One Word | H.S.

Chapter Fifty-One

Are you ready for a rollercoaster?

One last smutty ride.

Unless...

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Pretty Boy's POV | Present Day

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Tight.

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I'm giving Red a piggyback ride because she refused to walk more than ten feet.

Claimed she was utterly exhausted, and now her legs are cascaded around my waist as the group of fallen misfits walk throughout the land of Greenport. We even look like unsettling criminals, but I suppose the local citizens are too preoccupied with the fucking fire.

My face has this permanent scowl from a result of Cade's joke, the Blonde Fuck not able to keep quiet for the totaled time of five minutes. He's too goddamn loud, my brain is about to explode into millions of itty-bitty pieces.

"Couldn't we have taken a cab?" Mia questions through heavy breaths, Levi essentially racing down the streets as we walk towards our deaths. "My legs are turning to jelly," She heaves as Ryder agrees, these losers doing easy work.

I'm having to walk on my own and carry another human-being on my back, exhausting.

Turning over his stupid shoulder, Levi narrows his eyes as Mia cocks a brow at him, not being scared in the slightest. "Yes, please. That makes so much sense! Any taxis around? We wanna take it easy before we're shot," His words are laced with clear sarcasm, eyes rolling in the back of his head.

"You know, you should be dead," She speaks again as I have to force the laughter back down my throat, my arms readjusting Red's limp self as she gives me no leeway. "Not really sure what this whole attitude is, but I hope a boulder falls on your face." I'm liking her more and more as time progresses, searching her way into the softness of my hardened heart.

Or, I'm afraid she'll kill me. Jensen's child's-play in comparison to this lunatic, good fuck.

Halting completely, Levi shakes his head as he turns on his heel, facing us head-on. "So, when are you plannin' on tellin' everyone that you and Mary are cousins?" He folds his arms over his broad chest, my jaw falling to the cemented ground as Ryder snickers to the right, tired of all this bullshit.

This wasn't the exact way I thought information was going to be released, perhaps a nice drink of jet-fuel would be present, but it was getting too soft anyways.

Mary's eyes widen from the potency of his crass words, the guy having zero filter as all hell will soon break loose, all havoc wreaked. "Woah, what the fuck? You two are cousins?" Cade joins the party of promising death as I'm about to take Red and run far, far away.

Truthfully, I'm so thankful that we're having this ridiculous conversation whilst almost all of us are awaiting death-dates. Sitting on the bed of finality, these psychos decided that this, of all damn moments, was the time to have a nice, family reunion.

Red hasn't moved on my back, completely still as I can only envision her facial expression. Perhaps it's a mixture of sheer terror and lost-boy confusion, jaw to the ground as her legs will soon run limp, more limp.

And to-be-honest, it sounds like she's fucking laughing.

"Shut the fuck up, I knew it," She speaks for the first time as I flip my chin around, my grin stretching wider as I can catch a small glimmer of amazement on her features. "Well, like I didn't know-know, but I had my hunches. Destructive bitches," She corrects, Blonde Fuck pacing around as though he's going to head into cardiac arrest.