Silence. Silence. Silence is where Hayley's mind went to. Only for that silence to be interrupted.
"Hayley! Come on, what are you doing, we've seriously gotta get out of here! I have no idea what the hell Brendon's planning on doing. Better be safe than sorry!" Alex looked into Hayley's eyes seriously. Hayley couldn't comprehend it all. So she traveled to her quiet place. Her, Alex and a passed out Gabe were still in the bathroom, isolated.
"What about Gabe?" Hayley asked.
"Don't worry, we'll get him. We just really need to find a window or something to get out first, then bring Gabe." Alex decided.
"Okay, I locked the guest room door, so let's go through this one." Hayley pointed at the extra door in the bathroom that led to the next room, which seemed to be a fitness room that connected to the same bathroom. Luckily for Hayley, Alex and Gabe, there was a balcony. Not just a window, but a balcony.
"Look, a balcony! I didn't notice this when I walked in. The lights were off...but whatever, anyways, this should be way easier access to getting out!" Alex walked onto the balcony and looked down. It was one story down into what seemed like Cassadee's backyard.
Unfortunately for Hayley and Alex, they were running out of time. Brendon never went to get help, but to make it seem like he did. Alex had kind of already figured out it'd be such an easy night to take advantage of Hayley, since Brendon thought she'd be totally drunk. But she wasn't. She was gaining sobriety more every minute.
"Come on, now that we've found a way out, let's get Gabe and get out of here!" Hayley started walking towards the bathroom door, and ran into a problem.
"Sounds good." Alex replied from out on the balcony.
"Uh, we have a problem Alex!!!" Hayley panicked. "The door is locked!!!"
"What? How could the door be..." Alex paused. "Either Gabe locked it, or Brendon is on the other side of that door." He whispered.
"It's fine, let's just sneak out the main door..." Hayley proposed.
Alex went to that door and locked it instead of opening it.
"What are you doing?" Hayley asked.
"Locking the door. We can't go out there, remember, you locked the other door, and it's better if we isolate ourselves in here instead of being out in the open like that with Brendon out there." Alex whispered.
"Okay, okay, but we've seriously gotta get Gabe..." Hayley trailed off.
"Gabe, Gabe? You awake? Open the door!" Alex hissed while gently knocking at the bathroom door.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gabe regained conciousness, and he purposely locked the door on Hayley and Alex. He reached up as far as he could, and turned the lock. He knew Brendon would be coming back any second now, so he decided to get revenge with the remaining strength that he had. And how would he do that? Gabe leaned his head back against the shower door, and he heard a creak. He automatically knew it was the main guest room door, that Hayley had locked. Brendon knew how to pick locks- that's something Gabe always remembered about him.
"Hayley?" Brendon whispered. "I just want to get out of here. I have help for Gabe on the way, let's just please get out of here."
Gabe let out a small laugh. He knew he intentionally had no help on the way for him. He'd finish him off, and just like that, he'd be dead like Victoria. And he could hear Brendon's footsteps approaching the bathroom. Next thing he saw was Brendon looking down at him.
"Where are they Gabe? Where'd your little red haired friend go, huh?" Brendon crouched down next to Gabe. Gabe didn't say anything. He just looked at Brendon directly in the face, with hatrid in his eyes.
"I know what you did Brendon. I know it was you." Gabe said softly.
"I know what I did too. And it's all working out, huh?" Brendon smirked. "Killing your slut girlfriend was the best thing I ever did." Gabe lifted his hand to punch Brendon's face, but Brendon had super fast reflexes, and grabbed Gabe's wrist. "Whoa there, Gabe. Don't try that with me. I could kill you now if I wanted." Brendon slapped Gabe extremely hard across the face.
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"Alex! Did you hear that? I just heard a loud slap!" Hayley whispered.
"I heard that. Don't make a sound, I think Brendon's in there, I can hear him talking to Gabe. Hide, Hayley! Hide..." Alex warned.
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Gabe was too weak. He couldn't do anything. He started to feel dizzy, and could feel the heat immensely on his cheeks where he'd been slapped. He couldn't fight back, and Brendon knew that. Brendon stood up, and looked down at Gabe. He pulled a gun from his jacket pocket, and pointed it at Gabe. He held it there for a good few seconds and...
