Ana ran inside her house, looking for Jule, "JULE!!! JULIE!!! JULIE!!" She held a paper in her hands, as she ran upstairs, and went to knock on Jule's door. "JULIE!! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE, GIRL!!" Ana knocked and knocked, and finally realized Julie wasn't 'home'. "damn! Man, now this news has to WAIT!"sighed Ana, as she walked inside her own bedroom, and closed the door, opening the paper in her hands, then starts cheering loudly. "hehehehehehe!! Hope she comes home soon, so she can read THIS!"Ana smiled, dancing around in her room, as the doorbell rang. "OOOOH!! Better, even better! Maybe it's her!!"she cheered, as she slammed open the door to her bedroom, and ran dowstairs, to answer the door. "or maybe it's my Nicky!"she smiled, adding this in her head, as she opened the door. "hi Anais,"smiled Brian, holding a white teddy bear in his hands. "oh, hey Brian! You looking for Julie? She's not here, so sorry!"smiled Ana, as he invited himself inside, and she just rolled her eyes at him. "no, actually, I came to see you,"Brian smiled, still holding the bear. 'huh?! ME?! Oh shoot! Wait until Julie, Nick, Aj and all the others hear this crap! Oh shoot, wonder what he wants!'Ana wondered to herself, as she smiled fakely at him. "oh, really? and why is that?"asked Ana, looking at him. "well, because I...well, I just wanted to talk to you real quickly.."Brian said, holding words back. "Oh ok, about who? Nick? Julie? AJ? What's up, just tell me, and I'll see if I can help you.."Ana smiled again, wondering why the heck he was there for. "no, it's actually about US..."Brian said, clearing his throat afterwards. 'US?! What the heck....'Ana's eye shot wide open. "Us? Why us? There's nothing between you and me that have to do with 'us', Brian..."Ana said carefully, watching him. "oh, I know...but there could be,"he smiled, walking towards her....
Julie came back from her shopping with her coolio friends, and headed straight to her bedroom, looking for Ana. 'where is she?'Jule wondered. 'she said she wasn't going out with Nick today cuz Aj and him where going somewhere...now what?'she continued to wonder, as she walked inside Ana's bedroom, but walked back out as she went to prepare herself something to eat. 'ooooh! A note!'Jule laughed, as she grabbed a paper that lay flat on the kitchen counter. 'huh? Aj...and Jennifer...huh?!...this can't be true! They broke...what? they broke up?! No, no, no, no, no!! This is a lie!!'Jule dropped the note in the garbage can, as she thought about it. She couldn't believe that AJ had actually broken up with Jennifer. But what if it was just a lie? To get her happy, since she had been kinda low those days? "Why would they break up for though? That's not...oh god, it is GOOD! But..I'm with Albert!..Let me call Ana, anyway, it was probably her who left this here on purpose,"Jule said to herself, as she grabbed the phone and dialed Ana's cell #. "hello! Answer sista! What the heck are you doing?...uhu uhu, 4th ring...5th...6th!! Dude, pick up!! Geez, here I go with the message: 'hey Ana!! Where the heck are you? You need to call me cuz I need to talk to you about some AJ crap!! Peace sista!'.."Julie laughed, as she hung up, and then started making herself something to eat. "wonder where she is...Not with Nick I would guess...Damn, I really wonder where she's at..oh well,"sighed Julie, as she chewed on a piece of tomato.....
"Damit to hell!"Julie kept on yelling out and she walked up and down the house. "where the hell is ana?" she decided to call nick because, well that was the only choice she had! It was 4 in the morning and still no phone,and even if she was fooling around with nick, she would have called saying not to bug her. Julie ran up to Ana's room to look for nicks number. She checked the caller id and threw papers around trying to find it,damnit,you would think she would have her own boyfriends number handy.Julie finally found it,along with a strawberry lolipop, Ana's favorite,taped to it.
