Chapter 5: Chapter 5
"Josie you lazy ass get outta bed", my aunt yelled. The only benefit of living with these people was that I could always count on them to wake me up. Even if it was very early. Like it's 4:30 am now. I ignored her and tried to get some more shut eye when I heard her pound on my door. "Josephine Anne Bolton". I jumped up immediately. "I swear I will break down this door if you don't come out this instant".
"Coming aunt Martha", I called back groggily. You see, my aunt and uncle had to leave for work very early at 6am so I had to be awake to make breakfast even though I didn't need to wake up till 6:30 and then before they leave, they'd leave me with a huge pile of work to be done to make sure I don't get back to sleep. Usually I'm used to this and I get up before I'm called but the guys dropped me off a couple of minutes after midnight. Coupled with the time I spent talking to the guys on phone after, I slept around 2am which got me about two hours of sleep . So yeah, I'm extra tired this morning. I got up and opened my door and met Martha there glaring at me. I mentally rolled my eyes.
"Good morning aunt Martha". "What the hell is good about this morning you lazy ass? Get to the kitchen. Bacon and eggs pronto", she fumed and left.
I went back to my bathroom and washed my face and gargled on some mouth wash. I looked in the mirror and noticed the circles under my eyes. Just great, now I'm gonna be looking like a zombie all day.
I trudged down to the kitchen and started cooking. As I was, memories of last night flashed in my head....
...Flashback...
After we finished our food, Michelle came back with the check. The rest of us went outside while Justin paid. We also subtly gave him some privacy to collect her number. "So, you guys think he'll do it?" I asked. "Of course he'll do it", Jordan said, "he likes her and his Xbox too much". "Nah, I don't think he'll do it", Jake countered, "he's never really been into a girl before and he might be shy".
"I bet you ten dollars that he will"
"You're on"
I sighed, "ugh. Boys".
Couple minutes later, Justin arrived with a big smile on his face. "Did you get the number?"I asked feeling excited for him. "You know it", he replied happily. "Yes, pay up", Jordan yelled with a big grin on his face. "Aww man", Jake whined, " wait, how do you know it's not fake. Text her first".
I face palmed. Trust Jake to find a loophole in his stupid bet. Justin texted her. We all moved closer to him to see.
Justin: hi. It's Justin.
He got a reply almost immediately.
Michelle: hey Justin ☺️
"Okay I think that qualifies as a real number. Pay up Jake", Jordan said with his hand held out. Jake grudgingly put his hand in his pocket and gave Jordan the money. "Wait wait... What's going on here? Why is Jake paying Jordan money? Justin asked. We all looked away. Jake and Jordan were scratching the back of their necks and whistling.
"Josie", he called. "Yeah?" I replied looking anywhere but at him. "What happened while I was in?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Look at me Josie", I still didn't look. "Josie!"
"Alright fine I'm looking, what do you want?", I snapped.
" What did they do?" He asked calmly. "Well..." I was about to say before being interrupted. "Don't do it Josie. Don't say anything", Jordan and Jake said.
Justin pinned me with a look that made me spill my guts. "Jordan and Jake bet on you being able to get Michelle's number. Jake bet that you wouldn't get it and he lost", I said all in one breath.
"And she said it", Jordan said sighing. "Nooooooo", Jake cried.
Justin rolled his eyes at his brother's theatrics. " Really guys you bet on me. How much?" " Uh, 10 bucks?" Jordan replied more like asked. " You bet on me and it was only ten bucks. I can't believe this", he replied while shaking his head. "Really, you can't believe that either I or Jordan would use you as an excuse to make money?" Jake asked with a raised brow. Justin appeared to be thinking about it for a while before nodding. "You're right I can believe it. Let's get going".
As we were heading back to the car, Jake and Jordan pinned me with a look that made me feel like a traitor. I shrugged and whispered a sorry. The drive back was smooth. We sang along to the radio, well Jordan and I sang while Jake and Justin croaked. Okay I'm exaggerating. They're not completely terrible singers, they're not great either though. They dropped me across the street from the house and I climbed back in without getting caught. Pretty smooth if you ask me.
*Present day*
I finished with the food. I was about going back to sleep before Pete called me to serve his food. I rolled my eyes. Like I was his maid or something. I grudgingly served his and Martha's. They barked out a list of chores to be done that I was barely listening to. I was basically dead on my feet. "Oh and we'll be home late. Don't let that be an excuse for you to not do your chores". I did a happy dance in my head and tried not to smile as I bid them goodbye. I was about to go start on the chores before I remembered that I had today's PE class free and Pete and Martha weren't coming back on time. It gave me an idea. That meant the guys and I could pack up my stuff before they got back. With that thought in mind I went to sleep like a baby.
I woke up again to my alarm sounding. I felt for my phone and turned it off. I felt a little bit more refreshed than before and went to take a bath. I had a nice long shower after which I toweled off and picked out my outfit. I chose a pair of baby blue high waisted jeans and a pink crop top. I paired it up with blue and white sneakers and my pink backpack. I wore my necklace and put on some make up. I styled my hair, wore the perfume aunt Cathy sent me last Christmas and headed downstairs.
I went to the kitchen, heated up some left over breakfast and ate it. While waiting for the guys to show up I took a bunch of selfies and posted a few. Later I heard a honk from outside signifying the guys had arrived. I locked the door and ran out. "Good morning guys", I greeted as I opened the door. "Hey Josie". "Morning Jo". "Good morning", they each greeted.
"So", Jake started, "what's our plan for today?" " Well", I replied with a devious smile, "you're breaking me out". "We are?" they all chorused. "You are". All the while I was rubbing my hands together like a maniacal villain hatching a devious plan. "Mu ha ha ha ha", I cackled dramatically.
"Josie stop. You're being over dramatic", Jordan said taking a sip from his coffee, he looked bored like I just asked him to zip up my backpack. He just took the wind outta my sails. "Yeah Josie, it's not like we're breaking you outta prison", Justin said looking at me from the mirror. He was driving. I pouted, "you guys never let me have any fun".
Jake shook his head at me. "Anyway, so how are we gonna do it?" That brought me back to life. "It's simple really. Martha and Pete are coming home late and remember that since we all won the PE challenge it means we all have PE free. So I was thinking..." " Yeah but we don't have PE in the same period", Jake pointed out cutting me off.
I stroked my chin. I didn't think of that. "Guys it's no problem. We both have PE after lunch. Josie and Jordan's class is immediately after lunch and ours is after theirs" Justin said not taking his eyes from the road. "We'll all leave school during lunch and if we're done in time we'll be back by last period". Our school has three periods before and after lunch.
The guys all nodded their heads in agreement. "Um, hello? Miss class? Are you crazy?" I asked because it seems like I was the only one bothered by that. "Look Josie" -sip- "we'd only be missing one class technically since we get PE free" -sip- "I think you'll be fine" -sip- Jordan said while taking sips of his coffee. He appeared so unbothered by this.
"Ugh fine", I huffed.
"Yes!" Jake exclaimed. "Operation bust Josie out is a go". I smiled. We arrived in school not long after and went to first period.
A/N: And there you have chapter five. Josie is gonna get busted out of her prison soon. Do you think it'll happen or will their plans get foiled?
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