A Kingdom for A Prince (Part 4)

Chad and I jolted off on our bikes, which turned into another race, yet again, like we had as kids.. and now.
It was starting to grow late, the sun was setting upon the horizon throwing beautiful shades of red, orange, pink, purple, and yellow. She turned a corner, eventually Earl's house came into view.

"We're almost there, let's ditch the bikes at the gas station like we promised," I reminded Chad.

"Alright, goody-two-shoes," Chad giggled as we made the turn towards the gas station.

"We should buy something for Earl as well. If we're gonna ask for his help, we can't just go empty-handed. Earl's not as charitable as most people."

"Well, you go get it. You know what he likes best. I'm gonna go to the john," Chad replied as he made a beeline to the counter to ask for the bathroom keys, then made his way to the back.

I rolled my eyes and mumbled. "It's probably because he doesn't wanna pay. Haha."

I looked around the convenience store, which there was nothing good, but instead, i decided to buy him a big bag of his favorite chips and his favorite drink. I made my way towards the corner, holding the sprite and spicy doritos.

"That'll be 5 dollars, sir." I gave him the five dollars. "There's two unchained bikes out their, belonging to someone, keep an eye on them like a hawk until they get here." I walked outside to find Chad had already gotten out. "Let's go."

Chad nodded and followed me as we jogged the rest of the way to Earl's home. "You sure we can trust Earl though? I mean, sure, he's like a family friend to you, but it's been years since you guys spoke to each other."

"2 years, technically," I corrected. "But yeah, he's good. I still keep up with him from time to time on Facebook. We comment on each other's statuses and posts. We're not completely cut off from each other. He's good, I'm sure."

"If you say so," Chad shrugged as we got closer towards Earl's compound.

I took and deep breath, to be honest, i was kinda worried. I gulped and knocked on the door 3 times. I could hear the thumping of steps until soon, it slowly creeped open. "Hey Earl, nice to see you!"

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