Elliot

 

“Your name Ed?” I ask the stupid fucking boy in front of me. It doesn’t matter that he is five years older than me, it’s clear he is a fucking idiot. It didn’t take me long to find him, after he has been telling everyone how much of a slut Allie is. She really isn’t. His door was even open for me when I got here and he is all alone in front of the TV with a beer. I cannot see why Allie would have gone near him, he is skinny and blonde. Why would Allie let him have her first time?

“Yeah, what of it?” He asks with a laugh. I take my leather jacket off and throw it on one of the sofas in the college apartment.

“You know Allie Lewis?”

“Yeah, hot bitch I fucked a month ago? She was good man and so easy. If you want advice,” he carries on as all I can see is red. I pick him up by the stupid polo shirt he is wearing and slam him onto the ground.

“What the fuck? If you’re her boyfriend, she didn’t tell me man,” he puts his arms out as he stutters out a defensive.

I pick him up again and punch him hard in the face, not hard enough to knock him out but I hear his nose break.

“You shouldn’t treat girls like shit, I heard what you did.” I say as he tries to pull himself out of my grasp.

“Sorry, she was just an easy lay,”

“I don’t give a fuck but you say another word about Allie or see her again. I will break every bone in your body.”

“Okay,” he mumbles and I let him drop to the ground. I grab my jacket and walk out of the stupid fuck’s house.

"What the fucking hell is," I stop myself as my body reminds me what happened. I can't see with a blindfold on but the smells alone tell me I'm at The Cage. The rough bars at my back and hard floor, confirm that I know where I am.

I knew who sent five guys to take me out yesterday or was it today?  My arms are tied to the bars of the Cage and my legs are tied at the ankles. A few wriggles with the rope, tells me I am not getting out of them. They are so tight that I can hardly feel my fingers anyway.

My head is killing me from the hit one of those dickheads managed to get in after I knocked two of them out and stabbed the third in the kitchen with his own knife.  I was expecting Allie and not them when the door opened and I had a few drinks. I still know I should have fought better and never fucking let this happen. Mistakes get you killed in this fucking place. One of the only lessons my father taught me that matters.

My body feels alright but I know I've been given something. I feel dizzy and sick, which isn't a good sign when you've been hit on the head. 

"Elliot," a groggy voice comes from my right and I turn my head that way, even if I know it's pointless as I can't see a fucking thing. The room has no lights on because I can tell it's not just blindfold causing the darkness.

"Tris?" I ask as the man next to me, he sounds a little like him but I can't tell. 

"Yeah man," he mutters then coughs. His cough sounds wet and I wonder if Tris is in the same position as I am.

"Are you tied up, too? I can't see you working with your psychotic daddy on this one," I say in a gruff voice.

"Yeah, I'm tied up but I'm no use to try and escape right now," he says.

"How bad?" I ask. 

"Bad," is his reply, and then he coughs more. Allie must be going mental; I can’t let her brother die. She would lose herself.

"I'm sorry about Lily," Tris says and I grimace at him, even knowing he can't see me.

"Why are you sorry?" I ask dreading the answer I've always guessed. Lily spent a lot of time with Tris since we were kids and she always told me he was like a brother to her.

"I slept with her a few times while you were together. I always loved her but I couldn't have her, so when she kissed me I couldn't stop. I felt shit about what happened but I couldn't stop myself," 

He stops talking to cough again before continuing.

"She promised me that she loved me after you two broke up. Allie told me what she did to you at that party and then she was with me the next day. I can't love her anymore but I am fucking sorry that I touched her when she wasn't mine," he says. I can hear the apology in his words.

"Honestly, I don't blame her. I wasn't in love with her. Lily knew this and I guess that why she went to you. I'm sorry she screwed you over too, man," I chuckle the end part and so does Tris.

"Shit, don't make me laugh, it fucking hurts," he says, making me chuckle a little more.

"Do me a favour? If I don't make it out of this, look after Allie. She loves you, always has and I shouldn't have stepped in the way of you two. I was very fucking wrong to do that," he admits.

"You’re going to be fine, Tris but I think you did the right thing," I tell him.

"Really?" He asks sounding confused.

"Yeah, if I dated her then, Arthur would have easily killed me for it. Hell, my dad would have helped him." I mutter.

"Look after her, I think I'm going to pass out," Tris mumbles before I can only just hear his shallow breaths. 

"Tris?" I ask.

"Yeah, Elliot?" he asks breathlessly.

"We are going out for drinks when we get out here, I know Luke misses your ass," I tell him.

I hear Tris chuckle before he answers,

"Sounds good but dad will kill me. I didn't do what he wanted, he has lost it this time," he says in a whisper I can just about hear.

"What did he want?" I growl the words.

"For me to kill you. I was going to; I had the gun and went to your house. I saw Allie there with you and she looked happy. I've never seen anyone in love before but I could see how much she loves you. I knew the price I would pay for not doing it," he pants out and I'm shocked.

"You knew. You should have told us, we would have protected you," I tell him.

"I don't want you involved, man. Allie needs someone after all this is over. She can't lose both me and you," he replies.

"Fuuuck, this isn't good," I mutter out.

"No shit," Tris chokes out.

I've got to get out of this. My hands are tied to a bar behind in what I know is metal so I have no chance at breaking that. I rub my head against the pole I'm leaning on and eventually shimmy down my blindfold that drops to my neck. I see a faint light by the doors on the other side of the room but everything is slowly going blank for me. I shake my head trying and failing to stop the blackness taking over. My last thought before my head drops is how I need to tell Allie I love her one more time.