Well I guess I had it in me to throw another chapter out there. I hope you all like the direction it's moving in. Please R & R if you like it. Thanks again for reading.

Getting Away –Chapter 2

Layla woke up and leaned over to grab her phone seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock. She rubbed her face and rolled back over to Lexi sleeping soundly next to her. She grabbed at her shoulder and shook her waking her up. Lexi looked over and was clearly hung over. "Dude, I need coffee like right now." Lexi groaned. "Getting on that right now." Layla was wearing a matching set of pajama shorts and a tank top as she walked out into the kitchen to get the coffee ready. She was getting a couple of mugs out of the cabinet and went to shut it when Elias was standing right there. "Holy crap!" He smiled. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." "That's okay, I just didn't hear you come in. I'm making coffee would you like some?" "Sure." She grabbed another mug and set it down. The coffee was almost ready as Lexi came strolling out of the room. "Morning Elias, I trust you slept well?" "Yeah, better than that guy." He pointed at Chase who was dead to the world on the couch. They all laughed as Hank popped out of the room. "Good morning guys, oh my god coffee god bless you sweetheart." He came up and hugged Layla. That was her queue to get another cup.

They were all sipping on their coffee while Chase was still out of it on the couch. Hank was looking outside and noticed that the weather was perfect. He finished his coffee and set the mug down. "Well I'm down for going on a little adventure who's in?" "I'll go, just let me put on some different clothes." Layla stood up. "Elias? Lexi?" "Nah, I think I'll wait here for this one to get up. I'll catch up with you a little later." Lexi spoke up when Elias stood up. "I'll go out with you guys." Layla couldn't help but get a little excited that he was coming along. She went into the bedroom and grabbed her Georgia Bulldogs hoodie and some tight jeans. She figured they were probably going to hit rough ground so she threw on her boots. Elias was wearing the same jeans from yesterday but he had changed into a black shirt. God he looked so good she thought as they all shuffled out of the cabin.

Hank had managed to find a trail so they all just started walking. Hank had brought his camera and was a few feet ahead on Layla and Elias as he was taking photos. Layla was walking looking at everything around her while Elias had his hands in his pockets. "So Layla, I was sorry to hear about your father. I mean I know it's none of my business but I'm sure that was hard for you." She smiled at him. "Yeah, it was the hardest thing I've gone through. I'm just glad to have such great friends to take me out here and help me get away from everything. What about you? Just out here to get away?" "Basically, Chase said I needed to get out and away from work." "He mentioned you worked a lot. Construction or something like that?" "Yep, I'm actually trying to get moved up to contractor. Things are looking pretty good so that's why I'm always working so hard." "You've got goals, that's always good." She joked at him. "What about you?" "Oh, I would love to be an illustrator for children's books. I have the right job I just need to come up with something good and make a name for myself." "Wow, that's pretty cool." "Yeah, it's a lot of fun." "What the hell is that?" Elias was looking ahead of them. They could see a very old pick-up that looked stuck on a side of a small road they were approaching. There was a couple of guys around their age who looked a little rough around the edges and looked greasy like they were working on cars all day in a garage. The hood of the truck was up. "Hey guys, did you need any help?" Elias spoke up. "No man, I think we got it. It's been acting up a lot lately. Sure thank you for your kindness." Layla was watching on not noticing the other guy staring at her. After a second she could see that he was eyeing her up and down. Out of instinct she scooted next to Elias and grabbed his arm. Elias could see what was going on and figured it be best they head back to the cabin.

Meanwhile at the cabin, Chase had finally got up and he and Lexi took a shower. They started fooling around in the shower and moved it into the bedroom. They were going at it when Hank, Elias, and Layla had gotten back. They could all hear Lexi screaming and making sex sounds. Layla stopped and looked up at Elias. He smiled, "I think we should probably just go somewhere else for now and leave them alone." "Yeah, how about a jump in the lake?" "Sure." They all stripped down to their underwear and walk up to the dock. They all jumped in enjoying the sun hit them off the water. The water was a perfect temperature. Hank was floating on his back swimming around in circles while Elias and Layla were just swimming around still chatting. Elias was having a hard time focusing after seeing Layla wet. But little did he know that she was enjoying the view herself. He had his hair down and he looked good wet. "Hey, I didn't get a chance to thank you for earlier. That guy was totally creeping me out." "No problem, they were a little strange weren't they?" "Yeah, this weather is perfect isn't it?" "It's definitely perfect." She didn't notice he was looking at her as he said that.

