Chapter 4: The party
The party was at a private club the guys rented for the night. The club had a balcony overlooking a large dance floor, a disco ball in the middle, strobe lights, other lights, etc. It was like a normal club, but Big Time Rush invaded this one.
I didn't even get 10 feet into the club and Camille already grabbed me and The Jennifers and headed to the dance floor. "Geesh Camille, excited much?" I said. "Guys this is going to be so much fun you have NO idea!" "I think we have an idea by the way you're dancing" I chuckled. "Oh shut up and join me!" So we did.
We danced a good hour before Camille and I decided to get some refreshments. The Jennifers tuckered out 10 minutes earlier.
We got over to where the drinks were and took a cup of punch.
"Isn't this fun?" I asked Camille, having to yell over the music.
"Yeah totally!" For 5 minutes, we didn't say anything. We just stood there, danced to the music, and watched the guys have a lot of fun on the dance floor. Our 5 minute silence was broken up by the slam of the club's front door and the entrance of what sounded like a group of guys. "Crap" was all I thought. Is it him?
"Camille, we have to get out of here, now! Please, I'm begging you!" I said frantically.
"Whoa whoa Anna slow down. What—"She was cut off by the yell of a male voice.
"ANNA TAYLOR!" He searched the room for me. "I found you." It was Wesley.
"Camille please we have to go! Now! It's—""You can't run Anna." My heart dropped. What was I gonna do?
Camille stepped in front of me. "Don't you dare touch her!"
"Oh, so a pathetic girl like you is going to stop me? Ha! That's not going to happen." Wesley and his friends came down from the balcony and advanced towards me and Camille. We slowly backed up, not knowing what to do. "You're trapped now." He said with a maniacal laugh. He kept on laughing, and laughing, and laughing. My body was numb. I couldn't move.
"Don't you come any closer!" Someone yelled. It was Kendall. Logan and Carlos came and comforted me and Camille while James and Kendall stood there like bodyguards.
"You pretty boys don't stand a chance. We have you outnumbered."
"You probably do but we have bodyguards that can EASILY take you and your friends down." And with a snap of the fingers, they came rushing over. Wesley and his friends backed up. They backed up even more when they saw Freight Train. "You may have gotten out this time, but next time, next time these guys won't be here to save you Anna." And like that, he was gone.
I was really shaking by then. My body felt like it was going to collapse any second. Carlos led me to a chair and then went and got something for me to drink. He came back not even a minute later with punch. I shook my head. "Anna, you're going to have to drink something." I just kept shaking my head. "Guys let's just go." Logan said. I slowly got up, staggering a bit before Carlos caught me. "Anna, let me help you."
We piled in the car, which was the Big Time Rush mobile, and headed back to the Palm Woods. This time I sat between Camille and Kendall. Kendall put his arm around my shoulder, indicating that he was there for me. He whispered in my ear, "He won't ever come near you you understand? We will make sure of it." I smiled inside, knowing that they were there for me.
It took us 20 minutes to get back to the Palm Woods. When we arrived, I got out, not needing any help from the guys, who offered. I walked myself to the elevator. I pushed the up button and the elevator came seconds later. I got in, and was soon joined by Kendall.
"I'm gonna come up to your room with you, to make sure you'll be alright."
"That's not necessary. I'll be fine."
"Anna you don't look fine. You look terrified and you're still shaking." Indeed I was.
"Kendall, I think I can do it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
We didn't talk until we had to get off. He looked back at me and headed towards his room. "Kendall wait!"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks."
"No problem."
I got to my apartment and went straight for my bed. I plopped down on it and tried to fall asleep but was startled by the buzz of my phone. I grabbed it and saw that I had 4 new texts.
K: Ok this is bugging me, but are you sure you're ok? Do you want us to come check on you?
J: I'm coming over. To make sure you're alright.
C: We're coming over.
L: They all want to come over and make sure you're alright. I told them that we need to leave you be and let you be by yourself. They didn't listen.
A: Don't come over. I'll be fine. (I sent this text to Kendall, James, and Carlos)
A: Thanks Logan for understanding. I think I'll be alright…for now.
