The Stolen Leader

Ch 9

Adenzia's Pov

" hey ryder pass me that" i say
Ryder blows some smoke out of his mouth.
" Kay"
He passes me the Blunt
" Thanks" I grab the blunt and put it up to my lips and inhale.
The smoke fills my lungs and I pass the blunt to Esma.
" Look at her ass" Ryder says laughing.
Esma is already High.
I blew the smoke out of my nose " C'mon leave her alone she can't help it that she's a lightweight."
" I feel good," Esma says smiling.
" Yeah? No shit sherlock you're higher than a fucking plane"
" Shhhh" I say I don't want their bickering to ruin my mood.
" i kinda want some vodka"
I look at Ryder " Don't we have some in the cupboard?"
" Shit your right we do"
" Go get it" Esma playfully punches ryders arm
" okay okay geez"
" Hmm i kinda want to invite some besties" I say
Esma looks at me " Who?"
" Probably Cole he's the funniest person besides ryder"
" Call him make him come over"
" Yesss"
I go to my contacts and call cole
" Shhh it's ringing"
" You shush"
Its ringing,
" Hello?" Cole's voice cracked on my phone.
" Whatcha doin?" I say giggling.
" Stressing out. You?"
" havin fun wanna come"
" Ahh why the hell not?"
" Okay hold up i'll text you the address'
I text him the address and he texts back
K and hangs up
A few minutes later, Ryder comes back with some vodka.
" Look what i found" Ryder holds up the vodka.
( They have fake ids so that is how they get liquor. Pls don't do this you could get caught)
My phone vibrates and I look at it.
It's a text from Cole.
Need me to bring anything? Or invite anyone?
Hmm " Hey guys Cole's coming over and he's asking if we need anything. Or if he wants us to invite someone."
Ryder looks away from the vodka Esma's drinking " Uh how about some edibles?"
" He might not smoke or eat edibles ," Esma says.
" You're right. Uh Zia ask if he smokes weed"
" Kay" i text Cole : Hey do you smoke weed?
He's typing... Yeah why?
Well we're smoking just wanted to ask
He replies within a minute: Need me to bring some more ?
Hmm what did Ryder ask for? Oh yeah, edibles .
Can you bring some edibles? We'll pay

Nah you don't need to pay but yeah i have some

" Guys he's bringing some" I say to Ryder and Esma.
" Tell him we'll pay for some," Ryder says as Esma climbs on his lap.
" Already offered he said we're good"
I take another hit of the blunt and ask Ryder or Esma if they want some.
Esma takes it " Gracias"
" De nada" I say.
We know Spanish because Ryder taught me and Esma already knew it because she's mexican. I taught them Italian and Esma taught us French.
(Esma is half French and half Mexican so she knows French and Spanish.)
20 minutes later I'm a little sober because I've been drinking water.
My phone starts ringing.
" Hello?"
" Hey Zia, I'm at the address and I don't know where to go. I'm in the lobby."
" Okay hold up imma go to the lobby"
" Ight" he hangs up.
" Hey guys, I'm going to the lobby to meet cole."
" Okay" Esma says.
I look at ryder. He's sleeping? Its only 12:35
Eh whatever.
Esma yawns. " I'm gonna go to bed you and cole get high i guess"
" Okay i'll have cole pick up ryder and take him to your guys room"
She nodded.
I open the door and I go to the hall and click on the elevator.
After the elevator opens I click on the first story and the elevator closes.
I wait for the elevator to go to the first story and while i'm waiting i listen to the elevator music " if you like pina coladas"
Bing.
The elevator is at the first story. I go around the lobby looking for Cole until I see him.
He's wearing a pair of blue jeans with a white hoodie.
With a gold chain around his neck.
" Hey stranger wassup" I say walking to him.
He looks up off his phone " Hey i just texted you"
" Oh I left my phone upstairs sorry"
" Nah it's okay. Hey i got the stuff"
" Oh yes i forgot we asked you"
" Let me guess they're asleep?"
" Yep. and that leaves us to have fun" I smile.
" Yesss"
" Oh i do need your help getting ryder off the couch and moving him to his bed"
" Okay no worries"
We talk and go into the elevator and just talk about school.
I showed him the video I had of Mr Brown and we just went into my apartment.
" Damn Ryder youre passed the fuck out." Cole says looking at Ryder passed out on the couch.
" Yeah we were high before i called you and ryder had been up since 7 or 8 am"
Cole looks at me like I told him gummy bears are chocolate. " Why does he wake up so early? Is he a rooster"
I laugh " No he's just an early bird"
" HE'S A BIRD?"
" You're done. You're done ''I laugh.
" I'm offended I'm just asking questions and you're being mean so i'm not gonna talk to you until you apologize" he puts it, turning away from me.
" Fine i'm sorry" put my hands up to surrender.
" Yay" He smiles.
He carried Ryder to his room and laid him down to a sleeping Esma.
We tiptoed out of their room and into mine.
" I love your apartment," he says.
" aww thanks but we haven't even decorated yet" i say.
" Eh, you decorated your room though," He says.
" Ah yeah it fits my bipolarness"
" You are not Bipolar!"
" eh only slightly"
" Okay but if you as bipolar as my mom that would be different story"
Eh foster parents number 5 are even more.
" Okay try this, my old foster mom told me to go outside to throw the trash and then when i came back she punched me in the face and called me a bitch for going outside." I say with my hand on my hip.
Cole gasps and looks at me with his jaw wide open and his eyes huge " What the hell did you do after?"
" I beat her ass sending her to the hospital and then i went to my case worker demanding a new home"
" You didn't go to juvie?"
" Nah she just said she was mugged because she would have went to jail for child abuse"
" Oh shit?"
" Yeah"
" SO i'm bored and i wanna have fun so..." he trails on
" Well i'm still high and slightly buzzed"
" Luck motherfucker"
" Ha wanna smoke or do ya wanna just eat the edibles"
" I'll just stick with the edibles" He plops onto my bed.

