Bad Boy

Trust

I didn't sleep at all last night. I just couldn't get the image of Ash and Brandon carrying that guy. How could he leave that part out. I get why but, that's just insane. I was really thinking about telling the girls but I don't want them to go tell Elisia. I decided I would tell them at school when Elisia isn't there. I get up and throw on some clothes before rushing out the door. I didn't get any sleep but yet I was too freaked out to even be tired. I got to the school and hurried to out first class. I completely forgot that Brandon was in there too. Maybe I could tell them before he came in. I walked into the class room and scanned the seats. Good Brandon isn't here yet. I look straight ahead and see Rowan and Hailey already seated. I walk over to them and take a seat. "Hey Hera, haven't heard from you since last night" Rowan says. "I have to tell you guys something" I say seriously. Their expressions changed, knowing whatever it was wasn't going to be good. "I went to Brandon's house last night and he told me that-" I got inturrupted by someone saying hi to me. I turn around and see Brandon standing over me. I quickly put on a fake smile. "Hey Brandon" I say, feeling thr awkward tension between me and the girls. "So wanna meet up later to work on the project?" he asks with a smile. This is so odd. I know we said we were cool and all but this just feels weird. Brandon Darrow actually being nice. "Sure" I say acting bubbly like I didn't just see a picture of him committing a serious crime. He smiles once more before returning to his seat. I quickly turn back to the girls. "What happened?" Rowan asks, face filled with worry. "I got a message from that account after I left Brandon's. I even got a message before that. It said that he was hiding a big secret, Brandon actually told me what it was. He said he watched Ash shoot someone and killed them. I thought that was all to it but..." I say trailing off. "The account sent me a picture of Ash and Brandon carrying that guys body" I say watching their expressions turn to horror. "What?!" Hailey whisper yells. "Shouldn't we tell Elisia?" Hailey says. "No! We can't tell anyone. If we tell Elisia she might confront him about it and he's obviously dangerous" I say. "She's right" Rowan says sighing. "I hate this" Hailey says looking down. "Me too" I say. The rest of the school day went by so slow. I still couldn't stop thinking about the picture. What if Brandon's dangerous too? How do I know that he didn't do anything else like that? I was about to walk out of the school when I bumped into someone. I look up and see Trevor and Brandon. I sigh as I try to walk around them but Trevor steps in my way. "Woah Woah. Where are you going?" he says. "Get out of my way" I say trying to push past again but failed. "Does anyone have a gun?" he says looking around then looking back at me. "Because I would rather shoot myself than to look at your face" he says getting in my face. He walks away laughing and bumping into my shoulder. I look up and see Brandon standing in front of me still. He looked at me with the 'I'm sorry' face, but then walks away. I shake my head and started walking again when I heard a bang behind me. I jumped a little and turned to see Brandon pinning Trevor against the wall. He's saying something but I was only able to make out one sentence. "I will tell everyone about that night". What night? Trevor got quiet and he let him go stepping back. When I was about to turn away I caught his eye. I just quickly turn away and start walking faster. I got home and went straight to my room. I grabbed my laptop and started doing some snooping. I looked up missing persons reports and even some dead people found in my area. I found one report that caught my eye. A dead male, found by the grotto. A gun shot wound to the chest. No suspects. This had to be him right? I looked further until I came across a picture of the mans face. It was him. I felt a knot in my stomach. I threw my laptop to the side and laid on my side, there is no way I'm going to meet with him. Not until I figure this out. My eyes fluttered until they just shut. 

