CAPTURE>>Why don't we

CHAPTER TWENTY: THE FIRST CAPTURE

After a couple run throughs of the plan, we get out the van. I pull my hair back and stuff the drugged cloth into my pocket and switch on a small flash light. Shawn takes my hand and leads me carefully through the school dodging cameras and guards. I don't know how he did it but we end up hiding behind some bushes right outside the girls' dorms houses. The boys' dorms were on the other side which meant he was going to have leave me and I was gonna have to be all alone

S: Billie!
B: huh
He grabs my arm and tugs me down
S: there was a guard right there, you have to focus! You've got this okay
B: no Shawn, I don't got this!
I half whisper and scream at him. He grabs my hand but I'm too exhausted to resist
S: listen to me. I haven't known you long but I can tell that you're brave, smart and strong. Heck if I had those bruises and scars I wouldn't be out of bed for like a week!
I can't help but giggle
S: see, that's better
B: thanks Shawn
S: anytime
B: are you usually this nice to your trainees
S: no, I guess you're special
B: I'm flattered
I say giving him a mocking smile
S: I'm gonna give you something to boost your courage
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a gorgeous silver medallion, it kinda reminds me of Finn and I's twin lockets
B: its beautiful
S: it belonged to my sister, I'm wearing the other one. Ever since we were kids if we were ever apart we felt like our medallions kept us together. Just like how she's in heaven now and I'm here, I still feel connected to her because of this medallion. We both never took it off, she was still wearing it when she died and I still don't take it off

He was fiddling with it in his hands and looking at it almost as if he was trying to tell himself that she's really not gone, and somehow could appear from the medallion

S: my mom used to think it was dumb but now she's grateful for it. Loosing Aaliyah really affected her, she used to always be happy but now she's just gloomy and strict. She's a principle at a school called Southern Hills
B: I go to southern hills...wait, your mom is principle Mendes?
S: yeah
Woah
B: that's cool
I say acting like I wasn't completely mind blown, what a small world
B: you know My brother and I have something like that
I say pulling my locket out from under my top
B: our twin lockets
S: that's beautiful...where's the other half?
B: he's wearing it. I made sure that I put it on him when he was laying in the casket at the memorial service...it was my final tribute to him. I know how much that must mean to you, just like my twin locket so I can't take that from you
S: I want you to have it
B: I can't take it
S: why not?
B: it's got such a meaning behind it, it's too precious for me to take away from you
S: Ever science she died I never thought I'd find someone to wear it again. For some reason it just feels right giving it to you

He opens my palm and places it in my hand then he pushes my fingers down making me hold it. I throw a hug onto him and he hugs back tight. I wish we could sit here and chat forever,it was a moment I didn't want to end. It was nice having someone who shared the same pain. Yeah sure, Zee and everyone were there for me and I'll forever be grateful for that but they don't truly understand the pain of losing a sibling.

S: trust me when I say I hate that this moment has to end but we have to get a move on, you know the plan right?
B: uh...yeah

I say as the reality of the situation kicks in. He sees me looking a bit flushed and he grabs my hands taking the medallion. He reaches forward to clip it around my neck. It hangs down next to my twin locket

S: now you have twice as much the power from our angels in heaven
He says smiling and looking up at the sky
S: Aaliyah, Finn...I know you've got our backs
I can't help but smile at that
S: You got this. Just relax, breath