Beneath Your Beautiful

-Hayley

Sitting in the corner booth, of the vintage themed ice-cream shop, this boy, who I was in love with, smiled at me, genuinely smiling at everything i said. He listened to my rambling about my favourite books and authors, he listened to me talk about my undying love for the famous rock band,  Queen. I was happy. He made me happy.

"You wanna go watch a movie?" He looked up, as I finished my sundae.

"Of course, only if i get to pick the movie though" i grinned at him. He chuckled as he shook his head, and reluctantly agreed. He drove me back to his place, and we made our way inside the large mansion, the sheer beauty of this place amazed me. The chandeliers weren't too sparkly, but they offered an elegant glint in the house. The mahogany finishes made it look amazing.

"Wow" i muttered under my breath.  He gazed at me for a second and chuckled. Wow. I'm a whole fuckin comedian today. He's laughing at literally everything i say. Psht. It was still cute though.

After mr chef, made the popcorn, we headed straight for the large living room. We cuddled together as we watched "Tangled" he complained at first because he didn't want to seem childish for some reason. Even though it was literally just the two of us. Psht, boys.

As the movie was towards its finish, the door was opened. Some guy and Mrs Grace walked in the house, shouting and cussing at one another. I glanced at Jayden who's jaw clenched at hearing their voices. Before I even registered what was going to happen, Jayden stomped out of the living room, he headed straight to where they were. In the hall. Anger was his aura. He was mad pissed.

"WHAT THE FUCK" i heard Jayden yell, i walked closer. And watched them from behind my boyfriend.

"Shit, see what you fuckin did, piece of shit. Little bitch" the guy who Mrs Grace had been arguing with finally spoke.

"What the hell is going on here" Jayden questioned the man and his aunt.

"Jayden, relax okay?" His aunt said. The man was middle aged, tall. He towered over Mrs Grace easily, although, he was the same height as Jayden. He had jet black hair, that was combed back, and styled. His dark brown eyes, bored into me. I saw something in his eyes. I couldn't put a finger on what it was. He stared at me for what felt like hours. In the background,  Mrs Grace and Jayden were arguing. I couldn't hear it. This man. He looked so familiar. With that, he turned around and faced Mrs Grace,

"You will pay. She won't be happy about this,AT. ALL."He enunciated the last parts to make sure she heard it. Mrs Grace scoffed, and faced him.

"I'm way more powerful than that bitch ever was" she gritted. She grabbed her keys from the counter top, and drove off. Jayden and i  glanced at each other, and he pulled me closer to him.

"Sir, what's going on" I asked. He looked at me, and all the anger that was on his face disappeared. 

"Some people aren't what they seem to be my love" he smiled at me, and walked away. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?????? I swear this shit just got creepy.

"Um,-"

"I'll take you home" Jayden sighed. I didn't want to go home though, i needed to talk to Beth, she only could help me with this mess we call my life.

"Take me to Beth's place" i smiled at him.

The drive there was silent. Obviously we were both still trying to figure out what that man meant by some people aren't what they seem to be . Ugh. I hate mysteries. When we got there, i placed a gentle kiss on his lips, and went into Beth's house. Luckily her parents weren't there, probably on a business trip or something. I just pray that Chris isn't in here, that'd be akward.

I opened her bedroom door, and thank the stars, it was just her. Her large bedroom themed purple was beautiful. The large curtains added a princess-sort-of vibe to the room. Her bed was huge, I've been here multiple times of course, but her bed took the cake for me.

"Babyyyy " Bethany ran across the room to me.

"Hey" i beamed at my best friend.

"So, what's up?" She questioned. "Wait, let's go downstairs and watch a movie" we went downstairs.

I told her everything,  from my mom's story to the incident with Mrs Grace.

"Wow, that's a lot of drama honestly. " i agreed. And we sat there and watched a movie. We were watching After 2. I've read the book, but Beth isn't much of a reader, so we watched the movie instead.

We talked and laughed, I really needed this, sure I could talk and laugh with Jayden, but it's different with my best friend.

It was about 2 in the morning when we fell asleep. I needed a glass of water so I woke up, this was around 3am. As I walked into the kitchen, i noticed a dark figure walking outside, i grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the cupboards. And i opened the kitchen door, this was stupid i know. I had to see what it was.

After 5 minutes of walking around the backyard. There was nothing, as I was about to walk back inside the house, i was grabbed by strong hands, that lifted me off the ground with ease, and Covered my mouth so I couldn't say anything.

I struggled and kicked around, i knew I was being kidnapped, but I wasn't going down without a fight. He covered my mouth with a cloth,and at this time, we were nearing the road.

"Just breath little girl" he whispered into my ears. I knew I couldn't breath, but my chest was becoming tight from holding my breath for so long, my lungs were burning and i gave in, i breathed all those chemicals in, and i fell limp in his arms.
That's when, all the darkness consumed me.

-Bethany

The room suddenly felt cold, and i got up, i wanted to take Hayley to my room, so we could both sleep there, but it felt like there was an open door, and the kitchen door was open, so I rushed over to close it.

I heard some muffled screams, and i followed them. Oh my God.

Shit.
Shit.

I saw a huge man, throw Hayley into a minivan.

He just kidnapped my best friend. 

OH MY GOD. I couldn't see, tears clouded my vision and i ran back into the house, they hadn't seen me luckily enough. I couldn't breathe. I'd lost my best friend.

This is all my fault.