AJ
walked back into the bathroom and stepped into the tub.
“who was it” Laura asked
“some prank call” he said taking
her into his arms again. at that time they heard an ear peircing scream that
echoed through the whole building.
“what the hell was that” Laura
asked “sounded like Gina”
“how can you tell”
“who else can scream like that”
she asked getting out and grabbing herself a towel. “come on AJ we have to go
see if shes ok”
“no…Nicks with her, shes fine”
he said sinking down into the water.
“AJ McLean get your ass out of
that water now” she said firmly.
“alright alright” he got out and
she handed him a towel.
Nick
ran out of the bathroom when he heard Gina screaming.
“Gina Gina” he ran over to her
and turned her to face him. “shhhh whats wrong”
“looo…looook” she handed him the
card. He read it and then looked at the roses.
“whats going on” Laura asked
walking in with AJ behind her.
“AJ come here for a second” Nick
pulled AJ into the hallway and shut the door. “do you have any idea who sent
this” he asked showing him the card.
“no, but I got a prank phone
call saying something like that a few minutes ago. What do you think we should
do”
“I don’t know, maybe we should
call the guys”
“maybe, why don’t you go in
there with them and calm Gina down. I'll go see if I can get ahold of Kev or
Bri” AJ said walking away to his room.
At
the club Melissa and Brian were sitting at the table watching Kevin and Jennah
dance.
“their cute together” Melissa
smiled
“yeah” Brian laughed taking a
sip of his drink.
“I think one day they’ll end up
getting married”
“think so” he asked she nodded
“what about us, do you ever think about us getting married”
she was a little taken back by
his question. “yes” she answered honestly
“so do I” he said “I actually
think about it a lot. And I've been thinking about it seriously the past couple
days” he paused for a minute. “well what im trying to say is will you marry me
Melissa” he pulled a ring from his pocket and held it out to her.
Kevin
was out on the dance floor with Jennah. He excused himself to get a drink and
walked over to the bar. He sat down and took his time sipping his drink. His
phone rang, he reached into his pocket and pulled it out.
“yeah its Kev” he said
“Kev” AJ asked
“hey bone, whats up”
“umm by any chance, did anything
strange happen to you like phone calls or dead flowers or anything” he asked
“no why” he replied “no wait…we
did get a note from someone it said it was going to kill us or something like
that”
“shit, will you guys come back
here”
“why im having fun”
“come on Kev get the others and
get back here NOW” AJ yelled and then hung up. Kevin got up and walked out to
the dance floor to tell Jennah.
Melissa
sat in shock. She couldn’t belive what he was doing.
“Mel, are you there” he asked
waving the ring infront of her face.
“Brian” she screamed “how can
you do this to me”
“what…what did I do” he asked
“you…you proposed to me in a
club with a million other people around. Theres more smoke in here than there
is in a smoke stack and I can barely hear you because of the damn noise” she ran out of the club leaving Brian there
very confused.
“yo Bri” Kevin said walking over
with Jennah.
“yeah” he said sadly.
“come on we have to go back,
something up”
“whatever” he stood up and moped
back out to the limo.
Nick
Gina Howie Megan AJ and Laura were all in Nick and ginas room waiting for the
others. Megan and Howie had also gotten a phone call identical to the one AJ
had recived.
“were here” Kevin said dragging
in his pouting cousin.
“tell me exactly what happened”
Howie asked eagerly
“what are you talking about D”
Kev asked
“the note what did it say and
who gave it to you”
“I don’t remember, I've had too
many drinks and I threw it away” Kev sighed “something about having a nice time
because its our last and no police”
“wheres Melissa” Laura asked
“shes mad at Brian for proposing
to her in a club” Jennah told them
“she cant be out there alone, someone
go get her before they do” Gina yelled standing up. Nick pulled her back down
and put his arms around her.
“don’t worry, everythings fine”
he said gently kissing her lips. She burried her head in his chest and mumbled
something he couldn’t understand.