Logan's text just sent when I heard a knock on the door. If it's the guys I'm closing the door! Sure enough, it was them. I tried closing the door but was stopped by all of their hands. I didn't want to talk to any of them, in person at least, so I just went back to my room. I almost got to my door when I was stopped by Kendall and James, who were blocking my way.
"Can you please move?" They didn't budge. "Come on guys, this is not the time to be doing this." Again they didn't budge. Instead, James threw me over his shoulder and walked over to the couch. He plopped me down on it, but I got straight up. "GUYS SERIOUSLY STOP! I'M NOT IN THE MOOD, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING MY EX-BOYFRIEND WHO HAPPENED TO BEAT ME AND PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL!"
I ran back to my room and slammed the door.
"I…don't know what to say." Kendall said.
"Yeah me too." Carlos and James agreed.
"I told you we should've left her alone but NO, you guys didn't listen."
"Yeah we probably should've listened to Logan." James said.
"Guys, how could this happen to her? Anna's a nice girl. She doesn't deserve this." Kendall said.
"Bad things happen to good people. But now we know why Jo kept her protected." Logan said.
"Yeah. Now we gotta make sure that that guy NEVER comes near her again. I don't want to lose a friend." Carlos sadly said.
"Carlos we are not going to lose her." Kendall said.
I just laid on my bed and cried. My body was still numb from what happened. I can't believe Wesley found me. How could he of found me?
I soon got 2 text messages. One was from Carlos and the other one was from James.
J: We didn't want to disturb you, again, so we left. I hope you're not mad at us.
C: Please be ok. I don't want to lose a friend again.
A: I'm not mad. I snapped on you guys because I didn't know what to do. I was frustrated, terrified, numb, in shock. My body just snapped, and it happened to be on you guys. I'm sorry.
A: Carlos, I'm gonna be fine. Don't worry. I just need time alone, that's all. Thanks for caring so much. You are an amazing friend.
J: Don't be sorry. I think we should be sorry for coming in. We should've listened to Logan.
C: Ok. I hate seeing you like this. I especially hated seeing you so terrified at the club.
A: I think we all have our sorrys to say. Tell everyone, except for Carlos cause I'm telling him right now, that I love you guys for coming and basically saving me at the club. I'm forever grateful to all of you.
A: Carlos, I love you guys for coming and basically saving me at the club. I'm forever grateful to all of you.
J: You are very welcome. We weren't gonna stand by and watch you get hurt. No way. Well, I'm gonna let you be for now so, I guess I'll talk to you later.
C: Glad we could help. Well I think I should go now, so I can let you rest, and stuff. Hopefully we can talk tomorrow.
A: Thanks. For everything. Tell Kendall and Logan that too. And ok. Talk to you later, hopefully.
A: I hope we can. You can, make me laugh or something.
J: Hopefully?
C: Me too. And I will make you laugh. Ha. Night Anna.
A: I don't know how I'll be tomorrow. But I'm hoping we can talk. You're really nice to talk to.
A: Night Carlos.
J: You're really nice to talk to too. Night Anna.
A: Night James.
And I was out by the time the last text sent.
The next morning, I woke up to the sound of my phone telling me I have a missed call. I got up to see who it was, and it was Jo. I listened to it and all she really said was how terrified she was that Wesley found me and that she's glad I'm ok.
I looked at my clock and saw it was about noon. I really didn't want to do anything, but today seemed like a good day to just go for a walk. So I put a normal t-shirt on with a hoodie over it and basketball shorts and headed for the park.
I got down to the lobby, making sure no one saw me, and went towards the park. I was soon stopped by Katie.
"Anna! Are you ok? I heard what happened last night. Wesley is not going to come near you ever again or I will—"
"Katie I'm fine. A little numb still but I'll be ok. Just going to go for a walk."
"Ok. If you ever need help, just let me know."
"I will. Thanks."
"No problem."
I finally got to the park. I was hoping while I was there, I didn't see the guys. Nothing against the guys or anything but right now, I just wanted to be by myself.
After about half an hour of walking, I decided to go up to my apartment and just watch TV.
I got up there, plopped down on the couch, turned the TV on, and started surfing through channels. Luckily, Family Guy was on and it was a marathon. That show cracks me up every time.
One episode just got done when someone knocked on the door. "Come in!" I yelled. The door opened and it was Carlos. "Best friend! How're you doing?" He asked.
