Bria

"You have to be fucking joking—"

"Miss, please watch your language."

"You let my brother leave with a stranger?! Are you dumb?"

"He introduces himself as Forest's uncle, do you not know the young man?"

"Obviously— fuckkkk..."

"Would you like us to call the police ma'am?" The woman asked.

All I could think about was CPS breaking us apart. I'd have to go about this alone. If all else fails, that's what I'd have to do.

"No...I-" I sighed and stormed out of the office, exiting the school. I got in Christopher's car and he looked at me confused.

"Where's Forest?"

"Noah."

"Are you kidding me? Bria what are we doing? Call the-"

"CPS Chris! I'm not losing my brother when i can do this myself!" I pulled my phone out and opened the "Find My IPhone" app, showing where all our devices were located. Forest kept his iPad in his book bag, so it'd give me his current location.

"He's in Scarborough." I looked closely on the screen.

"Take me by Greg's house and I'll take his car." I told Chris, not wanting to drag him through this.

"I'm not letting you go to Scarborough alone, and I want to fight that nigga when I see him."

"You don't have to do this-"

"I do. I don't know if you understand, but your brother is important to me Brianna."

"Alright, but we do need to stop by the house. There's some stuff I need."

We practically sped down the road trying to get to Greg's house. I couldn't imagine what Noah would to forest without me there to protect him. He's a strong kid, but he couldn't take an almost 18 year old.

—

We finally pulled up and I practically jumped out the car.

I grabbed my charger and towel, and went upstairs to Greg's room. Thank god he wasn't home.

I opened his bedside drawer and grabbed the handgun sitting inside, wrapping it in the towel.

I ran back downstairs and outside to Chris's car.

"What's that?" He pointed to the towel.

"Protection."

"What babe? Now is not the time-"

"Not condoms, Chris. A gun." I rolled my eyes. "Can we get going please?"

Chris

It didn't scare me that a gun was siting in my car, it certainly wouldn't be the first time I was around guns or anything of the sort. For Bria, it was a different story.

After she gave me the location from her phone, we pulled off, and I noticed her getting antsy.

"You good?"

"What happens if we get pulled over? If they find the gun will we both go to jail?" She asked panicking.

"If you wouldn't look so suspicious no one will even be thinking about us. Relax, Bri. We'll be there in like 20 minutes. The location is someone's house."

We eventually pulled up, and there were two cars parked outside.

"What's our plan?" Bria asked me.

"Plan? Run up. Get Forest. Fight. Leave."

"We don't even know whose house this is, who knows who else is here?"

"You're over thinking. I'm gonna leave the car unlocked in case one of us have to get the strap, cool?"

"O-okay."

"Relax." I told her, getting out of the car.

I went up to the front door and rung the bell several times, until I heard footsteps approaching the door.

The door opened and a woman who looked in her mid fifties greeted us.

"Evening you two. Anything you need?"

"Uh..is Noah here?"

"Noah? That's my god son. He got here a little earlier with an adorable little boy he's tutoring-"

"That's my brother. We're here to pick him up." I told the woman, avoiding any unnecessary drama with her.

"Noah's downstairs in the basement. You guys can go and get your brother. Don't worry, it's a fully furnished basement..nothing creepy going on down there." She said letting Bria and I inside.

Ironic.

"Down the hall and make a right, that's where the stairs are."

"Thanks.." Bria said sort of speed walking.

We rushed down the hall and down the stairs finally reaching the basement, where Forest was sitting alone, tears streaming down his face.

Bria sprinted to him, engulfing him in a hug.

"Shit. Just before I could have my fun." I heard a nigga's voice behind me.

Before Brianna could attack Noah I grabbed her arm.

"Take Forest outside and wait in the car."

"No-"

"Wait in the car."

She picked up Forest, who was holding on to her tightly and carried him upstairs. Leaving just me..and Noah.

"You must be Chrissopher. I've heard a lot about you." Noah said, mocking Forest.

"You're a sick fuck, you know that? Him and Bria go through enough. And now you're trying to ruin their lives even more?"

"Listen, I was just going to watch a couple movies with him..maybe order pizza. Kid shit he doesn't get to do. He's like a brother to me-"

"Bullshit! Brother? You fucking molested him!"

"Keep your voice down!" He shoved me.

Mistake.

Forest

I sat on Bria's lap while we waited for Chris. She kept hugging me and telling me that she's sorry.

"Did he hurt you?" She asked, examining my body.

"N-no.."

When he'd got me from school, I'd try to tell the office ladies that he wasn't who normally gets me. But he kept saying that Bria sent him to pick me up. When I left with him, I kept asking where we were going until he told me to be quiet.

"After we got to the fancy house he took me to the downstairs room and wait. I was afraid, that he'd do what he did before. But you and Chris came. I thought that I was-"

"I'm sorry." She said, not letting me finish my sentence.

"What's that Bria?" I asked her, pointing to a towel in the back.

"That's mine, don't mess with it."

"Can I see?"

"No."

"It was only for emergencies. Thank god this didn't end up being one so severe."

"In emergencies you stop, drop, and roll. You don't use a towel." I corrected her.

"It's a different kind of emergency. Just don't worry about it."

I nodded my head and stopped thinking about it.

"What's Chris doing?"

"I don't know."

"You should know, he's your boyfriend Bria."

"Actually..he's not my boyfriend at the moment. We're just gonna be good friends."

"Good friends? You had a divorce?!"

"We weren't married, we couldn't have a divorce. Just a break up."

"No!"

"I thought you didn't want us to be a couple? Why you upset kid?"

What does she mean why are you upset? This wasn't supposed to happen!

"I thought you were happy being his girlfriend?"

"I was Forest."

a/n:
what's taking Chris so long? 🧐
Forest is not a happy camper :(