Their Little Princess

Chapter 8

     I stood there, my breath in my throat, and my hands shaking. I stood next to Ethan bewildered that my best friend was standing next to my brother. My tears seemed regular at this point and I didn't even try to hold them back. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood to watch this scene unfold. Nobody dared to move and stood frozen. The tension could be cut with a knife and seemed to make the air harder to breathe. Liam stood there with a small smile on his face. He seemed like he wanted me to react to him just appearing back into my life. I took a little step toward him and he let out a breath. We both stared at each other and a sob finally

came out of my throat. I started to walk toward him as he did the same to me. Once we were close enough, Liam pulled me into his arms. My head up to just below his pecks and his arms held me against his firm chest. I stuffed my head in his chest and cried. I heard a growl but also a slap. I giggled a little through the tears. I looked up at him and saw Jake rubbing the back of his head and Brandon giving him a dirty look. I pulled back from Liam and turned back to Ethan. He smiled at me but I glared at him. I then suddenly ran up to him and started to hit him.

"What the hell Ethan! You didn't tell me you left." He blocked my hits but didn't move. After a minute, I felt two hands go around my waist and lift me up and off of Ethan. I kept wiggling, trying to get out of their grasp so I could get to Ethan.

"Bri, stop!" I faintly heard someone say but I was dead set on getting to Ethan. More hands landed on my arms and legs, holding them still, trying to calm me down. After a few minutes, my breathing finally came back to me. I looked at everyone and then looked back at Ethan. He was smiling at me?

"Wow Bri, recorded timing." I stuck my tongue out at him and then realized Grayson, John, and Elli were still holding me.

"Put me down you, you, idiots." They laughed but shook their heads.

"You could attack Bri again," Grayson said while smirking as well. I glared at them and just sat there in their arms.

"Bri, I am sorry I didn't tell you but I had to leave quickly and I didn't want to worry you."

"Too late Bubby." Ethan chuckled again and walked away.

"Hey, get back here." I tried to move but they were still holding me. "Let me go." I dragged out the O at the end, hoping to annoy them so they would let me down. They just laughed and turned in the other direction but with me still in their arms. Finally, Grayson and John let go but Elli still held and started to go up the stairs. I just sighed and went with it, too tired of fighting. I realized that he was taking me to my room. Once we got there he sat me down and went to leave. I just sighed and laid down on my bed. I closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when I heard the familiar voice.

"Got room for one more?" I sat up right away and saw Liam standing at my door. I jumped up and gave him another hug. He grabbed his strong arms around me and picked me up. He walked over and sat on my bed but with me in his arms. After a while of us just sitting in each other's embrace, I finally broke the silence.

"Why did you leave?" He sighed and started to play with my hair. He knows that playing with my hair calms me down.

"Bri, my family has always been involved with Mr. Black and his business. I was always at his house and hanging around with everyone. When Mr. Black came back one day screaming that he had a daughter and couldn't see her, I felt very bad. Then Ethan came over a lot and I became friends with Ethan. He constantly told me about you and I knew that I needed to meet you. Since you couldn't come to the house, I had to meet you at school. The day we met in third grade I knew that we would be best friends. I couldn't tell you about Mr. Black or anything because Mr. Black told me not to. I had to move because Mr. Black didn't want me to compromise his mission to get you back. "Bri, I begged him, pleaded for him to let me see you but he wouldn't budge. I promise I tried but I can't go against him." After Liam's long rant I just hugged him even tighter.