Kidnapped

Chapter 28: We Should Talk

George POV
I sat on the kitchen counter with the light on. Everyone in the house was fast asleep after their long night of playing games.

My mum didn't have work today but she always woke up early. At least I hope she still does.

I had a water bottle beside me that I kept refilling, since I threw up yesterday I needed to keep hydrated.

I was taking Tubbo to his appointment at 9am this morning which gave me 3 hours to still kill.

I needed to take a shower so that's what I decided to do. As much as I hate them now it would be unhygienic to just not shower.

I grab a clean set of clothes from my room before locking myself in the bathroom.

I run cold water in hopes it would wake me up more. I let the freezing water run all over my bare body.

Hickeys were dying down and there was no fresh bruises since the last time I had washed.

That was new.

I ran shampoo through my hair, scrubbing it into my scalp to make it bubble up.

I let the water wash it out, the soap running down my skin and down the drain.

I could still feel invisible hands on my body, taunting me almost.

I couldn't tell if my shivers were from my thoughts or the cold water.

I didn't want to spend another second under the water.

I step out shivering. I make a lazy attempt to dry myself and throw on my clean clothes.

After brushing my teeth I step out, turning the light off and closing the door.

I wake up Tubbo so I could make sure he's ready before we leave.

Clay POV

I wake up to Nick shaking me awake, once I sit up I realise that Zak and I were the only 2 still sleeping.

"Get dressed and grab some fruit or something, Jackie wanted to talk to us" I rub my eyes and nod slowly.

I see Darryl waking Zak up too, probably giving him the same speech.

I take my shirt off and put another on. I go into the kitchen and grab an apple from the fruit basket, Zak tailing behind as we sit up on the counter.

We had all managed to get into the kitchen, ready for whatever conversation we were about to have.

"Sorry about waking you boys, I just thought you'd want to be apart of this conversation" She faintly smiles.

"Yeah that's alright, what did you want to talk about?" I respond, all of us knowing it was going to have something to do with George.

"I don't know, it might sound stupid but..he just seems fine? Like nothings wrong and I don't know how to get him to talk" She explains, seeming a little stressed.

"I know we all agreed to let him talk when he's ready but even the police are waiting for the story. Besides do we really want to go back to school and not know anything?" Nick adds, looking to see if any of us would agree.

"The last time we tried to get answers from him he ran off and got kidnapped, why don't we ask George what he wants to do?" Alex suggests and I give him a confused look.

"What do you mean?" I ask, furrowing my brows. "If he doesn't want to talk, we might as well be going back to school" Alex shrugs, all of us faintly nodding.

"Won't that be a bit too much for him? I mean he's only just getting used to be around all of us again" Karl asks and Alex shakes his head.

"We don't know what's too much for him, he doesn't tell us. We thought George was cagey about his feelings before, it's going to be even harder now" We look over to Jackie who seems to be deep in thought.

The door opened before she could respond, Tubbo and George walking in and Tubbo looking quite happy.

George whispers something to him and he runs off upstairs. He then looks at all of us standing in the kitchen.

"Did I miss something?" He asks putting down a massive box that seemed to have a picture of a bed on it.

"No your alright, I see you picked up Tubbo's bed I ordered" His mum smiles, looking and Nick and I.

"Why don't you two go help set up the bed? I'll get some food cooking" We nod and I take the box up the stairs.

We walk into what used to be a storage room and I put the box down.

Tubbo was playing with his bee plushie and sitting by the bags that were still yet to be emptied.

As Nick and I take a seat on the floor to open the box, George goes over to Tubbo.

"Hey, I need to go do something real quick, are you going to be okay with Clay and Nick?" He asks and Tubbo shakes his head.

"They won't hurt you I promise, you'll be safe with them" he takes his hand and leads him over to us.

"Where are you going?" I ask, confused on why he had to leave. "Just to get some air, I won't be long" he responds, another vague answer.

"Tubbo come sit with us, we're making your bed for you. We're friendly don't worry" Nick smiles and Tubbo hesitantly walks over.

"Thank you Sapnap" George smiles before leaving. I guess this was my chance to bond with Tubbo.