Author's Note: Chapter wrote while listening to "Unwell" by matchbox 20. It kinda explains Brianna's insanity. ^^; I'm changing the Rating to R. ^^;
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Chapter Two: Lies Cut Deep
Brianna and Squid spent hours catching up on the past year. Brianna was fascinated by what had happened, like who everyone was dating and where everyone was living. She giggled at the some of Squid's answers. After he explained what had happened to everyone after the camp was hut down he looked directly at her. "Now, where have ya been this past year?" he asked her.
"Well I've been with some family friends for a while. I got sick of it and decided I'd been in hiding for too long. I-I really missed you," Brianna whispered to him. "I can't tell you exactly where I've been because it could get my family's friends in trouble. I don't want that for them, but anyway, how's Jason and Reese?"
"Well I've been gettin' emails from them about twice a week. Jason's going into third grade after the summer is over. Reese's been lookin' for a new job because she got fired. She thinks she can find one in time before Jason has to go to school. That's basically what has been goin' on with them." Squid responded.
"Jason hasn't been gettin' into trouble?"
"Bri, think for a second… He may be yer brother but he's not LIKE ya."
"Oh funny," she muttered slapping his shoulder teasingly again. He smiled and kissed her forehead again. "Well d'you know where the girls are?"
"Yea," he answered. "There at the park. Why?"
"I gotta talk to'em!"
"Why?"
"Are you being serious?! I've gotta tell'em I'm alive… Dur!" she murmured. Squid nodded and smiled. "Well-?"
"Well what?" he asked looking dumbstruck.
"Are you going to take me the damn park or not? I don't know where the hell I'm going!" she grumbled to him. He nodded and grabbed her hand and dragged her to the park. They looked for her old gang for about an hour. "Where the hell are they!" she shouted. Squid shrugged and looked around him again and sighed. "Gr! If I don't find them I swear I'll-!"
"B-B-Brianna?" asked a female voice from behind Brianna and Squid. They turned and saw Kayla and her gang behind them. Brianna smiled and hugged Kayla. "Oh my God! Y-y-you're alive!" she gasped looking shocked.
"Have you been taking care of the girls Kayla? You know I did leave YOU in charge," asked Brianna smiling. Kayla nodded but couldn't speak. She was entirely speechless of Brianna's return. She couldn't believe it. "Hey girls there you are! C'mon! I'm not a zombie or ghost or whatever!" Brianna said amused. They all ran to her and hugged her. "Wow," she began.
"What?" asked Marla.
"You girls recognized me faster than Squid over here!" Brianna giggled. The girls started to howl with laughter and Squid gave them dirty looks.
"Oh VERY funny… Hilerious!" he muttered feeling embarrassed. Brianna kissed his cheek and he smiled. Then Michelle stepped forward and looked at Brianna.
"What is it Michelle?" asked Brianna turning to Michelle. Michelle got a very sheepish look on her face and couldn't find the words to tell Brianna what she wanted to say. "What is it Michelle?" Brianna asked again.
"Well me and the girls were wonderin' where have ya been? And how come yer back from the dead?" Michelle said all at once. Brianna laughed and the girls glared at her.
"Well it's kinda a long story but if yer willing to listen I'll tell," Brianna said to her gang. Her gang members nodded and Brianna began to explain what had happened to her. She explained why she faked her death and what she was trying to do and where she had been for the past year. Her gang gapped at her. When she finished she looked up at her members and smiled gently. "And that's what's been happenin' with me. Squid's already filled me in on yer lives so ya don't have to tell me." She answered them before they opened their mouths to speak.
"Oh," they answered in unison.
"But is there anything ya gotta ask me?" she said as an afterthought. Kayla raised her hand.
"Yea I do!" Kayla said.
"Sure what?" asked Brianna.
"Are you goin' to be the leader of the Strips again?"
"No."
"WHAT!?" shouted the rest of her gang members except for Kayla who had enjoyed the leader position quite well.
"Weren't you listening to me? I faked my death and well… I don't wanna be a gangster anymore. I faked my death also to get out of the gang. I just want a normal life right now. Ok? I don't want any more deaths to put up with. I'm sick of it!" Brianna replied. Her gang members except for Kayla looked flabbergasted. She smiled, "But I still wanna be friends with ya. I'm not goin' to do anymore gang work anymore."
