It's been hours since the so called Boss left me locked up in the room and no one has showed up yet.
The room doesn't even have a light switch so I had to stay in the dark and the fact that I'm terrified of closed places isn't helping.
Jesus christ I'm probably lose my mind if I stay here any longer
I hear the door click open just before I mentally break down and I sigh in relief sprinting towards it.
Just as the door opens widely, I take my chance and try to tackle the person by Jumping on them.
But only to be met with a hard chest making me fall back on the ground hitting my head once again.
I groan in pain clutching my head and I try to sit back up looking up at the buffed guy looking at me amusedly.
"You aiming to kill me or something? cause if you are its working" I exclaim dramatically throwing my hands up.
"Boss is waiting for you downstairs, your stuff is also there so you can grab it on your way and leave."
I cautiously follow after him as he leads the way towards the huge staircase through a closed door which I suppose leads to the first floor.
The buffed guy points to a Huge room guarded by a few men near the foyer, then just walks away disappearing in the massive house.
I make my way towards the door and push it slightly.
I walk into the room to see none other than the boss sitting on a desk talking on a phone with a muffled voice.
He ends the call as he realises I'm in the room and points to a chair infront of his desk.
I oblige and sit down, my eyes never leaving his.
He throws me a bag, "Your stuff is all in there, you're free to go."
"How can I trust that you'll leave me alone after everything is over!?"
"I may have done many things but I'm a man of my words zoe."
I slightly nod and make my way towards the door comprehending what I got myself into as a lump forms in my throat.
One of the guards ushers me to a massive gate and I pace faster on my heels not being able to get away from this place fast enough.
I walk a few blocks through the streets before I realise I'm only a few blocks away from Alex's house.
I smile in relief and walk down the streets not helping to wonder why the guy was so interested in including me in this plan.
It would have been easier to get rid of me instead for them.
I honestly didn't care what they would've done to me, I just wanted Alex safe.
I knock on the door and I hear steps running before the door opens.
Alex stands beside the door wearing a unicorn onesie before staring at me incredulously and immediately engulfs me in a tight hug squeezing the life out of me.
Geez this girl is stronger than she looks
"Where the hell have you been!?, Do you know how many times I tried calling you?" Alex says with a pout still not letting go of me.
"I'm sorry ally, I didn't see it."
"But is everything alright?" She asks me pulling away with a concerned look.
I just nod at her already dreading the fact that I have to lie to her.
"Well since you're here I'm not letting you go, Your staying the night here!"she says practically dragging me in making me chuckle.
"Where did you disappear after the party by the way?"
"Well after you murdously killed that poor pineapple and ran to the door to look for Patrick. I ran after you but lost my way somehow so I decided to just go back home."
She looked at me skeptically before nodding slightly, "Good, Now let's go upstairs before we miss the the episode of Doctor who."
I grin and nod following after her.
After the episode was over and a couple of other chick flick movies, I stood up to grab the tv remote to turn it off.
I put the Ice bag I was holding to my head down and hopped back to the bed where alex was sleeping soundly across from me.
I flicked the lights and pulled a blanket over her.
"I'm not gonna let anything happen to you", I whisper before the darkness consumes me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm rudely awaken by the sunlight coming through the curtains.
I rub my eyes and try to get up when I feel a heavy weight on my body.
It doesn't take long for me to notice stray strands of Alex's hair everywhere and to realise she's the one on top of me.
I sigh and try to wriggle out of her weight. This isn't the first time I've waken up with Alex on top of me.
We usually end up like this after every sleep over and it isn't pleasant as it sounds.
I roughly pinch her on her side making her groan and squint to the other side, "Five more minutes."
"Fine but don't complain later if you wake up in your Pyjamas later at school again.", I mutter when she's finally off of me heading towards the door.
"Wait! Where are you going?" I hear her yell half asleep before I walk out.
"I'm gonna make you some breakfast"
She smiles at me before she drifts off.
After what felt like an almost an eternity Alex finally got up and get ready.
I fling the door open and sprint to the bus stop recalling that I left my car at the party the other day.
"Did the bus come yet?" Alex asks panting beside me.
"Would I be standing here if it did?"
She glares at me but I just shrug it off.
After a while the bus arrives and we take our seats when I got a text.
Hunter: Meet me at the parking lot after school.
I roll my eyes and throw back my phone into my bag not bothering to reply.
I make my way through the hallways with Alex beside me when she suddenly freezes.
I turn to see her only to be met with a ghosted look on her face.
"What's up with you?"
"He's staring at you" she whispers pointing at somebody from the crowd of students making their ways to their classes.
"Huh, who?"
I try to look at the direction of her gaze to see no other than Noah and another guy burning holes at me.
They start making their way towards us and I couldn't help but notice how agonisingly slow it takes them.
"Why are they walking so slow?" Alex asks beside me and I just shrug looking back at them.
The Guy besides him smiles at a group of girls like he's expecting some kind of sparkle to light up his teeth to which the girls just sigh in complete unison.
Do they rehearse this or something?
"Hey sleeping beauty. you look extra sassy today."
I stared at him puzzled and then it hit me.
I rolled my eyes, "Hi to you too, You look extra asswholey as well."
"Well I wanna remind you that you have to come at the place to go on the plan at friday. I'm supposed to be telling you tomorrow but I have better plans." He says too close to my side his hot breath fanning my ear as he does.
Before I could reply and push him to the side, A girl with blonde hair and cake face pushes past me wrapping her arms around Noah's waist as she glares at me.
"Let go Aubree!" Noah pulls away from her but she just wraps her arms around him again.