"hello?" Julie's eye shot wide open, this isnt nick..she told herself. "hello??"the man on the other side said once again. "umm, may i speak to Nick?" Julie said. "Nick?Who's this?" "This is julie..one of his friends." the person on the other line stayed quiet for awhile. "hold up" "hello?" "nick?hey!is Ana there with you?im freaken out her,i havent seen her the whole day." "WHAT?!no! shes not here with me, where the hell is she?!" "Simmer down nick,thats why i called you remember?" nick cussed to himself for awhile. "hello!nick?" "Julie!calm down,look me and aj will be over there to pick you up"Nick said as he hung up. Just as she hung up her phone. the doorbell rang. "omg! Its Tarabara!!" julie laughed as she hugged her friend. "hey!" Tara came to visit her two friends. Only when tara found out that Ana was missing, she decided to go along with her and the guys. "Wow, that really sux,i wonder where ana went." "i have no idea, its like the ground swallowed her." They spoke as they waited for nick to arrive. They finally got there,but instead of walking to the door, they beeped. "What is that?" Tara asked. "Dont worry about them,their ghetto kids, they werent brought up right" julie laughed with Tara as they got in the car.
They were quiet for a minute. "So, Julie,who is your friend?"Aj asked as he turned all they way around to get a good look at Tara. "This is one of mine and Ana's very bestest friend,Tara...tara,this is aj and Nick." "ahh,so whats up Tara,where you from?" "uh, Im from Ny." Nick got annoyed. "look Aj!this is no time for you to be a slut!I suggest you sit down and help me think of a place that my baby might be at!" Julie laughed as Tara joined in. Aj gave JUlie a mean look. "hey NIck,lets go pick up Kevin and Brian,they could help us." They pulled up on KEvin's driveway. "hey guys,whats up?" kevin said as he sat in the back next to Tara. "heey,Who are these two precious ladies back here." "Ladies?Oh you mean tara?aj said as he introduced tara to kevin,not looking once at Julie. Julie laughed. "im julie,sorry, aj has a stick up his ass or something, ya know how that gets when he doesnt get any from his slut." Kevin laughed. "fuck off Julie!" "fuck yourself aj!" Everyone was quiet for awhile. Nick kept on driving talking on his cell phone. "Well now, umm,now that we know that aj and julie like each other, whats up tara?" Kevin said getting close to her. "WE DO NOT!" they said at the same time. "Shutup you guys! hey,isnt that Brian's car at that park?"
"Hey! Isn't that Brian's car?!...Nick, over there!"said AJ, pointing to the car, as Nick hurried. The others stayed silent, until Julie spoke up,"I wonder why they're there.." Everyone turned to look at her, quitely, as Nick parked his car, and they all got out.
Ana had blood running from her nose, her hands bleeding with cuts, and her knees marked from the falls she had already taken, as she tried to breath. Brian came running behind her, an angry expression in his face, as Ana held onto the side of her skirt, and started running again. "Brian, get away! You did enough..leave me alone! Please!"she yelled, trying to get away. "Ana!! Get back here!!"Brian yelled, running in back of her, as Ana missed her step and fell right down to the ground.
Nick got out first from his car, and ran towards Brian's. AJ and the rest, followed, running behind him. "Why the heck is his car here, it's 5 a.m.?"Kevin asked, walking around Brian's car. Nick looked inside, and slammed the windows. Brian's car windows were all tinted, so everything was dark inside, and no-one could see anything. Julie grabbed a rock and smashed it against one. "There!...Now, let's look!"Julie said, as she was about to put her hands inside, and AJ stopped her. "Wait, you might get cut."AJ said, taking off his bandana and parting the glass away, then opening the door. Tara and Julie started searching inside, of course, knowing that they weren't there, but kept looking for anything suspicious. "One of Ana's sandals is here...and...oh god, look."Tara said softly, pointing to blood in the back seat. Everyone looked inside, as Nick gripped his hands into fists, and started walking away, towards the park. AJ and the rest, began to follow.
"Brian please? Please..Nooo! Please don't! Not again, Brian, please!"Ana yelled, crying, trying to push Brian off her. He covered her mouth with one hand, and with his body, pressed her down to the ground, not letting her move. He began to do what he had done before to her, as Ana suffered in tears, and in pain, hoping to die just right then....
