I spent one hour on the punching bags. The guys all stopped when they saw me walk in. One of ten even came up to me and asked if I was lost. I punched his nose and made it bleed. He changed his mind quickly. The whole time I threw punches at the bag the guys watched in amazement. No girl was in the area. Just me and the guys.
"Brooke?" I hear a voice. I stop punching and turn around to see Aiden standing at the door.
"Yeah?" I say.
"They left." He says. He looks uneasy. I walk over to him.
"Did they do anything to you?" I ask him.
"Not much. I'll live." He says with a smile.
"What did they do to you?" I ask him.
"Just a few punches to my face. Nothing I can't handle." He says with a smile. He looks down at my hands and sees my knuckles split open, bleeding. "Brooke why didn't you wrap them?" He asks taking my hands to inspect my knuckles.
"I didn't even feel it." I whisper to myself. I didn't even know they were cut open like that.
"We need to get this cleaned up." He says taking me out of the room. He took me to his office and sat me down. Taking out a first aid kit he started cleaning my cuts.
"Aiden you don't need to do this." I tell him.
"Yes I do." He says continuing to clean them. I wince every now and then. He finally gets them wrapped.
"Thank you." I tell him. He smiles and starts to put the stuff away.
"We are closing in an hour. Do you want to stay until then?" He asks.
"Yeah. But then I have to go home. Deal with my brother I just knocked out. My other brother that can be very annoying. And my sister. Including my parents and the boys. They don't even love me enough to realize that I went missing for two hours. I left one year ago today and came home yesterday. They didn't know where I was. But you heard her. They didn't realize I was gone until I was already on a plane." I say with tears running down my cheeks. Aiden goes over there and wipes them away.
"Hey don't say that Brooke. They do love you. They just might have a hard time showing you." He says.
"We are quadruplets. We should love each other and be able to show one another. Even in the note I wrote them the day I ran away I told them I loved them. They did try to protect me when I was bullied at school but it wasn't good enough because they always failed to stop it. And now they are best friends with the boys and I couldn't be more happier for them but I don't feel like they are my best friends. You know what I mean?" I say turning to him.
"Yeah I do. But remember. Ones best friend could be another friends enemy." He tells me.
"I don't want to go home." I tell him.
"Come to my place. I have an extra room that you can stay in. You are more than welcome to barrow my clothes to sleep in, and you can use my soaps to shower. I don't mind at all." He tells me.
"Okay. I will." I say with a smile.
"Just we will have to get a ride there. My cars in the shop." He says looking embarrassed. I hold my keys up.
"I have a car." I tell him. He smiles.
"Let me get this closed up then we can go." He says walking out. I grab my bag and follow him. He locks his office and starts out the door.
"Aren't you going to lock the whole building up?" I ask him.
"No the personal trainers do that." He says shrugging. I follow him out to my car.
"Do you mind if I go to the mall real fast? It won't take very long." I ask him when we are both in the car.
"I don't mind I have to get a few things anyways he says with a smile.
"Thank you." I say ad pull out heading to the mall.
"This is a nice car. When did you get it?" He asks.
"The same day I ran away. But I've only driven it that day and today. I didn't take it with me when I left." I tell him.
"Wow. It's a beautiful car." He says. I smile and park when we get to the mall.
"Thanks. Now do you want to walk with me or go our separate ways?" I ask him when we start walking into the mall.
"I don't mind walking with you." He says.
"Okay. Well I need to go buy an outfit for school tomorrow, that is if I decide to go, some shoes, and soaps." I tell him.
"I already told you that you can use my soap." He said.
"I know but I'm already staying at your house. I don't want to waste your soap. I mean I'm still using your clothes because guy clothes are so much more comfy then girls but still." I tell him and he laughs a little.
"Okay then." He says as we walk to a clothing store.
"What all do you need to get?" I ask as I look at the shirts.
"A few shirts an some jeans." He says while looking at the guys section.
"You know what? I'm just going to get me a pair of jeans. Can I barrow one of your shirts to wear tomorrow?" I ask him.
"Yeah. It's no problem to me." He says putting another shirt on his arm. I wonder over to the bra and underwear section. I need to my me some. I buy a bra and a few pairs of underwear and get me a few pairs of jeans. I go to the check out and pay for my items.
"You ready?" I ask him when he comes up next to me.
"Yeah just let me pay for them." He says. I nod and go to looking at a few shirts. "Okay I'm good." He says. We walk out and go to a store that I can buy soaps at. Getting them and paying we head off to the shoe department.
"What do you think?" I asked holding a pair of maroon converse. He studies them for a few seconds.
"I have a shirt that will match them." He says with a smile. We both laugh and go over to the checkout line. After that we head out.
