strings | Grayson Dolan

twenty four

this chapter will be switching back and forth between POVs so try not to get confused because their thoughts are important

Samantha's POV

"Grayson I am telling you I saw someone." I try to tell him as we drive out of the somewhat of a parking lot.

"I checked the entire place while you were going to the bathroom, there is no one there." Ethan speaks up.

"You're just a little paranoid." Grayson says to me.

"I'm not paranoid." I mumble.

I know what I saw.

Ethan's POV

While Sam was in the bathroom I searched the entire store. What caused my search was the reason for my own paranoia. I kept hearing a sound, nothing big, but a sound. The sound was familiar but at first I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it hit me. That sound was the sound of bullets being loaded into a barrel. The store was tiny so it took no time at all to search every inch of that place. But as soon as I started looking the noise subsided, that is when I realized it was just my paranoia that was causing these hallucinations to occur.

Grayson's POV

Driving down these long roads in almost silence with Ethan and Samantha is strange. There are so many things I want to say to her and so many things I need to apologize for but I can't bring myself to open my mouth. Samantha is so scared that she is seeing people that aren't really there. The way that she is so set on what she saw is saddening but I've been through this before and I know what it's like to be paranoid over every noise and every movement that you think you see in your peripheral vision, but I have learned that it is easier to ignore it because it in never actually there.

Samantha's POV

After about 5 minutes of driving Grayson starts to look in his rear view mirror every second or so but never says anything. I decide against bringing it up but turn around in my seat to see what he's looking at.

Behind our car is Cameron's which doesn't surprise me because he is following us to our destination for extra protection. But I focus in on it and i see another car that is so close to Cameron's that it is barely visible from my angle. My stomach starts to get a very uneasy feeling and by the look on Grayson's face, his is too.

"Grayson what's g-" I begin but was cut off by his voice.

"Hand me your phone." He says calmly and I do so. I grab my phone which was in the center counsel of the car and hand it to him and he glances down and tries to type on it with only one hand but fails and it falls into his lap. I carefully pick it up and and ask him what he wants me to do.

"Call Cameron." He demands. and I quickly go to my contacts and search for the recently entered contact.

He answers and says, "We have to try and lose him or take him out because this shit is getting annoying." Cameron speaks before I could even say hello.

"Speaker." Grayson says.

"Pass me." Grayson says loudly so the phone can pick it up.

"Gotcha." Cameron says and then the Mercedes is next to us. All at once a loud boom sounds and echoes through the phone. I scream as soon as I hear it and Grayson presses the gas; speeding up the car.

"HAHA bullet proof!" Cameron's voice laughs from my phone.

Another bullet flies passed my window and I scream again.

"Get in the back with Ethan and lay on the floor, now." Grayson demands.

Ethan is currently in the back seat clanking around and searching in a duffle bag. I unbuckle my seatbelt and climb out of my seat and into the back. I look over and see Ethan pull out 2 guns. They weren't very big but they still looked extremely dangerous, obviously.

Ethan climbs into the front seat and then turns around to face me.

"I am going to teach you how to shoot a gun." Ethan says slowly. Lifting up one of the weapons to display to me.

"What- why!?" I ask in a panicked and loud voice.

"You hold it like this," He puts both hands on the gun and then continues. "Make sure the safety is off and then when you're ready, shoot." He says and presses the trigger down, luckily nothing happened. "Now I'm going to load this really quick and then I will hand you the gun, got it?" He speaks slow and calm which is the complete opposite of what I am right now.

"Why do I need a gun!? What is going on?" I yell but know the answer to both of those questions. He loads the gun and I take it and it feels cold, hard and deadly.

"I need to get in Cameron's car." Grayson speaks.

"What!?" I yell. Both boys ignore me.

"Cameron are you still there?" Ethan asks into the phone.

"yup"

*gunshot*

"Pull up next to our car and go 100 exactly, Grayson is going to go with you to be your gunman." Ethan tells him causing me to freak out. Ethan hands Grayson of of the guns and then Cameron's car is pulled up next to Grayson's window. The driver side window is rolled down and Ethan puts his foot on the pedal while Grayson was still in the car.

"Make this quick bro." Ethan says to him patting his shoulder. Grayson begins to stick his head out the window but stops and looks back at me. We hold eye contact for a second and then he pulls his entire body out and slips it into The other car. Ethan easliy transitions seats and is now driving.

"Come up here." Ethan says nodding his head at the passenger seat. I do as I am told and climb back up to the front with the pistol in my right hand.

I look at the car that Grayson is in and I see him turned around in his seat with his arm out the window. He pulls the trigger of the gun in his hand and the car behind us swerves and then speeds up rolling into the grass where it then tumbled upside down and all of the sudden an explosion sounded and flames erupted from the totaled car. I begin to cry and I throw the gun that I had been holding into the back seat.

"Is this what my life is going to be like!?" I scream and look over, locking eyes with Grayson from the other car. His face completely drops despite not hearing me causing me to cry even harder.

"Let me out." I yell at Ethan. He frowns but still ignores me.

"Let me out of this god damn car." I demand while tears stream down my face.

"He just killed someone!"

comment what you think is gonna happen. I wanna see if any of you guys are right;)

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