I was just wondering... Do the people who review the first chapter continue reading the story? Because I know I had some people review the first chapter and never review the next ones. Just wondering, thanks to everyone who reviewed, you keep my writing! Oh, and for random updates and stuff, I got myself a twit-ter (lol) under the name Paramorefansays because the hi wouldn't fit. Thanks... Chapter four: I don't own. (I know, I do disclaimers randomly.)
Alice
So maybe I didn't throw up, but the guy did throw some chunky liquid in there. Apparently, it was some sort of soup. I mean, whatever language they're speaking, I didn't speak it. They dumped me behind a cage. A cage – a real one – with some other dead person. I couldn't speak. I mean, whatever liquid they had managed to make me swallow had really made my mouth sticky. I couldn't even open it. Yet. I could get two fingers between my lips, and I suddenly wished I still had the gap in my teeth I had had when I was ten. I pried my lips apart, and they started bleeding, but that helped with all the sticky-ness because it got my teeth wet and it unglued them. I opened my mouth and tried hard not to take a gasping breath. I didn't want them to notice I had gotten my mouth open, did I? I swallowed and tasted blood. I gagged a little but kept down my stomach. How many times was I going to throw up? I leaned against the back part of the cage and sighed. I heard voices approaching and I shut my mouth, hoping it wouldn't stick again. This time they were speaking in English.
"Listen, boy. If you cooperate, we'll let your little girlfriend go." They had Jasper. Shit. I cursed myself.
"Just let her go now! Look at her, she's miserable." Jasper said. Why did he sound so calm?
"That's the point. We'll torture her until you give us the answers we want." He said. My eyes grew wide with fear.
"You won't!" He gasped.
"I will." The man replied. A chair squeaked against the floor and I tensed against the back of the cage.
"Come here..." The man cooed. I squeezed myself even farther into the corner, and he unlocked the cage and put his hands in, pulling my out like a frightened kitten. I whimpered, not wanting to be held by this stranger. He placed me in a chair and grabbed a rope, tying me to the chair tight. I knew already that I would never be able to get out of this position. He picked up an spray can and shook it up.
"What is that?" Jasper asked.
"It'll un-stick her lips." He explained. I opened my mouth then.
"I don't need it." I said. He made a face but put the can down and picked up a different one. Jasper watched him cover and stand in front of me.
"Inhale this." He directed me, and he sprayed it in front of my face. I sniffed in a whole bunch through my nose. "More." He said, and he sprayed more, and I inhaled with my mouth this time. I closed my mouth. "We can start now." He said. I winced, and Jasper stood up.
"Don't hurt her..." He whispered. Then he sat back down and waited.
"Let's begin..." The man started, and I looked at Jasper as he looked at me. If he didn't say anything, I would die. If he did say something, who knew what would happen? "Now. Where did you hide the money?" Of course this was money. Everything with men was money and woman. With girls, it was more complicated. Whatever. I watched Jasper. He hesitated. He opened his mouth a few times, every time he did he would close it again.
"I... I don't know." He answered.
"I know you know." And he took a step closer to me, raising a hand. Jasper watched silently. I watched the mans hand, waiting for it to make contact with my cheek.
"I don't know!" Jasper shouted this time. I moved my head instinctively as the mans hand came down and whipped across my face. I gasped, holding back tears. I didn't want Jasper to think he had to tell the man everything. If he did, we could all die. I longed for Sunny, wishing she were here. Actually – I take that back. I was very glad she wasn't here with me now. I whimpered a bit and wished I could keep my breathing under control. Jasper looked conflicted greatly.
"Let's try this again, but different." The man said. Was he planning on narrating this whole thing? I think he's watched a little too many action movies.
"Where is your home? I'm sure some of your buddy's will be hiding out there." The man said. Was Cherry involved in this? I looked at Jasper. He must have seen it in my eyes. He nodded. I gasped a bit. "What – do you know?" The man asked.
"She doesn't she's never been there. Have you?" He asked. I was a terrible liar. Why me?
"Er – no. Never." I lied. The man looked sceptical, but he went back over to Jasper.
"So?" He asked.
"I'm not letting you near my family." Jasper replied.
"Okay, but little girl over here pays for it." I closed my eyes, expecting another slap, but I heard Jasper whisper something about a baseball bat. I remember when I was 5 my mother signed me up for baseball, and this boy would always hit me over the head with his bat because he liked me. This impact was much worse. Behind it was muscle and experience. It hit me in the back of the head and made my head jerk forward. I gasped again, and sniffed as a few tears escaped my eyes and trailed down my face. My ears felt like they were bleeding – they weren't – and my head was killing me. I felt dizzy, like I had just got hit in the head with a basketball. My breathing was uneven, my body reacting to this torture with tears. Jasper stared at me, all emotion had disappeared from his face.
