The Promise (Joey Trotta boyxboy)

7

~Corey's POV~

I wake up on the floor of an unfamiliar dorm, remembering that yesterday wasn't a dream

Yesterday actually happened and now here I am stuck inside a dorm with my friends, two freshman, and the boy who I guess could be considered a boyfriend

I'm laying in Joey's arms on the floor as he sleeps peacefully

My head on his chest as I hear the sounds of his heart beating while he breaths deeply

I get up from my laying position in Joey's arms as I look outside the window watching as the sun starts to go up

I look around the room just as Joey wakes up and smiles at me

"Good Morning"

I say to him as he stands up and walks over to me, engulfing me in a hug as his arms wrap around my neck and my arms wrap around his waist

"How'd you sleep?"

He ask while hugging me tight

"As well as you can sleep on the floor"

I say with a giggle and before we know it everyone else starts to wake up

We all get dressed and wait for our cue from the terrorist that we can leave the room and go through a headcount

As soon as we're given the cue to leave we wait in the cafeteria as the white man from yesterday counts all the students, the headmaster, and the cafeteria workers

Once he makes sure he counts everyone (93 People) we are released outside into the quad as I stick with Joey and the rest of our friend group before splitting up and working on gathering up information

Joey, Billy, and I gather information from someone who delivered food up to the guards in the bell tower about the types of weapons they have and figure out that there are two located up there

Meanwhile Ricky, Hank, and Snuffy secretly examine the wires surrounding the building and Ricky uses his knowledge of Spanish to find out the name of these men

Yogurt and Ted who although know about the plan are currently occupied with Headmaster Gould who is teaching them an English lesson

The day goes by as we have hourly headcounts, during lunch Billy takes a tray of food upstairs to the bell tower guards so he can see exactly what's up there with his own eyes

After lunch we're sent back outside and everyone reconvene near a shaded tree as we mark out where all the guards are

"We've got two guards in the Bell Tower. Two more in the attic of Fisher Hall. There's two in the infirmary, and two more on the roof of West Hall. That's eight"

Snuffy says as he marks the points out on a map of the school with a sharpie

"Okay, three in the Quad makes eleven and the leader in the office is twelve"

Billy says as he points at the map while I sit beside Joey who is drawing pictures of all the guards, amazing me with his artistic abilities

"His name is Luis Cali"

Ricky says making all of us look back at him as he leans against the tree

"And the three guys in the Quad, that's Jorge, Ruiz, and Carlos"

He continues while pointing at the map

"That's right. You do speak a little Spanish"

Snuffy says while looking up at Ricky

"Don't forget the American guy with the glasses"

Hank says as Joey flips through his drawings and land on the picture he drew of him

"Yeah. That makes 13"

Billy says as we finally decide a number on how many of these men there are holding us hostage before everyone finds something to do as Joey and I stay leaned up against the tree

Joey draws a few more things that might be important as I lean my head against his shoulder

"You're really good at that"

I say as he looks over at me and smiles

"Thanks, I guess it's just something I learned to do as a way to pass the time"

He says before he closes and sets his notebook down beside him as he leans his head so it's laying on top of mine

"You know although this might be the scariest thing we'll ever be apart of, I can honestly say that you have been a light in all of this"

He says as he reaches his arm around me grabbing my smooth thigh and holding me close

"I just hate that this is happening to us"

I say as I look at him while he nods in agreement

"Like what did we do so wrong that we have to experience this nightmare?"

I ask as I feel myself getting worked up as my emotions start to get the better of me

Joey holds me tighter to him as he kisses my forehead and tries to keep me from crying

"Shh it's ok"

He says while rubbing my back and holding my hand

"I promised you that we'll make it out of here and I meant it. I don't break promises nor do I plan on letting anything happen to you"

He says showing off that protective side that's makes me love him even more than I already do

~Joey's POV~

As I sit against the tree hugging Corey close to me I can't help but to think about taking matters into my own hands

I mean Billy's idea is pretty foolproof but something about just sitting by and letting these men control what we do doesn't sit right with me

But I promised Corey that I wouldn't do anything stupid and I have to keep that promise especially to him

I look down at him noticing his eyes closed as he's starts to shiver a bit when a gust of wind blows as I cover his petite frame up with my brown zip up hoodie

I smile as he cuddles against me before the guard named Carlos calls out that it's time for us to go inside for another headcount before bed

"Corey, baby, you have to wake up for headcount"

I say as he groans before standing up and putting my zip up hoodie on and grabbing my hand as we walk inside

After headcount we're sent to our rooms where everyone maps out all the information we've gathered throughout the day as well as throwing out different ideas that we think could possibly help us in the long run or at least until we get out of this situation