chapter 7

Trish's POV

I can't believe what mess I got myself into. I can't believe how my life is a complete chaos. Why do I always end up being involve with people who ends up dead? Well, Liam isn't dead yet but after hearing what kind of shit his into. He might be good as dead. Ugh! I can't believe this. Why?! With all the people in the world I get to be the luckiest person on earth. Now, I even have Mikel dragged into this dilemma. I had no choice but go with them since my best friend sure made a good argument. Our chances of survival is higher when we are with Liam and the rest. 

I decided to give Liam the silent treatment. The fact that I have to hide and put my life at risk because of him is enough reason to hate him. I wanted him to know how much I'm pissed at him. And ignoring him and not talking to him is the best way to do so. Plus making him jealous would spice things up. We all got into the van at seven in the morning. I immediately sat on the front seat when Sam got to the driver side. 

"Baby girl. that's my seat." Mikel glared at me. 

"I'm not sitting in the back." I fastened my seat belt and put on my head phone.

"Don't start up with me. I would fucking drag you out this car. I'm sitting next to my man." Mikel removed my seat belt and literally drag me out the front seat.

"Fine. Jeez!" I move out the van and sat in between Hendrick and Natasha at passenger seat on the third row leaving Liam by himself on the second row.

"Hello, kitten." He smirked at me as I rest my head at his shoulder. "What are you doing here?"

"Do you really want me to answer that question?" I blurted out.

"Love, I save a spot for you. Move your sexy ass here." He tap the seat next to him. 

"Aren't we leaving yet, Sam?" I asked. "I'm starving. I haven't had my breakfast and breakfast is the most important meal of the day."

"We are not leaving unless you move  next to me." Liam stated.

"I like your perfume." I snuggled close to Hendrick and embrace him. "You smell good."

"Really?! Come on girl. We ain't got all day." Natasha stated. "Please move over next to Liam."

"But I like it here." I put Hendrick's arm around my shoulder and embrace him tighter. "I can stay here all day." I lay my head on his chest.

"Stop being a bitch, Trish." Mikel stated. "Come on, please. Just stay next to Liam so we can go."

"I'm not sitting next the person who put our lives at risk." I blurted out. "Remember he is the reason that we now have to hide and put our lives on hold." I sit up straight and glared at him.

"And here we go again." Hendrick got out of the van. "Samuel, I'll drive. Natasha, you sitting here with me in the front."

"Great." Natasha stated and transferred to the front. 

"I don't want to sit next to him." I protested when Liam take the seat next to mine. 

"Shut up!" Natasha stated and Hendrick started to drive. 

"Stop acting like a brat." Liam smirked at me so I rolled my eyes at him. 

"I'm hungry. Please stop by somewhere we can grab breakfast." I looked out the window. "Are you guys not eating?" I asked while Mikel and I started eating the food we ordered food at a drive thru. "Fuck, they didn't give me ketchup for my fries."

"Do you want me to drive back to get you some, kitten." Hendrick teased.

"No, but I want to stop at Starbucks, handsome."

"Anything you want, princess." Hendrick chuckled. 

"I should really be sitting in front with you." I laughed while eating my burger.

"We might end up not going anywhere, kitten."

"Stop flirting with her." Liam stated seriously. "Just drive, Hendrick."

"You know I hate being ordered around." Hendrick replied. 

"Hendrick, darling just focus on the road and stop encouraging Patricia. She get kicks annoying Liam. And Liam is a bigger jerk when his jealous." Natasha stated and turn on the radio.

"Can we just all enjoy this road trip. It's my first time to ride with you guys where I'm not driving." Sam stated and they started laughing while I just kept quiet.

 Liam hand was resting on my leg but I chose to ignore it. Pretending that it doesn't affect me. I just focused my attention at the window. He was caressing my legs as he keeps himself busy with his phone. Mikel and Sam were busy flirting with each other. Natasha and Hendrick were talking in a dialect I don't understand. We were almost two hours on the road when I decided to close my eyes and just sleep. I didn't want to snap at Liam. I was not going to pay him any attention. I fell asleep and woke up with Liam's arms around me and my head resting on his chest. I tried to move away from him but his arms were possessively wrap around me.

