I do not own Never Back Down or any of the characters, I do own my own characters though.
I hope you like my newest story!
~~Brittany2008
"Amanda come on we got to go." My little brother Ethan shouted up at me. I grabbed my books and took off down the stairs. My alarm hadn't gone off this morning so I was running late.
"Sorry Ethan I just have to find my shoes then we can leave." I told him as I ran down the hall towards the kitchen. I found my navy blue converse and slipped them on before heading back the way I had just came.
"Okay lets go." I said as I pulled the door open and headed out into the thick Florida heat. We headed over to my car but just as I reached for the door handle my phone rang. I dug it out of my pocket and flipped it open. Glancing down at the number flashing on the small screen I just smiled.
"Max! How's my best friend in the whole wide world doing?" I asked as I climbed into my car, technically it was a truck but I called it a car.
"Ouch that hurts Amanda." A voice that didn't belong to Max Cooperman replied. I just laughed realizing who it was.
"Sorry Jake but it's the way I feel." I said as I started up my car and pulled out of the driveway.
"Still." He said faking a hurt voice.
"What's up Jake?" I asked.
"Could you give me and Max a ride to school?" he asked me.
"Sure I guess so I just have to drop my brother off then I can come get you. Are you at your place or Max's?" I asked as I turned down the road that led to Ethan's school.
"Mine" he answered. I pulled up in front of Ethan's school then. I said bye to and told him he needed to ride the bus home today before pulling away from the school and heading towards Jake's apartment.
"Okay I'll be there in five." I told him before ending the call. When I pulled up out front of Jake's apartment building I texted him to tell him I was here and then just waited for them to come down. When I saw them coming down the stairs I rolled down my window and waved at them. They walked over to my car, both of them just admiring it a little bit before they climbed inside.
"Dude when did you get this?" Max asked from the backseat, his eyes roaming over the spotless interior. Jake was doing the same from the passenger seat.
"I got it yesterday. It was a 'Sorry I missed your eighteenth birthday' present from my dad." I told them as I drove off in the direction of the school.
"Well hell I'd forgive him, this thing is awesome." Jake said as he fiddled with some of the buttons on the dash. See my mom passed away just after Ethan was born and my father never really recovered. He just threw himself into his work and now we hardly ever see him.
I practically raised Ethan myself with help from our house keeper Mrs. Johnson. She was more like family to us than our own father was. So I wasn't at all surprised when he didn't show up for my birthday last weekend or when he bought me a brand new Chevrolet Avalanche LTZ to up for it. He apologized and then promised me it would never happen again, but I knew better.
"So what are we doing tonight?" I asked the guys a few hours later as we sat down at an empty lunch table.
"Apparently there's this big party going down tonight. Everybody's going to be there." Max said as he pointed his signature video camera in my direction. I made a funny face at the camera.
"Beautiful" he said laughing.
"Why thank you." I said laughing as well.
"So Jake are you going to go tonight?" Max asked turning the camera on him now.
"I don't know..." he trailed off as something or rather someone caught his eye. I glanced behind me and saw who it was, Baja Miller.
"Dude don't even go there. Have you forgotten what happened the last time?" I said glancing at the yellowish bruise on the side of his face that was just now starting to fade away.
"Yeah but Jake's got some mad skills now. He could kick Ryan's ass this time." Max said. Then he and Jake did one of those lame handshakes across the table. I just rolled my eyes and stood up from the table.
"Whatever, I'll see you two losers after school." I told them before walking away from the table. I had almost made it the whole way out of the cafeteria when someone ran into me sending me falling to the floor. When I looked up at who it was I cringed. It was Ryan McCarthy and one of his goons. I think his name was Eric.
"Sorry babe I didn't see you there." Eric said holding his hand out to help me up. I just ignored it and picked myself up off the floor. I was about to walk away when two voices I knew joined the party.
"Watch where you're going asshole!" I heard Jake say as he and Max walked up behind me.
"What you finally stoop so low that you pick fights with girls now Eric?" Max added. I saw Eric's jaw clench and his fists tighten.
