Episode 26 : A Friend in Need
🍭Beverly🍭
“Carl?”. I called softly. “Did something happen?”.
His beautiful eyes looked sad. “That was Mia, Bryan’s sister”.
“Why did she call? It sounded urgent”.
“Bryan is no where to be found”.
“What?!!”. I shrieked.
He frowned. “Where could Bryan have gone to?”.
“When did he go missing?”.
He stood up. “Beverly, let me take you home then I’ll go look for Bryan”.
“No, I’ll go with you”. I said standing up too.
“Beverly ..”.
“Let me help you find him”. I insisted.
He sighed. “Okay fine, lets go”.
I took my things and followed Carl out of the bakery, we went to the car getting in.
Carl started the car immediately and drove off.
“Where do you think he is?”.
“I really don’t know, maybe somewhere”.
“But he couldn’t have gone missing like that”. I told him.
“Yeah I know but Bryan is hard to understand sometimes”.
I watched him as his hold on the steering wheel tightened.
“We’ll find him”. I reassured him.
“I hope so”. He muttered in response.
For a while, Carl drove around but we didn’t see any sign of Bryan anywhere, both downtown and at the sides.
Carl stopped the car by a curb and hit the steering wheel hard.
“Carl, stop it”.
“I can’t find my best friend and I have absolutely no idea of where he might be”.
Where could Bryan be?
“Has this happened before?”. I asked curious.
He nodded. “Yeah when Gabriella left him, he had ran after her but this is different”.
“Wait, this happened when Gabriella left?”.
“Thats exactly what I just said”.
I tapped my head frustratingly. “Gosh!! Elsa”.
Carl looked at me. “What?”.
“Elsa went over to his place earlier, she said she needed to find out the truth from Bryan”. I told him.
He ran his hands through his hair. “He remembered”.
“Huh?”.
“Elsa might have said something”.
“She did say something about finding out why Kyle hated Bryan”.
“Fuck!!”. He cussed. “Brie”.
“Huh?”.
“When Gabriella knew about what he did to Brie, she left him and Bryan became miserable”.
“Where do you think he is?”.
He sighed. “I hope he isn’t doing something stupid”.
“Do you think he will__”.
He cut me off. “Bryan can’t go that extreme”.
He started the car again and started driving.
“Where are you driving to?”.
He didn’t respond instead he drove at full speed. I was surprised when he went past a road. I know this place.
“He’s there”. He mumbled.
He drive on the road faster and slowed down when he was past a church. He parked the car around that area.
He got out of the car and i followed suit, he went ahead to where grasses were, it was like a graveyard, a burial ground.
“Why are we here?”. I asked him.
Carl stopped and I saw what he was looking at, Bryan was crouched in front of one of the slab.
I walked with Carl over to him, i could see Brie Lawson written on the cement slab.
“Dude!!”. Carl called.
Bryan stood up and hugged Carl immediately, i knew he was crying because of the sniffs i heard.
Gosh!! He’s really going through a lot. I thought as I watched him cry.
Weird because he always looked tough in school but seeing him now, he looked fragile.
I cleared my throat. “Carl”.
He looked at me. “Yeah?”.
“I have to go now”.
“Let me take you home”. He said pulling away from Bryan.
“No its okay. I’ll just take a cab”.
“Beverly__”.
“Stay with Bryan, he needs you”. I told him.
I gave him a peck on his cheek and walked away thinking of Bryan.
I never knew someone like him would be going through a lot.
I mean, whatever he did to that Brie Lawson girl, i’m sure he regretted it and felt sorry.
Why can’t Kyle Vegas just forgive and forget? Look at what Bryan is passing through and I’m sure he doesn’t know that.
I decided to take a glance at them, i looked back and saw Bryan still sobbing quietly while Carl soothed him.
Elsa is going to hear from me when I get home, what did she even tell him that made him that way?
I stopped by the road and flagged down a cab. A cab stopped and I got in.
Finally I reached my place, i rushed to the main door and opened it with my key.
“Beverly”.
I hugged her. “Good evening, Mum”.
“Hey, Tristan told me you had a date”.
“I’ll tell you all about it later”. I pecked her cheeks. “I have to talk to Elsa”.
“Okay then, she’s in her room”.
I nodded and ran up the stairs, i went to the Elsa’s room and opened the door stepping in. She was on her bed under the covers.
I went over and pulled back the duvet.
She sat up. “Beverly?”.
I crossed my arms. “What did you do?”.
She furrowed her eyebrows. “Huh?”.
“I’m talking about Bryan”.
She flopped back on the bed. “I’m not interested in talking”.
“What the heck did you do to him? He looked broken when I saw him”.
“I only asked him a question”. She replied.
“And that triggered his past”.
“Why are you talking like I did something bad”.
I scoffed. “You did something more than bad? I clearly told you to ignore Kyle”.
“I just need to know what Kyle meant by what he said”.
“If Bryan wants to tell you then he will”.
“Whose side are you on anyways?”. She shouted.
“I’m on Bryan’s side”. I told her.
“I didn’t do anything bad, Beverly. He didn’t even tell me anything”.
“But I told you not to ask him”.
“Sorry I didn’t listen, Mum”. She said sarcastically.