They had stopped at a coffee shop right beside the house of Nick's. All of them were quiet, they didnt know what to do or what to think."I cant believe I let this happen."NIck said as he punched the seat. "Nick,what did you let happen?you dont even know what happen.We dont even know whats going on."Tara said as she gave him a hug."Tara,i know, probably nothing happened to her..but.,damit!she would have called and left me one of those cute messages she always leaves me...telling me how much she cares about me..you know little stuff like that, her smile.."Nick said as tears fell from his eyes."That bastard, if he did something to hurt my friend, he will pay..she, she doesnt deserve to be treated like that, she doesnt deserve it ,not again."Julie started crying. "again?"Aj said."What do you mean again?!It didnt and will never ever happen again because im here to protect her!"Nick said. "She is good, my girl she just probably..her car stopped!thats it."Nick said as he got up and paced back and forth. "Maybe i should wait back at your place to see if she comes home."Tara said to Julie. "ya, ill go wait with you Tara, in case Brian is with her."Kevin said.
"if you would have just let me have my way Ana,it wouldnt have ended up this way."Brian said as he threw her in the backseat of his car.She was knocked out,blood all over her with bruises on her face and legs.He pushed the seat back as he climbed into the driver's seat and took off.
"This is pissing me off nick!Why are we just sitting here?!Lets go back to the place where we found his car!"Julie jumped up. "No julie, we need to sit here and wait awhile, to think."Aj took another puff of his cigarrette."NO!you dont understand!I need to save her this time, she needs me!She needs us Nick,dont you understand?!I wasnt their for her last time, i really need to be there for her now!"Julie pushed nick. Aj pulled towards him to calm her down. "calm down Julie, its going to be okay.Its not your fault okay?its not anybodys fault."He gave her a hugg as she cried on his shoulder. Nick pushed the seats out of the way as he jumped out. "thats it,lets go, im tired of this shit, your right Julie, we need to find her and...if that bastard has my girl, i will kill him."Nick walked out with the last word as they all followed him.
"Tara, im really sorry that you had to come at a bad time." Kevin said as he drove away in Nick's car. "Im glad that im here, i need to be here with my friends." Tara sighed. Kevin smiled as he turned on the radio. "Hey,thats brian's car.."Kevin switched lanes and started following his cousin some miles behind. "Where is he going?why is he pulling up to that wierd house?"Kevin and tara looked at each other and they parked miles away to watch.
"We dont have a car Nick, where are we going?"Aj said who was falling behind. "I dont care , we are going to find her, i dont care how long it takes."Nick started walking fast as Julie did the same. "How about we just take a bus huh?"Aj pointed to the bus who was coming. They caught the bus on time. "You guys, im really scared."Julie sadly looked at the ground. Aj looked at her. "Dont be scared,..im here." He gave her a hugg and kissed her forehead. She gave him a hugg back."Ya,we are here for you Julie..but who's there for my girl?who's protecting her?"Nick said as made the bus stop and ran off. "Nick!" aj screamed as he watched his friend run off.
"Kevin, shouldn't we go there, and see if he has Anais with him?"Tara asked, as they watched from Nick's car, Brian's car being parked inside some weird house. Kevin stayed quiet for a while, just looking straight ahead, trying to find out what his cousin was doing. "Kevin?"Tara asked, looking at him. "Sorry Tara, I was thinking of why my cousin would do such a thing."Kevin said, looking over at Tara. "And, yea, let's go there, but let's tell the others first."Kev answered her question, grabbin his cell phone and dialing Nick's cell number.
Nick stopped running to catch his breath, as AJ and Julie ran behind him. "Nick! Yo Nick, stop!"AJ yelled, as Nick began to run again. "Where's he going?"Julie asked, running behind AJ. "I have no idea."AJ said, as he watched as Nick stopped. 'Ana! It's Ana, I know it!'Nick said to himself, taking out his cell phone and answering it. "Ana? Where are you?"Nick asked, unconscious that it was Kevin on the other line. "Nick, it's me, Kevin...I think I know where Ana is."Kevin said, looking straight at where Brian had gone. "You do?! Where?!"Nick asked anxiously, turning around, seeing AJ and Julie following him. "Maybe it's Ana!"Julie said, grabbing AJ's hand as they began to walk quicker, to reach Nick. "Where are you? I'll send Tara to pick you guys up, while I stay watching here."Kevin said, looking over at Tara. "Ummm, I'm in...5th Lane, a couple of blocks away from the Cafe we were at."Nick said, as AJ and Julie finally reached him. "Ok, Tara will be there in a minute."Kev said, hanging up, and getting out of the car. "They're on 5th Lane, a couple of blocks away from the Cafe we were in."Kev said to Tara, standing by her window. "Ok then, you be careful. We'll be here soon."Tara smiled, as Kev stepped aside and she drove off. "They think they know where Ana is...Tara's gonna pick us up."Nick said to AJ and Julie. "Thank God!"Julie whispered, hugging them both.
