The soft breeze moved around us as I breathed in the familiar scent of the seaside. There was always that same smell that would surround me when I was on or near a beach. It usually consisted of salt, some sort of doughnuts that were being sold nearby and then the sand. It was a smell that wasn't always pleasant as the sea often smelt like sulphur, but it was a scent that always brought me comfort. When my mum died, I spent every day here after school. Sometimes on my own, other times with my friends and sometimes with my dad.

I'm not sure where I got my obsession from the beach from as I wasn't a fan of the sea as I used to be petrified of sharks so I would never even put my toes in the sea. When I was 6, I watched a documentary on shark attacks and I was so scared afterwards I refused to use the bath as I thought a shark was going to be hiding under there. As I grew older my fear of sharks began to disappear but it was always still a little present. Cole had said once that I probably died in a shark attack in my previous life which made everything slightly more creepy.

The thing about the beach was mainly the calmness of the sea and just watching the waves go in and out. I wasn't a fan of the beach when it's summer and absolutely packed with people, I usually like it more when its dark or when the sun is setting and it shines off a glow on the water. I liked being the only person here, hence why I always came here whenever I felt any over bearing emotions.

My feet sank into the soft sand as I wiggled my toes around it, side glancing at the person beside me. My hand was enveloped in his which was resting on the blanket beneath us. Reece's eyes were bright as he stared off into the darkness. I could tell he was thinking as his eyebrows were scrunched together and his chin was leaning onto his knees. I tiled my head slightly as I pondered what he was thinking about.

We were both still hungover from last night so it was relaxing just to sit here and watch the sunset. I woke up this morning in Jake's bathtub, with Reece beside me in just his boxers. The shower curtain was covering us thankfully so when Jake's mum walked into use the toilet, she didn't have the fortune of seeing us both topless in her bath. I have no idea how we ended up there as we were meant to have gone back to Reece's. Cole and Jodie were less fortunate than us though since me and Reece found them outside on the sun loungers in their underwear, soaking wet meaning they must have fell in the pool.

When I tell you I was drunk, I mean I was pissed off my feet. I didn't even know what day it was last night and if you had asked me what my name was, I guarantee I wouldn't have been able to tell you. I had never drunk that much in my entire life, explaining the huge and painful headache I woke up to. Jake on the other hand woke up first and was highly amused at the state of all of us. I'm pretty sure he drank the most out of any of us but he didn't seem to have a hangover at all.

Lucky bitch.

I squeezed Reece's hand gently as he slowly turned his head to me with a light smile. "I feel like shit."

I chuckled quietly, nodding as I leaned my head into his shoulder. "Me too, why did we drink that much?"

Reece shrugged, moving my head with his shoulder. "Honestly I have no idea. I blame Jake."

I frowned at the memory and bit back a gag at the amount of shots he bought last night that we were then just obliged to drink.

Yeah, totally obliged.

I hummed. "I blame Jake too."

I could hear footsteps in the distance but I didn't think anything of it, knowing that it wasn't that late and it was spring so there were bound to be other people. It was only 9pm and the sun had only just set. The only sound was the quiet hum of the waves bashing against eachother, the sound of our breathing and the light footsteps that were getting slightly louder.

Reece must have heard this too as he threw his head over his shoulder. The second he did, I could feel his entire body tense up as his grip on my hand grew tighter and he stood up, pulling me up with him. I looked up at him confused before I turned around for myself, seeing two very large men coming towards us. "What the-"

I was interrupted by a very loud, cold laugh. "Look what we have here." The two guys faces stepped into view and my eyes widened slightly at their appearance. They were both fucking huge, much larger than Reece and he was buff. These men were like proper body builder big, the type of muscly that was too much it actually became unattractive. Their arms were bigger than my entire body. I was thrown behind Reece instantly but he never let go of my hand. He held my arm back as I raised on my toes and leaned over his shoulder to see what was going on.

