Hostage

Chapter 6

*Nathaniel's POV

As soon as he said that word, I panicked and froze. I just didn't know what to do or where to go. Ezra saw I was lowkey freaking out and came over to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. "Nathaniel, I know this seems scary but you need to listen me. Try to snap out of it and follow me. We need to leave." He said before taking me by my hand and guiding me towards the window. "Now, climb out of the window and run to the car as fast as you can and get in. I'll be right behind you, I just have to get something really quick." He gave me the key and I nodded in agreement climbing out of the window, which I was able to do since we were on ground level. I would've been screwed if we hadn't been. I got out and ran to the place where we parked the car as fast as I could. I unlocked the door and got in.

I was out of breath because of the running, but also because I was afraid that something might happen to Ezra. I don't know why I suddenly cared so much about his safety, but I did. I was relieved when I finally saw him running to the car. He got in and placed his suitcase in the backseat, started the car as fast as he could and took off like an arrow. I stared at him hoping he would explain the situation, but he was too concentrated on driving. I guess that was a good thing. I saw that he was consistently looking back, I looked back trying to see what he was so worried about. I saw that we were being followed by a black car. "Who are those men and why are they following us?" I asked him. "They're employees of my dad and they want you. The deal that he made with the men that wanted to buy you was a very important one, so they're not going to give up that easily. I don't know how they found us so fast though." He said still keeping his eyes on the road. "Did you ever consider that maybe your dad placed a tracker in your car? You being the son of a crime boss and all that, he'd probably want to know where you are at all times." I asked. slightly mocking him for not having thought about it. "You could have a very valid point there." He said. "Well obviously I do Ezra, I mean duh."

After he thought about it for a bit, while also continuing to stay ahead of the black car, he came up with a plan."Okay Nathaniel, you're gonna have to do something for me." He said very seriously."What do you want me to do?" I asked worried that I would have to do something I wasn't able to do. "Take that suitcase that I put in the back and open it." I nodded and took the suitcase and opened it. I was shocked to see what was in it, a gun. "Don't worry about the gun, I'll handle that. You just have to take the wheel and steer for me." Ezra said. "You're not going to kill them, are you? They're still people." I asked him. "Don't worry Nathaniel, I would never kill anyone unless there was no other option. I just need to buy us some time, okay? Do you trust me?" I nodded and it was true, I trusted him more than I've ever trusted anyone.

"Okay, take the wheel now." Ezra said. I did what he asked, just keeping it steady so that we would continue to drive straight ahead. I kept looking over at Ezra trying to see what he was doing. He aimed his gun at the car's tires and shot, he hit his target perfectly. He then hit another tire with his next shot. They were forced to stop which gave us time to get away.

"See, I told you I wouldn't kill them." Ezra said with a smirk. "Yeah that's because you can aim. If that would've been me shooting, I might have even killed myself by accident." I said laughing.   "Okay Nathaniel, so the plan now is to leave this car behind somewhere and find something else." We drove for a couple more minutes when we finally saw a store with a huge parking lot in the distance. We parked, got out of the car and started looking for another vehicle.

As I was trying to find something I looked over at Ezra, he seemed completely mesmerised by something. As I got closer, I saw that he was staring at a motorcycle."Really Ezra? That doesn't look like the most comfortable way of transport." I said laughing at how excited he looked. "Can we please take it, I've always wanted to ride one of these. I promise we'll look for something else later, but just for now can we?" He asked with the biggest puppy eyes I've ever seen. "Well okay you're the one driving anyway." I said sighing not really liking it, but going along with it anyway.

He found a way to jumpstart the motorcycle and got on it. I got on it as well and placed my hands on my lap." You're gonna have to put your arms around me." He said laughing." Ugh, do I have to?" I asked knowing he was loving this situation. "Only if you don't want to die." I agreed against my will and wrapped my hands around his waist. Ezra took off. As we were driving, I started to feel more and more comfortable and before I knew it I had placed my head on Ezra's shoulder. He looked back at me very pleased that I did this. I rolled my eyes at him, but I didn't really care. It felt good and at this point, that's all I cared about. We drove for two more hours when we finally saw an exit ahead of us which led to a small town. There wasn't much, but at least there was something. We decided to go eat something since I was starving and I'm pretty sure Ezra was too, since I could feel his stomach rumbling the entire time we were driving.

We went to a local diner that looked like it came straight out of the 1950's. It wasn't very luxurious, but it was cosy and I was excited to finally get some food into my system. We both ate their classic hamburger. We talked about what happened and a lot of other random stuff. It was about 9pm when we left. We had asked our server where we could find a place to stay for tonight and she recommended a hotel nearby.

We were walking to the car through a small dimly-lit street, when I suddenly felt someone grab my arm and pull me towards them. I looked at who it was and saw it was a drunk middle-aged man."Aren't you a fine piece of meat." He said as I felt his hand gliding down my back. "Let go of me!" I yelled trying to get out of his grip. I saw Ezra getting heated as I looked over at him with pleading eyes. I didn't want Ezra to hurt him, he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing, but Ezra lost his temper when he saw the man trying to touch me even more inappropriately than he already had been. He took his gun, which he apparently had hidden underneath his shirt, and shot the man in his leg. The man let go of his grip on me and ran off, as did Ezra and I.

We drove to the hotel in silence and Ezra started speaking as soon as we entered our room. "I'm sorry for everything Nathaniel, I never wanted any of this to happen to you." He said with so much guilt in his eyes. "Ezra stop apologising, I know you never meant for any of this to happen and I would never blame you for anything, ever." I said looking him straight into his eyes."But it's all my fault. I got you into this mess and..." He was saying as I interrupted him by placing my lips on his, I pulled back and hugged him. "Listen to me Ezra. I don't care about what happened in the past, all I care about is that you're here for me now." I said. "I'm sorry, I kind of didn't hear anything of what you were saying. Did you just kiss me? What's that about I thought you weren't into guys, don't tease me like this." Ezra asked me confused. "I'm not teasing you. I don't know, I guess it just felt right and I don't like to put labels on things anyway." I said not really caring about what this meant for me. "Well... since you finally accepted your obvious attraction towards me, I can finally kiss you properly." He said jokingly as he pulled me in for a very passionate kiss. I quite liked it. He made me feel so happy and safe and I knew now that I wanted him to be at my side as long as possible. We went to sleep and I cuddled up to him, instantly feeling completely happy. I fell asleep as he was gently rubbing his fingers through my hair.