Roadtrip

Brian’s POV
“Alright, Short Shit… which bar did you choose?” I asked when we all walked to the Van.
I laid my arm around Izzie and tugged her into my side.
“It’s not far, maybe 5 to 10 minutes from here…” Johnny replied and I sat down next to Izzie in the back.
I laid my hand on the exposed skin of her thigh. “Did I tell you that you look especially beautiful today?”
I asked her and I meant it, her blonde hair hung down her face and she had put some make- up on and was wearing a short black dress, exposing enough naked skin to make me regret my decision on going out with the guys this evening.
“Thank you, you look not bad either.” I smirked at her and put my fedora hat on my head in the right position.
During the drive I saw Izzie looking nervously around I frowned a little.
“What’s wrong?”
Izzie looked at me astonished. “What do you mean?”
“You look so… restless, we are just out having fun, what makes you nervous?” I asked her.
“I’m not…” Izzie started.
“Tell me.”
“I don’t know… I didn’t hear from Mia all day, that’s just it. It kind of makes me nervous… We are in contact like always and…” She trailed off.
“Ah Izzie, don’t you worry. Jimmy loves her, he will take good care, nothing will happen, right Matt?”
Matt turned around and looked at Izzie from the passenger seat “Brian is right. Jimmy is crazy but he is the best friend and boyfriend anyone could wish for. Nothing will happen, believe me…”
“They could get arrested…” Johnny threw in from the front.
“What?” Izzie looked confused.
“Shut up.” Matt slapped him in the back of the head. “Don’t mind him. Jimmy hasn’t been arrested in almost a year… don’t worry.”
Izzie looked confused but smiled “I will just forget that you said that, alright?”

We arrived at the Bar and it was already pretty crowded but Matt as always made his way to one table which was free and we could lend us some chairs from other tables.
“I’ll get us some drinks. What do you guys want?” Johnny asked.
“Beer.” Matt, Zack and I responded immediately.
“Oh wow, well.. Can I get a cocktail or something?”Izzie asked.
“Sure, I’ll see what I can do.”
Johnny walked away and I leaned towards Izzie “Sex on the beach, maybe? You know I can make that happen.” I let my hand wander up her thigh and when I nearly felt her panties she pushed my hand away.
“Brian, behave!”
“Come on, Iz. You were the one whispering to me that we would have our fun when I will be playing along nicely and we go out… I am out and we had fun, can we leave for the hotel now?”
“Nope, we didn’t even have a drink, yet.”
“Johnny is working on that… where is that guy? Can’t take him so long to get us some beer?” I looked around but couldn’t see Johnny.
I looked over at Matt staring somewhere and he had a stupid grin on his face.
“What’s up with you Shadows, finally found a girl looking at you?” I asked and he quickly turned around.
“What? No.. fuck you. Don’t be so cocky, Gates.”
“Ah look someone is getting on Stage there… maybe they play some live music now.” Zack pointed to the stage and people were building something up there but didn’t look like a live-band.

Jimmy’s POV
I didn’t plan the evening to end like this… We had so much fun today and now the evening was ruined.
We sat in the cab bringing us back to the hotel, we were only inches apart but again it felt like I was miles and miles away.
I couldn’t forget her reaction to me, her hand trying to cover her face, the fear in her eyes. This was not a normal reaction.
Why would she think anyone would hit her? Why would she think I would hit her?
Did I give her any signs that would make her afraid of me?
“We are here. That would make 12 Dollars.” The driver said and I handed him 20.
“Keep the change.”
Mia got out of the car looking sad and lost and I felt the same.
“Mia, can I ask you something.” I grabbed her wrist when we stood before the hotel.
“Yes.” She said softly.
I walked with her down the alley to a bench and sat down, it was already dark outside and it was pretty late, not many people around.
“I need to ask you something and you gotta be honest to me, alright?” I looked at her but Mia was staring down on her hands.
“Mia, please. Look at me.” I grabbed her hand in mine and she looked up.
“Did I ever give you the impression that I could or would hurt you? Did I somehow made you feel like you need to be afraid of me?” Mia stared at me her eyes wide open.
She leaned towards me her hands grabbing my cheeks, pulling me in for a sweet kiss.
“No, never. You never…” She whispered and I was glad to hear it but that made the situation even more weird and complicated.
I swallowed thickly “Why did you react that way then? I would never hurt you. I could never hit you, hottie.”
She nodded “I know, Jimmy.”I couldn’t stand her being so far apart, I grabbed her hips and pulled her onto my lap.
“Tell me. You know you can. I am here, I’ll protect you. I swear I’m not gonna freak out whatever it is you tell me now.”
“I can’t James… I mean… I shouldn’t…” Mia began and I shook my head.
“You can, I am here for you. Tell me ... you will feel better afterwards.” I began to stroke my hand over her back, rubbing in circles.
“Jimmy, I don’t know how to start… how to explain my reaction. I know you would never hurt me but I think that is just a reaction I… I just have in it my blood now... I can’t seem to suppress the urge.”
“Why would you have such an urge?” A thought crossed my mind and I didn’t like it.
“Did someone hurt you like that, Mia?” I stared at her and her eyes filled with tears.
“Yes.” I could barely hear her answer. Tear began to run down her cheeks and pulled her close to my body.
“Who? What happened?” I guess I already knew the who, but I needed her to confirm it.
“Josh.” I clenched my fist behind Mia’s back. If I could I would hunt that guy down right now and fucking kill him.
I tried to make my voice sound normal, “What did he do?”
“It… he.. He wasn’t like this from the beginning, you know. When we were together he was sweet and nice but like I said he got weirder and weirder and when I first tried to get some distance between us, to see if we still fit together, he got mad. I never saw him like that before. He hit me… I had to call in sick at work and couldn’t go outside, everybody could see that something had happened… I wanted to break up with him after that.”
I couldn’t speak I had such rage inside of me that I didn’t trust my own voice.
“But he made me believe that it was a mistake he wouldn’t do again, that I meant the world to him, that this would never happen again… And I believed him… I was such a fool.”
“What happened then?” I barely got out.
“Then a few weeks later it happened again, he beat me and he made me think that it was my fault, Jimmy. He told me that I would make him so angry, that it was my fault that he had to hurt me. That he never wanted to hurt me but it was my action that made him do it.” Mia sobbed into my shoulder and my shirt clung to my skin, soaked from her tears.
“Never… never your fault. Mia, you know that it was never your fault, right?” I made her look at me, her eyes spilling over with tears and I kissed her softly.
“Tell me you went to the police. Tell me you pressed charges.”I asked her and she shook her head.
“I finally found the strength, later on, to break up… I never had the courage to go to the police, he made me think they wouldn’t believe me. He liked these tricks… to play with my mind…” She smiled sarcastically.
“I was so naïve Jimmy… I believed him, I thought I could get away from him. I never had the chance… see where it got me… he is still there…” Mia leaned her head back into my shoulder and I shook my head.
“I promise you, he will never get to you again, hottie. I will take care of that and he will pay for what he did to you…” I held Mia in my arms such a small fragile woman but yet so strong and gone through so much.
I still couldn’t believe how nobody could have noticed this, why didn’t Izzie made her go to the police. I mean… they are best friends, that’s what they said at least… and if Mia refused to, then Izzie should have gone.
I didn’t know how long we must have been sitting here but I could feel Mia’s even breathing and I wanted her to feel safe and get some sleep, but I knew I couldn’t sleep.
Not after what I heard right now.
I carried Mia to the hotel and moved with her into the elevator, when I arrived in our room I placed her carefully on our bed and pulled the blanket over her.
I needed to do something with that anger inside of me... I needed to....