“If you really liked Bryan then you wouldn’t have caused him this much pain”.
I fired at her and left her room immediately.
🍭Elsa🍭
I glanced at Bryan again in class, his head was on the desk as usual.
What Beverly said kept on ringing in my ears ‘If you really liked Bryan then you wouldn’t have caused him this much pain’.
Its been two weeks since I have been avoiding Bryan. He’s been trying to talk to me in different classes but I just ignored him.
I do not want to cause him more pain like before so its better he should forget about me. I’ve been hurting too since Beverly refused to talk to me, she thinks I caused everything.
It was obvious that Bryan has not been himself these weeks and it added to the fact that he was always staring at me in class.
I can’t even concentrate in class at all, i heaved a sigh of relief when the bell rang signaling lunch break.
I packed my books then wore my backpack rushing out of class. I decided to go to the library since I need some alone time.
I stopped when I saw Gabriella.
She smirked. “If it isn’t Elsa Reyes”.
“What do you want now?”.
She has been trying to make fun of me ever since she found out that Bryan and I were no longer that close anymore.
“Nothing, just sad for you and of course Bryan”.
I rolled my eyes. “I see you have nothing better to talk about”.
“I just want to remind you that you left him eventually just like I expected”.
“You need to stop prying into my private life”. I told her off.
I walked past her and suddenly someone pushed me into an empty class. I hit the person immediately and he groaned.
“Kyle?”. I asked surprised.
“Elsa, we need to talk. You’ve been avoiding me”. He said.
Oh yeah. Did I mention i avoided both Kyle and Bryan? I really don’t wanna get caught up in their mess.
“There’s nothing we need to talk about”.
“Elsa, I like you”.
“So?”. I asked. “What the heck should I do about that?”.
“Why you are sounding that way?”.
“Just let me be. Kyle”.
“Why are you acting like this anyways? I thought you are not with Bryan”.
“Just because Bryan and I are not in talking terms doesn’t mean I will say yes to you”.
He crossed his arms. “So you are saying you will rather choose Bryan over me?”.
“Yes Kyle, yes. I will always choose Bryan over you because I love him the more”.
He scoffed. “Love? You love that asshole?”.
“Don’t you dare insult him”. I defended Bryan.
“I will because he deserves it being the criminal he is”. He shouted.
“Stop saying that about him, you don’t know the real Bryan”. I told him.
“Well I do know that he’s a rapist”.
I stopped in shock. “What?”.
He chuckled. “So he didn’t tell you? Huh?”.
“What the heck are you saying?”. I asked curious.
“What I am saying is that he raped my girlfriend, Brie, just because she refused his stupid advances”.
I was stunned by what Kyle said? Bryan did that? It was like my head swiveled around.
I couldn’t even think anymore as what Kyle said sinked into my mind.
Episode 27 : The Escape
☘️Elsa
“What the heck are you saying?”. I asked curious.
“What I am saying is that he raped my girlfriend, Brie, just because she refused his stupid advances”.
I was stunned by what Kyle said? Bryan did that? It was like my head swiveled around.
I couldn’t even think anymore as what Kyle said sinked into my mind.
“Thats a lie”. I interjected.
Bryan can never do that, although he did mention a certain girl named Brie but no, no, no. The Bryan Stark I know can never do something like that.
“A lie? You don’t believe me then ask him yourself”. Kyle said.
Its a lie, its all a lie. Elsa, Kyle is just saying that so as to diffuse your emotions for Bryan.
I clutched to my backpack tightly as I ran out of the class ignoring Kyle’s calls. I went ahead to the Cafeteria.
I stopped as my eyes scanned the cafeteria looking for Beverly. I sighted her with Carl at one end.
I went over to her. “Beverly, we need to talk”.
She looked at me. “Elsa, is something wrong? You look shaken”.
Of course I look shaken, i just heard some stupid horrifying truth about the guy i’ve come to love.
On the inside of me, i felt broken as to what I heard.
“Lets go, Beverly”. I said firmly.
“But ..”.
“Beverly”.
She stood up reluctantly and I dragged her out of the cafeteria looking for an empty class.
We reached one and I pushed her in with me.
She crossed her arms. “What is it?”.
“How long have you known?”. I asked nervously.
She furrowed her eyebrows. “Known what?”.
“That Brie stuff, about Bryan raping her”. I told her tearfully.
“Elsa”.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”.
Her face changed. “Elsa, before you judge him, give him a chance to explain”.
I sniffed as tears rolled my cheeks, Beverly quickly came forward and hugged me.
“Please don’t tell me its true”. I whispered.
She patted my back. “Elsa, just calm down”.
I sobbed weakly on Beverly’s shoulder as I hugged her tightly.
“He told you, right?”.
I pulled away to see Carl. “What?”.
“Kyle, he must have been the one who told you”.
I cleaned my tears. “He did tell me but__”.
“You need to listen to Bryan first”. Beverly interrupted me.
“I can’t”. I whispered lowly.
“Please, he needs you right now. He needs someone by his side”.
I looked at Carl. “Where is he?”.
“At the garden”. He replied lowly.
I rushed out of the class running towards the school garden.
I need to see him, i stepped in and sighted him on one of the benches with light stand.
I walked towards him. “Bryan?”.
