The Teenage Struggle

Chapter Twenty - Four

Carly's P.O.V
What just happened? I've never seen such a thing! What was Vanessa supposed to do?

I chase Vanessa as fast as I can to demand an explanation to this nonsense. I didn't understand anything.

"Vanessa!" I shout as soon as I grab her from her arm quickly.

"What is wrong with you? You're being super suspicious!"

"Can we go somewhere?" she responds anxiously whilst glancing around in certain corners of the place.

"Sure." I respond confused.

A few minutes later, we were both outside a small fast food restaurant and quickly entered inside. Vanessa then quickly asks:

"Did anyone follow us?"

"For Christ's sake, Vanessa! What the hell is going on?!" I yell.

Everyone inside the restaurant stared at us. We just moved on to our seat.

"Sit down." Vanessa said sorrowfully.
"Yeah. I am. Tell me. What do you want?" I ask her over and over again.

"Okay. Shut up! Look..." Vanessa said as she was staring at the ground.

"Can you just spit it out?! Tell me Vanessa." I force her.

"Okay fine. I'll say it real quick.
Jen and Chris paid me to murder you."
she says quickly.

"WHAT?! And you went with that? You accepted the offer?" I yell back at her with anger.

"I didn't mean to. Sorry Carl." she apologizes.

I get up from the table and go outside to get a deep breath from all this shock.
As soon as I turn back to check on Vanessa, she's gone!
I quickly rush inside searching for her. There was not a single sign of her.

I run out and yell her name continuously until a huge Jeep passes by me nearly hitting me. That Jeep belonged to the only 2 people I know.

I quickly grabbed a cab and told him angrily to start chasing that car.

Chris began to speed up, passing by red lights and going through a bag of traffic. As soon as we reach the jeep, Jen starts to throw some stupid and random things out her window to get rid of us.

The cab bumps into the jeep and then I immediately get out of the cab and open the driver's door and kick Chris in his stomach and then his head against the stirring wheel. Chris instantly begins to be unconscious and Jen comes running from behind me to attack but I quickly punch her in the face leading my hands to bleed with pain.
I quickly get Vanessa and get into the cab and run off.

Ten minutes later...
(outside My house)

"Thank You Very much for your help Mr. Taxi Driver." I tell the taxi driver as I pay him for his help.

I enter the house with Vanessa.

"Hey Carly! Hey Vanessa!" Mum yells with joy.

"Hi mum! We have to finish a group project real quick for Monday and Vanessa is staying for a sleepover." I say standing in front of Vanessa to cover the bruises on her legs.

We quickly go up the stairs and into my room and put bandages all over Vanessa's bruises.

"Carly. Thank You so so much for everything. I'm so sorry for what I did. I should have been on your side." Vanessa says slowly and apologizes.

"It's ok Vanessa. Just promise me that you'll help me fight fire with fire against Chris and Jen." I advise her.

"I promise. But we have to make a plan." Vanessa says.

"Before we make a plan, we have to find Rebecca. She's part of the group now. Let's call her." I explain to Vanessa.

"It's kinda late to call her, don't you think? I mean it is 12:37 am." Vanessa smirks.

"Fine. We will talk to her tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, we will get up early. No buts." I bossed her around.

"Okay. Like 11?" Vanessa giggles.

"No, like 7-8." I say seriously.
"What?! That's too early." Vanessa glares at me.

We then fall asleep and I set the alarm for 7:30.

*Ding Ding*
"Hey. Wake up!" Vanessa says. "I'm awake since 6 o'clock."

"Why so early?" I ask.
" I talked to Rebecca." Vanessa says.
"Really? What did she say?" I asked curiously.
"She's coming over in an hour." Vanessa replies with a monotonous voice.
"Okay good." I answer back.

Few hours later...

Rebecca still hasn't arrived and Carly & Vanessa are sitting around staring at the walls doing and saying absolutely nothing. After a few seconds, they get a weird phone call from an unknown number.

"HELP! Like seriously HELP!" yelled an innocent voice.
"SHUT UP!" Said a voice from the background which sounded awfully like Chris's.

"Chris. Is that you?!" I yell through the phone.

"Oh shit. Close the phone! Now!" Chris says angrily.

I instantly understood that something awful has happened and now that Vanessa was here. We both had to do something.

We quickly go to Rebecca's house as quick as I could and we could realise that all the shutters from her room were completely closed.

We rang the door bell rapidly hoping that everything was well.

Rebecca answers the door.
"Hey guys! I overslept! I was about to come now." she says happily.

Vanessa and I stared at each other as if what we heard through the phone was just an illusion.

We all walk quietly back home and then I saw some blood stains on the door handle.

I quickly entered inside the house but Mother was there but someone else wasn't.

"Mum, where's Steve!?" I yelled worriedly.

"Oh. Jen came and picked him up to go to the park nearby for a talk." she said with a smile on her face.

"What?!" We all yelled worriedly.

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A/N
There you go! Bammmm!
Another chapter! Sorry that I kept you waiting. I was terribly busy and didn't have time to update due to exams and it was also my birthday a few days ago so, yeah! :)
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Love you guys! Thanks for the support!(Ps. Sorry if it's short. I can't write extra things in this chapter.)

July 1, 2015

- MaTTheW