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 he knocks on the girls door, expecting her to open, but instead he's met by Marcus

"Marcus?" Jadon says confused

"come in" he says

Marcus sits on one of two desk chairs that had been moved to the living room, with the second Talia being sat on

"why are you wearing glasses inside?" Jadon asks his mate

"to be intimidating"

"you look hideous"

"im aware" he snorts

"sit down" Talia tells him pointing to the sofa

"where's Hana?" He asks as he sits

"were holding her hostage" Talia says as Jadon looks at her concerned

"and by that she means she's in her room with headphones blasting music and she's not allowed to leave"

"and whys that? is she under house arrest or something?"

"no, we have to interrogate you, then you can see her"

"okay?" he says confused

"first" Marcus begins "what are your feelings towards Hana" he says in a posh accent which only causes Jadon to laugh

"uhh she's my mate"

"stop lying" Talia says

"huh?"

"its really not that secret" she says "you literaly flirt with each other in front of everyone"

"fineee, i like her, what else do you want to bloody know"

"whats in that tescos bag?" Marcus asks

"what? just stuff for Hana? why?"

"show us, could be bloody meth"

"the fuck..." he says to his friend

"i mean he might be right, you two could be like partners in like drugs"

Jadon simply stares at Talia and empties the contents of the bag onto the table

"literaly just twix, twix and a 6 pack of apple juice because she likes apple juice"

"you bought her... apple juice and twix?" Marcus says

"she likes apple juice and twix mate"

"ah i see she's a lightweight like you"

"im not a bloody lightweight Marcussss"

"hmmmm"

"shush"

"anyways what are your serious intentions with my best friend"

Jadon smirks and shrugs "well, to make her my girlfriend of course" he says in all confidence

"yknow what, you have my approval, i don't think many people know she likes apple juice, specifically the tropicana brand"

"oh i just guessed that-"

"yeah man, she gives you approval, ill give you too" Marcus shrugs

"approval of what?"

"honestly i don't know, we just felt like messing with you" Marcus continues

"yeah she mentioned that you were coming over so we decided to interrogate you, dunno why though"

"alright?" Jadon says confused "can i see her though?"

"she's in her room, you could probably go knock"

the boy walks to her room and knocks

he remembers she probably has headphones in so he just peeks through

"can i come in?" he says as she takes her airpods out

"yeah come in"

he walks in, and she smiles

"Jadon!"

"do you know about what was going on outside"

"they said they were going to 'have a very important conversation' with you"

"they tried to interrogate me i think?'

the two walk outside to where Marcus and Talia were sat

"What did you do to the poor boy Taliaa"

"we only interrogated him" she shrugs

"Only ya hmara you scared him" (you donkey) she laughs as Jadon blankly nods "i thought yous were going to leave anyways"

"we should probably be going yeah, right Marcus?"

"oh yeah, we do need to head off"

the two quickly scoot away to the front door, and as Hana and Jadon watch them leave, Talia shouts "use a condom"

"yeah i don't know why she said that" Hana says as Jadon looks at her concerned "anyways how was the interrogation?"

"it was... interesting, to say the least"

"im sorry about Talia"

"nah no worries, i don't know if i expected much from Marcus anyways"

she laughs and smiles

"i bought you your apple juice and twix"

"mate i was joking... you didn't actually need to buy me anything"

"come on, i need to buy something for my favourite person of course"

she smiles at his compliment as she takes the bag and turns to place it on the kitchen counter

She had been wearing a blouse that revealed part of her back that day, and when she'd turned, Jadon had taken notice of her tattoo that was on her right shoulder

"you have a tattoo?"

"oh yeah, i do" she says turning her head

"its in arabic isn't it?"

"yeah it says صمود, means resilience"

"does it mean anything?"

"i got it on my 18th birthday, i wasn't having the greatest time then, i was in the process of choosing medical school or presenting, and it was painful, yknow ive told you, but i was picking between my parents' approval or my happiness"

"its nice" he smiles "do you have any more?"

"i have one more on my ankle" she says "you'll love this"

she plops herself onto the sofa and pulls down her sock a little to reveal the quote 'c'est la vie' on her ankle in a beautiful serif font

he laughs a little "you really like that quote don't you"

"its cute" she laughs

"i agree, it is, and thats a nice tattoo"

"are you going to explain yours?"

"well that would take a while" he laughs as he pulls up his sleeves

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—notes

gonna try and get this book done by the end of the week <3