Take a Picture, it'll last longer- Vance Hopper

NINE- He'll be Fine

Y/N's POV:

He won't get put in prison or juvie for a street fight, right? No, he should be okay. He'll be back home tonight and I'll go see him.

I'm walking back home and I see a black van that says "abracadabra" on it parked near the sidewalk down the road.
Nice, we must have a magician in town.
I walk down the opposite direction of the van and continue back home.

I see Finney walking down the street with some cash, I run to catch up to him.
"Finney!" I run to catch up to him. "Hey!"
"Where you going?" I ask him, motioning towards the cash in his hand. "Ice cream shop, meeting Robin there, wanna come?" He asks me.
I grab the money I was gonna spend on iced teas out of my back pocket and start walking with him.

"You seen Vance lately?" He asks politely. My hands have blood on them from Daniels face. I wipe my hand on my shirt, I don't want to become a bad person because of Vance. I love him, but dating him will sure make a name for me. "Nah I haven't seen him today." I say.

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I'm back home now and it's getting dark. I climb out my window to not wake up my dad and leave to Vance's house. It's nice and quiet outside. I go up to his window and knock on it. No response.
Knock again. Nothing. I hear shuffling from behind his bedroom door, and his mother opens it.
Shit!
I duck under his window and scale the sides of his house. (Looking like a robber) and run off.
Did the cops seriously keep Vance overnight?

I get back home and put in a movie and watch it in the living room. I put on The Exorcist. After the movie ends, I'm just confused. Sitting with my thoughts.
Why would they keep Vance overnight? Is it my fault? Did I do something that got him in more trouble? I hope he's okay if he's just sitting in a cell.
I doze off with all these thoughts in my mind.

I wake up to the neighbours dog barking. (Not Finneys house though) I find a note on the countertop.
I was going to wake you up but you looked tired so I let you sleep. I left for work but will be staying overtime tonight and won't be back till 11pm instead of 7pm. Trust me, I'm more disappointed than you.

-love Dad

Poor dad, he works so much and I feel like I do nothing.
I have a shower and get dressed. Then I sit down and read  a book on the couch.
I hear three loud knocks on the door. Vance?!
"Vance-" I open the door and realize it's not one but 3 people. Daniel, Matthew and Vance's other friend.

"Uh" Is the only thing that escapes my mouth. I'm scared. "Um is Vance here?" Matthew asks me quietly. "What? No. Why?" I ask, worried.
"His mom went to pick him up from the police last night, but they said they released him only an hour after he was arrested." He continues.
"His mom didn't know where he was and assumed he was with us, so when we didn't have him, she panicked."
"And if he's not with you then-" Daniel chimes in.

"What, if he's not with me, he's missing?! Is that what you're going to say!?" I say sharply, tears building up behind my eyes.
"No no, it's Vance I'm sure he's fine. Probably sitting under a tree all night. We'll find him." Matthew says with a hand on my shoulder.

I nod, but all I want to do is hug Vance. I need him to be okay.
"Wanna come help us look?" Daniel asks.
"Yes of course." I respond quickly and grab a flannel to put on top of my outfit since it's kind of cold today.
"Wait can I invite some people to help?" I ask. "Yeah that's fine." Daniel says. He's being somewhat nice considering I kinda beat him up yesterday. But he is still Vance's best friend.
We go to Finney, Gwen and Robins house and pick them up.

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"We have been looking for hours, y/n! I think it's time to involve the police." Finney says.
I kick a rock across the street and glance up. "Yeah probably." I say quickly so I don't cry. I'm not a cryer, at all, but this. This is gonna make me cry.
Gwen hugs me.
"He'll be fine." She says.

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It's been 2 days, and we still can't find Vance. Schools been hell to say the least.
I get looks from everyone now.

"that's the girl that was dating Vance."
*Is dating* don't say was.
"Omg that's the missing kids girlfriend!"
*Vance* don't call him the missing kid.
Even the teachers make looks at me and mutter.

"Hey! Y/N!" Robin runs up to me.
"Hey Robin" I say.
He makes a 'oh' face. "You doing alright?" He asks me putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah, but no. You know?" I say wiping my face.

He gives me a reassuring smile pats my back and walks off.

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It's been a week since Vance went missing. People are less murmury now but another kid has went missing.
Now we know it's not an accident or not that Vance left the country and that almost makes it worse.
The kids name was Griffin. I didn't know him but considering how I felt when I lost Vance, the parents must be worse than me, especially since he was apparently only seven years old.

I go back home and walk to the corner store. I glance over at the pinball machine and start playing.
Im gonna beat Vance's Highscore and show him when he gets back.
The numbers go up on the dial. The machine stops working at 85,000 which isn't really close to Vance's top score. "Damnit!" I kick the machine and I feel a hand on my shoulder from behind me, it's Robin. "Hey y/n? You look mad?" I scoff at him.
"I am mad."
He grabs an 4 iced teas and pays then takes me to the lunch table where Finney and Gwen are sat. "Hey y/n!" Gwenny says. "Hey guys" I say with a bit of anger, sadness and everything not so nice in it.

I almost start crying when they open their iced teas, it just reminds me of Vance even more. I sit there kicking rocks out from under my feet while everybody talks. I chime in every now and then but they don't fully care that I'm quiet, it's nice. They understand.
I haven't told my Dad yet. He's heard that Vance is missing but he doesn't know about how Vance and I were.
How Vance and me are.*

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I don't know the exact times everyone was kidnapped so I'm kinda making up my own timeline here, I'm also going with that Vance was taken first for more effect, you know?

Longest chapter yet, 1170 words bitches 🤪