Chapter 9: Prom night

It was already Saturday, which meant the prom, and me finally figuring out what the guys' plan was.

Not even 10 minutes after I got up, there's a knock on the door. I open it and find Camille and Stephanie there.

"Hey guys. What're you doing here?"

"Getting ready with you. Plus, we want to make you look extra pretty for tonight." Camille answered.

"Why?" I groaned.

"Because we want James to ask you out, and we know he won't be able to resist you when you look even more pretty."

"You know you don't have to. I could've done something."

"Yeah we know. But we came up with a really cute look." Stephanie said.

"Ok then. Let's get started."


(Kendall P.O.V.)

It was the day our plan would be put into action. Me, Carlos, and Logan went through it a couple of times before, just to make sure.

Yesterday we told James what was going down. He was pretty happy about it, but nervous. I'd be nervous too if I were him.

I was the only one up and I didn't want to get ready yet so I decided to go to Anna's apartment.

I went over there, knocked, and waited. Camille opened the door and told me to leave.

"Why should I leave?"

"Because none of us are ready, and you can't see us."

"Why not?"

"I don't know. You just can't." And she slammed the door. I groaned and headed back to the apartment.


"Who was that?" I asked.

"Kendall. He wanted to come in, but I told him no."

"Huh. Ok."

Stephanie continued to do my hair while Camille continued to do my makeup. Half an hour later, they were done.

"Steph…we did good!" I looked in the mirror to see what I looked like. My hair was curled and in this really fancy up-do.

"Wow guys. I'm impressed. Thanks!"

"You're very welcome!" They both said.

"Do you guys need help?"

"Not at the moment. You might need to help me later though." Camille said.

"Ok. I think I'm gonna go put on my dress."

"K. Come back and let us see."

"Will do."

I went into my bedroom and put on my dress. My dress was baby blue. In the front, it was above my knees and in the back it was long. There's a design around the waist but I don't know how to describe it.

After I got the dress on, I went back to show Camille and Stephanie.

"What do you think?"

When they looked at me, they looked stunned.

"Holy crap Anna! Your frickin gorgeous." Camille said.

"Yeah no kidding!" Stephanie agreed.

"Thanks guys. Oh! And I just thought of this. Why'd I put the dress on now, when we aren't leaving for a while?"

"Huh. Good question."

"I wonder about me sometimes."

"Hahaha. Oh Anna."

"Well…since I have nothing to do, I'm gonna go sit on the couch and text some peeps."

"K. I think will be done in maybe half an hour."

"Ookk."

I went into the living room and plopped down on the couch. I decided to text a certain best friend named Carlos.

A: CARLOS!

C: ANNA! What?

A: Hi

C: Ha, hey

A: Whatcha doing?

C: Getting out of bed. U?

A: Sleepy head! Ha. Sitting on the couch, bored out of my mind, in my dress, all ready to go.

C: Wow. You're ready already?

A: Yeah. I don't know why.

C: I see. So can I come over to see what you look like?

A: Normally I would say yes, but, I'm saying no.

C: Aww, why can't I?

A: Because…you'll just have to wait till later.

C: Phooey.

A: Haha.

C: You excited for tonight?

Camille and Stephanie were done and in their dresses. They too looked absolutely amazing.

A: Yep! I'm excited to dance with everybody and have an amazing time.

C: I'm sure you are.

A: I'm seriously thinking of slow dancing with all of you guys.

C: Ha, why?

A: I don't know. Just cause.

C: Haha, ok. Well I'm gonna go get ready now. I'll see you looking gorgeous soon.

A: Thanks Carlos. See you soon!

"Ok. Now what should we do?" I ask.

"Not sure. Do you wanna go mess with the guys?" Stephanie asked.

"Yyeaahh! Let's do that!" I said.

We left and went to the guys' apartment. Instead of knocking, we tried the doorknob, which was unlocked, and walked in. Mrs. Knight was in the kitchen. We quickly told her to be quiet because we wanted to mess with the guys. Our plan was ruined when Logan and Kendall came out. We SPRINTED out of there and went back to my apartment.


