Love Drunk

Chapter 20

Brooke-

I ran around the corner as if my life depended on it, which, theoretically, it did. I could hear some of the guns firing and a few people moaning because now they have to stay off for 30 seconds, a rule we decided to add in.
I eventually found my way to the opposite team's base where they held the bonus hit. Both teams had one and if someone from the opposite team gut it, it won them 10 points.

On my team there was: me (obviously), Gaby, Jordan, Dean, and Alice.
On the opposite team was: Casey, Brandon, Ryan, Kayla, and Harvey.

I tiptoed my way around the base so that I wasn't directly in front of the bonus hit but jut beside it. I could hear my heart beating have in my chest. I was certain that they would have someone at base to protect the bonus hit but I couldn't spot anyone. After 2 seconds of careful consideration I decided it was best to just take a shot, so that's exactly what I did.

Normally, in a situation like this I expected the person who was protecting the bonus hit to shoot me. But no. What happened instead was; a hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me in between two makeshift walls you were supposed to protect yourself with. I brought my eyes up to find Ryan's and a smile creeped on my face. Without a word, Ryan held my face between his hands and kissed me. I instantly kissed him back and completely forgot about the game. My hands travelled to his hair and tugged at it lightly while his travelled to my lower back and held me closer to him. Slowly, we pulled away and before I could dodge it, Ryan shot me.
"Did you just?..." Ryan chuckled at m. He went back to the spot he was hiding in before. I quietly wait my thirty seconds and dash off to find the other people in my team.

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"HA! IN YOUR FACE! I WON!" I screamed at the top of my lungs at the other team.
"We won, I think you mean?" Dean corrected me but I warmly responded;
"Well, seeing as I'm the one who did the most. I don't mean we." I gave him a smile and everyone laughed.

"I'm starving!" Casey whined, her little legs took her to where Brandon was and he picked her up.
"There's an Italian place 10 minutes away." We all agreed to Kayla's suggestion and are on our way.

After all of us had ordered out food, we sat in conversation. I looked around at everyone, all of my friends, my boyfriend, some people that I wasn't necessarily fond of when I first met them. But I was so very grateful that I had these people in my life. So grateful for so much.
"Brooke!" Ryan's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I grunt in confusion, causing him to chuckle. His very cute chuckle. Very very cute. Ryan's hand reaches for mine under the table as our food arrives. I give his hand a gentle squeeze.

"Okay guys, so I was thinking." Gaby starts.
"Well, that's new." Harvey jokes, earning a laugh from us all - and a dirty look from Gaby.
"Anyway, I thought that-"
"Oh, she was being serious?" Jordan chuckles along with everyone.
"Okay, you had your fun now? Thanks. I thought that since we've been so hectic lately, we could have a movie day tomorrow." She smiles and the table echoes with "Not bad.", "Sure!" and "Heck yeah!".

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Once we finally got back to the cabin, it was midnight and everyone was basically asleep. We all get to our rooms and and instantly sleep.

"Brooke. Brooke. Brooke. Brooke!" I stumble awake to the sound of my name and open my eyes to see Dean.
"What do you want? What time is it?" I grumble and turn over to face the other direction. 
"I need to talk to you, it's 2 o'clock."
"Can't this wait?" He sighs.
"No. It can't." I roll my eyes and slowly get up, careful not to wake Kayla or Gaby up. Dean leads me to the empty living room and sits me down next to him.

"What is it?" I ask after a 5 second silence from him.
"Well, I-I just got this text from a number. And - well, I don't - because." Dean stutters.
"Just show me it." I snap at him, I get cranky when I'm tired. Dean passes me his phone and as soon I read it my heart starts pounding:

Brooke is in danger.
Who will be the one to save her?
If the bell tolls at three,
Who is it Brooke shall see?

"What the fuck?" I whisper under my breath. There's no way it's Joe.
"Do you think that it could be-"
"No. It isn't." Dean eyes me with sympathy and I clear my throat. "Look, don't tell anyone, okay?"
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Promise me you won't tell anyone." The worry is clear on Dean's face. His fingers are twiddling and he says,
"Okay."