He looked up and saw me, his eyes were red and swollen with dark circles under them probably from crying and he looked a mess.
“You came”. He said.
I stood there watching him.
“I thought you didn’t want to speak with me”.
“I never said that”. I told him.
“You insinuated it after all you avoided me for two whole weeks”.
“I didn’t want to get caught up in all this mess between you and him”.
“So why are you here now?”.
I sat next to him quietly.
He chuckled sadly. “He told you”.
I didn’t say anything.
“I know you must hate me by now”. He spoke up.
I fiddled with my fingers. “I don’t hate you”.
He rested on the bench. “You don’t have to lie”.
“How did it happened?”. I ask softly.
“Kyle must have told you”.
“I wanna hear your side of the story”.
He shrugged. “Does it matter? You would leave me anyway”.
“Bryan …”. I trailed off.
“No one wants to be with someone like me”. He added.
“Bryan, what you did was in the past and should be forgotten in the past”. I told him.
“What I did was horrible and I regret it badly”. He continued.
“Everyone has their past they don’t wanna remember”. I mumbled.
“I don’t want you to pity me, Elsa”.
I stared at him. “Pity? I understand what you are going through”.
“You can never understand because you have never been in that position before, raping someone is something that never be forgiven and what I did was__”.
“I am a victim of rape”. I said interrupting him.
He paused. “What?”.
“I have a horrible past too, really horrible”.
“What are you talking about?”. He asked looking confused.
I sniffed. “When girls talk about their first k*ss, their first s€x and how sparks fly, i cry inside of me when I remember that my Dad took my first everything”.
He immediately pulled me into a hug, my tears fell remembering everything. The things that I’ve been trying to hide all my life.
He wrapped his hands around me as he comforted me but that didn’t help as I only cried the more.
“Elsa”. He whispered.
We stayed like that for a while before I pulled away.
“This makes me feel more guilty because__”.
I cut him off. “You were caught under bad circumstances”.
“But that doesn’t still cover up the fact that I did something that horrible”.
I held his hands. “You have a gaping hole in your heart that seems void and you keep blaming yourself for everything”.
“I keep blaming myself because I caused everything”. He said tearfully.
“The only way you can remove this guilt is to share what choking you up with someone”.
He shook his head negatively. “I don’t know, Elsa. You might hate me and I don’t want to take that risk”.
I squeezed his palm softly. “I won’t, just trust me. I’ll understand”.
“And you won’t judge me?”. He asked uncertain.
“My happy life was perfect until I turned ten, my Dad started touching me intimately every chance he got, he touched every part of my body mostly my private parts”.
I hugged my knees to my chest as tears rolled down my eyes.
“Elsa, please don’t”. Bryan whispered.
“I just want to share this with someone because this has been choking me up ever since”.
“Did you tell someone about it when he started?”. He asked curious.
“I told my Mum and i could remember how she looked shocked and surprised”.
“Did she believe you?”.
I shrugged. “I didn’t really know yet at that time but that day, i heard my Mum and Dad both arguing in their room”.
“Tristan?”.
I sniffed. “He was just seven at that time”.
He drew me closer to him. “It must have been really bad for you”.
“It was worse than bad because I had no one to talk to not even Beverly because the situation was awkward”.
He held my palm and caressed it which gave me the urge to continue.
“It became worse when he came to my room when I was fourteen, I felt someone touching me so I woke up seeing my Dad staring at me lustfully”.
I cleaned my tears as I continued talking.
“As I realized what he was about to do, i pushed him away immediately but he held me back pulling me close to him”.
Tears gathered in my eyes but I was too weak to cry.
“I tried to resist him but it didn’t work, i used every method available instead he ended up taking my virginity that night”.
I looked at Bryan and saw how hard he was trying to hold back his tears which made me broke down in tears.
He held me close to him and patted my back as I sobbed in his chest.
“Elsa please stop crying, you are hurting me”.
I couldn’t help as i hugged him tighter, he held me like that for a while.
“And thats my story”. I said sadly.
He pulled away. “You never looked like someone going through things like that”.
“I never showed it because I didn’t want pity from anyone”.
“Where is he now?”.
I knew he was referring to my Dad.
“After that night, I told my Mum everything that happened so she annulled her marriage with Dad taking Tristan and I to Las Vegas leaving my Dad but he followed us claiming he wants custody of me”.
Bryan clenched his fists. “That bastard”.
“So my Mum filed a court case against him charging him for rape and child abuse both physically and emotionally”. I told him. “But my Mum made Tristan and I stay back in SpringCity till the whole issue is dissolved”.
“Has the Court convicted him yet?”.
I shook my head negatively. “Nope, he’s still there but my Mum has a good lawyer”.
He raised my palm to his lips k!ssing it softly. “I’m sorry you had to go through that”.
I nodded sadly.
“Brie always embarrassed me every chance she got rubbing it in my face that she can never date someone like me because I’m a sore loser at least thats what she always said”. He said suddenly.
I intertwined our fingers as he talked.
“But that didn’t hurt me, what pained me the most was that my best friend turned against me just because of her”.
He continued. “Kyle did anything she told him to do, he even broke our friendship just because of Brie”.
“I mean, i get it that Brie chose him over me but did he have to rub it all up in my face?”. He sniffed.