The man on the left who had just spoke was bald, with ugly tattoos and piercings covering his entire body head to toe. He had a large face tattoo of a snake that ran around his entire pale face. His eyebrows, nose, lips and ears were all pierced. The guy beside him was slightly less buff but was much taller than the bald one. This one had light brown hair and he looked like someone.

I furrowed my eyebrows and then it all clicked at once. He looked just like Peter, meaning that it was his brother.

Oh fuck.

Reece's breathing was heavy as his jaw clenched and his grip on my hand almost became painful. "What the fuck do you two want? Haven't you done enough?" I lightly squeezed Reece's hand and he eased the grip within a second.

Peter's brother chuckled and shook his head, pointing a fat finger at us. "My brothers in prison and you think we've done enough?"

Yeah, maybe because he's an evil-

Reece scoffed. "He fucking kidnapped us and then shot me, what the fuck do you expect?" Reece glared, raising an eyebrow. "Sunshine and fucking rainbows?"

Baldie shook his head slightly. "You were never meant to die." He then glanced at me. "She was." I gulped as I glanced between the two men who were glaring at me.

His grip grew tighter again but this time I didn't try stop it as I was holding on equally tight. "That ain;t gonna fucking happen." Reece spat loudly, his voice filled with venom and pure hatred.

Baldie shrugged, cracking his knuckles and stared back at Reece with an evil smile. "It's two against one boy, what are you gonna do about it?"

Oh fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.

And again, fuck.

The brother sighed deeply as he looked at me with an apologetic face, it almost looking sincere. "I'm sorry girl, I'm sure you're a nice person and all but we have a job to do as it wasn't completed last time."

My heart was racing a million beats per second and I had to blink a couple times to make sure this was even real. Please tell me this was just another nightmare. But when I opened my eyes and saw their faces, I knew it wasn't.

This was real, and we were severely fucked.

Reece was strong and fast and I knew he could look after himself but there was two of them and by the looks of them they knew what they were doing. Reece turned to me, his face full of determination and anger. "I can take them." He whispered, rolling up his sleeves.

And then I noticed something in the corner of my eye. "Reece." I whispered as my eyes didn't leave the figure to the right of us. There was another guy, that meant three against two and I wasn't exactly a fighter.

If we weren't fucked before, we were now double fucked.

Reece's eyes followed mine and his jaw clenched and his eyes slightly widened before his face went blank. He turned back to me. "Run now."

Both of us running wasn't an option as they had us surrounded. I shook my head. "No, I'm not leaving you!" I cried out in a hushed whisper, making sure they couldn't hear us as they were still a little away.

Reece's face was serious as he glared at me. "Sam don't fucking argue with me, please just run now. I'll stop them." He pleaded, his eyes full of pain and my heart sank as I glanced at the three who were closing in on us with malicious smiles and then back to my boyfriend.

His face meant there was no arguing and I nodded, letting go of his hand. "I love you." I whispered as I turned and ran down the beach. I could hear Reece tackle one of them to buy me some time as I heart grunt after grunt. Tears streamed down my face as I heard the fighting behind me and I threw my head over my shoulder and thankfully nobody was following me.

Reece had jumped back up and was easily dodging the punches of the brothers and sending blows to them and if it was just them Reece would have been ok. It was the bald guy who was going to take him down and I knew it. I noticed something in his hand that made me freeze in my tracks and my heart physically stopped.

My entire body tensed as my eyes zeroed in on the knife in his hand that he was swirling around as he watched with amusement at Reece fighting of the others. Baldie laughed loudly. "You are fucking dead Parker." He yelled and my breathing was so erratic I squeezed my eyes shut and placed a hand on my heart.

I wanted to yell for them to come for me. They made it clear it was me they wanted to kill, so why weren't they interested. My mouth opened but nothing came out. It was all in slow motion as I watched baldie grab Reece's arms and pull them behind his back. This allowed the others to send punches and kicks to him as Reece couldn't use his arms to fight back.

My hands travelled down to my jacket pocket I groaned when I realised I had forgotten to put my pen knife back in here. I knew Reece would hate me for what I was about to do but I didn't care. I was watching my boyfriend being beaten savagely and there was no way in hell I could run. I watched him nearly die once and there was no way in hell I would do it again. I took a deep breath, before charging at them with full speed.

