Disguised by Surroundings
Tired and Drugged Up
Hannah’s P.O.V
Erin left the hospital room and she was the furthest thing from happy, God, I do this every time, I let the guy get to me and push everyone else away. But she did send Matt in, and I wasn’t going to have tension between them, not anymore.
“Hey babe,” He whispered.
“What did you do?” I sighed, shaking my head.
“What are you talking about?” He asked, obviously playing the fool.
“I’m not fucking stupid Matt! And she told me, what the fuck did you do to Erin?!” I yelled and then took deep breaths trying to calm myself down “Just… tell me,” I whispered.
“I had her pinned against the wall when I dragged her out of here, I hurt her,”
“Why?” I asked.
“I was so angry and she wasn’t thinking of you and-“
“Stop,” I said simply before slowly starting to smile “Erin is always thinking of me, she honestly thinks about me more than she thinks about herself, even when we were in different countries he was thinking of me first, putting me before herself, she’s always been like that, and she always will be like that,” I smiled wider “Erin is my best friend, Matt. She’s not going to go away, she’s more of a sister to me, you need to understand that or this isn’t going to work,” The end sounded sadder than I’d meant it to, I didn’t realise I cared that much.
“I’ll apologize,” He said, catching me completely off guard.
“You’ll what?” I asked, my eyebrows raised.
“I’ll say sorry to Erin and I’ll even make it up to her if she’ll let me,”
“If I ask her to forgive you there would be no way she couldn’t,” I smiled before throwing myself to his arms “Ow!” I yelped, throwing myself back down onto the bed and pressing my hand to my side.
“Whoa, careful,” Matt chuckled “Those stitches are still fresh,”
“Honestly, I thought I’d only ever get stabbed back home, in my street or something by some stranger after whatever money or booze I had on me, not here, not behind my work and not by my ex-boyfriend,” I chuckled.
“You want me to get the nurse?” Matt asked, but before I could protest the nurse walked into the room with a tray of food which, of course, smelled terrible and looked it too, and a tiny little cup with pills in it.
“Come on honey,” She said, pressing the button on the control to sit the bed up before she fixed the pillows behind me “Eat some of this, take the painkillers and I’ll get your boyfriend to fill out the discharge papers,” She smiled at us.
“Oh he’s not my boyfriend,” I chuckled, looking down at the bowl of soup as I felt the blush rising to my cheeks. The nurse apologized, handed the papers to Matt and left the room.
“I’d like to be,” He said quietly.
“What?” I asked, my mouth filled with soup soaked roll.
“I’d like to be your boyfriend,” He said simply.
“Sanders, is this your way of asking me to be your girlfriend?” I asked.
“Yeah,” He smiled a wide, dimpled smile “And I promise, once all of this is over we are going on a proper date,”
~~~~
Erin had packed me a bag and left it at the hospital for me, I managed to shower, with the help of my nurse who then rewrapped my torso to keep the gauze on my stab wound secure before I dressed myself in plain white underwear and bra before slipping into one of my over-sized Avenged Sevenfold t-shirts – Very funny E – and my grey sweats.
“You’ll have to excuse the mess of me,” I chuckled as Matt helped me put my shoes on, I was talking about the fact I was wearing clothes made for a dude four sizes bigger than me, my hair was in a messy bun and I was wearing no makeup, maybe I’d make more of an effort when we got back to the house, borrow some of E’s signature red lipstick.
“You look gorgeous, as always,” He smiled, kissing me lightly on the lips.
~~~~
“Easy,” Matt said softly as he helped me into the house. Sure, my injury was pretty bad and the pain was nearly unbearable, but he was being too gentle with me, I didn’t turn into a china doll the second I got stabbed, which I made clear to Matt “Whoa, sorry, you’re clearly still the hulk babe,” I could get used to that… ‘babe’ oh the butterflies.
“Damn fucking right,” I laughed “Now please, you and your fine ass can go order us a pizza, I’m gonna go upstairs and call E,” I said, heading off and upstairs while I heard Matt ordering us pizza and turning on the Xbox.
