Trouble

I Need Your Love Like A Boy Needs His Mothers Side

"This is not what it is, only baby scars. I need your love like a boy needs his mothers side." I sing along to the song and stop when I hear someone clear their throat. I jump and look up, seeing Jesse there. I automatically get nervous around her ever since she told me that she would kill me if she had too the day that she killed her dad and sister. "Sorry.." she tells me. "Its okay." I automatically respond, assuming she meant about scaring me. "No, I'm sorry for acting like a total bitch..." she said, trailing off. "Jesse, it's okay.. We all get like that.." I trail off. "I don't know if we are friends anymore, but if we aren't, can we?" she asked. "Of course Jesse.. I'm not throwing away a friendship since pre-k for something silly like that! I love you, Jesse. You're my lifeboat, the reason I'm still here." I tell her the last part quietly. "The reason you're still here?" she questioned."Yeah.." I admit quietly. "You wanted to kill yourself, but I helped you through it?" she questioned once again. "Yeah..." I tell her quietly, tears spilling from my eyes. She walked fastly to me, engulfing me in a hug. She held me close. I felt tears fall from her eyes. "I never told you how many times you saved me without knowing it." she tells me. She moved back and gave me a weak smile. "Are we good?" Jesse asked. I nod, giving her a smile. "I'm glad we are.." She tells me. A knock on the door made me jump, and made Jesse turn around, us both seeing Zack. "Hey.. are you two okay?" Zack asked. "Yeah." Jesse replied, and looked at me. "Much better." I agree. Jesse looks back at Zack. "How are you feeling?" he asked. She rubbed the back of her neck. She then cringed and put her arm back down. "Still hurting" She admits. I bow my head down in shame.. I didn't step in to help my best friend... Ugh, make-yourself-feel-like-shit mode activated. More tears fall from my eyes in shame of just standing there as her boyfriend abused her.

I heard another knock at the door. I looked at the doorway, and see Alex. Jesse immediately backed up. "Jesse come here" Alex ordered. She shook her head no. "Leave me alone Alex." She tells him. "Don't you dare tell me what to do, get over here now!" He shouted. She jumped from him shouting. Jesse started to walk to him when she stopped. She was close to him and far from Zack and I. "No, you're just going to hurt me." she says. We both looked at him, glaring. "I'm tired of getting abused, I thought it was done when I broke up with Jake." She says. Alex stepped forward, and grabbed her arm, making her whimper. "Let her go!" Zack ordered. "Shut the fuck up!" Alex yelled. He started to drag Jesse out of the room. She grabbed his hand and started to get it out of her hair. He let go, and she stood up, when he swung his fist, hitting her in the face. She stumbled backwards, falling into Zack's arms. She brought her hand to her lip and Zack set her on the floor. I watched Zack storm to Alex punching him, then pushing him out the door. "Jesse are you okay?" I asked, very worried. She just nodded as tears fell. "Why did you whimper when Alex grabbed your arm?" I asked. "Bruises." She claimed, her pupil's growing wide like they always do when she lies. I grabbed her left arm gently and moved her sleeve up.  My eyes widen, seeing that she lied. On her arm was a long line vertical, starting at her wrist and ending before the crook of her elbow. "Did you do this?" I asked scared. "No... Alex did" she tells me.The wound was deep I'm surprised she didn't bleed to death.

