( in this chapter you will be reading from a third person point of view. Sort of like a bystander watching Jim.And switching on and off back to Vivian's point of view)
Jim walked out of the apartment with nothing but some cigarettes, some money and a jacket. Jim's mom opened the window and through something out at Jim. The item landed at his feet, he reached down to pick it up, it was a basketball trophy. Part of the base had broken off due to the fall. It was a gold trophy with a marble base. The figure was a boy dribbling a basketball. Jim took one look at the trophy and threw it in the trash can next to him, and he walked off. He had no destination no goal he just walked. As he walked he lit a cigarette and let out the smoke. The smoke drifted into the dark night sky, the stars barely visible through the pollution from the factory's. He walked for a while and just kept going straight until someone grabbed him and pulled him into an ally.
"Hey what the fuck!" Jim shoved the guy off of him
The guy was wearing a black ski mask and took it off, it was Mickey, "Shhhh." Mickey out a finger over his mouth. Behind Mickey was Pedro and Neutron.
Jim was confused ,"What the hell are you doing?"
Mickey handed him a ski mask, "We both got kicked out. We have jack shit to help us. So we got to find some resources." Mickey winked.
"What are we gonna do?"
Mickey started explaining his plan, "Your gonna ask some rich old lady for directions to, somewhere I don't know and we are gonna hide around the corner and you'll grab her purse and we'll go."
Jim rolled his eyes, "Fine." Jim threw his hood over his head and stepped out of the ally, he waited for someone to show up, and when they did he asked for directions.
"Excuse me miss. Do you know how to get to 31st?"
The women started to give him directions and in mid sentence Jim yanked her purse off of her forearm and the boys came out from the corner to help. Once the purse was retrieved Jim Pedro, and Neutron bolted but Mickey stayed behind to torture the women,
"Mickey let's go!" Jim shouted for Mickey to join them in running away. One could only guess what they were gonna do with that money.
Later that night Neutron had split off form the group and so did Pedro. That left just Mickey and Jim. They used the money to purchase some type of drugs (unidentifiable) the substances made them feel happy. They gave them sort of serotonin that made them feel unstoppable. The drugs messed with their minds to convince them that they were safer and better off with them. They made Jim feel like he was running trough fields of flowers never stopping until he fell.
The next morning
(Vivian's point of view now)
I woke up to the sounds of honking horns and shouts The traffic started early so I had no chance of going back to sleep today there was no school. They had to order a search for both mine and Jim's schools due to the issues at the basketball game. I got up to go get breakfast and there was a note on the table, it read
Hey sweetie I had to leave early to pass rush hour have a good day and stay safe. I love you
-Mom
Great mom was gone and I had the whole house to myself. I couldn't help but continue to think about Jim. My thoughts ran crazy in my mind
Where is he?
Is he ok?
What is he doing?
Has he gotten caught?
Is he alive?These thoughts caused me to become unsettled I got up and got ready to go look for him. Today was quite a cold day compared to earlier this week. I had an idea of where he could be. There was this one place that consisted of a couple blocks of apartments. They were full of druggys and prostitutes. I headed that way until I stopped and saw him. He was heading into an apartment complex alongside Neutron. I followed him discretely and saw him go into the elevator he seems to be going to the 3rd floor. So I took the stairs. Once I reached the third floor I saw him and Neutron standing outside of a room and they started talking
"Trust me Jim. You'll love this." Neutron knocked on the door and someone answered. It was two blonde girls. They were average height and had straight bleach blonde hair. They had large and seemingly unnatural chests. Definitely considered to be real life dolls. Neutron kissed one of them ( this must have been the girl he has mentioned before), and introduced Jim to the other I couldn't quite make out the name but it was something like Blinkie but that didn't seem right. Blinkie was very flirtatious and this kinda pissed me off. They walked into the apartment so now I had no way of seeing them, now that I hear it that sounded very stalker-ish. I tried to see if there was a peep whole I could look through and there was, but I had to stand on my tiptoes to see through it. When I looked inside I saw Neutron and the other girl sitting on one couch making out and Jim and Blinkie on the opposite couch just sitting. Then Blinkie said something and leaned in to kiss him. Jim didn't hesitate and kissed her back. Watching this felt like getting kicked in the stomach on repeat. I sat down against the door and started to cry, but tried to be as quiet as possible. I couldn't believe he did this, but at the same time I could. Who was I to think Jim would actually ever want a real relationship with a girl not just for sex. This is why I hate boys. I sat there a while longer until I realized I could get caught. I got up and ran I was furious. I hated Jim.
I ran all the way back to my apartment, crying I opened the door and slammed it shut. "Fuck you Jim!" I screamed this and pointed my middle finger out the window as if he was standing right there. I had never felt more betrayed.
"I love you Vivian."
Those were Jim's words. He said it first. Words like those aren't just words. They are a promise, and Jim broke that promise. But I held on.
( Back to third person as if we are watching Jim)
"Should we take this to my room?" Blinkie grabbed him by his jacket and dragged him to her room. Her room still seemed to be the same as when she was a little girl. She pushed Jim onto her bed and started to undress. She proceeded to then sit on Jim's lap "teasing" him.
Jim gulped and said, "Should we turn off the lights first?" Blinkie ignored this and kissed him. They proceeded to make out growing more and more aggressive until well you know. After this they slept until later the next morning.
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