I walked into Erin’s room and the first thing I noticed was the heart drawn with lipstick and the kiss in the middle, I laughed, but then realised that it was new, meaning she came back here at some point this morning but went out again. She must be with Zack. I walked over to her vanity and picked up her red lipstick but I didn’t have the best grip on it when I pulled the lid off, I dropped it, and… it made a sound?
“Sorry E,” I mumbled before stepping on it and with a crunch I lifted my foot back up seeing there was something inside of it.
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Matt’s P.O.V
After getting Hannah home from the hospital she told me to order pizza, so I did as I set up the Xbox so we could watch a movie or play something, whichever she wanted to do. I couldn’t believe she was mine already, that was easier than I thought, but I didn’t just want her for the sake of having her, I needed her, she was like my drug now.
“Babe!” I called out to her, she’d been upstairs for a while now.
“What the fuck is this?” She asked, pissed, as she walked into the room, being careful of her side, I looked at her and saw she was holding the device that was supposed to be inside E’s lipstick.
“I… Uh… I don’t have a clue babe, let me take a closer look?” I asked, holding out my hand, she stepped closer and dropped it into the palm of my hand.
“Does this have something to do with Andrew do you think? He might have been watching us,” She said, her voice shaking and breaking as tears welled in my eyes.
“Shh,” I said soothingly, pulling her against me and pocketing the device “I don't see it beng anyone else, it’s alright though, you're safe, we’re going to find him and we will get rid of him,”
“Promise?” She whimpered into my chest.
“Pinky promise,” I said and she held up her small pinky, I looked at it and chuckled before linking mines with hers, God, she was adorable.
Matt's P.O.V
Zack had told me that Andrew had reservations with someone at the Grill and Pub down on 5th and told me that I should go along if I didn’t have to/want to be with Hannah tonight, but I wanted to and I had to be with her, she was my girlfriend and Erin wasn’t here to take care of her, no doubt the guys could rope her into this shit.
~~~~
We were watching 21 Jump Street, Hannah’s choice and I think we all know why, when her phone rang beside her, she hurriedly answered it but before she said anything her face fell and I could see her heart jump into her throat. She hung up the phone and let it slip between her fingers.
“Baby, who was that? Was it Andrew?” I asked and she shook her head, staring straight ahead.
“Erin,” She said. A moment later she stood up and walked to the front door, grabbing her keys, phone and slipping into her Vans that we’d left by the door.
“Where are you going?” I asked her, as I followed.
“I don’t know, you tell me,” She shot and I sighed loudly.
“The grill and pub on 5th,” I said quietly, grabbing my keys which made her drop hers back into the bowl “I’ll drive,” I said.
~~~~
Hannah’s P.O.V
Matt was driving to… wherever the fuck we were going, but he was doing it too slowly for my liking.
“How much longer until we get there?” I asked, irritation evident in my voice.
“It’s right…” He trailed off and turned a corner “There,” He said, pointing to the building right in front of us.
He had barely stopped the car when I jumped out, walking quickly – since I couldn’t run – around to the alley behind the back of the building only to find Jimmy moving a body, making me scream, but a large hand pressed against my mouth and muffled the noise. I started crying seeing that it was Andrew he was moving, he was covered and blood and there was a bullet hole in his stomach.
“Matt, what the fuck?!” Jimmy hissed “Get her the fuck out of here,” Before Matt did anything I struggled out of his grip and walked away, down the street a little to where I could see Brian, Zack, Johnny and Erin standing there, the closer I got the more of their conversation I heard.
“I swear you guys, he knew you guys were listening!” Erin yelled at them, she was visibly frustrated, obviously from trying to get her point across. Nobody had noticed me yet.
“Well why the fuck did he say you were working for the government?!” Brian yelled “Does Hannah know about this?”
“No!” Erin yelled “Because it’s not fucking true!” She groaned loudly and pulled on her hair.
“I can’t believe I got involved with a fucking nark,” Zack groaned “Why the fuck did I ask you to help me with this?”
