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23.

[continuation of last chapter]

Mabel's POV

"Shit!" I panicked. I didn't even think of the orange juice or the pills, I left them on the table and rushed to the front door. I looked out of the peephole, and saw Josh sitting on the steps, on his phone.

Since mami wasn't up, I figured that it didn't matter if I was wearing a crop top. I took of the long sleeve shirt and put it in my bag before greeting Josh outside.

"Hey Josh" I said casually. Josh looked me up and down, with a surprised stare on his face. "Hey" he replied, still sitting. "Someone looks a little grown." I tried to hide my smile, but it still came out anyways. I didn't even know if that was meant to be a good thing or a bad thing, I just know that 'grown' is the opposite of 'little kid'.

"Oh do I?" I asked, "I didn't even notice." Josh let out a little chuckle as he shook his head and stood up from where he was sitting. "Let's go, we don't wanna be caught lounging around" he said. It was a good thing that I put on extra coats or deodorant today, because I was sweating massive bullets.

Joshua's POV

There were a few reasons why I wanted to sleep with Mabel. One, we'll both get payback at Sami and Trevor. Well, that is if I can convince Mabel to make a sex tape with me. I'm not worried about that though, if she says no, I have a backup plan. Two, maybe I can convince myself that I'm not gay or bi-curious. What happened the other day with Trevor scared me, but it made me realize why I wanted to be around Mabel all of a sudden. I will do anything to hide that. Anything.

On the walk to my house, Mabel was pretty quiet. I could tell she was either thinking, or super nervous. I thought her shyness was kind of cute, but I didn't wanna point that out. So instead, I looked over at her and saw that she kept looking down at her hands.

"Hey, I have a question" I spoke, breaking the silence. Mabel slowly looked up at me, "what's up?" she replied. "This sounds crazy" I began with a giggle, "but would you be okay with me filming this?" Mabel furrowed her eyebrows instantly— "no!" she exclaimed, obvious that it was without second thought. I rolled my eyes, I should've expected that to happen. "Okay" I said, "we don't have to."

Truth was, I was gonna find a distraction for Mabel in the living room. Then I was going to pretend that I was checking to see if my parents had left. While I did that, I'd be setting up my camcorder in between the self care items on my dresser.

We finally got to my house, and because my parents have three cars, I knew the first part of my plan would work. Their two cars were gone, but the third car was in the driveway. The third car was actually for me, as I turned sixteen not too long ago, but my parents used it occasionally since I didn't actually get my permit yet.

"Hey" I began as I jiggled my key in the door, "I'm just gonna check up stairs real quick, just to be sure that my parents are gone. In the meantime, do you think you could stay in the living room?" I asked Mabel.

"Sure" she said, "do what you need to."

I nodded and opened the door, Mabel walked to the couch and sat. I was a little surprised, she seemed a little more at ease than she was earlier. Maybe it's because she's been here before, so she feels some comfort.

I jogged upstairs and checked my parents rooms. I knew they were gone, but my mind kept telling me to check anyways. When I had the visual confirmation that they weren't here, I walked into my room, and grabbed my camcorder out of the top drawer in my dresser.

I quickly lined up my deodorant collection, so that it was surrounding the camera. I backed away to look, and it looked good. I pressed the on button and put a notebook on top of the deodorants as a finishing touch in case Mabel looked over. It looked pretty normal.

I went back downstairs to Mabel, "they're gone, you're good" I said. She giggled, "okay, but what took you so long?" I licked my lips as I quickly thought of something, "I was looking for a condom in my parents room" I said. Mabel didn't question me after, she nodded as she seemed to believe me.