A/N: Hey! Sorry that I haven't updated in so long, but I have a couple of reasons. First, I've had Common Assessments like all week. Second, I have writer's block. Third, I'm in pain! I got a tighter wire on my braces and it hurts like crap! I refuse to take any pain medication; feel free to ask why. So, sorry if this chapter is crappy.
Macey POV
I fell asleep, contentedly last night. But the next morning, I was woken up way too early for my liking. Especially since it was Saturday!
"Come on, Macey! Get up! We need to talk!" I heard a masculine voice say. Collin's voice.
"Collin, I swear if you don't let me sleep I will kill you in the most painful way that I can think of." I mumbled into my pillow. He just continued to shake me.
"I'm sorry, Macey, but you drove me to this." He stopped shaking me, but a couple of seconds later, he jumped on my back. He succeeded in waking me up and just about making my eyes pop out of my head.
"Okay, I'm awake! Just get off!" He did and moved to the bottom of my bed. I turned over on my back and looked around the room for my friends.
They were standing by Cammie's bed, laughing at the sight of me and Collin.
"Thanks a lot, guys." I said, sarcastically.
"You're welcome." Liz said, either choosing to ignore my sarcasm or she just didn't pick up on it.
"Come on, Macey! I need to talk to you!" Collin started to bounce.
I made no move to get up and he just sighed. He got off of the bed and walked around to stand by my head. He grabbed my arm and dragged me onto the floor.
"I should've seen that coming." I grumbled. He nodded and continued to drag me across the floor.
My so-called 'friends' were just standing to the side, trying to contain their laughter. When we got to the middle of the room, Collin picked me up and swung me over his shoulder.
"Let go, Collin! I want to go back to sleep!" I screeched, pounding on his back.
He didn't even flinch. He walked out of the already open door and down the hall, me still screaming at him to put me down. We got a couple of weirded-out stares from our classmates who were already up.
He continued down the hall and eventually got to our special secret passageway. He opened it with one hand, which was quite a feat, considering it always took me two hands. He walked down a good ways before he finally put me down.
"Okay, Collin. Why did you drag me all the way down here when I could be sleeping?" I yelled, angrily.
"Macey, I know you're not going to want to hear this, but…"
"But, what?" I said, a little calmer.
"I heard River talking on the phone with someone and they were talking about hurting you. Do you even believe me?" He asked, hurriedly.
"No, I don't! I can't believe that you would make up such an insane lie just to get me to stop hanging out with River! I can't believe you! I'm your girlfriend; you should trust me!" I screamed in angry outbursts.
"I'm not lying, Macey! I swear that I'm not! Please, you have to believe me!" He pleaded. How pathetic.
"You know, Collin, if you're going to lie to me about something this big, then maybe we shouldn't be going out." I stated. The words hurt me, but we should be honest with each other!
"Macey, I'm not lying… Please." He had tears running down his face, as did I.
I shook my head and ran as fast as I could back to the entrance, out into the hallway, and back into my room. Cammie, Bex, and Liz weren't there, which was fine with me. I just wanted to be alone.
I sank down to the floor, the salty tears stinging my face. Why did our relationship have to be so hard? A couple of hours passed and Cammie, Bex, and Liz didn't come back. I kept myself busy with a CoveOps report that was due on Monday, but when I got finished with that I had nothing else to do.
I eventually got worried and went to look for them. I checked our secret passageway that we use for the purposes of sneaking out. I went about halfway before I heard muffled cries coming from my right.
I knocked on the wall and it made a funny, hollow sound. I felt around and found a crack. I swung the door open and saw Cammie, Bex, and Liz duct-taped and tied in the middle of the room. They saw me and started shaking their heads violently.
I ran over to them and ripped the duct-tape from their mouths.
"Guys, what's going on?"
"Macey, you have to get out of here! Go and get help; we'll be fine! Go-" Cammie started to say, but was cut off by a chuckle from behind us.
"Well, well, well… What do we have here? Looks like I didn't have to come to you; you came to me." I turned around and saw River standing there, holding rope and more duct-tape. It instantly clicked, against my will.
"Collin was right. Why are you doing this?" I asked, my voice way more confidant than I felt.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm using you four to get to Zach, Grant, Jonas, and Collin. As long as I have you girls, they'll do anything that I want." We all glared at him; he didn't stop smirking.
"Who are you working for?" Bex asked, her voice strong.
"The C.O.C of course." He held up a small gun, that I recognized as a tranquilizer gun, and aimed it at me.
I was to stunned to move, even as he pulled the trigger. My consciousness started to fade and the last things that I was aware of, were my friends screaming my name and my hands being tied.
A/N: Hey! Major cliffhanger here! I know that some of you knew that River was going to be the dude, but I told you that I didn't want you to guess, so thanks for not guessing! PEACE!