"But!"
"No buts! I don't care anymore."
"Why not?" asked Shaily.
"I can't tell you," whispered Brianna.
"You can't tell us why you can't care about us anymore?!" Shaily screamed. Brianna looked at the ground and bit her lip. She looked at her gang and Squid and smiled. She pulled out a small box. Shaily looked at it and then back up to Brianna. "Are those cigs?" Brianna pulled out a cigarette and lit it up. She took a drag from it and looked at her gang who was blown away by this.
"What're ya smokin' for?" asked Michelle staring at Brianna. Brianna looked at the ground and sighed. "You hardly ever smoke." Brianna had smoked before but only when she became nervous. Brianna took another drag of her cigarette and sighed.
"Ok, you guys you know me better than anyone so I'll tell ya," whispered Brianna. "I've gotta pull a job."
"What kinda job?" asked Marla leaning forward.
"A job I've gotta do myself."
"Which is…?" asked Kayla bouncing up and down crazily.
"A drug deal."
"WHAT!" shouted her gang in outrage. "YOU'RE GOIN' TO PULL A DRUG DEAL!" Brianna took another drag of her cigarette and licked her lips.
"I have to."
"But- WHY?" her gang chorused.
"You wouldn't understand!" Brianna screamed throwing her cigarette butt to the ground and stepping onto it. Her gang stared at her in disbelief.
"WHAT WOULDN'T WE UNDERSTAND!?"
"THE REASON WHY I'VE GOTTA DO THIS!"
"WE MADE A PACT! WE'LL ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN YER LIFE!"
"NO YA WON'T! GOD DAMMIT!" Brianna screamed getting out another cigarette and lighting it up. She took a drag of it and paced around.
"You've changed," mumbled Shaily.
"What the fuck are you talking about?!" shouted Brianna. Her gang blinked. Brianna never used such language in her normal speech. She cursed but not that badly. "Ah! Fuck ya! Damn ya! Fuck!" she yelled at the gang. She flicked her cigarette butt onto the ground and stepped on it again. She walked away muttering to herself.
Shaily glanced at Squid who looked stunned. "You go and see what's up with her. You can usually get what's botherin' her out." Shaily said smiling at Squid. He shook his head.
"Let her cool down for a bit. When she's mad she can blow up way too quick." Squid answered. Shaily sighed and looked at Kayla. Kayla nodded and motioned for the girls to leave. Squid decided he'd go home until he thought Brianna had cooled down. She seemed uptight and unnaturally paranoid. It scared Squid. As he walked down the street he remembered who Brianna had reminded him of. "She's acting like Zig Zag. Oh shit! Something's gotta be wrong." He said to himself as he stopped from walking. He turned around and took a deep breath and kept walking.
***
Brianna walked behind a dark ally. "I'm here." She murmured.
"Good. Are you going to do it?" hissed a female voice.
"Yes," Brianna muttered back. "I'll do it." The female walked from the shadows and smiled poisonously. She had dirty blonde hair and stone gray eyes. She wore black leather and extremely tight bell-bottom dark jeans. Her cloths were ripped and dirty.
"Are you sure?" asked the blonde.
"Yes," repeated Brianna who was now smoking another cigarette.
"Good… The break in will happen around midnight ok. Then we'll get those drugs all right? If ya don't show up yer goin' to be in a lot of trouble!" growled the blonde female.
"Right. Ok," whispered Brianna walking out of the dark ally smoking her cigarette and quickly disposing it when she saw a cop. She stepped on it and walked quickly away.
***
Squid sat on his porch sitting on the swing. He saw Magnet with Susan walking by. They stopped and Magnet walked up to Squid. "Yo man what's up? I heard Bri's back! Ya should be happy!" Magnet said quickly.
"I can't something botherin' me," mumbled Squid. "Bri's been actin' really weird."
"Weird or Zig Zag weird?"
"Zig Zag weird."
"Oh," Magnet said looking astounded. Squid nodded and chewed on his toothpick. Susan stamped her foot and sighed annoyingly. "I betta go. Susan's gettin' antsy." Magnet said after hearing Susan's complaints from the sidewalk. Squid grinned and watched them walk away.
"Alan?"
Squid turned and saw his mother standing in the doorway of the house. "Yea?" he asked.
"What're you doing?" she said walking outside.
"Nuttin." He grumbled.
