Bad Boy

More Secrets

Brandon's POV

I watched as Hera fell to the ground. I run over to her and drop to my knees. "Hera!" I yell. I cup my hands on her face, she was so pale. I glance down and see blood covering her shoulder of her shirt. He shot her. "Oh my god Hera" I say, feeling my heart break. She looked up at me, her eyes just shallow. Then they shut. "Someone help her!" I yell to the cops. A couple of medics come rushing in with a stretcher. One of them was trying to pull me away from her. "Is she gonna be okay?" I say, feeling useless. "We're going to take her to the hospital honey" she says, with a sad smile. I watch as they carry her out and into the ambulance as I follow. The girls said that I should ride with her, so I did. My heart ached seeing her like this. Her eyes were shut but it felt like she was still awake. I grab her other hand and just hope. 

2 months later

I walk into the school and into the gym. We are having an assembly for gun violence. Ever since the party, the school has been up everyone's asses. I'll never forget what happened that night. I'm sure no one will. I walk closer to the bleachers and scan everyone's faces. I stop when I see that beautiful smile. I walk up the bleachers and give her a hug. "Hi babe" I say smiling. "Hi" Hera says, returning the smile. Hera was doing much better since she got out of the hospital. When we got to the hospital they took her into surgery, they even told us to say goodbye because they didn't think she was going to make it through. But, of course she made it, she's strong. It broke my heart seeing her in that hospital bed, I felt like I wasn't talking to the same Hera. I can't blame her though, we all changed after that night. Hera was in the hospital for a few weeks recovering and eventually was discharged and sent home. Hera's arm is still in a sling, the doctors said the bullet ripped some nerves and muscle tissue. They aren't sure if her arm will ever fully heal because of it. I know that it effects her but she tries to act like it's okay. Except, no one has told Hera about something. The girls said they really want to tell her but, I have a secret of my own. I'm not proud of it. I wish I could take it all back, but I can't. I tried and it won't end. If Hera finds out, she'll never speak to me ever again. I want to tell her everything but I don't know what I would do if I lost her. I really like her.Me and Hera were just walking about random things like class, or the mall when she got a call. She picked it up and said hello. "What?... Is everything okay?... Okay, I'm leaving now" she says before hanging up. "The girls need me. It sounds important" she says while standing up. I stand up with her and give her a long hug before kissing the top of her head. "It's okay. I'll text you" I say pulling away and giving her a smile. "Okay" she says with a smile. I can tell it was a cover up for how nervous she is. Any time anyone mentions anything about a serious conversation or a secret, she seems to get nervous. But I'm also nervous. What is the girls know?

Rowan's POV

Today is the day we tell Hera. Everything. We all kept it a secret because we know she couldn't handle it after Dunbar. All of us have been getting new messages and threats from people that call themselves the zoo. Last night they almost killed Hailey with a smoke bomb in an elevator. We also just recieved a new threat that if we didn't tell Hera, they were going to go after next. There's another thing we got from the zoo. It said something about Brandon hiding something. We might not tell her that part because, her and Brandon have been doing good and I really don't want her to isolate herself because she's scared. Of course we don't want her to get hurt by him but we'll see how everything goes when she gets here. I'm with Hailey and Elisia right now, comforting Hailey. After a few minutes we hear the bedroom door open. I look up and see Hera. "Hi" she says, coming over and sitting on the end of the bed. "Hera... we need to tell you something" I say. She looks at me with a worried expression. We all look at each other for a moment before Hailey spoke. "We've been getting messages from a new user" she blurts out. I look back at Hera and can see her face turn into a panic. "We have been since the night you got shot" I cut in. "I-" she says while getting up. "I can't do this" she says, rushing out the door. "Damnit" I say under my breath. 

