It was mid-morning when Justin started to come around. He glanced around the room, confused about where he was. The sun was shining in the few tiny windows. Lance was still sound asleep on the sofa and JC was laid out a crossed a nearby air mattress. Justin got the remote off of the coffee table and chucked it at Lance. It hit Lance on the head and bounced onto the floor. Lance’s eye shock open and he sprung up, then turned to Justin while rubbing his head.
Lance looked at Justin and then at the remote slowly piecing things together. Concern was written all over Justin’s face. He questioned Lance about where they were and what was going on, but Lance didn’t have the answers that he was looking for. The girls had not said much last night.
“How to two girls’ kidnap three grown men in the course of just one night?” Justin asked.
“I think they just out smarted us.” Lance explained.
“Of course they out smarted you, you’re an idiot.” JC chimed in from his place on the floor. JC tossed a turned on the uncomfortable bed before finally climbing off of it and joining Lance on the sofa.
“I am not an idiot; I am just a really nice guy that got taken advantage of. There’s a difference.” Lance reasoned trying to defend his actions from the night before.
Kim was in the kitchen leaning against the counter sipping her coffee. She looked at Brandi and smiled as the guys’ voices echo from the hand radio. She knew that the guys didn’t know that they were listening. Brandi looked up at Kim from her seat at the bar just as JC called them both psychos’, and both of them giggled; it felt good to laugh for once. They debated on what to fix the guys for breakfast; they thought they knew everything about the guys accept for apparently what they like to eat for breakfast.
“They’re not going to be happy to see us.” Kim noted. Brandi smiled at her and then pulled a quarter out of her pocket.
“Flip for it; loser goes down there to ask them what they want to eat?” Brandi questioned. Kim nodded and called it while Brandi prepared to flip it. Kim grumbled when Brandi revealed the coin. “Have fun down there, I’ll be listening.” Brandi said with a smile, Kim just flashed her the ‘I hate you’ look and headed for the basement door.
When Kim reached the bottom step she could feel all three of them looking at her. It was like that dream people have where they are naked and everyone is staring at them. She could feel her skin crawling. She forced herself to look up at them.
“Do you guys want some breakfast or lunch?” She asked softly.
“No, we want to go home.” JC snapped, glaring at her from the sofa. His eyes were the most intense shade of blue that Kim had ever seen. They twinkled with hatred and frustration.
“Well I can’t do that but I can get you something to eat if you would like.” Kim explained. JC got up and walked over to her, dragging his chain along the floor as he moved. JC, as calmly, as he could asked her why they were here and what the girls wanted. He eyes were begging her for an answer but Kim just shook her head. When he pressed her further she snapped. Justin and Lance just watched intently from their places, chiming in with questions of their own from time to time.
“I hate repeating myself and if you haven’t figured out by now that we are missing two people. They are enroute and when they arrive someone will explain everything to you.” Kim said. She faintly heard Justin and Lance mutter, Chris and Joey’s names. There was a brief pause, “So now to the matter at hand, what would you like to eat and I swear to go if you make me ask you again I will bitch slap you.” Kim warned pointing her figure at JC since he was closest to her. A little too close in fact for Kim comfort.
“I didn’t know prisoner’s had a choice.” JC mumbled, flashing his hand chains at her and clanging them together on purpose, if nothing else to annoy her. JC was clearly un happy, he was a pop start for crying out loud he should be treated like this.
“If we pick lunch what do we get?” Lance asked, he could tell that Kim was get annoyed and it probably wasn’t a good idea to upset your captors. Kim turned to him and smiled; she listed off a few things and informed them that if there was anything they wanted she could see about getting it. Justin and Lance agreed on pizza, while JC remained quiet.
“Well I am not eating.” JC stated, folding his arm across his chest as best as he could.
“Good, it looks like you have been putting on a little weight.” Kim fired back, shooting him a dirty look and then running up the stairs.
Kim huffed angrily once she reached the living room; Brandi was in the kitchen putting the pizza in the oven. When she was done Brandi turned to Kim.
“You know you could be nicer to JC.” Brandi said. Kim looked at her with a blank look on her face before questioning her.
“Why? He’s so annoying.” Brandi rolled her eyes. “Hey I got the order so you can take it down there to them.” Kim added. Brandi just smiled, she wasn’t afraid of the boys any way. She just really liked to push Kim into situations to help expand her social skills, but she did secretly wonder how long it would take Kim to realize that she had a set two sided coins.
Brandi waited impatiently for the pizza to cook and then rounded up some sodas to take down to the guys. They greeted her with some distaste, though Brandi just shrugged it off, after all she would be upset too if the same thing happened to her. She set the pizza and pop down on the table in the middle. Brandi looked at JC, she laughed to herself. JC was not fat, hell if anything he was too skinny. But he hadn’t offended by Kim’s comment before, he took great pride in his appearance, but he still wasn’t eating. This whole situation had left him without an appetite. Brandi didn’t linger long; she didn’t want to be bombarded with questions.
The house was not the most entertaining place in the world, there was little to do to pass the time while they waited for Katy and Mandy to return. Kim surfed the internet, shocked to find that there was no news of the guys’ disappearance yet, but it hadn’t been 24 hours yet either. Brandi was listening to music in her bedroom trying to enjoy the alone time, she knew it would get crazy once the others got there. The guys watched TV and took naps to pass the time.
Katy finally called before dark to let them know that everything was alright, minus a few mishaps, and that they were on target to arrive there in the morning, as long and nothing else happened. Brandi was pleased to hear that, she liked Kim but their group dynamic was better when they were all together. Brandi couldn’t stifle a laugh when she heard Joey’s voice in the background, begging for them to stop some place to eat.
Brandi and Kim fixed the guys a quick dinner. The guys still asked questions and grumbled about but they didn’t try to escape, or maybe they just had not come up with a plan yet. The girls sat up and secretly listening to the guys while they ate dinner just to get a better idea of what they were thinking and once the conversation down stairs got boring they went to bed to insure that they would be sure to be awake when the others arrived.
