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"Revenge?" Josh retorted just as lifeless and meaningless as he looked, "revenge on what?"
"On what!?" The guy asked outraged, he jammed the tip of the gun further into my back and a flash of pain crossed across my face. Josh looked at me with such hopelessness and despair.
"Don't hurt her" he said, "she had nothing to do with this"
"But you love her" the guy said, "and that gives me more than enough reason to pull this trigger"
A look of realization came upon Josh's face. Although the guy may have hinted to it before, Josh had no idea that there was a gun behind my back. He shook his head as if he was trying to compute all of this and then looked into my eyes. I could feel a tear leaving my eyelids and making its way down my cheeks, and when Josh saw that, his emotion changed. He went from sad and hopeless to angry and livid.
"She had nothing to do with this" Josh said again, this time his jaw clenched and his hands in fists, "leave her alone"
The guy behind didn't seem the least bit intimidated, he just stayed his ground and made me stay with him. He was tapping his feet on the floor in a tip tap way, as if he was mocking Josh and daring him to steep closer. And Josh, being the protective type, move even closer to the guy with his expression looking like it was ready to kill. And the guy, being the mocking type, backed up and a low laugh escaped from his lips.
"If you move, I will kill her" the guy said, saying the last part as slow and as harsh as possible.
Josh stepped closer, probably thinking that the guy was bluffing; but he jammed the gun tip even further in my back, telling me he wasn't.
"Josh" I shrieked from the pain of the gun being jabbed in my back and the horror of being placed in a hospital again, "please"
Josh looked at me with hurtful eyes, and I knew exactly what he was thinking. His expression showed everything. He didn't want to lose me, just like I didn't want to lose him. He would go crazy if I was killed, or even hurt. He couldn't go on without me in his life, and I wouldn't be able to if the situation was reversed.
So just like that, Josh stop and stayed in his place.
"I'm glad you know when someone is bluffing and when someone isn't, Hollis" the boy said.
"Just don't hurt her" Josh said, not dropping his glance from my face.
"I'm not going to make that promise" the guy said, "not the way you hurt my brother"
"I didn't do that!" Josh yelled, "he committed suicide, I just met him like that"
When Josh said that, my mind went back to the night Josh was arrested for supposedly killing Thomas. It was the same night that Noelle told me the reason Josh came to Easton, and the night I found his pills.
The guy who they were talking about was Josh's old roommate, the one he got when he was at his old school. The one that killed himself and caused everyone to think it was Josh who killed him. The reason Josh was so messed up now and had to take the pills in the first place. That was him, and this was his brother holding me.
And just like that I hated that guy. And even though I never knew him, I hated him with every fiber of my being. I hated him for making a mockery of Josh, and for causing him so much pain. I hated him for being the reason why Josh now has to take 5different mood pills each day, and would hurt someone he loves if he didn't. I hated him for everything bad that happened to Josh, and I hate him for skewering up Josh's life. And most importantly I hated him for his brother. I hated him for holding me hostage against Josh. I hated him blaming Josh for a crime he obviously didn't commit.
"Your brother killed himself!" I spat out like venom.
Josh looked at me obviously surprised. But the rage in my eyes showed him that I had every reason to be upset.
"He didn't kill himself!" the guy said, "Your boyfriend killed him"
"If Josh really did kill him, don't you think that he would be locked up right now?" I said, testing his theory.
"Of course he wouldn't" the guy said, "he's rich, he could pay his way out"
"But the newspapers said that they didn't have enough proof to arrest Josh, so obviously he didn't do it" I said.
"Screw the newspapers!" the guy said.
Then he loosed his grip on me, and pushed me right to the ground with all his strength. There was a big thud!
"Reed!" Josh yelled, he was by my side in a second and was checking my body. Mostly my stomach to make sure that my stitches hadn't popped out, again.
"I'm fine" I said again and again to a worrisome Josh.
He slowly helped me up and held me tight.
I looked at the guy.
He was wearing black sacks, black shoes, and a black sweater over him. His hair black hair was pulled back into a slick ponytail and his brown eyes were raging. And in his hand, was a PS2 Light Gun pointing straight at us.
"Let her go" Josh said, positioning me so that I was behind him and he was standing in front of me in a protective stance.