Oh, so it was him who put Erin in this situation? Did nobody see what that psycho did to me?! I walked right into the middle of them and without hesitation punched Zack square in the face, a sickening crunch accompanying my blow to his face.
“You,” I spat as he fell against the wall, holding his nose as blood poured between his fingers
“You brought her into this shit?!” I yelled “You claim to care so much about her but you put her face to face with him,” I pointed to the alley way where Andrew’s body had been “You do something like that again, and I’LL fucking kill you myself,” I grabbed Erin by the arm and started dragging her away.
“You’re bleeding!” Johnny yelled, I knew that, I felt my stitching burst and could feel my t-shirt sticking to my skin, it was worth it because I got to punch that asshole in the face.
“I’m too fucking tired and doped up on painkillers to deal with this shit, so I won’t ask about what I just heard until morning,” I said as I continued walking, my grip still around Erin’s arm.
“Okay,” She said quietly.
Man, did I feel like a parent dragging a troublesome teenager away from her friends? Yes, yes I did.
~~~~
Matt’s P.O.V
Hannah got out of my grip, I hadn’t been holding her too tightly on the account of her wound, but I didn’t go after her either, while she stormed away to do God knows what, I helped Jimmy get rid of Andrew’s body, where we put it I won’t tell you, but he’s gone for good anyway, and Jimmy needed the help because dead weight was a pain in the ass to move.
“Where’d she go?” I asked the guys as I slowed by run to a jog as I reached them “And Vengeance?” I asked and Zack looked up at me, shirtless and holding the t-shirt he was wearing to his face “What the fuck happened to your face?” I asked.
“Your girl happened to his face, man, badass,” Brian chuckled, it was a creepy chuckle, but a chuckle nonetheless.
“They left,” Johnny said just as Jimmy joined us “Well, Hannah dragged Erin away like a mother taking her daughter home,” He laughed “It was funny, but they walked and didn’t say where they were going,”
“Jim,” Zack said, Jimmy nodded once, pulled out his phone and pressed a few buttons.
“They went home,” He shrugged.
Back to the house then. I was too tired for this shit and I was going to crash when I got to the girls’ house.
~~~~
Hannah’s P.O.V
“Hey baby,” My mum said down the phone as she answered on the fifth ring “How are you?”
“I’m fine mum,” I chuckled, trying to hide my hiss of pain as I cut the t-shirt from my body and peeled it out of my wound “How’s everything back home?”
I was on the phone for about half an hour as I got ready for bed before I said goodnight to my parents, no, I didn’t tell them about what happened, I didn’t tell them Andrew came out here and proposed, I didn’t tell them he stabbed me and I didn’t tell them that he had been killed, but once I was off the phone I climbed into bed. Thanks to the meds it didn’t take me long to start falling asleep, but that was interrupted by my phone ringing.
“Hello?” I asked groggily.
“Baby, come down and unlock the door,” Matt said softly.
“No, Matt. It’s locked for a reason,” I said “Go home, I’ll see you tomorrow,” With that I hung up the phone and closed my eyes again. I heard the floorboards outside my door creaking
“Go back to bed, Erin,” I said loudly so she could hear me.
“Fine,” She whined like a little kid before laughing, but my door opened and Erin stepped inside “Can I sleep in here though? Or are you mad at me?”
“I’m not mad at you right now, but I have a feeling that I’m going to hate you all in the morning, but sure, get in,” I chuckled, moving over to let her under the covers before turning to face her.
“Andrew told the guys, indirectly, that I was working for the government,”
“I heard,”
“I’m not,”
“I heard that too, and I believe what you say over anything Andrew says, so don’t worry,” I took a deep breath and looked into her eyes “Was it you?” I asked “Did you shoot him?” She nodded.
“I’m so sorry sweetie, I did it for you, he tried to kill you, he would have come back and tried it again and-“ I cut her off by pressing my finger to her lips.
“Tired and drugged up, I believe you and you did it for me, so thank you, I love you to Hell and back, but please can we sleep now?” I pleaded and she nodded.
After that, it took me around… thirty seconds to fall asleep.
