The Death of Peace of Mind

Nine

-Olivia-

It had been weeks since I had last heard from Marie. Maybe I had upset her and she just needed space? In that time, I had gotten close with Noah's bandmates. It was like I had known them all my life.

Folio: Livvvvvv? :)

Olivia: Yes? :)

Folio: I'm bored. Noah and Jolly are writing and me and Nicholas are bored :(

Olivia: Why don't you boys play a video game or something?

Folio: We've played every game in this house. You've seen our collection right? We have every gaming console to man but we're still bored.

Olivia: Are you boys waiting for an invitation to come over?

Nick was the closest out of Noah's bandmates. After his apology for being hangry, we just clicked. Our friendship could rival mine and Marie's... when she started talking to me again.

Folio: So was that you inviting us over? I'm sure Noah wouldn't mind :)

Olivia: Yes... But you know you guys don't need an invite to come and hang.

-Folio-

"Did we get the invite over?" Nicholas asked.

"She did say yes but then also said that none of us needed an invite to come over." I looked at him, "Would that work? We've never needed invitations to enter the venues we've played at."

"Mostly because Matt and Noah have sorted that out for us." He looked up from his phone. Since Liv had told us that Marie had moved back in with her boyfriend and hasn't been in touch with her all Nicholas has been doing is searching news articles, making sure that Marie wasn't the next victim. "Marie's safe at least." God, the boy was obsessed.

Our kind are the epitome of love at first sight. It's never happened to me but we've all seen it happen to Noah twice. We all think it's happening with Nicholas but he doesn't want to admit it.

"With Noah being busy tonight I think he'd prefer one of us to be there with Liv. Do you think he's going to tell her about us?" I asked. I really wanted him to tell her, that way we wouldn't have to pretend around her.

"That's up to him." Nicholas sighed, "You know Jolly has took him to see Keaton right? After his admission of choosing a human over us, there's only one person that can talk some sense into him."

I heard my phone chime.

Olivia: I'm about to head to the store. Do you guys want anything specific?

My heart sank, "Nick? What is it?"

"She's heading to the store... she doesn't drive Nicholas and it's dark." He looked at me confused, clearly not understanding my reaction, "I haven't told Noah this but my visions of her stop at the moment she heads to the store. We need to go. Now!"

-Noah-

I knew where Jolly was taking me. Keaton had flown in as an emergency to speak to me about Liv. I don't see the point in trying to talk to me.

"You haven't said a word since you've got in the car." Jolly was driving to LAX with me to pick Keaton up.

"What is there to talk about?" I shrugged, "You told me to make a choice and I did."

"Noah, I'm not prepared to lose you. You've left me no choice but to get Keaton involved." Jolly's grip on the steering wheel started to get tight.

"Jolly..." His grip was getting tighter, "Joakim listen to me." Man it felt awkward to use his proper name. "You are not going to lo..." I froze "Stop the car."

"What?" Jolly carried on driving.

"Stop the fucking car!" I yelled. He stopped the car and glared at me. I didn't say a word to him as I started to get out of his car.

"Noah what the fuck? We're going to be late for Keaton!"

"Tell him to get a fucking Uber!" I hissed, "The bastard is out here... and so is Liv!"

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-Olivia-

Nick never responded to me so I just decided to go to the store and just buy them a bunch of snacks and beer.

There was a cold breeze in the air as I walked towards the store, causing me to pull my jacket around myself more. I heard my phone chime in my pocket. Pulling it out, I gasped when I saw who had messaged.

Marie: Liv? I need you. Something bad has happened.

Olivia: Oh my God! Where have you been? Are you okay? I'm just on my way to the store if you still have my spare key just let yourself in.

Marie: I can't Liv. You have to invite me in.

I was about to respond to Marie when a pair of strong arms grabbed me, pulling me into the alleyway that haunted my dreams.

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Authors note: A bit of a filler chapter but trust me things get better/interesting from here!