As Night Falls Chapter Three: Tree House Bruises
Set Up: Aubrey leaving for Sarah's house
"Have fun sweetie"
"Thanks mom"
"Be safe Princess"
"I will be dad"
You walked out of the house with your bags in hand. You through them in the back seat and got into the driver's seat. You stopped by the store and picked up two different bags of chips, a bag of red vines, popcorn, and a bottle of soda. Then last stop, Starbucks; one Grande double chocolate chip frappachino and one Grande mocha frappachino. You pulled up to Sarah's house and texted her to come outside and help you.
"Hey"
You looked up to see Sarah walking to your car.
"Hey"
"So what you get?" she asked now standing next to you.
"The essentials chips, red vines, soda, popcorn, and your favorite" you handed her the mocha frappachino.
"You're the best" she said immediately sipping some of her drink.
"I know"
You both busted up laughing. She took the grocery bags and you grabbed your over night stuff. When you got to Sarah's room she plugged her iPod into her ihome and put on 'Drop' by The Ying Yang Twins. You plopped down on her bed, and then Sarah sat in her computer chair.
"So tell me again what happened with Chris"
You sighed
"I came up here to use your bathroom when I walked out he was sitting on your bed waiting for me, he said that he's missed me, and he said how he still wants to be with me. When I went to say something he put a finger to my lips and for some reason I started thinking of this other guy and what it would be like to kiss him… I got so wrapped up in my thoughts that when Chris kissed me I kissed back. I didn't realize that I was kissing him until we were right here lying on your bed and his hand began to creep. That's when I snapped back realizing what was going on I pushed him off of me said how this was a mistake and ran out"
Silence…
"Wow…"
"I know" you said groaning.
"So… who were you thinking of?" she asked innocently
"My friend Harry…" you said.
"Really! What's he look like it's been forever since you showed me a picture of your friends at your school"
You have a few pictures from the years that were regular muggle pictures so you could show your friends back home your friends from school. And you now carried a picture of you Harry Ron and Hermione from this past year in your bag. You pulled it out and starred at it, Harry had his arm around your shoulder and Ron had Hermione on his back all of you smiling and laughing, one of the few happy moments this past year. You handed the picture to her,
"He's hot" she said
You smiled.
"Who are the other two again?" she asked
"Ron and Hermione"
"This is a really cute picture, and I totally see you two with each other" she said smiling
She handed the picture back at to you and you glanced down and smiled.
"You really like him don't you?" she asked
"I think I love him" you said looking at her straight in the eye"
She smiled.
"Does he know?"
"No"
"You should tell him you could call him" she suggested
"No he doesn't have a cell phone and he lives in England so time difference and everything. Plus my parents would kill me for the overseas charges on my phone bill"
"I guess, you should tell him when you are back to school though"
"Maybe, I will when Hermione tells Ron" you said laughing.
"Huh?"
"Hermione and Ron well they aren't together but it's obviously they both like each other. I'm sure they love each other so when Hermione speaks up I will"
"Well let's hope she does it soon"
You both smiled.
"So want to start getting ready everyone will be here in about an hour?" She said standing up.
"Yep" you said.
You changed into tight jeans and a black halter stop showing of your stomach but right below your belly button. Also showing a bit of cleavage, Sarah came out of the bathroom in similar tight jeans and a dark red deep V-neck tank top. She waved her hair and you straighten your hair so it was sleek and shiny. You put on large silver hoops and a silver charm bracelet that Hermione got you last Christmas. Sarah put on a black choker with a rose charm.
"Can I do you make up?" asked Sarah
She loves doing other peoples make up; she has always considered becoming a makeup artist.
"Sure"
She clapped her hands together in delight. You laughed.
When she was done your eyes were smoky and your lips glossed.
The door bell rang,
"Ready Aubrey?"
"Yes"
"Just stay with me and Jeremy to avoid being alone with Chris"
"Thanks"
You headed downstairs and opened the door, Brooke walked in wearing a pink tube top and a black shorts. The Jack and Chris were each dressed in shorts and black tight tank top, Jeremy in jeans a white tank with a button up light jacket over it. Sarah came up and stood right next to you so Chris couldn't talk to you alone. You never did reply to his text,
"You two ready?" asked Jeremy.
