brave || auston matthews

[twenty three]

"Okay Stefan and Steph Ariana is going to be in charge" Jackson told his staff before exiting the cafe. Stefan watched him leave, when the coast was clear he gave Ariana a thumbs up.

Ariana grabbed the keys which Jackson left for her and went to his office. Once she entered his office she started to look everywhere. "So explain why we're looking through his office?" Stefan asked as he helped Ariana while Steph stood outside to keep on a look out for Jackson to return.

"Jackson is hiding something about Auston and I'm determined to find it" Ariana answered while looking through his drawers. "So you're doing this to protect your ex boyfriend?". This made Ariana stop and look at Stefan.

"Stefan think of this as me helping Auston. Besides I don't care about him. He dumped me right?? Why would I care about my ex??" Ariana panicked and went back to searching for any clues. Stefan smiled and thought to himself about how cute it was to see Ariana care for Auston.

After an hour of searching Ariana and Stefan still couldn't find anything.

"Ariana I think you're overreacting, Jackson isn't hiding anything in here" Stefan said as Ariana still wasn't convinced. "Stefan i'm positive that he is hiding something and i'm not leaving till I have evidence" Ariana was determined to find something in his office.

"So have you found anything?" Steph walked into the office. Stefan shook his head and continued to help Ariana. "Ha look at this photo of Jackson when he was young" Steph held up a photo of a young Jackson. "He looks like one of the nerds that had a huge crush on me back in high school!" Ariana said oblivious that the nerd is Jackson.

Suddenly a sound is heard from outside, someone has entered the cafe. "No one panic, grab something and stand in front of the door" Steph directed them. Stefan grabbed a hole puncher, Ariana grabbed a huge book and Steph grabbed a pair of scissors that were sharp.

The doorknob twisted, the three got ready. As soon as the door opened they were about to attack. "Ahhh!!" The other person said as he fell to the ground.

"What the hell Mitch!" Steph yelled to her boyfriend who laid on the ground. "You guys scared the shit out of me!" Mitch fired back as he got up from the ground.

"Sorry we just thought you were Jackson" Ariana told him as all of them put down their weapons. "Why are you here anyways?" Stefan asked Mitch. "Well I wanted to help you guys plus Auston was on the phone with Jordyn being all lovey dovey which made me sick so another reason why I came here" Mitch explained to the group. "So did you manage to find anything?"

"Unfortunately no" Ariana said looking defeated "Stefan you were right, maybe I was overreacting". Mitch looked around the room before he found something suspicious. He looked at the bookshelf and noticed something out of place. He removed the book and saw a button, he pressed it and the bookshelf turned into a door. "Woah there's a room behind here" Mitch said as everyone looked shocked.

"Okay in two people go down there and two stay up here for lookout" Ariana suggested as Steph and Stefan immediately volunteered to stay up there. Mitch and Ariana went through the secret door and found themselves in a dark room. Mitch flicked the light switch.

"What the hell?" Mitch and Ariana were surprised to see what they just discovered. There was a bulletin board which had everyone of their faces on it. All of their information was on there. "He was spying on us?" Ariana and Mitch looked on the table which was right next to the bulletin board.

On the table there were 7 folders. "These folders have our names on it" Mitch pointed out "Myself, you, Steph, Stefan, Regina, Auston and Jordyn."

"Woah Jordyn" Ariana grabbed her folder and looked at it, she made a discovery in the process. "What's with the shocked face? What happened?" Mitch asked as Ariana looked frightened.

"Jordyn is Jackson's sister and they both were from our hometown and attended our school."