"I'm going to get stuff to clean and cover this... I'll be back" I tell Jesse. I walk out into the hallway, going to the bathroom and ran into Zack. "Oh, hey babe." he says. "Hi." I greet him. "Where ya going?" he asks. "Bathroom to get stuff for Jesse." I tell him and continue my walk to the bathroom, him following behind me like a lost puppy. I arrive at the bathroom, go in and get the stuff for Jesse, then turn around to be face to face with Alex. "H-h-hey Alex.." I stutter, scared out of my mind. He doesn't respond. I shrug and try to push past him, but he doesn't budge. Alex seizes Zack and I by our arms, dragging us into the hallway. He ties up our arms and legs and picks me up, carrying me downstairs to the basement, then going back for Zack. I look around and see the rest of the guys tied up, but no sign of Jesse. Alex ties me to a pole and ties Zack up to a chair near the rest of the guys and walks out of the basement, to get Jesse I assume. "G-guys, what's going on..?" I ask the guys, fat tears rolling down my cheeks. "I don't know, but it will be okay babe, I promise." I hear from Zack, and Rian joins in by saying, "Don't worry hun, Alex is probably just messing around." I hum quietly in agreement and jump as the door is thrown open and in come Alex and Jesse. Jesse looks around the room quickly, and must notice me. She moved her left arm and punched Alex. He punched her and threw her to the ground, kicking her in the ribs. He picked her up by her hair, and she staggered forward. He pushed her into a chair and it broke. She made eye contact with the guys and Alex snuck up behind her and gave her hair a hard yank. She stood up and followed Alex. He slammed her back into a different pole than I was tied too, causing her to yelp. "Alex! She can't breath!" I scream at him. "Help her!" I hear Jack yell. Alex starts walking towards Jesse, and her head fell forward. Alex untied her ropes and she slumped to the ground, seemingly unconscious. "Jesse, come on. Wake up, come on!" Jack says. "Jesse, please wake up!" I shout. "Look what you have done Alex!" Zack yells. I see Jesse's hand move and and she grabbed a knife that was near her hand. She opened her eyes as Alex crouched in front of her. She jerked her arm, forcefully stabbing him in the side, causing him to yelp in pain. Alex fell to his side and Jesse got up off the floor and growled. Alex also stood up and yanked the knife out of his side. Jesse dodged him as he started to swipe the knife at her. I look over to where Jesse was looking as I start to smell smoke and see bright orange and yellow flames licking the floor where some gasoline had spilled out of a gas can that I thought was empty. Alex must have lighted them when we were all preoccupied with worrying about Jesse. Alex lunged at Jesse as she was watching the fire and dug the knife into her side. Jesse fell to her knees on the floor and coughed up blood. She put one hand out and pulled the knife out of her side, and blood immediately started pooling from the stab wound onto the floor beneath her. "Look what you have done! You killed the girl you love Alex!" Jack yells. "Wake the fuck up Alex!" Zack yells. "Alex, please wake up. We need to get out of here or we're all going to burn." I say calmly. I watch Alex walk away, leaving us to burn. "The bastard left us." Rian snarled. Jesse started trying to get up, but she couldn't. One her third time trying she got up and grabbed the bloody knife. She walked to the guys and cut their ropes off, then handed the knife to Jack, who walked over and cut the ropes off of me. I turn around and see Jesse collapse, but Rian and Zack caught her. "We have to get out of here." Jack tells us, stating the obvious. We all started to walk to the stairs, the guys helping her up them. When we got to the top, Jesse tells them to let go of her. "I can walk." she tells them. They let her go, and we start to make our way to the front door, the smoke thick in the air, flames licking at the walls. We pass the living room, and see Alex standing on a chair, a noose around his neck. I have to force myself to not help him by reminding myself of all of the shit he put Jesse, the boys, and I through. We run the remaining feet to the door, the smoke getting too thick to breathe, and we collapse onto the front lawn, taking deep breaths. I shoot up off the ground as I realize that Jesse isn't with us. She must have stayed behind to help Alex. I quickly push myself off the ground and start running to the door when I hear a loud BOOM! sounding from inside the house. Shit. What the hell was that? Was it a gun? It sounded like a gunshot. Did one of them kill the other? Did Alex kill Jesse?! Fuck. My best friend might be dead....

A/N Hey guys its Madi! Damn, intense shit right there. I hope you enjoyed it, it was a very fun chapter to write. Please vote and comment if you liked it! Stay Beautiful! Peace.