We Come Alive 3

Theft

Friday afternoon, all eight of the best friends and football players had gotten into Ethan and Diego's cars and were now driving off to the local pool store. When they arrived, they parked their cars in the front row and filed into the pool store.

"My first official day out of the house and you guys bring me to a pool store." Ricky snickered. "Only my friends."

Clover chuckled as she was about to reply back to him, but she gasped and quickly ran off. The boys watched her run over to a blown up unicorn. She held onto it and smiled to the boys.

"Please!" She begged. "It's so cute!"

Stephen chuckled as he walked over to it and checked the price tag. "It's $25. Do you really want it?"

Clover nodded excited as she sat down on it and hugged the neck of the unicorn. The boys gathered around and smiled at the people who were looking at them.

Diego nodded in approval. "Than we'll get it. Come on, we gotta finish shopping."

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After buying $150 worth of pool toys, the eight friends put the packages in Ethan's truck while putting the bigger things in Diego's flatbed and pinned it down. Since they had nothing to do for the rest of the afternoon, they decided to go to a local diner and get lunch.

Ethan was following behind Diego's truck as they pulled up to the diner, he heard Stephen gasp from the backseat.

"I love this place!" Stephen gasped, looking out the window. He looked back over to Ricky who was just laughing next to him.

Jose and Ethan laugh from the front at Stephen's reaction. "What? You ain't never been out to eat before?" Jose teased.

Diego parked in a front spot and Ethan found a spot in the next row. As Ethan parked, he looked over at Jose who was unplugging his phone from the car charger, but what caught his attention was Jose's black wallet slipping out his sweatpants pocket and onto the floor beneath the seat.

Ethan looked back at Ricky and Stephen, but they had already gotten out the car. Ethan slowly got out and stretched his arms as he watched his friends climb out the car. When he saw them walking over to catch up with the others, he quickly slid back into the car. Ethan took the wallet off the ground and opened it up. He saw Jose's permit, his state ID, and a debit card. He ignored them and took out the money. The money he earned for being a caddie. It was $100, so Ethan just took $50 and brought the wallet with him out the car. Ethan quickly jogged around the car and tucked the wallet just beneath the car so it was noticeable, but also hidden.

Ethan quickly took off running towards his friends so he was standing in the back of them as they walked into the restaurant. Jacob talked to the waitress who lead them to the largest booth that they had. As they walked, Ethan texted on his phone.

To: Carson
Meet me outside that diner Catch 37 by the mall. I got $50, give me something good.

Ethan noticed that Carson instantly read it and just texted back and smiling emoji. He looked down next to him and saw Jose scanning over the menu. He felt bad for stealing from him, but Ethan needed the drugs and couldn't wait any longer.

"Who'd you invite to the party?" Andrew asked aloud.

Ethan looked up at him and saw all eyes on him. "Umm...everyone. Football buddies, some girls, usual people. You know, the good people to have at a party."

Jacob looked down to Clover who was sitting directly in the middle of all the boys in the round booth. "You invite Manny?"

Clover chuckled as she set her menu down on the table. "Yeah. Why?"

Jacob shook his head. "No reason."

Ricky scoffed from his side of the table as he shook his head at the white boy who was turning red. "I've been locked up in my house for 3 months and even I know that you got feelings for that girl still. Why don't you try to tell her how you feel?"

"After a little bit." Jacob sighed. "I need time to get back to the point of wanting to get with her again. It's going to take a while."

"Holy shit!" Jose gasped aloud making all of their eyes shoot to him. "I lost my wallet." He padded his pockets in a frantic motion. "Oh my god! I lost it!"

"Calm down." Andrew instructed. "Go check the car. You probably drop it."

Ethan stood up since he was at the end of the booth and let Jose out. The two walked outside together, but Jose was running as fast as he could to the car. Ethan didn't even bother to pretend to unlock the car since he knew Jose would easily find his wallet on the ground. As Ethan walked through the parking lot, he heard a car honking. He turned around to see a familiar four door black car pull up to him. The driver's window rolled down releasing the blasting music that was inside.

Ethan saw Carson smirking at him as he held his hand out. "I see your job treating you well."

"The job ain't get me this money." Ethan sighed, handing Carson the $50. "My best friend's wallet did."

Carson chuckled. "I like it." He handed Ethan a bag with 10 pills inside. "5 each of your favorite. Or do you want all oxy? I know you're more use to that by now."

Ethan took the baggie and stuffed it in his pocket. "This is fine. Get out of here before my friends see."

Carson chuckled but listened and drove off. When Ethan turned to watch him drive off, he saw Jose coming towards him with his wallet in his hand.

"Dude! Someone fucking stole $50 out my wallet!" Jose yelled. "That was half my tip from yesterday."

Ethan put his hand on the back of Jose's neck as they walked back towards the diner. "It's alright, man. Scumbags will be scumbags. It is what it is. It's gonna be okay."

Jose just sighed and put his wallet deep in his pocket as he opened the doors to the diner and walked back to their table. As he walked up, he heard his friends say they ordered for them and their food would be there soon.