Author's Note:
Sorry for the postponing of last week's update. Long story short, my computer broke down and I had no access to FFN, but here I am! So, without further ado, HIT IT, CRISPER!
CRISPER: OKAY! (HITS IT)
Lukas Cage was going to become a fiery hot Internet meme as long as Lukas and the TMK were in jail.
"Well, I guess Maya chose right in not coming with us that time." Gill said, smiling playfully at the other two men, Lukas and Aiden, who glared back. He slowly, awkwardly looked away, only to see Ocelott sitting in a corner, her back facing them. Upon listening closely, he could hear that she was crying. Frowning a bit, he stood and approached her. "Ocelott, why are you crying?" He asked quietly, watching her jerk slightly with sobs.
She turned around to face him and he was surprised to see her smiling with no tears in her eyes.
"I was laughing at the bugs!" She told him happily.
"Oh." He said. She turned around, focusing on her "pets" and he decided to sit next to her. She didn't seem to notice and he slowly reached out to stroke her soft, brown hair.
"What are you doing?" She suddenly turned around and asked curiously, making Gill flinch almost wildly.
"Oh… nothing." He said, putting his hands in his laps and smiling at her. She frowned at him for a moment.
"It's okay. I can pet you, too." She said. "See?" She softly patted his short, black hair with a smile.
"Oh, uh… thanks, Ocelott." He said. She nodded before turning back to play with her bugs.
POV Switch
Aiden sat on the bench next to Lukas, frowning and staring at his feet.
'What am I gonna do about Maya?' He thought to himself, frowning he thought deeply.
"Something bothering you?" Lukas asked, making Aiden sigh. Aiden sat up and faced Lukas, looking away from the blonde's eyes and focusing on his jacket instead.
"Yeah." He admitted, kind of glad that Gill was occupied with Ocelott at the moment.
"What is it?" Lukas asked.
"Well, it's about… y'know." He said. Lukas thought for a second.
"Maya?" He guessed making Aiden give him a surprised look that hardened into a glare.
"How'd you know?"
"She was pretty specific about who was bothering her when she said she wouldn't go for ice-cream unless you did." He said quietly, making Aiden sigh again.
"Fine, whatever."
"So, what's going on?" Lukas asked again. Aiden paused, looking Lukas in the eye trying to find a reason to distrust him. The blonde's blue eyes and true heart didn't seem to waver under his close inspection and he knew that Lukas onnly had his best in mind for him and everyone Lukas knew and loved.
"So, we had gone on a date or whatever, and… I really thought we were both going for it, so… I tried to kiss her."
"Tried to?"
"... no, I guess I actually kissed her. She got really angry. Like, blew up on the spot! Like a Creeper!" He added, making Lukas snicker at his comparison. When Lukas looked at him again, he took a second to think before continuing. "She said 'if I wanted a slut, I could buy one'." He added, wiping the small grin clean off of Lukas's face, revealing a distraught frown.
"Whoa."
"Yeah. And she threw some money at me. See?" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled up dollar and some spare change. "That's messed up!"
"Oh wow. That's… I'm speechless." Lukas said shockedly.
"No! Now is not the time to be speechless, Lukas. I need help! What am I gonna say to her?" Aiden hissed worriedly.
"Calm down, Aiden. Have you tried talkin-"
"Of course I have! She won't let me!"
"Before that, though. Did you give her time to cool down?"
"Ye-... not exactly, no." He rephrased. "But what do I do then?"
"Just… I don't know, give her some time to cool off and, um… apologize, first of all."
"Right."
"After that, try to talk things over with her." He said.
"Anything else?" He asked eagerly. Lukas shook his head. Aiden quietly reclined in his seat, nervously tapping his foot. A few moments passed with Aiden occasionally glancing at Lukas, the other returning the gaze before it was quickly, awkwardly broken. It continued like this, accompanied by the slow whirring of the ceiling fan and the leaky sink's drip-drops. "Sooo…." Aiden began coolly.
"I don't know when we're getting out." Lukas replied, sounding a bit annoyed.
"Alright, geez!" Aiden whispered back, folding his arms to himself and slightly turning away with a bored sigh. A small grin curled up his lips and he glanced at Lukas out of the corner of his eye. "And thanks."
"Welcome." Lukas said with a smile. The two men looked up at the door when they heard it open, a very familiar woman walking inside.
"Jessica?" Both of them asked. A loud squeal resounded across the room as Ocelott bounded across the small room, pressing her face against the bars like a cat in a kennel.
"Jessica, what're you doing here?" Gill asked as she went to the front desk.
"What's it look like? I'm getting you out." She told them briefly. A loud meow from Ocelott grabbed their attention and the guard shrieked in surprise when Ocelott managed to squeeze her way through the bars.
"AAAAAAHH!" She screamed as she ran right out the door. Before the guard could stand up, Jessica raised a hand, stopping him.
"It's alright. I'm bailing her out, too." She explained making the guard ease up a bit and sit back down. Within minutes, the paperwork was finished.
The guard stood up to unlock the gate. The three boys stood and Gill brushed past Aiden and Lukas to be the first one out.
"Thanks, Jess." He said quickly before he rushed out of the room. Guessing he was probably going after Ocelott, none of them made any remark on his curt departure.
"Um, thanks, Jessica." Aiden said shyly. He gave Lukas a short nod before quietly seeing himself out.
Jessica looked him over, seeing his scratched up face from Ocelott's sharp claws and black, bruised eye from the scuffle he had earlier.
"Are you okay?" She asked. He nodded, grinning to brush off any doubt she might have had for his answer.
"Thanks, Jessica." Lukas said, smiling at her. Instead of returning a warm smile like he had hoped, she just stared at her, her face blank and unreadable to the blonde. He frowned a bit, thinking briefly about what might have upset her. "I'm… sorry about what happened." He told her, meaning the words he spoke though they were few.
"I don't want your apology, Lukas. It's just…." She took a moment to think before nervously eyeing the officer who didn't pay much attention to them. Though he seemed focused on whatever it was on his iBlock, she didn't quite want him to know about her personal affairs. "You think we should talk somewhere else? Maybe my room?" She asked. He nodded, feeling anxious to know what was bothering her.
Pushing all of his questions out of his head enough for him to function normally in front of her, he followed her out of the prison.
Author's Note:
Phew! Update, complete! So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, even though in this story I seem to have lost the concept of time itself. Oh geez… well, thanks for reading and reviewing!
RANDOM ANNOUNCEMENTS: I am an online college student as of Tuesday the 17th! Yay! And, also, tomorrow's the weekend!
Crisper: Yay! The weekend!
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