Chapter Eight
~Riley's P.o.v.~
I regret agreeing to this mission. Was the first thing I thought when we pulled into Long Beach. There seemed to be paparazzi by all the big companies.
"Okay, so there is a wealthy part of town and a not so wealthy side. Matt says we are heading to the Wealthy side." Joey says looking at his phone.
"Oh great. So they judge people in this place. It's basically Gossip Girl." I said rolling my eyes.I mean c'mon we all know about the upper east side.
"I don't think they intentionally judge people with houses Riles. I heard that all houses kinda just go down the roads from larger to smaller and like stores in between if that makes sense." Joey said scratching his head with a small smile. I just laughed and said 'okay.'
"Oh Riley! Look out the window! It's Clover Thompson!" Joseph said.
"Who's that?" I asked with a raised eyebrow at Joey's excitement. I slowed down a little so I can take a quick look.
"You know Lucky, the supermodel! Can we please stop and get her autograph?" Joseph begged. I just shook my head and sighed.
"Maybe after. Anyways she looks busy doing some type of commercial." I pointed out and this time it was his turn to sigh.
"Fine, the house is on the next street I think. The address is 9873 Kingston RD." (A/N: I honestly have no idea if this is a real address)
"Okay, I don't understand why this kid would join a gang. These people obviously have lots of money." Joseph said and I nodded in agreement.
"Probably a kid that wants to party, get drunk, and fight. He probably thought the solution to that would be to join a gang." I said as we got out of the car.
"Oh my goodness, you're finally here! I thought I would be dead by the time you got here. Geez! I called you in like three weeks ago! Hurry up and get inside! Now!" The lady said as she slammed the car door closed and grabbed our arms pulling us inside. Joseph and I shared a look.
"Listen ma'am calm down." I said pulling my arm out of her tight grip.
"Calm down? Calm down!? My son is in danger! He is only sixteen years old and his life is at risk and you want me to calm down!" She yelled at me with tears filling her eyes.
"Listen ma'am -"
"Sarah."
"Listen Sarah, I understand you're worried about your son who is only sixteen but don't worry we are the best in the business." Joseph said and I nodded in agreement.
"You better be or else I will sue." She threatened glaring at us.
"Well we are. Now we need you to take a deep breath and sit down and we'll ask you a few simple questions. Sound good?" I asked not really caring if it was it wasn't.
"I'm not stupid you know. I actually am Lucky's manager, so I'm obviously not crazy." She said flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder and sitting down.
"We don't think you're crazy. We just think you're a worried mother." Joseph said, as we sat on the white plush couch across from her.
"Well thank you. Now what are the questions you need me to answer because I have a meeting with two new potential clients." She said looking at her phone. Making me narrow my eyes at the woman. Two minutes ago she was almost in tears over this whole thing.
"Like who? Because if it's someone like Lucky you can then their digits will be accepted without question." Joseph asked and I slapped his arm giving him a look that says to focus.
"Sorry." He muttered.
"Okay, so the first question is, what school does he go to?" I asked getting on subject and she gave me a flat look.
"He goes to the closest high school here, Falcon high." She said a matter of factly and Joey quickly scribbled it on the blue notebook he had.
"There are thousands of schools here." Joey muttered and I elbowed him making him shut up.
"Of course and do you know how long he has been involved in this gang?" I asked.
"I think it's been about 10 months at least." She responded with a frown."Mandy, can I get three cups of tea." She added taking to the maid who came out of nowhere. The maid nodded before heading into the kitchen.
"Has his attitude changed at all?" I asked.
"Definitely!" She said nodding her head. "He use to be a nice perky boy with all A's until this whole thing started. Now he goes to all these parties and he even swears!" She said with tears forming in her eyes, again. Joseph gave me a look at the last part that says 'Is she serious?' and I just rolled my eyes in response. The maid, Mandy set three cups of tea down on the table and I quickly thanked her before continuing.
" Okay, that's actually all we needed to know. Thank you." Joseph said standing up and shaking her hand.
"We'll get your son out of this mess as soon as possible." I said and she smiled.
"Thank you so much! You two are too sweet. I guess I won't have to sue you." She said smiling widely. I was about to open my mouth to retort, but Joey just shook his head as in saying don't bother.
"Well we will get back to you as soon as possible. Goodbye Sarah." We said with a quick wave before leaving as soon as the door shut we gave each other a look.
"I have dealt with a lot of crazy people in my life on missions, but I must say she basically topped them all." I said and Joseph nodded in agreement.
"We need to get out of here, so we can go back to the usual normal stuff." I said and Joseph laughed.
"What normal stuff Riles. I mean nothing is normal in our lives. That like the zombie apocalypse in the walking dead was just normal." He said.
"True, true you're right Joey, our lives are not normal and I'm almost positive they never will be which is why we have to get use to that fact. I mean Rick Grimes is use to his lifestyle at this point." I said and he nodded his head agreeing. We were huge Walking Dead fans, don't judge.
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So right now we are sitting outside of the school waiting for it to let out so we can get some more information from the kid Calum.
"So basically this may or may not even take days?" I asked with my right eyebrow raised and Joey smiled innocently.
"Cole actually said you didn't have to come if you didn't want to because this mission is so short." Joey said.
"Joseph!" I hissed with a scowl.
"Riley!" Joey said smiling innocently.
"You know that doesn't work on me Joseph." I said, my scowl not removing from my face.
"Yeah, but hey you got to leave for a while." He said brightly and I just gave him a blank stare.
"You do know that I haven't gotten any sleep at all whatsoever." I said and he just continued to smile. "After about an hour later I groaned unbuckling my seatbelt.