(Logan P.O.V.)

"Mrs. Knight, how do we look?" I asked.

"Very handsome I'd say."

"Mom, was somebody in here right before we walked out?" Kendall asked.

"No honey. Why do you ask?"

"Well I heard the door open."

"Oh that was me. I thought I heard a strange noise out in the hall so I looked and nothing was around."

"I see."

"How come James and Carlos are taking forever?" I asked.

"Because I think Carlos was texting Anna earlier, and James is nervous."

"Ha! That boy needs to chill."

"Dude I would be nervous too if I was going to prom with a girl like Anna."

"Is that saying something?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No of course not."

"Ok. Whatever you say."

Carlos and James finally came out.

"Geesh! Took you two long enough." I said.

"Shut up!" James said. I just laughed.

"He was seriously pacing back and forth throughout the room." Carlos said.

"Wow James." Kendall said.

"Think we should go get the lovely ladies soon?" Carlos asks.

"That's sounds like a good idea. Let's get them in 10 minutes." I replied.


After running back to my apartment, we took a breather for about 5 minutes. After the breather, we went and got our shoes on.

"Guys…I'm ready." I said.

"Me too." Stephanie said.

"Me three." Camille said.

"Just to warn you, I might steal your dates."

"Why?"

"I want to dance with all of them."

"Ah! I see." (A knock is heard at the door.)

"I'll get it." Stephanie said.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom quickly. I'll meet you guys out in the living room." I said.

I went to the bathroom while Camille and Stephanie went to answer the door. I figured it was the guys because it was around the time we were suppose to leave.


(Camille P.O.V.)

I answered the door and found all of the guys there with flowers and big smiles on their faces.

"Haha, you guys. Thanks for the flowers!"

"You're welcome!" They said cheerfully.

"Where's Anna?" James asked nervously.

"Oh she went to the bathroom." Stephanie answered.

"Oh ok."

"James, everything's gonna work out. Trust me." I said.

"I hope so."


Surprisingly it didn't take me long to go to the bathroom. It was kind of difficult though, holding the dress up and everything.

"Guys it didn't take me forever!" I yelled while coming out of the bathroom. Everyone looked at me funny, and then had a stunned look on their faces. "What?"

"You're weird Anna." Carlos said.

"I know!" We all started to laugh.

He came up to me and gave me a hug. "You do look amazing Anna." He whispered. "Thanks Carlos!" I whispered back. We let go and it was now Logan's turn to give hugs.

"Wow. You're definitely not the same girl. In a good way!" "Ha. Thanks Logan!" Kendall came up next and gave me a big hug.

"Anna Anna Anna…when will you stop being so gorgeous. "Hmm, I don't know. Haha." Now it was time for James' hug. It looked like he was hesitating, so I just went up to him and gave him a big hug. "I…words cannot describe how amazing you look right now Anna." He whispered. "Thanks James!"

"Ok! So now that we got the hugs and stuff all out of the way, who's ready to go to prom?" Camille exclaimed." We all hooted and hollered in excitement.

The prom was being held in the PalmWoods Ball Room. Now, this room was absolutely HUGE. You have no idea!

Me, Camille, and Stephanie got in and immediately went towards the dance floor, while dancing. We danced for 5 minutes until we noticed that the guys were not around. We searched for them and found them in the same spot where we came in. I weaved my through the crowd and towards them.

"Come on guys! Come dance!"

They looked at each other before shrugging their shoulders, and saying yes.

After a couple of fast songs, they finally played a slow song. I found James and slow danced with him. I felt bad for Kendall since he had no one to dance with. "Kendall, I'll dance with you next time, k?" "Sounds good!" He replied.

Me and James didn't say much. Every now and then he would give me this look, this really cute look that made me shiver.

After the song ended, Gustavo came up on the stage and told the guys they had to perform. The guys groaned, and then finally went towards the stage. Gustavo stopped Kendall and, I could hear what he was saying, said "I have to go back to the studio to do something that I can't do later." Kendall nodded and then joined Carlos, Logan, and James on stage.

