Lies, Murder, and Charges (boyxboy)

Chapter 9-Deal with It

Cliffe POV

He woke up with a start when a loud noise started ringing in his ears.

"Arrrggh!" He sat up and clutched his ears until it faded away, and they stopped ringing. "What the fuck!"

He sat up and glared at Steele. He'd put a blowhorn in his ear. Steele smiled down at him and pulled him up by his shirt.

"Get dressed, then I want to talk to you."

5 minutes later, Cliffe was stomping into the living room, dressed and ready.

"What did you want?"

Steele looked up from his spot on the couch at him.

"What do you know about Vail and Lucien?"

"Vail, I met through Melody, and I don't know who Lucien is at all."

Steele got up from his spot and headed toward Melody's room.

"Let's see what Melody knows, then."

Cliffe warily followed him through to Melody's room. Steele knocked on the door, and Meldoy sleepily opened it with a, "Wha?"

"When are you going to see Vail again?"

"Who's Vail?"

Steele turned around to Cliffe.

"I thought you said that she knew him."

"She knows Echo, her friend, and Vail is related to her." He clarified for him.

Steele turned around again and started over. "When are you going to see Echo again?"

"Well, she's skipping school with her uncle to see her dad, and that's all I know."

"Where's her dad?"

Cliffe interjected and said to Melody. "See you later."

He pulled Steele back into the living room and started whispering to him. "He's in jail. I don't think she knows yet."

Steele nodded. "Do you know which jail?"

"It's probably the closest one. I don't know."

Steele sighed and sat down on the couch again.

"Oh well, I'll talk to him tomorrow."

Cliffe sighed and grabbed his bag. On his way out the door,. he called back, "Don't mess with anything."

Vail POV

He groaned when Echo stepped on his stomach to wake him up.

"Wake up ! Wake up! It's time to go to the jail."

He covered his eyes with his hands and tried to turn over. He'd just kicked out Darcy and Lucien like an hour ago, and now he had to fucking get up to visit the tiny bitch's dad.

"Shut up! Bitch, Get off of me." Echo backed up a few feet and glared at him when he started stretching.

"Whatever, Fag. Now, let's go."

Vail turned around and gave her a menacing glare. "I'm not a fucking faggot, so shut your mouth, and leave."

His voice was a low growl, and even Echo knew when not to push it with him. She backed out of the room and quickly shut the door. Vail hadn't realized that his angry, morning face was on, and with his hair in disarray he had the look of a very unhappy monster.

Vail groaned and slowly stood up to get started with his morning activities. It took him an hour to get ready, but he finally got an okay look with a black hoodie, black cargo shorts, and his combat boots. He met Echo, who was already bouncing on her heels but looked afraid to anger him again,at the door and drove them to the jail.

The security guard scrunitized both of them before grunting and letting them in, but his beady eyes followed them closly. They sat down at a table and Blade was on the other side. He grinned at Echo, and she started talking about all of these random things about her daily life. Vail turned around and tuned out her loud chattering.

Later, when Echo had gone to go to the restroom, Blade leaned forward and whispered to Vail with a pained expression on his face.

"Dude, I'm going through some serious withdrawal right now. I can't sleep, I can't eat. It hurts, man."

"Well, what am I supposed to do? I can't give you any fucking drugs anymore." He hissed back at him, keeping his voice low.

"Try something, anything." He sounded desperate.

Vail leaned back and shrugged.

"It's your own damn fault you got into this shit, and I have no obligation to get you out of it."

At this time, Echo came back, and Vail stood up.

"You have to deal with it on your own."

He turned around and led Echo to the doors. He was leaving Blade to suffer from his own mistakes.