Russian Roulette (Royce)

New Case

::Jacob's P.O.V::

"Wait, so you kissed him!?" Melissa asked, she sounded excited. I held my phone to my ear and nodded, "yeah, Lissa, I did" "oh my gosh, how cute! Okay, okay, what do you need advice on?" "I don't know like, what happens now? You know, the next time I see him, how do I make it not seem awkward?" "Good questions, just act like you've been acting. Let him think the kiss was nothing, like it was a normal thing to do. But don't let him think that it meant nothing, 'cause that's not good if he thinks that. He'll think you don't like him back" "okay" I said, "I can do that". 

"I wanna meet him" she said suddenly, "can I meet him? Have I seen him before?" "I think so, the one who Cole and Myles beat up on the quad? You hear about that?" "Yeah, they did him wrong. I've seen him though, next time I see him I'll say something" "okay, Lissa, I gotta go" "okeydoke, bye Jacob" "bye, Lissa".

I hung up the phone and left my room and went downstairs. I found my mom sitting on the couch, "how'd Spanish go?" She asked as she looked through the magazine she had. "Good" I replied, "you helped Chresanto, didn't you?" "How'd you know?" I asked. She shrugged a little "I didn't until now". "Mom" I said, she smiled a little "tell me how it went, I wanna know".

"I can't believe I fell for that, but okay. We went over phrases and places, you know?" She nodded. "He actually knew a lot, he forgot what no, se meant so when I asked and he said 'I don't know' I said 'good' cause I thought he was answering the question but he really didn't know and I had to tell him that no, se meant 'I don't know' so that was pretty funny and like, cute" I explained.

I sat down next to her, "when I say he can't roll his R's, I mean it. He just can't do it, it's horrible because he's just so determined to learn though". I chuckled at the memory, "then we kissed" I added quietly. My mom looked at me then, "we didn't do anything else, we just, we kissed".

::Chresanto's P.O.V::

I could still feel it. His lips pressed against mine. I wanted it to happen again, I hope that it would happen again. I felt like content when I was around him, like nothing was wrong with my life. I wish that were true. That nothing was wrong. "Romelo!" My dad called, "yes?" I answered. "Come here" I left my room and walked downstairs and found him sitting on the couch.

"You wanna do something for me?" He asked curiously, "um, sure?" "Can you go out and get me a beer?" "I'm sixteen" I replied. "I know how old you are" "they won't sell it to me, they can't sell it to me; it's illegal" "Romelo, just try. Tell them who you are and you'll be fine". "Um, okay" I said quietly, once he gave me the money for the beer, I found myself walking to the corner store.

When I got there, I grabbed his beer and placed it down on the counter. "I can't sell it to a minor" the cashier, "man, I tried to tell him" I muttered. "Tried to tell who?" "My dad" I replied. "Who's your dad?" "Lorenzo August". I watched as he gave me a shocked look, then a hesitant one.

"How do I know you're not lying?" "You don't, but I mean, you'll find out soon enough if I'm telling the truth" I said as I placed my elbow on the counter. I slid the money to him and he slowly took it, "thanks" I said once he gave me the receipt, I took it just because and stuffed it in my pocket. 

I left after that, I went right back home and gave my dad the beer and he thanked me. "You're welcome" I replied, "hey, where were you yesterday?" "Oh, I was getting some help with Spanish" "oh". I nodded, "who was helping you?" "My friend, Jacob". He looked at me and said "huh?" "My friend, Jacob, helped me. What's wrong?" "Nothing, I just... Didn't hear you the first time, sorry". 

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::Jacob's P.O.V::

I watched as my uncle sat down at the dinner table, "I've been put on a case today" he said as he looked at me, then at my mom. "Okay?" I said lightly, "and you're telling us because?" "I'm telling you because I won't be home as much now" he explained. "Oh" I said as I impaled a steamed carrot with my fork, "fine by me" I said under my breath. I felt my mom gently kick me, I looked at her.

"Who's the case on?" My mother asked politely, my uncle looked at her and gave her a wary look. She looked at him and picked up her glass of water and took a sip. He sighed and said "Lorenzo August". I looked at my mom as she chocked on her water, she patted her chest and when she finally collected herself she looked at him. 

"Who's Lorenzo August?" I asked curiously, "no one" my mom said too quickly. "Mom" I said, she looked at me "he's no one" she repeated. I looked at my uncle, he looked at me too. "Is he someone that I should know about?" I asked to him, he shook his head and said "no". I dropped my shoulders at his answer, I was curious to know who this Lorenzo August guy was. 

"Can you at least tell me why you're looking for him?" I asked curiously. "I'm not supposed to, but I guess. He's supposedly the reason for multiple murders, and he also sells drugs". I furrowed my eyebrows as I looked at him, then back at my mom. She looked down and pushed her food around on her plate, "I'm not hungry anymore" she informed, "let's end dinner early, okay?" "Okay" my uncle said, I continued to sit as the two stood. I looked at them and finally said "okay?"

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Sorry for any mistakes. 

I'm in DC! I walked around a lot today, it was fun and interesting. I went to the mall yesterday and we were evacuated out because an emergency had been reported. I don't know what though, but anyway yeah. 

Love,

Me