The Way We Once Were

Chapter 9: A Look Back in Time

Adam's POV
Slim was in the car we were on our way to the hotel, all you can hear is sounds of crickets chirping, no voices until we reached the hotel. "What do you want?" I said in a bothered tone, "I'm sorry, the only reason we did that was because we care about you and we cant bare to see you hurt again," he said then paused for a second. "That guy is dangerous who knows what he could have done to Yasmine, and well i'm kinda out here because I've never really slept in the same a house with that much girls alone before, sooo," he said. I smiled and finally realized my friends were doing the right thing even though, they could've just told me. When we arrived to the hotel, I didn't want to talk about today so I immediately just went to sleep.

Yasmine's POV
I woke up not even bothering to get my workout or morning coffee just thinking about Adam and if Slim had changed his mind. I walked down the stairs hearing voices then seeing Adam and Slim and everyone else somewhat back in the kitchen. "Listen Yasmine i'm sor--," Adam was about to say. "No I'm the one that should be sorry I've told about the stupid plan with Harris and I am." I said. "It's okay Yasmine, really." he replied. Me and Adam both gave eachother a hug and all was forgiven. "How is Harris pulling the strings and telling you to meet him, if he still on his medications," Layla said we continued staring at each other. "Once you leave a place like Radley, they don't just let you walk the streets freely, you have to take some kinda medication," Layla said. "How do we know he still taking them or ever took his meds? Or what if he isn't doing this alone, he could've made friends in that institution," I said. "How do we find out who those friends are?," Slim questioned. "We break into Radley," Adam says. "Dang Adam, that is not Adam of you" Slim says, "But since your girl's watchin I guess we bad now or whatever," he says and makes everyone laugh. "Anyways, if we're gonna do it we're gonna need to get help getting in there," I say to stop everyone from laughing really hard. "Oh Aliya and Kevin, they can definitely find a way to help," Layla suggests. "And we can trust them, they didn't tell anybody about what happened to Adam." she adds on. "Yeah I guess your right," Adam says. "Just get them on board this while we get ready," I tell Layla. She nods her head and heads across the street to get Aliya and Kevin part of our plan.
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After everyone had gotten ready and Aliya and were on board, it was time to head to Radley. "You guys ready?" Adam asked everyone. Me, Sasha, Aliya and Kevin all nodded our heads. But Slim just says, "So your just expecting me to be ready? This is hella crazy, but I'm hella ready," he says frantically. Adam just laughs and nods his head. We all headed into the car except for Layla came because she was busy with work or something. This was the most craziest thing I've ever done but if this was the only way to find the truth it was worth it.
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We finally arrived and it was around 8 o'clock, it was not dark outside but true sky wasn't lit enough for all of us to get caught. "So since I'm in expert in hacking, I'll hack into there security cameras and stop them from working," Kevin said. "And Aliya here is gonna act like she wants a job here and will distract the people in front from heading to the back," he went on. "And bam, that's when you four will go through from the back door," he ends off with. "How are we supposed to open the door?," Sasha says demented. Aliya handed Sasha a bobby pin and smirked. "I got into the security footage and now everyone can do there part," Kevin tells all of us. "Ok, let's get to it," Adam says. Me, Adam, Slim and Sasha all walk as one and make it to the back door. "Sashay do your thang," Slim says. She turns around and gave him the 'boy I know what I'm doing face' and opens the door. We all enter this enter filled with boxes that have names of what seemed like patients and former patients. "Let's split up and all look for Harris's file," I tell everyone. We each go our separate ways in this huge room filled with tons of boxes until I reached the 'J' section. The first letter of Harris's last name. I looked through all the shelves, until I found one. I looked through all the shelves, until I found the one. "Over here guys," I call for everyone. When Slim, Sasha and Adam all come, I open the box and see lots of different papers. "Here, if you guys see anything suspicious or out of the ordinary just call it out," I say handing each of them a paper. I grab one of the papers and this paper read 'diagnosed w/: Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).' I start to think deep about 'the Harris I knew' for second and could never see him diagnosed with something like this. The paper also read something about him having anxiety, which then lead to his OCD. "Um..you guys?," Slim said nervously. "What is it?," Adam asks. "Yasmine, did you uh ever visit Harris in here?", he says. "What? No, what are you talking about?" I say back to him. "It shows where someone had been visiting Harris with your name," Adam says. "How do you know it's me?", I say to them. They pass me the paper and the paper read, 'Visitor Name: Yasmine Amari', my first and last name. "This is definitely not a coincidence," Sasha says. As we all stand there huddled over this sheet of paper we hear someone about to twist the door knob. "We have to go now," Slim whispers to all of us. "Hold up," Adam says as he starts to take pictures of all the papers. "Okay, now," he says to all of us, they all go to the door except for me because I told everyone I was gonna put Harris' file back on the shelf. Once I was done, I ran towards the door where everyone else was waiting for me. "Okay now we can go," I reassure everyone.
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We were all back now in the car now all curious than ever. Who was this person that kept visiting Harris in Radley? And why were they going in with my name? "Did you guys find what you were looking for?," Aliya asked us. "Uh, yeah thanks," I said to her with a half ish smile. Me, Slim, Sasha and Adam all agreed to talk about all this when we all went back to Layla's house, cause this all couldn't be figured out in a car ride...

Aliya's POV
Once Yasmine and her friends all went back to Layla's house, it left me and Kevin in the parking lot of our house. 'Zzzzz', my phone vibrated letting me know I was getting a call. "Yes," I said. They found the file, and no they don't suspect a thing. Me and Kevin did exactly what you asked us to...."
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