Make It Stop

9. Trouble

Justin

''Hey guys, someone is spying us!'' James' voice echoed through my ears. My stomach dropped as James emerged from behind the wall with Hailey by his side, being hold tightly by him. I fought the urge to curse as I looked their way, not daring to meet the fire in Cole's eyes. ''What the fuck!?'' I heard Cole hiss loudly before he turned his head my way. ''You fucking little rat, you didn't kill her!?'' He shouted over at me, making me look at him. ''Seems like it huh?'' I hissed back but regretted it immediately as I felt a fist slam into my jaw harshly. Hearing a loud gasp coming from Hailey. ''Don't go cheeky with me Bieber.'' Cole said between gritted teeth. I breathed through my nose, desperate to calm myself down and not punch him in the face right then and there. ''Well well well..'' Cole started, walking towards Hailey. ''Thought I'd never see you again, but here you are.'' He smirked, traveling his indexfinger across her cheek. Hailey was on her breaking point, as far as I could see. I felt myself getting boiled up as I watched him stroking her cheek. ''What are we going to do with you now huh?'' He laughed humorlessly before grabbing her chin and forcing her to look up. Then, he traveled his hands along her shoulders, making her shake in fear. ''Cole stop. Now.'' I warned him, causing him to turn around in astonishment. His frown disappeared and got replaced by a grin as he took a few steps towards me. ''Oh, I get it.'' He smirked at me before pointing his thumb over his shoulder to Hailey. ''That chick means something right?''  I gulped down, looking at a fearfull Hailey. ''No.'' I lied, seeing Hailey's face drop which made me feel horrible. Switching my gaze away from her, I spoke again. ''I just don't want another murder on my conscience.'' I shrugged as if it was the most normal thing in the world, which it practically was for me. ''So what did you do here with her then?'' James spoke this time. Well shit, didn't think about that. I kept silence, which was a sign for Cole to talk again. ''Bieber I know you're lying.'' He suddenly walked towards me as he pinned me against the wall behind me. ''It's time to be fucking honest, otherwise you can still say goodbye to that girl.'' He squeezed my throat shut, before slamming me against the wall. Grunting in pain, I took in a deep breath.

Hailey

I didn't look anymore, the sight of Justin being slammed against the wall scared me. Pushing the tears back, I sniffed before slowly looking up. ''I- She-'' Justin stumbled, pain evident in his raspy voice. ''She means something okay?!'' He shouted before pushing Cole off of him harshly while whiping the blood from under his nose. My eyes widened. A deep chuckle came out Cole's mouth as he patted his hand on Justin's shoulder which Justin shrugged off immediately. ''Never thought someone as heartless as you could fall in love.'' He laughed while shaking his head. Justin didn't respond, his eyes were filled with annoyance. ''Well, then she's coming with us.'' Cole suddenly became dead serious before he walked towards his car with the rest of the group, including a panicking me. ''What the fuck, no Cole.'' Justin shouted at him making us all stop. ''You have no choice kid, she's coming with us or she'll be dead in a few hours.'' Cole shrugged. Justin paused for a second, locking his eyes with mine. ''Let me take her there then.'' He said, pointing towards his car. Cole kept quiet before nodding towards James, who handed me over to Justin. I felt like a lost puppy, but at least I was safe with Justin next to me, I hoped. ''I'll give you thirty minutes to be there, and if not.. You know what the consequences are.'' Cole said sternly, and with that, he stepped inside the black mustang along with the others. After the sound of the car slowly died, it became quiet around us. I only heard my heart pumping like crazy. ''Come on.'' Justin suddenly said, walking away towards his car in a fast pace. I didn't walk after him, I was nailed on the ground. ''I said come on!'' He shouted after he stopped and turned around to look at me. I flinched at his harshness but slowly began to walk after him. Stepping inside his car where Justin already started the engine, I let a tear stream down my face freely. As much as I didn't want to cry, I couldn't stop myself. Justin noticed the tears as he sighed softly. ''I never should've taken you here.'' He spoke softly. Keeping quiet, I stared down my lap. ''I'm scared Justin.'' I blurted out before sobbing quietly, making Justin switch his gaze towards me. ''I know, I know.'' His raspy voice spoke as he took me in his arms from beside. ''I'm so sorry.'' He murmured weakly while my sobbing slowly stopped. I didn't talk, I didn't even move. All I wanted was just to go home. Whiping away the tears, I got myself together as I pulled away from Justin. ''Let's go.'' I sniffed, looking ahead of me but noticing Justin nodded in suprise of my sudden strength. He drove off, entering the highway.  