"Hey he said he was sorry." Ryan said looking directly at Jake.
"I don't care if he said he was sorry or not, he better watch where he's going from now on." Jake said. I could feel the tension rise and decided that I better intervene, and fast. Just as Jake and Ryan started to move towards each other I jumped in between them placing one of my hands on each of their chests. I couldn't explain it but the second my hand touched Ryan's strong chest a spark shot up my arm. I ignored it at the moment though.
"Hey back off, both of you." I said looking first at Ryan and then at Jake.
"He did apologize in his own weird way, but even if he didn't it doesn't concern either of you." I said eyeing both of them again. Neither of them looked at me at first they just stared each other down. I swear it was like they just needed to lay them out on the table and measure, ending this once and for all.
"Jake I can handle this." I said when his eyes finally met mine. He just looked at Ryan again before nodding his head and walking away, Max following close behind him.
"What you let your girlfriend fight your battles now?" Eric asked I saw Jake tense and stop walking.
"Hey he's not my boyfriend and it's not his battle its mine." I said looking him directly in the eye, he just laughed.
"Whatever. You talk all tough when your body guards are around." He said inclining his head in Jake and Max's direction. This time I was the one who laughed, he just looked at me like I was crazy.
"Oh Eric, Eric, Eric, what makes you think I need a bodyguard?" I asked sweetly before I reached out and shoved him as hard as I could. He fell backwards, knocking a trash can over in the process, and landed on his ass. Several people around us laughed. Eric just glared up at me.
"Sorry babe I didn't see you standing there." I said smirking at him before glancing at Ryan and walking out of the cafeteria, a huge smile on my face. The rest of the day went by smoothly and after the final bell rang signaling the end of the day I headed outside to meet up with the guys.
They met me in the parking lot next to my truck. I was about to get in when I saw Ryan and Baja standing next to his car. They were talking about something but I count tell what it was. I stood there for a second just watching them when Ryan glanced over and saw me.
He smiled coolly and then leaned in and kissed Baja full on the lips, he pulled back after a second and looked back at me winking before turning back towards Baja. I climbed into my truck then, ignoring the guys fighting over the radio station.
"Hey Amanda could you drop us off at Jakes and then come get us before the party tonight?" Max asked.
"Sure" I answered not really thinking about the party. I was thinking about something else, something I didn't quite understand. Before when I had touched Ryan's chest it felt like a shock of electricity had ran through me. Even after I had moved my hand away it still tingled, and then when I was him with Baja I felt strange.
It was almost like I was jealous, like I wanted to be the one he was kissing. I mean I had always felt that Ryan was amazingly good looking, what girl wouldn't, but I had never looked at him as more than the schools resident badass.
Before I knew it I had reached Jake's place. He and Max said goodbye and we set a time for me to come pick them up before the party. I drove home then and walked into the kitchen to start working on dinner. When I entered the room I found Ethan sitting at the counter working on his homework.
"So how's the homework going?" I asked him, laughing slightly at the glare he shot me. Ethan was a sophomore at a private school in town. Our dad had given us the choice to either stay in private school when we reached high school or to switch to public school.
Ethan decided to stay at private school with all his friends while I decided to take a chance on public school, and to be honest I'm glad I switched. It's not that I wasn't smart enough for private school, actually I was in the top of my class the last three years in a row, it's just I wanted to try something new.
"So what do you want for dinner?" I asked Ethan, he thought about it for a minute before answering.
"Breakfast" he said smiling at me. I just laughed.
"Okay what kind of breakfast?"
"French toast and eggs." He said before going back to his mountain of homework, another reason I was glad I went to public school, less homework.
I pulled out the ingredients and quickly made us dinner. When we finished eating we loaded our dishes into the dishwasher and then Ethan went back to his homework while I went upstairs to get ready.
Just FYI the story will follow the movie in later Chapters but the first couple skew the timeline slightly so that I get my characters backstrory in. Sorry if this confused anyone. Basically the party where Ryan beat the crap out of Jake already took place in my version and this picks up with the rest of the movie a few weeks after that.