“I stopped being friends with Kyle so as to avoid seeing his face along with Brie but that didn’t work because Brie would always taunt me every little chance she got”.
“What happened?”. I ask lowly.
“It was a party night, Brie did it again. I wanted to dissolve my anger so I took a few shots and consumed alcohol drinks a lot that night. I went up the stairs to a room so as to rest since I was developing headaches”.
I caressed his palm as he talked.
“Brie came to the room that I was and made fun of me, it was like as if she just hated my guts and wanted to watch me suffer”.
He told me. “She ranted on and on about how I couldn’t control a few drinks”.
I stared at him silently as I heard him talk.
“I was about to leave the room for her when she kissed me unexpectedly so I k!ssed her back but I went too far, i didn’t know if it was because of my dizziness or the fact that I was plain stupid”.
“I could hear her screams and pleas as she begged me to stop but I didn’t listen instead flashing memories of her making my life miserable made me continue”. He told me. “I totally regret what I did because I ruined her life that very night”.
“Eventually everyone got to know what I did so they distanced theirselves from me, only Carl stayed with me.
One day, Brie’s parents filed charges against me so I was arrested and i was suppose to go to Juvenile home since I was young to go to Jail”.
Tears rolled down his cheeks slowly.
“What I did broke my Mum so bad that she had a heart attack when the Cops came, she was taken to the hospital but it was too late as she died on her way”.
I gasped as he said that.
“My Dad went furious with me, not only because of what happened to my Mum, I ruined the image of his company”. He cried freely. “My Dad disowned me”.
“What?”.
“I still bear his surname but my Dad never acknowledged that he had a son from that day onward. He’s overseas now and still communicates with Mia and Tori but not me.
The last time he talked to me was at my Mum’s burial four years ago when he lashed out his anger on me”.
“Bryan”. I called softly.
“For four years, he hadn’t talked to me but I get that because i caused the death of his beloved wife”. He wiped his cheeks swiftly.
“Tori developed panic attacks ever since my Mum d!ed but the worse was when Kyle came over to our house saying how I caused everything including my Mum’s death”.
“As if that wasn’t enough, Brie commited suicide because of the taunts she received in class”. He continued.
“Strangely, no one felt sorry for what I did to her, they all said that she deserved it being the bitch she was”.
“And she took her life?”.
He nodded sadly. “She committed suicide, she jumped from the top of the school building”.
I hugged him not wanting him to say anything anymore but he still continued.
“I was lucky for Brie’s parents to have dropped their charges against me so I didn’t go to Juvenile home but Kyle hated me because of that always saying it was all my fault, he would always remind me that I did something that horrible”.
“Did you try to talk to him?”.
“I apologized and tried to talk to him like a million times but he shut me out”.
Bryan replied. “He clearly told me to my face that he would make sure that all the girls I will ever love would be totally embarrassed”.
“And he did it?”.
“Starting from Maddie, he made her move far away from me, he did all of that to all my girlfriends but he did the worst to Gabriella”.
“I feel sorry for her”.
“I don’t”.
I was taken aback. “You don’t?”.
“Most of my girlfriends, Maddie, Jade, Anna, they all left me because of what Kyle did to them but Gabriella left me because of what she heard about me”.
He said. “I tried to tell her the whole truth but she shunned me”.
“She made me a complete mess all because I loved her badly, i felt dejected when she went ahead to date Kyle but I tried to warn her”.
He continued. “She didn’t listen to me, the worst came when Kyle made mockery of her by uploading a sex video of her”.
“She must have felt bad”. I muttered.
“She came to me crying but I didn’t want any of that so I walked away from her, i stopped interacting with girls until the day I met you”.
I looked at him. “Huh?”.
“When you came into Arts class that morning, i liked you at first instance so I told myself that no matter what. If eventually I win your love that I would never let Kyle get to you”. He told me truthfully.
My eyes glistened with tears at I stared at him, as I stared at his broken self.
He lost everything, the first girl he fell in love with, his best friend, his Mum and his Dad who totally left him.
I love you so much, Bryan and I’m sorry for everything that has happened to you.
And I’m glad that you got to open up to me, i won’t judge you for what you did although you can take part in the blame but still, you were caught under bad circumstances.
I saw more than what Kyle said about him, i saw a broken and shaken guy trying to hide his fears, insecurities and sufferings.
I threw my hands around him, he drew closer to me as he wrapped his hands around me pulling me into a warm hug.
Episode 28 : A Helping Hand
🤗Sapphire🤗
“I can’t believe Carl is in a relationship with that girl”. Evelyn complained.
“I think they make a great couple”.
I frowned at Dawn for saying that and she quickly apologized.
“Don’t worry, Evelyn. We’ll get this fixed”.
“Get what fixed?”. She snapped at me. “You haven’t even gotten Kyle”.
I rolled my eyes. “I have Kyle under control”.
“And this worst thing is that Kimberly has been avoiding us”.
“It must be because of Justin”. I suggested.
“Whatever, the only thing on my mind is how to get Carl”. Evelyn said.
“How about i include Beverly in my revenge plan for Elsa?”.
“Revenge plan. I like it”. Evelyn smirked.
“How is that going to get her away from Carl?”. Dawn asked.