He heard someone scream "OW!". He immediately set the gun down on the bathroom counter, and looked towards the conjoined door, where Hayley and Alex were hiding.
* * * * * * * * * *
"What happened?" Alex hissed across the room.
"I tripped over this power cord!" Hayley hissed back. She pointed to a power cord that was plugged into the wall for a treadmill. Her leg was bloody, because she had cut it on the edge of the treadmill also.
"Hayley come on, hide! Please...I think he's coming!" Alex whispered from across the room. He didn't want to leave that door's side, but raced over to Hayley to help her hide behind a curtain for the balcony.
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Brendon made his way towards the door. But before he made it in there, he decided to kick Gabe's weak legs, so he couldn't get up. "Feels better when I drugged your alcohol, doesn't it?" Brendon smirked. Gabe had thought right. Brendon was drugging him for the past few weeks.
Brendon unlocked the door, and it flew open. His face turned into a frown when he saw Alex, just standing there in the middle of the room.
"Where is she?" Brendon asked.
"Like I'm going to tell you. For all you know maybe she went home. Or maybe she decided to lose her virginity also." Alex always threw a small joke into bad situations.
"Don't play shitty games, Gaskarth. I know she's in here. I heard her say 'Ow!'." Brendon insisted.
"Well you heard wrong." Alex chuckled. Brendon grabbed Alex's shirt by the collar.
"Look, I'm not here for games. Tell me where the fuck she is, and you don't die." Brendon's face turned evil.
No one could hear it, but Hayley started whimpering quietly and crying from behind the curtain. She could kind of see through it, and see what was going on, since the curtain was a bright color and wasn't very thick.
Instead of Alex telling, he punched Brendon right in the face. Brendon let go of Alex's shirt, and stepped back a few steps, while rubbing his eye where Alex had punched it.
Alex knew he was next. Brendon stepped forward and swung a punch at Alex, anywhere possible, and got him right in the chest. After that, it broke into major fighting. But they couldn't hack it that well though, due to all the fitness equipment in the room. Hayley heard both of the boys yell in pain when one was hit. It made her cry harder to hear Alex's yell, wondering why he would take the pain for her benefit.
They continued fighting and it got worse and worse. Hayley couldn't see it, but Brendon's eye was getting puffy and Alex's lip was bleeding. They began pushing each other against things, and they started getting bruises and cuts. Alex's were bleeding. They both had blood in different places all over after a few minutes.
Brendon threw one last punch at weakened Alex, giving it all he had, and he knocked Alex right to the floor. Hayley's eyes widened when she saw that one. She was next.
"Alex!" Hayley got up, her leg throbbing, and instinctively ran from out of her protective hiding spot. She didn't mean to do that. The sight of Alex losing, and falling made her do it. Hayley could see Alex had his eyes halfway opened, and that he was bleeding. Hayley's eyes teared up and she had non stop streaks going down her face.
"What the fuck Brendon! What's your problem?!" Hayley yelled.
"Nothing Hayley, it's not what it looks like! Come on, please don't do this!" Brendon pleaded. Hayley didn't believe it. She had just seen with her own eyes Brendon knocking Alex out.
"No, Brendon! Stop I don't want to go away with you!" Hayley cried. Brendon took two steps closer to Hayley, and she took two steps back.
"I would never ever hurt you, please, come with me!" Brendon held out his hand, and took two more steps towards her. She took two steps back.
"No! You killed my best friend, got rid of Josh, knocked Alex out, and drugged Gabe! Why would you do that?" Hayley sobbed. She continued taking two steps back, then she stopped. She was at the edge of the balcony. She was at a dead end. She could go no farther. Brendon came closer, and cupped Hayley's chin and pointed it upwards.
"Because I love you Hayley." Brendon told her. Hayley sobbed more and closed her eyes tightly, releasing more tears. Brendon got a firm grip on Hayley's arms. "You're coming with me. Let's get out of here!" Brendon raised his voice a bit, like he was starting to get irritated. He leaned in to kiss Hayley.