"Yep" said Sarah
"Ok you two are riding with me and Cameron's driving Brooke and Chris" said Jeremy.
"Sounds good" you said.
You all headed outside Sarah sat in front you climbed in the back seat of the car and Jeremy drove off to the club. Once the car was parked you all piled out and met up with the other three. Stepping up to the doors the bouncers let you, Sarah, and Brooke in first since it was ladies night you all got in for free. You all were looking around at the club good music, dance floor, lounge area, lots of people. The boys came in
"Why don't we all go sit for a second" said Cameron
You all agreed and headed for the chairs, the song, 'Midnight' by Pitbull started playing.
"I love this song!" said Brooke
"Same, you guys coming?" said Sarah
All of them didn't seem like dancing.
"Fine come on you two" said Brooke grabbing you and Sarah's hands and dragging out in the crowd of people.
The three of you started dancing soon this one guy came up to Sarah and she started dancing with him. You and Brooke started dancing back to back slinking up and down. The song ended and 'Bottle Pop' by Pussycat dolls came on. Jack came up and grabbed Brooke away from you and started dancing with her when your hand was grabbed. You looked up to see Jeremy, you started dancing with him. He was singing along to you, and you couldn't help but laugh. You glanced around to see Chris dancing with some random club girl. He glanced up towards you and you looked away,
After a few songs Jeremy leaned in to your ear so you could hear him,
"Hey I need to use the bathroom real quick"
"Ok I could use a minute to cool down" you said.
He led you out of the crowd and you both went into your respected bathrooms. You splashed some water on your arms and dabbed some on your face. You walked out of the bathroom to wait for Jeremy. When someone grabbed your arm and pulled you into a secluded corner.
"Hey"
"Sorry"
You looked up to see Chris standing in front of you.
"Chris what…" you started
"Aubrey I don't know what happened the yesterday I mean I thought we were having a good time until you shoved me off of you and said that this was a mistake"
"Chris I'm sorry but it was; I wasn't thinking clearly I'm sorry I let it get that far" you said.
You started to walk away but he put his arm on the wall.
"Aubrey I want you to know I think I love you, no I do love you I have since the day I met you"
"Chris…"
He tried to kiss you but you pushed him away.
"Look Chris I'm sorry but I don't love you"
"Yet… but if you give it time and try I think this could work" he started stroking your arm
"No listen I love someone else" you said.
He looked at you stunned then dropped his arm. You quickly past by him and saw Jeremy waiting, you grabbed his arm and dragged him to the floor. You glanced back Chris was glaring; you flinched away from his sight. When you all were done everyone said good night and you hopped in to Jeremy's car now sitting in front. Jeremy dropped you and Sarah off, you both went upstairs and changed into Pjs, Sarah got dip for the chips, grabbed 'The Hot Chick' and put it in the DVD player. You both had seen this movie so many times but it had always been a favorite of yours.
"Chris confronted me at the club" you said.
"Really what happened?"
"He told me he loved me, and I told him I didn't love him so I tried walking away but he blocked me by putting his hand on the wall. He told me that if we just gave it time I would love him too and then I told him I was already in love with someone"
"What he do then?"
"Nothing, he dropped his hand and I scurried away from him. When I was dancing with Jeremy I glanced over and he was glaring at me"
"Wow, what a psycho" she said.
You ate a chip not saying anything.
"Well lets' just make your not with him at all by yourself… change of subject… when do you have to leave?"
"I'm not sure probably second week of July sometime. So we still have a month."
"That's good and bad" she said.
You glanced at her
"Good that we have time to hang out but… I don't want you to leave again" She said.
You gave her a small smile she returned it.
