3 Heroes and A Villian

Chapter 5

Ann worked diligently his entire shift, hoping that it would give him a better chance of being able to sneak out early and avoid what was sure to be an awkward conversation with Patton, Logan, and Roman.

He was just about to ask if he could leave early when Janice asked, "Hey can you stay like 10 minutes later? Alex is gonna be late and I have a doctor's appointment that I can't be late for," putting a wrench in his plans.

"Sure," he answered with a sigh as he thought of how he was going to get out of the conversation now.

Janice smiled and went to hug him, but backed off when she saw his face before replying. "Thanks! I owe you one. Maybe I'll buy you four movie tickets so you can finally go on a date,"

"Why four?" he asks, blushing lightly.

Janice winks and answers, "You, Nerd Boy, Ramen, and Cardigan Cape, your crushes,"

Ann asks,"How did you know about that?" his blush getting deeper.

She laughs and replies, "You aggressively flirt with them and everyone who knows them knows the nature of their relationship," enjoying how embarrassed Ann seems.

"Ok that makes sense, but I'm not sure they'd want to go," he replies.

She responds, "Are you sure because it looks like they're waiting outside to pick you up,"

"Oh no," he thinks before saying, "Yeah, they are, but they're gonna have to wait,"

"You guys are so cute. Well seeya, thanks again for staying," she says, walking out the door.

Ann calls, "No problem, but remember you owe me. See you later," before she leaves.

15 minutes later Alex runs into the store saying, " I am so sorry I'm late. My sister missed the bus, so I had to walk with her to school to make sure she was safe,"

Ann looked out and say Roman's car was still outside. "It's fine, we understand. I don't have to go just yet, so are you good to start working or do you need a bit?" He asked, hoping that is he was late enough they would leave.

"No it's fine, besides it seems like you want to get out of here anyway," Alex replied.

"Ok, seeya later then," he sighs as he slinks out of the coffee shop and towards Roman's car.

"Get in loser, we're going shopping," Roman said when he noticed that Ann was just standing outside not doing anything,

Ann made a face and replied, "Every time you quote Mean Girls I die a little inside," as he hoped into the car, taking a seat next to Logan who was sitting in the back.

"Considering how much he quotes it, you should be dead on the inside by now," Logan remarked, with a smile as Roman starts driving.

Ann relaxed a bit, it seemed like they weren't going to mention the villain thing. "How do you know I'm not already dead on the inside?" he jokingly asked.

"Cause you feel love and that means you're alive on the inside," Patton answered with a sweet smile.

Ann blushes and mumbles, "So you guys are heroes," The mood shifted and Ann instantly regretted everything.

"And you're a villain," Roman said, his voice serious.

"Yeah, I guess I am," he replied as he raked his hand through his hair, "What happens now?"

There was silence for a few minutes and then Logan whispered, "I don't know,"

"I can't villain anymore, so that solves that problem," Ann says before closing his eyes with a sigh, wondering what he was going to do know, they always said he was going to be a villain, but now there was no way he could.

Roman parks outside of his, Logan's and Patton's apartment, and says, "That's not the only thing we have to talk about,"

Ann furrows his eyebrows and rambles, "What else is there to talk about? I'm not gonna do villainous acts and since technically, I didn't do anything actually illegal, so I'm not in trouble with the law or anything, and those shadow things? Completely under control," 

"That's not what I was talking about," Roman replied in a nervous tone.

Ann bites his lip and asks, "What were you talking about?" his heart pounding so hard he thought it would come out of his chest.

"Our relationship," Patton answers. He pauses before continuing, "We want you to be apart of it," At that point, everyone in the car started to blush at the same time.

"What? Why me? I'm nothing special," Ann replies, staring out the window, afraid of looking at them.

Logan grabs his hand and says, "You're special to us," in a gentle tone.

"You don't have to if you don't want to, but we'd love to have you as a part of our relationship," Patton adds on.

Once again silence and Roman says, "You don't have to decide right now, but-" 

He's cut off by Ann saying, "Yes. I want to be a part of it. I think I love all three of you,"