accomplice | ethan dolan

fifteen

jade

"everyone down on the ground now this is a robbery!" noah yells as we come into the diner with our guns on display.

"who's in charge?" zack points his gun at waitress.

she points out her manager and we demand that he shows us where the cash is. he opens the till and is insistent that there's no more cash in the building.

"i don't who you're hiding it for, but they're not here to protect you and i'm not afraid to kill you" noah warns the man.

"no there's not.. there's no more cash here" the man stutters nervously.

noah doesn't take no for an answer and shoots the mans foot.

i gasp as he falls to the floor in pain.

"tell me where the cash is, or the next bullet is going into your brain" noah yells, losing his patience.

zack, ethan and i look at each other confused. this was not a part of the plan.

"someone would've heard that shot" i whisper to zack, "it won't be long before the cops get here. we should go"

"bonnie take them to the safe" the manager tells a waitress.

a scared waitress stands up from behind the counter and i recognise her immediately. she's my childhood best friend, bonnie blake.

i'm wearing a bandana that covers all of my face from below my eyes but i think she recognises me as soon as she looks into my eyes.

her facial expression changes. she doesn't look scared anymore.

"go with her to the safe. i'm going to wait with grayson" i tell ethan.

"why?" he asks confused.

"just do it" i mutter before running back out to the car.

"jade what the fuck happened in there?" grayson asks as soon as i get into the car, "are you okay? who got shot?"

"noah shot some guy"

"and why are you back out here?"

"one of my old best friends works as a waitress in there, i think she knew it was me" i sigh.

"shit" he mutters, "how did we miss her? we've been watching this place for three weeks"

"i don't know. she must have been working the days i wasn't watching"

"when was the last time she seen you?"

"before i dropped out of high school, seven or eight months ago"

"do you think she'll give you up?"

"here they are!" i panic as ethan, noah and zack coming running towards the car.

he starts the car and we speed off as soon as the boys are in.

"jade what the hell?" zack starts, "why did you run out of there?"

"remember my best friend bonnie?" i state, giving him a minute to connect the dots.

"fuck!" zack's eyes widen as the realisation hits him, "did she recognise you?"

"i don't know. i panicked and left"

"there's no point worrying about it now" noah adds, "nothing we can do" he shrugs.

"what were you even thinking?" i snap at noah, "you can't just go around shooting people!"

"it had to be done" he shrugs.

grayson drives us all back to my house, where we count the money and noah was right. it was a lot more money than the bank.

"what's the total?" i ask zack.

"250 grand" he says before reading the calculator again.

"that's 50 grand each" grayson laughs.

"how do we clean it?" noah asks.

"honestly, i have no idea" zack mumbles.

"i'll worry about that tomorrow" i yawn, "i'm going to bed"

"i'll be up in a second" ethan tells me in front of the boys, earning glares from zack and noah.

noah looks like he's ready to snap.

i have to tell ethan before he does.

i have a quick shower, before changing into my pyjamas and getting into bed.

"sorry i took so long" ethan says coming into my room.

"it's okay" i smile, "but i have to tell you something" i pat the space in my bed beside me, waiting for him to join me.

"it sounds serious" he smirks.

"only if you make it serious" i bite my lip nervously, "please don't get mad"

"what is it?" he laughs.

"i kissed noah" i blurt.

"when?"

"last week"

"why?"

"because about two weeks before that, he apologised for everything and called me the love of his life. it brought back a lot of feelings-"

"but you didn't feel like telling me that?" he cuts me off.

"i'm telling you now" i mumble.

"now doesn't matter jade" he runs his hand through his hair, "you've already kissed him!"

"but the kiss cleared everything up. there was no spark when i kissed him, it was nothing compared to us" i assure him.

"you should've told me" he sighs.

"we're not together e, i didn't think i had to"

"you don't have to, you never have to with me. i just thought you would want to tell me"

"i'm sorry" i whisper.

"i'm going to stay at home tonight" he mutters, standing up from my bed, "i'll talk to you tomorrow"

he leaves my bedroom, slamming the door behind him.

ethan

it's still dark out when the noise of my phone ringing wakes me up.

"zack it's 2am" i groan as i answer the phone.

"i know, but jade said she wasn't staying in yours and she usually texts me when she changes her mind"

"jades not here" i tell him, suddenly wide awake.

"she left about an hour after you left. she said she wouldn't be long and would be home before 12"

"i didn't even know she was coming over, i would have picked her up" i put my phone on speaker as i start to get dressed.

"fuck where is she" he starts to panic, which is rare for zack.

"me and gray will be over in ten minutes. we'll find her" i assure him but i'm not as calm as i sound.

i'm terrified.

note;
grayson pov next chapter?