Painted Red ( One Direction )

Chapter 5

Sarah's POV

" Are you sure we shouldn't tell the police about this? " Victoria quietly asks as we walk down the school halls.

" You remember what happened with the red pills, we can't without someone else getting hurt " We shuffle through a crowd of students and make our way to the cafeteria. Everyone was peacefully talking and eating inside, oblivious of the dangerous men residing in our town.

" But, Casey " Victoria whimpers, she was beyond worried and so was I.

" Don't worry, we're going to get her back " I walk towards the empty table, only one very important boy occupying it. He looked at the two of us in confusion for a quick second before he laid back in his seat with a smirk on his face, tapping the table with fingers in rhythm.

" Louis Tomlinson " I begin, pulling a chair and sitting down on it. Victoria did the same, and she was cautious of the boy. We both knew that he wasn't someone we could easily trust, or trust at all.

" Why were you with Casey yesterday? " I ask, ignoring the typical greetings and get right on point. He huffed before speaking.

" That's none of your damn business " He gets closer and whispers with a smirk. Victoria was getting fed up and slammed her hands on the table, half of the cafeteria looking over at us. She then sat back down and we waited a couple minutes until everyone's attention drifted away from our small group.

" Listen Tomlinson, that is our business, Casey was kidnapped yesterday right after you two talked " Victoria speaks through gritted teeth. She was losing her patience.

" And if you don't tell us what we need to know, we'll tell that police what we witnessed, I'm pretty sure then they'll be the ones interrogating you " I finished, receiving a cold icy glare from Louis.

" Fine but we can't talk here in a high school cafeteria " He got up and left, making the chair hit the table with a loud noise before he exited the cafeteria.

" I guess that's our hint to follow " We both walk towards the door.

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" The stoner pit, this is where we're going to talk " Victoria grimaces and she inhales the drug-polluted atmosphere.

" Yes, the stoner pit, this place has a lot to do with your friend " Louis crosses his arms and firmly speaks.

" What do you mean? " I ask, confused.

" How well do you know your best friend, did she tell you all of her secrets? " He remains standing in the same position. Victoria exchanged a look with me.

" Did you know that Casey was doing drugs, for a while now, that was until she couldn't pay them off so now she's trapped in the dealer's house " He laughed.

" Niall told me to keep her out of our little stoner pit, but what he didn't know was that she always voluntarily joined in to buy some drugs " He looked at me with the same eye contact and look in his eyes when I caught Niall threatening him.

" Casey never told us about this, and we've been friends with her forever and we never saw her doing drugs " Victoria stutters. There's just some secrets that you can't even tell your best friend, some secrets you can't tell anyone.

" Everyone has secrets " Louis quietly spoke before walking back towards the cafeteria.

" Wait! What's CCW and you still didn't tell us why you were talking to Casey yesterday " I shout out.

The color from Louis's face disappeared as he stood there, a large lump in the middle of his throat, not allowing him to speak. He gulped before saying a word.

" They're the drug agency and I was warning Casey about them. If you want to find her my guess is going to be that she was taken to the bosses house to be interrogated and robbed " He walked towards us, pulling out a notebook and pen from his backpack. He ripped out a sheet of paper and scribbled something onto it before handing it to me.

" If you want to find her, go over to this address " He slipped the note into the back pocket of my jeans before walking away.

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" Well we're here " Victoria takes in the view as I get out of my car to see the house in front of us. It looked like an average home down the block, but from what I'm hearing it's completely different inside.

" How are we going to sneak in? And what if there's people inside? " She asks, concerned.

" I talked to Louis before we got here, he told me that everyone inside the house went to a meeting right about now " I subtly smiled at Victoria. She looked at me with a strange expression on her face.

" Since when were you and Tomlinson close? " She asks as we walk towards the house.

" We're not close, I just asked for his number so we can ask important questions like these " I reply to get her rolling her eyes at me. We were now on the porch and as we guessed, the front door was locked.

" Check the windows and back door " She speaks and I head towards the windows. All of them were closed, shut tight. This just makes no sense. Casey doing drugs, a local drug dealer living in our peaceful town and the police having no idea about him.

" Sarah! " Victoria shouts, pulling the attention away from my own thoughts and onto her. She was standing in front of the back door with a smile, the open back door. We both walked inside, the temperature very cold.

" Holy shit it's freezing " Victoria rubs her bare arms with her hands. I stood there observing the place. It seemed like just a regular basement but it had a strange feeling to it, plus the temperature made it feel like we were in Antarctica.

" The door's over there, come on " We step on the creaking stairs and stand in front of the door. I slowly twisted the door knob, getting access to the main inside of the house. I opened the door and found myself to be inside a kitchen.

" Come on Vic-" I speak but lose all my words when I find myself not being alone in the house with the exception of one of my best friends.

" Sarah " He looked at me with a confused expression on his face, his hands in a bowl of popcorn. Oh no.

" Hi, Harry "