Innocence

Chapter 9

"Oh my God! Again?!" River yelled with a disgusted look on his face.

"Hey. It's not my fault that you guys grabbed the wrong dog food." I said crossing my arms.

"It stinks so bad..Open a window Seth.." River pleaded.

"And you're the one who grabbed the dog food remember.." Seth pointed out. I scowled at him.

"Not my fault man! They didn't have her regular food, so I took a guess.." I said quietly.

"Well get her to stop farting." River stated grumpily.

"You know what River. Her farts are what you get for yelling at me about your fry." I said confidently.

Rivers eyes widen as he turned his head towards me.

"It was your fault! It was your fault that we are all being annoyed! It is your fault that we are still on this road trip. It is your fault that we will get yelled at! It is your fault that it stinks in here! It is your fault that we didn't get Gabe! It's all your fault Brooklyn!!" River yelled with seriousness and darkness in his eyes. I looked at his face as Luna let out a low rumble from her throat.

"It's your fault we have to be in this fucking van for hours! It's your fault that we all have headaches! It's your fault that we are all tired! So just do us all a favor and shut the fuck up!" River yelled. My bottom lip trembled, and I didn't know why. I didn't even care that he had cursed directly at me. I was surprised by the mental slap he had just given me. And that's when reality hit in.

I'm not with old friends that I haven't seen in forever.

I'm with my kidnappers.

I'm being kidnapped. And I'm playing around, as they get further and further away from my home. I have no idea what they have planned for me.

I'm different from most people around me. When I get scared or nervous..I instantly make everything into a joke..and that's just my mask. It's because I don't know what to do..and when River yelled at me. I jumped out of my mask.

I'm facing my kidnappers face to face.

With no mask.

No shield.

And I'm started to freak.

As I feel my lip quiver, I bite down on it. I feel the familiar lump in the back of my throat. I could feel the tears building up behind my eyes.

Please don't cry now.

River looked over at me with an expression I couldn't read.

"Brooklyn.. I.. I didn't" He stumbled over his words and I shook my head side to side, feeling a tear trail down my face.

"No it's fine." I say hoarsely with a watery smile.

"I get it now. You're my kidnappers. I have no idea what you're planning. You could be planning my murder, and I could never see my family again..Yet I'm here making jokes. I'm supposed to be scared of you. You might kill me." I said getting scared more of the time during my speech.

"You might kill me! Oh my God...I'm so stupid. So so stupid. What the heck have I been doing? I've been freaking hiding myself because I've been too much of a coward to face that truth. To face the fact that I might die soon. To face the fact that I may never ever see my family again." I ended with wide watery eyes, and a frown sketched on my face.

Rivers eyes soften and he moves his arm to my shoulder.

"No!" I jump back, hitting my back on the car door. I stared at him with wide eyes and tears streaming down my face. Luna jumped on the seat and faced her body towards River, growling loudly.

"D-Don't touch me. You're gonna kill me." I stuttered softly. My head fell down in my hands and I sobbed quietly.

"I'm never gonna see my family again...You're gonna kill me."

"Stupid, stupid.." I mumbled to myself as tears freely left my eyes.

"Brooklyn.." Someone said.

I sobbed louder as I heard my name being called.

"Brooklyn we aren't going to kill you. River was just being a dick, and he didn't mean anything he said." Seth mumbled as he gave a glare at River, who held his hands up, surrendering.

I sniffed and held up my head looking at Seth and the other boys.

Soon, a smirk appeared on my face. As another false tear trails down my cheek.

"I know." I said confidently.

All 3 pairs of eyes that were on me, were holding confused glares.

"What the hell was that?"

"Wait what the hell?"

I heard in sync as the car swerved to the side of the road.

Seth turned to look at me with confused eyes.

"I was testing you guys." I said simply as I looked at Luna who was sitting on the floorboard again.

I held up my hand, and Luna pawed at it, giving me a high five.

"LUNA! You were in on this?!" Seth asked exasperatedly.

Luna barked at him giving him a low growl, and Seth didn't bother her again.

"I'm so confused." River said from his seat.

I laughed.

I them leant over and slapped Rivers forehead with much force.

He gasped then...

"OWWWIEEEEEE!" He yelled.

"First of all, that's for cursing directly at me." I said with a devilish glare swimming in my eyes.

"Second of all, I was testing you guys." I said once again.

"How were you testing us?" Ace asked suddenly.

"What I just did, is how I'm gonna be on my period next month. Thank God I just finished mine before you all kidnapped me..because that would've sucked for all of you." I said leaning back in my chair.

"Wait, you said you needed those lady thing's soon.."River said slowly.

I nodded my head.

"I lied. But, I was gonna need them sometime, why not get them now?" I asked truthfully.

The boys nodded their heads.

"Boss is gonna love you." Seth mumbled from the front seat.

I don't think I was supposed to hear that.

Silence slowly covered the van.

"So that's what it's gonna be like for a day when you're on your lady thing?" River asked randomly.

I looked at him and saw complete innocent and confused emotions in his eyes.

I bursted out laughing.

I laughed so hard, I started crying.

"Oh no...Is it starting?" River asked the other boys.

That only made me laugh even harder.

"I don't think so..She said next month..Right?" Seth asked after River.

I laughed until my stomach hurt, and composed myself enough to explain.

"No it's not...starting." I said laughing slightly.

"And that emotional roller coaster doesn't last one day." I stated.

"More like one week." I said, watching their reactions.

"WHAT?!" They all yelled with widened eyes.

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