My Drug-In Editing

Totally Ruined the Mood

"So, what did you need to talk to me about?" Ben asks as we flop onto his bed, staring at the ceiling. We still haven't fully recovered from the giggle-fit we had, brought to you by his mom.

"Oh, yeah." I calm down immediately. This isn't a giggle-fit appropriate topic. I reach into my bag that I had brought and pull out my notebook. "I saw this while I was in Mr. Martin's office." I flip to the page and hand the notebook over to Ben.

"Does he know you saw this?" He asked, also over the giggles. His face etched with concern.

"I don't think so. I saw it, memorized it, and wrote it down when I got to class." He relaxes a little bit, but his usual bright, blue-grey eyes were dark and stone cold, clearly upset. "What do you think it means?" I ask, hoping he starts to study the notebook more than studying me.

"Well there's clearly an exchange of money going on." He points to the top list. "What the actual hell?!" His voice raising to a scary yell, pointing at Alex's name on the top list.

"I was questioning that too." I say sadly, knowing that when Liam finds out, he'll be devastated. "Okay, so whatever they're doing involves money. Cool. We can figure that out later." I said shifting the attention, hopefully, to our names on the bottom list. "What do you think those numbers mean?"

"They kind of look like dates." Ben says, shifting through his own notebook. He points at the top of one of the pages of notes he just took. Pre-Calc -- SOH CAH TOA -- 12/18 he points to the date. "The numbers divided by slashes." he explains. He didn't have to. It made sense now, why the numbers didn't go past 30 on that list. I nod, just when my phone starts spazzing like crazy. "What's that?" Ben asks, clearly startled.

"Oh it's just the vibration tone I set for a default. I don't like having my ringer on, it makes too much noise." I explain.

"And that doesn't?" he quizzed.

"This way I don't miss it." I smile as I go to pick up my phone. Unlocking it, my smile disappears.

"What is it?!" Ben's eyes are completely grey and dark with worry.

1 unseen message:

Unknown #: Hey princess, get ready to go out. I'm picking you up in 20.

Me: Who is this?

Unknown #: Oh surely you would already have your king's number saved in your phone

Me: WHAT THE HELL ERIK?! How'd you get my number? How do you know where I live?

Erik 😈: I have my resources... you have 15 minutes

"Evie..." Ben's voice filled with concern. All I do is hand him my phone. "I'll be there in case he does anything." I nod, gathering my things. He walks me home and then walks back to his to grab his car. I knew I couldn't get out of this one, but it felt nice knowing that Ben would have my back.

By the time I see Ben raise his garage door and start his car, the door bell rings...

A/N: Ooooh suspenseful. I told you Erik wasn't done messing around. Comment what you think comes next. Where is Erik taking her? Is Erik alone, or with his posse? What about Ben?