"Doesn't sound like "nothing" to me. It sounds like something."
"Ok, well I've got this friend," Squid began. (Oh no not this "I've got a friend who's got a friend" crap!) "And well he's got this other friend who just came back. She's planning to do something bad and my friend's worried that something bad'll happen to his friend."
"Oh," his mother said. "Well, don't worry Alan. Something'll work out." Squid rolled his eyes and shook his head. He looked out onto the horizon. What if Brianna did something horrible? What if she got hurt? He couldn't bare it.
***
It was midnight. Brianna looked up at the velvet black sky and saw the twinkling stars all across the sky. The moon lit their way to the unsuspecting house. The dirty blonde girl was in front of Brianna as they walked in the silence of the night. "You ready for this?" asked the blonde.
"Yes! Already! Jesus!" hissed Brianna. "I'm as ready as I could eva be, Laura." The girl named Laura spun around and glared at Brianna. She looked into Brianna's eyes. Laura grinned poisonously yet again.
"There's that look! There's the flare. That's what I admire in you Brianna. You're able to look fear in the face and laugh. It's a look of strong-minded genius gangster," Laura said laughing slightly. Brianna glared at the female.
"Ha! Whatever! You'll never know what a damn fuckin' life I've led. Never!" sneered Brianna. Laura just grinned and turned from Brianna.
"C'mon let's go," scoffed Laura.
"Right."
They walked to a house that was suspiciously close to Squid's home. Brianna looked around her and got a feeling that said she didn't like what was going to happen. "We're here," hissed Laura pointing to the house they were going to rob blind. Brianna nodded but felt sick as she followed Laura to a window in the house. Brianna pulled out her lock pick and opened the window. They went inside.
***
"SQUID! SQUID!"
Squid was sitting out on his porch enjoying what was the beginning of the morning. He looked up to see Zig Zag looking panicky, well more than usual. "What?" asked Squid looking alarmed.
"My-house-was-robbed-!" he said all together and panting terribly from running. Shaily soon joined Zig Zag's side. She looked equally shocked by the news.
"Whaddya mean "robbed"?" asked Squid.
"What d'you think I mean dammit! Robbed! Stuff stolen! Y'know! ROBBED!" shouted Zig Zag. Shaily grabbed Zig by the shoulders and calmed him down. "Thanks Shail," he whispered to her. He turned back to Squid. "We've gotta find out who did it!"
"Alright. I think I know who might know somethjng about it." Squid said getting up from his porch and walking away.
"WHO! I WANT TO KNOW!" shouted Zig Zag after Squid started to walk off.
***
"Holy shit," muttered Brianna walking through the park. She had gone through half of her pack of cigarettes. She was horribly nervous. She had never been so nervous in her life. She paced back and forth feeling sick to her stomach. She threw her cigarette pack down and stared at it. "I need to stop smoking," she muttered.
"Bri! Hey Bri! Get over here!" shouted someone. She turned around and saw...
Squid.
"Oh shit!" she cried out. She ran. Squid ran after her and grabbed her right arm stopping her dead in her tracks. She slowly turned to face Squid. "What!" she spat.
He blinked, "What's yer problem?"
"Everything! Dammit!" she growled as popped two pills into her mouth. She went over to a drinking fountain and swallowed the pills.
"What were those?" asked Squid.
"Pills. Dur," she growled.
"What is wrong with you?! You've acted like some idiot ever since ya came back! What happened to the Brianna I knew from Camp?"
She slapped him.
"DAMMIT! WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE THIS! IT'S DRIVING ME MAD!"
Squid touched the reddened part of his face. He stared at Brianna. What was wrong with her? He looked at her. SHe stared horrorstricken at what she had done. She took a step toward him. "Alan," she whispered.
He stepped back, "What?"
"I'm sorry. I'm turning into my dad. Jesus. I'm gonna end up like him!" she cried out falling to her knees in tears. Squid saw her tears fall an dhe walked back to her and kneeled down. He lifted her face up by the chin and stared into her emerald eyes. Tears were glistening in them.
"Bri," he whispered to her. "It's ok. It didn't hurt that much." She stifled a laugh through her tears. "Now what's wrong?"
"I can't tell you," she yelped.
"Oh."
"I'm sorry."
"It's alright, but I've got another question."
"What?" asked Brianna cocking an eyebrow.
