Guide Me (Shawn Mendes) BOOK TWO

Chapter 3

(In this chapter I'm going to make Hayes older. He's going to be 17)

Katies POV

I stared at the woman before me through swollen eyes. I couldn't believe who I was looking at. I felt tears building up and I let my gaze slowly turn towards the ceiling. Why, was all I could muster to think. My best friend of 7 years, was turning on me.

"Mir...?" I whispered. She looked down at the floor. I suddenly felt my body shake with rage.

"LOOK AT ME!" I shouted, not being able to control my anger. I looked over her shoulder and saw a man wrap his arms around her back. Aaron.

"I... I can explain." Miranda stuttered in between sobs.

"I don't need your excuses. Just leave." I spat. She looked at me with a shocked expression. I couldn't control my anger. She hadn't moved. "LEAVE!" I shouted again. She returned her gaze to the floor and turned around to leave. Aaron followed behind her.

As soon as the door closed, I broke down. Tears flew from my nearly shut eyes. I shut them slowly and sobbed huge tears. I felt arms wrap around me and I instinctively leaned into them without thinking twice. I sobbed into a warm arm and squeezed their body tightly. I heard reassuring murmurs as more bodies wrapped around mine. I felt encompassed by love and care. I managed to open my eyes into slits to see who I was attached to.

"Jack?" I asked as I scanned his face. His dark hair brushed against his forehead as he looked down at me. I brushed a hand across his jaw and closed my eyes because it was becoming too painful to keep them open. Why do they hurt so much, but the rest of my body only stings?  I asked myself. 

"I'm here for you, Katie." He murmured. I put my head on his chest and felt another body press against my back, and two on each of my sides. Strong arms squeezed me from every direction, and with the warmth and the fact that I was just brutally beaten, I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. I drifted off into a somewhat peaceful sleep.

-The next morning-

I woke up feeling extremely squished. My eyes were crusted shut from tears and were probably swollen too much to open. I rubbed them lightly and gently scraped the dry tears away and peaked my eyes open. I immediately recognized the face in front of mine. Jack Gilinsky. I felt secure as I layed beside him. I craned my neck to see who was behind me and was surprised to see Hayes pressed against my back. In front of us three was Carter and behind us was Taylor and Jack J. On the other side of Jack G. was Matthew. Cam and Nash must still be unconscious. I thought to myself as I closed my eyes again.

"Katie? Are you awake?" I heard Hayes ask against my matted hair.

"Yes." I croaked. My throat was so dry, all I needed was some water.

"I'm sorry." He told me.

"For what?" I asked him as I turned around to face him.

"For having to lose the people who matter the most to you." He said softly. I kissed his forehead and wiped a tear off of his cheek.

"I'll be fine after we get out of here and find Shawn." I told him with a weak smile. He looked at me blankly then leaned his head towards mine. I instinctively pulled back a little but regretted it when I saw the look on his face.

"I'm sorry..." I said softly as I turned back around to face Jack. Shawn is still mine. I reminded myself. I can't love another.

"He was shot Katie. He's not alive." Hayes told me quietly. I turned back around and faced him. I cried new tears.

"I don't want to lose him." I whispered almost to myself.

"You've already lost him." He said as he looked into my eyes. He brought his hand up to my cheek to wipe away some tears. I felt myself break anew. Shawn is dead, Miranda has betrayed me, I've been kidnapped again, and I don't even know if I'll ever see my family again.

"Hayes?" I asked after a while. He looked at me with a hopeful gaze.

"Will you.. hold me?" I asked him softly. He didn't hesitate in wrapping his arms around me and pulling me closer than I already was. I tugged my arms out from under his body and folded them around his torso. I rested my head against his chest and listened to his heart beat. I felt him place his lips on my neck and kiss it once. I looked up at him to find him looking straight at me.

"Give someone a chance. It doesn't have to be me, or anyone in this room. Just promise me that you won't live the rest of your life in grief." Hayes told me. I nodded against his body and put my forehead against his. He smiled at me and I managed to smile back. Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. The feeling was.. foreign. Something new and unexplainable. I pulled away after a minute or two and pressed my cheek onto his. It felt soft, so I kept it there for a long time. I wasn't able to fall back asleep. Hayes had fallen asleep after a while.

"Katie?" I heard an all too familiar voice ask. I winced and looked up into Mirandas eyes.

"I don't want to talk to you." I snapped quietly. Her gaze held sorrow in it.

"I want to help you." She proclaimed.

"You haven't been doing a very good job here lately." I said sarcastically.

"I know, and that was my fault. I brought you food and water. Just hide it before Crischen sees it. He left for a doctor's appointment. I have something to tell you, Katie." She said. I looked up at her and waited for her to continue. "Its about Shawn."

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Do you think he's alive?

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~Katie