Skip and Beau

Chapter 12: Closer than You Think

I'm back from camp!  Hi! :)

*Skip's Point of View*

I heard Sara wandering upstairs to find me. I was sitting down on the guest bed, hunched over.

"Daniel? Is there something wrong?" she asked, scared.

I nodded, my head bent over, I couldn't even make eye contact with her.

"What scared you in the video? Why'd you leave?" she asked, sitting down next to me.

"The...the girl." I whispered. It was Susan. This idiot girl that used to hit on me. Now she has Beau. She's out for me.

"Skip, tell me! What about her?" she asked.

I looked up to find a beautiful girl. My eyes went wide, Sara is just gorgeous wherever she is.

"Daniel...I hate to ruin the moment but your face looks like a scared baby possum." she said, giggling.

I sighed. Why was she being so immature? What happened to her romantic side?

"Sar...maybe you just get Luke or someone. Someone that I can talk to for just a minute."

She looked hurt. "I didn't mean it like that! I...just. I'm sorry. Skip, what about the girl?"

"I know her."

*Sara's Point of View*

He knows her? That's great! "Skip that's a good thing! Why are you so sad? We're just one step closer to finding Beau!"

"Sar, you don't understand! She is a crazy bitch. Let me tell you a little about her." Skip said, a little anger toned in his voice.

What's his problem? Why is he so angry? I just nodded.

"Susan asked me out a bunch of times a couple years ago when we lived in the same city. Since she was just an attention seeking whore, I had to reject her. Ever since then, she started trying to win me over. But then it all stopped. I didn't hear from her for a while, I thought everything was over between us. It was weird, about a week after the Justin Bieber concert with...Hailey...she started contacting me again. But it wasn't the same. She was sending me death threats. Sar, she found me. She knows my new friends now. She's gonna use Beau, I can promise you that. She'll probably find you too. I know you like Beau, I accept that. But we have to stick together until we get him back. That guy that was with Susan could be anywhere. Just waiting for us."

I stared at Skip. After all that sunk in, just two words rung in my head. "Death threats?" I asked.

He nodded. "Sara, I think she wants to kill me."

I stared at him. Who the hell would kill Daniel? I can't let him die. Nope. I don't care if I just met him a couple weeks ago. I need him. I need beau. He's not dying either. But...but what if? What I the worst happens? I don't know how id live if I lost either of them. I don't know...I can't even...

"Sar! You're crying! Nothings even happened yet. We won't let each other out of our sight, okay?" he said.

I nodded wiped the tears off my face, embarrassed. Tired, I looked at the clock. It was only 1PM. I laid down, resting my head in Skip's lap. I could see he looked tired as well.

We crawled into the bed to cuddle, until he eventually fell asleep.

He's so cute when he sleeps. I just wish we weren't at risk of death. That just kinda ruins it all.

I thought heard a shot fired, slightly startling me. It was strange, we never hear shots. Maybe I'm just paranoid, a little more sleep should help me.

Just to add on to my paranoia soon after, I heard screaming. For just a second, I thought I heard the screaming from the same direction as the shot. I am tired, I must be dreaming...

*James' Point of View*

I decided to go home after watching the video. I can't do this. Not now. My life has been ruined these past two weeks, and I don't need more to deal with. I just don't think I can help with Beau, I wasn't even there when Daniel broke his nose.

Getting in the car, I drove for just thirty seconds before passing Shiva's house. I don't know why, but I pulled in. Across the street, I saw a familiar looking car. I feel like I've seen it before...where?

Her parents were visiting family for the week, so I decided to come in and take what was mine that I kept at her house.

I took the key from under the doormat and walked in. It smelled like her. I slowly brought myself upstairs, refusing to go in the kitchen. I looked in her room. It was empty. Her parents must've gotten rid of all of her stuff.

I heard the front door open and close downstairs. Surprised, I walked down, opened the door, and looked outside. No one was around, except that car across the street was driving away. I looked at it, thought for a second, and walked back inside. I must be imagining things.

The only thing that could've opened those doors are Shivas spirit. I'm sure of it.

I heard moaning from the basement. A bit scared, I still walked downstairs to find out if it was her.

It was definitely not Shiva.

"HOLY SHIT!" I yelled.

*Beau's Point of View* 15 Minutes Earlier

I had flung myself to the side the second he pointed the gun. I fell out of the chair, and my hands came free. Feeling just a little pain in my left shoulder, I quickly rubbed the area.

SHIT THAT HURTS.

I looked at my hand to find it covered in red. Looking up, I saw Randy smiling, still holding the gun. Susan was frowning.

"So you want to make it a game?" he asked.

"WHY. DO. YOU WANT TO KILL ME?" I asked, my shoulder killing me. I took off my shirt and placed on the...bullet wound.

"Dammit, Randy." Susan muttered. "Just kill him."

"WHY?" I asked. My shoulder was going into this awkward numb stage.

"Because you won't help me!" she pouted. But the small frown quickly turned into an evil grin.

"You have issues." I muttered, still coping with the pain.

"So Beau," she said, ignoring me. "wanna know where we are?"

My head shot up. "Yeah."

"It'll really freak you out. I cannot wait to see your reaction!" she said bubbly.

"Where are we?" I asked. Damn, my shoulder kills.

"Remember that girl...Shiva? Such a sad, sad ending." she said, eyes flashing.

My heart stopped. Shiva. How does this bitch know about Shiva? "Did you...kill Shiva?" I asked angrily.

"No you idiot, that klutz died on her own."

"YOU BITCH." I hissed. "YOU SAY ANOTHER FUCKING WORD ABO-"

"We're in her basement. Her parents are away visiting family." she said cooly.

I stopped what I was saying. I was just a minute away from my family, my friends, my...Sara. And they have no idea. I screamed as loud as I could. They'll have to hear me yelling.

"Shut up! You are so annoying." said Susan. "Alright Randy, kill him."

Before I could move, Randy fired again.

This time, I felt something in my right shoulder. "SHIT!" I screamed. It was bleeding badly. I crumpled to the floor, both shoulders making pools of blood.

"He's nearly unconscious, let's go." I heard Susan tell Randy.

I closed my eyes, and felt my own life slipping away, just alive enough to see a figure walk into the room.

Author's Note: So if you guys don't understand how all these parts connected, you might wanna reread some of this chapter. Skip or Beau? Or James? xx Elissa