Home. I hated the place. It was honestly the worst place in the world. But you're not supposed to feel that way about home are you? It was supposed to be a place you could relax and feel safe. Not a place where you woke up everyday fearing for your life. Okay okay that was a bit dramatic. Or maybe it wasn't i couldn't tell anymore.

I lived in a run down shack with my mom and her boyfriend of the week. They were always high, drunk or sometimes both. These guys always tried to touch me as if it was normal. As if there rotting teeth and horrid stench wasn't the most unappealing thing in the world.

It had gotten so bad that i refused to go into the main part of the house at all. My mom had stopped paying the bills. Luckily we owned the house. So i got an after school job and took care of electric and water. I bought a mini fridge and a microwave to cook in my room. And i dead bolted the door to my room. I parked outside my window to which i would open. I would come on go as i pleased. But going out of your window is the strangest thing ever, even for me.

We were having a slow month. For whatever reason the electric was more this month. So i was starving. I was eating a pack of crackers that i had gotten free from a restaurant. It was Saturday and not having to hear my mom and her boyfriend go at it, meant i had to spend my day at the park.

"Hey you're Sydney right?" Asked a deep voice. I looked up. "Caleb? What are you doing here?" I asked. "I might've tracked you." He said sheepishly. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Why?" I asked getting agitated. "Well i need to talk to you about something." He said. "And why would i do that?" "Well, uh because i'll..." He looked at my pack of crackers. "I'll buy you a burger and fries. Please can we talk?" He asked. I sighed standing up. "Fine but only because i'm starving." I tossed the crackers in the trash can and he led me to his car.

"Wow this is a pretty sweet car." I said. "Thanks it belonged to my dad we fixed it up together before he...passed away." He said looking down at his shoes. "Oh no i'm so sorry i didn't know." I said. He waved me off "It's okay he died a long time ago. It is what it is." He smiled coming around to my side of the car to open the door. It was a navy blue dodge charger with white racing stripes. I wasn't sure of the year but it was a classic for sure.

He drove me to the heart of town and pulled into a Mac Donald's. My stomach growled betraying me. I was trying to seem cool and aloof. Because i had no idea why our star quarter back and most popular guy in school wanted to talk to me. I wasn't surprised he knew my name he knew everybody. The odd thing about his popularity was that he WAS nice to everybody. I mean i didn't know anybody who didn't like Caleb Eason.

Once we had ordered and had our food we took a seat in the back corner. Odd. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked. "So remember last year, you and Reba thorn got into it." "Yea she was a huge bully i didn't do anything to her." I said dipping a fry into ketchup. "Yea and then after one of her rampages she got arrested! Her parents were so embarrassed they sent her to another school." He said. "Yea? So whats your point?" I asked looking up. "Well they let her go as soon as she got in." I huffed setting my burger down. "So??" I said.

He narrowed his eyes at me. "You're not in trouble or anything like that." I laughed. "Please i didn't think i was. I just don't like of being accused of things." "Why? I think we both know you did it." "So what if i did. Don't tick me off." I said. "Or what you'll erase me?" He said. I pulled my phone from my pocket and typed and clicked around. "Go head search for you." I said setting it down and smiling smugly. "Holy Crap you erased me!!" He said. "Put me back!"

I chuckled clicking around on my phone again. "Sheesh i should know better than to mess with you." He said shaking his head. "Now are you just going to keep rambling or do you have a point?" I asked. "Fine, you're hacking skills are amazing. So we need you." "Who needs me?" I asked him to clarify. "Well i'm a part of this society, called the heart breaker society. We kind of work for the government and they pay us to do missions and stuff." "What kind of stuff?" I asked.

"Well a lot of drug busts because were in High School we are perfect buyers. One of the guys Jake is actually going to the academy to finish his training so that he can make arrests." "Oh that's...cool." "Is it? You're not scared?" He asked. "Don't make me erase you again. You don't know me or anything about me. Just because i'm a girl does not mean i'm scared. You don't know how i grew up. I'm not scared of anything. And I've seen more drugs buys than a drug dealer." I said.

He nodded his head. "Impressive because some shady stuff goes down and you gotta be on your toes." He said. "So what exactly do you need me for?" I asked. "Well you'd be our resident hacker, and only girl. We have a huge computer room that has monitors. Can you hack into anyplace that has cameras?" He asked. "If you've got the coordinates i could hack out of a paper bag."

"Okay then you're just what we need. Hope you're okay with moving into a house with a bunch of dudes. Were all cool i swear. But it's easier to coordinate missions with us all being in the same place." "Is it safe?" I asked. "What the guys or the job?" I laughed. "The job." "Nope." "Okay." I nodded smiling. "You don't mind that?" "Nah what's life without a little adventure?" I asked. "I like you already." He said.

"So how long have you been in the society?" I asked. "Three years. They contacted me in ninth grade. When the guy called me i wouldn't answer my phone and in fact was kind of a jerk to him. So he came to one of my games pretending to be a scout. After i met with him he explained that i was popular and nice. People liked me that i'd be the face of the society whatever that means? That i'd be a scout and recruiter bringing in people. I think it's helpful to know what the team needs. It took me a while to find you. I had to keep tabs on you after the arrest and then when i was sure you had something to do with it i just had to bide my time."

"I should feel special." I said rolling my eyes and smiling. "Oh no you totally should. You're the only girl i felt was good enough at anything to ask." He said. "Well okay then." "So what do you say?" He asked. "Are you in?" "Sure." I said. "What? Really? It took me two months to convince Liam." He said. "Well you were so convincing how could i say no?" But the truth was this was my way out. Out of that place. I knew if i left i'd stop paying the bills and i didn't care. My mom wouldn't miss me.

"Okay so what questions do you have?" He asked. "I get to stay in school right?" I asked. "Obviously." He nodded. "And i have an after school job that pays the bills." I said. "Quit that, you'll need to be with us pretty much all the time sometimes stuff happens on the fly." "But i'll get paid right?" I asked. "Yea don't worry about it. The house rent and bills and stuff are all taken care of. You'll make about two thousand dollars a week. I hope that's okay." He said. "Are you kidding me? Yea that's fine." I said as if it wasn't a big deal. But it was. That was eight thousand dollars a month. Way more than i'd ever make.

"You just made my job super easy." He said smiling. My cup made a slurping sound as i got to the bottom. "Well I'm happy i could help." I said. "Do you have a phone?" He asked. "You literally just saw me erase you..." "Oh, of course. Well we need to exchange numbers...is that your phone? It's ancient!" He said. "Yea well i'm broke, so sue me." I said. "No problem give it to Liam he'll put all of your stuff on a new phone." But he texted his phone from mine fumbling with the keys. "Well that took forever." He said sighing. He stood up and threw all the trash away.

"Hey uhm my car is old and gross. Can you get me a new one of those too?" I asked. "Sure Ethan can hook you up." He shrugged. "I was kidding..." "I wasn't if you get broke down and were on a mission were in trouble. We need everybody as a team ya know." "Okay then i'm down. Let's go." I said standing up. We walked out to his car. I left mine at the park. "I'll send Ethan to pick up your old car. We can use it for parts." He said. "And Ryder has a truck he can help you pick up your things." He said.

We walked to his car and he again opened the door for me. "Don't treat me any differently than everybody else. I mean just because i'm a girl and stuff." "Well we kind of have to...i mean us guys can walk in and pee while the other is showering. But with you that might be weird....i mean you're gonna want us to put the toilet seat down and not leave stinky piles of clothes everywhere....you know." "Okay fine you have a point but let's just be an actual team okay?" I asked. "You got it dude." "There we go." I said nodding. He drove in silence to the house.