Craving

White Lies

"Go!Go!Go!" Leo's voice escapes the building before he does.
"What?" I ask, I wasn't exactly paying attention as the suddency of the moment took me by surprise.
"Run!" My brother shouts as he runs down the street.
"Leo!? Le-" I cut myself off as I feel myself get threw over someone's shoulder.
My heart rate speeds up.
Oh god, am I being fucking kidnapped right now?
"Relax" My brothers voice soothes me and I soon realise that it's his shoulder I've been thrown over.
"Carl, what's going on?" I ask him as I flop around like a fish as he's running like crazy.
"Wait up!" I hear Cyril's voice shout and look up to see that he too is running.
"His mom came home early and called the fucking cops" He speaks as he slows down and ducks into an alleyway where Leo is hiding.
He sits me down and notions me to crouch behind a dumpster and I bend down between him and Leo.
A sharp jab from Leo's fist meets with my arm.
"What was that for!?" I whisper shout as we see Cyril join us in the alley and hear a siren that's not too far from us.
"You said his mom wasn't going to be home" He growls.
"I didn't see her go in, sh- she must've came in the backdoor" I suggest.
"You know? The one that's always open in case the doorman falls asleep?" I remind him.
He huffs.
"You are so dead when we get home" Leo barks quietly.
"Shh!" Cyril shuts him up.
I shuffle lower down behind the dumpster as I see two officers arrive in the alley.
"Hello?" One looks around.
"You are so dead if we get caught." Leo narrows his eyes at me.
"Leo! Shhhhhh!" Cyril puts his black hand over Leo's mouth to muffle the sound.
'Shit' I think to myself without speaking.
And in the almost deafening silence the one of the officers footsteps grow nearer until.
"It was me" Carlton stands up with his hands in the air.
I almost stand up to stop him but Cyril holds me in place.
I look at him and he shakes his head at me, letting me know that if I stand up I too will get in trouble.
"I did it" Carl huffs out as we hear the rough clicks of the cuffs go around his wrists.
"That's assault, Son" The officer tells him.
"Unfortunately you'll have to come with us" We hear him struggle.
"Wait-" he stops them.
"Can we at least go To my house... I have to say goodbye to my brother and my sister" he tells them, knowing that our house is close enough to run to.
"I'm sure we can make that stop" the officer tries to be somewhat nice.
We hear the police car door shut as the tires belch on the road.
"If we run and cut through Wint Square, we can make it home before them" Leo helps me up.
We begin running at a pace that's heard to keep up in my thick buckled boots, but I manage.
Running at the same pace as Leo and Cyril.
I mean, ruining is an absolute pain but it's for my brother....My Circle.
Oh I probably should explain
'My Circle'.
You see 'my circle' is a certain amount of chosen people who I trust, consisting of 4 people:
Leo
Carlton
Cyril
And Khorri.
Anyway, when you're in the circle you most likely won't be taken out... unless your name is Finn.
We make it home and manage to jump over the fence of the back yard and run into the back door in time for Carl to knock with the officer.
We hear a knock as soon as my head pokes through the facing and I rush to the door.
"Hello?" I furrow my brow at the officer, trying to pretend that I have no idea why he has my brother.
"Carl? What're you doing with a co-" I stop myself to sound less trashy.
"An officer" I correct myself, hoping the policeman hasn't noticed.
"I'm kinda in trouble Naomi" Carl makes a sad face,
He's quite the actor and knows what he's doing with this kind of thing.
"Oh my god" I cross my arms and look at him with fake love in my eyes.
"He..he assaulted a young man" the officer buts in.
"Carl...why?" I shake my head.
"For you" we try to make a sob story, this officer is eating it up like sour kraut.
"It was Finn" he puts his head down as if he's in shame.
"Oh, Carl, No" I put my hand on his face and stroke his cheek.
"I'm so sorry" he shakes his head.
"Carl" I take his head by the chin and make him look at me.
"You'll do fine" I tell him.
"Me and Leo will visit you everyday" I fake like my voice is starting to break.
The officer sighs.
"If I arrest you...I'll have to go through a whole heap of paperwork...I'd rather be at home with my family" he uncuffs him.
"Really?" I turn to him with hopeful eyes.
"Sure, little Missy" he smiles at me.
"Officer, you mean it?" I speak with childish over tones.
"You're welcome" he smiles at me and meets the other officer in the car.
I wave as the car drives away and pull my brother into the house.
"Up top" He holds his hand out for me to slap it.
"Piece of cake" I smirk at him.
Over the years from pretending to the police my family has become quite the cast.
The cops almost always believe us...which indeed has its perks.
"Carl?" Leo walks in.
"You guys didn't...did you?" He asks, knowing what we just did.
Me and Carl give each other a certain 'let's pretend we have no idea what he's talking about' look.
"I told you, you guys have GOT to stop lying to the police" He shakes his head.
"We're not lying....we're just exaggerating the truth" I nod my head at him with a childish smile.
"You're gonna get found out" he warns us.
"As if" Carl rolls his eyes and heads down to his room in the basement.
"I'm warning you" Leo points a finger at me.