"This is Second Hand" Lulu replies, "shelter slash soup kitchen owned by yours truly" she points to Clay, "to help feed and shelter the homeless."
"I'm sorry you own a shelter?" Nico turns to Clay "Yes I-" Clay begins to explain but is stopped by Lulu.
"I'm sorry Clay I seriously need to talk to you" she turns her clipboard to him, "the supplies are
running low and we're starting to run out of beds in the basement." "Running out of supplies? Lu we have a budget how's that possible?"
"Necessities Clay and you are this place's only source of income, so yeah we're running out of money."
"Don't worry I have a plan, I'm currently working on a bid with my father if it goes well it'll mean a big check for us, ok? Just have some faith in me"
She sighs "all right, I have to go keep feeding. Are you hungry? Do you and your friend want some food?"
"We're good" Clay replies and Lulu walks away. Noticing how lost Nico is as he looks around the place, Clay watches him to taking every reaction Nico has to the one thing he's proud of. "Let's find a seat" he directs Nico to one of the tables with 2 empty chairs across each other. "Any questions?"
"I- I don't even know where to start" Nico replies finally meeting Clay's eyes. "Wait yes I do, what the fuck?! How are you able to do this?"
"Um the building belongs to my dad he abandoned it, I used all the money I had to fix it up and hire a staff. Now I take money from him and donations from the kids at school, who thinks they're just donating to my club to keep this place running."
"Why?" Nico asks
"Why what?" He replies with a question "Why do this? What made you want to?"
Thinking about the answer Clay replies "when my mom was alive this was always her goal, I mean not this specifically but she wanted to help others. After she passed I wanted to do something that would remind me of her, then just like that Second Hand was born."
"Clay that's amazing, you're doing something really great here" He grins, "thanks and you haven't even seen the best part."
"There's more?" Clay nods taking his hand, taking Nico to the back of the building they step outside,
"a playground?" Nico asks seeing the playground filled with kids running around and playing.
"Second Hand is partnered with the boys and girls club in this town, and the kids come here with their big brothers and sisters after school to hang out and play. Gives them somewhere to go"
With a smile on his face Nico watches it all still in awe of Clay and the things he's doing, "does your family know about any of this?"
Shaking his head "I mean my dad does but he doesn't really care, I just use him to sign the things I can't because I'm a minor. My stepmom and Christian don't know and I doubt they'd care."
"You seriously downplayed your charity club" Nico chuckles.
After spending the day at the shelter helping Clay it was finally time for them to go home, and even though Nico drove himself home, Clay still foll