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RUSH'S POV:

Olivia and my classes ended, so we were going back home. We did not think it would be nice to disturb Mary again, she had a lot of school projects going on and for some reason Jahn was not picking up the calls. I was worried so I thought of leaving a text for her.

TO JAHN: Hey! Call me when you're free! Nothing serious, don't worry.

The text did not reach her. It seems as if her phone is switched off. She never kept her phone switched off though. Maybe it's something important, I thought to myself.

"I'm hungry." Olivia declares.
"Same same." I add.

"Starbucks?" She asks.
"Always in." I tell her.
"Wait, should we go? What if they are there?" I ask thinking about what all happened last few days.

"See, they're everywhere we are, if we fear them and stop doing things then we are never gonna make it." She says, philosophically.

"Wow, who's ghost possessed you, Oli?" I said, joking.
"No idea."She laughs.

We take our drinks and start going back towards our house.

I phone got a ting. I guessed it to be from Jahn, I was right.

Jahn: Where are you right now?

Me: Starbucks, coming home, why though, you sound serious..

Incoming call, Jahn.

I picked it up. "Hey ja-"
"Don't come home." She interrupts me in a shaky tone. "Woah, what's going on? Are you okay? Oh my God.."

There was no way I was goimg to leave Jahn like that.
I hung up the call.
"Olivia, fast, we need to go home. Jahn called me and said not to go home. She sounded shaky." I explain her.

"Oh no. Let's go there." She says.
"Hey Mary, are you home yet?" I ask her.
"Nah, it'll take roughly one hour, I guess." She answers.

"Wait, why though?" She adds.

"I'll explain later. It's a long story." I tell her.
"Yeah but tell me are you guys okay?" She asks, concerned.
"Olivia is, I am, Jahn isn't."

"Wait, what happened to dustbin? Is she okay?" She asks.

"I will tell you when I reach home." I tell her.
"Okay, be fast!" She says.

I had trouble breathing. I think I'm having a panic attack. I need to stop and breathe but Jahn..

"Ushy, you seem flustered, panic attack?" She asks.

"I guess but we need..need to go to Jahn.."I breathe out.

I sit down.
"Relax, she will be okay." Olivia says.

Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in breathe out.
I drink water and splash some of it on my face, feeling comparatively better.

JAHN'S POV:

I continuously text and call her. I knew she would not listen to me and will definitely come. I sent several texts and missed calls. She was not picking up.
I think she must be having a  panic attack, she always gets them when she is worried or stressed too much, but it's been months since she last had it. I shouldn't have told her anything. I hope Olivia will calm her down.
I tried calling her once again. No response.

"Stop trying to stop her." He laughs.

"I swear if you do anything to her, I will bury you alive." I warn him making him laugh again and raise his hands up in surrender.

RUSH'S POV:

"Let's go, fast." I tell her.

Jahn: 5 missed calls, 5 texts.

I open the texts.

Jahn: Just listen to me this time and don't come, at least not right now, please.

Jahn: Rush!
Jahn: Listen, I'm fine, don't worry.
Jahn: Just please don't come home, until I ask you to.
Jahn: Understand?

Now I was sure something was up. Whenever Jahn used words like, "fine" , "don't worry", it was her way to tell something is definitely wrong. It was her way to not lie.

"She's in trouble." I tell Olivia.
"Indeed she is but what can we do. She told us not to go there."
She says.

I wanted to help Jahn out but I had to idea how to. The only thing I knew was to run home to her.

I wish I could fly so I'd be going right back home to her.

I was on the verge of tears. I ran my hand through my hair, thinking of a way. I closed my eyes.

"Help me.."I whisper.

Tears started falling down, I bent down on my knees.
"Hey hey, she's going to be okay, instead of wasting time here, we should go to her." Olivia says.

"She..she said not to.. I don't know what to do.." I say.

I was crying until I saw two people arguing..

"You don't understand! This isn't how life works!" One of them said.

"Well, I can't be afraid of saving someone I love just because they told me not to. I can't let someone just save me by sacrificing themself." Other one said.

I can't let someone sacrifice themselves just to save me.

Those words rang in my head again and again, I knew what to do.

"Oli, we are leaving. She needs us." I tell her and she agrees.

We run to the house as fast as we could.
We reached home. It was silent outside, not a single murmur coming from the inside. That scared me even more.

The lights were on, I couldn't see any shadow though.

I walked past the door, finding it unlocked.

"Jahn?" I call out for her. Olivia was following me, constantly trying to dial her number.

I saw Jahn standing in the kitchen. I run to her and hug her from back.

"Why did you tell me not to come home? Are you alright? You scared me."I laugh.

She turns. Her eyes were red. My heart skipped a beat.

"Wh-what happened?" I ask.
"WHAT HAPPENED!?" I yell until she answered.

"Hello, Sweetheart. Won't you welcome me?" A deep husky voice said from behind, making me jump.

I turn..

To find that guy from the traffic.