accomplice | ethan dolan

ten

ethan

"what are you doing?" i ask jade as she suddenly starts tidying her room. it's 3am.

"getting rid of everything noah" she says as she raids her closet for anything that belongs to him.

"you can do all of that tomorrow. come back to bed" i sigh.

she was cuddled into me and falling asleep until two minutes ago. even in the middle of summer, the bed is freezing without her.

"no. i want him gone now" her voice cracks as her eyes stay focused on anything that's not me.

"are you okay?" i ask the dumbest question, but i didn't know what else to say.

"yeah, fine" she mutters while dumping hoodies and picture frames into the box.

"you're not fine. talk to me" i stretch my hand from the bed. as soon as she places her hand in mine, i pull her back into bed and she lands on top of me.

"you don't want to listen to me talk about noah" her voice is muffled into my chest as she rests her head on it.

"i want to listen to whatever's on your mind" i assure her.

"noah and i used to be really happy together. i used to think he was the perfect boyfriend, and maybe the man i'd marry" she laughs as her cheeks turn a bright shade of red, "then along came you"

"along came me?" i asked confused, "you said you didn't break up with him for me"

"i didn't. i broke up with him for me, after you helped me realise just how toxic we were" she explains, "then you told me you liked me, and how you couldn't stop thinking about me" she trails off.

"and?"

"and it didn't feel right being in a relationship with noah when i knew i had feelings for you" she whispers.

"we'll figure this out, won't we?" i look at her for reassurance, "this whole thing is a mess. you have an ex and it'll take time to get over, but i'll wait. just tell me we'll figure it out"

"we'll figure this out, i promise" she says while tracing her fingers on my chest.

right now, for the first time in a very long time, i feel safe.

"you've really surprised me" she smirks.

"in what way?"

"you're such a softie" she bites her lip to hide her smile, "who would've known?"

"you can't tell anyone" i smile back.

i can't stop smiling. i keep smiling at her like an idiot, but this girls smile is contagious.

-

jade

ethan and i are still trying to figure everything out. it's been almost two weeks since i broke up with noah but i've been spending all that time with ethan.

i have feelings for ethan and he has feelings for me, but it's not the right time for us. we've just been hanging out a lot, so i guess we're friends, with benefits.

"jade?" zack says knocking on my bedroom door.

"come in!" i yell over my music before turning it down.

"we're robbing pacific bank tomorrow" he reminds me.

"i remember"

"and we need your help"

"you do?" i smile.

"stop looking so happy, i'm involving you in a crime" he scoffs.

"it's about time!" i roll my eyes, "what do you need me to do?"

"i need you to distract a security guard while we clear out all the workers into the lobby, so that they can't press their panic buttons" he tells me.

"that's it?"

"no. one of us are going to take you as a hostage and you're going to play along with it"

"what?" i laugh.

"it's the fastest way to get to the vault. all the bank employees will give us what we want and nobody will try to play the hero and stop us because they think your life's at risk" he explains.

"you're sure this is going to work?"

"one hundred percent" he nods confidently.

"i'll do it" i agree, "but they'll know what i look like"

"which is why you need to look different tomorrow, wear a wig, a hat, anything you want. just make sure the blue hair is gone, it's too easy to identify you"

"what about cctv? they'll have my face on camera"

"we're leaving in a few hours, grayson will hack the cctv cameras when we get there" he assures me.

"leaving for where? i thought it's happening tomorrow"

"we're not robbing the pacific bank that's ten minutes from our house. we're hitting the next pacific bank, that's two hours away and we're staying in a motel tonight"

"who's we?"

"me, you, ethan grayson and noah" he states obviously.

great.

i hear someone coming in downstairs.

"the boys aren't supposed to be here yet" zack says confused looking at the time on his phone.

"it's ethan"

"oh. i'm going back downstairs"

"hi" i smile as ethan comes into my room, and fuck he looks good. he's wearing gray sweatpants and a white t-shirt.

"i haven't seen your smile this big in a while. it looks good on you" he falls back on my bed before kicking his shoes off.

"i'm just excited"

"for what?"

"tomorrow. didn't zack tell you i'm coming?" i ask him and suddenly he doesn't look happy. "what? you don't want me to go?"

"that's not my choice to make, if you want to go then you're going" he states.

"it's the first time i'm going to see noah since we broke up" i remind him.

"you don't have to be afraid of him anymore. you're safe now" he wraps an arm around me as i cuddle into his side.

"i know" i whisper.