Chapter 21
Hearing Lauren, the other two girls turned around and saw four guys slowly surround them.
"Oh, wow…look it's the great Lauren!" the man, that grabbed Lauren's arm said.
"Carla and Chrissy get out of here now!" Lauren said over her shoulder.
"Sorry, don't think we can let you do that!" another man said as he grabbed Chrissy's arm and someone else grabbed Carla.
"Jeremy and Sam let them go!" Lauren yelled, after seeing them grab the girls.
"Sorry don't think so…. Stop yelling!" Jeremy said, "You have always had a thing about yelling."
"So how have you been?" the man holding Lauren's arm asked as he tightened his grasp on her arm.
"Well I was fine until now. Let me go you asshole!" Lauren said, and the man squeezed her left arm tighter "JAKE, let go of me NOW and let them go!" Lauren said as she tried to wiggle again hoping to get her arm free from the man that was slightly smaller then her.
"Sorry, but I can't do that. There is no way I am letting go of you now." Jake said.
"What the fuck do you want?" Lauren asked, looking at Jake.
"As if you don't know. I told you and your sister that we would get you back, one way or another. I just can't believe after all these years that we ran into here in good old New York. I thought that was you at the store…" Jake continued to mumble until Lauren interrupted
"Jake, I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. But I swear let me go or you will end up in jail by the end of this night. I swear fucking let me go now." Lauren said, getting more pissed by the minute. She looked at Chrissy and Carla to make sure that they were still there and not hurt. They just stood quietly in the grasp of strangers, with dazed looks on their faces. They would look at each every few minutes seeming to try to figure everything out. They had both figured out that this must Lauren's ex -brother-in-law and his family. Both girls looked around the club trying and hoping to see one of the guys or someone else that might seemed to care enough to help them. They looked back at Lauren and Jake.
"Shut the fuck up girl! Damn you sure gained some nerve over the last few years!" Jeremy said
"Yeah, well this is the fucking difference between being 15 and being almost 20. Now let me go! I didn't know what you want! See you might have been able to control me then, but now I am an adult and I am the only one that controls me!"
"You know exactly what I want. You are going with us and I will not take no for an answer. You will either go with us because you want to or we will take you with us. NO CHOICE!" Matthew said. "Oh, and don't think that your daddy can protect you now. He may have protected you in Indiana, but not here! Now come on let's get out of here before someone gets suspicious." Matthew said, as the four guys started to drag the girls toward the closest exit and entrance.
"Guys, let the two girls go they didn't do anything to you. You have nothing to gain by holding them and taking them. I will go peacefully if you let them go." Lauren pleaded for the sake of her friends.
"Sorry, but that can't happen now. See they saw us with you, so they can identify us. So that means they go too, and whatever happens to you happens to them." Lauren swallowed hard and tried once again to get out of Jake's grips. 'If I can get out then I can run and try to get help. Or at least distract the others and maybe Carla and Chrissy can escape.' Lauren thought to herself.
"You bitch…" Jake screamed in Lauren's face. "Stop trying to get free you might be older now but I am still stronger." Jake finished and lifted his open hand and smacked her across the cheek and mouth, causing Lauren to wince in pain and suck in a deep breath.
"What the fuck?" Lauren said as she felt the hand hit her mouth, she felt her skin split slightly and a small amount of blood trickle down the side of her face.
"Now, quit fighting me or I will do it again. And that goes for the other two girls." The three girls glanced at each other with worried looks on their faces and started to quietly and calmly walk towards the doors.
"Hey Lauren! Still scared of knives?" Jeremy asked.
Lauren breathed deeply as she remembered just how scared she was. She had hated them every since they had held one to her neck, as a "joke". But she always hated them after that. She could never hold knifes in her hands or even be around them. "NO!" Lauren tired to say with the little confidence she had.
"LIAR!"
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, let's just say you better stay calm and go with us or this time we won't stop at the threat." Jeremy said as he moved his shirt up a little to reveal a knife. Lauren felt tears weld up in her eyes but fought them back.
"You wouldn't!" she said slightly more weakly then before.
"TRY US!" Sam snapped.
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"Guys, I'm getting worried let's go look for them!" Lance said.
"Yeah let's go!" JC said "Joey, stay here in case they come back!"
With that the four guys started towards the entrance of the club and started to quicken their steps. JC lead the way and the other three followed behind. 'Where are they?' he asked himself 'They should have met us back at the car ten minutes ago. God one of us should have went with them. I hope they are okay. If anything happens to any of them I will kill myself. I know better then to let three girls go off in a crowded club by themselves and after all that Lauren told us today. What are you stupid JC?' JC continued to scold himself for letting them go as they walked to the club. He managed to keep a straight face as he looked at the other three men. Their faces were set in stone but he could tell they were all deep in thought.
Justin was closest to him in the line of guys, then Chris behind him and finally Lance. Justin had a slightly scared look on his face and looked about ready to cry. 'God, if anything happens to Chrissy I will die. I can't live without her. Just let her be okay, that's all I am asking. And dear lord, watch over them until we can find them. Please don't let anything happen. Out of those three girls, two mean the world to me, one is my sister I never had and the other is the woman of my dreams. Carla…god Chris can't live without hearing her voice. We are friends and that would kill me to hear Chris being so upset. Lauren…god help her. She's so strong, but she's not as strong as she thinks she is. Help her, if something is going on help her. Dear Lord, please let us find them and let them be safe. Please let us find them and let it just be that they hadn't made it to the limo yet! PLEASE LORD!' Justin prayed silently to himself. Every since being elbowed by Lauren, he had this feeling that something just wasn't right. He just couldn't figure out what it was, but he knew something was going on. At one point he even felt his jaw start to hurt and couldn't figure out why.
As they neared the doors the boys' heart raced. Chris wanted to run ahead of everyone but knew
he needed to stay with the other guys. 'If I would have stay at the table and not left then they wouldn't have had to look for me, when there were ready to leave and we would be all together right now. Dang Carla…please be okay! I will blame myself forever if she is not okay. Just let her be okay, that's all I want. I want to find her and hold her in my arms forever. I swear if we find them that girl will NEVER be out of my arms again. If anyone touches her I will kill them!' Chris's thoughts continued to rush through his mind as he started to walk slightly faster.
Lance's mind was racing 'That dream, today, can't becoming real. It was just that…a dream. Lance how could you know ahead of time what was going to happen. Unless God was trying to warn you. But if he was you didn't listen. Damnit! There's no way that's all there is too it. But all this looks the same, but if it is then Lauren…she would have saw them earlier. But she didn't say anything about it…of course she wouldn't have she knew I would flip out and go after the guys. Damn what am I doing? I am talking to myself and answering my own questions. Okay if this is real then what happened next? Think Lance think…. oh yeah…. I saw them coming out of the club. Then I woke up…what a fucking place to wake up.' Lance thoughts continued to race as they neared the club. His eyes stayed glued on the door to the club. When they were almost at the club they saw four guys walking out. Lance thought he saw three other people in the middle of the group. Straining his eyes he tried to see who they were. There was a tall blonde; a medium height dark headed girl, and finally a tall brown haired girl. His eyes strained harder trying to focus on the faces of the girls. 'Oh my god' Lance thought. "LAUREN!" Lance yelled as he ran through the guys to where the group was headed closely followed by Justin, JC, and Chris.
Chapter 22