Hera's POV

I walk out feeling my heart pounding a million times per second. I feel like my lungs could collapse. My head was spinning, I felt like I could puke. This was just insane. More? More messages, but Dunbar is in jail. Who else would be messing with us? This time they aren't being too nice with the threats. I wasn't at all ready for this. I just got out of the hospital a little over a month ago and I'm already being terrorized. What did we do so wrong to deserve to be hunted like animals. I'm just so confused how something so small that we may have done, gets a group of people to try and kill us. I drove home and went straight to my room, ignoring any calls or texts from anyone, even Brandon. I decided to try and figure out more on what I have apparently been missing. I sat on my bed and pull out my laptop and started typing away. How come I didn't get any messages? Over all this time I didn't get anything and now I'm being told I'm also being threatened. I go to a private tab and start looking up stuff about a group of people that call themselves the zoo. A page popped up of numerous people in animal masks, dancing, partying, doing drugs. I continue to scroll when my eyes pause at a certain name and text. It was an account called King_Cobra, along with that was a text that said 'R, H, E, H need to go'. Was that our initials? As I was looking through the profiles of different animal names, my phone buzzed on my bed. I picked it up expecting to see Brandon's name pop up, but it wasn't. Across my screen I read out loud, 'King_Cobra'. I felt my throat tighten. I hesitently tapped on the message and read it. It said 'Wouldn't it be tragic if you found out your little boyfriends secret'. "What?" I say out loud. I heard a thud from outside my window and I froze. I sat there starring at the window, not making a sound or movement. I saw the curtain move and someone's feet dropped onto my floor. I watched carefully as the person revealed themselves. "Hi babe" Brandon says walking into my room. I let my breath I've been holding this whole time out. I grabbed my chest and took some deep breathes. "Are you okay?" he says coming over and sitting on my bed. I wanted to tell him I wasn't but, I didn't want to worry him. Does he know about the messages? What is his secret? "I'm okay" I say with a fake smile. I felt like he saw right through me. He looks at me with a worried expression until his attention focuses to my open laptop. I look at him then at my laptop. At the same moment he goes to reach for my laptop but I grab it and close it. "Hera what's going on?" he says trying to grab it from me. Eventually he snatched it out of my hands and opened it. I sit there looking down at my hands. I feel his stare start at me as he read what was on my laptop. "Hera" he says in a soft tone. I look up at him to see his expression completely changed. "Did you know about this?" I say, "The messages". He hesitates for a second before answering. "We didn't want you to be scared" he says setting down the laptop. "Of course I'm gonna be scared, we're being hunted and I didn't even know! What if I was walking somewhere alone and some person in a pig mask just shot me. I wouldn't even have been expecting it. How am I supposed to be careful and try not to die if I didn't know I was being followed" I exclaim. "I'm sorry Hera. We didn't think your mind was ready for all this new information. We wanted to make sure you were going to focus on your recovery" he says. I look him in the eye and I can see the fear and guilt that he is trying to hide. "Is that what everyone sees me as now? Just some mentally unstable girl that can't take the truth? Just because I got shot I'm just weak now? I fought for my damn life when I was running out of blood to live on. But apparently I can't handle people trying to fuck with my life" I say in one breath of anger. "Your right. Your not weak, your strong. We are going to work together and end this. If you can take a bullet, you can do anything" he says. I stay emotionless as I stare at him trying to read him. He seemed pretty genuine so I let it go. "Promise me, no more secrets" I say, walking closer to him. He looks into my eyes for a moment. I can see that something is on his mind and it's effecting something between us. "I promise" he says holding out his pinky. I crack a smile and wrap my pinky around his. "Wanna stay?" I ask. He looks down at me and smiles, "Of course" he says. We both get changed and crawl into my bed. I curl my head up to his chest and look up at him. "Brandon?" I say quietly. He looks down at me and smiles. "Yes?" he says. "You wouldn't do anything to hurt me, would you?" I say. He studies my face for a moment, "I would never hurt you. I let you get shot. But this time, I'm not gonna let anyone even touch you" he says with a serious expression. I smile up at him and peck his lips. I put my head back to where it was and close my eyes. I hope I can trust him.