“Threatening would do the job”. I told her.
Evelyn shook her head. “Nah, she won’t fall for that but tell me more. What have you got in mind for Elsa?”.
“Don’t you want it for Beverly”. I asked.
“Lets deal with Elsa first then Beverly will see what we are capable of”. She replied.
“Okay then if you say so”. I smirked. “Let me give you a hint, the plan involves Mason”.
🍭Elsa💙
I saw more than what Kyle said about him, i saw a broken and shaken guy trying to hide his fears, insecurities and sufferings.
I threw my hands around him, he drew closer to me as he wrapped his hands around me pulling me into a warm hug.
I finally pulled away. “Thanks for telling me everything”.
“Are you okay with what I told you?”.
I smiled at him. “Its okay, even if what you did was really bad. What matters is that you are really sorry and you regret it”.
“I’m happy to have someone like you”.
My cheeks flushed. “Thanks”.
He moved his face close to mine and I closed my eyes thinking he was about to kiss me.
“What are you doing?”.
I opened my eyes to see him staring at me weirdly.
“I, umm”. I cleared my throat nervously.
He chuckled sweetly and placed a kiss on my forehead.
He bursted out into laughter and I became confused.
“What?”.
“Nothing”. He said amid laughter.
I turned back and saw Carl and Beverly by the entrance of the garden making funny faces at us.
I laughed when I saw then together, they look sweet together.
I looked back at Bryan and I got to admit, he looks cute while laughing.
I kissed him on the cheek softly.
“Ooh”. I heard Beverly coo.
“Am i interrupting something?”.
I pulled away to see Carl.
“She’s waiting”. He said.
I looked sideways to see Beverly waiting for me, i took my backpack and hugged Bryan before I went after Beverly.
“Hey”. I said as we walked out of the school garden.
“So what happened?”. She asked.
I sighed. “A lot of this”.
“That was some emotional moment there”.
I looked at her. “You heard everything?”.
She nodded. “Yeah every single little thing but I won’t tell”.
“Thanks”. I said with a smile.
“So?”. She nudged me. “Are you guys a thing now?”.
I blushed. “No, gosh!! Beverly”.
“Seriously? Come on, its clear that he likes you”.
“He never asked me out”. I reminded her.
“So? That doesn’t mean anything. Make the first move”.
I gasped. “What are you insinuating?”.
“Just give him a little push”. She advised me.
I rolled my eyes. “I’m not doing that”.
“But you guys would make a lovely couple”.
“Just like you and Carl”. I teased her.
“We are not dating yet”.
“Hmmm, so all those dates is what?”.
She shrugged. “Outings?”.
I laughed. “Just admit it, you guys are totally in a relationship”.
She squealed excitedly. “Carl is just so sweet, everything he does is charming”.
“You like that much?”.
“Umm hello? He is the reason I joined the cheerleader team”. She explained.
“Yeah right”. I told her.
“I need to go to the restroom, Elsa please go with me”.
“Sure”. I agreed.
We went to the girls restroom and Beverly did whatever she had to do. Then she came back to the sink washing her hands.
“And the best thing is the texts i get from him every morning and night”. She added.
“He must really like you”.
“If it isn’t little miss slut”.
I turned to see Sapphire and Evelyn coming in.
I crossed my arms. “What do you mean?”.
“We are not here for you, Elsa”. The Evelyn of a girl said. “I’m here for the bitch that stole my boyfriend”.
“Excuse me?”.
“Carl is mine”. Evelyn said.
Beverly scoffed. “What is it with you girls being obsessed with guys that don’t even give a fuck about your existence”.
“Wow, give it up for Beverly”. Sapphire clapped her hands. “Need I remind you who you are talking to”.
“Look Evelyn. Beverly is dating Carl so you better get that into your dumb head”. I told her off.
“Did you just call me dumb?”.
“So what if she did? What can you do about it?”. Beverly asked.
“I’ll show you what we can do”. Sapphire smirked at us and left with Evelyn.
“Okay that was weird”. Beverly said.
I faced her. “Do you think they are gonna do something stupid?”.
“Just ignore them, Elsa. Thats the best we can do”. She said.
🍭Kyle🍭
I sighed as I walked into my house, i can’t seem to get her out of my head ever since I kissed her.
This is so dumb. Girls have never acted this way to me, i thought she was gonna come to me but hell, i was wrong.
I walked up the stairs and went to my room lazily, i opened the door and stepped in dropping my backpack. I went to my bed and flopped on it tiredly.
I was expecting to her to come to me but i was surprised when I saw her with Bryan after school closed.
Why were both of together by the parking lot? Why is this even bothering me anyways? After i saw them together, i couldn’t even think straight.
Why am I acting this way? I don’t want to see both of them together at all. I can’t bear seeing her with him.
I closed my eyes and her face popper into my mind immediately. Elsa Reyes.
A knock sounded on my door, i groaned before sitting up on my bed.
“Come in”. I said.
The door opened and a maid came in.
“Sir, your Mum calls for you”.
“Tell her I’m on my way”.
She nodded and left.
I stood up and went out the door heading down the stairs.
I stopped when I saw my Mum laughing with the person I never thought would appear in my house.
I clenched my fists. “What are you doing here?”.
