Chapter 10//"Why do you have two idiots chasing after you"
I tighten my ponytail as I walk out of the bathroom then I gently fold my sticky cake covered dress and shove it in my handbag.
The hall manager went absolutely ballistic when he saw the state of his carefully polished hall, so our winter ball was cut short and we were forced to leave, thank god I'd brought a pair of clothes in case I wanted to evacuate the dance. I straighten out my creased t-shirt that says I love chocolate.
For some odd reason, Elliott has offered to give me a ride home, seeing as I'm pretty sure Carter had left with some blonde bimbo.
Maybe he left because I somehow managed to spend more time at the dance with Elliott than him.
"What are you wearing?" Elliott sighs "Did you get it out a garage sale?" I elbow him in the stomach. We decide to leave by the back door seeing as we should have left over 20 minutes ago but we couldn't find the bathroom and ended up arguing about who's fault it was that we were hopelessly lost.
We push the emergency exit door open, the air has a chilly bite to it and I can see the tiny stars in the bleak sky.
"Grayson" We both turn around simultaneously to see who is calling Elliott's name. My chest tightens as I see 2 bulky guys walking towards us. They have tattoos covering their arms and they don't look like they are kindly asking directions to the nearest ice cream parlor.
"What do you want?" Elliott asks, his jaw clenching and I can see the muscles in his neck tighten, he runs a hand through his dark hair to stop the strands from falling in his eyes. It was obvious by Elliott's reaction that he knows these 2 men.
"We want the money" The broader looking guy smirks, there is something sickening about his devious smirk, while the other was staring at me. His stare made me want to evaporate into the road
Elliott catches the smaller guy's stare and protectively wraps his arm around my waist, as well as pushing me behind him. I feel conscious of his arm pressed against me, as a strip of my naked skin touches his arm.
"It's not my job to pay for it ask Carter or Conner it's their business. I'm not involved this time" Elliott turns around to walk away, pulling me along with him.
"Don't walk away from me rich boy, we've done the deed" The other one snarls "We want the money. Now!"
I look at the men and the look on Elliott's face, his eyes are filled with anger. Only Elliott could be associated with these guys.
"Or you could give us the pretty little lady, we saw her with Carter, taking his seconds are we now Grayson, that's not like you."
Elliott tightens his grip on me and he opens his mouth to say something, instead I get in before him"I'm no one's property, so go take yourselves back to hell" I glare between them, I take a quick peek at Elliott's face and my stomach drops to my feet as his eyes burn daggers at me.
"Okay, it's in my car" Elliott doesn't change his expression. One of the guys gives an evil smile "We knew you would co-operate"
We walk a few steps ahead of the crazy men; I look around for Elliott's car, then I turn to look stare straight ahead thinking about what is going on and why Elliott owes them money. Elliott squeezes my waist, which makes me look up at him. "Keep looking ahead" he whispers I automatically look ahead at the row of cars.
"When I say run you run okay, just follow me" If those to guys weren't behind us I would laugh, it feels like I've jumped into some thriller movie. And to be honest I don't think I can outrun those goons behind us.
As we weave through the car park we turn to the right and then a quick left.
"Run" Elliott lets go of me and I break out into a full sprint, with Elliott way ahead of me. I hear shouting from behind us, we maze through the car park and eventually, Elliott is pushing me into a big fancy silver car.
"Start the car Elliott" I shout at him as he can barely fit the key in the car. "Do you think I'm having fun here, it won't start" he yells back at me. I look at him horrified.
"I should have brought my car not this load of junk " I whine.
"Do you know how much this car cost me, more than your worth" he looks at his keys and his bright blue eyes widen he fiddles in his pocket and pulls out a similar pair of keys
"You have got to be joking me...Elliott they're right behind us I see them in the rear mirror. Elliott hurry up" I cry jumping up and down in my seat. They catch sight of the car and come closer towards us.
"Elliott you know what, you planned this, you just want to kill me I knew it, you haven't changed. You want to scare me to death"
"Shut the fuck up" he shouts at me, I glance towards him, startled. The car slowly moves forward "If you think I planner, this your so messed up in the head"
"Really do you remember when we were young and you got those seniors to try and kidnap me because our parents planned a play date for us and you didn't want me to come to your house"
His face goes pale as he continues to stare into the darkness. He tilts his face in the opposite direction from me.
"Why do you have two idiots chasing after you?" I ask quietly.
"It's Carter and Conner they owe them like $900, and I don't even know what he and Conner asked them to do this time" I stare at him in shock.
Elliott sits back in the driver's seat "Of course they would come to me, and neither of them" Elliott laughs mockingly.
"Well thank god we've lost them" I sit back and relax.
"Sorry to be a killjoy but they're right behind us" I can see Elliott speeding up but for once I don't really care. I just want to be at home in bed with my cat.
"I can't believe you got us in this crisis"
"Dawson you shut your mouth or I'll hand you to them"
I stick my tongue out at him "Wait till I get my hands on Conner and Carter, when I see them I'm going to kill them" He whispers under his breath.
"Don't harm Carter too much I actually quite like him" I only said it as a joke but Elliott's sky blue eyes darken. I feel the car speed up and my heart beats in my chest.
"Elliott slow down" I ask softly. Suddenly he swerves the car in a 360 motion, I feel my insides rise to my mouth, and I hold back a scream in my throat.
"Stop the...." He swerves to the left and I feel my head knock against the side of the window. He has no chance of slowing down unless he hits another car; all I can do it watch the town fly past us.
"Elliott stop" I mean to ask him quietly but it comes out more as a high-pitched scream, I feel tears run down my eyes and my throat tightens in fear.
Slowly the car slows down and I attempt to breathe again, but it sort of comes out as a wheezing sound, my blood is thrumming in my ears and my head is throbbing. Before the car has even come to a halt I unclick my seatbelt and stumble out the car, I breathe in the relief of fresh air.
He was going to kill us both.
I force my legs to walk up to a wall as I lean my head against it, I feel the vomit coming up but I hold it back. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I turn around, "Get away from me"
"I'm sorry I lost control"
"Of what yourself or the car" My voice rises.
"I'm sorry, but they're gone, they would have chased us to your house"
"You're sorry for nearly killing us, god Elliott, I don't even know what to say. I've always thought you were crazy but I didn't know you needed to be sent to a mental asylum. I thought you would have at least cared about me enough to not hurt me" I sae the pain in his eyes but I don't care.
I begin to walk forward into the night hoping to find my way back home.
"Cress... Crescent" he uses my full name which he never mentions "You know I'm not like that anymore, I'm not who I used to be. I wouldn't purposely hurt you" His words came out choked but I can't look him in the eye.
"Elliott you'll never change" My words came out harsh, cold and I add a humorless laugh. I turn around and walk off into the darkness.
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