It hadn't been too much longer and they could see Lexi and Chase coming down the dock. Lexi had a strange look on her face. Layla swam over to her. "Hey there, we sort of heard you earlier and though maybe we should give you a little more time." "Shit, really?" "Yep." Lexi blushed and laughed but then her expression changed. "Hey, did you hear anyone pull up about five minutes ago?" "No, why?" "Well Chase and I were looking for you guys when these two guys pulled up asking for directions. They were kind of creepy. They were asking who was all staying here and stuff." Layla scrunched her nose. "Hey Lex were they driving an old pick-up?" "Yeah they were." "Were they really greasy and dirty looking?" "…Yeah, okay you're scaring me now." Elias had swum up and heard most of the conversation. "We were walking earlier and ran into them. They were creeping out Layla. The truck looked like it was broke down. I kind of figured they were from around here though." "Me too." Layla chimed in. "Well I hope they don't come back that's all I know. Hey Chase was thinking about throwing some burgers on the grill will you come inside and help me cut up some vegetables and potatoes?" Lexi looked at Layla. "Sure, I just need to dry off and change, maybe even take a quick shower." "Okay." Layla got to the dock and help herself out of the water. Elias couldn't take his eyes off of her.

Shortly after, Elias and Hank took turns taking showers while Chase, Layla, and Lexi worked on lunch. Elias went out to his truck and grabbed his guitar from the back. It was a hobby of his to play and sing a little. He was kind of hoping it was going to win over Layla. He couldn't' believe an idiot like Chase would manage to try and set him up with a girl he would actually be interested in. But he enjoyed talking with her and she was gorgeous. He had changed into basketball shorts and a muscle shirt throwing his hair up in a bun. He sat on the porch and started strumming away. Layla was inside the kitchen seasoning the vegetable when she heard the music. "What's that?" "Oh that's Elias, he plays guitar. He's pretty good at it too." Chase spoke up. "Oh." Layla smiled. Chase grabbed the burgers to throw them on the grill. Layla looked over at Lexi. "He plays the guitar too?" "Yeah, kind of hot huh?" "Oh yeah, do you think he likes me? I mean he's really nice but I'm not sure, I just don't want to make a move and look like a fool." "Trust me Hun, he's totally into you. He was so checking you out when you got out of the water earlier." Layla blushed. "Oh…" She was so shy at the thought.

They had all were done eating their food. Chase wanted to take Lexi to a private area. Hank went to go back into the lake. Elias and Layla were having a few drinks hanging out on the couch on the porch. "So Layla, I have to ask. Why don't you have a boyfriend?" She was shocked by the question at first. "Honestly I just haven't really looked for one. I can't even remember the last time I even went on a date." She started to feel embarrassed. "So if I try and kiss you are you going to try and kick my ass or something?" Elias boldly asked. She looked up at him and smiled before reaching over and planting her lips to his. He rested his hand on her hip as she rested one of his chest and the other on the couch holding her closer to him. He glided his tongue over her lips and she reciprocated deepening the kiss. His hand rubbed her lower back as her body got closer to his. She moved her hand from his chest to run it through his hair as they were getting more into it. But that was when they both heard a scream separating them. "What the heck?" Elias looked confused. "Shit, that sounded a lot like Lexi." They both immediately got up trying to find out where it was coming from.

They were heading towards the trail when they could see a very frantic Lexi running towards them. "Lexi what happened?" "It's Chase, we were over there fooling around and his hand his an animal trap of some sort hidden in the grass. It took his hand off. I went to help him but then there was laughing near us. Those two guys showed up, Chase told me to run. I don't know if he got out of the trap or what happened." She was crying hysterically while Layla held her. "I'll go check it out." "Wait Elias don't go." Layla pleaded. But he didn't listen. Meanwhile Hank had heard the screams and got out of the water and came running to them wondering what was going on. They slowly walked over to where Elias went.

Elias must've arrived where Lexi and Chase were because he could see a pool of blood. But Chase wasn't there. He looked around and couldn't see anything. He turned around to see the other three walk up to him. "Where is he?" Lexi started getting upset again. "I don't know, he wasn't here." "Oh my god, they have him don't they? Chase!" She started yelling for him. Elias stopped her though. "We need to go back to the cabin now!" They all hustled to the cabin. Elias went to his truck to get the pistol he kept under the driver seat. But when he got to his truck he saw that it was broken into and the tires were slashed. So were the tires on Chase's suv. He looked for the gun and it wasn't there. He went back in the cabin and was surprised nothing in there was touched. The girls were curled up on the couch crying while Hank was pacing back and forth. "Guys, we have a problem. They damaged the trucks so we can't get out of here unless we go on foot. Lexi do you know a safe way out of here?" "No, we shouldn't go anywhere. They could be out there." Layla stood up. "They've got my gun too. Do the cell phones work out here?" "No." Lexi sniffled. "You have a gun?" "I keep it under the driver's seat. They busted the windows on my truck and took it." "Fuck!" Hank yelped. Layla walked up to Elias. "What are we going to do?" "I don't know, we should probably keep the windows and doors locked. It's going to get dark soon so going out there isn't safe. Lexi is there any firearms in here?" "No, not that I know of." "Shit!" Elias snapped.

Okay so I think I'm going to stop it there for now. Got to get the creative juices flowing and figure out where I want to take this. Sorry for the horrible cliffhanger but I hope you all enjoyed so far. Let me know what you think.