Izzie’s POV
A guy with mic got on Stage “It’s our famous Karaoke night! Thank you all for coming out tonight, I know that we will have some amazing singers here today. We already got a few applications of willing singers, so if you want the chance to show your talent, please sign in at the desk of my lovely colleague Amanda.”
The guy motioned over to the side where the woman was sitting and then continued talking.
“Alright, then we gonna start with our first singer Evelyn , please come on stage, this stage is yours.”
The whole bar began to applaud and I looked at it a little distant, I would never get up a stage like that... I didn’t need the spotlight.. and not unimportant.... I sang terribly off key.
But this bar seemed to get more and more crowded by the second, I couldn’t see one empty table or chair, there were even people standing in the back watching the stage.
“Shit, this bar is crowded.” Johnny finally arrived back on our table and put the beer in front of the guys and gave me a cocktail.
“I have no idea what’s in it.. but I tried it and it tasted good.” Johnny replied with a smile.
“Oh ah.. well thanks.. I guess.” I took a sip from my drink and smiled, it was actually really good.
“This really is good, thanks Johnny.”

“Thank you, Evelyn. That was amazing.” The loud voice sounded through the speakers again.
“Next would be a duet. Please welcome on stage with a nice warm applause: Brian and Izzie.”
I looked at the stage, that couldn’t be true. Did he just really say Brian and Izzie?
I looked over at Brian and he also stared at the stage with a shocked look on his face. Why was he shocked! He stood on a stage all the time!
Next to me Matt burst out into laughter.
“What the fuck? Did he say Brian and Izzie?” I asked astonished.
“I think he did.” Zack grinned like an idiot.
“Brian and Izzie, please come on stage for your duet.” The man said again and you could see the whole bar was looking around searching for us.
I shook my head “I won’t be going on that stage and I won’t sing.”
“Your friend told me already that you guys are a little shy. So, please tell me where are you?” The man searched for the crowd and finally his eyes landed on me and Brian.
How did he know?
Then I turned my head and saw Johnny waving.
“Johnny! You ass! What did you do?” I nearly yelled, panicking but he just smiled like an idiot.
“Come on, Brian and Izzie, give another applause so they will find their courage to come on stage.”
“Payback Izzie, you know for what!” Johnny leaned down to me and grabbed my hand “Do it... they won’t stop until you go up on the stage!” He grinned evilly, laughing really loud.
I looked over at Brian, hoping to find a solution from him “I don’t want to, I can’t sing”
“Maybe you need to come and get them.” Johnny yelled to the stage. Fucking short shit!
“Oh alright.” The guy with the mic came walking to our table and held the mic out.
“So, this is Izzie and her friend Brian.” He held the mic to Brian but I was still sitting on my chair not moving an inch.
“I’m not going on stage.” I replied and the whole bar booed.
What the fuck!
“Come, on Brian. They wanna see and hear you and Izzie sing.”
Brian leaned towards me “Let’s get this over with or this guy will never leave.” I looked at him helpless.
“Gods damn it, okay.” Brian grabbed his beer and downed the rest of it, I did the same with my cocktail. “Okay, let’s do this... You better back me up, Brian”
We walked on stage and the whole bar yelled and clapped, this gonna be the worst night in my life.

Notes

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