Hey, so I'm going to try and get this story finished in the next week as their is only a few more chapters to go so I'll see if I have the time to finish it.

Chapter 6: Jealousy, Arguments and Tragedies

A couple of weeks had passed since the argument at lunch and all the boys had apologised to Annabel and she had forgiven them. She had really settled in to her new home and spent the last few weeks hanging out with Zeke and Luther -flirting with Zeke, according to Luther-, spending time with Yasmin and also talking to the other boys more Charlie and Kojo than Ozzie because he was still a freak who said the weirdest things to her.

Zeke watched in disgust as Charlie Plunk flirted with Annabel as she leant against her locker. He found himself wanting to punch the bully for even looking at Annabel but he knew that would only make Annabel mad at him. He just wished she could see that Charlie wasn't a good guy. Did she not realise that the kids who walked around with silly haircuts had him to thank for it? He cheered up a bit when he saw Annabel come over to him with a smile on her face.

"Hey, what's got you so happy?" he asked and Annabel shrugged.

"Can't I be happy to see you?" she wondered and he laughed.

"I suppose you can," he grinned and couldn't help the giddy feeling inside at the thought of her being happy at the sight of him. "So, we still on for Don's after school?" The giddy feeling inside vanished at her answer.

"Oh, you wouldn't mind if we did that tomorrow, would you?" Annabel asked. "Charlie asked me if I wanted to hang out with him after school. We're going to go see a movie."

"Oh...right," Zeke hissed through his teeth. His fists clenched and he really wanted to hit someone mainly Charlie.

"Zeke, are you ok?" Annabel asked noticing his unhappy look.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied trying to keep his voice from rising. "I have to find Luther."

"Aren't we walking to class together?" Annabel asked him confused. "Like we usually do."

"Yeah but I have to find Luther, so we can't walk to class together today can we," Zeke replied harshly. "Sometimes, people change their plans like you just did with me after school."

"Are...are you mad about that?" Annabel asked him with wide eyes.

"No! Why would I be mad, have fun with Charlie," Zeke replied and Annabel bit her lip as she watched Zeke storm away.

"Zeke!" she called out but he ignored her. He knew he shouldn't really be mad and that he was acting like a child but still she had made plans with him and then she was just going to blow him off. He spotted Luther talking to Yasmin. The pair had been spending a lot of time together and Zeke could tell that Luther really liked Yasmin so he decided not to interupt the pair. He walked down the hall and was so busy with his thoughts that he didn't realise where he was going and ended up smacking into Ozzie. Neither fell over, thankfully.

"Hey Zeke," Ozzie grinned. "Do you know where Annabel is?"

"No and I really don't care at the moment," Zeke replied.

"Why? Did you two have a fight or something?" Ozzie wondered.

"Look Ozzie I've got a lot on my mind right now and the last thing I want to talk about is Annabel Holmes, so go find her by yourself," Zeke replied. He was in a bad mood right now and decided he didn't want to be in school.

So he decided to just go home. He knew Luther wouldn't have a ride home but he had his skateboard and that would do him so Zeke took the car and drove himself home.

Annabel was worried, she hadn't seen Zeke since he stormed away from her and as she sat down at lunch with Luther and Yasmin she was being unusually quiet.

"Are you ok Annabel?" Yasmin asked worried. "You haven't said a word all lunch."

"Have either of you heard from Zeke?" she asked looking between them but it was mostly directed at Luther.

"Yeah, he text me and told me he went home this morning cause he felt sick," Luther shrugged. "Don't worry about him, he'll be better in no time."

"Oh," Annabel nodded but she couldn't help but think that Zeke was lying about being sick. She decided now to dwell on the thought and tried to pay more attention to the conversation that had taken place but it was mostly just Luther and Yasmin flirting.

After school, Annabel found herself sitting in the car next to Charlie as they drove to movies. They decided to go see an action film that Charlie was desperate to see and Annabel agreed. She knew that her mind would be elsewhere and she hated watching action films as she found them unrealistic and over-dramatic but she decided that atleast Charlie would enjoy the film.

As they sat down with a large popcorn that they were sharing, Annabel sighed. All she could think about was Zeke and how angry he had been about her changing their plans. She didn't think he would be so upset about it and now she felt horrible and guilty.

"Hey Charlie," she whispered. "I'm just going to the toilet, I'll be right back."

He nodded, to engrossed in the film to really pay attention to what she was saying. Annabel quickly left the theatre and went to the toilet. She pulled out her phone from her bag and prayed that there would have been a text or a call from Zeke but there was nothing. She sighed and decided to call him but after a few rings it went to voicemail. Groaning, she put her phone back in her bag and returned to the theatre where Charlie was still absorbed by what was happening on screen.