The next few weeks seem to fly by, you went to LA with your parents, and spent as much time with your friends as you could, going to the zoo, the beach, the movies, bowling, anywhere. You turned the car off and got out just arriving home from spending the afternoon sunbathing and swimming with Sarah. You went inside and saw that both your parents weren't home, you figured they went out to dinner and didn't wait up. You took a shower and changed into jeans and a white tank top with a green jacket, walking down stairs you felt something rub against your leg.
"I'll be right back snowball, I think I'm going to go for a walk" you said at the cat.
The cat purred and walked off. You walked outside the sun was setting and there was a nice chilly breeze. You glanced across the street and saw a truck that looked extremely familiar. No one was sitting in the truck so you thought nothing much of it and continued down the street. Your destination: The Park where you and everyone use to play at in your kid days. About halfway there you heard a car coming, thinking nothing of it you glanced just as it was passing. The same truck you had seen outside your house. It pulled over to the side of the road about twenty feet from where you were. Someone got out of the car and slammed the door shut hard. You stopped walking and looked to who this could be,
"Hey Aubrey"
You starred in shock it was Chris. You hadn't seen him since the night of the dance we told everyone he was going to New York with his parents.
"Chris… I thought you were in New York"
He stepped on the sidewalk and you took a step backwards.
"Never went, my parents did though"
"Then…"
"I have been here; see when you told me that you loved someone else well I felt like my heart had been ripped out and stabbed. So I needed to collect my thoughts, I stayed in my room thinking of nothing but you…"
You were scared now. He kept stepping towards you…
"See I realized that I can't accept the fact that you love someone else. I mean I love you and you should love me. I know you do, I have been waiting outside your house at night waiting for you to realize that you made a huge mistake and come running back to me."
"Chris I'm sorry I hurt you, I really do love someone else. You and I are just friends..."
"No you belong to me"
"No" You yelled.
He lunged forward at you but you dodged him. You started running, you ran in between houses and up a large hill taking a short cut to the park. You dared a glance back and saw Chris standing at the foot of the hill glaring. He turned and ran the other way. You continued forward,
'Got to get to the park' you thought.
If you could just make it to the park you could hide in the tree house and call Jeremy to come get you. Finally the park you didn't even look around to see if anyone was there, you grabbed a hold of the first board in the tree and started climbing. Once in the tree house you waited a second to catch your breath. You glanced out the little window and saw no one at the park, and most of all you didn't see Chris. Flipping open the phone your quickly dialed Jeremy.
"Please pick up, please pick up…"
"Hey Aubrey"
"Jeremy I need you to come get me, please" You were saying very quickly.
"What's wrong? Where are you?"
"The old tree house at the park I'm hiding in it, Chris he was chasing me, and I think he's still looking for me please hurry"
"I'm on my way hold tight"
He hung up; you didn't even have your wand on you to protect yourself. You closed your cell phone slowly closing your eyes to calm yourself.
"Aubrey"
You opened them wide Chris was crawling up into the tree house. You quickly flipped open your phone and dialed 911. He lunged and grabbed the phone
"No" you screamed.
He threw it out of the tree house and it landed with a small thud on the ground. You tried to push him away but he was too strong he grabbed your arm and pinned you against the floor of the tree house and got on top of you.
"You know if you just give in this will be a lot easier" he said
You were struggling under his grip.
"Let go of me"
He took on hand and covered your mouth.
"Don't resist me" he said.
He leaned down and started kissing your neck.
'Hurry Jeremy' you thought.
Then you came up with a plan, you only hoped that it wouldn't get too far before Jeremy got there he live about 15 minutes away. You stopped fighting, and Chris looked at you.
"Are you going to be good?" he asked
You nodded your head since he was still covering your mouth. He released his hand smiling,
'Now or never' you thought
You sat up slowly and leaned back against the wall, you stayed at your same pace with him hovering making sure you didn't pull anything fast. You smiled seductively and he had an excited yet skeptical look on his face. You leaned in and kissed him. You put your hands on his shoulders and pulled yourself up while pushing him back against another wall. In the little space there was it wasn't that hard to do. You straddled his lap and pulled away from the kiss. His eyes were hungry he went in for another but you put your finger to his lips stopping him. He looked mad but you smiled and went to the zipper on your jacket unzipping it and removing it tossing it out of the tree house. You tank top was fairly low cut; you could feel his excitement, literally. He couldn't wait he grabbed your arms and pulled you towards him kissing you hungrily you kissed back he released your arms and you moved his hand to your thigh. He pushed you down and crawled on top of you.