"Did you rob Zig's house?" he asked her. She blinked and looked to the ground. She wouldn't look him in the face. He knew what her answer was. "Why?"
"I never said I robbed it you moron!" she shouted in protest.
"Lies cut deep, Brianna."
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT!" she yelled. Squid grabbed her shoulders and calmed her down.
"STOP!" he commanded.
"I can't! I've had too much!"
"Of what?"
"...Drugs."
"What?" Squid said taken aback. She looked sheepishly into his eyes.
"I've been taken drugs this past year. Are you happy now?" she murmured. He stared at her. He never thought Brianna would take drugs. "The damn place I've been was hell. They treated me like dirt. I felt like dirt. So I ran off and well you could say I got mixed up in the wrong crowd," she added. Squid couldn't believe what she was saying.
"Brianna!" he shouted.
"What?"
"The girls were right," he said. "You have changed." Brianna blinked and popped two more pills into her mouth and went back to the drinking fountain and took a drink. She swallowed the pills and rubbed her head. "What's wrong?"
"Headache," she whispered. Squid looked at her. He realized she looked terrible. She glared at him. "What're ya lookin' at?"
"You," he replied. She rolled her eyes and sighed annoyingly.
"Why d'you keep doin' that for?!" he shouted at her. She turned away. She was unable to look him in the face anymore. She was feeling guilty. She buried her face in her hands and started crying. Squid walked slowly toward her and took her shoulders again. She jerked away. He tried again and this time he held tighter and this time she didn't move. He made her turn around and look at him. He slowly removed her hands from her face and saw the tears running down her face. She wiped them away and hugged Squid crying still.
"Don't leave me," she sobbed. He reluctantly hugged her back.
"I won't," he whispered.
"Really?"
"I won't," he repeated.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean to steal from Zig's house. Laura picked out the house we were going to hit. I just did it."
"Why didya steal from Zig's house?" asked Squid.
"I had too," she whimpered.
"Why?"
"Never mind. I can't tell you," she whispered to him. "But I am sorry. It's just something you couldn't understand. Just promise me you won't leave me."
"I won't leave you," he said to her. She smiled.
"Thanks."
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Author's Note: How was that? ^^ Brianna's starting to scare people. ^^;;;
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Chapter Two: Lies Cut Deep
Brianna and Squid spent hours catching up on the past year. Brianna was fascinated by what had happened, like who everyone was dating and where everyone was living. She giggled at the some of Squid's answers. After he explained what had happened to everyone after the camp was hut down he looked directly at her. "Now, where have ya been this past year?" he asked her.
"Well I've been with some family friends for a while. I got sick of it and decided I'd been in hiding for too long. I-I really missed you," Brianna whispered to him. "I can't tell you exactly where I've been because it could get my family's friends in trouble. I don't want that for them, but anyway, how's Jason and Reese?"
"Well I've been gettin' emails from them about twice a week. Jason's going into third grade after the summer is over. Reese's been lookin' for a new job because she got fired. She thinks she can find one in time before Jason has to go to school. That's basically what has been goin' on with them." Squid responded.
"Jason hasn't been gettin' into trouble?"
"Bri, think for a second… He may be yer brother but he's not LIKE ya."
"Oh funny," she muttered slapping his shoulder teasingly again. He smiled and kissed her forehead again. "Well d'you know where the girls are?"
"Yea," he answered. "There at the park. Why?"
"I gotta talk to'em!"
"Why?"
"Are you being serious?! I've gotta tell'em I'm alive… Dur!" she murmured. Squid nodded and smiled. "Well-?"
"Well what?" he asked looking dumbstruck.
"Are you going to take me the damn park or not? I don't know where the hell I'm going!" she grumbled to him. He nodded and grabbed her hand and dragged her to the park. They looked for her old gang for about an hour. "Where the hell are they!" she shouted. Squid shrugged and looked around him again and sighed. "Gr! If I don't find them I swear I'll-!"
"B-B-Brianna?" asked a female voice from behind Brianna and Squid. They turned and saw Kayla and her gang behind them. Brianna smiled and hugged Kayla. "Oh my God! Y-y-you're alive!" she gasped looking shocked.
