Caught in the Act...

So when the boys started whispering, it did not escape Joseph's attention, he suddenly had a bad feeling about what they were talking and he planned to find out. He has heard rumors about Marlon and of course, he ignored it but right now, he has a very bad feeling.

Christine went to the washroom which was at the far end of the mansion, completely unaware of what the boys were planning. While she was in the washroom, the boys were already heading towards Jolo's room. There were five of them including Joseph and Marlon. The other three were Raffy, VJ, and Rolando. Raffy and VJ were a little nervous so they kept on looking around and at their back while they were heading towards Jolo's room. It was their first time to see drugs and what's scarier for them is that they will try it for the first time. They wanted to back out but they can't say no to Marlon. Marlon's father is the head of the police in their town which made Marlon someone they won't dare to cross.

"Guys, what is wrong with you?" said Marlon in a low but forceful voice while looking back at them with that commanding glare.

"I don't feel good about it, can we just go home?" asked Raffy who was the youngest in the group. He was wearing thick eyeglasses. He decided to befriend Marlon and acted as his assistant to avoid being bullied. He was the nerd type and he was always bullied at school. Marlon even bullied him before. Luckily, Raffy's father was a friend of Marlon's dad so they became "friends".

"Yeah, we might get caught you know," VJ added, who was also nervous and can't help but look behind him to see if someone is following them.

"We will be if you keep acting like that" Rolando said for the first time. He was just silent from the start. He is one of the brightest in their class, he is a little bit weird but he gets along with the boys. He treats everything as an experiment and he kind of feel that he is going to have an experiment and want to see with his own eyes how a doped person would act.

"Shut-up both of you! We will get caught if you don't stop acting like chickens!" Marlon stopped faced them both looking pissed. Raffy and VJ swallowed their saliva and nodded vigorously, afraid that Marlon would hurt them.

"Good, you just do what I tell you and there will be no problem", Marlon said and continued to walk. Jolo was very silent, deep inside he was also not sure but he also wanted to know what it is like to use it. He did not think about his brother, it was plain curiosity that made him agree to Marlon's plan. Anyway, he thought it will just be this time, just one time.

When they got to Jolo's room, they locked the door. Marlon checked his room and made sure that there was no one inside. He checked the bathroom and called them.

"Guys, we will do it here", Marlon called them.

"VJ, where is it?" he asked and excitedly extended his hand to him.

VJ took something out from his pocket. It was a white powdery substance in a transparent plastic container.

"Here, let me have that. This is it guys", Marlon took it from VJ and excitedly waved it in front of them. He sniffed it with a bright smile on his face.

"Raffy, the paraphernalia," he said.

Raffy took something out of pocket on his jacket. It was a small box, like a jewelry box.

"Here", he said and handed the box to Marlon.

"What is that?, Jolo asked.

"These are what we need to use it", Marlon said while waving the box and the sachet with a white powdery substance.

He sat on the floor of the bathroom and placed all of them on the floor. he opened the box and came out a foil, a lighter, a pair of small scissors and some other things that Jolo has no idea what they are.

Marlon started to cut the foil into pieces, rectangle when they heard a knock on the door. Jolo's face turned white as well as the other three. Marlon put his index finger over his mouth, telling them to keep quiet while his other hand signaled Raffy to keep the drug and the paraphernalia.

Raffy was shaking and hastily picked up each one of them and wrapped them with his handkerchief. he was in a panic, his hands are shaking that he keeps dropping the items wrapped in his hanky.

Once Marlon saw that the things were already wrapped, he took it and put it in his jacket pocket. Then slowly, he went out of the bathroom and the others followed including Jolo.

"Relax, don't panic and just stay here", Marlon gestured for VJ and Raffy to sit down.

"We were here for the video games right, then turn on your PC and let us pretend to play'' Rolando was so calm and started to plug the computer and turned it on.

Marlon smiled and tapped Rolando's shoulder. "You really are a genius, let us do that then," he said and took the gaming console from Jolo's table.

Knock, knock, knock. This time, the knock is louder. While the boys were trying to turn on the Pc and started to pretend to play, Jolo went to the door. With Marlon's signal, he opened the door slightly.

He saw Christine on the outside and he sighed in relief.

"What happened, why are you here, your visitors are still downstairs and Joseph was looking for you"', Christine asked and tried to peek inside the room.

Jolo grabbed her hand and pulled her quickly. She almost lost her balance but Jolo caught her and held her before closing the door. Joseph was just about the corner to Jolo's room and he saw it. His face turned dark and he clenched his fist. From where he is, it looked like Jolo was hugging her and because Christine lost her balance, she had her hands on Jolo's shoulders like she was hugging him and her face was hidden which looked like she was kissing him.

"What is going on with you?" Christine asked after recovering from the shock. Jolo closed the door but forgot to lock it.

"Oh, so you guys moved here?" she said when she saw the four other boys sitting on the bean bags on the floor in front of Jolo's PC.

Marlon stood up and came near them, he wanted to hit her for interrupting what they were doing.

"What are you doing here, you should not be here", he said with the intention to scare Christine so she would leave. He was pissed when they got interrupted. He took the things out of her pocket, the box was half-covered showing some of the paraphernalia out. Christine looked at it but she had no idea what were those so she just ignored it.

Just when Marlon was about to say something, the door opened. Marlon was facing the door while both Jolo and Christine had their backs on the door so they did not see it being opened by...Joseph.

Marlon's eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw Joseph on the door and he quickly handed the things to Christine. Since Christine was surprised, she absent-mindedly accepted them before turning around to see Joseph with the darkest expression.

"What is going on here?'', Joseph's voice roared like a lion and his eyes were fixed on the things that are on Christine's hands. he can see the foil, the lighter and the sachet with the drugs in it.