Roaming Free

Chapter 1

Luke smiled to himself as he approached Felds, the local diner, and adjusted his earpiece before walking inside for some lunch.

"Hey Robbie!!" Everyone inside the diner cheered after seeing one of their favorite local teens enter the diner.

"Hi guys" Luke said grinning. He then walked up to the counter and sat in one of the high stools. The seat he choose to sit in was "coincidentally" next to the one where the chief of police sat. Luke would always talk to the people around town as 'Robbie' so that he could get info about what's going on. Also the last person they would expect to be a criminal is the person everyone around town loves. All the townspeople know about the four boys is what they do. They don't know how they are connected or what they look like. The chief of police is a good person to sit by if you want to overhear updates about crime.

Luke smiled at the new waitress, who blushed, before placing his order. He guessed she would be pretty to a straight guy. But Luke is not that, he is a gay teenager who has eyes for only one boy with dyed hair. Not that this boy knows it though. Luke's thoughts are interrupted when he hears the news reporter on tv mention something about four teenage criminals.

"Would you turn that up?" He asked no one in particular. Luke then turned his full attention on the news reporter's words.

"Hello citizens of Watertown! I'm Cynthia Glade and boy do I have some important news for you. Okay well it's just in that the police have been interrogating prisoners about the infamous teenage criminals Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin. They just started this process yesterday and they already have 5 new pieces of information that they are allowing us to release to the public. Now, all this information is from one prisoner whom wishes to stay anonymous. Okay so here it goes. According to this prisoner, Michael Clifford dies his hair a lot and is really pale. Who would have guessed? The next tidbit he gave out is a little bit cryptic but here it goes. Luke Hemmings is closer than you think. A bit unsettling yeah? Moving on, the prisoner said that Calum Hood will sometimes do a service for his future victim to figure out how their security systems work. Now, I hate to admit it but that's pretty smart so I'm guessing Calum Hood isn't an easy guy to fool. The prisoner also gave out another cryptic tip: Ashton Irwin is always watching. Finally the last tip this prisoner gave out was that all four of the boys are connected. The police said that they thanked this prisoner by shortening his sentence. That's all for this update! Now to Paul with the weather."

It took all of his self control for Luke to not show his frustration on his face. He quickly ate his burger, paid for his food, and left the diner. As he was walking down the sidewalk he checked his surroundings then turned into an alleyway. After walking to the end of the alley, he leaned against the wall and hid in the shadows. He then reached his hand up to his ear and pressed on the mic part of the earpiece Mikey required him and the boys to wear. It was useful.

"Have you guys seen that news report," Luke asked frustratedly running a hand through his hair.

"Nope,"
"No... Why?"
"Calm down Lukey, what's wrong"

Luke heard the three responses rasp through his earpiece. He sighed and responded,
"I'm alright Mikey; Just watch it right now, please? I'm on my way home."

Michael sighed as he heard Luke's reply and turned the mic off. Not only were the ear pieces connected to the other ear pieces; but they also were connected to this speaker system he set up at the house so that they didn't have to wear the earpieces at home. Michael was concerned because Luke sounded really frustrated. Michael called Calum and Ashton to come into the living room so that they could watch the video Luke was watching. Calum and Ashton immediately came out of Calum's room and sat on either side of Michael, who then turned the video on.