Chapter 3 Heart jolting news

CHAPTER THREE - HEART JOLTING NEWS.

Vivian gestured for me to follow her quietly. She's on the lookout for Mr. Banks. He mustn't know we came late, or else we are going to get a nice scolding.

I tiptoed quietly as I followed Vivian as she looked around like someone who has lost something. I was about to enter when I was pulled by my clothes, and the loud yell I heard made it known to me that Vivian was also with me, and I took that as a clue that she was dragged too.

We suddenly raised our heads up together, and met the burning eyes of Mr. Banks.

"You're going somewhere, you too little rat,?" Mr. Banks questioned, and Vivian threw him a nervous laugh.

"Why are you guys so late? I thought I had warned you against it. I won't condone any form of indiscipline in here. Come late one more time. You ladies are getting sacked." Mr. Banks yelled as we nodded gently; we knew this was waiting for us, and, damn, that fucking jerk also made us this late.

"We are sorry, Mr. Banks; it won't repeat itself anymore." Vivian said and flinched a bit when she heard a loud hit.

"Don't tell me that, this is like the zillionth time, you both are apologizing, I've heard that countless times, but still, you guys keep coming in late." Mr. Banks was all red as he yelled and raised his voice.

"Now get back to your post, you little rats," Mr Banks ordered with a furious gaze.

"Thank you, Mr. Banks."

"Thank you, Mr. Banks."

We both chorused as we walked out chuckling.

We both pulled out our aprons as we started getting ready to prepare any order coming next. My eyes caught the notice board where STOP FOR PIZZA was boldly inscribed.

Mr. Banks is their life saver, and they will be forever grateful to him.

"Bye, Mr. Banks."

"Bye, Mr. Banks," we chorused, waving our hands at him with a wide smile plastered on our faces as we turned and walked away.

It's closing time already. I yawned tiredly as I wished I could just disappear and find myself home. We slowed our pace down when our eyes caught something.

"Isn't that George and his gang?" Vivian questioned.

I looked up to see them. They were up to six as they stood gallantly, obviously waiting for someone, and we needed no soothsayer to tell us the little gathering was for us.

AUTHOR ALEESIA'S POV

Mira flinched as she moved closer to hide behind Vivi.

"We are in deep sh*t."

"Sure, really deep," Mira muttered.

"Now I'm going to count to three; on the last count, we get out of here," Vivian said to Miranda, and she nodded.

Miranda moved a bit away from Vivi, and she stared at her as she started the countdown.

"5..4..3"

" 2..1"

Vivian stopped counting and also picked up her heels when she realized Mira wasn't beside her again.

"That crazy bitch," Vivian cursed as she doubled her pace.

"They are here."

Vivian's heart skipped a beat; that annoying voice belongs to George, the jerk.

Mira gave him the title, though.

"Shit," she cursed as it occurred to her that she'd lost sight of Mira, she's so...

She ran with full force as she noticed George's crew getting closer to her.

"I might die at this rate," Vivian muttered.

"Shit, where the hell is Mi... Ra?" she choked as she breathed heavily.

Just then, Vivian got pulled in by someone into a closed place. Fear filled her as she turned around to look at the person.

"Shhh. We are going to get killed today," Miranda whispered as she placed her finger on her lips, signifying not to say anything.

Vivian rolled her eyes and flickered Miranda's forehead. She groaned sharply before turning to glare at her.

"I can't believe you left." Vivian's words got stuck in her throat when two of the guys stopped a little bit away from them.

"Damn. We lost them." One of them cursed.

"Yeah, I can believe those bitches could run fast," the other remarked.

"Yeah, you're right, they run so quickly," the first speaker chipped in.

One moved closer to where the two girls were hiding, and they carefully placed their hands over their mouths, covering them probably not to let the sound of their breath be heard by the goon.

He turned around and was moving nearer to the place they were hiding. Vivian and Miranda shared a look, giving each other signs only they understood.

"Father Lord, accept this guilty soul of mine," Mira prayed silently.

The man was about to walk to the spot where they were hiding when the other goon called out to him.

"Let's just go, those bitches made me lose some strength," he said, and the man who was going towards them halted and then turned to leave.

Miranda and Vivian let out the heavy breath they didn't know they were holding.

Vivian sighed and held her left abdomen like it hurt like hell.

"Did I just escape death?" Mira asked more like a statement because she wasn't expecting answers.

"We did," Miranda mumbled, and Vivian nodded absentmindedly...

"Holly geez"

"Holly molly"

They both let out a tiring curse as they fell carelessly on the bed.

Mira suddenly stood up and headed to the little refrigerator sitting quietly in a corner of the room.

She brought out a bottle of water, and as she gulped it down, she felt half refreshed once again as the cold droplet of water soothed her dried throat.

She threw one to Vivian, too, and she caught it perfectly.

"Thanks, girlfriend," Vivian murmured.

They both sat down differently, as they were focused on whatever they were doing.

Miranda was busy with her laptop, probably updating the notes they needed in school that weren't even taught to them yet.

And as usual, Vivian was with her phone, scrolling through the net.

She suddenly saw something that made her curiosity turn on as her eyes bulged bigger, like they were going to fall out of their sockets.