Erin left the hospital room and she was the furthest thing from happy, God, I do this every time, I let the guy get to me and push everyone else away. But she did send Matt in, and I wasn’t going to have tension between them, not anymore.
“Hey babe,” He whispered.
“What did you do?” I sighed, shaking my head.
“What are you talking about?” He asked, obviously playing the fool.
“I’m not fucking stupid Matt! And she told me, what the fuck did you do to Erin?!” I yelled and then took deep breaths trying to calm myself down “Just… tell me,” I whispered.
“I had her pinned against the wall when I dragged her out of here, I hurt her,”
“Why?” I asked.
“I was so angry and she wasn’t thinking of you and-“
“Stop,” I said simply before slowly starting to smile “Erin is always thinking of me, she honestly thinks about me more than she thinks about herself, even when we were in different countries he was thinking of me first, putting me before herself, she’s always been like that, and she always will be like that,” I smiled wider “Erin is my best friend, Matt. She’s not going to go away, she’s more of a sister to me, you need to understand that or this isn’t going to work,” The end sounded sadder than I’d meant it to, I didn’t realise I cared that much.
“I’ll apologize,” He said, catching me completely off guard.
“You’ll what?” I asked, my eyebrows raised.
“I’ll say sorry to Erin and I’ll even make it up to her if she’ll let me,”
“If I ask her to forgive you there would be no way she couldn’t,” I smiled before throwing myself to his arms “Ow!” I yelped, throwing myself back down onto the bed and pressing my hand to my side.
“Whoa, careful,” Matt chuckled “Those stitches are still fresh,”
“Honestly, I thought I’d only ever get stabbed back home, in my street or something by some stranger after whatever money or booze I had on me, not here, not behind my work and not by my ex-boyfriend,” I chuckled.
“You want me to get the nurse?” Matt asked, but before I could protest the nurse walked into the room with a tray of food which, of course, smelled terrible and looked it too, and a tiny little cup with pills in it.
“Come on honey,” She said, pressing the button on the control to sit the bed up before she fixed the pillows behind me “Eat some of this, take the painkillers and I’ll get your boyfriend to fill out the discharge papers,” She smiled at us.
“Oh he’s not my boyfriend,” I chuckled, looking down at the bowl of soup as I felt the blush rising to my cheeks. The nurse apologized, handed the papers to Matt and left the room.
“I’d like to be,” He said quietly.
“What?” I asked, my mouth filled with soup soaked roll.
“I’d like to be your boyfriend,” He said simply.
“Sanders, is this your way of asking me to be your girlfriend?” I asked.
“Yeah,” He smiled a wide, dimpled smile “And I promise, once all of this is over we are going on a proper date,”
~~~~
Erin had packed me a bag and left it at the hospital for me, I managed to shower, with the help of my nurse who then rewrapped my torso to keep the gauze on my stab wound secure before I dressed myself in plain white underwear and bra before slipping into one of my over-sized Avenged Sevenfold t-shirts – Very funny E – and my grey sweats.
“You’ll have to excuse the mess of me,” I chuckled as Matt helped me put my shoes on, I was talking about the fact I was wearing clothes made for a dude four sizes bigger than me, my hair was in a messy bun and I was wearing no makeup, maybe I’d make more of an effort when we got back to the house, borrow some of E’s signature red lipstick.
“You look gorgeous, as always,” He smiled, kissing me lightly on the lips.
~~~~
“Easy,” Matt said softly as he helped me into the house. Sure, my injury was pretty bad and the pain was nearly unbearable, but he was being too gentle with me, I didn’t turn into a china doll the second I got stabbed, which I made clear to Matt “Whoa, sorry, you’re clearly still the hulk babe,” I could get used to that… ‘babe’ oh the butterflies.
“Damn fucking right,” I laughed “Now please, you and your fine ass can go order us a pizza, I’m gonna go upstairs and call E,” I said, heading off and upstairs while I heard Matt ordering us pizza and turning on the Xbox.
