I woke up to silence, thinking that maybe the guys walked out to get food or something. I sat up, pulling on a black shirt and stood up, stretching while walking out of my room. I heard a rustle downstairs and I stopped at the top of the stairs. “Alan?” I called, hearing it quiet.

“Phil? Tino?” I asked, walking down and seeing no one. I walked to the kitchen, seeing the coffee mugs right where they were just hours ago. I looked at my clock, seeing as it was almost five in the afternoon.

I walked to the fridge, taking out a bottle of water when I heard another rustle behind me. “Guys, come on, I’m not in the mood for this.” I spoke.

“Why is that?” I turned around, seeing him casually leaning on the wall and holding a gun.

“Oh, that’s right, because Annemarie left you. I forgot.” He shrugged, looking at me. I clenched my jaw, about to step forward when he pointed the gun at me.

“Don’t be pathetic; now get to the living room, now!” He yelled. I glared at him, never taking my eyes off him as I walked behind him, sitting on the couch.

“Where are the guys?” I asked. Josh stayed quiet, putting the gun down and leaned on the arm rest of a chair. “I asked you something!” I yelled.

“And I chose to ignore you!” He yelled back. I got up, storming to him as he pointed the gun to me. “Keep on walking; I’ll kill you with one shot!” He threatened. I froze, glaring at him.
“Now that I think about it, I’ll just kill you.”

I sat up, the sound of a trigger being pulled ringing in my ears and I ran out of my room, running down the stairs and seeing Alan, Phil and Tino gone. I ran to the kitchen, seeing it empty. I took off to the backyard just as Alan was walking in and I stopped in my tracks.

“You okay?” He asked, a worried look on his face.

“Did you hear a gun go off?” I asked, breathless. Alan looked at me like I had gone crazy and he shook his head.

“No, the three of us have been outside. Have you heard from Aaron?” A knock on the front door was heard and I turned on my heels, going to it and opening it. I looked down, seeing the familiar face of Sarah.

“Sarah?” I asked. She looked up at me and she looked behind me.

“Yeah, can I come in?” She spoke. I nodded, letting her in and she looked at Alan. Tino and Phil joined in and she looked down at the ground. “I need to tell you all something, it’s been eating me since we left.” I gently lead her to the living room and we sat down, listening to her.

“Is it about Marie?” I asked. Sarah nodded, never once looking up.

“The reason we left and her excuses on being annoyed with you, was because of Josh.” I felt my heart sink and I let out a shaky breath.

“She left with him?” Tino asked.

“No, he was at the concert and he shot Austin, as a warning. He told Annie that if she didn’t leave you guys, he would kill all of us. That’s why we left early; she did it to protect you guys.” Sarah spoke. I got up, pacing the floor and feeling anger boil up inside me. That fucking idiot is going to pay.

“Where is she right now?” Alan asked. I turned back to Sarah and she shrugged.

“She left before she could even tell me where she was going. She got a new phone and we didn’t hear from Josh again, but I forgot my phone at the house.” She answered.

“Maybe Aaron went to see her.” I spoke, seeing Phil take out his phone and scroll through it.

“I’ll call him.” He put the phone on speaker and in the middle of the second ring, he answered.

‘Phil, don’t open the door for anyone! Put the alarm on!’ Aaron began yelling. I took two steps closer before another voice spoke up.

‘Give me the phone!’ I heard her velvet voice and my heart skipped a beat.

‘Annie, just drive damn it!’ Aaron yelled. ‘Phil, listen, I found Annie at the cemetery visiting her parents when Josh called her from Sarah’s phone, he apparently has her and he’s on his way to you guys.’ We all looked at Sarah and her eyes widened.

“Sarah is right here; she came by and told us everything.” Phil said.

‘What!?’ Marie screamed.

‘Slow the fuck down!’

‘Don’t tell me what to fucking do Pauley! I’m sick of this and I’m going to kill him!’ Marie yelled. Damn… that was hot. Focus Carlile! I reached for the phone and spoke into it.

“Aaron! Focus, where are you guys headed?” I spoke. I heard him arguing with Marie before she began cursing more.

‘Headed south of Cali, towards SD.’

“Let me talk to her.” I said. I heard rustling before her angry voice answered.

‘What?’ She snapped.

“Relax, it’s me.” I snapped back. “You listen to me right now Annemarie Hughes, you get your ass over here and you let the police settled with the bastard. Now!” I yelled. I heard a swerve and Aaron yelling at her.

‘No, you listen to me Carlile! I have taken enough of his shit and I’m not going to back down until he’s dead you hear me!? I don’t care what you say or what you threaten me with, I’m killing him myself!’ I rubbed my eyebrow with my right hand, listening to her yell at me and I sighed frustrated.

“What if he kills both of you? Then what am I supposed to do? We promised we would protect you and damn it Annemarie we will keep that promise! Now, stop being a selfish little bitch and get your ass over here and let us help you!” I yelled at her, my patience gone. The line went quiet and Aaron spoke quietly.

‘Hey, watch your language with her, bastard.’ Alan took the phone and began talking.

“Hey, cutie, come back home. We miss you.” The line was quiet for a while before she spoke.

'We'll be there soon, sorry.' Alan smiled and told her that we would be waiting on them. I sat on the couch and rubbing my thigh from running. My heart was beating pretty fast and as always irregular.

“We wait now.” Tino said, getting up and putting the house alarm. We all walked around, locking the doors, windows and making sure everything wasn’t visible from the outside.

Notes

Title Credit: Falling In Reverse

Holy shit. I don't know what to write anymore. :O I started writing one-shots for different bands... Should I start posting them? :)