Chapter 9

Aubrey opened the door and saw Elle, but she wasn't alone.

Just as Aubrey was about to reach for Elle to pull her out, Brian pushed her away and climbed out smirking.

Aubrey gulped and backed up.

"Why are you doing this? We didn't do anything to deserve this Brian," Aubrey said.

"I don't know, maybe because I've been alone for six years. I don't want you, I don't want your friends Natalie, all I want is Elle," Brian said to Aubrey. Brian pulled out a gun and held it to Elle's head. She let tears roll down her cheeks slowly. He pulled her into a hug, and used her body like a shield.

"Now give me the money I so wonderfully requested or I'll shoot her," Brian said grinning at Elle.

Aubrey was so about ready to kick his ass all over town but John held her back. "Money won't buy love Brian!" She yelled at him.

"That's fine with me; her love was never good to me."

"Its alright, she'll be okay, I promise," John whispered to Aubrey.

They had a plan.

"Take her, we don't want her, we have gotten what we wanted," John said smirking at Elle. She let the tears fall down her cheeks and squealed.

"Wait, if you don't want Elle, then what do you want?" Brian asked. I know this is reverse physiology, since they obviously wouldn't travel up 3540 stairs for fun, but hell, I'll play along with it and show them why this won't work. He told himself.

"Well, we wanted Aubrey and Natalie, and we got that. You see, I don't love Elle, I love Aubrey," Randy said grabbing Aubrey from John.

"Wait, I love Aubrey, you can't have her Randy," John said taking her back.

Brian grabbed Aubrey and held the gun to her head. He threw Elle towards them. "Okay, now I have what all of you want," Brian said, still playing along.

Randy untied Elle and she smacked him and John.

"We have a plan go with it," John whispered.

Randy had to fight the urge to just hug and kiss Elle right there but it would ruin the plan.

Aubrey smiled at Brian.

"Brian, let them go, I don't mind staying with you," Aubrey said seductively turning towards him.

"What?" Brian asked in shock. No, this is part of the plan. I mustn't give in!

"I've always loved you, even when you were with Elle, I want to be with you, and you alone," Aubrey said cornering him. John felt jealousy go through him while Elle and Randy were trying to not laugh.

Brian put the gun to Aubrey's head and smiled.

"Nope, it's not going to work. I've known you since you were 5 Aubrey and I think I'd know when your lying," Brian said.

"5? You've known him since you were 5?"John asked

"Yeah, he used to be my best friend, that was until he started dating the chick I hated and then we kind of stopped talking. But we started talking again when he started dating Elle, but we stopped after the two broke up," Aubrey said glaring at Brian.

John was really jealous by now. He wanted to kick Brian's ass.

Brian twisted one of Aubrey's arms back and pulled her body into his.

"Brian...now is not the time to play cops and robbers," Aubrey said smiling seductively.

Aubrey leaned her head against his shoulder only cause her neck was killing her. He smiled at her and stroked her face gently remembering the old times.

"Remember that one time that you spent the night at my house when my parents weren't home?" Brian asked and her eyes shot open.

"Don't you dare Brian," She warned.

"Oh but it was so fun," Brian said smiling, trying to get John jealous. She looked up at him and remembered that night. The night she lost her virginity to him.

"That was the best sex I ever had. Oh, now how old were we when that happened, oh, yes, I remember, I was with Elle wasn't I? Ha, good times. You were a virgin before I got to you weren't you?" Brian asked. Ha, this should get some blood boiling.

Aubrey looked at her scared friends and a hurt John and Elle.

Brian twisted her arm and she winced.

"Yes," She replied through her teeth. "So what happened to you?" Aubrey asked in a whisper.

"What are you talking about?" Brian asked curiously.

"You used to be normal, when I was friends with you. You would never have thought about doing something like this," Aubrey whispered looking into his blue eyes.

He stopped smiling and looked into her eyes that were full of anger, fear, and tears.

Mark pulled out his gun and held it behind his back.

Brian slowly lowered the gun from her head but continued to look into her eyes. He let go of her arm that he was twisting and put his arms around her waist. She raised her hands and rested them on his shoulders. She smiled at him a little and he was thinking about all the old times with her. Then he remembered the nasty fight they had about his girlfriend.

Flashback...

"Brian, we need to talk," the 14 year old Aubrey said slowly.

"What's up Aub?" Brian asked as she sat down next to him.

"It's about Melanie," She said slowly.

"What about her?" He asked.

"I hate her stinking guts, why do you seriously have to be with her? Out of all people! It's bad enough that you're cheating on Elle, but with Melanie?" Aubrey said.

"Hey, it's my life! And if you think for one second that I'm going to break up with her because you hate her, well I got news for you, it's not going to happen!" Brian yelled standing up. She stood to.

"Well I'm not going to be friends with someone who is cheating on my best friend with a slut!" Aubrey yelled and he slapped her across the face. She felt blood leak from her mouth and let tears fill her eyes. She turned and ran for home. Brian felt guilty, really guilty, because he was planning on ending it with Mel anyway.

End of Flashback...

That day had screwed him up. He had become possessive because he had lost one of his best friends. He hated the fact that she was right. He slowly raised the gun to her head again and...BOOM!