"But I wasn't done with my story, Hollis" the guy said, "and I'm sure Reed would love to hear the rest"
Shivers went up my spine as the guy said my name, and for a split second I wondered how he knew it. And then I remembered who I was and all the trouble I caused.
Of course he knows my name I though to myself, who doesn't.
"As I was saying" the guy said, his cold brown eyes now placed on my face, "of course your precious boyfriend wouldn't be put to jail, he's rich. Unlike my family, who was struggling just to get my brother through that stupid school."
"You came on vacations with us!" Josh recalled.
"Do you have any idea how much it caused for us to go? Do you know how much my parents had to give up just to keep the charade that we were a family with money? Do you know about all the things I had to give up? My brother had to give up? Or even my little sister? We were lucky that my brother got a scholarship to that school. That's how we got by, with luck."
"Your family was poor?" Josh asked, completely confused.
"Your roommate didn't tell you did he? Why would he? For you to make fun of him?" the guy spat.
"Josh wouldn't have made fun of him" I defended, "he never made fun of me"
"Yeah, yeah. We all know your story. Average girl from a average town gets the chance of a lifetime to go to a rich people school. She goes, meets the most popular girl there and they become friends. Capture the heart of one of the most popular and richest guy there and is instantly treated like a princess with rich friends who buy her anything she wants. Its all been done before"
I was in complete shock about what he just said, though every part of it was true. I just cant believe he said it.
"So, what are you going to do know? You have us in a deserted corner at night, and everyone thinks we're at the park. You going to kill us?" Josh asked. He seemed a little bit more confident than usual, like he knew something that I didn't.
"No" the guy said with a simple smile, "I'm going to kill her"
Just as he said that, two policemen jumped from behind a car and tackled him to the ground.
"Ohmigod!" I screeched.
Josh turned around to me, and wrapped his arms around me.
"Josh" I said, with tears starting to stream its way down.
"Its okay" Josh said, burying my head in his chest, "its over"
"He could have killed us" I yelled, and clung tighter to Josh.
"But he didn't" Josh said, holding me even closer to him.
"Good job, Joshua" a familiar voice said, it sounded like Detective Hauer. What was he doing here?
"He has a sister" Josh said, "I think she had something to do with this"
"We'll check into that" he said, "but for right now, get her home"
Josh led me towards a car, and I heard someone step out.
"Thanks Hunter" Josh said.
"Anytime" a familiar voice replied, Hunter's.
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I sat in one of the chairs in Hunter's living room. Josh walked over to me and placed a cover over me and told me to rest while he went to talk to Detective Hauer.
While I was laying down, Hunter walked up and sat down Indian-style on the floor in front of me.
"You had quite a day didn't you?" he asked, reaching up and pulling a strand of hair away from my face.
"Why did Josh thank you?" I asked him, looking deep into his eyes.
He looked at me and smiled.
"I'll let him tell you that"
"But I want to thank you too" I protested, "you saved my life, I think"
"Reed I care about you" Hunter said, "of course I would try to save your life"
"So-" I started, and then was interrupted by Detective Hauer.
"Reed" he said in his regular deep voice, "is it true that every Billings president gets a list of girls who Billings will be housing, and that list has all their information on it?"
I looked at him, scared of what to say next. Was he supposed to know about it? Or was it just a Billing's secret? Would I be kicked out of Billings because he knew about it?
Detective Hauer looked at me, and he knew I wasn't going to speak. So he tried a different perspective.
"Reed I need that CD" he said more urgently.
"Why?" I asked.
"You know how I said that this was a inside job?" he asked.
I nodded.
"One of the girls in Billings is that guy's sister. And we need to find out which one so that we can arrest her. Reed, we need that CD, or else she will hurt you. Again."
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What did you think? I like this chapter, its very elaborate: )
So… I really only have two questions.
1. How do you think that Hunter saved Reed and Josh's lives?
2. Should Reed give the him the CD? I mean yea it might help him, but it also has all the Billings secret on it. And if someone finds out about those secrets, well something bad might happen.
I would ask you which new girl do you think it is, but I cant considering I didn't name all the new girls. So… yeah.
Anyway, please check for spelling and grammar, as always: )
And I would like to thank all of you for the reviews.
Don't forget the questions and I will try to update as soon as I can.
~Pegasus