I Can't Drown My Demons / Chase Lawrence

Part 6 - Limos Aren't Vans

I know what I have to do. I can't kiss chase because Linda will kill me slowly and in a painful manner. shell take away my MasterCard and my Visa card ! How will I survivE? 

I lean in towards Jake, and my lips touch something,,,, hot??? 

I open my eyes to see a hotdog! Im making out with a hot dog. Because Chase has stuck it in between me and Jake, stopping our kiss. He's so romantic. 

The crowd boos us so we know we have to leave immediately. The crowd is going wild! They throw peanuts and hotdogs at us! One hits Jake in the side of the head! DOES he have a concussion?!

"OMG! ARE you okay?" I scream over the sound of the angry basketball spectators. They're chanting "KISS HIM KISS HIM." 

Jake swoops me up in his arms and kisses me. I push him away and gasp. "Jake... I-I'm sorry but my heart belongs to.. to Chase." 

"I can't believe you've done this, Hannah. I thought we had something special," Jake says, wiping away his tears. Chase smiles at him smugly. Jake looks us both up and down. "The two people I love most in the world have betrayed me. Together." He begins crying and I try to reach out to him but he smacks my hand out of the way. 

He lets out a choked sob and begins to run away. "Jake, wait!" I call. It's so hard to see him go. I feel so close to him, even though we met yesterday or today.

"Let him go," Chase says softly, wrapping his arms around me. We are back on the kiss cam. I kiss him and the crowd cheers. I am blinded by camera flashes. What if we go viral. 

We decide to leave before the game is over. We are going on a date! IDK where though...

Chase tells me to wait at the entrance and he will pull the car around so I don't have to walk in the big parking lot. So shival russ. 

I wait at the entrance, sitting on the curb outside. Chase is just perfect. I can never stop thinking about him. its so nice to have someone in my life who finally SEES me for who am i. My mom has never taken me seriously. Zach doesn't either. But Chase does. 

Im daydreaming about our future children when I feel something pressed to my back. 

"Wha-" I start saying. I look behind me and THERE IS A MASKED MAN! WITH A GUN PRESSED TO MY BACK!

"GET IN THE VAN," He says gruffly. 

"Chase won't let you get away with this," I scream, trying to kick him in the shins! He grabs my arms and shoves me in the van in front of me.

"Chase isn't here right now." He grins at me, "Please leave a message after the beep. BEEP."

OH NO! 

I scream and scream but no one hears me over the loud sounds of the basketball game. The man grabs a needle and stabs me with it. I feel woozy... 

As I pass out, I flashback to drowning. I see Chase's furrowed brow through the water. He doesn't save me this time.

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When I wake up, I'm in a basement. I think. My hands are zip-tied together. I try to scream but my throat is dry and scratchy and nothing comes out. 

My attacker waits in the darkness. I clear my throat and call out, "Show your face, coward!"

He takes off his mask.

I see Chase's face staring back at me.

"N-no, it can't be you! CHASE NO!" I scram, breaking down. I sob and sob until I am a puddle of tears. the saltiness reminds me of the ocean, which reminds me of chase. which makes me sad bc he kidnapped me! 

"Guess again, princess," the man says. "My name isn't chase!" 

"YOUVE BEEN CATFISHING US THIS ENTIRE TIME?" I am mad.

"No, you idiot!" Chase-Not-Chase screams. "I am Chase's twin brother!" 

I pass out.