The first song they sang was "Big Night", how appropriate. The next song was "Stuck." James looked at me the whole time while singing it. I had to smile.

They were just starting to sing "If I Ruled The World" when my phone starting buzzing. I looked at it and saw that Jo was calling me. I went out into the hall to answer it.

J: ANNA! I've got the greatest news!

A: What is it?

J: Well, first off, we're almost done with the 1st movie.

A: Wow that went by fast.

J: I know it did! But the biggest news is…

Before she could finish, I was grabbed from behind. I tried screaming but whoever had grabbed me put something over my mouth. I think it was chloroform because my eyes were slowly closing. The last thing I remember is Jo screaming from the other end of my phone.


(Carlos P.O.V.)

We just finished singing "If I Ruled The World". The next song we wanted to sing we wanted to bring Anna up. So we asked for Anna to come up on stage. After a couple of minutes of asking, we got worried.


(Camille P.O.V.)

I was out in the lobby, coming from the bathroom, when I noticed a phone on the ground. I picked it up and noticed that Jo was still on the other end.

C: Jo what happened?

J: I don't know! One minute I'm talking to Anna and then the next minute, she's not there. I swear I heard screams…and I think they were hers. Camille, I think somebody took her!

C: WHAT! Jo, are you sure about this?

J: I'm sure! Someone needs to go save her!

C: We will Jo don't worry.

I hung up and then immediately ran to go get the guys and Stephanie. They saw me running at them. "SHES GONE!" I yelled.

"WHAT!" They exclaimed while running over to me.

"What do you mean she's gone?" James sternly asked.

"I just talked to Jo and she said that one minute she was talking to Anna and then the next minute she was gone. She swore she heard screams."

"We HAVE to find her!" Carlos said.

"I know!"

"Ok guys calm down. Let's go get the car and will go search for her." Logan said.

"Ok, then let's go!" Carlos said.


I woke up and noticed that I'm in a warehouse. I tried getting up from the ground, but the chloroform made me weak for some reason.

"I told you I would get you." I looked up and saw Wesley walking towards me.

"Why are you doing this Wesley?" He didn't answer me. He just came up to me and started hitting me. After a couple of minutes, he stopped. "Stay there!" He said, hitting me again while saying it. He went through the door he had come out of.

Earlier, I saw a doorway near the far end of the room. Please God let it be an escape! I slowly started moving towards the door, looking around and making sure no one sees me going towards it. I open it, and THANK GOD! It led to an alley. It wasn't the greatest, but it was outside. I quietly shut the door as I make my way out.

My first instinct was to get help. Luckily there was a street to the right.

When I got to the street, I noticed something very familiar. The warehouse was across the street from Rocque Records! Thank you God! I sprinted towards it, avoiding on-coming traffic along the way.

I got inside and immediately went straight up to Gustavo's office, hoping he was there.

When I got there, Gustavo and Kelly were walking out of his office. They saw me and jump.

"Anna what are you doing here?" Gustavo asks.

I could barely say anything, but I tried my hardest. "Do you know…about Wesley?"

"A little bit. Why?"

"Well…he chloroformed…me at prom, and then brought me…to the…warehouse across the street. He…hit me for a while, and then he left. I saw a doorway that I hoped would lead outside, and it did. That's how I got here."

"My God Anna!" Kelly said.

"Kelly, I wanna go home." I said through sobs.

"I'll have cops sent to the warehouse right way." Gustavo said. He leaves to go make the phone call to the police.

"Can I use your phone? I'm gonna call my parents to come and get me."

"Anna why?"

"I want to go home! I can't take this anymore!"

"Ok. I'm sorry." She hands me her phone and I dial my parents.

P: Hello.

A: Mom!

P: Oh hey honey! What's…

A: I wanna go home.

P: Why sweety?

A: Wesley chloroformed me and then attacked me!

P: My god!

A: I can't take this anymore!

P: Ok sweety calm down. We'll grab our stuff and come get you. It might take a few days though. Just stay tight and stay safe.

