Chapter 71
I decided to do a mini photoshoot with the "potential couples" and I honestly love how they turned out! Enjoy this one of Hope 2.0 and Tyler because I'm evil like that ;) The song is I'm So Sick by the band Flyleaf!
(Hopes POV)
"Hope, that's... well I can see why you started crying when you came and hug me now. That sounds like an absolutely horrible dream," Autumn says as she brings her knees up and hugs onto them. She and Holly stayed in the living room with me while all the guys were where Jordan was being kept.
"Not to mention what Tyler is doing is a douche move, doesn't matter if he likes you or not. John like you but isn't doing that shit." Holly says as she brings her legs up on the couch and lays her head back on the cushion.
"Brian said that both Evan and I were talking when we were sleeping, wonder if his dream was as bad as mine was." I lay my head on Holly's shoulder as I look back toward the news playing on the T.V.
"I highly doubt it Hope, 'oh no my girlfriend left me for her stalker' yeah it sucks but not as bad as oh I don't know 'four dudes that I'm supposed to trust to have my back and they all fucking come onto me like horny middle school boys.' I didn't experience it but if you can't even look or hug one of them at the moment, that shows how messed up the thing was." Autumn says.
"Who were they Hope?" Evan says, his voice getting closer to us. Holly, Autumn, and I all go wider eyed as we figure out what to say.
"Don't you ever knock or something? How long were you even standing there for? We ARE allowed to talk with each other privately you know." Autumn snaps as she turns to look at Evan who's standing next to Tyler and Del. Oh boy, even better.
"We heard the last thing that you said Autumn, you going to tell me or-" Autumn forcefully gets up and turns to look at the guys.
"YOU'RE NOT HER DAD! GET THE FUCK OFF OF HER BACK EVAN! SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU EVERY SINGLE DETAIL GOING ON WITH HER!" Autumn screams. I sit up straight and stare straight ahead, not wanting to fight this battle today.
"WELL WHEN YOU THREE STOP SNEAKING AROUND AND HIDING SHIT FROM US, I'LL QUIT ASKING! LOOK AT HER, SHE LOOKS DEAD INSIDE. SOMETHING IS UP WITH HER WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME ANYTHING?!" Evan yells back.
"BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO EVAN! WHY ARE YOU GUYS EVEN IN HERE?!" Holly yells back.
"He... Jordan is surprisingly worried for Hope apparently a couple of the syringes that you guys took back at the club are extremely fatal and depending on what she experienced, he'll be able to tell if it was the fatal one or not," Del says calmly. I look over at the three guys scared now and hop off of the couch.
"Then I'm going in with Holly and Autumn, no one else and-" Evan crosses his arms.
"No. No that's not fucking happening Hope. You're not in charge here, for fuck sakes what do you think we'll do to you in there, crucify you or something? Hope I think death is way worse than a fucking fever dream." I want to bang my head against a wall, if only he could read minds then he'll understand just how bad it was. I groan out of frustration.
"FINE LET'S GO! DON'T SAY I FUCKING WARNED YOU THOUGH!" I start storming to the door but the three of them stopped me. Tyler hands me a large black t-shirt, probably Evan's.
"Just like with Evan... this is for you with Jordan. We'll test to see if the serum worked after he gives the all-clear for you. We'll walk you to the range." Del says.
"How do we know if he's lying or not?" I ask as I fold the t-shirt up and wrap it around my eyes, tying it behind my head.
"He may have lied with Evan's dream, but I don't think he would want you to die Hope, I mean, he is a little bit obsessed with you, just saying." I felt two pairs of arms grab at my biceps and slowly walk me forward. I felt my heart rate increase rapidly as flashbacks of the fever dream come back to me.
"Let go, let go, LET GO!" I yank at the two arms as they quickly let go. "I want Holly and Autumn holding onto me, please." I could hear the two get up from the couch and one at a time grab onto me.
I blindly walked toward the range and once the door opened I could feel everyone staring at me, even through the dark t-shirt. It was dangerously quiet in the room which really didn't help my case at all.
"Alright, here's the chair, Evan's in the chair next to you and we'll be back behind you with everyone else." Holly sorrowfully says. I felt like I was going to get sick again from the anxiety building up.
"Is there a trashcan in here? I feel like I'm going to get sick." My voice echoed in the quiet room. I could hear movement behind me and something placed next to me.
"What, are they like keeping you fucking hostage or something? What's going on with the whole blindfold?" Jordan says. I take a sharp inhale, he's actually in here holy shit.
"I think you know why she can't look at you. Hope, go on." Evan says next to me. I tightly close my eyes, not wanting to cry.
"I'm not going to die... am I?" I nervously say.
"If you tell me what you went through dear, I'll be able to say. Go on, I know some of them are pretty horrific from Jame's descriptions." Jordan says.
"How detailed does it need to be?" I shakily ask. I hold my breath waiting for a response.
"Detailed to a certain point, I don't need to know what you were wearing or the setting or anything like that dear. I'll stop you when I know which one it is." He says. Goodbye to all of the relationships with everyone except Holly and Autumn. I close my eyes so it's even darker for me.
