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Nick sat curled up against the wall until there was a knock on the door an hour later. Nick was scared to answer it. "It's him." Nick thought to himself scared. He got up slowly and walked to the door. He looked through the little peephole on his door. He sighed with relief. It was only AJ. He opened the door.
"Hey Nicky!" AJ greeted with a smile, which turned to a look of concern when he saw Nick was shaken up. "What's wrong Nick?" Nick invited him in the house and led him to the kitchen.
"He is coming for me J." Nick said in a small voice. This frightened AJ since Nick hasn't talked like that since before John went to jail. AJ was wondering how this man could have such power over a guy bigger then he himself was. Nick went in to the living room and sat on the couch curling his legs to his chest like he had a few minutes before.
"Nick, you'll be ok. If you want I can stay here with you for a while or you can come to my house or I am sure the other guys would love to have you at their place." AJ said putting his hand on Nick's shoulder.
"AJ, would you call Brian for me and tell him what happened?" Nick whispered. AJ nodded and picked up the phone and told Brian what happened.
"Brian said he would be right over." AJ said sitting back down next to Nick.
"Thanks J." AJ just nodded. They sat in silence until Brian got there an hour later.
"Nick?" Brian called opening the door. Nick got off the couch and ran to his brother and hugged him. "Nick are you ok?" Brian asked concern. Nick broke down in to sobs.
"He is is coming to to get me." Nick said in strangled sobs. AJ just sat there unsure of what to do because nick was 14 the last time AJ saw him cry.
"Nick it will be ok. Your 22 now. Your stronger then you were 8 years ago. Don't let him get to you like this. Your better then him." Brian encouraged. Nick pulled out of the hug and looked at Brian.
"You're right. I am bigger now." He said wiping the tears away. "I can't believe I broke down like that." He said angrily.
"It is ok Nick. You went through a lot then. It is normal for you to think that way. But we are here for you." Brian said patting his shoulder.
Brian agreed to stay at Nicks house for a few days till everything blew over. Every once in a while one of the other guys would stop by to see how he was.
~~~~~2 weeks later~~~~
It was the last night Brian was staying at Nick's house. Brian needed to get back to Leigh.
It was 1am and both Nick and Brian were asleep. Brian was down the hall in the guest room and Nick was of course in his room.
The window in Nick's room began to open slowly and quietly. The figure quietly crept his was into the room and over to the bed. He stood there and watched Nick sleep for a few minutes before pulling out a pistol.
"I'm back." he whispered. "You will pay for sending me to jail." An evil smile played on his face. "Wakey wakey." He said louder so Nick would hear him. Nick stirred a bit. "Wake up!" He said louder but not to loud because he knew Brian was still in the house. Nick opened his eyes to see he was face to face with a gun. He shot up against the headboard. Nick looked up to the holed of the gun.
"John!" He gasped.
"Don't you mean dad?" John said in a menacing tone.
"You aren't my father." Nick said before he could stop the words from leaving his mouth. He was greeted with a whack to the face with the gun. Nick groaned and put a hand to the right side of his face. He felt blood.
"Never talk to me like that again you little brat!" John said a bit to loud. Brian heard and came rushing in.
"Nick are you..." Brian trailed off seeing John in the room pointing a gun at Nick's head.
"Shit the hick woke up." John said aloud. "Get over there." John pointed to the corner next to Nick's bed. Brian did as he was told. "Now sit." Brain sat down. John took out some duct tape and handed it to Nick. "Bind his hands and feet together now!" John yelled. Nick slid off the bed and went over to Brian.
"I'm so sorry Brian." Nick whispered shaking.
"It isn't your fault. We will get out of this." Brian whispered back.
"NO TALKING!" John yelled and Nick finished taping Brian's hands and legs together in silence. "Good now get over here brat!" John called to Nick pointing the gun at him. Nick got up slowly. Nick knew he could take John down but he had a gun. That changed things.
"What are you gonna do?" Nick asked softly.
"Make you suffer." John stated simply then hit Nick again with the gun. Nick stumbled back and fell on to the bed and lost consciousness.
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