A: Thanks Mom!

P: You're welcome. See you in a couple of days!

A: Love you. Tell dad that I love him too.

P: Love you too. And I will tell him.

"Thanks Kelly."

"No problem."

"Can you guys take me back to the Palm Woods?"

"Yeah sure." Kelly goes over to where Gustavo is and tells him where we're going. He nods and follows us, still talking to the police.


(James P.O.V.)

We searched for hours and still had no luck of finding Anna. We decided to go back to the Palm Woods, hoping she would show up there.

When we got back, all of us sat in the lobby, and waited.

*20 MINUTES LATER*

We see Gustavo come in and he comes over to us.

"Guys…we have Anna." He said.

"THANK GOD!" We all exclaimed.

"She's pretty shook up so don't bring up what happened."

"What happened?" Logan asked.

"Wesley came and chloroformed her, brought her to a warehouse, and beat her there. Luckily, while he was gone, she found a doorway that led to the outside. Luckily, again, that warehouse was right across the street from Rocque Records."

"I can't believe this! He got her!" I said.

"I've already called the police to go investigate the warehouse."

"Well that's good."


Gustavo went in the Palm Woods to talk to the guys while me and Kelly slowly made our way to the entrance.

"I'm sorry Kelly that we're going slow. It just hurts."

"It's ok Anna. Just take your time."

We got into the lobby a couple of minutes after Gustavo did. For some reason, as soon as I saw everyone, I started to cry. I kept my head down so no one would see.

I hear someone come up to me. I was gonna snap at them and say "What!", but when I looked up, I saw Carlos standing in front of me, his face red from crying. I quickly embraced him and cried even more. He tightened his grip on me, and whispers "I'm so sorry Anna. We should've been there. I'm sorry. I'm a horrible friend." I whispered back "Carlos, there was nothing you could've done. And you are not a horrible friend. You're an amazing friend that I love very much." "I love you too Anna."

Carlos starts leading me to the elevator, his hand on the small of my back. When we got to where everyone else was sitting, they stand up. James stands up slowly, looking at me nervously. I run towards him and hug him. He hugs me tightly, but gently. "Anna I'm so sorry." I just hugged him tighter. We let go after a couple of minutes and finally head up to my apartment.

"Camille, Stephanie…please stay." I asked as soon as we got up to the apartment.

"Of course."

"Can we stay too?" Kendall asks. I look around at them, hesitate, and finally nod yes.

"Ok. We'll go back to our apartment to get more pillows and blankets. We won't be long." James said. They left quickly.

While the guys were gone, I decided to tell Stephanie and Camille what happened.

"And then I called my parents to come get me and bring me home. They're coming in a few days."

"Anna no. Why? We don't want you to leave." Camille said.

"I know…but I just can't take this anymore. I'm sick of him finding me. I just…need to leave."

We quit talking when the guys walked in. We headed towards the couch, situated the pillows and blankets, and popped in a movie. I went and sat next to James, who put his arm around me. I weakly smiled at him and then focused on the movie that was about to start.

During the movie, my phone buzzes. I look and see that it's Logan. I look over at him and he points to his phone.

L: Anna…please don't leave.

A: Camille told you?

L: Yeah.

A: Don't tell Carlos and James please. I don't want them getting hurt.

L: I won't. I promise.

A: Thanks Logan. What about Kendall?

L: I just told him.

A: Ugh. So I should be getting a text…And there it is.

I had gotten a text from Kendall.

A: I'll talk to you later.

L: Ok. Night Anna.

A: Night Logan.

K: You can't be serious.

A: I'm serious.

K: Anna, please don't leave.

A: I'm sorry Kendall. I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of Wesley finding me.

K: Well we can protect you from him.

(I sigh) A: Kendall…I'm sorry. I just can't.


Ok so i decided that chapter 9 is not gonna be a filler. This chapter was originally suppose to be chapter 10 but i didn't know what to put in between 8 and 10, so i changed it.

I really liked writing this chapter. I started writing what i wanted in this chapter in school. I did the same thing for chapter 10.