When the film finally finished, Charlie then began to talk about it. He droned on and on about all the action scenes and Annabel rolled her eyes.

"Charlie! I just saw the film, do we really have to talk about every moment of it?" she asked trying to sound light-hearted and not hurt his feelings by letting him know how little fun she had had watching the film. After all, she'd already upset Zeke today the last thing she needed was to anger somone else.

"Oh sorry," Charlie chuckled. "So, what should we do now?"

"Well I kind of need to get home and finish this paper for History," Annabel told him. That was a lie, she needed to get home and speak to Zeke.

"Ok, I'll drive you," Charlie offered and Annabel smiled gratefully.

They got in the car and drove to Annabel's house in silence. She was still too deep in thought about making it up to Zeke. When they pulled up outside the Holmes' residence Annabel turned and shot Charlie a friendly smile.

"Thanks for driving me," she smiled and Charlie grinned in return.

"It was no problem," he told her and Annabel was shocked when he suddenly leant in and kissed her. She stiffened before pushing him off.

"CHARLIE! What are you doing?" she asked shocked.

"Kissing you," he answered simply and leant in to do it again.

"No! Charlie we're just friends," Annabel told him and he looked at her in confusion and anger.

"Just friends? Then why did you go out with me today?" he asked.

"I thought we'd just be hanging out as FRIENDS!" Annabel added extra emphasis on the word 'friends'. "I didn't think it was a date."

Charlie looked at her furious.

"Wow! I didn't realise you were such a bitch!" he snapped and Annabel's eyes widened. "I mean seriously, you flirt with me and lead me on and once I kiss you then you start to freak out. You can't blame me for thinking you felt the same when you act the way you do around me. Then again, I suppose you act that way around every guy don't you."

"Charlie, I don't know what you're talking about and I'm really sorry if you felt that I lead you on but I didn't mean too. I treated you like my friend," she apologised. Charlie reached over and opened the glove compartment. Annabel watched him as he pulled out his hairdressing scissors. She wasn't sure what was about to happen but had a bad feeling about it.

"Well maybe I should punish you," Charlie spat. Annabel eyed the scissors and wondered if Charlie was going to stab her with them but the realised what he was actually going to do. Zeke and Luther had both mentioned that the Plunk brothers enjoyed ruining peoples hair and Annabel narrowed her eyes. To hell with him if he thought she was going to let him anywhere near her hair. She quickly opened the door and jumped out of the car but Charlie was out of the car in a flash and grabbed her arm tightly.

"Don't worry," he taunted her. "This won't hurt a bit."

"No! Get away from me Charlie!" she screamed trying to pull her arm away but his grip was to strong.

Unknown to Annabel and Charlie, Zeke could see everything from his bedroom window and for a minute he considered just leaving Annabel. It would serve her right for blowing him off but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He knew she'd be devestated so in a flash, he was down the stairs and out of his his house. He ran across the road and tackled Charlie to the ground and away from Annabel. The scissors went flying from Charlie's hands.

"Stay the hell away from her!" Zeke snapped as he punched Charlie. The two wrestled around on the ground trying to win the fight while Annabel begged for them to stop. She watched Zeke was beginning to dominate in the fight but suddenly in a flash, Charlie grabbed his scissors and they were stabbed deep into Zeke's stomach. Charlie pulled the scissors out and Zeke gasped in pain and fell flat on the ground as blood poured out of his stomach soaking his t-shirt.

"ZEKE!" Annabel screeched and was at his side in an instant. Charlie sat up and realised what he had done. Annabel had tears streaming down her cheeks. "Please somebody help! Charlie call 911!"

She watched as Charlie stood up and quickly got into his car before speeding away. She noticed Zeke's eyes closing and gasped.

"Zeke, please, stay with me, look at me. Don't close your eyes," she sobbed. A few neighbours had spotted them from through their windows and some came out.

"I've phoned an ambulance," an old woman told the tearful brunette who was clutching Zeke tightly.

"Thank you," Annabel cried. "Oh God! Zeke please be ok, I don't know what I'll do if you..." she couldn't bring herself to say die. How could this happen? Why did Charlie stab him? She would never forgive herself if Zeke died trying to defend her.

"A...Bel," he croaked using a lot of his energy trying to speak and he clearly was in a lot of pain.

"No, don't speak. Save your energy," Annabel sobbed and hugged him close. They were both soaked in his blood but Annabel didn't care about her ruined top. She tried to apply pressure to the wound to stop the blood. She knew Zeke would soon pass out from blood loss. She just prayed the ambulance would get there on time.

Oh the drama!

Zeke being stabbed wasn't originally going to be in the story but then I decided to put it in because I felt the story was a little bit boring and there wasn't a big climax so please review and tell me what you think. :)