The Forgotten Ones

Chapter 10

Ariana's P.O.V

After lunch with Jake, I head to class. Honestly after I talked to Jake today, I feel much better. He makes everything better and I know I should be mad at him for leaving me after I told him about the forgotten ones, but I cant. No matter what, he's always gonna be my best friend.

After class, I head to my locker only to find that there is another envelope. Great, just great.

Dear Ariana,
Great job on completing your last task. To recieve your next task, please go to the janitor's closet on the first floor immediately afterschool. Your task will be given to you then. Good luck!
Sincerly,
Well you cant know who I am

After rolling my eyes, I shove the letter in my binder and go to my next class. Then an idea hits me. If I want to find out who's sending me these letters I'm gonna have to spy on my locker whenever I can. That way, I can see whoever is putting these letters in my locker.

As soon as school is finished, I head immediately to the janitor's closet to find my task. To my surprise, I dont find a letter or a note or any sign of a task. After looking around some more, I finally find a note taped to a mop.

Dear Ariana,
Good so you CAN follow directions. Your next task is to help yet another person. Who? Jake. You have one week.

Why would Jake need my help? None of this makes sense to me. Jake is my best friend, what could he possibly need help with? Ugh.

After I make sure the coast is clear, I exit the janitor's closet and go home. I finish all of my homework as fast as possible and take a quick shower. After I put on my polka dot pajamas, I go downstairs to grab a quick snack. Since my dad is still at work, I eat alone most of the time now. It's definetly been a lot more lonely since my mom died. God I miss her.

After my snack, I head upstairs and into my bedroom. I'm half- asleep when my phone starts to vibrate.

New message from Jake: I hope your feeling better, again I'm sorry about your mom.

Its okay Jake dont feel bad.

Jake : Alright, goodnight ari XD

Smiling, I turn my phone off and put it on my nightstand. He used to always call me Ari when we were kids but I used to always get annoyed and tell him to stop. And, he hasn't called me that up until this day. Iv'e actually kind of missed him calling me Ari so I'm glad he finally did. I was just afraid that if I told him to start calling me that again, he would start teasing me. I swear, sometimes he can be such a little kid. Wait, why am I still thinking about him?

Oh yeah that's right, I'm hopelessly in love with my best friend.