Brian picked Ana up from the backseat of his car, and took her inside the weird looking house. Ana was knocked out, so she wasn't feeling anything or knowing anything at all. Brian took her inside a bedroom, and left the door open while he went inside the kitchen to grab a can of beer. He came back inside the bedroom, and sat down next to Ana, watching her quietly. "You should've just let me loved you, not hurt you. Now what are we going to say when everyone finds out what happened?"Brian whispered to her, caressing her cheeks. "Nick?"Ana whispered, as she finally started to wake up. Brian took his hands off her in rage, and yelled something out,"Nick?! It's Brian you should ask for Ana!"and threw the beer can against the wall. He grabbed her by her shoulders, and started shaking her, violently. "Brian! Stop!!"Ana yelled, tears running down her cheeks, as she pushed him away. She hit her fist right in his jawbone, and made a soft cry, as she got out of the bed, and started running out. Brian held his jawbone, blood running down his lips, as he recollected himself, and started walking out of the bedroom. "Ana? Ana, honey, come out."Brian said, almost whispering from the pain. Ana grabbed his coat that layed on the couch, and started running out of the house, hoping Brian didn't find her before it was too late...
"Heelp!!"Ana tried to scream as she ran down the street. She was tired, hurt,scared,confused,and angry.She didnt know what was going on.She had this feeling before,she remembered..but where, she couldnt figure out.. "Ana!" she heard behind her, it sounded so close, she can almost feel him touching her,hurting her. She ran into the nearest alley and hid behind a beat down car that was left there. "ana,are you here?"She heard Brian close by her. She panicked and ran out of the alley.
"SO..."Tara sighed. "Is Julie asleep?"Tara looked behind. "ya..she,umm fell asleep."Aj smiled quickly and looked away. "NIck, dont worry, we will find Ana." Aj patted Nick on the back who was in front with Tara. "Ya NIck , youll be holding her again in your arms."Tara smiled as she drove. NIck didnt say a word. Tara finally pulled up to Brians house, only to find Kevin and Brian talking. "hmm, wonder whats going on?"Tara said as she stopped the car. Nick breathed in deeply. "That son of a bitch.."Nick said slowly. He jumped out of the car. "YOU!"Nick pointed to Brian. "hey nick,whats up?"Brian smiled to Nick.Nick ran to Brian only to pound him on the floor. "Omg"tara said. She looked at Aj who was just sitting in the car, watching. "hello!Arent you going to do something,'oh loyal friend'?!" Aj smiled. "nahh, i would have done the same thing." Kevin tried to pull nick off of Brian. "a little help here AJ??" Aj sighed as he slowly got out of the car. He stood there watching Kevin struggling to get Nick off of Brian. "You know kev, I think we should let them handle their own problem,ya know what I mean?" "AJ!Get your ass down here and help me out dumbass!!!"AJ sighed again as he helped Kevin. "I cant believe him."Tara laughed at AJ.
Ana tried to regain her strength to make it home. Home,she thought, she loved being home, her friend lived with her, her love of her life would always come over to visit her,everything was so perfect,what the hell happened?"She felt like bursting into tears, but she was to exhausted to even cry.She finally reached a pay phone and started dialing. "hello...yes.."
They finally got Nick off of Brian. Brian was full of blood and could barely get up. "That bitch hurt my Ana, you punk! im going to kill you."NIck flashed Brian a look. NIck really wanted to hurt him. "I Did not hurt ANA! your my best friend NIck, i would never do that to you." Nick laughed and tried to attack Brian again, but Kevin was holding him back. "Whats going on?what happen to brian's face?"Julie said as she walked towards the guys, Tara right beside her. "What does it look like?"Kevin said. "We face painted Brian,he wanted to look like Cane from WWF, wanna join in?"AJ said. "screw you."Julie laughed."you guys?hello!Someone is missing?Someone whom I love!" NIck yelled at them as his cell phone rang. "oo, bootey call, huh?"Brian smiled. "Im really going to hurt you, when your not expecting it."Nick laughed as he answered the phone.
