Or So You Thought

Out of It

Seth POV

I hate having to keep up that lie. I hate lying. Especially to someone like Ari. She's so nice. Naive but sweet. She reminds me of my little sister, Jessica. I know if Jess were able to meet Ari, they would be best friends. I had to force myself to stop the thoughts of Jess from entering my head. I'm tired of being around tears.My mom went into a deep depression after my dad died & he drank himself to death after Jess died. I needed to get away somehow. So one day, I decided to hang out with the gang members that were always on the corner at night. They accepted me pretty quickly. I had to do somethings that weren't acceptable in the eyes of the law, or anyone for that matter. But, one day, I thought about what I was doing. It was stupid. It wasnt an escape from my problems, it was just distracting me with new ones. I was smarter than what I was doing. I wanted out. Unlike most people I know, I didnt have to do anything to get out. I just left. I remember one of them hunting me down as I made a run for it. Didnt catch me, thank God, but he did say he'd back again. I highly doubt that. I told my mom about the whole situation & she was mad. Scared & mad. She cried about it actually. So I was back to where I was before with the tears. Death, depression, & tears are the only thing I've seen until I left for school.

I walked into the room to see Brian, trying to open another bottle. I almost forgot about what he did but now that I see him, I'm pissed. "Give me this shit" I say, snatching the bottle from him. "Bro, what the hell?" he retaliates. "What were you thinking? You went & asked out Cassie just to turn around & ask Ari? Do you think about any of shit that you do? I mean, REALLY think it through" I ask, as if I don't already know the answer. "Do you?" he replies. What does that even mean? "What are you talking about?" I ask. "I mean think about it. Your mom is depressed & it's been you & her. You don't leave a deeply depressed person by themselves. But you did. Why?" he says. Where does he get off? He knows my story. Why is he doing this? "You know exactly why I left Bry" I reply. "Oh I do. Though if you think, it's sort of selfish. You left so YOU could get away. But what about your mom? Doesn't she deserve the chance to get away too?" he says.

A flood of anger waves over me as I grab Bry by his neck & pin him to the wall. "If you ever in your life. Bry I swear to God, I'll beat the shit out of you" I say in all seriousness. He raises his hands in surrender. "Fine. I just want my bottle anyway" "Fuck you & your bottle" I say before walking out the door. "Fine! I have one more ANYWAY!" I hear him scream from the room. I walk down to the basketball court & sit on the cold bench. I know I shouldnt but I start drinking the Ciroc. It burns my throat but it numbs the pain as I think about what Brian said. The pain gets worse so I drink more. I need to put the bottle down. Things happen when I get drunk, bad things. I havent gotten drunk a lot but its been enough to know that it is something that I shouldnt do. But I continue to take enormous swigs. Just to numb the pain. Just this once my mind tells me before I chug the last bit that is left. I feel myswlf blacking out. I lay down on the bench to go to sleep. I wake up a little later to attempt to walk back to the room but I couldnt get up. It was like something was on me, weighing me down. I turned my head to see a tall dark figure by me. He was stepping on my back. "The fuck is wrong with you man? Can you get off me or are we going to have a problem?" I don't know who this guy was but he was about to get these hands. "Oh we've been had a problem" he replies. I knew that voice. I've been running from that voice for a long time. "Oh no" was all I could get out. "I told you I'd be back again" he replies.

Brian POV

I feel like I've been asleep for 1000 years in a box & I'm just now getting up. Everything hurts. Damn hangovers. I roll over to see Seth's bed empty. He took my bottle, the bitch ass. I hope he didnt get drunk or anything. Last time he got drunk, he hot wired a car & it ended up in the river. How? I can't even say. Seth, to this day, doesnt even know how it happened, that's how drunk he was. I'm sure he just went to see Riley & Adam in the next building. I can't really recall what happened last night. I just know that my hand is busted & remember Ari saying she pretty much hates me. Fuck her though! I'm tired of her bullshit anyway. I've got better things to do than stress over her. Like, basketball season. Midnight Madness game is going to be sick. I've missed playing basketball with the team, though Riley, Seth, Adam & I play all of the time. It's going to be so much better since we all will be together, crushing the competition. I attempt to get ready for school but I decide against it. I'm too hungover for it anyway.

About an hour later, I hear banging on the door. Before I can even do anything about it, the door just swings open. It's just Riley & Adam "What's up guys?" I ask. "Is Seth here?" Riley asks out of breath. "No. I thought he'd be with you guys. I woke up & he was gone" I respond. I'm starting to freak out right now. "Shit shit shit shit" Adam says repeatedly. Okay, I'm scared as shit. "Did he call you or anything at all since he left" Adam asks. "I dont know. I wouldnt be to tell you if I tried. Got a killer hangover" I respond. "Why, what happened?" I add on. "Tell him Ri" Adam suggests. "I got a call from Seth a few miinutes ago. It was muffled though, like something was covering his mouth. Then I hear scared breathing & then Seth says "help me" then the line goes dead. I called him back a shit load of times but it goes straight to voicemail" Riley explains. What the actual fuck right now. One argument & he goes & gets kidnapped. I'm too hungover for this.

Thanks for reading! xxx Sorry it's a bit short. I decided to put Seth's back story into play. But oh no though! Poor Seth ):