I walked into Erin’s room and the first thing I noticed was the heart drawn with lipstick and the kiss in the middle, I laughed, but then realised that it was new, meaning she came back here at some point this morning but went out again. She must be with Zack. I walked over to her vanity and picked up her red lipstick but I didn’t have the best grip on it when I pulled the lid off, I dropped it, and… it made a sound?
“Sorry E,” I mumbled before stepping on it and with a crunch I lifted my foot back up seeing there was something inside of it.
~~~~
Matt’s P.O.V
After getting Hannah home from the hospital she told me to order pizza, so I did as I set up the Xbox so we could watch a movie or play something, whichever she wanted to do. I couldn’t believe she was mine already, that was easier than I thought, but I didn’t just want her for the sake of having her, I needed her, she was like my drug now.
“Babe!” I called out to her, she’d been upstairs for a while now.
“What the fuck is this?” She asked, pissed, as she walked into the room, being careful of her side, I looked at her and saw she was holding the device that was supposed to be inside E’s lipstick.
“I… Uh… I don’t have a clue babe, let me take a closer look?” I asked, holding out my hand, she stepped closer and dropped it into the palm of my hand.
“Does this have something to do with Andrew do you think? He might have been watching us,” She said, her voice shaking and breaking as tears welled in my eyes.
“Shh,” I said soothingly, pulling her against me and pocketing the device “I don't see it beng anyone else, it’s alright though, you're safe, we’re going to find him and we will get rid of him,”
“Promise?” She whimpered into my chest.
“Pinky promise,” I said and she held up her small pinky, I looked at it and chuckled before linking mines with hers, God, she was adorable.
Matt's P.O.V
Zack had told me that Andrew had reservations with someone at the Grill and Pub down on 5th and told me that I should go along if I didn’t have to/want to be with Hannah tonight, but I wanted to and I had to be with her, she was my girlfriend and Erin wasn’t here to take care of her, no doubt the guys could rope her into this shit.
~~~~
We were watching 21 Jump Street, Hannah’s choice and I think we all know why, when her phone rang beside her, she hurriedly answered it but before she said anything her face fell and I could see her heart jump into her throat. She hung up the phone and let it slip between her fingers.
“Baby, who was that? Was it Andrew?” I asked and she shook her head, staring straight ahead.
“Erin,” She said. A moment later she stood up and walked to the front door, grabbing her keys, phone and slipping into her Vans that we’d left by the door.
“Where are you going?” I asked her, as I followed.
“I don’t know, you tell me,” She shot and I sighed loudly.
“The grill and pub on 5th,” I said quietly, grabbing my keys which made her drop hers back into the bowl “I’ll drive,” I said.
~~~~
Hannah’s P.O.V
Matt was driving to… wherever the fuck we were going, but he was doing it too slowly for my liking.
“How much longer until we get there?” I asked, irritation evident in my voice.
“It’s right…” He trailed off and turned a corner “There,” He said, pointing to the building right in front of us.
He had barely stopped the car when I jumped out, walking quickly – since I couldn’t run – around to the alley behind the back of the building only to find Jimmy moving a body, making me scream, but a large hand pressed against my mouth and muffled the noise. I started crying seeing that it was Andrew he was moving, he was covered and blood and there was a bullet hole in his stomach.
“Matt, what the fuck?!” Jimmy hissed “Get her the fuck out of here,” Before Matt did anything I struggled out of his grip and walked away, down the street a little to where I could see Brian, Zack, Johnny and Erin standing there, the closer I got the more of their conversation I heard.
“I swear you guys, he knew you guys were listening!” Erin yelled at them, she was visibly frustrated, obviously from trying to get her point across. Nobody had noticed me yet.
“Well why the fuck did he say you were working for the government?!” Brian yelled “Does Hannah know about this?”
“No!” Erin yelled “Because it’s not fucking true!” She groaned loudly and pulled on her hair.
“I can’t believe I got involved with a fucking nark,” Zack groaned “Why the fuck did I ask you to help me with this?”
