Generation 1; Chapter 9

I was euphoric. Still in a high from giving myself to Ali. I couldn't concentrate at all, I had to get all my clothes ready. Well, we had all decided it should be normal clothes since it wouldn't look as conspicuous. I grabbed my rucksack and just waited 'till I heard Mocha leave for work. Dad would be back later. He checked up on me but I left pillows under my blanket so that he wouldn't notice.



We were all meeting on the empty road just outside the Tussock's. There were no houses here as the road was on a slope. It was perfect. As soon as I saw Ali a grin spread on my face.



"Ooh, someone's happy to see Ali." Myrtle had her mean head on again. 

"Everyone focus. We can all have fun and games when we are back at the base, got it!" I just loved it when Ali took charge. "Right, we are going to go through the front door. Tyrian and Indigo, once I get us in you go upstairs and grab anything up there worth grabbing, so that's jewellery, money, okay? Myrtle, you need to be on watch, and Nilly you are with me down stairs, got it?" 



We all nodded. Myrtle got in position behind a large bush and signaled for us to come closer. 



Ali ran towards the door and got out his lock picking tools. In next to no time he opened the door. We were in. Tyrian and Indigo slowly crept upstairs while we looked in the front room. There were small trinkets everywhere. I started to grab all that could fit in my bag, Ali did the same. 




There was a loud thud from upstairs. The boys ran downstairs. 

"Quick, we got to go, they are up!" I didn't know who shouted this as my heart was busy leaping out of my chest. What were we doing!!
All of a sudden several loud thumps came down the stairs and a groan echoed around the house. It was Anzac Tussock. He had fallen down the steps and was lying on the floor. 



"We need to go!" Ali grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the door. I resisted. 

"We can't leave him, he's hurt." I was so scared, what happened if he died? "Please let me call for help, I'll use their phone. Please, we can't just go!" 

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"Anzac, where are you?" A voice called from the darkness upstairs. I forgot that Maize his wife was here. At least he wouldn't be on his own. I let Ali pull me out of the house.

We ran together holding hands when we realized that no one was chasing us, and our running slowed to a walk. We enjoyed the walk, the moon was high in the sky and the stars so bright. I was still worried for Anzac but his wife was there. He would be fine. I just wanted to get that out of my head and just bask in this moment with Ali. 



He walked me all the way back to my house since we couldn't go straight to the Base. Just before leaving me he kissed me good night. 



As I walked in my Dad was sat at the table facing the door. Uh oh.



"Where have you been?" As I was about to answer him more questions were fired at me. "Who were you with? Did you know that your curfew was over 2 hours ago?" All of these pointless questions.



"I wanted to go for a run and I didn't have my watch with me!" I thought it was best to answer his questions even if I knew I would get shouted at. "Dad, I wasn't with anyone! Why won't you trust me?" Making myself sniffle as if I was going to cry hopefully would get me to my room quickly. 

...and it worked. 

He let me go to my room. The fake tears always worked. Chucking my bag heavy with trinkets under my bed, I breathed a sigh of relief. It was over. My first house hit. It didn't end as well as I had thought it would, but still- what a rush. 





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A big thank you to ShaliANel for designing the Tussocks ... Sorry about what happened to Anzac. She has two must read blogs here and here.

Generation 1: Chapter 8

Author's note: Adult content warning.

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Every spare moment I had I was at Ali's place where he taught me everything I needed to know. He taught me different cons they had done, which I wrote down in my little notebook. 

By now we had a spare room that was filled with Dad's and Mocha's exercise machines. So when I was at home I was being trained by Dad. Oh, he didn't know what I was training for. He thought that I had finally found my calling to go into the acrobat business like him. I let him keep thinking that. 



It was amazing. I felt more confident, like I was taking my life into my own hands. I was able to run miles without getting tired, climb with twice my body weight. Even though Myrtle was still snubbing me, she at least realized that I could do this. 



It was time to take me out into the field. They started me off with just taking things from public places. 'As long as you look like you are supposed to be there no one will notice you' was what Ali taught me in one of his earlier lessons. So that was what I did. I walked in, grabbed what I wanted and walked out. It was all random stuff; chairs, mirrors, at one point a barbecue. No gold, no money, nothing like that, just junk. But that junk could be sold to make the money, or kept. The best stuff I kept in my room which was beginning to feel homely even if I was barely there.

We went out everyday to get something and it had gotten easier and easier. As the days went by I stole more and more at a time.

Maybe that was where I had gone wrong. I had gotten cocky, too sure of myself. I wanted more. 

I had gotten Ali on his own away from the others.
"We need to do something different. It's all good and well taking from public places but the stuff is all the same. We can do better if we hit houses." I wanted it so much. 

"Are you ready for houses? You have only just started out." He didn't look worried or concerned. He knew I was ready and so did I.



"I am ready. Come on, we can do this."  When that smile of his came onto his face I knew I would get it my way. He led me back to the others and I sat on the couch next to Tyrian. He told the others about us starting on houses. 



"Ah, back to houses. You know, I was getting pretty sick of all the parks and the shops. I found the perfect place the other day." He grabbed a few photos and stuck them on the wall. It was Drizzle's next door neighbours, the Tussocks. They were retired, he was a renowned surgeon and she used to be on the local news network. It was fantastic, they were loaded. I was getting excited. "I have cased this place already. There is no cctv, no alarms. There is a dog but he is old, he's no bother. Ali, what do you think?"



He looked for a moment at me. I knew with my pleading eyes he would do it and I was right. 

Over the next month we had gone over everything. Ali put the emphasis on getting in and out. He made sure that we could carry a heavy load (since none of us could drive). We also went over the escape routes over and over again. Where we had to meet up and where we had to put the stuff, since bringing it straight here to the base was out of the question. I wrote it all down in my notebook, so that I could remember it all. It was a lot to think about. 

The night before the hit we had gone through everything one last time. Indigo and Myrtle had gone off to one of the bedrooms. They had somehow merged into a couple. I honestly didn't know what anyone could see in her but I guess Indigo could see through that tough exterior. Tyrian went off out back. It just left me and Ali. 



"Listen, no one would think badly of you if you backed out. You don't have to do this!" I knew he was concerned but I could see the fire in his eyes. He wanted to do the hit as much as I did.

"I am a big girl, Ali. I know what I want. Doing this is making me feel alive." I scooted along the sofa towards him, my hand lightly brushed his. He turned to face me and that's when I really looked at him. Of course I had seen his face before but not like this, it was different. I just couldn't help myself, I leaned over and kissed him. 



I pulled back, shocked at what I had done. He was my first kiss. I always thought I would be taken on a date before I kissed a guy but it felt so right. His hand reached up towards my face and smiled a smile that made me melt. 

"Nilly, you don't know how much I wanted for you to kiss me." He leaned back in to kiss me. This time I didn't pull back. His hand gently stroked my arm. Somehow I ended up straddled across his lap. He stopped me. "We can stop right now if you want or..." I shushed him. 



"I told you, I know what I want." I picked his hand up and led him into the spare bedroom. 

It was indescribable.