"Stay still, love. Just go back to sleep." He stated sweetly.  

"Cramps." I stated. "My legs are cramping." I pretended to be in pain so he let go of me.

"Let me see. Are you okay?" He stated worriedly. 

"Oh my goodness." I stretched my arms and moved close to the window away from Liam. "Are we there yet, Hendrick? I'm getting bored here." 

"We're almost there, princess." He replied at me sweetly. "You seems to have rested well."

"Yeah, I guess so. How long have we been on the road?" I stare at the unfamiliar scenery.

"You slept for more than two hours, girl. I think you enjoyed having Liam as your personal pillow." Mikel teased and they all laughed.

"Whatever. I feel stressed out with this whole situation. I'm hiding like I did something wrong. I never in my entire life imagined that I'd be a fugitive." I replied.

"You're exaggerating the situation. We're not criminals hiding from justice." Sam stated. "We just need to put you guys on a safe place so they can fix the issue at hand."

"I'm still pissed at myself. I can't believe I'm so stupid to whine up with people that end up dead. My parents, Stanley, Scott and now this fucking mess. I'm losing my mind. Can somebody just kill me and be done with it? I mean what the hell did I do to end up like this. I have been almost dead for number of times and yet here I am on the verge of another scenario where I can end up dead once more. What did I do wrong?" I kept on ranting out my frustration.

"Oh please somebody shut her up." Natasha stated. "Or I would."

"Oh sure. I'm not even allowed to speak my mind now. Who do you think..." Suddenly Liam crushed my lips to mine to shut me up. I was so surprised that I froze at his action. 

"You jerk." I started slapping him in the face when I got over my initial shock.

"I said make him quiet Liam not agitate her." Natasha stated and Liam captured my lips once more and this time only let me go when I was almost breathless.

"Asshole." I slapped him and he just smirked at me. 

"And we are here." Hendrick announced finally. 

I remember the house we are in. I might not have a chance to explore it the last time I was here but I would never forget the image of Liam cooking with only an apron on. It was a sight to die for. How the hell can I regret getting to know him when he was the hottest man I got involved with. I hope they can solve this problem soon. I can't be falling hard for this man I merely know. I might end up losing him in the end and I don't take I can handle losing the people I care for again. It's a hard situation to be in. I need to keep my distance from Liam for now. Liam ushered me to the master's bedroom. kept myself busy fixing my clothes in the closet. After that I went to the balcony and enjoyed the view. 

Natasha and Hendrick left after we arrived. I didn't care really what they were up to but it was quite intriguing. Natasha seems to have both Liam and Hendrick under her spell. I never met a girl that can talk back to men like Liam and Hendrick with the same authority. She was like there equal and they seem to respect her ideas. On the other hand, they view me as the little helpless girl. I noticed that Mikel was doing his best to avoid me. For some reason, he was always with Sam and wouldn't even want to be left alone with me. Did I do something wrong? Was he mad that he got involved in this dilemma because I'm his best friend? Ahhh...

I'm not someone who cares if people choose to ignore me. I mean, it's there choice. So I decided to just stay in my room and draw some sketches. Luckily I remembered to pack my sketch pad and my pencils. I kept myself busy and just grab some food in the kitchen whenever I felt hungry. Luckily, there was always food ready on the table. It's been three days and no one had talked with me. Not even Liam which was really strange. I can hear them talking - Liam, Hendrick and Natasha; in a strange language. Well, I guess its better I had no idea whatever dilemma they are discussing.

My nightmares was becoming a daily occurrence but no one seems to notice. I calm myself by listening to music and sketching. I draw the faces of the men that murdered my parents. I've been seeing their faces clearly in my dreams but the man who save me was never visible. It was like my mind won't let me remember his face. I even draw sketches of Stanley and the castle were I saw him being murdered. They were constantly in my dreams so I decided to just draw them. I also draw a picture of everyone around me. I was sleeping when I woke up with the loud thud of thunder and a flash of lightning brightens the room.

