Nearly Lost

Chapter 5

"It hurts but it's OK. I'm used to it"

Playlist for today (listen for better reading experience!): Lucid dreams - Juice Wrld

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I feel my self swimming in darkness, then light finally shines through, illuminating my skin and making it glow. I squint as I try to adjust my eyes to the sudden brightness. I then feel myself being pushed down, hard. I feel... dry land? What's going on? I feel sudden breeze slap my face.

"Listen to me" I hear someone say to me.

"Hello?" I say, looking for whoever owns the enticing voice commanding me to obey.

"Focus" is all the voice tells me as the scene changes before my eyes.

"What's happening?!" I say as my body moves on its own towards a still figure. I stop floating at last then I make out the still figure. Dad?

I reach out to touch him but my hand instantly burns as my finger makes contact with his favorite leather jacket, the same he wore on the day of the accident. That's when he makes a move to his car.

"Dad, Dad stop!" I yell at him as he gets into the car. Why can't I move?

He begins to drive, moving at normal speed. I nearly sigh in relief until a bright light blinds me and I hear a crash, instantly pulling me to reality.

"Fuck!" I yell and a hand collides with my cheek, causing me to wince in pain.

"What the hell Zo! You nearly killed her the first fucking time!" I hear someone say behind me as I focus on the person who slapped me.

"Yeah Zo, what the hell!" I hiss at her, irritation evident in my voice. It's not like I could rub my face to reduce the pain since my hands were tied.

"Jeez, I'm sorry. I'm kinda new to this stuff alright" she shrugs it off as if it was nothing, but I fish out the amusement in her tone.

"Well you are doing a pretty terrible job, I'll say " I spat out arrogantly. She scoffs "Like you could do any better"

"Hey both of you. Shut the hell up!" the voice behind me booms. 'Zo' and I find ourselves complying immediately.

"I'm going to call Noah. No fuckery from both of you" the voice behind me says with so much authority, it was scary. I hear footsteps fade away at each step till I hear a door slam.

"She seems nice..." I start but stop at my tracks immediately when 'Zo' brings out a gun from her back pocket and it at my head.

"The hell is wrong with you?!" I say angrily.

"Just being careful is all. Noah seemed really tense about you." she says, all the humor in her expression fading away instantly.

"Well you can calm the fuck down, because the last time I checked, I'm the one with a MOTHERFUCKING GUN on my head, not the other way around." I snap back. I instantly feel a throbbing sensation in my head and stifle an irritated sigh. This is not how anyone will want their day to end. And this time universe, take notes. When I say I want action, I do not mean 'Kidnapped and potentially killed' kinda action. Nobody wants that, no one will ever want that.

She drops the gun, her expression unreadable.

"I just don't get why he wanted us to kidnap you so badly...". Before she could continue, the door slams open. Rapid footsteps follow suit and I hear a familiar voice yell "Where is she?". The footsteps get louder until two figures come into view. I make out one of them immediately.

I know that hoodie from anywhere.

"You're Noah?!". I stare at him in disbelief. He pulls down his hoodie and that's when I make out his facial features more closely. That scar... was that there the other day?

"Are you done gawking?" Noah says, his tone flat. I wait for the others to laugh but I'm greeted with silence. Damn, these people must mean business.

"I was not gawking ass-hat, I was merely curious about you're scar." I retort.

Completely Ignoring my comment, he simply says "I know what you want, and I think we can come up with some kind of preposition that'll benefit both parties"

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"Kira, who owns that car?". My mum stares in disbelief at the sleek black Toyota parked in front of the house as I rush off to the car.

"Oh, their some new rich kids I met at the Park" I shrug it off as nothing.

"But when-" I interrupt her by giving her quick peck on her cheek.

"Bye Mum, I'll be late for school" and leave her dazed as I climb in.

"You took your sweet time" Zoe a.k.a Zo, says sarcastically to me as I take a seat at the back.

"Zoe and Sage will enroll into your school and they'll become your new friends and allies. You entrust them with everything, and the same goes for them" Noah says, his tone flat and his expression unreadable.

"Yeah, but what has this got to do with anything?" I say, matching his gaze.

"Yeah well your suspiciously rich looking car was a problem" I snap back. She just rolls her eyes and continues using her phone.

"You want information on your father and Jay, don't you?" he says with slight irritation laced in his voice and I refrain from asking him how he knew any of them.

"Yeah" I say nervously, suddenly feeling uncomfortable and badly wishing for my hands to be untied.

"Look, let's just focus on trying to make our story believable and at least try to act like we like each other." Sage says without taking her eyes of the road as she drives on.

"Whatever" Zoe and I mutter simultaneously and immediately shoot daggers at each other with our eyes. I see Sage roll her eyes through the rear-view mirror and I stifle a laugh.

"Hey! Why are you laughing?" Sage says with an authoritative voice but I caught the amusement in her eyes through the mirror.

"Yeah Coleman, what's so funny?" Zoe says in her tough voice, but I see her trying, but failing, to hold her smile.

"Oh nothing" I say with a big grin and they eye me suspiciously.

"Then just trust me"

I sigh. I want to, I just don't know how.

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A/N

Sorry this came a little bit late. I needed to polish it up a bit.

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Love Vanessa ❤️

PS: I'm working on another book, "Badly" If your interested :). Have a lovely week!