"No!" She screamed. "Stop!"
"Hayley! CALM DOWN!" Brendon had a hold of her, and pushed his lips against hers. But she didn't do anything. She just cried more and more. He broke away and said once more. "You're mine. Say goodbye..." he leaned in again to kiss her against her will.
"No! No! Stop it! Stop!" Hayley yelled again. Brendon was trying to kiss her neck, and do all these things. "Stop! Leave me alone! No!"
BOOM!
Brendon falls to the ground.
Hayley looks straight ahead to see Gabe. With a gun. He shot Brendon. In the back.
Hayley looked down at Brendon's paralyzed body and shivered uncontrollably. Brendon reached a hand up and croaked "Help me, Hayley." Hayley sobbed more and more every second. She didn't move. She looked in Gabe's direction. He came closer.
"I had to do it Hayley. I had to. After everything he's done?" Gabe moaned. He stepped back. He was limping. And bleeding more. What did Brendon do?
Brendon was still alive. He had only been shot in the back. If he had no medical attention, he would've died.
Gabe ran over to passed out Alex, and Hayley stood frozen. Her leg was bleeding, her mascara was running, and her eyes were puffy from crying. Gabe got Alex to get up, and Alex slowly walked over to Hayley.
"I put up a good fight. We've gotta go. Gabe's a criminal." Alex whispered. Hayley hugged Alex while still in shock, that's all she wanted to do. Gabe helped her and Alex climb over the balcony. They were able to climb down a pole that was holding the balcony up. As much as Hayley's leg hurt, as much as Alex was bruised, and as much as Gabe's head had been bashed, they ran. They ran all the way across the street, into the forest that surrounded the lake in Cassadee's neighborhood. They watched. Five minutes later, the cops raided the place.
Someone must've called due to party noise, or suspicious noises upstairs. Which by that, means yelling and the gunshot. Paramedics arrived, and got Brendon. Everyone escaped in time so no one got caught for drinking.
"Holy shit Gabe! The gun!" Hayley whispered.
"Taken care of. I disposed of the evidence." Gabe smirked.
"Where?" Alex asked.
"In Brendon's hand. So now it looks like he shot himself in the back- I don't know how that would be possible, but whatever. The thing has Brendon's fingerprints all over it. I was careful about leaving mine." Gabe softly explained.
[Hayley]
We sat there. For hours. We watched kids get busted, and Paramedics rescue Brendon. There were a few other kids...Brendon must've beaten them up. Knowing Cassadee she'd get out of it somehow. Her parent's would never know. I don't know where Josh was. But I looked real closely, and saw him coming out on a stretcher. Josh? Brendon had beaten up Josh? No surprise. Josh would probably be his first target. No wonder I didn't see him all night.
I was safe. Gabe was a criminal. And Alex was beaten. Alex had taken that beating for me. And I loved that he did that for me. Did I love him? I don't know. That night we stayed in the forest. It wasn't really a forest, though. It was grass, with a bunch of huge trees, that had a lake and golf course in the middle. It was safe. We roughed it with our bruises and all.
I drifted off, my head against Alex's shoulder. Gabe and Alex were still awake. I was just enough awake to hear Alex say:
"Gabe. I saw Brendon kill Victoria. Don't ask me why I didn't stop them. I couldn't. I should've though. After I witnessed it, Brendon caught me. Ryan Ross is still alive, too. He's the one who knocked you out. Brendon threatened me, and that's when he told me he basically loved Hayley. I told him that in the end, he'd be fucked, and that it'd be Hayley and me. He didn't believe me. Look at what happened now."
"God, Alex. You and I have seen some strange things in our young lives. Everything happens for a reason." Gabe softly laughed.
When I heard Alex say that, I melted. I melted then drifted off to sleep right there on Alex's shoulder.
Ehh, I think this chapter was crappily written. Either way I needed to describe what happened some way. I have one more chapter of this story, then iI'm done with this. I already have ideas for more stories, and I'm even thinking about continuing this one in a different way, but I don't know what exactly it'd be about. It would be different though...
Hopefully I'll get chapter 12 up by Saturday night or sunday! :)
