Chapter Fifteen

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Xavier's POV
"Hey Xavier!"
I freeze with my hand on the door of my car, and look up to see Daniel running towards me. What do you want now kid?
"Have any plans? For today that is."
No." Yes."
He frowns when he comes up to my door and swipes at his forehead and breathes heavily. He ran across a parking lot, not a marathon." Well shoot. I promised Hana you'd come. It's just to a little Mexican place downtown. We won't be there for about an hour. Please? I need some company because Hana's bringing Asher."
I stare into his eyes then." I'm not being a part of the love triangle that only you out of the three are aware of."
"No, it's not like that. It's just Hana and Asher made up today while they were gone and she automatically said she'd come. Please? Like I said, hour tops. We usually need someone strong anyways to keep her back from doing something stupid."
"What could Asher do that you need me for?"
He bites his lip and looks down at his feet." Please don't tell her I said this. Once, about a year ago, a waiter had mixed her drink up with someone else's. She ordered Mountain Dew, someone ordered Lemon Lime but spiked. Well she chugged it before she realized, because Hana had dared her to eat the hot sauce. She got.... She's an easy drunk. She started dancing everywhere, saying something about the test chasing after her and passed out on a statue of a dancing pepper. So yeah..... We need someone like you to keep anything like that from happening..... Again."
"So what's with Asher? She lies to cops, has a million boys trying to win her heart, and has all kinds of stories that you don't really hear about nobody's like us having." It's all not really making sense. The sassy personality, the bravery, the history. I mean yes she gets good grades and thinks of school as her number one priority but isn't being an outcast, shy, and awkward a part of the role?
"Asher's.... Different. She's been actually raised different. Her mother was the captain of the cheerleading team, homecoming queen every year she was involved. A very popular blonde that everyone in her school wanted to be. Her father... I don't know much about him because when we were dating he wasn't around here at the moment. But he was the tough dude. The one who got into fights, was always in trouble, had a reputation of being a player and fuckboy. They were an on and off thing until her mother got pregnant. She dropped out of school, got a small job at a real estate and later finished her education. I'm sure she's already told you about her mother having her inside of the office.Now she's pretty popular with her stuff in real estate.He dropped out as well, and became a carpenter. And the rest you can probably infer." His eyes glaze over as he talks about her history, and instead of feeling sorry for him I'm mostly creeped out.
"How do you know all this?"
He shrugs slightly and fixes his glasses." It probably sounds creepy right?" Right." It's not really. It's just over our relationship she told me bits and pieces about her family and I've just put them together. I just learned that her mother dropped out because of how she was pregnant with Asher." He glances back at his grey BMW and rubs his fingers together.
"I'll follow you." I tell him and put my car keys into the ignition." I don't drive slow ever. Don't be afraid to hit the speed limit."
A gigantic smile forms on his face, showing all his teeth and the slightly noticeable Invisalign and pays my on the arm." Thanks dude. I'll pay for you're meal to pay you back." With that he jogs back over to his car and I roll my eyes as I shut my car door and put the car into drive as he pulls out of his parking space.
The parking lot is mostly empty as we drive out, him being the reason why we stayed so late. My stomach growls as I begin to think of the Mexican restaurant. The growling grows louder and I squint at the kid, how's barely going forty when the speed limits fifty five. My believes of Asher actually being a reckless driver are subsiding with every slow inch he passes. I blow on my horn saying his brake lights to come on as he nearly stops in the middle of the highway, causing my to slam in mine as well. Tired screech as I stop my car to avoid smashing into him and I hit the horn harder at him." What the fuck kid? How in the hell did you get your god damn license? My fucking grandma can drive faster on the demon she's grinding on in hell!" He begins to drive again, as cars come in behind us and glances back at me before going to fifty five. "I doubt we had to go though that near death experience just for you to speed the hell up."
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"This is pretty big for a Mexican restaurant."
The building is a medium sized single floored one with the walls painted a tangerine orange, with fairy lights and flags decrypting the walls an inside. Daniel nods and slides his car keys into his back pockets." Yeah, but it's all because how they have the tables spread out and not clustered together. They also have a small game section which takes up quiet a lot of room- where the girls will most likely be." He goes in front of me and walks across the strangely none crowded parking lot to the front sodden door." Not many people know of this place- if you're wondering why no ones here." His hand goes around the knob of the big door and his arm shakes as he opens it up, just slightly big enough for someone to get through. I raise an eyebrow and grab the edge of it and open it all the way open and step inside before him." Pretty heavy door...." He mummers to himself and puts on a weak smile to the waiter who walks past us.
"I'll be looking for a table do you want to get the girls?"
He shakes his head and rubs his bicep." Um no. There's also a perk here.. None of the waiters can speak English- I mean they can some but not a lot. So.... I'll get the table and you just get the girls." With that he begins to look about at the tables everywhere and turns out of the main hallway to look in the dining part. A short hallway sits in front of the door, a cash register being at the end of it as two open walls lead you places. The left being the dining room and the right being the play room.
