Forbidden

8

I was at first, shocked, then kind of scared.

No one else saw it coming either.
A yelp escaped Sarah's mouth.

"Shut the fuck up. No one say a word." The guy said, looking at us all.

His eyes screamed, 'I will shoot you if you say a thing.'

I looked over at Tobias as he glanced my way. We were standing right next to each other, our arms touching.

I signalled at my back pocket where I had a knife tucked in. He nodded, and carefully reached behind me.

"Now, tell me, what is Chris up to?" The guy asked.

No one uttered a word.

"Answer me!" He yelled.

"You told us to shut up, that's what we're doing." I shrugged, bringing my big mouth into the picture. It has a thing of coming at wrong times.

The guy looked at me. "Well, answer then shut up!"

"I don't know." I shrugged, as I felt Tobias' hand on my pocket, dabbing at it. Idiot, it's in the other one.
I wish I had telekinesis.

"Liar. Where is he right now." He asked, looking around.

We all remained silent.

"And now what!" He yelled.

"You said answer then shut up." I shrugged again.

Tobias reached into my left pocket and took the knife out.

"Holy Fuck." The guy pointed the gun at me.

But before he could pull the trigger, a shot rang through the air.

My ears buzzed and I covered them.

I looked up to the guy lying on the ground, in a pool of blood.

I looked over at Tobias to see him as confused as I was.

So were the rest.

I looked over my shoulder to see Chris, his arm up with a gun.

I stared at him, and he stared back. Our eyes locked, he seemed to be breathing heavy. Behind him stood Tim.

"Rachel?" Tobias shook me. I looked at him. "You okay?" He examined me.

"Pretty sure he didn't pull the trigger." I shrugged. "I'm a hundred percent."

I looked over at Sarah and rushed over to her. "Sarah, you alright?"

She nodded. "I think so. I've never experienced that before."

I smiled reassuringly. "You should get used to it. Right, Chris?" I looked at him.

He stood, his gun tucked away now, with Tobias and the rest of the guys.

He looked at me and his eyes seemed to shine. He nodded firmly, just once then held my gaze for a second before turning away.

"Have you experienced that before?" Sarah asked me.

I hesitated. "I, uh, I, not really."

Sarah giggled. "Anyway, Rachel. So, what's up with you and Tim?"

Shit.

"What's up with you and who?" Spencer asked.

"Nothing, why?" I replied as best as I could.

What was up with Tim and I?

"Nothing, just he seems very...fond of you." Sarah shrugged.

I shrugged back.