"Nick? Is that....you? No, I don't know...where I am. How the hell should I know?...Wait, is that..Brian with you? Why are you with him Nick?! He's the one that did this to me...Nick, I'm not lying, I swear...Nick? Nick? NICK?!"Ana yelled into the phone as tears streamed down her cheeks. He had hung up on her, how could he? Ana slammed the phone and started running again, knowing she was near her house now.
"Yo, what the heck?! Why the heck did you do that for?!"Nick asked Brian, feeling angry all over again. "Sorry man, it's just that I thought I told you that we need to find Ana, that's all..I'm sure that phone call wasn't important."Brian lied, knowing it was Ana who had called. "Wasn't important?! It was Anais, you mother fucker! You better have not done anything to her, Brian or I swear I'll kill you!"Nick said furiously, as he took his cell phone away from Brian's hand and walked towards his car. He got in it, as Julie and AJ followed him in. "We're going with you, Nick...I wanna see Ana as much as you do, so I'm going with you no matter what."Julie said, closing the door. "So am I, I wanna make sure she's alright."AJ said, sitting in the back seat. "She didn't sound like it..."Nick whispered, as he started his car. Brian watched Nick and grinned, as he turned to Kevin and Tara,"You guys can leave. I'm going home, there's nothing I can do to help, Nick won't let me." Tara and Kevin nodded and walked over to Kev's car, got in and left, as Brian laughed and walked towards his own car.
Anais finally found her way home and walked inside her house. She looked around and cleaned away her tears, as she walked upstairs towards her bedroom. She slammed her door with the last strength she had and walked directly towards her bathroom. She let the water run down the bathtub and then finally got in, still with her ripped up clothes on. She looked down at her body and started crying uncontrolly, remembering what had happened. Just when she had decided to let Nick be with her one night, her nightmare had happened again and now all her happiness was shattered into pieces. She was lost in that lonely world of hers where nothing could make her smile anymore.
Nick arrived at Ana's house with Julie and AJ, and was the first one to get out of his car. Julie and AJ followed, as she opened the door and walked inside her house with them. "I wonder if she's here."Julie whispered to them, as she looked around, then remembered about Ana maybe being locked up in her room. "I'm going to check.."Nick said, walking upstairs. "No Nick! I'll go check, if anything did happen to her...I really don't want you to see her..."Julie said softly, feeling tears build up in her eyes again, just of the thought that Ana had maybe really been hurt. "She's right, Nick..let's wait and see what Julie finds."AJ agreed, as Nick sighed sadly but agreed to stay downstairs, and sat himself down on the floor, holding back his tears. Julie walked upstairs and opened Ana's room, not finding her inside but hearing the shower. She walked slowly up to the bathroom door and opened it softly, walking inside. She could hear Ana crying and began to tremble of just knowing what had happened already. "Ana?..Ana is me, Julie.."Julie said, letting her tears roll down her cheeks. Ana looked up at the shower curtain and joy ran through her. Julie had guessed Ana had no clothes and grabbed a towel, passing it to her. Ana grabbed it thankfully and wrapped it around her naked and injured skin, as she let herself be seen by her best friend.
Julie took a deep breath after seeing her and began to cry more, as she walked closer to her friend and hugged her tightly. "Ana, don't tell me what happened, I already know...No-one else has the idea, but I'm just sure I'm the only one that's correct...Brian did this, didn't he?"Julie asked crying, as Ana hugged her friend back and continued crying. "I'm sorry Anais...I never thought this would happen to you again, how could he do this to you?! That damn pig is gonna die when I see him again! He acted as nothing happened, but look at you! Look how he left you! Your legs and arms are all cut, and your face...you have a black eye and your lip is cut..."Julie cried, just looking at her friend. Ana looked down at the floor and let her tears stream down. "Nick is here...I'm sure you don't want him to see you, do you?"Julie said softly, wiping her tears, wanting to kill Brian for what he had done to her friend. "Let him up...please?"Ana said very softly, still crying. "Anais, I'm gonna be downstairs ok? But call me if anything...I'm so sorry I didn't do anything this time either. I'm so sorry."Julie said softly, crying. "It wasn't your fault, Julie...It never was."Ana whispered softly, before hugging her friend again.