"Have you been taking care of the girls Kayla? You know I did leave YOU in charge," asked Brianna smiling. Kayla nodded but couldn't speak. She was entirely speechless of Brianna's return. She couldn't believe it. "Hey girls there you are! C'mon! I'm not a zombie or ghost or whatever!" Brianna said amused. They all ran to her and hugged her. "Wow," she began.
"What?" asked Marla.
"You girls recognized me faster than Squid over here!" Brianna giggled. The girls started to howl with laughter and Squid gave them dirty looks.
"Oh VERY funny… Hilerious!" he muttered feeling embarrassed. Brianna kissed his cheek and he smiled. Then Michelle stepped forward and looked at Brianna.
"What is it Michelle?" asked Brianna turning to Michelle. Michelle got a very sheepish look on her face and couldn't find the words to tell Brianna what she wanted to say. "What is it Michelle?" Brianna asked again.
"Well me and the girls were wonderin' where have ya been? And how come yer back from the dead?" Michelle said all at once. Brianna laughed and the girls glared at her.
"Well it's kinda a long story but if yer willing to listen I'll tell," Brianna said to her gang. Her gang members nodded and Brianna began to explain what had happened to her. She explained why she faked her death and what she was trying to do and where she had been for the past year. Her gang gapped at her. When she finished she looked up at her members and smiled gently. "And that's what's been happenin' with me. Squid's already filled me in on yer lives so ya don't have to tell me." She answered them before they opened their mouths to speak.
"Oh," they answered in unison.
"But is there anything ya gotta ask me?" she said as an afterthought. Kayla raised her hand.
"Yea I do!" Kayla said.
"Sure what?" asked Brianna.
"Are you goin' to be the leader of the Strips again?"
"No."
"WHAT!?" shouted the rest of her gang members except for Kayla who had enjoyed the leader position quite well.
"Weren't you listening to me? I faked my death and well… I don't wanna be a gangster anymore. I faked my death also to get out of the gang. I just want a normal life right now. Ok? I don't want any more deaths to put up with. I'm sick of it!" Brianna replied. Her gang members except for Kayla looked flabbergasted. She smiled, "But I still wanna be friends with ya. I'm not goin' to do anymore gang work anymore."
"But!"
"No buts! I don't care anymore."
"Why not?" asked Shaily.
"I can't tell you," whispered Brianna.
"You can't tell us why you can't care about us anymore?!" Shaily screamed. Brianna looked at the ground and bit her lip. She looked at her gang and Squid and smiled. She pulled out a small box. Shaily looked at it and then back up to Brianna. "Are those cigs?" Brianna pulled out a cigarette and lit it up. She took a drag from it and looked at her gang who was blown away by this.
"What're ya smokin' for?" asked Michelle staring at Brianna. Brianna looked at the ground and sighed. "You hardly ever smoke." Brianna had smoked before but only when she became nervous. Brianna took another drag of her cigarette and sighed.
"Ok, you guys you know me better than anyone so I'll tell ya," whispered Brianna. "I've gotta pull a job."
"What kinda job?" asked Marla leaning forward.
"A job I've gotta do myself."
"Which is…?" asked Kayla bouncing up and down crazily.
"A drug deal."
"WHAT!" shouted her gang in outrage. "YOU'RE GOIN' TO PULL A DRUG DEAL!" Brianna took another drag of her cigarette and licked her lips.
"I have to."
"But- WHY?" her gang chorused.
"You wouldn't understand!" Brianna screamed throwing her cigarette butt to the ground and stepping onto it. Her gang stared at her in disbelief.
"WHAT WOULDN'T WE UNDERSTAND!?"
"THE REASON WHY I'VE GOTTA DO THIS!"
"WE MADE A PACT! WE'LL ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN YER LIFE!"
"NO YA WON'T! GOD DAMMIT!" Brianna screamed getting out another cigarette and lighting it up. She took a drag of it and paced around.
"You've changed," mumbled Shaily.
"What the fuck are you talking about?!" shouted Brianna. Her gang blinked. Brianna never used such language in her normal speech. She cursed but not that badly. "Ah! Fuck ya! Damn ya! Fuck!" she yelled at the gang. She flicked her cigarette butt onto the ground and stepped on it again. She walked away muttering to herself.
Shaily glanced at Squid who looked stunned. "You go and see what's up with her. You can usually get what's botherin' her out." Shaily said smiling at Squid. He shook his head.
