Go Ahead, Shoot Me! [HOLD]

Almost... (1416)

"Intense..." Is all Jake utters when I tell him about my nightmare. We are driving down a dirt track, in the distance I can see a house.

I look over to him and see his face deep in concentration.

"Abigail...." He begins to say something but chickens out, staring ahead blankly, I don't bother asking what he was going to say. We are close to the house now and I can see that its not so much a house as a cottage and its gorgeous, it has vines snaking up one side and a huge glass window on the other. The cottage is made fully of wood and its pretty big.

"Who lives here?" I ask Jake as hes parking out the front.

Jake answers, " My aunt Jasmine used to. She died here, do you mind living where somebody died?"

I answer truthfully, "You do realize that i have lived under the same roof as someone died under for the past what, five years? " I play nonchalant, Its six exactly next month.

"Oh..." Is all the answer I get.

We hop out of the car and walk towards the door of the cottage. Jake digs a key out of a flower pot next to the door and unlocks the door. When he opens the door I am shocked. It looks like its straight out of a magazine. The side wall is glass and all the furniture looks like its straight out of a magazine There is five doors in the room

"Do you want me to give you the Grand Tour?" Jake says from behind me.

"Sure!" I respond, moving inside enough for Jake to get in.

He walks in front of me and says, "Well, this is the lounge room and dining room." He says with a swift sweep of his hand. "Through that door" he says, pointing at a door at the far left, "Is the master bedroom, the door next to it leads to the guest room and after that is the master bedroom. which leads into that master bathroom and that door the far right leads into the kitchen."

"Mmm, great tour!" I say sarcastically

"IKR!" He squeals in a high pitched voice, causing me to burst out in laughter.

I am still laughing at his bad impression of a girl when I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket.

I take it out and read the message, freezing in the spot

Jake must notice because he quickly asks, "What's wrong?"

So I read the text, "Last chance 'kill or be killed....'" Their mimicking what I said earlier.

"That means they mustn't know where here!" Jake says, excitedly but I know differently, its a warning. They know I have skipped town and they are telling me that if I don't take the offer now it will be too late, but I cannot ruin his good mood.

So instead I say, "Yay!"

I hate the fact that I have brought Jake, my best friend, my only friend, into this. I just pray that he doesn't get hurt because of MY actions

"Jake, I'm tired. Can I go to bed?" I ask sounding like a six year old

"Yeah, sure. That door" He says with a goofy grin still plastered on his.face, "TTYL guurl!" But I'm no longer in the laughing mood. I close the door and slide down it onto the floor. They're going to come, i'm sure of it! I stand up and take off my clothes, leaving me in my bra and underpants, I'm too tired to get changed so i just crawl into bed.

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"Are you going to come, or not!" Michelle says whilst holding a handgun to my face .I quickly turn my head and look behind me and see the chasm which is preventing me from stepping back, I cannot see the end or the bottom.

I look up at the KILLER'S black eyes and give her a big toothy grin and say, "No thank you!" and step back.

I plummet into the darkness around me

Falling, falling. Never stopping, never landing. Just falling.

Its quite peaceful actually, so of course I have to hit the hard ground.

It hurts. I turn my head groaning when I see the beaten, bloody face of Jake, he looks horrible. Black eye, broken nose and a bullet hole through his forehead. It makes me feel awful to the point words cannot describe, seeing him like this.

"Jacob.." I whisper as the world darkens.

"Abby?!" A voice breaks thought the darkness. "Abigail."

My eyes snap open and I whisper Jacobs name once again

"Right here" he whispers. I open my eyes when I feel something big and warm on my check, his hand. a

All I see is Jacob, his face is so close to mine. I look into those deep blue eyes as he leans in more. Just as our lips are about to touch, I fall off the bed. TYPICAL. As I am lying stomach down on the wood floor I think, why did that just happen? He's your BEST Friend not BOY friend! It must have been a one off... Must have been. Yeah!

I stand up to see Jake rolling on the bed with tears in his eyes.

"REAL mature! " I yell, making him laugh harder.

Just a one off. It couldn't happen!

I walk out in the lounge room, hearing Jake's laughter echoing from the wood floors. I walk into the kitchen which, by the way, looks like it should be on some cooking show. Jake's aunt must have been loaded! Loaded. Loaded gun. Shooting. Death. Killer. Killer. Killer. Me! i vaguely hear a gasp behind me. Killer.

"You? Cooking?"

I shake my head, hoping to erase the demons echoes.

"What? I took cooking classes in year eight!" I say to Jake, opening cupboards as i do.

"Yeah! And you dropped out halfway through the year to switch to woodwork!" This is true, i didn't like cooking, i found it boring so i switched to woodwork, "Which, may i add, you dropped for drama"

"At least i can act" I yell, kneeling and putting one hand on my heart and the other in the air dramatically. Jake bursts out laughing and as quick as lightning pulls out his iPhone and snaps a photo.

"I mean, i know i'm smoking hot, but why'd ya snap a picture?" See? This is why I love Jake In the friend way. We have so much fun together, when i'm with him is the only time that i forget!

"Ab. Look at yourself!" Jake says, still laughing. I look down and notice i am still in my bra and underpants. I feel the blood rush to my face as i run to my room to get some clothes on.. I walk out of my room wearing a grey hoodie with a pair of jeans with boots under. I have on a small amount of makeup and my hair is in a bun. As soon as i opened the door i could smell bacon and eggs, making my mouth water. I sit on the stools at the kitchen bar, licking my lips.

"Give me some grub and your phone!" I order at Jacob who is standing with his back turned to me.

"Why ever would you want my phone?" He says turning, making me burst out laughing. Jake is wearing an apron that has printed on it a smoking hot body wearing another apron over his *cough* crotch area that reads 'Eat it or suck it!'

"What... Is....That?" I say in between laughs. "Well, i went shopping for food earlier, and i found this little piece and i knew i had to get it!" Jake says. I am still laughing as i quickly grab my phone and take a picture of Jake in his 'little piece!' Once i have finally stopped dying of laughter, i ask, "Wait, when did you go shopping?"

"It's 12.30 Abby!'' Jake says as he flips some bacon onto a plate. "That's why i was in your room, i walked in to see a half naked Abigail whispering my name!" I can hear the smile in his voice.

"T-that's awkward.." I mumble as he places a plate with bacon, eggs, toast, sausages, hash browns and tomato on it, "How the hell am i supposed to finish this?"

(A/N: Well at the bed almost kiss I was going to have, ' He leans in and that's when it all gets too much, "Get off me you creep!" I scream. He quickly jumps up causing me to fall off the bed.' Hehehe, how romantic ;))