Episode 29 : Confronting the Past
📞Kyle📞
I stood up and went out the door heading down the stairs.
I stopped when I saw my Mum laughing with the person I never thought would appear in my house.
I clenched my fists. “What are you doing here?”.
“I came to visit Mum”. He said smiling at my Mum.
“I guess I’ll just leave you two to talk”. My Mum stood and walked out of the living room.
I followed her to the Kitchen. “Mum, what the hell is he doing here?”.
“What’s wrong with him being here?”.
“He is not allowed in this house”.
She sighed. “Its been years, Kyle. Give him a break”.
“I’m gonna kick him out of this house”.
“Okay, what happened to you both? You used to be best friends”.
“Mum, why are you sounding like you don’t know what he did to me”. I said frustratingly.
“Kyle, Brie killed herself not him. For the love of God, get that into your head”.
“Are you trying to say that I should just ignore the fact that he caused Brie’s death?”.
“As your mother, i’ll tell you this. You are being selfish and self centered”.
I was taken aback. “What do you mean by that?”.
“That boy lost his Mum, his Dad and now his little sister has frequent panic attacks but the only thing you lost is your so called girlfriend”.
I paused. “He lost his Dad?”.
“You better go talk to him meanwhile I’ll be upstairs”. She said and walked away.
What the hell? Bryan lost his Dad?
I frowned at the thought of that as i walked back to the living room.
🔋Bryan🔋
I stood up when i saw Kyle come in.
“Say what you have to say and get out”.
“That was harsh”. I said dramatically holding my chest.
“You really have got guts to show your face here”. He said gritting his teeth.
“Is that how to greet an old friend?”. I asked quizzically.
He scoffed. “Friend? We are not friends”.
I groaned. “How many times do I have to say sorry?”.
He sat on a couch. “Is it true?”.
I looked at him. “Huh?”.
“You lost your dad?”. He asked.
I sighed as I sat on a different couch.
“I haven’t spoken to my Dad for years”. I said truthfully.
“I’m sorry”. He told me.
I stared at him surprised, Kyle never apologizes.
“And also sorry for what happened to Tori”. He added.
“I’m not here for any apology”.
He crossed his arms. “Then why are you here?”.
“For Elsa”.
“What happened? She left you?”. He mocked me.
“I know you like her”.
His expression changed. “I don’t like your little girlfriend”.
“Well she’s not my girlfriend yet”.
“You are worried that I’m going to do something to her?”.
“Kyle please don’t. Elsa has gone__”.
He cut me off. “I won’t hurt her”.
“For real?”.
“I think you’ve been hurt enough”.
I stood up. “So we cool?”.
He stood up also and walked past me heading out the main door. Where the heck is he going?
I followed him out and met him by the porch.
“I miss Brie”. He spoke all of a sudden.
I tucked my hands in my pocket. “I miss her too”.
“I just wish she hadn’t taken her life”.
“I’m sorry for what I__”.
“Stop apologizing, my ears hurt already”. He said interrupting me.
I chuckled softly. “I also miss the old Kyle, my best friend”.
“I’m sorry for what I did, ignoring you when I started dating Brie”.
“That was years ago. I’ve forgiven you”.
“And sorry for what I did to Maddie, i know she was your first girlfriend but I ruined your relationship”.
I looked at him weirdly. “Why the sudden change?”.
“My Mum was right, i’m being selfish. I lost only my girlfriend but you lost more than that”.
“So technically, you are feeling sorry for me?”. I asked confused.
“Yeah after all its my fault, i shouldn’t have gone ahead with Brie embarrassing you like that, making you the laughing stock of school”.
“Don’t remind me of that”. I said hurt.
“All I’m trying to say is that i should have still be by your side even though I began dating Brie”.
“I shouldn’t have got jealous anyways”. I replied.
He turned to look at me. “Come on, let me take the blame this time”.
I stretched my hand out. “Friends?”.
“Bro before hoes?”.
I laughed. “Okay then, bro with hoes”.
He took my hand and pulled me into a hug.
He pulled away. “Nice to have you back”.
“Same here”.
“Just for the record, you better ask Elsa out before I take her”. He joked.
“I’ll keep that as a reminder”.
“I need to talk to Carl, he was really upset about that Tori issue”.
“Don’t worry. I’ll talk to him”. I reassured him.
“So Tori, is she fine?”.
“She’s okay”.
“Mia?”.
“She hates your guts”. I told him.
“She is definitely gonna skin me alive”.
I bursted out into laughter. Back when we were still best friends, Kyle was always afraid of Mia.
“Your dad?”.
My laughter faded. “He talks to Mia and also Tori”.
“Have you tried talking to him?”.
I smiled sadly. “A lot of times but he never pick my calls neither does he answer my voice notes or voicemail i send to him”.
He gave me a small smile.
“You no longer angry with me?”. I asked curious.
He rested on the porch. “I still am but its lessened”.
I nodded.
I was interrupted by his phone ringing.
He took it immediately, i noticed his expression changed as he listened to whoever was on the phone.
After a while, he slowly placed his phone back into his pocket.
“What’s wrong?”.
“Don’t angry at me”.
I furrowed my eyebrows. “What are you talking about?”.
“Elsa. Mason has her and I’m guessing its because of me”.
