"especially if they are babes right?" Robin asks Steve with a grin, pointing out that Dustin was right and that was pretty much all Steve ever did

"hey not fair alright, Ok I attend to all the customers equally. Babes and non-babes alike. We have got a very big selection in here okay. It can be super overwhelming for people," Steve fired back at Robin as he motioned around the store to all of the rows and rows of tapes

Robin's eyes suddenly widen in realisation as she moves away from the counter and then walks over to the computer and begins to type something into the system. Adira furrowed her eye brows at the girls actions and walked up behind her first before she leaned over her shoulder, "What are you doing?" she asked in curiosity, her eyes skimming over the screen to see what was happening

"Maybe we don't need a last name," Robin replied, trying to ignore the butterflies in her stomach as Adira leaned over her shoulder. She quickly typed in the name 'Rick' and then pressed enter, it took a few moments for anything to happen. Adira and Robin watched a bunch of people with the name, show up in a list on the screen, "twelve Ricks already have accounts here."

"Robin, you are a literal genius," Adira muttered with a wide grin as she looked at all of the names, trying to see if any of them seemed familiar, "why do you hang out with a big idiot like my brother?" she asked playfully 

"That is a lot of Ricks," Max says with a small sigh as she also looked over at the screen, not seeing why they were getting so excited when there were so many options in front of them

"So lets narrow it down," Robin muttered out as she pressed a few more buttons on the keyboard. Dustin and Max were now also right behind Robin, watching the screen in interest as the short haired girl worked her magic, "Rick Alderman's latest rentals are Annie and Dumbo." Robin reads the last two movies that the first Rick had rented out, "What are the chances that our drug dealer has a family?"

"Not likely," Max and Adira both replied. The two girls weren't new to the world of drugs. Maxine's practically grew up around drugs. Her mother had been doing drugs for as long as she could remember, but it hadn't been bad until recently. Not to mention Billy's father, who was always either drinking or doing drugs. 

Billy wasn't a fan of the stuff, he just liked to stick to cigarettes, which seemed to leave a horrid smell in his room that would waft out from under his door and through the house. Adira on the other hand had been introduced to drugs through people in her friendship group. A lot of the people that she hung out with weren't exactly the best influence, she only ever took a few hits of weed every now and then but that was it.

Robin nodded her head and then went to the next Rick, "All right. Rick Conroy. Sixteen candles, Teen wolf, and Romancing the stone," Robin reads out, looking back at the girls to see if they thought that this could be the person they were looking for

"Good taste, but definitely not the guy that we are looking for," Adira said with a shake of her head, "I wouldn't mind re-watching Teen Wolf though, Michael J Fox looked fine as hell," Adira muttered out as Robin went to click on the next name.

"Keep it in your pants Adira," Steve told her and rolled his eyes at his sister

Robin shifted uncomfortably in her seat before clearing her throat softly and then clicking on the next name, "Okay. Rick Joiner. Mask, Footloose, and Greese," Robin says, a grin building on her face as they all said 'nah' knowing that 'Rick Joiner' was definitely not the guy that they were looking for

"Rick Kimbrough. The Blue Lagoon and Splash," Robin says and they all chuckle softly, they were beginning to get more and more amused as they tried to picture Reefer Rick in their heads watching the movies that were coming up on the screen before them

"Yeah no," Adira says with a soft snort

"Nope," Dustin agrees

"No way," Steve chuckles

Robin clicks on the next one, "okay, Rick Lipton. Fast times at Ridgemont high. Cheech & Chong's next movie. Cheech & Chongs nice dreams. Cheech & Chongs up in smoke," Robin trails off and all of them know that they have their guy

"Jesus does this guy have a life?" Adira muttered out as she looked at the movies that he had rented out. 

"Bingo," Dustin cheers

"Lipton?" Max asks Robin, wondering if they had any more information that they could get from the computer

"Spelled like the tea. 2121 Holland Road," Robin says and looks around at them all

"Wait, that is out by lovers lake," Adira speaks up, being quite familiar with the place

"Middle of nowhere," Dustin adds

"Its the perfect place to hide," Robin says what they were all thinking. This was it, they finally had a solid lead on where Eddie could be hiding. Adira got a giddy feeling in her stomach at the thought of finally being able to maybe see Eddie again.

She hoped that he was okay and that she was right about him not being guilty. She thought about him being out in one of the old cabins near the lake, at least he was with this reefer rick dude, maybe he had a bed to sleep in with some blankets, some food or maybe even some fresh clothes.

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