Chapter 17

Brooke and Hope's attention was turned to Isaac.

"Finally, an explanation of something!" Brooke thought.

"Okay, here it goes," Isaac said, taking a deep breath. "We know who's doing this. Atleast we think we do."

"What?" Brooke asked.

"And you tell us thisnow?" Hope exclaimed.

"We got involved in something and tried to get out of it," Isaac continued.

"What? What are you talking about? I don't get it," Brooke said.

"So in other words, you're responsible for everyone's deaths," Hope said, narrowing her eyes.

"No!" Zac yelled. "That's not our fault!"

Taylor stood quiet for a few moments.

"The guy is just crazy," Isaac told them.

"Stay away from me!"Brooke screamed. "Stay away!"

"No, Brooke! You're not safe!" Zac told her.

"I would have been if I never met you. None of this ever would have happened!" Broke yelled.

"You're the reason it happened," Taylor spoke up in a monotone voice.

"Excuse me?" Brooke said in an irriate voice. "How the hell do you come to that conclusion?"

"We know what you did," Taylor told her.

"I didn't do anything!" Brooke yelled. "Keep away from me! My best friend is probably dead because of you!"

"No, that would be your fault," Taylor replied in the same monotone voice.

"Yo! Snapping turtle! What are you talking about?" Hope asked.

"I don't want to say," he replied.

"Tay, we better tell them," Zac finally said.

"Fine. I was just trying not to tell but you hate me enough already, what do I have to loose," Taylor told Brooke.

"Okay, hello? Remember me? I think I deserve this fill in too," Hope said.

"Brooke, remember that little joy ride you went on a while ago?" Taylor asked her.

"No," she replied.

"Sure you do. Remember, you stole the car and decided to go driving wihthout even a permit? " he asked.

"Why?"

"Well, remember the girl you hit?" he continued.

"No," Brooke replied, her voice starting to shake. "You're making this up!"

"You hit someone?" Hope asked.

"She killed someone," Taylor said.

"No I didn't!" Brooke screamed. She started to run from them. Isaac grabbed her around the waist and held her.

"Taylor, shut up. She can't take anymore," Isaac told him calmly.

"No! She wanted an explanation! Well, now she's got it!" Taylor began to yell. Isaac continued to hold Brooke who was now struggling to get away.

"You're a murderer!" Hope said.

"No! It was an accident!" Brooke screamed.

"You admit it!" Zac said, getting involved.

"I didn't do it on purpose!"

"Do you know anything about that girl you killed? How old she was? What she like? Did you know she suffered to the very end of her death?" Taylor asked.

"No! No! I didn't know anything!" Brooke screamed.

"Wanna know how we know?" Isaac asked, still in his calm voice. He held Brooke firmly, never loosing his grip on her squirming body.

"No!" she yelled.

"I do," Hope piped in.

"Well, we met a guy. He told us his story. We told him we wanted to help him. That's when he told us his idea. He said he found the girl who did it. He just needed to get back at her. We agreed to help him out. He told us you would be coming to the concert and to expect you. He was just going to confront you and scare you a little. That's all," Zac said.

"But then he told us that he was going to kill you. That's when we said we wanted out. We didn't want to be involved. But he told us it was too late. We were already involved," Taylor said, taking over the story. Brooke stopped squirming. "He told us that we would never get out. It was too late to desert him. We would have to die too," Taylor told Brooke and Hope. "We didn't believe him at first. But now we do. Now we know what he's capable of."

"Liar!" Brooke screamed.

"You think we just made that up?" Taylor yelled back. "I could have come up with something better if that was the case. I have so much hate for you right now. If it wasn't for you being stupid this wouldn't have happened. Yet, I still stick with you. We all do," Taylor told her.

"You're crazy! You all are! I'm going to find Elaine!" Brooke screamed. She struggled to get out of Isaac's arms. However, once again she proved unsuccessful.

"Brooke, I'd stop struggling. We're not the ones you should be afraid of," Isaac told her.

"Whoa! Wait! Back it up! You're telling me we're in all of this shit cause of that bitch?" Hope said, glaring at Brooke. "My parents are dead because of you. She walked up to Brooke who was capable of very little movement, courtesy of Isaac, and spit in her face. "I should kill you myself."

"That is so gross! It's not my fault your parents are dead! It's that guys fault!" Brooke yelled.

"Well from what I hear, he wouldn't have been pissed off if it wasn't for you! I've had enough! You've put my life in danger and I want nothing more to do with you!" Hope screamed. "Murder!"

Hope ran off down the hall. Taylor took off after her.

"Hope! Wait!" Taylor called. Hope stopped.

"What Snapper?" Hope asked, catching her breath.

"You're not safe by yourself. Look, I know we pretty much hate each other, but Idon't want to come across your body anywhere. Stay with us. Please," Taylor told her.

"I can't hang around a murderer. Especially the person responsible for my parent's death," she told him.

"She didn't kill him. The guy's just crazy," Taylor told her. She glared at him.

"No, she's the crazy one," Hope said. She ran off again and disappeared down the hall. Taylor went back to join his brothers and Brooke.

"She's gone," Taylor said.

"Let me go!" Brooke yelled, pushing hard on Isaac's arms. Isaac released his arms and sent Brooke tumbling to the ground. "Okay. Fine. You win. But I'm only staying with you to find Elaine. It's not going to be easy to hang out with the guys who were in on getting me back!"

"Trust me, Brooke, its no picnic for us either," Taylor said. Isaac extened an arm and Brooke grabbed onto it. He helped her get to her feet. The three guys began walking.

"It's not my fault, you know!" Brooke said.

The three of them groaned. She jogged up to them.

"Let's just find Elaine," Taylor told them.

Chapter 18

~Take Me Home~