sleeping with the enemy ?? zach herron

F I F T Y

Ring

I felt Zach's phone vibrate. Bella was calling. And this was exactly what I had planned.

I was growing anxious to grow my plan
but before I went to Bella, I needed to take things a bit more far.

Turning Zach's phone back on, I went to his contact list and called her. She immediately answered.

"Zach?" She responded, her voice shakily.

I put the phone closer to my mouth and tried making loud noises, trying to prove my point that he was indeed kidnapped.

"B-Be–" I whispered-yelled through the phone, obviously making my voice deeper so that she would believe that it was Zach the one truly calling her.

"Are you–" She began saying but I cut her off, making more loud noises before hanging up.

With that, I turned off his phone once again and then shoving it into my backpack, all the way to the back before jogging my way out of the bathroom. I walked towards the cafeteria where I knew I would find Bella.

As soon as her eyes met mine and she saw me walking towards her, she stood and up and jogged her way to me. Concerned filled her face. Perfect.

"Hey." I greeted like I would normally do. I didn't need to make anything anymore suspicious.

"Z-Zach." She stuttered, grabbing the sleeves of my hoodie and gripping them, balancing herself.

"What?" I raised an eyebrow, taking the chance to wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close.

"He's hurt." A tear slipped out of her eye.

"What do you mean Zach's hurt?"

"Zach. He called me, Luke. He said he wanted me to help him.  I-I don't know what's wrong with him." She wiped another tear with her sleeve.

"Wasn't he in school? I could have sworn I saw him in Spanish class."

"He left early. I don't know why."

And then I thought of something.

"Do you want me to go check in the locker room if his things are still there?" I asked her.

She quickly nodded, "Please."

With that, I slowly pulled away from her and jogged my way back towards the locker room. When I reached my locker, I took out Zach's phone and gave it to one of my gang members.

"Call her in 15 minutes and make lots of noises." I ordered.

•••

"Were his things there?" Bella rushed to me when I reached her table in the cafeteria.

I shaked my head, "No."

"So he did leave." She mumbled, "Luke, I-I don't know where he's at. I'm scared. What if they hurt him?"

I grabbed her chin and made her look up to me, "They aren't going to hurt him, Bella. You know why?"