She suddenly flicks her gaze to us like she just saw us now.
"Oh you again, Didn't I tell you bitches to back off"
I look at her confused cause I can't remember that cake face anywhere in the Back of my head, but she looks oddly familiar.
Recognition flashes registers in my mind at the familiarity of her glare.
Wait wasn't she brunette?
"You Bitches do know that I'm standing here right." She hisses yet again making me realise we've been staring at her dumbfounded for longer than necessary.
I was going to hiss back something when Alex beat me to it.
"Let me handle this."she says with a confident look proudly.
"Abradacabra" she says wriggling her hands randomly, catching Attention of students walking by.
"Nope she's still a bitch."she says faking a disappointed look.
I laugh loudly clutching on my stomach not bothering the looks am getting as Noah looks at us amusedly.
The bell rings and we all head straight to class before she thinks of a comeback.
"I didn't know you were friends with the delinquent." Alex says arching a brow at me.
"Delinquent?"
"Well yeah, he was transferred here a few months ago after he got expelled from his old one"
"Why was he expelled?"I ask her curiously not even bothering to ask how she knows this.
"I really don't know about that one but its not hard to guess that it must be BIG!!!", she replies exaggerating the last word.
"Although he gives me the creeps, I could safely say that he might be the hottest dude in this school. Like Damn. Did you see those-"
she was cut of when her phone started beeping and I snap my eyes to the halls to see they're almost empty.
I quickly start to sprint to class dragging her with me cause it was literature and I didn't want to repeat what happened before.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The day passes in a blur and I'm suddenly standing in the school front waiting for Alex.
I was about to go back to look for her getting tired of waiting, when a hand snaked around my waist holding me on place.
I let out a scream only to be muffled by a hand on my mouth.
WTH? AGAIN?
I snap my head to the side, only to be met with the last person I wanted to see.
My hands clenched tightly, "What do you want hunter?" I said calmly making his hand drop.
"I thought that I told you to meet me at the parking lot."
I looked straight in to his dark brown eyes and I took note that they weren't as cheery as I was used to them to be "Well you don't get to tell me to do anything anymore."
Flash Back
It was hunter's birthday, so I planned to treat him in the nearby Ice cream parlour near the place I work in before I take my shift.
Recess was almost over, so I quickened my pace through the hallway excited to see the look on his face when I tell him.
I saw him standing next to his locker with his back turned face to me and I was about to jump on him when I noticed someone else talking to him.
"Dude! what's up with you and that chic?" The dark haired guy exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Hunter asked leaning slightly against the locker.
"Its been months, I just don't see why you would even want to date her. Not to mention for this long, Do you actually have the hots for Grace?"
I obviously tensed behind him at the question and not just because I hate when people call me that.
"I know Zoe's pretty and all obviously but come on she's practically a nobody, I'm only dating her cause of a stupid dare with Marco" He said shrugging.
It took me a while to comprehend what he just said and I suddenly felt like the air was knocked out of my lungs.
My heart clenched tightly and I forced myself to turn around quickly making me stumble a bit bumping on a locker.
Hunter turned around and I faintly heard him take in a sharp breath.
I didn't turn back and quietly continued to exit the halls when his hand gripped on my shoulder hesitantly turning me back around.
I was met straight with his deep brown eyes now covered in a glazed sheen and I once again felt completely helpless as I only wanted to break down.
But I can't do that
Atleast not infront of him.
I let out a breath and tried to keep my face emotionless.
"So everything was an act, huh?"I asked bluntly maybe too bluntly.
He stammered a little, "It was at first"
"Well you make a pretty good actor cause I believed it"
"Zoe I-"
I shook my head almost instantly not willing to let him finish, "How could you do this?"
I loosened his grip on my wrist and he shook his head frantically trying to take a hold again.
I glared at him and snatched my hands away when he flinched.
I need to get the Hell out of here.
I quickly paced out through the gate to the parking lot and searched throughly in my bag for the keys with shaking hands, barely seeing anything through my blurry vision.
Shit. I'm even crying
My heart was abruptly beating painfully in my chest and a wave of relief rushed through my body when I found the keys and fidgeted on the car door, making it drop.
I dropped on the ground leaning my back on the car and pulled my legs to my chest, not being able to stop tears from flooding my cheeks anymore.
"Zoe?, what happened!?"I heard a voice concerned.
I carefully looked up through my lashes and saw Alex now bending on her knees beside me.
I tried to answer but I couldn't speak, My voice hoarse from all the crying.
I just didn't understand.
It all felt so real and I was actually really happy. How stupid can I be?
She didn't say anything when I didn't reply and just wrapped her arms around me tightly, pulling my head on her shoulder.
It feels the same like it did that day.
I was stupid enough to take a chance again.
Flash Back End
"You know I couldn't help but think that this comes out from a stupid cliche movie" I muttered quietly
"I know. That's actually what I said the first time Marco suggested it" He muttered just as quietly.
"I guess those stuff are only meant to be real on movies and books after all. I actually thought I could trust someone, That I can atleast give it a chance" I said calmly looking in to his eyes coldly,"Seems that I was clearly wrong"
"Zoe, -please, I just want to talk" He looked at me pleadingly his voice cracking at end.
"Let me explain everything."
I let out a sigh and tried to keep my face emotionless as ever,"There's nothing to talk about hunter, I don't care anymore."
He's eyes flashed something and I chose to ignore what ever it was.
I turned around walking away and found Alex making her way to us with her eyes narrowed.
I wished that it would be the last time I would talk to him.
But I didn't expect it to actually come true in the most alternate way.
Because hunter left the school a few days after that.