Dancing Girl

Arin POV

“So when you guys are going to meet again?”
“I’m not exactly sure when, but when we do I will ask you to join us don’t worry”
I am on Skype, talking to Kimberly. We do this often, especially when a gig would be coming up and I keep practicing at home instead of going out. Lately I have been talking much more with Kimberly, and she has been asking me to join us. Obviously I agree, I want her to stay with us and the fact that she likes my friends gives me more courage to ask her out.
“You better tell me!” she laughs.
“Or else what?” I smirk at the camera, then watching her on the screen of my laptop.
“That is none of your business. But you’ll pay for it for sure!” she closes her eyes.
“Okay. But to be fair, if I tell you to come with us, I have to pay for that as well, don’t you think?” I look at the screen as see her bites her lips. What was that for?
“Hmmm…okay it is a deal”.
“Good” I laugh together with her.

At that instant my mobile starts ringing: I just received a text message. Quickly I glance at the screen and notice that it is from Zacky.


Bro I need you to come and pick me up from ‘Scream’. I’m hurt..don’t tell anyone. Just come asap


I keep staring at the text message, trying to make some sense out of it.
“Arin, what’s wrong? Who texted you?” I hear Kimberly asking me through the headphones.
“Huh what? Oh, this is nothing, spam messages I guess” I try to shrug it off.
“Arin. I know you. Who texted you and what’s wrong?”
I look at the screen and see her looking at me with a worried expression. How could I not tell her?
“It’s from Zacky. I need to go and pick him up from ‘Scream’ and he’s hurt. I don’t know anything else. I need to go Kim. I will call you later on”
“Whoa that’s it? You’re leaving me hanging like that? Come and pick me up..I’m coming with you” she tells me.
“NO! No way Kim! I promise you I will call you back as soon as I have a goddamn clue of what is going on”
“Arin….” She tries to start again so I cut her off immediately.
“Bye Kim” and I end the call and shut down my laptop.
Hurriedly I get into my car and drive as fast as I could to the strip club. I park next to the club and go looking for Zack but there is no sign of him. Maybe he’s in the street at the back of the club. I go into my car again and drive to that street, when I see him there, lying on the ground.

I get out of the car and go running towards him.
“What the fuck?!” I yell, “What the fuck happened? Zacky?!”
I notice that his eyes are close and I can feel the panic roaming my body. Then I breathe heavily and slowly, count to 5 to calm down and check if he has any pulse. I sigh in relief when I have found the pulse. I grab and lift his body over my shoulder and put him in the back seat of my car, as I get in and drive back to my house.
As soon as I arrive I see someone sitting on the pavement in front of my house. What now? I switch on the lights of the car on bright and the person covers her eyes and face as she flips me off. I recognize her act immediately so I turn off the lights straight away.
“Seriously? You want to blind me?”
“Kim I told you I will call you as soon as I know something. What are you doing here?” I ask her, getting out of the car.
“You didn’t call me and I was going crazy at home!” she snaps. “Where is Zack? Is he okay?”
“He’s in the car, unconscious. I’m going to get him into the house. Will you open the door for me please?” I give her the keys to my house and once more I lift Zacky over my shoulders. I get in, go into the living room and put him on the couch.

“Here, put this onto his forehead maybe he’ll wake up soon” Kim tells me, giving me a cold, wet cloth. I do as she instructs, and both of us wait, looking at Zacky.
“With whom he had a fight with?” Kimberly asks, staring at his body.
“With those scumbags” Zacky replies with a hoarse voice. Slowly he opens his eyes and both me and Kim get up and go near Zacky.
“How are you feeling man?” I ask him.
“Honestly, been better. I feel like I have been hit by a train, not knowing it was coming for me!”
“You want something to eat or drink? Maybe some water?” Kim asks him, putting her fingers into Zacky’s hair and talking to him in a soft voice.
“Some water would be nice, thanks”
As Kim leaves Zacky tries to sit up straight but he moans in pain and puts his hand over his ribs. I lift his shirt up and see the bruises that have already formed.
“Dude, what the hell happened?” I ask him.
He looks at me. “Rock’s dicks found me and beat the shit out of me. Fuck, it was a huge mistake going in that club alone! But I never expected something like this to happen!” he continues.

