ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 | 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 [Greenhouse Academy] ¹

Chapter 4: Runaway

Eventually, Jackie walks in slowly with her head hung low. We all slowly get up worried about what might have happened during her interrogation.

"Just kidding I passed the test", Jacke says looking up from the floor with a smile. We all cheer and I hug her while Max speaks up.

"I knew you would pass. Even though statistically speaking, innocent people fail lie detector tests 50% of the time, and the guilty are more used to the psychodynamics of lying on a regular basis, so", Max says before he notices all of our faces, "They're just numbers. They don't really mean anything." Leo rubs his shoulder trying to calm him down.

"Thanks, Hayley", Jackie says,

"No problem. Anytime you need someone to take a lie detector test for you, I'm your girl.", Hayley says with a laugh.

"Cool", Jackie says with an awkward smile. We all laugh in relief that the whole situation is over.. for now at least.

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Leo and I decide to go back to the music room after lunch. I laugh at a story Leo told me, about his cpatain when he first came to the greenhouse. We finally reach the room and I grab my favorite blue guitar in the music room and begin to get into position like yesterday.

"Okay, rockstar, let's learn the B chord", Leo says with a smile as I laugh. He plays the chord and then begins to show me how to play it. I begin to try and play the chord and after a few mistakes, I get it right.

"So, what else can you do?", I ask Leo.

"Well, I happen to be very skilled at songwriting", Leo says

"Really?', I ask Leo while putting down my guitar, "Are you writing something right now?"

"I don't know", Leo says while shaking his head at himself," I have this song but, I can't put it to words yet."

"Maybe I can help...we could do that next time", I say loving the idea of helping to write a song.

Eventually, we pack up so we could drop Leo's guitar off to the clubhouse before dinner started. We start a small conversation on the way to the clubhouse.

"I now know three chords. You are an awesome teacher you know?", I tell him while Leo carries his guitar.

"You could start a band", Leo says nudging my shoulder with his.

"I could", I tell him imagining myself playing on stage.

We stop at the door and I try to unlock it to go in. It doesn't work and I give Leo a confused look as Hayley walks up to us.

"Hey, whats up?", Hayley asks us.

"Somethings wrong with my Louie."

"Here, let me see it", Leo says holding his hand out for my louie.

"I've been having problems with it all day", I tell him aggravated with the small item.

"Um, that's because this is a fake", Leo says analyzing my louie.

"Are you sure?", I ask him not understanding how I could have a fake louie, "So where is my louie?"

Leo pulls out his louie and begins to do something on it. "Here. I'm checking to see if your real Louie had access here last night. There you are. 5:00 a.m.", he says showing me the time.

"That's impossible. I was surfing", I tell him.

" Your Louie wasn't", Leo tells me as Hayley begins to look at my louie as well.

"You meet any Eagles yesterday? No. Wait! I did Alex and I spoke for a second last night in the cafeteria. It was a fast conversation though. I mean we talked and hugged, and I left...", I trail off slowly understanding what happened.