accomplice | ethan dolan

one

the next morning i wake up in an empty bed. i'm guessing noah is mad at me for disagreeing with him last night.

after a few minutes i get up and go downstairs, where i find noah with ethan and grayson in the kitchen.

they stop talking as soon as they see me and start acting suspicious.

"what happened?" i ask concerned.

"nothing" noah mumbles.

"tell me"

"it's nothing" he shrugs but i can tell something's not right.

"zack!" i yell upstairs.

"jade-" noah tries to stop me.

"zack!" i yell again when he doesn't answer me.

"diego has zack" ethan blurts.

my chest tightens and i can feel my heartbeat all throughout my body as soon as i hear the news.

"i don't understand" i look at the three of them confused, waiting for an explanation.

"here" grayson mutters, handing me my phone.

there's a message from an unknown number demanding that we pay diego $50,000 in the next 24 hours or he'll kill zack.

"how did you get my phone?"

"i took it" noah shrugs, "we have a plan"

"zack was here last night, when did he go after diego?" i ignore him and try to get answers, because nothing's adding up.

"he left when you went to bed" grayson informs me, "he said he had something to take care of"

"he told you to distract me, didn't he?" i scoff looking at noah.

"you wouldn't have let him leave, he asked me to keep you in your room" he admits.

"of course i wouldn't let him go after diego, especially while he was drunk!" i yell at him, "you're a piece of shit"

"watch your fucking mouth" he warns.

ethan and grayson notice the growing tension and leave us alone in the kitchen.

"you didn't even go with him, you're pathetic!" i laugh while rolling my eyes at him.

"i'm not going to tell you again" he glares at me.

"you let him go alone! you're a coward!" i snap and shove him.

he loses his temper and slaps me. there's a sudden taste of blood in my mouth and i realise he busted my lip.

"if anything happens to zack, i'll kill you myself" i spit with disgust before leaving the kitchen.

physical fights between us are normal. we're always hurting each other, but we don't know any better.

"we have $40,000" grayson tells me, "i'm going out with noah to get the rest. ethan's still hurt so he's staying here"

"thank you" i mumble without questioning where the money is coming from.

noah comes out of the kitchen and glares at me before leaving with grayson.

once he's gone, i go back into the kitchen to find something cold for my lip.