hang out with Tina."

"Tina and I don't hang," Erica fired back.
"You hang nonstop. She's your best friend."
"Was."
"Was?"
"They're now enemies, how the fuck didn't you know that, Lucas?" Jenna nudged him.
"Since when?" Lucas rubbed his arm.
"Since PE class 12 days ago," Erica crossed her arms over her chest.
"Then just apologize for whatever happened," Mike shrugged.
"No can do," Erica smirked.
"Yes, can do," Lucas argued, "All you have to do is use your mouth to form a word that rhymes with starry."
"I'd rather learn about wormholes than apologize to Tina and help you all save Dipshit Derek. Sorry," Her alarm went off, "Time's up."

"If the two bozos had let me explain," Jenna grabbed Erica's watch from off her wrist with her powers and obliterated it, "We're saving Derek so we can save Holly. Vecna took her and now he's after Dipshit Derek, but we have a plan that should save them both. The plan, though a bit insane, is really good and we need your help because the Turnbows won't let me back into their house after I 'rose from the dead' because Derek told them they think I have zombie disease and they all fucking believe him. Anyways, after we finish our plan, Tina will never ever wanna talk to you again."
"Why didn't you two let her talk in the first place?" Erica snapped at the boys, "You guys were a waste of my time. Yeah, I'll help you, Jenna."

Erica walked back to class.
Jenna grabbed the boys by the back of their necks and dragged them out of the school, "When I say I've got it, you fucking listen to me and let me do my thing."
"Yep, ow!" Lucas tried to wiggle out of her grip.
"We know better for next time," Mike winced.
"Good," She let them go and got in her car, "If I hear one complaint about my driving, I'll drive us into a ditch. I've had it with your shit for the day."

~

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