Julie sighed as she made it down the stairs. Aj was sitting on the couch,half asleep. She smiled as she jumped on him. "oww!"Aj yelled.Julie laughed. "what did you do that for?" "cause i can" she stuck her tounge out at him as she sat across from him on the other couch. "man,this is wack." "i know, how could Brian do this?" "brian?what are you talking about?Im talking about us." Julie gave him a wierd look. "oh" "Julie..Me and you are good friends right?" "right" "I really do care about you ..but things got really complicated..you know?" Julie nodded her head trying not to laugh. "Oh..ya Aj uhuh." She smiled. "your laughing at me, arent you?"Aj let out a little laugh. ?"nooo, alex, why would i be laughing at you?" "Im serious Jule.." Julie looked at the ground. "I know you are Aj, but why do we have to talk about it?why cant we just let it be? Why did you have to point it out?It should have been one of those things you dont mention, but you know its there...We know we can never be,but we never say it to each other...I know we can never be, it just shows in your eyes" Alex smiled. "you always know what to say at the right time." Julie smiled. "Its getting really late alex..maybe you should go home and rest." Aj stood up. "I know this is the wrong time to tell you this..but im engaged." Julie felt her heart fall to her feet again. "I was going to tell you soo-" he was cut off by her. "Alex,dont..thats wonderful!Im so happy for you."She smiled as she kissed his hand. Alex gave her a long hug and kissed her forehead. "I love you Julie."aj said as he walked out the door.She walked outside,watching him leave "I love you to Alex..I love you to the stars and back."she whispered as he got in his car and drove off.
Ana Cried. "BASTARD!Im going to kill him!"Nick yelled as Ana was crying on the floor. He picked her up and put her on the bed. He kissed her head ."I love you soo much, you dont know how much this hurts me to see you hurting." She didnt know what to say,and if she did , she couldnt say it , she was soo hurt. "Its okay baby, im here, no one is going to hurt you now.im sorry i wasnt there to protect you baby."Nick cried. "I love you more than anything in this world. He held her in his arms. "No one hurts my gurl..no one..hes going to pay big time. " Nick gave an evil smile.
Julie sighed as she made it down the stairs. Aj was sitting on the couch,half asleep. She smiled as she jumped on him. "oww!"Aj yelled.Julie laughed. "what did you do that for?" "cause i can" she stuck her tounge out at him as she sat across from him on the other couch. "man,this is wack." "i know, how could Brian do this?" "brian?what are you talking about?Im talking about us." Julie gave him a wierd look. "oh" "Julie..Me and you are good friends right?" "right" "I really do care about you ..but things got really complicated..you know?" Julie nodded her head trying not to laugh. "Oh..ya Aj uhuh." She smiled. "your laughing at me, arent you?"Aj let out a little laugh. ?"nooo, alex, why would i be laughing at you?" "Im serious Jule.." Julie looked at the ground. "I know you are Aj, but why do we have to talk about it?why cant we just let it be? Why did you have to point it out?It should have been one of those things you dont mention, but you know its there...We know we can never be,but we never say it to each other...I know we can never be, it just shows in your eyes" Alex smiled. "you always know what to say at the right time." Julie smiled. "Its getting really late alex..maybe you should go home and rest." Aj stood up. "I know this is the wrong time to tell you this..but im engaged." Julie felt her heart fall to her feet again. "I was going to tell you soo-" he was cut off by her. "Alex,dont..thats wonderful!Im so happy for you."She smiled as she kissed his hand. Alex gave her a long hug and kissed her forehead. "I love you Julie."aj said as he walked out the door.She walked outside,watching him leave "I love you to Alex..I love you to the stars and back."she whispered as he got in his car and drove off.
Ana Cried. "BASTARD!Im going to kill him!"Nick yelled as Ana was crying on the floor. He picked her up and put her on the bed. He kissed her head ."I love you soo much, you dont know how much this hurts me to see you hurting." She didnt know what to say,and if she did , she couldnt say it , she was soo hurt. "Its okay baby, im here, no one is going to hurt you now.im sorry i wasnt there to protect you baby."Nick cried. "I love you more than anything in this world. He held her in his arms. "No one hurts my gurl..no one..hes going to pay big time. " Nick gave an evil smile.
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