"Hey, wait, where are you going?" Joey asked with a panicked tone, quickly unbuckling his seatbelt as well.
"I am not going to sit here and wait for this kid! We should of checked when he got out of school about four hours ago. Now I'm just going in to get him." I said annoyed while opening the car door.
"Wait! You can't just go in there with all black on and guns and knives obviously showing. Do you have a wish to get arrested?" Joey asked giving me a crazy look causing another scowl to appear on my face.
"Don't give me that look. I am not some crazy lady and I'm not stupid Joseph, I was gonna change." I said rolling my eyes and this time it was his turn to scowl.
"Stop calling me Joseph!" He said and it was my turn to smile innocently. I shut the car door and went to the trunk to grab some extra clothes. I grabbed my only normal outfit which was a knee length blue, jean skirt, black long sleeve shirt which I tucked in and a pair of grey heels that were only half an inch. Joey was staring at me with a look I couldn't understand.
"What?" I asked feeling a little insecure.
" Uh nothing." He said nervously. "I just can't believe you changed in front of the whole parking lot." He said and I rolled my eyes.
"I'm wearing a bra J. It's not like I was completely naked. And we're the only two people out here right now." I said."Now hurry up and change." I added and he quickly changed his shirt so he was only in a white regular t- shirt and black jeans. He removed all his weapons and gadgets and put than in the bag.
"Done." He said smiling brightly.
"Okay, let's go." I said nodding towards the door. He slammed the trunk and we started to walk towards the door.
"Wait!" Joey said for about the millionth time today causing me to let out a long, annoyed groan.
"What?" I snapped and he held up his hands in surrender.
"I just wanted to ask, why are you so dressed up to walk into a school?"He asked.
"I'm not dressed up and I just need to look a little bit older. Like i'm in my twenties at least." I said, applying dark red lipstick."I am going to pretend to be his aunt." I said and he made a 'ohh' like sound. I rolled my eyes once again.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" The secretary asked smiling brightly once we were inside after they buzzed us in.
"Hi, I'm here to pick up my sisters son for an doctors appointment, Calum Kayto." I said and she smiled brightly.
"Oh right she called about you possibly coming. He is in room 236 with Mr. Reagan. I'll get one of my assistants to go get him." She said and I quickly shook my head.
"Oh no it's fine I can go get him and I'll make sure I bring him back to sign out." I said giving her a friendly smile.
"Erm.. I guess that's okay, but make sure to bring him back."
"Do you want me to come with you, honey?" Joseph asked and I stifled a laugh when he said honey.
"No, it's okay darling, I'll be back with Calum in a few minutes." I said and he just rolled his eyes.
"Okay, only if you're sure cupcake." He said and I quickly gave him a glare, but I made sure it was replaced by a smile before the secretary noticed. I walked out of the office and started looking for room 236. I quickly found it about 6 rooms down. I knocked on the door and a man who seemed to be in his 30's with a little bit of grey hair came to the door.
"Hello, are you Mr. Reagan by any chance?" I asked and soon everyone I the classroom had their eyes on me. I mentally rolled my eyes as a few guys whistled. I notice Calum being one of them.
"Yes, yes I am and you are?" He asked.
"I'm April Waters." I said using my fake name. "I'm here to get Calum Kayto." I watched as Calum's eyes widen before going back to a unemotional face. He grabbed all of his stuff and started heading over.
"Would you like the work you're gonna miss, mister Kayto?" He asked him and he just laughed sarcastically.
"Hell no." He said before walking out leaving Mr. Reagan frowning.
"He use to be such a great kid." He mumbled to himself while shaking his head.
"I'll take his work and I'll make sure to give it to him." I said.
"No you won't." He yelled half way down the hall. I held back a glare and gave Mr.Reagan a fake smile.
"Oh thank you, Mrs. Waters. Have a lovely day." He said handing me the papers.
"Thank you, you too." I said before walking off, and as soon as he shut the door to his classroom a scowl replaced the fake smile on my face as I stalked over to were Calum was waiting.
"So who are you and what do you want?" He asked not even looking at me. I clenched my jaw annoyed for too many reasons to count.
"For now you will know me as your aunt who is here to pick you up for an doctors appointment." I said sternly and he rolled his eyes before starting to head to the office. We walked in and Joseph raised his eyebrow as if he's asking what's wrong as he notices my clenched jaw and my glare and I just shook my head.
"I hope you all have a lovely day. Have fun at your appointment Calum." She says sweetly.
"I won't." He said shortly and I'm pretty sure steam was almost coming out of my ears as soon as we were out of the school I went off on him.
"First of all, you have no respect for anyone older than you which you definitely should and second of all, I could have been a complete creeper wanting to kidnapped you, yet you just came with me without any worry in the world." I snapped and he just rolled his eyes at me, again .
"That's it!" I snapped about to attack the kid, but Joey quickly grabbed my arms and held them behind my back which did nothing as I flipped him over my head so he landed on the floor.
"Joseph, you think you would learn by now" I sighed dramatically and he just got up with a huff.
"Which car is yours?" Calum asked and I just glared at him.
"This way." Joey said leading the way and I scoffed at this.
"So April, you're looking hot." Calum said and this time Joseph glared at him. We all got in the car and I closed my eyes and counted to ten before I said anything to him.
"Okay,Calum I'm going to explain this once and only once. I'm Riley Scott's and this is Joseph Maxwell. We are agents your mother has hired to get you out of this gang business." I said and hope flashed through his eyes for a second, but it quickly disappeared and the blank look reappeared.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said shrugging and I sighed.
"This is gonna take a while." Joseph said running his hands down his face with a sigh and I nodded in agreement, a long while.
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