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Chapter 3: Gunpoint

"Oh sorry, I thought this was the bathroom." Though I knew she really wasn't.

"Ella, look, you're dating my brother and I don't know why you keep-" She shut the door and walked over to me.

Putting her finger to my lips she said, "Don't talk." Her hands came up to my face and I knew I had to stop it before it was too late.

"Ella stop!"

"What? Aren't you attracted to me?"

"No, I'm not… besides you are dating my brother. STOP!"

Her hands made their way down my pants and started to undo my zipper. I pushed her off me and she rolled over on the bed.

"Oh so you like to play hard to get?" She came back on top of me and pulled something out of her purse that she had carelessly thrown on the floor. I felt something cold touch my face, I was being held at gunpoint.

"Where's Sodapop? How do you know he won't find us?"

"He's washing the dishes and when he's done he's going to play football, we have time." The gun was now pressed to my chest. Her left hand moved back down to my zipper and undid it. "Now take off your pants."

"I don't want-"

"DO IT! Do it or I'll shoot your brothers and friends, one by one" Fearing for the life of my family and friends I started to take off my pants.

"Good boy." She laid the gun down on the bed and went to take off her shirt. Understanding that this was my only chance I grabbed the gun and pointed it at her. She had her shirt off and the look on her face was of pure amusement.

"Do you even know how to use a big boy gun?" she looked smug.

"Yes actually I do." I checked to see if it was loaded, it was. "Okay, this is what's going to happen," I started, "I am going to take the gun with me and I am going to leave, you are going to put your shirt back on and say goodbye to Soda and go home, understood?"

She laughed. "No, this is what's going to happen. Since you are obviously not ready for me mentally, I will wait. You will give me back my gun and tell no one of this, this way your brother doesn't get hurt and I don't shoot anyone. Deal?"

I thought about it, and as much as I didn't want to, I knew the only way to get out of this was to agree with her, and if she ever came over again, I just won't leave Johnny's side.

"How do I know as soon as I give you the gun you won't shoot me?"

"If I shot you everyone would hear me and there would be no way of hiding it."

I nodded, handed her the gun, and re-zipped my pants. She put the gun back in her purse and put her shirt back on.

"I'll leave first, then wait five minutes then you can leave. Remember don't tell anyone and no one gets hurt."

I watched as she left and I waited what I thought was five minutes and followed after. I saw her sitting close to Soda on the couch. She gave me that stupid seductive smile and I felt sick. I walked outside. Dally was sitting in the grass smoking and Johnny was leaning up against a tree, playing in the dirt.

"Hey Johnny, walk to the park?"

When we just about there he said, "Man, you don't look good, you okay?"

I wanted to tell Johnny, I really wanted to tell him, or tell anyone, but she said she shoot them if I did.

"If I tell you, you can't tell anyone okay?" I told of what happened from the moment Ella walked in the door to right when I left the bedroom. Johnny listened, never interrupting until I was done.

"Man, that sounds bad."

"I know. You believe me right?" I knew he would, but I needed to make sure.

"Of course man, of course."

"Good. But you can't tell anyone 'cause she'll shoot you! Johnny, what am I going to do?"

"I don't know man, I don't know." So we just kept walking.

I'm not real sure where to go after this, so I'll take any ideas you have.