Ever After - Second Book of the Video Games Series

eleven.

Eleven.

Lia’s POV;

I raced to Justin’s dorm building to try and find Hunter and Kyle. Tears straining my vision, trying my best to stay in a flourished and populated area just in case I were to run into Bruce, once again. I ran down the hallway, cursing when I found it empty. I looked for room 325, and desperately knocked. When Hunter opened the door, I just collapsed in his arms. “Please help me, please.”

“Holy shit Lia, what’s wrong?” Hunter asked.

I heard Kyle move to the door, “Is everything alright?”

I looked up at the both of them, “Bruce has gone fucking psycho! I got away because Justin told me to come to you guys, but I can’t…I can’t.” I felt my knees go weak but Hunter caught me before I hit the ground.

“Holy shit, this mother fucker has Justin.” Kyle said, slamming his fist into the wall.

“Lia, look at me.” Hunter said, “We’re gonna get him for you. But you have to stay here.”

I shook my head feebly, trying to catch my breath.

I knew they were right.

Justin’s POV;

I was praying that Lia made it out alright, when 15 minutes turned into 30 and Bruce still hasn’t returned I didn’t know what to think. I helped Josh sit up, handing him a towel to put pressure on his wound. “I’m sorry this happened to you.” I muttered. I was sincere, even though the whole thing was his fault, no one deserved this.

“It wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t ask for help, if I just let go.” Josh mumbled.

“I wouldn’t have let go, but I wouldn’t have gone crazy either.”

“You don’t get it. Lia meant everything to me, I was dropping hints the whole friendship letting her know that I liked her but she never caught on, but you come in and everything changes. You took my best friend away from me.”

I never saw it that way. I didn’t realize that I took away someone special to him. “She really cares about you, that’ll never change.”

“I don’t think I’m going to make it.” He whispered.

“You will make it dude, don’t be negative.”

“Just do me a favor and take care of her for me, please…”

I just nodded my head not being able to find the right words to say. When I heard the door handle being shook, I grabbed the gun off the floor and held it close. Bruce entered the door way and looked at the bed to see if Lia was still there, when he noticed she wasn’t his eyes met mine and a look of disbelief crossed his face. “She’s not here, whatever beef you have with me, deal with it.” I found myself saying.

“Ah, you watched your girlfriend give me head and now you find yourself growing a pair of balls.” Bruce chuckled. “Well, listen here kid, that’s not all she did to me. She even let me fuck her, and needless to say I see why you’d fight for her.”

I slowly stood up, keeping my eyes on him. “You had sex with my girlfriend?”

“Same day you had sex with Nicole, which wasn’t part of the plan but thanks for pushing her in my direction.”

I ground my teeth together, “You touched Lia….you touched her.”

“Oh I did more than touch her. I did things to her body she’ll never forget. She’s like an animal in bed.” I charged towards him, hitting his stomach with my shoulder, the both of us toppling down. I straddled him and punched him in the face four times, with the gun in hand. The smug grin on Bruce’s face never leaving. He pushed me off him and before I had the chance to get up his foot came in contact with my ribcage, causing me to grunt in pain. He snatched the gun from my hand and cocked it. “Get the fuck up Bieber.” He said.

I slowly stood up, holding onto my side, “What you gonna do? Kill me?”

“You want to act like a man, you’re gonna die like a man.” He smiled. “Then when I finished, I’m going to find your girl, rape her again, and kill her too.”

I felt the tears stream down my face, “You touch her again I swear to God I’ll – ”

“You’ll what? You can’t do anything six feet under.” He smirked. Just as his finger wrapped around the trigger, I saw Hunter tackle him to the ground.

The gun went off and the color started to fade. I remember hitting the ground and Kyle finally came to my side. “Come on man, come on.” He kept saying. “Today isn’t the day you die dude, keep your eyes open.” His hands left me for a bit and he said, “I thought we told you to stay away!”

Lia’s hands were on my face making me look up at her, her face was wet with tears and all I wanted to do was kiss them away. “Justin please, help is coming please.”

“I love you.” I whispered.

She grabbed my hand and cradled her face in my fingers. “I love you too, so much.”

“You’re going to be okay.”

“No, please don’t say your goodbyes. This isn’t goodbye Justin, it isn’t good bye.”

“I’m sorry for everything.” I whispered.

She leaned down and kissed my lips softly, and laid down on the ground, placing her hand on the gunshot wound a little to the left of my heart. My arm was wrapped around her and she was humming my favorite Bob Marley song.

Those were the last things I remember before everything went black.