Leather Jacket

Chapter 9 Baby

Ever since he apologized, he decided it would be best - and more beneficial - if we spent more time together. And as weird and uncomfortable it made me at first, the slight bit of joy it gave me made me want even more.

"Boom ! And that's 6 for me and 2 for you. " I said in victory as I stood with my hands on my hips.

"That's not fair! I'm usually a pro on the basketball court." He said walking up to me.

"Not today you're not." I teased  while he picked me up , threw me over his shoulder and spun me around while we both laughed.

"Okay , Okay you win ! Just put me down ." I said through a fit of giggles while he lowered me back to the ground.

"I thought you'd say that." He said in victory.

"Oh , whatever. "

"Let's make deal, first one inside takes all ." He said taking off into a sprint while I passed him at the last second.

"Yes ! So that's 2 for 2 ?" I said smug in victory while we walked in.

"What's going on ?" Frankie asked , munching on a bowl of popcorn.

"I just beat Marco in basketball and running." I said bragging while Frankie shook his head.

"She's got you whipped man." He said laughing walking away as I looked over at Marco shaking his head.

"What do you wanna do now ?"

"You have theater room , right ?"

"Yeah why ?"

"I'd like us to watch a movie. " I said watching him smirk.

"As in ... a date ?" He asked walking closer.

"Don't put words in my mouth but, yeah. Kinda . " I said while a smile spread across his face. "But I want to clean up first."

"Sure , I'll meet you back here in 10." He said while both of us went into out separate rooms. When we were done , we walked down to the theater room as I held a bowl of popcorn and snacks. Putting the light on , we see Tom and a girl making out on one of the couches making me cringe and close my eyes.

"Out." Marco ordered snapping his fingers as they left quickly, leaving the room to us.

"Is that his girlfriend?" I ask curious looking back.

"Nah , just some random girl. But let's not talk about them. " he said sitting down motioning to the seat next to him , while I sat down.

"So , what do you wanna watch?" He asked while I thought on what the best movie would be that both of us would enjoy.

"Oh ! What about Baby Driver ?"

"Baby Driver? Sounds stupid." He said , putting a hand full of gummy bears in his mouth.

"You'll love it ." I said while we sat like that for the next hour or so. I don't remember the exact moment it happend, but the next thing I knew his arm was around me and my head was laying on his shoulder. It must've been a subconscious thing because any other day I wouldn't have been this close to him. And as much as I hate to admit it , a small part of me liked it.

"Oh , so it's basically like you and me. Execpt , Tom's Baby and I'm the boss." He said facing me as the lights went back on.

"I'm what ?" Tom asked appearing behind us as both Marco and I burst out laughing.

"Nevermind." I said while turning back towards Marco.

"What is it that you want ?" Marco asked to a confused Tom while I started calming down a bit.

"We have a... a last minute thing ." He said uncomfortable as Marco looked back at me with a smile.

"Thank you for the lovely day Alice. You can go on up to bed if you'd like. I'll see you tommorow. " he said excusing himself as they left in a hurry.

They must've thought I was stupid or naive not to read between the lines , but they had me all wrong. The whole time , I tried and convinced myself to go to bed. Put a movie on , read in the tub, anything to stop my mind from running wild. But none of those eased my mind when I knew full well that Marco was out there doing something illegal and wrong.

By the time 1 am rolled around , they still weren't back and I was growing worried. Does these things usually take this long ? Was this normal ? At this point- being all alone in a big empty house - I've resulted to talking to myself and I could agree that something might be wrong. I couldn't help it , worrying was a part of who I was. It's in my DNA...

Pouring myself a 5th cup of coffee as a last resort, I hear the front door blow open followed by dozens of footsteps , making me blow out a breath and run to the foyer. 

"Alice?" Marco asked , dripping wet from the rain as I couldn't help but embrace him.

"I thought something bad had happend to you." I said while he held me close as his men passed us.

"And I thought you were in bed or worse , gone." He said pulling back.

"No, I'm still here. " I said looking up as he seemed confused.

"Are you alright?"

"I am now. Now that you're here. " I said with a smile while he was still so taken back that you could knock him over with a feather I'm sure. "Goodnight Marco." I said walking back upstairs.

"Goodnight. " he said behind me as his voice grew further behind the corner. This might've been the first time I was worried about him , someone like him. He might not be a model citizen , but in some twisted messed up way , I cared very much for him. And his safety.

That's it ! Any thoughts? Theories? Let me know in the comment section below. Thank you so much for reading. Until next time, keep howling my wolves ❤🐺