Choices

Chapter 20

Enjoy this VERY long chapter! Lots of back and forth between Point of Views going on but I promise it'll all make sense! The song is Bored To Death by Blink-182!

(Craigs POV)

     Delirious, Tyler, Evan, and I all high five each other after another successful setup is completed. All we have left is one more setup then after that is the heist finale. We all walk into the clubhouse with smiling faces. As I walk in I see Brian with both of his hands on Hope's shoulders shaking her as he shakes his head no.

    "DO YOU NOT SEE WHY IT'S A FUCKING STUPID IDEA?! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT IF YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED!" He yells at her. I push through the guys and push Brian away from her.

     "Don't fucking put your hands on her like that!" I yell at him. He looks at me with relief in his eyes.

     "TALK SOME SENSE INTO HER FOR ME THEN! SHE WANT'S TO BE GIVEN THAT SHOT AGAIN SO WE CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES  WITH WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH!" He yells at me. I turn to Hope as she pushes Brian away from her.

     "MY BODY MY CHOICE! I HANDLED IT THE OTHER TIMES I CAN HANDLE IT NOW!" She yells looking at me. Evan runs up to my side now, taking off his owl mask.

     "Hope, we're not going to put you through that again, I mean have you see your neck?! They stabbed you so hard with the needle there are bruises on your neck!" Evan says as he moves the hood of her hoodie away so we can see. She swats his hand away.

     "Don't fucking touch me unless I ask you to thank you." She says. She moves the hoodie back into its place, covering the bruises. "I'm volunteering myself because I know what to expect and you want to see what it does!" She says looking between Brian and Evan.

     "I agree with the two of them Hope. What if you aren't able to move around like last time?" I ask her. She turns to me.

     "It's not like anyone in here is WILLING to carry me around for a couple of hours." She rolls her eyes. Tyler lets out a snort behind me. Suddenly I want to slap him for that.

     "Hope, you seriously want to go through your fears again for us?" Marcel says, walking down from the loft and to us.

     "As much as I don't mind putting someone through hell for being a terrible terrible person, I want to show you what that person will be going through." She says as she pushes Marcel out of the way and up the stairs.

     "And where are you going exactly?" Evan says following her.

     "If one of you won't give me the syringe, I'll do it myself." I turn to Brian as he shakes his head, running fingers through his reddish brownish hair.

     "What the hell happened over two fucking days?! What did you do to her!" I start to raise my voice as he looks at me.

     "I did absolutely nothing if that's what you're wondering. She's been on this since fucking yesterday she threatened to come back here by herself with or without me, we've been fighting since then." Tyler comes to our side now.

     "Yeah but haven't you two ALWAYS been fighting with each other? Before you were dating, during when you two were dating, and after?" He says. From the corner of my eye, Hope leans over the railing.

     "WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ANY MORE SMART ASS! WE HAD NO HAPPY MEMORIES TOGETHER! AND EVEN IF WE DID, THE BAD ONES COVER ALL THE GOOD ONES." She takes off her hoodie and throws it down at Brian, revealing a black sports bra underneath.

     "That's not the only reason why they're not together anymore." Tyler leans in and says loud enough for Brian to hear but not Hope. Brian pushes Tyler away from us.