"Let her cool down for a bit. When she's mad she can blow up way too quick." Squid answered. Shaily sighed and looked at Kayla. Kayla nodded and motioned for the girls to leave. Squid decided he'd go home until he thought Brianna had cooled down. She seemed uptight and unnaturally paranoid. It scared Squid. As he walked down the street he remembered who Brianna had reminded him of. "She's acting like Zig Zag. Oh shit! Something's gotta be wrong." He said to himself as he stopped from walking. He turned around and took a deep breath and kept walking.
***
Brianna walked behind a dark ally. "I'm here." She murmured.
"Good. Are you going to do it?" hissed a female voice.
"Yes," Brianna muttered back. "I'll do it." The female walked from the shadows and smiled poisonously. She had dirty blonde hair and stone gray eyes. She wore black leather and extremely tight bell-bottom dark jeans. Her cloths were ripped and dirty.
"Are you sure?" asked the blonde.
"Yes," repeated Brianna who was now smoking another cigarette.
"Good… The break in will happen around midnight ok. Then we'll get those drugs all right? If ya don't show up yer goin' to be in a lot of trouble!" growled the blonde female.
"Right. Ok," whispered Brianna walking out of the dark ally smoking her cigarette and quickly disposing it when she saw a cop. She stepped on it and walked quickly away.
***
Squid sat on his porch sitting on the swing. He saw Magnet with Susan walking by. They stopped and Magnet walked up to Squid. "Yo man what's up? I heard Bri's back! Ya should be happy!" Magnet said quickly.
"I can't something botherin' me," mumbled Squid. "Bri's been actin' really weird."
"Weird or Zig Zag weird?"
"Zig Zag weird."
"Oh," Magnet said looking astounded. Squid nodded and chewed on his toothpick. Susan stamped her foot and sighed annoyingly. "I betta go. Susan's gettin' antsy." Magnet said after hearing Susan's complaints from the sidewalk. Squid grinned and watched them walk away.
"Alan?"
Squid turned and saw his mother standing in the doorway of the house. "Yea?" he asked.
"What're you doing?" she said walking outside.
"Nuttin." He grumbled.
"Doesn't sound like "nothing" to me. It sounds like something."
"Ok, well I've got this friend," Squid began. (Oh no not this "I've got a friend who's got a friend" crap!) "And well he's got this other friend who just came back. She's planning to do something bad and my friend's worried that something bad'll happen to his friend."
"Oh," his mother said. "Well, don't worry Alan. Something'll work out." Squid rolled his eyes and shook his head. He looked out onto the horizon. What if Brianna did something horrible? What if she got hurt? He couldn't bare it.
***
It was midnight. Brianna looked up at the velvet black sky and saw the twinkling stars all across the sky. The moon lit their way to the unsuspecting house. The dirty blonde girl was in front of Brianna as they walked in the silence of the night. "You ready for this?" asked the blonde.
"Yes! Already! Jesus!" hissed Brianna. "I'm as ready as I could eva be, Laura." The girl named Laura spun around and glared at Brianna. She looked into Brianna's eyes. Laura grinned poisonously yet again.
"There's that look! There's the flare. That's what I admire in you Brianna. You're able to look fear in the face and laugh. It's a look of strong-minded genius gangster," Laura said laughing slightly. Brianna glared at the female.
"Ha! Whatever! You'll never know what a damn fuckin' life I've led. Never!" sneered Brianna. Laura just grinned and turned from Brianna.
"C'mon let's go," scoffed Laura.
"Right."
They walked to a house that was suspiciously close to Squid's home. Brianna looked around her and got a feeling that said she didn't like what was going to happen. "We're here," hissed Laura pointing to the house they were going to rob blind. Brianna nodded but felt sick as she followed Laura to a window in the house. Brianna pulled out her lock pick and opened the window. They went inside.
***
"SQUID! SQUID!"
Squid was sitting out on his porch enjoying what was the beginning of the morning. He looked up to see Zig Zag looking panicky, well more than usual. "What?" asked Squid looking alarmed.
"My-house-was-robbed-!" he said all together and panting terribly from running. Shaily soon joined Zig Zag's side. She looked equally shocked by the news.
"Whaddya mean "robbed"?" asked Squid.
