Rule # 6

Chapter 22

Hero's pov

"Come on guys hurry the cops are here looking for Josephine" Felix yells through the door. Holy shit we have been drinking and smoking and now the cops are here. "What the fuck let's go babe" I say as I quickly help her zip her dress up. I throw my suit back on and we make our way down the back staircase and out the door. As Felix and Mercy follow us all of a sudden a light is shined in our faces. "Hey stop right there" the officer says as Jo grips my hand tight. "I'm sorry officer we were just leaving" Mercy says. "First we need to speak to a Josephine Langford have you seen her" he says. Jo goes to walk forward but I pull her back. "Why do you want to speak with her?" I ask the officer. "We got a call of an assault on a Mia Graves and she wants to press charges" he says. "I'm Josephine officer sir" Jo says as she pulls her hand away from me and walks towards him. "She's not talking without her parents and a lawyer she's a minor" I tell him. "Ok Josephine let's go call your parents and have them meet us at the station" he says leading Jo towards the police car she looks back at me with tears in her eyes I can tell she is scared but I will gather everyone I know to tell the cops it was self defense if I have too. Also I'm going to visit Mia I'm sure if I tell her I'm gonna to press charges on her for vandalism she will surely drop the charges on Jo. As Jo gets loaded into the back seat of the police car Mercy starts crying yelling "we'll get you home soon don't worry we love you." "I love you guys too" Jo says crying as the cop closes the door. "Fuck" I groan running my hands through my hair as I start to cry. "Where the fuck is Mia?" I scream out. "Woahh chill bro we don't need you in jail too" Mercy cries out. "No I need to find her and let her know I'm pressing charges for her keying my car if she presses charges on Jo" I tell them. I go back in the house the party having dispersed since the cops showed up. Alex was cleaning up as I walked in he says "dude what the hell your girl got the cops sent here." "No asshole your bitch called the cops here and where the fuck is she?" I say grabbing him by his shirt. "She's upstairs in my room man chill" he says pulling my hands off him. I run upstairs and open the door Mercy and Felix are right behind me as I see Mia holding an ice pack to her face. "What the fuck get out" she yells at us. "No Mia we need to talk" I tell her. "About what your little girlfriend I hope she gets in so much trouble for this shit" she says laughing. "Not as much trouble your going to be in when I press charges for vandalism on my car" I tell her with venom in my voice. "You can't prove that was me" she says smirking. "Want to try me? I got the surveillance footage" I tell her gritting my teeth. "What? Well it's too late isn't it please don't press charges on me" she cries out. "Go down to the police station tell them it was all a big misunderstanding and that you don't want to press charges and ruin a young girls future" Mercy says to her. "Fine I need a ride though I've been drinking" she says. "Let's go we all need to be there for Jo anyways" I tell them as we head to my car. Mia gets in the back with Mercy as Felix hops in the passenger seat I drive off towards the police station. Shit I really hope her parents don't get too pissed at me. I'm supposed to be protecting her. And here she is getting arrested on my watch. We arrive at the police station and as we walk in to the front door the receptionist greets us and tells us "wait for officer Bailey he'll be out in a minute." A few minutes later the same officer who took Josephine in his car comes out and looks at us saying "you all can't see her yet we are still waiting on her parents." "No please I want to drop the charges it was a huge misunderstanding officer" Mia says standing up. "You said she assaulted and attacked you for no reason" he says sternly. "It was a stupid girl fight I over reacted and don't want to ruin a young girls life over a mistake on the night of our winter ball officer" she says sadly. "Look you kids can't do shit like this it waste our officers time but in the spirit of Christmas since it's coming up soon I will let this go. But I'm warning you all never let me see you in any trouble again or I won't be so nice next time" he says sternly. "Yes officer we won't ever be in this situation again" I tell him sincerely. "I'll go grab Josephine" he says as he heads back into the room. "Thank God" I say groaning. Just then Stephen and Elizabeth run in the door they see us and immediately give me a hug "is she ok Hero?" Elizabeth asks me. "She's getting out now the charges got dropped" I tell them pointing at Mia. "What the hell happened tonight?" Stephen asks us. All of a sudden Officer Bailey opens the door and Jo comes out her eyes puffy and red from crying. "You must me the parents" Officer Bailey says shaking Stephen and Elizabeth's hands. "Yes sorry officer if she caused any trouble" Stephen tells him. "She's a sweet girl and very smart she wouldn't tell us a thing until you two arrived" he says chuckling. Jo cracks a smile and says "as I told you in there in wouldn't have been admissable in court I'm a minor." "True" he says laughing. "Well get out of here guys and stay out of trouble all of you" he says as we leave the station. I put my arm around Jo and she pulls away "what's wrong?" I ask her. "Why the hell is she with you?" She asks pointing to Mia. "Because we needed her to drop the damn charges on you" I say getting annoyed. "I had it handled" she says as she crosses her arms. "I'm sorry baby girl I was scared they had you in jail I had to do something" I tell her pulling her in for a kiss. "Well thanks babe I'm sorry I'm so insecure sometimes" she says as she holds me close. "Josephine let's go as much as we love you with Hero now you need to come home and you are grounded for a week" her dad yells at her. "What the hell I was defending Hero that bitch keyed his car" she says aggravatedly. "There are other ways to handle things besides violence Josephine" her mum says. She pulls me in for a kiss and says "I love you Hero." "I love you Jo" I tell her giving her one more kiss and she sulks as she walks to her parents car. Mercy runs over and gives her a hug and kiss on the cheek saying "a week will fly by we will still see you in school then it's Christmas break." "I know see ya sis love you" she says sadly. Now I have to go a week without my girl but at least her parents didn't freak out like I thought they would.

Author's Note
I'm sorry I'm exhausted and will give you Jo's pov in the next chapter. Special shout-out to Halozmomma who guessed first that Mia called the cops. Don't forget to hit that ⭐ please and thank you. Til next time much love Tina 😘