"Doing a little better. Watching some Family Guy to relax myself."
"Fun! Mind if I join?"
"No not at all."
We laughed and laughed, especially at Stewie. Carlos made some funny comments too. After the marathon was done, it was about 4.
"Hey. Do you want to come over to our apartment for a movie night tonight? I understand if you don't want to."
"Yeah no that would be nice actually. Sounds fun."
"Great! Come over by 6?"
"6 it is."
"Great! See you then! I'm gonna go head back."
"Ok. See you later Carlos."
It was 6 and I wasn't even ready. Oh well. The guys wouldn't care what I came in. So I just went in what I was wearing earlier.
I got over to their apartment and was greeted by Logan. "Hey Anna. Glad you could come."
"Hey Logan."
"Come on in."
The rest of the guys were already on the couch. Camille was there too. "Anna! You came!" She yelled. She ran over and hugged me. "Camille, you're hugging me too tight." She let go and I had to take a breather. "Sorry." "It's ok." "Let's go watch some movies!" Logan said excitedly. We went over to the couch, and I sat down between James and Kendall. They both smiled at me and I smiled back.
The first movie we watched was "Step Brothers." All of us couldn't stop laughing. I've seen it before but I still laugh every time.
The second movie was "The Haunting in Connecticut." I vetoed this one but Carlos wanted to watch it. I gave him the glare as he put it in. He just laughed. Every time something scary happened, I jumped. Kendall and James would laugh. "It's not funny!" I told them. They just kept on laughing. One time, my hands gripped the couch, or so I thought it was the couch but it was actually Kendall and James' hands. I didn't let go because I was terrified. They didn't seem to mind.
The third movie was a new one. I thought it was good until one part came up. The part was a girl getting beat up in an alley by her father and brother. It reminded me so much of what happened to me. I started to cry just thinking about it. "I have to go to the bathroom" was my excuse to get out of it. Camille looked at me, then at the TV screen. "Oh crap." And she got up and followed me. The guys looked confused. They might've known what happened but they didn't know EXACTLY what happened.
I got in the bathroom, with Camille right behind. "Anna, I…"
"Camille, its fine. Just, let me, calm down. You go back and watch the rest of the movie."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Now go."
I just sat in the bathroom for another 15 minutes. I needed to catch my breath and think things through. When I was ready to leave, my phone buzzed. James texted me.
J: Anna, are you ok? What happened?
A: James I'm fine. Something with the movie that's all.
J: Did it remind you of what happened with Wesley?
A: Yeah.
J: Next time we're at a club, the security cameras will be monitored and guards will be at every door.
I shook my head A: That's not it. You don't know exactly what happened between me and Wesley.
J: Anna, you can tell me.
A: I wanna tell you and the rest of the guys but, not right now.
J: Ok. You should come back. We're watching a different movie.
A: What movie?
J: "The Day After Tomorrow."
A: I think I'm just gonna go back to my apartment.
J: Don't leave.
A: If I stay, I'm gonna fall asleep on one of you guys.
J: That's totally fine with us.
I thought about it for a minute, and finally decided I might as well.
I went back over to the couch and sat in the same spot. Kendall was dozing off, Carlos was wide awake, Camille looked like she was going to fall asleep, and Logan was on the floor sleeping. When I sat down, James looked at me and put a comforting arm around my shoulder. We side hugged for a minute or 2 and then finally broke apart.
About halfway through the movie, everyone was asleep except me and James. We decided to talk. We talked about just random things. He didn't bring the Wesley subject up which was good. "James, I'm gonna fall asleep on you if we keep talking." He laughed a little. "Ok. We'll stop."
I slowly moved the blanket that was covering Kendall off and moved it on to me. I was freezing so I didn't share any with James. "Hey now. Share."
"Dude I'm freezing. I'm not sharing." He smiled and rolled his eyes as he was getting up to get another blanket. "See it wasn't that hard to get another blanket."
"It was to hard! Did you see that treacherous land I had to get through?" He pointed at Logan and Carlos. I had to laugh.
I slowly started falling asleep, my head on James' shoulder. "I'm using you as a pillow, k." "Ok." Before I drifted off, I noticed that James had put his arm around my waist. I don't know if he was just being comforting or if he felt like it. Oh well! I didn't have a problem with it.