3 hours later

My eyes opened slowly, looking at my bedroom wall. I turn over to my other side to look at my clock but instantly shot up from my bed. I saw Brandon sitting in my computer chair playing with my rubix cube. "What the hell are you doing?!" I almost yelled. "You weren't answering so I came to check on you" he says, acting like he didn't just scare me half to death. "Well maybe I was busy?" I say sarcastically. I almost forgot about what I saw last night up until it hit me like a train. "I'm sorry I can't work on the project tonight" I say, trying my best to get him to leave. "Why?" he says looking at me confused. "I'm uh. I'm just really tired today" I say, stuttering a bit. "It's fine I can write, you can lay down" he says grabbing his bag and reaching inside. I watched his hand intently as he ruffles around his bag. My heart starts pounding as he pulls his hand out. I took a sigh of relief when I saw a notebook and a pencil. "It's kinda late" I say, still looking for an excuse. "It's 7:30" he says confused. He opens the notebook and looks back up at me. There was no way of getting him to leave yet. I take a seat on my bed, still keeping one eye on him. "So it's a movie that we recreate from our own ideas" he says setting his notebook on his lap. We start throwing out ideas to each other which each on was shot down. "What about a girl starting a new school or college, and she's a straight A student. But when she meets a new group of friends she falls back a bit" I say. "That's not bad but there's gotta be like a little more drama than that" he says writing down my idea. "What if she likes the bad boy" I say, he looks up at me. Oops. I guess that just slipped out. "But when she likes the bad boy obviously things won't be easy" I ramble on. "Not bad" he says smiling and continues to write more down. "The directions say to have a shocking twist or ending" I point out. "Maybe the guy betrays her or she betrays him?" he suggests. "Or maybe the guy ends up doing something really bad and hides it but she finds out" I say looking down. Why did I say that? What if he knows that I know? Oh no. He pauses and looks at me for a moment. "Like what?" he says. He definitely knows what I'm talking about. I'm done with this. If he really is the person who's been texting us I'll end it now. "Like helps his friend hide a body" I say looking back up at him. His face hardens. "Why did you do it?" I say. He closes his notebook and puts it in his bag, staying silent. "Brandon" I say trying to get him to answer. He ignores me and goes to stand up. "God damnit Brandon what is going on?!" I end up yelling at him and standing up. He stops and turns back to me. He walks towards me and I take a step back. I keep taking steps until I can't anymore. He gets close to my face, looking down at me. "I had to" he says. "But why?" I say, coming out smaller than anticipated. "Do you think I wanna go to jail as a get away driver? Everything would be over for me" he says taking a step back. "What about that guy?" I say getting angry. "His life is over. Ash killed him and you helped hide it. What if no one ever found his body? Then his family just gets to wonder what happened to him? Your a selfish asshole Brandon. And you always will be" I finish. His face quickly changes expressions. "What do you mean, if no one found him?" he says seriously. "They found his body Brandon" I say. He starts pacing, obviously worried. "You can't tell anyone Hera" he says stopping in front of me. "I can't just hide something like that" I say. "Hera I need to be able to trust you" he says. "Well I can't even trust you" I say. He sighs and sits on my bed. I felt a little guilty. I also felt in the pit of my stomach that I can trust him. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I really am. But you have to understand why" he says grabbing my hand, I jumped a little at his touch. "I think there's something else going on with you" he says looking at me worried. "Nothing is going on" I lied, "Hera, please tell me what's going on" he says. I look into his eyes for a moment trying to feel out if I can tell him. I sigh, "You can't tell anyone". "Me, Hailey, Rowan and Elisia have been getting these messages from this anonymus account. We get threats and they use our secrets against us. And worst of all... I think they want us dead" I say. His face turns to sorrow. "What have they said?" he says. "Well, they know something about me that no one knows and they were the ones who sent me a picture you and Ash" I say. "They have a picture?!" he says freaking out a little. "But you can't tell Ash or Elisia, we have no clue who it could be and we don't want to tip them off" I say. "You think it's one of them?" he asks. "I don't know" I say looking down at my feet. "All of us are just constantly looking over our shoulder and we feel like we can't trust anyone. I'm just tired of being afraid to even be in my own house" I say, tears building in my eyes. I haven't really opened up about how I feel since this all started. "Well, you can trust me Hera. I won't let anything happen to you" he says staring into my eyes. "Well, to any of you" he says quickly. I let a tear run down my cheek and he notices. He pulls me closer to him, wrapping his arms around me. I bury my face into his chest and just let the tears keep falling. I feel safe in his arms, like nothing can get to me here. "Can you stay here tonight?" I say pulling away and looking into his eyes again. "Of course" he says giving me a reasurring smile. We sat on my bed for a little longer just talking about our lives. Hearing about his life just made me believe more and more that I can trust him. After a while, I laid down just starring at the ceiling. "Whatcha thinking about?" he says looking at me. "Just trying to figure out why your such an asshole" I say causing us both to start laughing. "No but really, you say your a bad guy but, I don't think your a bad guy I just think you act like an asshole sometimes" I say laughing more. "Wow thanks" he says sarcastically while laughing. "I'm ready to sleep" I say. "Me too" he says looking at me. He gets up and I stop him. "What are you doing?" I ask. "Sleeping on the floor" he says. "Sleep up here" I say gesturing to the bed. "Are you sure?" he says. I nod my head and he smiles. He crawls onto the other side of the bed and lays down. I turn to my side and look at him. He notices and looks at me. "What?" he says smiling. "I'm just wondering why all of the sudden your nice to me" I say. "Because I realized how nice you are and selfless. How can I hurt someone like you" he says. I smile and scoot towards him resting my head just above his heart. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight. "Goodnight" I say. "Goodnight" he replies. I lay there with my eyes closed, just listening to his heart beat. Eventually, I drift off to sleep.