Oh, so it was him who put Erin in this situation? Did nobody see what that psycho did to me?! I walked right into the middle of them and without hesitation punched Zack square in the face, a sickening crunch accompanying my blow to his face.
“You,” I spat as he fell against the wall, holding his nose as blood poured between his fingers
“You brought her into this shit?!” I yelled “You claim to care so much about her but you put her face to face with him,” I pointed to the alley way where Andrew’s body had been “You do something like that again, and I’LL fucking kill you myself,” I grabbed Erin by the arm and started dragging her away.
“You’re bleeding!” Johnny yelled, I knew that, I felt my stitching burst and could feel my t-shirt sticking to my skin, it was worth it because I got to punch that asshole in the face.
“I’m too fucking tired and doped up on painkillers to deal with this shit, so I won’t ask about what I just heard until morning,” I said as I continued walking, my grip still around Erin’s arm.
“Okay,” She said quietly.
Man, did I feel like a parent dragging a troublesome teenager away from her friends? Yes, yes I did.
~~~~
Matt’s P.O.V
Hannah got out of my grip, I hadn’t been holding her too tightly on the account of her wound, but I didn’t go after her either, while she stormed away to do God knows what, I helped Jimmy get rid of Andrew’s body, where we put it I won’t tell you, but he’s gone for good anyway, and Jimmy needed the help because dead weight was a pain in the ass to move.
“Where’d she go?” I asked the guys as I slowed by run to a jog as I reached them “And Vengeance?” I asked and Zack looked up at me, shirtless and holding the t-shirt he was wearing to his face “What the fuck happened to your face?” I asked.
“Your girl happened to his face, man, badass,” Brian chuckled, it was a creepy chuckle, but a chuckle nonetheless.
“They left,” Johnny said just as Jimmy joined us “Well, Hannah dragged Erin away like a mother taking her daughter home,” He laughed “It was funny, but they walked and didn’t say where they were going,”
“Jim,” Zack said, Jimmy nodded once, pulled out his phone and pressed a few buttons.
“They went home,” He shrugged.
Back to the house then. I was too tired for this shit and I was going to crash when I got to the girls’ house.
~~~~
Hannah’s P.O.V
“Hey baby,” My mum said down the phone as she answered on the fifth ring “How are you?”
“I’m fine mum,” I chuckled, trying to hide my hiss of pain as I cut the t-shirt from my body and peeled it out of my wound “How’s everything back home?”
I was on the phone for about half an hour as I got ready for bed before I said goodnight to my parents, no, I didn’t tell them about what happened, I didn’t tell them Andrew came out here and proposed, I didn’t tell them he stabbed me and I didn’t tell them that he had been killed, but once I was off the phone I climbed into bed. Thanks to the meds it didn’t take me long to start falling asleep, but that was interrupted by my phone ringing.
“Hello?” I asked groggily.
“Baby, come down and unlock the door,” Matt said softly.
“No, Matt. It’s locked for a reason,” I said “Go home, I’ll see you tomorrow,” With that I hung up the phone and closed my eyes again. I heard the floorboards outside my door creaking
“Go back to bed, Erin,” I said loudly so she could hear me.
“Fine,” She whined like a little kid before laughing, but my door opened and Erin stepped inside “Can I sleep in here though? Or are you mad at me?”
“I’m not mad at you right now, but I have a feeling that I’m going to hate you all in the morning, but sure, get in,” I chuckled, moving over to let her under the covers before turning to face her.
“Andrew told the guys, indirectly, that I was working for the government,”
“I heard,”
“I’m not,”
“I heard that too, and I believe what you say over anything Andrew says, so don’t worry,” I took a deep breath and looked into her eyes “Was it you?” I asked “Did you shoot him?” She nodded.
“I’m so sorry sweetie, I did it for you, he tried to kill you, he would have come back and tried it again and-“ I cut her off by pressing my finger to her lips.
“Tired and drugged up, I believe you and you did it for me, so thank you, I love you to Hell and back, but please can we sleep now?” I pleaded and she nodded.
After that, it took me around… thirty seconds to fall asleep.
Notes
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11/12/14