"Where is it?" The man asked.
"I don't... I – I..." Jasper was staring at me, emotion returning to his face as he did. I moved my head slightly to the side.
"I don't know." He said. This time was worse. He stood in front of me and ducked down so he was at my ankles. He grabbed my foot and twisted it backwards. I screamed in agony. Jasper jumped up.
"Get down or I'll break her leg!" He yelled. Jasper immediately sat back down. "Where's your hideout? Where is the meeting spot?" The man asked, getting up close to Jasper's face.
"We don't have one. Of either." The man reached into his back pocket and flipped out something silver. He turned on his heel towards me and I recognized the object. A knife. He put it on my hair line, using barely any pressure. Then, he pressed so hard it dug into my skin, then he slowly dragged it across my hair line. Blood spooled on my top lip, and spilled over. I screamed out and thrashed against the ropes.
"Don't!" Jasper ran up and tried to grab the knife out of his hand. The man turned on him and threw the knife at him. It cut across his arm and then the man bent down and bent my foot up. It didn't break, but it hurt. Like hell. I sucked hair, trying to scream, but nothing came out. I cried and breathed unevenly, gasping and spitting the blood that had gotten into my mouth. I was shaking, probably going into shock. I was covered in sweat and blood, and I was shaking. Jasper's arm was bleeding but he didn't sit back down. He fought with the man, trying to get him down because he had the knife in his hand. He struggled, but eventually he got the man backed up against the wall. He pressed him up further and put the knife to his neck. I stopped paying attention, but I heard the screams and the sickening gurgles. The man was dead.
Jasper used the knife to untie me, but I really wasn't paying attention. I was shaking to hard. He grabbed me out of the chair and hugged me to his chest and I cried into it. He tilted my head up so I would look at him.
"Sh, it's okay now, it's okay." He cooed, trying to soothe me.
"What – what was he talking about?" I asked, still shaking and crying and bleeding.
"I used to sell drugs. He's been after me, figuring I would tell him. He's crazy I know it's not safe. Cherry, I told her. She's my sister. It sounds strange... but we tell each other everything." He was holding me up now because I had lost my balance on my left leg. The one that had the foot the man had inured. He looked down at me again, and we both stopped breathing. I think. Then he put his lips on mine. The kiss was so much better than the last one. It made me even dizzier. His lips moved in synchronization against mine, our tongues fighting for dominance. I gasped for breath, but he did too. His lips closed on mine and opened again, my hands twisted in his hair and his hands exploring my body. He had his hands on the small of my back when I fainted in his arms.
Sunny
"What the fuck just happened?" I asked Aaron.
"Don't know." Aaron groaned from somewhere next to me.
"It smells... sweet." I said. It smelt like flowers. Flowers... now where have I heard that before?
"It does." He sniffed the air. I heard it.
"It's... pass gas." Aaron laughed.
"That's what my mom called it when I was little. It makes you pass out. Temporarily die. But your heart still beats." I said. "Oh, and you breath." I added.
"Mhm, Sunny. I love you." He told me.
"It also makes you giddy. Don't trust yourself with words." I said.
"I'm not lying." He said, getting defensive. I stretched out, then moaned because it hurt so much and I was stiff from lying here for... wait. What time was it?
"Aaron. Aaron! What time is it?" I asked, suddenly panicked.
"It's... 11:00pm. Why?" He asked.
"Fuck! Where the hell are Alice and Jasper?" I asked him. He flipped up over the couch and I got up slower. He ran around the house quickly. I ran upstairs to check there. Nothing. I ran back down to meet Aaron downstairs.
"They're not here." We both said. "Wait – where's Cherry and everyone else?" I asked.
"They're in the kitchen, still out cold." Aaron told me.
"Maybe Alice and Jasper will be coming back soon. Let's go outside." I suggested. I ran out the front door and Aaron followed me. Luckily, it was late and they were already on there way back. I spotted them first. Jasper was carrying Alice, and she was covered in blood and sweat.
"Jasper, what happened?" I yelled, running over to them.
"I – I don't know we were – and she fainted." He said, looking in her face.
"You were what?" I asked. He narrowed his eyes. "Jasper. Just tell me and get it over with. If you don't tell me then I'll just think it's something even worse. Wait – don't tell me you like, did it with her." I said.
