Triggered

Part 22

As soon as we got to his room I jumped in his bed. He closed the door, threw his shirt on the floor and crawled into bed. 

"Do you think we could just watch a movie?"

He nods. 

"You can pick the movie, I'll go call Brook."

I get up and walk into the hallway and dial Brooke's number.

"Hello," she says, quietly.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

She whispered something that I couldn't hear.

"Brook, I can't hear you, speak up."

"I can't," she sounds to be crying.

"Brook, what's going on, are you okay?"

I can't hear words but I can hear her sobs.

"I have to go. He'll hear me."

"Who? Who's he? Who's gonna hear you?"

I run back into the bedroom. 

"Jacob, get up."

He looks over to me, slowly, "Why?"

"Jacob, get up, come on, we gotta go."

He just stares. 

"Jacob, get up, please, someone's at the house with Brooke."

"Who?"

"I don't know, but she crying and she said she couldn't talk because he'd hear her, so get your keys and come on."

Jacob scrambled to put his clothes, and grab his keys and then we ran to the car. 

It was a silent ride. We parked a block over, so that no one would see our lights. As soon as we rounded the corner, I couldn't see whose, but there was a car in the drive way I didn't recognize. 

We ran up to the door. It was open. I walked inside, Jacob following closely behind. It was dark, I couldn't see 5 inches in front of me. I slowly made my way to the hallway and to Brook's room. the door is closed and I can see a small light from under the door. I slowly open the door, I see that the light is Brook's phone, but she isn't there. I run in and pick up her phone. I put it in my pocket. 

"Should we yell for her?" Jacob asked. 

"What if that gets her caught?"

He shrugs. I go across the hall into my room. 

"Maybe we could create a diversion."

"How so?"

I pull him to my bed. "Be loud."

He nods.  

We both start yelling and screaming. I hear something fall in the kitchen. We start screaming louder. Jacob gets off the bed and gets beside the door with a bat. We keep screaming louder and louder, until my doorknob starts to shake. Jacob readies himself. 

The door flies open and Buck stands there with a pan. Jacob hits him on the back of his head, hard. He falls in the floor. We run out of my room. 

"Brook, where are you?"

No response. 

"Brook, it's Bryce and Jacob, where are you?"

Still nothing. 

"If you can hear us, make some noise, do anything."

We're quiet and waiting for a response, but then I see her. Lying on the ground, lifeless. I run over to her. 

"Brook," I feel her, she has a pulse, but it's very weak. 

"Jacob, call an ambulance, now!"

I hold her close to me, "You're going to be okay. We're here now. You're okay."

I held her for about 10 minutes, before the ambulance showed up and took her. 

After they loaded her up, I quickly remembered the man lying in bedroom floor. 

Jacob and I walked into my room. Buck was just starting to get out of the floor.

"Do you want to explain why you're here?"

He stands up and sits down in my chair. 

"I'm here to take away the things that you care about. Why do you think I'm with Ace now?"

Ace, how could I forget about Ace?

"Where is he?"

"Not important, right now."

Jacob takes a step closer to him. "I think it is," he says, putting his hands around Buck's throat.

"He's at home."

"Don't lie," Jacob warned.

"He is at home in his bed."

"Does he know you're doing this?"

"Of course not, do you really think he'd stay with me?"

"No."

"I was planning on getting rid of him and then you." he says looking over at Jacob.

"You're not gonna lay a fucking hand on him, Buck."

"Who's gonna stop me?"

"Me," I say, stepping forward, punching him in the stomach.

"I'm fucking sick of you thinking toying with me is fun, I hate you, and you're really gonna regret it if she dies."

He smiled. 

"Do you think this is a joke."

He smirks. 

"Jacob, can you deal with this please, I'll be right back."

Jacob nods and smiles. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sorry it's been so long but I am back