“but ginas right” Megan said
speeking up. “she shouldn’t be out there alone”
“Brian, why don’t me you and
Laura go look for Melissa, the rest of you stay here” AJ said pulling Laura up
from the chair.
“I don’t want to go” Brian said
walking out and to his room.
“don’t make him go, hes
obviously hurting” Howie said
“I'll go” Nick said “Gina you
stay here with them”
“no Nick don’t go” she said
stubbornly grabbing onto his arm.
“come on sweetie, we’ll be right
back. do you want to come” he asked
“no” she said sadly
“ok I'll take my phone call me
if you need me” he gave her a kiss and then walked out with AJ and Laura.
A
few minutes later AJ Nick and Laura were walking around the dark streets of LA.
“figures this had to happen in
one of the scariest cities you can be in at night” Nick said as he walked
beside Laura down a dark alley by the club they had been at.
“don’t you start chickening out
Nick” Laura said quietly
“im not, im just pointing that
out” he replied in the same quiet tone.
“well thanks” she said
sarcasticly.
“hey shhhhh” AJ said waving his
hand up and down to shut them up. “listen” they stopped and listened for a
minute. “I hear someone crying”
“it sounds like Melissa” Laura
whispered
“since when are you a noise
expert” AJ asked looking over at her.
“we’ve been friends for a long
time” she said “lets go check it out”
“ok” they said walking awards
the noise.
“Melissa” Nick said quietly
“that you” he didn’t get an answer.
“Missy” Laura said louder than
Nick had said it. They saw the trash can move and walked over to it. Nick and
Laura stood behind AJ as he pulled off the lid.
Gina
Howie Kevin Megan and Jennah were still in Nick and ginas room.
“where are they” Gina asked
“they’ve been gone forever”
“don’t worry Gina” Howie said
sighing “their fine”
“why havent they come back yet
then” she whined covering her head with a pillow. “today was supposed to be our
anniversary”
“oh my god Gina shut up” Jennah
said as someone began frantically knocking on the door. Kevin got up to answer
it but Gina dove on him.
“don’t go” she said “it could be
the bad guys”
“let me in guys” Brians voice
said as he ponded on the door some more.
“its Brian calm down” Kevin said
standing up.
“no” she yelled grabbing his
arm. “havent you seen scream 3, the bad guy had one of those voice thingys”
“Gina your so paranoid” Meg said
walking over to the door and opening it. Brian ran in and Meg locked it behind
him.
“whats up Bri” Howie asked
“I just got a phone call” he
said
AJ
lifted the cover of the trash can off and they looked in. Melissa was crunched
up in the tiny space crying her eyes out.
“Melissa” Nick said “are you
alright” she looked up at them.
“is he gone” she asked through
her tears.
“who” AJ asked
“the guy who was chasing me”
“theres no one around here but
us” Laura said “come on get out of there”
“I cant, I think I broke my
ankle when I was running from him”
“we’ll help you” AJ said, him
and Nick grabbed one of her arms and helped her out. She stood on one foot and
leaned on Nick for support. “it looks broken”
“I wonder why” Laura laughed “it
must suck to run in those heels”
“uhhh you have no idea” she said
“well come on, we should go” AJ
said “we’ll bring you to the hospital”
“I'll carry you. That ok” Nick
asked looking over at her.
“yeah” she said putting her arms
around his neck while he picked her up. He carried her to the car and got in.
“so Melissa, what happened” AJ
asked looking back at her in the rear view mirror.
“I ran out of the club and some
guy grabbed me. I fought him off though and ran down into the alley. I hid in
the trash can and I've been there for a while.”
“want me to call Brian” Nick
asked
“no” she said firmly. “hes an
asshole, why in the world would he propose to me in a club”
“I don’t know, doesn’t sound
like something he would do” Nick said
“yeah, I love clubbing almost
more than I love doing anything else and I still wouldn’t propose in one” AJ
laughed
“AJ its not funny” Laura said
slapping his arm while he pulled into the hospital.
