Chapter 3
Questions Lead To Lies.
The next morning I woke up soar and tired. I hadn't slept well and band practice was far to early for my taste but I had to see Jake. It wasn't like I planned to talk to him I just wanted to see his face and realize that the night before had been a mere dream but my gut told me that was all just a lie I was telling myself.I knew this for certain since I had a deep bruise on my arm from Jake. When I walked into the garage Jake was the only one there. I tried to stay calm but he entire time i sat across the room praying that someone from the band would walk through the door causing Jake to shift his attention to something besides me. Since I came into the garage he hadn't taken his eyes off of me. Even when I caught him staring at me his gaze didn't move. Finally the rest of the band came in but to my disappointment Jake still stared at me. After a moment I couldn't take it anymore I walked out of the garage and sat down on the drive way. I had been sitting there for a moment when Alex came out. "Sam what's wrong?" He sat down and put his arm around my shoulder. "It's nothing." I realized I was shaking. "Sam think of me as your big brother you can tell me anything whats wrong you seem scared." I looked up into his worried eyes. "It's Jake he hates me he said so himself and i can't shake the feeling that he might hurt me." The second I said Jake's name Alex's face lost all emotion and he turned to look at the street although he didn't remove his arm from my shoulders. "Jake wont hurt you, he just... well I don't know Jake is Jake lets just leave it at that. Just keep your space from him." I nodded in agreement to Alex. Finally Alex convinced me to go back into the garage.
After practicing for an hour I got a little hot so I took my hoodie revealing the deep bruise on my arm. "Sam what happened?" Jason sounded worried and I hadn't realized what he was talking about until he touched the bruise and I almost yelled from the pain. "Oh, nothing I just...bumped into a shelf." I could tell they didn't believe me but we went on to the next song. After practice I was walking home when Alex came up behind me. "Jake did that to you didn't he?" Alex's voice held a tone of anger. "No I just bumped into a shelf." His eyes flicked up and focused on my face then he blocked my way. "Sam don't lie to me. Jake did that didn't he?" I shook my head no but Alex didn't move aside. "Sam I know for a fact now that Jake did that. Stay away from him and out of those woods at night." He pointed over to the woods I had been walking in the night before. "I know for a fact that Jake wont hesitate to kill anyone. And if he decides to kill you there is nothing I can do. " With out another word he walked away. I was shocked and confused at the same time. What was wrong with Jake? Had he killed someone before? It was then after listening to Alex that I realized what Jake had been hiding last night. He had been in a shear panic. That was what i couldn't quite place in his voice. I walked home slowly trying to figure everything out. The biggest thing that confused me was Alex's part. When he said if Jake decided to kill me there was nothing he could do did that mean he wouldn't be able to stop Jake because he was to dangerous or that he was loyal to Jake? Either way I sent Dave a text later that night saying I didn't feel good and I wouldn't be at practice the next day. The next morning instead of going to band practice I headed strait for the woods I had to figure out exactly what Jake and Alex were hiding.