"What d'you think I mean dammit! Robbed! Stuff stolen! Y'know! ROBBED!" shouted Zig Zag. Shaily grabbed Zig by the shoulders and calmed him down. "Thanks Shail," he whispered to her. He turned back to Squid. "We've gotta find out who did it!"
"Alright. I think I know who might know somethjng about it." Squid said getting up from his porch and walking away.
"WHO! I WANT TO KNOW!" shouted Zig Zag after Squid started to walk off.
***
"Holy shit," muttered Brianna walking through the park. She had gone through half of her pack of cigarettes. She was horribly nervous. She had never been so nervous in her life. She paced back and forth feeling sick to her stomach. She threw her cigarette pack down and stared at it. "I need to stop smoking," she muttered.
"Bri! Hey Bri! Get over here!" shouted someone. She turned around and saw...
Squid.
"Oh shit!" she cried out. She ran. Squid ran after her and grabbed her right arm stopping her dead in her tracks. She slowly turned to face Squid. "What!" she spat.
He blinked, "What's yer problem?"
"Everything! Dammit!" she growled as popped two pills into her mouth. She went over to a drinking fountain and swallowed the pills.
"What were those?" asked Squid.
"Pills. Dur," she growled.
"What is wrong with you?! You've acted like some idiot ever since ya came back! What happened to the Brianna I knew from Camp?"
She slapped him.
"DAMMIT! WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE THIS! IT'S DRIVING ME MAD!"
Squid touched the reddened part of his face. He stared at Brianna. What was wrong with her? He looked at her. SHe stared horrorstricken at what she had done. She took a step toward him. "Alan," she whispered.
He stepped back, "What?"
"I'm sorry. I'm turning into my dad. Jesus. I'm gonna end up like him!" she cried out falling to her knees in tears. Squid saw her tears fall an dhe walked back to her and kneeled down. He lifted her face up by the chin and stared into her emerald eyes. Tears were glistening in them.
"Bri," he whispered to her. "It's ok. It didn't hurt that much." She stifled a laugh through her tears. "Now what's wrong?"
"I can't tell you," she yelped.
"Oh."
"I'm sorry."
"It's alright, but I've got another question."
"What?" asked Brianna cocking an eyebrow.
"Did you rob Zig's house?" he asked her. She blinked and looked to the ground. She wouldn't look him in the face. He knew what her answer was. "Why?"
"I never said I robbed it you moron!" she shouted in protest.
"Lies cut deep, Brianna."
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT!" she yelled. Squid grabbed her shoulders and calmed her down.
"STOP!" he commanded.
"I can't! I've had too much!"
"Of what?"
"...Drugs."
"What?" Squid said taken aback. She looked sheepishly into his eyes.
"I've been taken drugs this past year. Are you happy now?" she murmured. He stared at her. He never thought Brianna would take drugs. "The damn place I've been was hell. They treated me like dirt. I felt like dirt. So I ran off and well you could say I got mixed up in the wrong crowd," she added. Squid couldn't believe what she was saying.
"Brianna!" he shouted.
"What?"
"The girls were right," he said. "You have changed." Brianna blinked and popped two more pills into her mouth and went back to the drinking fountain and took a drink. She swallowed the pills and rubbed her head. "What's wrong?"
"Headache," she whispered. Squid looked at her. He realized she looked terrible. She glared at him. "What're ya lookin' at?"
"You," he replied. She rolled her eyes and sighed annoyingly.
"Why d'you keep doin' that for?!" he shouted at her. She turned away. She was unable to look him in the face anymore. She was feeling guilty. She buried her face in her hands and started crying. Squid walked slowly toward her and took her shoulders again. She jerked away. He tried again and this time he held tighter and this time she didn't move. He made her turn around and look at him. He slowly removed her hands from her face and saw the tears running down her face. She wiped them away and hugged Squid crying still.
"Don't leave me," she sobbed. He reluctantly hugged her back.
"I won't," he whispered.
"Really?"
"I won't," he repeated.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean to steal from Zig's house. Laura picked out the house we were going to hit. I just did it."
"Why didya steal from Zig's house?" asked Squid.
"I had too," she whimpered.
"Why?"
"Never mind. I can't tell you," she whispered to him. "But I am sorry. It's just something you couldn't understand. Just promise me you won't leave me."
"I won't leave you," he said to her. She smiled.
"Thanks."
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Author's Note: How was that? ^^ Brianna's starting to scare people. ^^;;;