"I can speak Spanish." I say to no one before going into the play room. Why did I even have to come? Surely if the three survived each other before I came, they can survive without me having to tag along. I smirk slightly with the remembrance of how the nerd girl has got wasted here. It seems as if trouble is drawn to her which makes my suspicion about the terrorists worsen. A regular nerd couldn't be their spy could they? Well, I'm a 'nerd' and I'm secretly a gang leader so logic isn't really playing a part of problem right now. A group of girls stand at the pool table, all laughing as they drink the shots that lay on the stand beside of it. They all wear work clothes, some pencil skirts, some slacks, and others khakis. I glance around and bit my lip before going to the one in the Crimson pencil skirt and undone black blouse, with her wavy blonde hair reaching her shoulders." Hey baby girl." I whisper in her ear and she purrs under her breath as I talk into her neck." Mind if I teach you the right way?" She doesn't answer and I trail my finger down her arm, causing the hairs to stand up." How about my place? I have a very big pool table that we can play on. Are you up for it?"
"Sure. Give me your number." I take the pen from my pocket and reach for her hand and write the number I use for hookups on the back of it." When do you want me to come?"
"Tonight? I'm open all day after this. It's all up to you."
She looks back at me showing her filled in eyebrows, fake eyelashes, and contoured face. Her brown eyes look into mine as she winks." What? Got a girlfriend with you right now? And are you going to keep those glasses on when I come?"
"No, just watching over a friends sisters. And no, this is just a funny outfit of the day."
"No, leave them on. I want you to talk nerdy to me."
I stop myself from scrunching my nose at the phrase. Any other time it would've been hot... If an actual nerd hadn't had that on her book bag one day." Great. See you then." I walk away and go behind the claw machines to see the two hitting the buttons of pac man frantically, as Asher quits most of the time to laugh at Hana. She holds her stomach as she runs into the claw game next to them, laughter erupting out of her as if she's a volcano of giggles. It's not possible for someone to act that good is it?" Hey! We're here." I tell them as I walk towards the machine. Hana glances at me from the game and Asher keeps her eyes on the machine.
"Okay, just let me finish this game first." Hana says as she bites down on her lip and slaps at Asher who pokes at her side repeatedly." Asher stop, you're being annoying."
"That's the point. I'm not going to let you beat my high score." Asher says and begins to poke at Hana's side with both hands and Hana laughs as she lets go of the controller causing her pac man to be ate.
"Asher! Oh my gosh! You just made me die!" She smacks at Asher, who swipes away all her tries and she lets out a huff of air before numbering something under her breath." Where's Daniel."
Asher's face shows no emotion as she says," Hopefully under a bus." Hana rolls her eyes and nudges her slightly before whispering something into her ear that makes Asher smirk.
Does Asher know about her best friend dating the boy that broke her heart?" Finding a table. Now are you going to play games or come and eat?"
"Play games." Asher says and searches through her sweatpants for change." After I find some quarters." She squints at Hana before reaching inside her pockets and coming out with empty pockets." Did we really already spend our twenty dollars?"
"On games? Yes. But you're dad gave me a fifty dollars because he knew you'd spend the twenty on them." She then turns to me and gives a small smile.
"Why are we just standing here! I'm starving."
"Says the person who just wanted to play games instead of eat." I say dryly and run my hand through my hair. She scowls at me and rolls her eyes before walking past me and I sniff the air slightly." Why do you smell like a man?"
Hana laughs out, showing all her teeth as she points at Asher." Haha! Told you they smelt like him." Asher rolls her eyes before walking on and patting her damp messy bun." Asher made her dad give her her clothes back because he had borrowed them this morning." Hana glances at me and nods slightly." And yes. Her dad and her are known for stealing each other's sweatpants, boxers, and T-shirts. He had thrown her into the lake today Nd soaked her clothes so she made him give her back her clothes. Don't worry though. He had basketball shorts on his boat."
"So that's were you all were with Daniel worry about you? On a boat at the lake?"
She smiles slightly at that." So he was worried about me?" I nearly scrunch my nose and just slightly nod. I don't like being around new love, or young couples. They just seem so... Naive.
Asher pauses in front of us before going to the left side of the building and glancing around." I see the mother trucker." She then turns to Hana and smiles." And remember what you made me do the first time I cursed in front of you?"
Hana pales and her eyes widen until they seem like at any moment they'd pop out." What? No. Asher. I swear-"
Asher smirks before going to a worker with the biggest and fake at smile. Hana squeals slightly and grabs at her arm but Asher has already started talking to the woman in Spanish. Her words come out naturally and her R's roll into something sexy. Wait... No. No. I didn't just say a nerd sounded sexy. The waitress smiles at Hana when Asher finishes and begins to talk as well in Spanish." Happy Birthday! The band will be out shortly." With that she turns around and walks away with the plates lined up her arm.
Hana gasps and smacks at Asher, making her laughs to just grow." I can't believe you did that. I'll never forgive you."
"I couldn't believe you did it to me either so now you know how I feel. And yes you will, you're just a to of a forgiving person."
Hana looks at her blankly and lifts an eyebrow." You're still speaking Spanish."