🎋Elsa🎋
I held my backpack tightly as I walked out of the town’s library. I had cone here to look for ideas for my romantic poetry.
I walked down the almost empty street, something doesn’t feel right.
I look back occasionally to see if I’m being followed, I should have taken my car.
Suddenly i hear my phone ring in my pocket, i take it and checked the caller’s I.D.
Beverly.
Why is she calling? Whats wrong
I picked the call. “Beverly, whats up”.
“Elsa where are you?”. Her voice depicted worry.
“I just came out of the Library, i’ll be back home in like 20 minutes. Why?”.
“I’ll come pick you up but for the mean time just watch out”.
“What are you__”.
My phone is jerked away by someone, i look around to see who did that. Mason?
He yanked me with so much force into a deserted area.
“Let me go”. I tried to fight him.
I release a loud shriek so as to attract people but he placed his disgusting hand on my mouth tightly.
He pulled me to a corner and pushed me to a brick wall, i looked at his cold and violence filled eyes with dread.
I tried to wiggle out of his hold but he wouldn’t budge. He held my waist so tightly that it hurt.
“What do you want from me?”. I whimper from fright.
He chuckled evilly. “Lets just say you are my tool for revenge”.
Revenge? What the heck is he saying?
“Lets see how Kyle reacts to this”. I heard him mutter faintly.
Episode 30 : A New Relationship
🍭Beverly✍️
I sighed as I walked down the stairs, someone has been ringing the doorbell repeatedly.
I stopped when I saw Tristan. “You were here all this while?”.
He shrugged. “Yeah why?”.
“Someone has being ringing that damn doorbell”. I told him.
He turned his attention back to the his phone ignoring me.
“Couldn’t you open it?”.
“I did”.
“Then why is the person still outside?”. I asked frustratingly.
“Just go open the door”.
I rolled my eyes in response as i went to the front door opening.
“Hey Beverly”.
“Kimberly?”. I asked surprised.
“Can I come in?”.
“Uh, sure”. I answered.
She came in and saw Tristan. “Oh the little crap is here”.
“Let me guess, he didn’t open the door for you”. I frowned.
“He did but he shut in my face”.
I sighed. “Just ignore it, so why are you here?”.
She fiddled with her fingers. “I know we are not friends considering what I did to you that day but I’m sincerely sorry about that”.
I crossed my arms. “I know you are only apologizing because of Justin”.
“I’m not okay, i just feel guilty for what I did back there”.
“You could have ruined my reputation”.
“And I’m sorry about that”. She apologized again.
“Why are you here?”. I asked curious.
She went to sit with Tristan. “Gosh!! I’m a bad person”.
“You got that right”. Tristan said.
I shot him a glare and she shrugged.
“Sapphire is really crazy, i tried to stop her but she just wouldn’t”. She continued.
“What are you talking about?”.
“Its Elsa”.
Tristan dropped his phone. “Back it up there, what have Elsie got to do with Sapphire?”.
“Sapphire hates her guts because Kyle is in love with Elsa which makes her annoyed and really bad”. Kimberly explained.
“That guy that was with flowers?”. Tristan asked.
“Yeah that guy but thats not the point”.
“Kim, just spill it”.
“Sapphire plans to drug Elsa and have something terrible to do to her”. Kim blurted out.
“Terrible?”.
“Like get someone to take advantage of her or something?”.
“What the fuck!!”. Tristan cussed.
Sapphire have outdone herself this time. She has no idea what Elsa has gone through and she plans to do this.
“Quick. Call Elsie up”. Tristan said nervous.
I took my phone and scrolled through my contacts looking for Elsa. I finally tapped on it and the call went through.
She picked up at the first ring.
“Beverly, whats up”.
“Elsa where are you?”. I asked worried.
“I just came out of the Library, i’ll be back home in like 20 minutes. Why?”.
“I’ll come pick you up but for the mean time just watch out”. I told her.
“What are you__”.
Her voice was cut off immediately, i looked at my screen and saw the call was disconnected.
“What happened?”. Tristan asked.
“I don’t know”. I said lowly.
“I think Sapphire has her”. Kimberly said.
“What?”. I shrieked.
“Fuck this”. Tristan cussed pacing around.
“Where do we find her? Or Sapphire?”.
“I don’t know, only she and Mason knows about this”.
“Mason?”. Tristan asked.
Mason. That means the boys would know where Mason is.
“Kim, call up Justin while I call Carl”.
“Why?”.
“Because we need to fucking find my sister, dammit”. Tristan yelled. “Keep up”.
“Tristan”. I warned.
“Sorry about that”. He apologized.
“Kim, we need to tell them because they are Mason’s friends. They know him”.
“That means we have to inform Bryan too, he is Elsa boyfriend”.
I nodded. “You are right but I don’t have any idea of where he might be right now”.
“Kyle’s place probably, i heard him talking about reconciling with Kyle over the phone when he called Justin”. She admitted.
“Okay then, we are going over to Kyle’s place”.
🍭Bryan🍭
“Don’t angry at me”.
I furrowed my eyebrows. “What are you talking about?”.
“Elsa. Mason has her and I’m guessing its because of me”.
“I’m confused here”. I said.
