Scarlet Harlots (Editing Now)

Chapter 27- Now You're Just Getting Off Topic

Chase

I don’t remember when I had gotten tired, or when I had managed to fall asleep, but I remember waking up to my bed after successfully watching all of Community season 4 with Leo, Daniel, Kenzi and Harvey.  We had been at this for 3 days, and I hadn’t heard from Jolie, nor have I texted Austin back, I did however give Justin some time, seeing as we were science partners for a project we have due on Monday.  I seemed to have spent more time with the guys more than stayed by myself, and I didn’t know why they seemed to really find me entertaining, but I was very grateful, I hadn’t been able to see my dad much, but by having no time, I haven’t had time to feel so awful or hopeless.  I didn’t have time to remember I was an orphan, and so when the police knocked on the door I was surprised I hadn’t realized it all sooner… I was still underage, and well… it was only time until I was found out.

The police were nice enough not to handcuff me, but I knew this would be all over school, and then all over the media.  But in a way it was surprisingly funny, as the nice police gentlemen were escorting me out, Jared had woken up and went into a fit.  Explaining how ridiculous the situation was, and yelling at the officer, poking them and giving them hell for doing their job.

I grinned to myself when the police shoved him in the car beside me, in the back, but Jared was the one in handcuffs.

“Not one word.” He bit and we remained in a humorous silence all the way to the station,  I bit my lip and tried not to grin, but with Jared in handcuffs beside me in a cop car, I couldn't help it.

But when we went to the station it seemed that Jared refused to leave my side, he complained of me being a baby, and wouldn’t allow any harm to come to me, but everyone didn’t seem to be convinced as he was the one going in a cell for the night and I was asked to come in for questioning and then someone would come in for me, some woman who housed several children, but Jared was persistent, so we both were soon sitting in a cot together, looking up at the other three guys we shared a cell with.

“Well, this will be an interesting story to tell.” One of the guys smiled down at us.

One other chuckled, “I’ll say, no one will believe me though.  Jared Dymers and Chase Hardy, what a pair, eh?”

I looked between the two, then to the third, wondering what he might say, yet he remained quiet.

“What’d you do to get here?” The first one asked, his floppy brunette hair was ruffled and sticking every which way.

“Smarty pants assaulted an officer.” I said lightly, shoving Jared with my arm.  He refused to look at me though, but when I considered it, I didn’t blame him.  I had gotten him here.. on a level.

“I didn’t assault him, I yelled at him, there is quite a difference.” Jared muttered, but didn’t move to look at me.

“Well aren’t you a happy couple.” The third guy, a dirty blond, younger, close to our age- kind of guy said.

Jared, then responded with a snear toward the guy but then turned to me with a strange expression, “Chase, do you think they will send you back to America?”

I shrugged, showing my indifference, but inside my stomach dropped and I mentally began worrying.

“You know…. I’m 18, as is Kenzie….” Jared said cryptically, but it dawned on me in a few minutes what he meant.

“Oh!  No!  Jared, you and Kenzi don’t need to do me any favors, that’s ridiculous!”

“What if they try to send you away!” Jared then asked, turning to me,  “You are in school here, you need to finish, going back, it might take too long, and you might not graduate!  Is that what you want?”