I tried breathing deeply to calm myself. The whole room was dark and when I tried to switch on the lights it didn't turn on. I started to panic when I heard another loud thunder. I decided to walk out the room and call out others. No one was answering and the entire house was dark. I made my way to the stairs and called out their names but no one was answering back. What the hell is going on? Did they leave me alone. I was on the middle of the stairs when another loud thunder scared the shit out of me and made me fall down the steps. I cried and felt so scared. My back hurt since I slide down the steps. The lights suddenly switched on and the front door opened revealing Liam, Natasha and Hendrick all wet from the rain.

"Liam." I called him and he hurriedly run next to me.

"Are you okay? What happened?" I slapped him hard on the face.

"You guys left me. I fell off the stairs." I stated crying like a five year old. 

"I fixed the fuse box." He help me stand up and I embraced him tightly when I heard another booming sound of the thunder.

"Are you okay?" Natasha asked when she noticed me trembling. 

"She's scared of the thunder." I embrace her and realized that I was wet from the rain. "I'm going to make you wet, love." He tried to put a space between us.

"Why did you guys left me alone." I stated and embrace Liam even more tighter. "Please, don't do that again."

"Ssshh, relax calm down. I fixed the fuse and those two were goofing around while I fixed it." Liam kissed my temple and I tried my best to stop crying. "Stop crying, love."

"Come on, kitten the thunder won't hurt you." Hendrick stated. "You need to relax."

"It brings back a bad memory." I admitted.

"Well let's chase off those bad memories. Come on, let's go upstairs so you can change and go back to sleep." Liam stated sweetly as he carried me.

"Please don't leave me." I snuggled closer to him when I heard another thud of thunder.

"Of course, love."

We both changed and luckily I just got a scrape in my back from falling down the stairs. I fell asleep with Liam as my personal pillow. The hell with staying mad at him. I can't really do it. I felt safe and secured with him next to me. I woke up alone in bed and so I freshen up and went down and found them in the living room. They were fixing their luggage.

"Good morning, baby girl." Mikel smiled at me. "I'm sorry we didn't wake up last night. Natasha told us what happened. Are you okay?"

"Wow so you're already tired of avoiding me." I embraced Mikel. "I'm fine. I just feel really sad."

"Cheer up princess. Today, we are heading to the castle." Hendrick stated.

"We're leaving?" I lay my head on Mikel's chest and he embraced me.

"Heard you fell off the stairs. You are one crazy bitch." Mikel stated.

"I was so fucking scared. The thunder was so loud and the lights were off. Then I was calling out for you guys but no one was answering me." I complained.

"Well, maybe you weren't screaming that loud cause we were just in our room and we didn't hear you." Sam replied.

"Or maybe you were just too busy screwing my best friend so you guys didn't hear me." I teased.

"No, the rain and thunder was really loud last night." Mikel stated. "You are such a baby. I mean how can you still be scared of thunder at your age."

"Remember I told you before that my parents were murdered during a rainy day. The loud thunder and our screams are all I can hear. Every time I hear the loud sound of thunder I can't help but remember that night." I stated coldly and moved away from him. "So yes, Mikel, I don't fucking care if I'm acting like a baby or a weakling or whatever. Because I just want to forget but I just can't. I've been having nightmares of that evening almost every day." I yelled. 

"Hey, love calm down." Liam embraced me and kissed my temple.

"I want to tell you guys something." I stated. "I want to be honest with you all. I may sound stupid or crazy but I can't keep this from everyone anymore. I have to tell you all or I might end up losing my mind." I stepped away from Liam. "Can you all please sit down?"

I've had to tell them the truth. I was falling deep for Liam and I wanted him to be honest with me. I believe if I am honest with them. They would also tell me what the hell is really going on.