Dead to me // Colby Brock

037• 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 •

"Ok Ted Bundy why are we here?" I whisper to Brennen as he leads me through a forest. After he had found at about Colby engraving on me he hasn't stopped forcing me into going on this long hike with him to 'get some air' but I knew he was just trying to get all of the drama out of me.

"Jezze Ava can't I take you on one hike without being accused of killing you in some way" he replies back tossing his hands up in the air in surrender.

I smile to myself pointing towards a small hole in the ground. "Is this where you are going to bury me?" I joke. "You know what yes" he responds gently pushing me towards it.

I chuckle regaining me balance before walking back to him. As much as a dick Brennen was to me before I would say that he has changed a lot since we last talked. I liked this Brennen even if he was planning on killing me.

"So Mr serial killer why are we here?" I ask kicking a stick into a bush.

"Soooo you and the Brocks huh?" he softly smiles at me pulling his hands behind his back shyly. I scoff rolling my eyes even though I knew this was coming.

"Yeah one got me pregnant" I lie looking over my shoulder to meet Brennen who had a surprised expression painted on his face. His mouth dropped open and he had looked like he was going to flip a tree with his bare hands.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" He yelled so loud that I jumped a little on my spot. "No, you fucking idiot I'm joking!" I reply back picking a stick up from beneath my foot.

"You know what, fuck you" he whines running off into the distance. I stood shocked for a second before my feet leaped off the group chasing after him. A small laugh escaped my mouth as I charged behind him.

My hair brushed my face as I jumped over a long log before crashing into Brennen in front of me.

"Hey!" I yelp tumbling backwards but my voice drops as I looked over at Brennen to see that his facial expressions were now drawn into a scared expression. I follow the direction of his eyes to spot a small broken down house in the distance.

"That was not there before" Brennen whispers but all I could do was laugh. What dumb prank was this man doing?

"Yeah because a house can grow legs, stand up and walk" I laugh rolling my eyes but Brennen's face said differently. For once in a while, he looked powerless.

"Let's go" he grumbles turning around but I stood still. I didn't want to fall for one of his dumb pranks once again and then he teases me for the rest of the week.

"I'm going up to it" I reply back skipping over to the broken down gate that was held up by a single wedge. The garden looked well-mantained meaning that there was someone still living here.

"Ava what the fuck are you doing!" Brennen shouts but I blurred out his voice. I pushed the gate listening as a tiny squeak escapes from it. "Ava!" I hear Brennen yell anger lanced in his voice.

I ignore his voice once again walking down a stone path that was wedged between dead weeds. "Stop It right now Ava!" Brennen growls at me like a dad at his untamed kids.

Ignoring Brennen's voice I dragged my foot up to the first step that creaked at my touch. It bent downwards but was still strong enough to hold me up for a second. I quickly skipped up the steps praying for them not to break at my touch before a small smile grows across my face.

I turn around to face Brennen who was standing next to the gate in a position meaning that he was ready to take off. "I'm going to knock" I joke walking closer to the door.

At this point, Brennen had seemed to have given up and looked as if he wanted to run off into the woods leaving me by myself. "Go ahead" Brennen gesture towards the door rolling his eyes.

"Privileged" I reply back bringing my knuckles towards the door and knocking hard. I knew this all was a joke. Well, it has to be. David has done this to me one too many times now.

"See no one now let's go" Brennen says but I just raise a finger at him to be quiet. For a second no one answers and I felt the excitement and thrill inside of my die down but then I hear the door start to unlocks and I felt my body regain all of these emotions at once.

A man who seemed to be around his forties or sixties had answered the door to my surprise. "Hello?" he whispers looking over at me squinting his eyes at the sunlight. I could tell he had just got done working on some type of work as he was covered head to toe in dirt.

"Hi, my friend and I went for a walk and we stumbled across your house and we would just like to say hello" I respond giving him a toothy grin. Instantly I watch as his face turns from a dull expression to a happy one as he looks between Brennen and I.

"Wait actually?" He questions. "No one ever comes to great me anymore" he says his voice covered in sadness breaking my heart. I don't know who was this actor Brennen must have paid but this all seemed too real.

"Aw that's nice and kinda sad" I reply whispering the last bit under my breath.

"Oh, what are you guys doing here come in!" He happily claps his hands together. I turn around to face Brennen who looks as if he had just shit himself. I raise an eyebrow at him gesturing my head towards the door.

He signs dragging his feet towards us before standing next to me. I gave him a small smile and to that Brennen became cheery again.

The old man pushes the door to the side letting Brennen and I inside. Compared to the outside the inside was absolutely beautiful. It all had seemed to be renovated from head to toe.

"This place is lovely" Brennen exlames getting comfortable at the sight. He pulls his jacket off revealing a tattoo of an owl that was holding a note that stated: "23.7.18, purple, charming" symbolizing the gang.

I looked over at the old man and noticed that his face had instantly dropped. I look back over at Brennen trying to give him a confused expression but his eyes were fixated on the fireplace in front of us.

"Darling could you please get me some water I'm so dehydrated and my legs are so weak right now, it's just down the hall on the left" the man randomly spoke giving me a small smile.

I knit my eyebrows together but I follow what he says. As I walked down the hallway I had spotted multiple pictures of him with another older lady both looking at each other in awe while there was some with a little girl that looked oddly similar to Dora. Finally, I walked into a small kitchen which seemed to be a bit different from the rest of the house.

I pull open the first cupboard I see and luckily it had seemed to be where the cups were. I quickly grab one before bringing it over to the tap.

"You purple killed my daughter!" I hear a loud yell roar throughout the house. Confused I leaned into the hallway to witness the guy was now holding a gun at Brennen and instantly I felt my body go into shock.

This definitely wasn't a prank.

I felt my feet take control as it leads me over back to the cupboards. I opened the first one I saw and fell upon a stack of pans.

I grabbed the pan and pulled it behind my back before shuffling towards the doorway. As I moved more into the room I had seen that Brennen had his hands placed high into the air as the gun was pointed directly at his head. I tiptoed behind the man making strong eye contact with Brennen.

"I'm sorry but it's not my fault sir" Brennen says making the man face more towards him pulling the gun closer towards his head giving me more room to walk behind him.

I grab onto the handles tightly as my eyes catch with his fingers entwined with the trigger. I felt my heart start to race faster as I slowly bring the pan upwards.

"See you in hell boy!" the man shouts before tumbling to the ground the pan laying beside him. My fingers tingled as I looked down at his lifeless body stretched out across the ground.

Brennen quickly pushes himself off the couch and grabs the gun before shooting him multiple times.

I can't believe I just killed this man.