Everyone
waited for Brian to continue.
“he said he got Melissa” Brian
was crying “its all my fault. If I hadn't done that to her in the club she
wouldn’t have run out”
“Brian its not your fault”
Jennah said “theres just some crazy assed fool out there that has it out for
us, that’s all”
“thanks Jen” Gina said from
under her pillow.
“well call Nick and see what
their doing” Kevin said
“I'll do it” Gina said lunging
for the phone before anyone else. She dialed his number and waited for him to
pick up.
“hello” he said
“sweetie where are you, whats
going on” Gina asked
“were at the hospital”
“hospital, why what happened”
“nothing serious, its just
Melissa” he started “she has a broken ankle”
“so shes alright”
“yeah their just putting a cast
on her now, we’ll be back in about half hour”
“ok I just called to make sure
you were alright”
“are you” he asked
“yeah, just hurry up and get
back to me”
“I will, bye”
“bye” she said hanging up. “they
don’t have Melissa”
“they don’t” Brian asked “than
where is she”
“I mean the bad guys don’t have
her. Meilssa had a broken ankle and their at the hospital, they should be home
soon”
“good, im glad shes alright” Meg
said “I cant handle any more tragedys”
“yeah” everyone agreed.
Nick
helped Melissaout of the hospital while AJ and Laura brought the car around.
“so Melissa, what are you going
to do about Brian” Nick asked
“I don’t know” she sighed “I so
want to marry him. It would be like a dream come true for me. I just cant
belive Brian of all people wouldn’t make it more special, more…” she searched
for a word.
“romantic” came a voice from
behind them. They turned around and saw Brian standing there with a bouquet of
her favorite flowers.
“Brian what are you doing here”
she asked
“I came to make sure your
alright” he replied quietly.
“I'll go” Nick said
“I've got her Nick, thanks”
Brian said to his friend.
“ok see you two tomorrow” he
said walking over to where AJ had pulled up.
“how do you know I'll go home
with you” she asked
“because I'll do anything to
make you forgive me” he said walking up to her. “im so sorry, I don’t know what
came over me and why I did that”
she sighed “well Brian, you know
I would be the happiest girl in the whole world if we got married. I guess I
over reacted”
“no, you didn’t over react. I
should have made it better for you”
“can we just pretend it was
really sweet and romantic” she asked “you know I would have said yes”
“yeah I know” he laughed “but, I
don’t want us to be engaged right now”
“why not” she asked, he was
really confusing her.
“because, one day when your
least expecting it I'll do it, and I'll do it right”
“ok” she agreed with a small
smile.
“now, are you alright” he asked
“yeah im fine” she said “can we
just go home”
“well, we arent going home for a
while. But we can go to the hotel”
“that’s what I meant” she
laughed following him to his car.
Nick
walked into his hotel room with Laura and AJ.
“Nick” Gina yelled running over
to him and throwing her arms around him.
“hey Gina” he smiled giving her
a kiss. “are you alright”
“yeah im fine now” she said, he
just smiled and gave her another kiss.
“ok guys heres the deal” Brian
started “do NOT call the police”
“why not” Megan asked
“because they said if we called
the police they would kill our whole families”
“fine, im so tired lets talk
about it tomorrow” Kevin said standing up. They said good night to eachother
and walked to their rooms.
Nick
and Gina were laying in bed trying to fall asleep.
“im sorry we didn’t have a
better anniversary” Nick said to her while playing with a strand of her hair.
“its alright” she said softly.
“its not our fault this happened”
“right” he said kissing her
again. “I love you”
“I love you too” she closed her
eyes and fell asleep.
A
few minutes later they were awakened by some knocking.
“someones at the door” Nick
mumbled
“don’t get it” she replied
opening her eyes. She looked over Nick to the glass balcony doors. There was a
dark figure standing on the balcony with something in his hand. “oh my god” she
screamed as the man threw the thing through the window smashing it all over
them.