"No! She – she wouldn't like that. We just kissed." He said.
"Ah. Was she dizzy before?" I asked.
"I – probably. He hit her over the head with a bat."
"What!?" I screamed. Aaron was hovering again.
"I couldn't let him know where all of you were!" Jasper defended himself.
"Yes, you could've! One person against 5! I think so!" I exclaimed.
"He has many, many other people. We are both lucky to get out with our lives." He said gravely.
"Ugh. Let's go inside." I said.
We headed inside, all of us – including Cherry because she refused to be left out after she woke up – and we sat in the living room. Cherry and Jasper's parents went upstairs. We laid Alice on the table after covering it with blankets and pillows. Jasper was kneeling by her head, stroking her hair and keeping his head by hers. It was a little awkward for everyone.
"She's gonna be okay, right?" Cherry asked.
"Nobody knows, Cher." Jasper spoke up.
"But she has to be okay." Cherry insisted.
"Nobody has to be okay. We just have to hope they will be." Aaron said.
"Everybody take a moment of silence and pray to fucking god that Alice will survive." I said.
"I'm sure god appreciates you swearing, Sunny." Cherry said, then we all bent our heads down and everything was silent. For a moment.
"Ugh... Jasper?" Came Alice's whispered voice. Everyone shouted her name at once but Jasper shooed them all away as they tried to crowd around her. He let me come to her. Because unofficially, we were best friends. I would have to ask her about that.
"Alice. It's Sunny and Jasper. Sunny... Jasper... Alice?" I whispered.
"Sunny. G'morning." She said. I giggled a bit because it was eleven at night.
"C'mon Alice, let's get you cleaned up." I said, and I grunted as I lifted her off the table and carried her up to the stairs. Jasper got up and started to follow us. "Excuse me, but where do you think your going?" I asked. He stopped and opened his mouth.
"I was going with you." He said, pausing, confused.
"Tell you what, Jazzy. When you have sex, you can see her naked whenever the hell you want." I said, and walked up the stairs. I heard echoes of laughter behind me.
I got Alice upstairs and into the tub thing. I mean it was a tub... but bigger. And it had jets. Which with Alice's condition... I think it would be real stupid to turn those on. I also thought Alice might drown in it. Not because she's hurt, but because the tub was humongous compared to her small frame. I started the water.
"How hot?" I asked.
"As hot as it will go. I'm freezing." As if to show her point, she shivered. I turned up the water so it was warm and gradually got hotter so I didn't burn her skin. She sighed in pleasure and I watched the water turn from clear to reddish-brown. I used my hands to work what I assumed was Cherry's shampoo in her messy hair. I didn't bother washing her body. I just conditioned and shampooed her hair, then rinsed with the shower.
"Cherry! Get me some clothes!" I yelled to her. I heard her come stomping up the stairs. She ran past the bathroom to get some clothes from her room she tossed them through the open door. "Those are the largest I have because I know she's a little bigger than me." Cherry mentioned.
"Stop talking like I'm not here." Alice said. Cherry and I laughed, and Cherry ran back downstairs.
"Feeling better?" I asked her.
"Yes. But I need someone to wrap up my ankle and foot." She told me.
"Alright. I will." I said to her. It was silent for a long minute as we watched the dirty water drain.
"Sunny...?" Alice asked me.
"Yes?" I asked her as I helped her step out of the tub with the towel hung under her armpits.
"You know, your my best friend." She told me.
"And you know what, Alice? I was thinking the same damn thing."
It had been one hell of a day – er, night, and all we really needed was some well deserved sleep. The way we were set up was wonderful. We had moved the table out from the living room and set up one big bed big enough for the 5 of us. I slept between Alice and Aaron. Alice slept between me and Jasper. Cherry was on the end next to Jasper, and Aaron was on the end next to me. I fell asleep smiling. Something I didn't do often.
I awoke sometime in the middle of the night to Alice shifting and her and Jasper talking.
"...I do, it's just different." Alice murmured.
"I know, but you really do? We haven's that." Jasper whispered back.
"I'll ask Sunny about it... she probably has more... experience." Alice said.
"Your sure she won't think it's awkward?" Jasper asked.
"She's my best friend." I fell asleep again, thinking everything was just a dream.
So sweet. So sweet. :) I meant to make it longer, but you guys probably wanted it sooner than later. I promise I'll get the next one up sooner, or later. Haha. Oh, and of course it's not over! I mean, I'm not leaving you with some random conversation that has no end!