accomplice | ethan dolan

two

"are you nervous?" ethan asks when we're in the car, on the way to meet diego.

"no"

"you don't have to lie to me"

"i just need to get zack back" i sigh.

"noah is going to be pissed about this. he warned me and grayson that we were not to get you involved with diego" he admits, "just blame it on me okay? because if he hits you again I swear i'll kill him"

"me and noah are fine"

"bullshit" he mutters, "he's your boyfriend. he's supposed to protect you, not hurt you"

"welcome to the real world. people hurt the ones they love" i shrug.

"jade-"

"it's not your job to worry about me" i cut him off.

"i've known you and your brother longer than you've known noah. remember? i was 14 and you were 12" he reminds me, "zack has always had my back and grayson's too. i owe it to him to have yours"

i can't believe i've known the twins for six years now. zack and i met them while we were all living in the same foster home.

"that's really sweet but there's honestly nothing to worry about" i assure him, "noah loves me"

"for your sake, i hope he does" he says as we stop driving in the middle of nowhere.

he loads a gun before handing it to me.

"what am i supposed to do with this?"

"so i know you're safe while you're distracting him. if he pulls a gun on you, you shoot him" he tells me, "but if he doesn't, you can wait until i have zack and then i'll shoot him"

"why do we have to wait until you have zack?"

"because you're the distraction. i can't make myself known until the job is done"

"do i just pull the trigger?" i ask about the gun cluelessly.

"no. you have to cock the gun, like this" he guides my hands, "jade, you're shaking" he states, not taking his hands off mine.

"i'm fine. we're going through with this" i tell him stubbornly.

"good because here comes diego" he says before climbing into the back seat, "get into the drivers seat"

"so i'm getting out with the bag, holding the gun on him until you have zack and then we're leaving?" i confirm our plan.

"i know you don't like it but i have to kill him" he sighs, "he wants to kill the both of you and won't stop until the job is done"

i don't have time to answer him as diego's car pulls in and parks across from me.

diego gets out, leaving zack in the car, and waits for me to get out of my car.

"there's your cash, give me my brother back" i throw the bag of cash in front of me before pointing the gun at him.

the bag has about 70 dollars in total. it's a bunch of one dollar notes covering a stack of magazines to make the bag heavy.

"put the gun away" he warns me.

"so you can kill me?"

"i'm not going to kill you" he laughs as ethan sneaks over to his car behind him.

"how am I supposed to believe that?" i try to stall him but his car alarm goes off as soon as ethan opens the door. i panic and go to shoot him but the gun jams.

i try to run back to the car but he grabs me and pulls out his gun. he aims at my temple with his other arm wrapped around my neck, making sure i can't move.

ethan comes out from behind the car with zack. he has a gun aimed at diego until he sees me.

diego takes me to his car while ethan and zack watch helplessly. they can't do anything to stop him.

ethan

"why the fuck did you get her involved in this?" zack yells at me as we get into my car to chase diego's.

"he didn't want money. he was going to kill the both of you and you know that" i remind him while trying to stay calm.

"noah knows to keep jade away from anything that could possibly put her in danger. i don't care if i have to die to keep her safe"

"jade cares"

"stop acting like you know her and just get her back" he snaps, "wait- where's diego's car?"

"fuck" I mutter, "we lost him"

"take me back to my house and we'll wait for diego to call. he would have killed her as soon as he got the chance if he didn't want something"

a few hours after we get back to the house zack finally gets a call from jade's phone, obviously it's diego calling.

"grayson, track this call quick" zack panics and gray gets his laptop ready.

he's a computer genius, he can hack into anything or trace any call.

"keep him on the phone for as long as you can" he whispers as zack answers the call. i stand behind grayson, waiting for a location to come up on the screen while noah glares at me from across the room.

once grayson finds the location zack ends the call.

"what does he want?" noah asks.

"he said he wants me"

"he's still planning on killing the both of you" grayson adds.

"he's holding her in a warehouse. there won't be more than 10 armed men. i think we should storm it, now" i suggest the only plan that's going to work.

"no, we need a real plan" zack sighs, "we can't afford to mess this up"

"we haven't got time for a plan" i remind him.

"that's the reason she was taken in the first place" noah states, "because you couldn't follow a fucking plan!"

"she wanted to save her brother. you knew zack would've been killed if you followed your plan"

"why do you care?" he asks, "stay the fuck away from her" he mutters and pushes me out of his way.

something inside me snaps and i pull him back before punching him in the face, twice, leaving him with a swollen eye and a bloody nose.

he tries to fight back once i'm finished but zack and grayson hold him back.

"you're all going to get her killed" i scoff, "don't come crying to me when it happens" i warn them before leaving.