Kidnapping A Lynch

Chapter 7 : Escape

Chapter 7

The next day...

Riker POV

The door opened, and Zoey walked in. She looked nervous.

"Ready to mess up the room?" Zoey asked.

"Yes," I said, quietly.

I was really upset inside. I felt so many things for her, and I just wished that she trusted me, and would be willing to come with me...

We messed up the room a little, throwing some dishes around the floor, and throwing the bedding all over.

I still hadn't taken a shower since I'd been kidnapped, and I felt really gross. I was still even in the same clothes. I was looking forward to getting home and taking a nice warm shower.

"Ok, ready to go?"

"Yeah..."

I followed her upstairs.

"Well... Bye, Riker."

"Bye..."

I walked towards the door, but I stopped.

I turned back to face Zoey.

"Zoey, I can't do this! I thought it would feel different, but if I have to leave you, then I don't want to leave!"

"Riker, no. You have to go. They'll kill you. They already have some ideas planned. You'll be tortured."

"No! Please come with me!"

"Riker-"

"I need you to trust me! Please!"

"Riker-"

"Trust me."

Zoey sighed.

And then her phone rang. She answered it.

"Hello?"

My heart was racing. I can literally leave and go home, yet I feel stuck here.

"Oh really? Um ok. Yeah. Everything's fine... See you in a few."

She hung up, and slid her phone into her pocket.

"Riker, you need to go. They're on their way home. The party got cancelled."

"I'm not leaving without you."

"Riker, you have to! They'll be back any minute!"

Zoey tried pushing me out the back door, but I stood there firmly.

"Zoey, you need to come with me."

"Riker-"

We heard a car door slam.

"They're home! Go!" Zoey whispered.

"No! Not without you!" I whispered back.

We heard keys in the front door. Zoey pushed me out the back door, but I grabbed her hands, and pulled her out with me. The door closed, and we were met with the cold night air.

"Please say you'll come."

"Yeah, well now I have to."

"Good."

"But I'm not your girlfriend."

"What!?"

"Forcing me to come with you isn't nice, Riker."

"I only did it because I have feelings for you!"

We heard yelling from inside.

"Riker, come on. We have to go! They'll find us out here!" Zoey whispered.

We took off running into the woods in her backyard.

Later...

Riker POV

I literally couldn't breathe. We'd been running nonstop for like 30 minutes. And Zoey finally let me have a break.

I fell to my knees, panting. I couldn't catch my breath. I fell over onto my back.

"You ok?"

"Can't breathe..."

Zoey sat down beside me.

"Someone's not in shape."

"Normal people can't run this long!"

"Whatever..."

We were in the middle of the woods. I felt sick. I'm sweating and my skin feels hot. And the night air is cold, and it just makes me feel like I'm going to throw up.

"Ready to keep going?"

"What!? Why can't we stay here!?"

"My brothers are going to look for us. It's not like they can call the police and be like, oh we need help. The guy we kidnapped just escaped. They're going to come looking for us. And then kill you. Riker, they had a whole list of ideas they were going to do to you. They were going to torture you first, and then kill you. You don't want them to find you."

"Please be my girlfriend."

"Riker, are you even listening to anything I'm saying!?"

"Yes, I promise I am! But I have feelings for you!"

Zoey sighed.

"And just the fact that I can't have you, makes me want you to be mine even more."

"I'll decide once we get to safety, ok?"

"Fine..."

"Let's go."

"Ugh!"

"Riker, can I just ask you something?"

"What?"

"You're going to the police, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"Well um... Are you going to tell on me? Like if I don't want to be your girlfriend?"

I sighed.

"No... I'm only telling them about your brothers. Not you."

"Ok, then I'll be your girlfriend."

"Wait. Why!?"

"Because I wanted to see what you would do. It's not that I don't have feelings for you, Riker. Because I do. But I just... Everything's happening so fast, and it's illegal, and we're in danger... It's just a lot at one time."

"No... I get it... It's ok... But you're really my girlfriend now?"

"Yeah. I really like you, Riker."

I took Zoey's hands, and pulled her towards me. Our lips met and it felt so good to kiss her. We pulled back, smiling.

"Come on. We just have to get to safety now," Zoey said, intertwining our fingers.