Home Ice.

Chapter Twenty-Two.

this is the second part of a double update. if you haven't read chapter twenty-one, please go back and read that first!

Finn

The thing about being so connected with someone is that you can literally feel when something is off.

I don't know how to explain it. I don't know if it's because she's always on my mind or if it's some universe thing, but I have a knot tying up my entire stomach right now. I feel sick but I don't know why.

I just spoke with her and she said she was fine, and I believe her. She sounded happier than ever for the first time in a while and her and Grace were giggling up a storm. But I just can't shake the feeling. I've ignored my gut way to many times to ignore it again. I just feel like something is wrong.

"Do you have a weird feeling right now?"

My confused gaze turns to Casey when he says those words, my eyebrows twitching together and my heart damn near falling into my stomach. He feels it too?

"Yes," I say seriously. Why do I feel like I can't breathe all of a sudden? Sure, I've had bad feelings before but this is different. "You do too?"

"Yeah," he nods with a stone cold face. He's driving, so he starts to go faster towards our apartment. "Ever since we got in the car. I don't know what it is."

"I don't either," I shake my head. I lift myself up so I can slip my phone out of my pocket to call them and as soon as it's in my hand, it starts to ring.

Oh, fuck.

It's my mom. It's not out of the blue for my mom to call me, obviously, but that feeling is blinding me and the sound of the loud ringtone feels like screams.

Casey is looking at me worriedly as I answer it, "Hey, everything okay?"

"Where are you?"

Her demanding and frantic tone throws me off even though I'm already on edge. I don't like this, I don't like this at all. "On my way home with Case. Why? What's going on?"

"Oh, God," she rushes, and I do not like that shit. Casey pulls over almost instantly and I somewhat bark at my own mom, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"Mason he- Oh, God," she starts and I swear, I'm not breathing. No. Please, no. "I don't know how- but he has them. I think Grace is fine, but he- they're gone. Oh, God - Finn. I'm so sorry."

"What do you mean they're gone?" I ask, feeling like my world has been slowed to a stop. I feel like she's not even making sense. This doesn't make any sense. We just talked to them. "They're not gone. They said they were going home."

"Who's they?" Casey asks with a tone laced with fear, but his voice sounds so distant from me as I rush out my own questions, "How do you know? What happened?"

"I got a call from her," she starts, like she's trying to calm herself down. I can't even process what's happening, I don't know what's going on. "From Avery. I couldn't tell what was happening but then I heard her talk to him. I think he was going to hurt Grace."

I look over at Casey, who's face is paler than it was when he was stabbed. He instantly puts the car in drive and slams on the gas as he says in an alarmingly calm voice, "Where is she?"

"Morgan called the police, Avery managed to tell us where he took them before she-" Her voice breaks off into a sob and I swear to God, I feel like I could pass out. I'm asleep. I have to be asleep.