''Okay just don't let them show you're afraid.'' Justin mumbled as we both walked along the pavement in front of the house. It was quite big if you'd ask me, it even got tall pilars in the front. Where did they get the money to buy such a house like this? Damn.  ''Hailey?'' My eyes darted away from the house to meet Justin's eyes. ''Yeah, okay.'' I replied quietly. Justin fumbled with the keys in his hands hesitantly before nodding to himself. Opening the door, he stepped inside along with me. I looked around the hall, my eyes widened as I saw how big this place really was. ''Come on.'' Justin said sternly, taking my hand not very gently before pulling me inside the livingroom. The furniture was really.. boy-ish. I could tell that this place wasn't decorated by a woman. Hey don't judge me, even in situations like this I'm still looking at how everything looks. Just then, I noticed the 'gang' was already present in the room. They were sitting on the leather couches, each of them had a beer in their hand. I felt my knees getting weak as I realised that I was with a group of murderes. Fighting the urge to run away disappeared suddenly as Justin pulled me on one of the couches. I ended up sitting between Justin and some other guy. He looked friendly at me which reassured me in some kind of way. ''Good that you've shown up kid.'' Cole spoke up after he took a long sip of his beercan. ''Pass me one.'' Justin said, nodding at the beer that Cole was holding. Then, Cole bent to the side, grabbed a beer from the crate and threw it towards Justin who catched it perfectly. I gulped down, my throat was dry and sore from the sobbing. Looking at my lap, I felt the eyes burn into my skull before Cole started talking again. ''So what's your name chick?'' Softly clearing my throat, I replied. ''Hailey'' I said as normal as I could be as I thought about what Justin told me, Don't let them know you're afraid. ''Nice.'' ''Now Alfredo, take her outside, I need to talk about a few things with Bieber.'' Cole grinned. And right then, the panic started to take control of my mind, and I wasn't the only one who got panicked. ''What? No Cole, she stays here.'' Justin told him, and it was the first time I really noticed Justin was scared, deep down inside he was scared. ''Justin don't be such a fucking pain in the ass, nothing will happen to her.'' Cole shrugged before nodding towards me and the guy next to me. ''Come on.'' The boy mumbled while making me stand up. I just nodded, my legs were still weak but I managed to get up. Justin gave me a glance, mentally assuring me that everything's gonna be okay. I took a deep breath before I followed the boy called Alfredo towards the backyard.

The backyard was nothing but a small field with some trees with a bench on the side. The silence got broken when we sat down on the bench, just looking at the sun going down. ''Hey, I know you're afraid, and you have every reason to..'' Was he trying to scare me even more or what? Alfredo took a deep sigh before continuing. ''But it seems like you really mean something to that kid, I've never seen him so..'' Alfredo looked for the right words to say. ''Calm.'' He eventually said. Staying quiet, I took in deep breaths, figuring out what to say. ''Look what I just want to say is, please take good care of him. He never really gotten take care of and I think he needs you.'' He shrugged but then chuckled. ''Damn, this shit sounds so gay.'' I chuckled along with him, noticing I wasn't really that tensed up anymore. But Alfredo was right, I should take care of him, even though this was gonna be hard. Our chuckling died down before Alfredo took out a cigarette and lit it. Exhaling the smoke, he looked at me. ''You'll get home today, I promise.'' He said as if he just read my mind. ''Thank you.'' I suddenly whispered, ''For what?'' ''For being nice to me, I didn't expect a member of a gang to be such a..'' I trailed off while holding in a chuckle. ''Don't say it! I don't wanna hear it.'' Alfredo cupped his ears with his hands. ''Okay I won't!'' I giggled, making him pull his hands from his ears. ''Softie.'' I whispered. Alfredo glared at me before we both burst out into chuckles. But our chuckling got cut off when we saw Justin and Cole walking towards us, Justin looked furious, which took me back to my panicking level. I looked at Alfredo who just shrugged confused at the sight, before my eyes switched back to meet Justin's who was now standing a few meters away from me. Standing up, I slowly took a step towards them along with Alfredo. Justin had fire in his eyes, as if he wanted to kill someone. Everyone stood there quietly, looking at one another. Just then, I took all my courage to speak up. ''W-what's going on?'' I mumbled, noticing the horrible tension between us all. ''You say it kid, she's your chick.'' Cole demanded before lighting up a cigaret. I had this uncomfortable feeling in my stomach as I looked over at Justin, he was looking at the ground as he mumbled ''Hailey, you're going to stay with us for a while.''

My stomach dropped, along with my knees. Where did I get myself into?