“What did they want?” Kim asks, bringing a glass of water to Zacky.
He downs the water in one go and gives the glass back to Kimberly. “Honestly, I am still uncertain about it. They were yelling at me, asking me how many letters we have received from them. I told them that we received only one and that was it, they went insane! They start beating the shit out of me telling me that I was lying, when I knew I was not! And they told me to tell you guys that it was just a warning: there won’t be a next time. Also they want Katelyn to go and visit Rick in prison”.
He stops for a minute and I keep staring at the wall. Fuck. Zacky is in trouble because we haven’t told him about the letters we received lately.
“I still don’t know what the big deal was. They kept accusing me that I was lying, fucking bastards! I wonder what letters they were talking about!” he continues, as he leans back to the couch, resting as best as he could.
“I think we need to phone everyone and tell them to come here and discuss everything” I tell them as I get up and go and find my phone.
“What for?” he asks, looking at us blankly.
“Believe me, it’s for the best” I reply. “Come with me, let me give you an ice pack for that punch on your face. And I have some pain ointment which you can use on your ribs. Kim can you help him please? I’ll go and text everyone immediately”.
She nods and helps Zacky up, while I grab my phone and start writing the message. Hopefully they’ll see it soon enough.

*after a couple of hours*

None of the guys have come to my place yet, so I suggested Zacky to go and rest a bit. The bruising got worse, especially those on his ribs. I feel sorry for the guy, he’s in this pain because of us as we haven’t told him about the letters we have received. Kimberly tried to console me and told me that what we did was so as to not worry them. The thing is that I was going to tell them, but I thought of waiting for a bit until we do so. And fuck, apparently we were late!

Finally! I hear the door-bell go off, and I practically run towards the door to see who it is. When I open it I see everyone standing outside my home: the guys and Nina, Katelyn and Laura.
“Finally you’re here! You know how long ago I have sent that text to come here?” I tell them as we go inside my house.
“Yes we know Arin, but well, some of us were busy” Brian replies, smirking at Katelyn and then at me.
“Great. Good for you buddy. Actually for all of you. I am so glad you had a great fucking time!” I tell them, surprised at my attitude and how pissed off I sound.
“Whoa dude calm down!” Matt tells me while everyone sits down in the living room, “Did something happen?” he tells me alone.
“Yeah actually I need to talk to you, well to everyone in that matter”. I can see everyone staring at me, everyone stopped talking to listen to what I have to say. It is evident that they know I am not bluffing and have something serious to tell them.
“We are fucked” I tell them. I feel a hand grasping my arm and when I look around I notice that it is Kimberly. She seems worried, so I put my arm around her shoulder and pull her towards me.
“How so? Arin, can you please explain everything so maybe we’ll understand over here?” Brian asks.

“This happened” I hear from behind me. I look around while I hear everyone gasping when they see Zacky standing in the living room, all beat up and bruised.
“What the fuck?! Who did this? I’ll beat the shit out of them, tell me!” Jason starts yelling.
“Sit down. That is why we need to talk. First, Zacky explain what happened to you please”.
Zacky starts explaining how he went to the club and afterwards he was forced outside by Rick’s pals, asking him questions about the letters. Matt seems a bit on edge, so is Brian, who is now holding Katelyn closer to him.
“Man, he kept mentioning these letters which we were supposed to be receiving. So when I said I know nothing they did all of this” he points to his face and ribs. Katelyn is tearing up, putting her face in her hands not to look at Zacky.
When he finishes we stand quiet for a while, until Matt stands up to grab a chair to be near everyone.
“Actually I have something to tell to everyone, even you Arin and Zacky. Please, don’t say anything until I finish saying everything as I have a lot”.

All of us look at Matt, waiting for him to start. He looks a bit hesitant and puts his hands on his head.
“Fuck. Okay well actually it is true Zacky, lately we have been receiving letters from them. First Arin received one and then even myself. They wrote how we have to let Katelyn go to the prison and visit Rick, or else Nina would be in danger as well. In the letter that I have received they have warned us that the girls are their target, they did not mention any of you guys. So the attack against Zacky, I think they have changed their motive. I think all of us are their target and until they get what you want they are going to keep this up.”
He stops for a while and looks at Zacky who at this point is sitting quietly on the couch looking in disbelief.
“We were going to tell you about these letters I fucking swear. But fuck, we were having so much fun at the house party, so I thought of telling you afterwards. But they got to us before. I’m so sorry man”.

Zacky shakes his head, very slowly, with narrowed eyes.
“Sorry. Sorry my ass. Have you seen what happened to me last night? Can you fucking see?!” he yells, getting up from the couch. “This happened because of you! If you had told us about all these fucking letters, maybe they wouldn’t have hit me, or else not this much! I thought I was telling the truth, damn now I understand why they kept hitting me! And what about not keeping anything from each other? You know how crucial this situation is, you know what we have been through to get rid of Rick but you also know the warning he gave us. These letters show us that we cannot fuck around Rick and his men, but you two decide to hide them from us and act like you have received nothing! Shit, I really didn’t expect this! Fucking bullshit” he curses, as he storms off the living room and slams the door shut.

Notes

So...Zacky is pissed about everything :/ What do you think is going to happen next? What should they do? Do you think there is someone else in danger? Should they let Katelyn visit Rick?

Hope you'll like it, lovely readers :) <3