"I basically woke up in our meeting room alone. I thought I went through the thing without actually remembering anything. I went to go find everyone, and when I did, Evan's office door opens and light is emitting from it. That's when I realized I was in the dream." I stop talking and bite my lip.
"My dear, I need more than that to give you an answer." Of course you do, why wouldn't you.
"I go in the room and they start catcalling me, saying how they want a reenactment on my nude photos. I-" Jordan stops me.
"They, as in multiple people?" He asks. I nod my head yes. "Who were they?" It was so quiet in the room it felt like everyone was able to hear my heart practically beat of my chest.
"Do I have to tell you?" I quietly ask.
"Well, depending on who it was, I can tell you exactly what serum you took." He says. The room went quiet again as everyone waited for my response.
"Evan... Brian... Craig... and Tyler." I grab at my stomach as it does a flip. I could hear feet shuffle behind me as well as Evan shifting in his chair.
"They were surrounding me and still saying things to me. I thought I could possibly turn them against each other and then use that to my advantage. I go to hit Tyler but my fist just phased through him. That's when someone, I honestly don't know who, grabbed on to me and basically held me back as the four of them were saying how they liked me fighting back and called me a whore and whatnot. That's when they pulled at my hoodie and bra and basically made it disappear. The hands let go of me and I sit on the floor trying to cover myself, they go on again saying how whores love this especially when it's with four guys. That part ended, and I like woke up completely undressed now and they were photographing me, and... and I just laid there... taking it... unable to move till I actually woke up and started throwing up." The tears were pushing out of my closed eyes
and down my face.
"You're not going to die okay. But... you did go through your worst fear at the moment. James told me it can change depending on what happens in your life, so whatever is going on right now, caused that. You can take it again and it'll be a different scenario but still the same concept with the four of them." He says. I bring my finger to my mouth and start biting it as I quickly nodded my head.
"Can... can I please go to my room," I say through my tears. I heard two people quickly jog up to me as they grab my shoulders and help me up.
"It's just us." Autumn quietly says in my ear. Please move faster I can feel myself about ready to-
I start crying harder as they start to walk me faster out of the room. I felt the t-shirt untie behind my head and drop down to my neck. We were out of the range and on my way to my room. I open the door and go straight to my bed.
"I want to be alone for a while... I'll come out when I'm ready. Don't let anyone come in here." I look back at them as both of their eyes are red as if they're about to cry for me.
"Of course, we'll be out here." Holly closes the door and the room was now dark.
I turn my head so it's muffled into the pillow and continue to cry. I kept on crying until I felt myself become quickly tired. Tiredness won over crying and I fell asleep with tears in my eyes.
I woke up from my deep sleep and looked over at my clock. 1:45 A.M it read. Everyone's asleep or about ready to be, but my stomach was telling me I needed to eat something if I want to make it through the night. I get up and change into plaid PJ bottoms while keeping my hoodie from earlier on.
I throw my hood up and walk out of my room. The lights were still on in the hallway, someone's still up, unfortunately. I walked to the kitchen while my eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness.
"I don't think being more affectionate towards her will help. That was borderline rape dude, I felt sick after hearing it." Tyler quietly says around the corner.
At this point, I really don't care what the hell happens. It's done and over with I want to eat and go back to bed. I'll deal with it in the morning if it comes down to it. I turn the corner and sure enough, the four of them are still dressed in yesterday's clothes, standing around each other as all but Evan have their arms crossed. I felt their eyes watch me as I pass them and go to the fridge to see what I can eat.
"There's... a plate of Italian chicken and rice in the microwave... I made it for everyone for dinner and left you a plate just in case you woke up... heat it up for a minute and it should be good." Craig says. I close the fridge door and press one on the microwave. I lean against the island with my back to them and watched as the microwave slowly counted down.
"You can continue on with your conversation instead of just staring at me like I'm a wounded animal. I mean, it's about me, right? So why does it matter if I hear it or not?" I wanted to turn my head to look at them to say I'm not messing around, but I think the tone of my voice said enough for them to get the point.
"We were just finishing up actually considering how late it is," Evan says. The microwave reached 30 seconds.
"Please don't treat me differently now," I mumbled. I lean away from the counter and grab a fork from the drawer before going back to leaning.
"What was that?" Evan ask. Food then bed, this conversation won't matter in the morning.
"Don't treat me differently please." 20 more seconds I might as well get it out, I don't care if it's cold. I go to the microwave and get my food out.
"One... more time?" Brian ask. There are people trying to sleep in the building I don't want to fucking scream but Jesus Christ.
I slam the microwave door shut and harshly set my plate on the counter. I turn and look at them and cross my arms.
"I said don't fucking treat me differently after that okay?! Don't press me for any further details about whatever the fuck that was, you heard it all and that's the end of it." I roll my eyes, grab my plate, and head back to my room. On the way back I purposefully made my shoulder collide with Tyler's arm.
"Just because you're in a mood doesn't mean you get to treat us like shit." He calls out.
"Whatever you say Loverboy," I call back. I stop walking for a second, realizing what I said, but I start silently laughing and go back to my room. Have fun with him Evan, I'll listen about it in the morning.
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