Abduction

Attempt

I dropped the clothes on the floor with tears in my eyes. Making my way to shower, a whimper came from my parted lips. I waited till it got the right temperature. I got in, sitting on the floor, letting my tears come quietly down my face.

I heard a knock on the door, "Hey, Ariana, you might want to hurry it up. Five more minutes until they get here." I got out, wrapped myself in a towel, slid on my clothes, and put on mascara.

I came out of the bathroom with two minutes to spare.

Hearing the sound of that stupid door opening, I turned. Brailey ran over to the stairs to greet them. "Hello. Boys, how are you?" Brailey greeted them with a big smile.

"We're good." They all said it at the same time, sending shivers down my spine again.

They sat IHOP on the table, smiling at Brailey and me. 

The boys all sat down, and so did Brailey. I did the same. "Tomorrow, I won't be here. It will only be Luke and Dillon. I don't want any trouble." Brailey turned her head to Ryan with a small glint of hope in her eyes. "Why are you going to be gone?" He looked at her with a paranoid look. "I have some business I need to take care of." Brailey just kept on going, ignoring his angry expression. "What kind of stuff?"

He looked up from his plate, glaring at Brailey. He stood up, and at that moment. She looked at me with terror in her eyes. The next thing I knew, she was on the floor crying her eyes out. "What did- I SAY ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS?" His voice slowly turned into a yell. Grabbing her hair, she started to scream. Only causing him to tug harder. He pushed her into the bedroom.

Standing up, I ran to the door only to get caught by someone. "Don't."

Finally, Ryan came out with blood on his knuckles and an angry expression. Slamming the door on his way out.

Brailey came out of the room with tears in her eyes, picking up her plate and throwing it away. Luke let go of me as Dillon left, causing Luke to follow after him.

I walked over to Brailey and started to help her clean. When we got done, she went to take a shower. She came back to the room with some more tears in her eyes. 

"Hey um, do you know how Ryan said that he won't be here tomorrow?" She looked at me kind of mad. 

"Yeah, so?" 

"Maybe we can overpower Dillon and Luke. I mean, they can't be that strong."

"It's a bad idea. Luke and Dillon stronger than you think." 

"Well, what if we hit them in the soft spot and run?" Sending me a glare, she raised her voice at me, causing me to flinch. "I said it's not a good idea, so shut up and go to sleep."

I slipped into my bed with a sigh. With that kind of attitude, we're never getting out of here.

****

The next morning I woke to the sound of the shower. I looked over to the clock to see it was 6:00. I got up. Got some clothes, and a towel. I heard her crying a little bit, but I didn't say anything.

After she got out, I got into the shower, dried myself, and put on mascara. I walked out, and she was standing right by the door. "I thought about it." She said with a tear in her eye. "I don't want too, because if they catch us, we get hurt." 

I looked at her with my hands on my hips. "What if we actually make it? We could get out of here."

She looked at me, frustrated. "I'm not going to do it. End of story." I went to the room and felt a tear escape my eyes. Why wouldn't she want to get out of here?

I threw my hair to the side and started to braid it. I finally looked at the clock, 6:56. Well, time flies down here. Brailey finally broke the silence. "Do you even know where we are?" She crossed her arms, staring at me.

"Um, no."

"We're in the woods, in a cabin, two hours away from town. There was a girl before you. Just like you, maybe one year younger, she had the same plan. She got killed because of it."

My mouth dropped at her words. "That's why I won't run."

There was an awkward silence till the door flew open. "Hey!" Dillon and Luke walked in. Today she didn't rush over to meet them.

Like always, they sat the restaurant food down and got paper plates out. I thought Brailey said we cooked for them, but we haven't cooked once.

Luke and Dillon sat down, taking a drink of their water. They waited for Brailey and me to sit with them. After we were done, Dillon took Brailey upstairs for some reason.

I started to gather the plates and throw them away, only to feel two hands come around my waist. I turned around and yelled. "Stop touching me." As I pushed him away, his face dropped, and I could already tell I made a bad mistake. He took a swing at me, and that's when I finally kicked him in the spot.

He fell to the floor, and I ran over to the door, hoping it would be unlocked. To my luck, it wasn't, and I felt him pull my hair. Falling back on the stairs. A whimper came from my lips. He got on top of me and pinned my arms down. "Stop, get off of me. Why are you doing this? I don't even know you."

Leaning in. Luke's lips barely touched my ear. "Oh darling, but you do know me." I stopped trying to struggle for a bit. I took another look at his face.

****

Flashback.

I was at the movie with my friend one night when we saw these two boys. My friend Lucy whistled at them, getting their attention. They smiled, walking over to us.

Lucy grabbed my wrist, and we started to run. Kind of like a little come get us game. She loved being chased.

Hiding behind a bush, one boy ran by. "Found you. One of the boys chuckled as we stood up." Lucy started to run again as the other boy started to chase her.

Trying to run again, the boy grabbed my wrist, pulling me to him with a smirk. Placing his lips on mine, I panicked and pushed him off. I ran away.

End of Flashback.

****

I looked up at him with a glare. "You kidnapped me because I rejected you. That is so PATHETIC." Luke flinched at my words. Heck, it wasn't even really a rejection. It was just a stupid little kid game.

"Not only that, Ariana. That night I really got feelings for you, I started to search for you. When I finally found you at the bowling alley. You were with someone else. He pulled you to him and kissed you on the cheek. You started to laugh, but with me, well, you just pushed me away. You really hurt me, Ariana. I loved you then, and I love you now."

I looked up at him with confusion. "How could you love me and not even..." That's when I got interrupted by Luke's lips crashing onto mine. I tried to get him off, but I couldn't. He finally stopped kissing me. "Luke, stop, get off of me." Luke's lips touched my ear. "Darling, you're mine now. I can do whatever I want."

Tears started to escape. I tried to get up, only to be pushed down again with Luke's lips. Finally, Luke got off of me, but he pulled me into the bedroom. I stumbled to the room. He started to pin me to the bed. Only this time, the door came bursting open, and Brailey came stumbling in. Dillon came down to her and hit her. So hard that you could already see a bruise forming.

Luke finally got off me and rushed up the stairs after Dillon. I  then rushed over to Brailey. She started to stand up, and I helped her to the chair. "He hit you, did he .." I interrupted her. "No."

I turned the cold water on getting a washcloth from the bathroom, I gave Brailey the washcloth. She did a fake little laugh. "Well, it looks like you're doing better than me, and I should know the rules already. I have been here for two years.

My mouth dropped, and I looked at her. "We're never going to get away, are we?" She shrugged and winced. " A tear ran down my cheek. I hurried to wipe it off.