1 hour
Marco's Pov

So tonight went as planned and now I'm at the bar with Chris and the silver haired guy.
Which reminds me I need to get his name.
Eh, I'll ask later. I really don't care right now.
A notification makes my phone vibrate in my pocket.
It's a photo Cole sent me.
It's a photo of Adenzia and cole together.
Both of their eyes are red and they look high as fuck.
"Lucky mother fuckers " I mutter.
" Hey there" A girl says it sounds familiar but different at the same time.
" Hi" i say not turning around
I text cole. " You lucky motherfuckers"
He's typing.
"Yeee buddha"
What?? Oh god he's really high.
" So your name is?" she asks. I still don't face her not that i'm being rude i'm just giving her a hint that says " Leave me alone"
She doesn't give up.
" My name is sasha" She says.
Sasha?
Ohhh Adenzia's old friend and the girl from my Bio class.
I turn and then my blood runs cold.
She looks just like Jenny
Same lightly tan skin,the same black-brown eyes,the same features and same hair type. Pin straight.
I stay silent for a moment.
" You're in my bio class right?" She asks sweetly.
NO. marco she's not jenny she just looks like her it's just a coincidence.
" Uh yeah. Your partner is my brother"
She looks at me startled " Cole's your brother?"
Ugh here we go. I'm already used to this question. Cole and I are Half-brothers.
We have the same asshole dad and different mothers.
Cole is practically his mom's twin. They look alike and their personalities are alike.
Cole and I look like our moms but we have the same temer of our dad.
My Mother Jade is a python and my Father is a Ceo of a billion dollar company.
So how did Cole get into the mafia business?
Well I used to take Cole to Lorenzo's house and then Selena taught him everything behind my back.
I yelled at her then she slapped me hard for raising my voice at her.
Then we made up, then she made Cole and i binge watch the Vampire diaries.
She made us obsessed.
" Marco?"
I snap out of thought.
" Huh?"
" I asked if Cole is your brother?"
" Oh yeah he is" I say while taking a drink of my soda.
I don't drink with people i don't trust or i don't know
" That's cool i have a sister"
I nod my head.
I wonder why Adenzia and Esma don't talk to her? She's nice.
Eh, I'll just ask her " Hey? Why don't you hang out with Zia and Esma"
" Uh, I was a bad friend."
I wait for her to continue.
" I fell in love with Ryder and he's dating Esma. I tried to ignore my feelings then one night i had so much family drama and then i started to wonder why i fell in love with my best friend's boyfriend"
She takes a deep breath.
" Then I tried to get other guys' attention by wearing less and less clothing and then soon I just bailed on them. It wasn't personal or anything is just they deserved so much and i was in love with Ryder and i knew i would flirt or make a move on him without even knowing"
Wow i didn't even know that.
" Oh my god did you tell them?"
" No. I know Esma would beat my ass and then ryder would just leave us all alone to make things not awkward or anything and Zia she would try to make peace but would fail"
" Why did you say ' Adenzia? You still throwing yourself around?"
Zia told me.
" I was jealous. She got all the guys she wanted and Esma got the only guy i want"
This is awkward.
" Are you still in love with ryder?"
She stays silent and nods her head and whispers " Yes i love him still."
" Well i don't know what to tell you except focus on yourself and you being happy"
She looks up at me and her eyes are pooling with tears. " Y-you're right I do need to focus on myself. And i'm going to go on a vacation for a while. Do classes on my laptop. And focus on myself. When i get back i'll explain everything to all of them"
" That's a good idea" I say.
She hugs me and smiles while leaving me.
" Jesus i've never seen her that happy in a long ass time"
I look over it's the silver haired guy.
" Eh she needed advice" I say.
" Well welcome to the lion's" he says smirking.
" Oh yeah, I never got your name?" he asks.
" Because I never gave it to you" I say while taking another drink.
He laughs
" Marco," I say.
" Nice name. My name is Max. Max sanchez"