Deadly Nightshade, My Sweet Poison

Chapter Four; Our Town

“Shit! Pull over Dominic, they’re way too close. Hopefully our statuses’ can get us out of this one.” Rowdy says, for once I agree with him. The cop takes his sweet time getting to the car, looking into the mirror I can tell he’s young, hopefully he’ll be easy to persuade. When he reaches the window, I roll it down, putting my award winning smile on.

                “License and registration please.” he asks, shining the flashlight into our eyes.

                “No problem sir.” I pull out my license and the registration for the car, now here comes the intimidation, “Sir, will you be needing my friend’s license as well? See I’m Dominic Rodriguez and this is my fathers, Alexander Rodriguez’s car. I’ve never been in this situation before, so do you need my friend, Rowdy McGriff’s information as well?” I ask, trying to sound confused. His face pales at the sound of our names, bingo.

                “Umm, N-no. Rodriguez and McGriff you say?” He stutters out.

                “Yes sir!” I say, thank god this is a small town and our families hold so much power.

                “Well you say you’ve never been in this situation before, right? Well why don’t I just let you off with a warning this time, ay?” he says, pulling at his collar.

                “Really! No way, you’re way to kind! I’ll be sure to mention this to my father, see if he can put a word in with your boss!” I feed him, I feel slightly guilty at the way his face lights up, but only slightly.

                He hands me back my information, “Well have a good night kids, stay out of trouble.” He merrily tells us.

                Before he leaves I remember about Belladonna. “Wait sir, if you could do me another favor, the car behind us, well they’re really good friends an-”

                He cuts me off, “Car? You were the only car heading up this street?” He looks really confused, I can’t really process what he says. Wait, no car, what happened to Belladonna?

                “Are you sure sir?” I ask him for confirmation.

                “Why yes, in fact all the cops were coming from Paris, I was the last one and spotted you. There was definitely no other car though.” He tells me.

                “Alright, well, thank you sir. Goodnight.” I tell him, watching as he goes back in his car and pulls out. I follow his lead and pull out as well. They were coming down Paris?

                But Belladonna- Rowdy cuts off my inner ramblings, “That bitch! She tricked us! She told us to go the way we’d get caught, and then went the other way! When I see her!”

                I stop Rowdy before he gets too into it, he’s getting super angry, “I’m sure it was just a mistake with whoever was texting her, it wasn’t her fault Rowdy.”

                The look he gives me makes me want to take back what I said, but Belladonna wouldn’t have done that, not after me saving her from Sanders. “Are you kidding me Dominic, even if she was misinformed, which she wasn’t, that doesn’t explain why she wasn’t right behind us! We saw her lights flash, she pulled out a second after us!”

                 “But that doesn’t make any sense, why would she do that?” I ask, speaking to myself more than him.

                “She is a manipulative bitch! Who for some reason loves acting like she’s friends with you and then getting you into deep shit! The school thing, that was fine, but this, this is ridiculous! Who does shit like this! She knew we were drinking, he could’ve easily booked us, it would’ve gone on our records and everything! You still look confused so let me explain what she did to you. She acted like she was helping us, someone texted her that the cops were coming down Paris, and you know what she decided to do? She decided to tell us they weren’t coming down Paris, she told us she’d be right behind. But she planned it all, the minute we pulled out, she did too, so we’d think she was behind us, and then what did she do you ask? Oh right, she turned around, she’s be safe and fine, while feeding us right to the police. She’s probably laughing it up right now, but on Monday she’ll see, oh she won’t be laughing anymore then!” He says gripping the ‘oh shit, bar’ a little too tightly. After his lecture, it finally sinks in. How could she do that? Better yet, how could I fall for that, again? She could’ve got me arrested; having a record could’ve ruined my chances at an Ivy League! How, how could she do this! I was willing to dive in to a pool to save her! Fight a guy just to get him off her! Okay, that’s it! I’m done with her, done! By the time I was done with my inner monologue, we were at Rowdy’s house. Hmm, I wonder if Loraine is still at my house, probably.

                “You’ve still got that drawer full of my stuff right?” I ask Rowdy. I know he does, I’ve had a room at his house since I was 6!

                “Oh no! That last fight we had, it was just too much! I burnt all your stuff, it just hurt too much.” He tells me like he would if we were dating. I just give him my ‘wtf’ look and he rolls his eyes at me. “Yes dumb ass, you really think even if I wanted to that my mom would actually let me get rid of your stuff, yeah right. Now c’mon, I’ve got Call of Duty sitting in my Xbox with our names on it.” He says.

                “Alright, your buzz came down yeah?” I ask him, it would’ve had too after all that just happened.

                “Yeah, you know, Lizzie was looking pretty good tonight.” He tells me as we walk to the entertainment room. “I mean the way that skirt slid up her legs, did you know she had an ass? What about those boobs, hmm, I'm thinking at least a C!” he tells me with that stupid smirk on his face.

                “Yes Rowdy, we all saw you checking Lizzie out, but when she comes back tomorrow looking her usual, you won’t be giving her a second thought.” I tell him, only slightly serious. I continue with, “So you better not try anything, she doesn’t deserve the ‘hump and dump’ routine.”

                He rolls his eyes at me and says, “I don’t know Dominic, when I saw her tonight, I felt something. I think I’m going to quit doing that stuff; I want to have a serious relationship. I also think I want it to be with her…” The look on my face shows it all, I’m beyond shocked at this revelation. “Ha-ha, gotcha! I could never give up my ways, and when I do, it’ll be in a few years with someone as bomb as me! Man, I’m good! And like I said before, don’t worry about her, I’m not trying anything! Virgins are the worst, too clingy!” he tells me with a smile.

                “I’m going to laugh when you meet that girl and get whipped. Just like how your about to get whipped on this game!” I tell him as I press the play button.

                He mutters back a response, one that I don’t even think I was supposed to hear, “As long as it’s not like you with someone like Bella, I think I can manage.”