'Crap' you thought he was on top of you and your plan was going to fail if you didn't get back on top.
You pulled away and smiled.
"Why don't you let me take charge" you said seductively.
He smiled you both flip and now you were on top of him you leaned down and kissed him full force. You took one foot and felt back on the floor till you felt it, the opening of the tree house. Your escape was in progress. You pulled away and he grabbed you and pulled you back, you pushed yourself back up and smiled. You pushed him down and reached for the bottom of your shirt slowly lifting it. He was watching intently. Then you heard a car coming to a stop, you got your shirt just above your belly button when you looked at Chris,
"In your dreams" you yelled.
He went from excited to extremely angry in two seconds flat. He reached for you but you were quick this time you pushed yourself off of him and backwards falling out of the tree house. You landed with a thud on your thigh.
"Ah" a small gasp of pain escaped from your mouth. You look to see Jeremy's car, you pushed the pain away and got up and grabbed your jacket and your open cell phone running to his car.
"Aubrey" said Jeremy running to you.
He hugged you.
"Please let's go" you said.
"Get back here you slut"
You turned to see Chris walking towards you and Jeremy. Jeremy stepped in front of you,
"Leave her alone Chris" he said threatening.
"Never" he said he lunged forward.
Jeremy shoved you out of the way knocking you to the ground. You looked up to see Chris and Jeremy rolling around on the ground fighting.
"Stop it" you screamed.
You heard sirens; you looked to see a patrol car pull up. You ran towards it,
"Please stop them" you said.
Two cops got out and ran towards the fight pulling them apart.
"Hey that's enough" said Cop one holding Jeremy.
"What's going on we got a 911 call that led us here" said Cop two holding Chris.
"I can explain" you said walking up.
"I went for a walk and ran into Chris he told me how he has been waiting outside my house all the time and that he can't accept that I don't love him and he chased me. I ran here and hid well attempted to hide in the tree house. I called Jeremy to come get me before Chris found me but as soon as I hung up Chris was climbing into the tree. So I tried to dial 911 and I guess I did but I never got to say anything because he grabbed me and threw my phone out of the window."
You looked at Chris he was glaring daggers at you.
"He kept telling me not to fight it, and that it would be better if I just gave in to him. So I decided to play along and keep him preoccupied from hurting me until I heard Jeremy pull up. Then I jumped out of the tree house and that's when they started fighting. Jeremy was just trying to protect and defend me."
"Is this true?" asked cop one
"She belongs to me" said Chris.
Cop one released Jeremy and you hurried over to him. He pulled you in to a hug. Then cop two cuffed Chris.
"You are under arrest for the assault and attempted rape of this young woman. " Said Cop two
"Now I trust that you will make sure she gets home safe and sound?" said the other cop to Jeremy
"Yes sir"
The cops walked Chris past you and Jeremy, Jeremy pulled you closer to him.
"This isn't over" said Chris.
The Cops through him the back of the car and drove off, you buried your head into Jeremy as he walked you to his car.
"Are you okay?"
You had been quiet the entire way back to your house.
"Yes" you lied
"He won't ever touch you again he's locked up"
You looked up at Jeremy and gave him a tiny smile.
"Thanks again Jeremy"
"No problem call me if you need me"
The car came to a stop and you hugged him. Then getting out of the car he waited until you were in the house and then you heard the car drive away. You went inside and saw that your parents were still not home so you decided to just go get some sleep. Walking in to the bathroom you changed into your tank top and shorts. You started walking out of the bathroom when your reflection caught your eye. You glanced down at the side of your thigh. A huge bruise was forming from when you jumped out of the tree. You looked up and made eye contact with yourself in the mirror, Chris's words replayed in your head.
"This isn't over"
