As Riley walked up the stairs, Alex recovered from being bumped by her before replying, "You started treating me like gum on the bottom of your shoe. Trading me for popularity before she showed any interest in me..." He called up to her, "Don't turn this around to make me the bad guy..." He left, closing the door behind him with a moderate thud before heading off to Emma's house, schoolbag slung over one shoulder.
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Lunch tomorrow. Sounds good - Alex. Quickly pressing send on the touch screen of his phone he put his helmet on and started up the bike and headed towards the address he had taken down.
In the fifteen minutes that Alex had been driving he had crossed into a worse side of town. Honestly the place was a dump, houses had broken or boarded up windows and graffiti was more a common sight than people. Anyone there was, was sitting out on lawn chairs smoking and drinking, some people playing music on their stereos. Pulling up outside the address he got off his bike, keeping his helmet on but visor up. Alex approached the front door, the place looked abandoned, this couldn't be right, could it? He sighed, beginning to think his suspicions had been right, a fake address. Ringing the doorbell there was no sound, Alex noticed that the wire had been snipped. "Of course." He mumbled under his breath before bringing his hand up in a fist and rapped his knuckles off the door. "Hello!?" He called out, drawing the attention of some of the locals. He turned over his shoulder but didn't pay much attention as they began to eye up the man in the motorcycle helmet knocking on a door.
Alex was about to give up and go back to his bike before the door opened. He smiled through the open visor of his helmet, "Hey." He chirped, as if expecting the woman to recognize him. He sighed and removed his helmet with one hand holding up his other hand as if telling the woman to wait. Showing his tattoo and turning back around the woman who had answered the took Alex in her embrace, "Four-two-one-two." She whispered before inviting him in.