On my Block Fanfiction

Laid Back Secrets

Melani wakes up halfway falling off the couch. The smell of bacon and eggs fills her nose, making her  stomach growl in anticipation. She can  hear spooky in the kitchen knocking pans, among the sizzling of bacon frying. Inside her head She's  smiling, because it's been so long sense She's seen Oscar in the kitchen, but she  doesn't  let the smile reach her lips. Instead, she  forces  the smile back inside, and scolds herself for thinking things can go back to like old times, they can't.
He looks over at her in that same moment smiling.
"Morning " he says.
"Good Morning " She mumbles back.
"Hungry" he asks.
Before she can refuse because she doesn't want  to fall into the routine of Spooky cooking for her every morning someone knocks on the door.
Really they pound on the door. She knows it's Mario because only Mario would pound on the door like he was running for dear life and this is the only way out.
Spooky catches it before She does. Spatula in hand, he looks at Mario like he has lost his mind.
"What the hell is wrong with you, " Spooky asks.
"What," Mario shrugs. "You told me get here as fast as I could. So I did."
Spooky rolls his eyes. "Where are the hot cheetos?"
"Oh shit, I forgot them."
"How the hell are you supposed to bribe  her without them."
"I could go back and get them,"  Mario offers.
"No no, there no time," Spooky says. "Just never-mind."
"Malani your going to have to lay low for a while stay in the house," he says looking at her.
"As apposed to going where,"  she ask?
"Anywhere."  He says.
She gives him a look and smirks, "maybe if you'd come with hot cheetos. I would have considered it.  I don't see a reason to stay inside the house. "
Because I don't want the Prophets to know your back. That's why, spooky shouts annoyed.
Their already after Ceaser. I don't need them after you to.
"So then, pretending I'm with you  isn't working out quite as well as you thought."
"It is working" he snaps.
Then why do I have to hide? Melani asks.
"Just stop asking questions," he says frustrated.
"Mario will keep an eye on you. I have some business to tend to."
"What buisness," she  ask?
He doesn't answer, just gives her look, and she drops the subject.
Mario lays back on the couch.
Spooky approaches them  with two plates of food.
Malani puts her foot on the coffee table crossing her arms over her chest. "He makes it sound like he's hired you as a babysitter"
"Well, I could use the money." Mario jokes.
Malani smacks him on the arm. "It's really not funny."
"Oh come on, it not like you had plans for today." Mario says through a mouth full of bacon. 
"How do you know? "
"Because you've never had any girlfriends. It's always been you , me and spooky."
Malani takes a piece of bacon from the plate and nibbles.
"You don't know everything she whines."
"No leaving til I get back." Spooky orders. "Mario your in charge." 
Malani break  down into laughter.
"I picked him because he's the only one you trust. But if you think this is a joke I can easily get one of the guys to stay."
"Your serious," she says.
Spooky's expression stays the same.
"You don't need to keep me under lock and Key,"she says.  "Nobody's going to hurt me here. Not even a prophet."  She mumbles
She's knows for a fact they won't hurt her, but she's never going to tell him why. She never going to tell them what she bartered in exchange for her safety.
"That was always your problem," Spooky says with irritated laughter. "You always  thought you were god damn  invincible."
"I am invincible," she mutters. Not because she thinks she is bit because she knows it gets on Spooky's nerves. "Like wonder women," she says.
"Oh yeah,"  he says bending down to kiss her lightly on the forehead. "Fine, be invincible here safely at home."
"I'm not a toddler "she yells at his back.
Spooky doesn't answer, He just leaves, then closes  the door behind him.
It's just her and Mario , who happens to be licking the last of syrup from his fork.
"For a gangster damn he can cook."
Malani rolls her eyes. "That's where your head is right now, really Mario?"
Mario looks confused." Where else is my head supposed to be?"
"I don't know." she yells." On finding a solution to get little spooky back home so big spooky can get off my case."
"You know that's not going to get him off your case right?"
Malani shrugs, "maybe not, but with his little brother at home he won't stay in this tiny apartment with me. I can't take it anymore. I'm going insane Mario."
"It's only been one night,"  Mario  says.
"Yeah and in that one night I told him about the baby."
Mario drops his fork on his plate.  "What? Are you insane!"
"Not completely. I didn't tell him the whole truth, just part of it." 
Mario glares at her. "I'm guessing you left the important parts out?"
"If you mean the whole I entrusted my baby to the prophets , that would be a yes. Although  it would  have been a perfect time," Malani says thoughtfully. "It's possible he's too busy to murder me."
"Tell him that, and I'm sure he'll clear his schedule."
      "I thought I would be able to find him Mario."  Her heart breaks when she says it. "It was supposed to be a perfect plan."  Hand the baby over, steal the baby back, and then really put the baby up for adoption. But the mole she'd thought she'd planted among the prophets had either been caught or too chicken to go through with it. Either way, the baby had gotten lost.  She had really given her child away to pay a debt back from her father. Now, who knows where he could be.
If spooky found out, we'll that didn't matter. He was never going to find out. As far as he was concerned, their child had been given away through the foster care Center to a safe and happy home.