accomplice | ethan dolan

sixteen

grayson

it's been two hours since jade went missing and we've had no luck finding her. ethan is convinced the only person who could have given her up is her old friend bonnie, from the diner.

noah and i were sent to bonnies house while ethan and zack went back to the diner.

"hi, sorry to bother you. my car broke down just outside your house and my phone died, mind if i use yours?" i ask bonnie politely when she opens her door.

"i'm busy" she tries to close her door quickly but i block it with my foot.

"i'm sorry but i need your help" i push past her and noah follows me inside.

"noah i didn't know.. i didn't see you there" she stutters nervously as she backs away from us, "how's jade?"

"i have a feeling you could tell me a little bit about that" he retorts.

"what? i haven't seen jade in months" she laughs nervously, "you needed a phone?" she asks handing her phone to me.

"cut the shit bonnie" noah snaps, smacking the phone out of her hand as she gasps.

"noah, relax" i sigh.

"jade's missing and i know you gave her up to the changrettas, tell us where she is" he demands.

"i don't know what you're talking about" she says, "who's the changrettas?"

"i swear to god i'll kill you if you keep lying" he cocks his gun before aiming it at her head.

"fuck sake noah, relax" i repeat myself louder, standing in front of his gun.

i know noah, and i know how obsessed he is with jade. if bonnie doesn't tell him what the changrettas done with jade, he'll kill her.

"get out of my way" he warns me.

"take my car" i throw my keys and he catches them, "bonnie's going to tell me where jade is and i'll text you"

"please just leave" bonnie cries.

"grayson move!" noah yells.

"no! leave, now!"

he rolls his eyes at me before calming down and eventually leaving.

"bonnie please, i need your help" i beg, sitting beside her on the floor.

she's terrified and upset, noah's approach would have never worked.

"i don't know-"

"you do" i cut her off, "and jade's life is in danger, you don't want anything to happen to her, right?"

"no, she was my best friend!"

"i know the changrettas probably threatened to hurt you but if you tell me where jade is, i'll keep you safe. i promise"

"they're a mafia!" she scoffs.

"i know, but we are going to find jade and when we do they'll think you gave her up. so you have two options here bon, we'll try to keep you safe or you can face the changrettas alone"

"i don't know where they took her" she sniffles before looking up at me, "but i can give you an address that might work. he works as a chef in the diner but handles all of the changrettas..dirty work" she trails off, fearing the worst.

"please, that would be perfect" i hand her my phone to text the address to ethan.

"what's your name?" she asks.

"grayson" i smile.

"it's uh, nice to meet you?"

"i'm sorry we had to meet like this" i laugh, "i'm usually not as scary"

"i just hope the changrettas find you scary too" she mumbles.

"don't worry, you'll be safe with me" i help her up off the floor.

"where are we going?"

"my place" i tell her.

ethan

zack and i just arrived to the address grayson text me. when we reach the apartment door i shoot the lock off to get inside, but nobody's home.

"search every room" i tell zack as we begin searching the house.

i open one of the bedroom doors to find a man lying face down on the bed, with a bloodied head.

as i come into the room to take a closer look, i find a fragile jade curled up in a corner, crying.

she doesn't notice me as she sobs quietly, holding her knees to her chest.

"jade" i whisper leaning down in front of her.

she looks up at me, with mascara running down her cheeks as she tries to catch her breath.

"you're okay. i'm here now" i say calmly as i reach for her hand, but she flinches and looks at me terrified. "baby, it's me"

"i want to go home" she says in between sobs.

"i'm going to take you home" i nod, and this time she takes my hand.

i only realise that she's in her underwear when she stands up. i fill up with rage as i begin to imagine what happened, but it suddenly fades when she wraps her arms around me.

"you're safe now" i kiss the top of her head as i hold her tightly, afraid that if i let her go now i'll lose her again.

when she pulls away i take my sweater off, for her to wear and wrap an arm around her as i take her out of the room.

"jade" zack sighs with relief when he sees her.

he tries to pull her into a hug but she flinches and pulls away.

"she wants to go home" i tell him as he looks at me confused.

jade sits in the back of the car and doesn't say a word the whole way home and i can't help feeling guilty.

if i hadn't reacted like i did when she told me about noah, this wouldn't have happened.