Luckily, the guy's backs were to me so they didn't see me coming but Reece did. His eyes pleaded with me but I ignored him and threw myself on the baldies back, squeezing my arms around his neck so he was forced to let Reece go. Reece sprung up in a heartbeat and threw his arm at one of the brothers, knocking him to the ground. My attention was diverted as I was thrashed about. "Get the fuck off me bitch!" The guy yelled, throwing his head back at full force. I wasn't prepared for the impact as the back of his head smacked into my face.

I cried out as my whole face felt numb but I moved it to the side so he couldn't do it again and ignored the blood dripping down from my nose and into my mouth. I spat it out and wrapped my legs around him tightly and tightened my grip around his neck and applied as much pressure as possible. I held on for dear life and nothing in this world could make me let go right now. He was spluttering as he thrashed about, trying everything to get me to release him but It wasn't working. After a few moments, his eyes fluttered closed and he fell to the ground completely crushing me in the process. I groaned and kicked him off me, springing to my feet as I spun around to Reece. One guy was knocked out on the floor, blood everywhere as the other was standing in front of Reece, gesturing with his fingers to come at him.

I ran up to them and stood beside Reece. the guy's eyes widened as he glanced around, noticing that his buddies were both knocked out. "You've lost you sick fuck." I spat as Reece grabbed my hand, running his fingers through mine. The guy glanced back and forth between us and the two unconscious before his eyes widened at the sound of police sirens.

"Fuck this." He muttered and did a spin, sprinting off in the other direction of the sirens. Once he took off, Reece snapped his head to mine.

"What the fuck was that Sam? I told you to run!" He yelled, his face full of pain. There was blood everywhere and his eye was swollen, halfway closed as he could barely open it.

I was still panting as I stared at him. "I couldn't leave you, they could've killed you!" I yelled back, my voice breaking at the end. I knew he wanted to scold me for putting myself at danger but he didn't, instead his face softened as his eyes took in my face.

He ran a hand through his hair and harshly yanked it. "Fuck Sake!" He yelled, kicking the sand. "Your face." He breathed, gently grazing it with the tip of his fingers. I winced as soon as he touched my cheek and he sighed, dropping his hand.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so fucking sorry baby." He whispered, a tear slipping from his eye. I shook my head and grabbed his shoulders, pulling him closer to me as I wrapped my arms around his waist. He rested his chin on the top of my head and we stood like that for minutes, just hugging each other as two police men jogged in front of us with flash lights.

They turned to us with confused gazes as they looked back down at the men on the floor and then back up at us. "Samantha Walker and Reece Parker?" One of them asked and I nodded with furrowed eyebrows.

He sighed with a warm smile. "We just spoke to your father Sam and your mother Reece, they both said that they received an anonymous text that somebody was coming to get you both. They've been trying to reach you for the last hour."

Reece sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose before wincing slightly at the pain and dropping his arm. "Our phones are dead." He told the policeman and I nodded, remembering that both were dead when we left Jake's a few hours back.

The man nodded as the other began hand cuffing the two men on the floor. He glanced up at us. "Was it just these two?"

I shook my head. "One ran off, Peters brother I think." I told them, pointing my thumb in the direction that he ran off. I knew these two would be familiar with who Peter was as it was the talk of the town and that Amanda and dad must have mentioned that. Out town was fairly small so the local police would have definitely all known about our situation. Jake briefly mentioned a while back how my face was up in every part of town when I was missing.

One of the policemen nodded and looked at the other. "Call for back up, tell them there's a man lose and to get as many out here as possible and take these to the station." He then turned to us. "You two need to come with me to the station." He raised a brow. "I see your faces are pretty messed up, do you need to go to the hospital?"

We both shook our heads as we followed the police man hand in hand. I turned to Reece with a small smile. "It's finally over."

He nodded, bringing my hand that was enveloped in his and kissed my palm. "Yeah it is." He breathed.