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12 Missed Calls
1 New Voicemail- Elias
I don’t understand you. Is this another prank? Some long drawn out game you’re playing with us? Just what are you hoping to win here, Bri? I’ve run through it a hundred times, but I still can’t figure it out. I know you’re smarter than this. Know you would never climb into bed with a snake like Carson. We’ve all seen just what a cunning bastard he can be. Where the hell did this come from? If it’s a joke, Bri Baby, please listen. It isn’t funny anymore. The guys are all freaking out. I’m freaking out. Did we hurt you? Are you pissed at us? Is it because of that night? I’m so fucking sorry if we scared you, I know everything is a mess but I’ll fix it if you let me. You’re so smart, I know you realized we have secrets, but no more. I’ll tell you everything you want to know. Everything that I can. Fuck. I’m rambling and I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore. Everything is just so wrong, B. So fucking wrong. Nothing makes sense without you. If this is a joke, just stop now. None of us will be mad if you just come back. I don’t know how much longer I can hold the guys together. I need you.
9 MissedCalls
1 New Voicemail- Hudson
Why are you being such a bitch? Fuck! I’ve never called you that before and I’m struggling between hating you and hating myself for getting to this point. But seriously? What the fuck, B? Post after post after fucking post with him. Are you trying to drive us all insane? Do you know what you’re doing to us? The jealousy just might eat me alive. I don’t think you get it.
8 Missed Calls
1 New Voicemail- Zaiden
I lied. I said I wouldn’t get mad, but I’m getting fucking mad here, Ellie. How hard is it to just pick up a phone? Answer a text? Years of friendship and you’re ghosting us? I thought we were closer than that, thought I knew you better than that. Shit. I thought we were fucking forever, Sunshine. Fuck. Just call us back.
5 MissedCalls
1 New Voicemail - Ashton
I showed up at your house today. I didn’t tell the guys. Your mom just gave me a sad look. One so full of pity. I didn’t understand it. I still don’t. Do you hate us now? Is it because of that night? Did we scare you? The guys all think we scared you. That you chose Carson because you couldn’t stand the idea of staying with us. But I just don’t see it, Bri. Not when your mom looked at me like she wanted to cry, like she wanted to say something but couldn’t. Are you hurting too? Do you miss us like we miss you? Cause it feels like half my heart is gone. We can forget the last few weeks. Just come back. I won’t even ask questions. Just come back.
3 MissedCalls
1 New Voicemail - Hudson
Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. You are my sunshine, well I guess you were my sunshine. What am I supposed to do now that all the skies are gray but you took my sunshine away? I think I maybe hate you. Can you love someone so much that you hate them? That’s how I think I feel about you. I gave up the last good thing about me to save you only to make you hate me. I guess you’re finally seeing the same thing I see in the mirror. Right? I always knew I didn’t deserve you. I should be grateful that I had a chance to love you at all. But I don’t want to be done loving you. I barely even had the chance to love you how I want to. You know what I mean, Sunshine? I just wanted to call you and hear your voice. I’ve been watching all our old videos. Your voice could always make things better. It isn’t working anymore though. Not when everything is so shitty. Not when the guys and I can barely speak to each other. I’ve never felt so low, B. I was confused and then mad. I’m so fucking sorry I yelled at you. I’m so sorry I got mad at you in my last message. Did we scare you that night? Is that what this is all about? Fuck. I’m sorry for that too. I never meant to do any of that. We would never hurt you. I would never hurt you. I only want you to be mine again. Ours again. Our sunshine. Hudson? Who the fuck are you on the phone with? Sorry, Baby B. He found me. Fuck Hud. Another message? I love you, Brielle. I just wanted... Hang up the phone, Hudson. I just wanted you to know that… Hudson! Fuck, you’re wasted. I know man, I miss her too. I just want you to come back. Come on, Hud. Don’t cry. Everything is falling apart. Fuck it. We can cry together, man. Just give me the damn phone.
1 Missed Call
1 New Voicemail- Elias
Well played, Brielle. But did you really think it was enough for a checkmate? This game is only starting. It’s like you said, all bets are off.
ChapterOne
It wasn’t supposedto be like this.
I wasn’t supposed to be here.
I had a plan, a path I was meant to take, a life I was finally going to live.
But then everything got so messed up.
It feels like it’s been years since my life went so off course. Years since the night that ruined everything. It seems impossible that it’s only been a couple months.
Amazing how a handful of weeks can make everything feel so different. How such an insignificant amount of time can bring such significant changes.
I take in the campus before me. The excited chatter of people as they hurry towards different buildings. Their belongings being carried by proud and weeping parents on the cusp of their goodbyes.
College.
It’s a day most people dream of. I had. For years I dreamed about starting this new journey. About taking this step down the path I had always craved. Stepping out from under my family name. I was supposed to be walking into Oak Crest University, the guys and V at my side. It was supposed to be the next chapter in our story. Maybe even a chapter that could have led tomorebetween us. I guess I’ll never find out.
The guys are as far out of my reach as Oak Crest now. Maybe even more so. I could always apply for a transfer, if I could ever get rid of the chains that bind me. I sigh as I look around. I don’t see that happening anytime soon. It’s a thought better left unsaid.
I’ll give BSU credit though, it wasn’t my first pick but there sure is a charm to the old buildings. I walk through the throngs of students, not really seeing any of them as I study the classic architecture of the buildings on campus. I can almost feel the history written into the walls of Blackstone University.