“Justin just called saying something about Elsa gone missing because of Sapphire”.
“How are you sure of that?”. I asked him.
“Dude!! Her number is not going through”.
I ran my hands through my hair nervously.
“Calm down”.
“What do you mean calm down? Elsa is somewhere I don’t know of and you are telling me to calm down?”. I yelled at him.
“We’ll take care of this, i’ll try to contact Mason”.
“If he fucking touches her, i’m gonna beat the balls outta him”. I said angrily.
“Violent much”. Kyle teased him.
“Just fucking call that idiot”.
I heard screeching, i looked up and saw a car coming through the opened gates.
“Who’s that?”. I asked Kyle.
He looked at me. “Justin”.
And truth be told, Justin came out of the car along with Kimberly, Carl and Beverly.
“Whats this I hear about Elsa?”. Carl asked immediately.
“I’m trying to call him up but it doesn’t go through”. Kyle complained.
“He switched his phone off”. Justin announced.
“Fuck dammit”. I hit the wall repeatedly.
Carl dragged him away. “Calm down, we are gonna find her”.
“How are we gonna find her, huh?”. I shouted at him. “Just tell me”.
“How the fuck am I supposed to know?”. He yelled back at me.
“You guys should cut it out”. Justin said coming in between us.
I faced Kyle. “You better call that psychotic girlfriend of yours”.
“Sapphire is not behind this”. He replied.
I furrowed my eyebrows. “What?”.
“But Sapphire said she has it coming for Elsa”. Kimberly told him.
“Okay look, Sapphire might hate Elsa but she’s not the cause”. Kyle spoke up.
“What the hell are you saying?”. I said gritting my teeth.
“I might have planned this with Mason before hand”.
I stared at him confused.
“I wanted the same thing that happened to Brie to happen to Elsa”. He spoke quietly. “I was thinking of that”.
“You were planning on raping Elsa?”. Carl shouted.
“I was okay but not anymore since I fell in love with her”.
Justin rested on the porch not saying anything while Kimberly held him.
“You are such a monster. How dare you try to do that to her”. Beverly spoke up amid tears.
I clenched my fists. “Who else knows about this?”.
“Sean”. He replied lowly.
“I’ll dial Sean right now”. Justin said making a phone call.
“Man, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know that Mason had other plans”.
“Of course, he would. That guy is a pervert, he knows Elsa is vulnerable”. Beverly replied worried.
I sat down at the small tiled stairs leading up to the main door. I placed my head between my legs as I thought of Elsa.
My jaw tightened as I thought of the fact that Elsa could be molested by Mason. Gosh!! She’s gone through a lot.
Tears dropped slowly from my eyes bit by bit as I became more furious.
I stood up immediately. “I apologized. Didn’t I?”.
“I told Mason that the plan was off, i didn’t know that he had other intentions”.
“Why did you bring up the plan in the first place?”.
“I wanted to do that to spite you”.
“What else did you want from me?”. I asked tearfully. “I apologized like a bazillion times and I even tried a lot”.
“I just felt you hadn’t been hurt enough”. He shouted.
I was taken aback. “Hurt enough? Do you have any idea what I’ve been through these last years? Huh?”.
“Bryan, just chill out”. Carl tried to soothe me.
“I lost my fucking mother, did you know how that felt?”. I asked pained. “My Dad disowned me and what else, my sister keep having panic attacks of which I caused”.
“Bryan, dude, calm down”. Carl tried to hold me but I moved backwards.
“I have recurring nightmares about that night that makes me feel guilty of what I did to Brie. I had to go to a stupid fucking therapy session that drained me out and you said I haven’t hurt enough”.
Its official. I hate your fucking guts, Kyle.
“I never meant for Elsa to be in this dip shit”.
“I never meant to rape Brie either”. I fired back at him.
Beverly gasped. “What?”.
I faced Kyle. “I swear if I don’t find Elsa then I’ll beat the pulp out of you”.
“You think I don’t care about her too?”. He shouted.
“Well you have a bad way of showing it”. I replied.
“Look, i feel remorse to the fact that I caused it but getting angry at me won’t bring back Elsa”.
“I found the address”.
We turned to look at Justin waving his phone at us.
“What?”. Beverly asked.
“I had to force the truth out of Sean and he gave me the slightest idea where Mason might have taken Elsa to”. Justin explained.
“Give me the address and I’ll be on my way”. I told him.
Carl dragged me back. “No way, we are all going together”.
“I do not want you guys with me”. I said angrily. “Especially that Motherfucker”.
“You can call me that but I’m going with you to find Elsa anyways”. Kyle said walking past me.
I frowned. “Even if I let Carl go with me, there’s no way you are coming”.
“Why are you acting like that? I told you, i had no idea that Mason had other intentions for her”. He said frustratingly.
“And how am I sure that you are telling the truth?”.
“I love her, dammit. And you know, i would never let anyone touch the girl I like”.
Kyle was right, when it comes to people he love. He’s always overprotective.
“Fine”. I told him. “But to make it clear, Elsa Reyes is mine, got that?”.
“Aye aye captain”. He teased me.
“If you two are done, can we now go help my best friend?”. Beverly shouted.
“We are on it”.
Mason, you are gonna fucking regret ever trying to touch whats mine.