She colors slightly but shrugs and gestures to the tables around us." Go find the twerp. And I'm not repeating all that in English. I'm to lazy."
Hana huffs out before we all begin to go down the booths and tables looking for Daniel. I walk up behind Asher and whisper," So I won the bet?"
She jumps and stops her hand as it comes flying to my face and scowls afterwards." Don't sneak up on me like that. And no, I won. She started crying and asking me why I was mad and if I'd forgive her for what she done or not. I won the bet. What did I win again?"
"Neither of us won anything. We didn't come up with a prize."
She pouts a little and puts her hands on her hips but sniffs the air." I really do smell like a dude don't I? That and lake water. Oh well I guess." She looks up at the clock above a booth and chews on her lower lip." Hana! I'm only staying for forty five minutes. The school won't let students in the school after six a clock if their isn't a ball game or field trip."
"You're dad said the teachers said it was fine. That you could just get it tomorrow." She sighs out and looks at Asher, with a bored glint in her eyes." He repeated this to you like five times."
"No. I'm not turning in an assignment late. And I'm not going to show up to school tomorrow without the work." She looks down a walkway and deflates." Found him." Hana brightens up as Asher still looks down to the table boredly. There's no anger, love, or sadness when she looks at him. She just seems to... Deflate. Like she's doing something she doesn't want to do. Daniel boy.... There's no chance between the two of you anymore. Just give her to Cole.
We all go down the walk way to the booth in the corner of the room that has a view of the park beside of it. Asher goes to the side with the window right beside of her, and Hana takes the seat beside Daniel as if someone may take her seat if not. If Asher doesn't see the signs of the relationship their in, then she needs stronger glasses. I take the seat beside Asher and pick up one of the menus and looking at it. She glances beside me and smirks before the sound of trumpets and guitars fill the restaurant. Everyone watches as the workers in big bedazzled hats come to our table singing Happy Birthday and the woman waitress dancing around and swaying her hips. She grabs Hana's arms, who's beet red, and makes gamer stand and dance around with her. Asher snorts and laughs at Hana, who goes from on foot from another and points at her." No! No. You're dancing like her! You made me!" Hana's mouth opens as she just stares at the band and dancer, going green with every second they sing to her. She looks at Asher, her eyes wide and mouths' help me'.
Asher rolls her eyes before standing on the seat and stepping over me beside Hana, where she takes her hand and spins Hana." Dance!" She yells and I glance around to see everyone glancing at the two. People clap along to the song while others smile and laugh. Hana's face subsides and goes back to normal as the two dance together and laugh at each other. I glance at Daniel to see him staring at Asher as she sways around and laughs along with Hana." You're staring at the wrong person." He jumps and widens his eyes before jousting grabbing a menu and glancing over it." Thanks." He mummers and scratches the back of his neck before glancing back at the two again.
"No problem." I look at the menu before deciding on a burrito deluxe and sit it back down on the table, as they sit the small cake down for Hana. The music stops and the waiters begin to leave and I get up out of the booth before Asher can crawl over me again, and she slides in seeming unfazed by the movement while Hana breaths slightly harder than usual.
"At least I got cake for that embarrassment." She huffs out and slides the cake into the middle. She looks over at Daniel and looks over his shoulder to see the menu." What are you going to get? I'm undecided."
Asher looks out the window again and I slide the menu to her." I wasn't going to bite you're hand off if you reached for the menu."
"Oh no. I always get the same thing here. Chips with guacamole and a Pepsi." She glances behind me and puts on a small smile as a waitress comes up beside us, speaking full Spanish.
"What would you like?"
Daniel whispers something to Hana and she says something back before he says the twos orders, and the waitress looks at the two of us." Chips and guacamole, with a water." Asher says and the waitress turns to me." Burrito deluxe with extra cheese, and a Pepsi." The waitress nods and asks us all," Is that it?" Asher bites down on her lip before shaking her head."Um actually can you add baked ice cream and some of your French fries?" The lady nods and writes it all down and Asher says," That'll be it."
"Thank you." The woman says before walking to a different table and flipping to another page of orders.
"Am I the only one at this table that can't understand hardly anything you all said?" Hana asks and looks at us all, Daniel growing slightly at her.
"Yes actually. I told you that you shouldn't just take one year of Spanish. A lot of colleges will only take in people if they have two years worth so keep that in mind."
Hana frowns at Asher before nodding." I'll take it again next year. Which reminds me. What are you going to take, Mrs. I have almost all of my credits already done?"
Daniel turns from Hana to Asher his eyebrows slightly raised." You have all you're credits done?"
"No. Only most. I have to take a couple of classes next year to be able to graduate. Though Hana's trying to get me to take other classes so I can keep her company through the day." Asher avoids looking at him and stares out the window." Stop talking to me. I never gave you permission to even glance my way, so I don't understand why I'm hearing words coming from you're mouth directed towards me."
Hana pouts but pats Daniels back and I see a glint go through the twos eyes that I find often a lot in my gang with couples. Well then I guess..." Don't take her words to heart. She's just still partially mad at the boys still."

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