Secrets // Ethan Dolan

7. Be bad

Chapter 7, Be Bad                  

"Oh, c'mon Katie. It'll be fun." What on earth was he thinking? He basically dragged me out of my house in the middle of the night, drove me somewhere I had never even heard of and now we were here, standing in front of an abandoned building.

"No, what the fuck Ethan. How did you even come up with this insane idea?!" Half of me just wanted to go home and sleep but another part of me wanted to stay and discover what we were about to do.

"Please, just try. I know you want to do it, otherwise you wouldn't have come with me in the first place. Be bad for once." His eyes locked with mine and I knew that the sane half of me had lost.

"Urgh, okay, fine." It came out as only a whisper, but he had heard me perfectly fine.  Ethan grabbed my hand and it felt so good, my hand fit perfectly in his. Such a cliché to say, but it was the truth. Butterflies erupted in my stomach and I let him drag me to the door of the building, scared of what was to come.

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Why did I ever agree to do this? Now I was here, stuck in a room, freaking out. I could feel the panic attack coming up and I swear that if I didn't get out of here as soon as possible, I would tear the whole building down. Where the fuck was Ethan even? I knew that he had ran off to somewhere a while ago, discovering more parts of the building but still, he should be back by now.

"Stay here." He had said.

"I'll be back soon." He had said. Yeah well, that dickbag still wasn't here.

It was fun in the beginning, though. We broke the lock of the door and made our way in. We had to climb over some walls that had caved in or move some stuff that had fallen over but he somehow never let go off my hand. I didn't mind ofcourse.

Ethan tried to scare me a couple times, and every time he did, I smacked him in the chest. But I didn't mind. Who wouldn't wanna be here with a handsome boy who can protect you from all evil? The only problem was that he wasn't here to protect me. Looked like I needed to save myself if something came up.

Time passed slowly and I got sick of waiting. Let's find a way out of here and go back home, I thought.
The door was jammed shut because a closet fell in front of it. How did I get in here, you ask? Well, there was a hole in the wall on my left and yes, I climbed through it. Standing in, what seemed like, the hallway, I looked around. Which way do I go?

I decided to go to my right but after a minute of walking, I stopped.

trr trr trr

What was that sound? It sounded like someone was dragging an axe across the floor, coming my way. It was the scariest sound in all times and I quickly hid myself behind a cabinet.

trr trr trr

That sound again.

My breathing was uneven and my hands were shaking. Was this really how my life would end? In an abandoned building where nobody would ever find me?

"Katie? Are you okay?" Ethan stood behind me, I didn't hear him coming up to me. I was too busy trying to control my breathing and not passing out.

"D-did you hear that sound?" I managed to get out. We had to get out of here.

"No, no, no. It's fine, Katie! That was me, I was just messing with ya." He was what?!

"You fucking asshole. First you leave me here all by myself, scared shitless and then you decide that it's a fun idea to do something like that to me?" I couldn't control myself right now. He had really scared me and for one moment, I didn't care about his pretty eyes or his muscular arms wrapped around me. Wait. Wrapped around me.

"Ssh. Just breathe in and out. I didn't mean to scare you this much. Please forgive me." He whispered in my ear, but I couldn't focus on what he was saying. The only thing coming through was his hand running up and down my back. I felt myself becoming calm immediately and after a short minute, I freed myself from his tight -but pleasant- grip.

"It's okay, sorry that I was overreacting so much." He smirked and grabbed my hand, leading me somewhere I hadn't been yet.

"You're still an ass, tho." I smirked at him before he gave me a push. "Where are we, by the way? You never told me." There were a couple of questions running through my mind since the moment we had gotten here. For instance, why did he even bring me here? Why not one of his friends? Where were we and did this building mean something to Ethan when he was younger?

"Oh, this is some old movie theater that me and my family used to come to before it was shut down." Aha, two of my questions already answered.

"Nice, but remind me again; why did you bring me here and not one of your friends?" I just had to know, he couldn't just come up to doorstep and take me somewhere without explaining.

"You just seemed like a chill person. My friends would never agree with me do something as insane like this." So he actually, sort of meant that he liked hanging out with me?

No, Katie. He said that his friends wouldn't agree on breaking in in an abandoned movie theater, not that he liked hanging out with you. Don't twist his words. My voice sounded through my head.

"Well, I had a nice time. Except for the scary part. Don't ever leave me alone like that again." I answered him. We had made our way out of the building by now.

"Promise." He said as he stepped in the car. I smiled to myself, thinking about what he had just said.