Missing

Chapter 1 : Alecas

As we rode down the road, I stared at the window, wondering how long we would be. My stepmom in the front seat was singing at the top of her lungs, while my dad smiled and laughed. We were on our way to our aunt May's house. I wanted to walk out of our car and wander away. I fixed my headphones atop my white hair, while my baby brother, Aven, and my older sister, Aelena, were fighting with my younger sister, Ali (her full name is Alimana, but we call her Ali or Mana.) I closed my eyes and daydreamed about my old school, Oakwood High. Now, we were moving to West Virginia from Texas. I dreamt of my old crush, Haden. Haden was the prettiest guy in Oakwood. He had short, fluffy hair. He had bright green eyes and lots of freckles. Haden's style is just mostly baggy jeans, a plain t-shirt, or a sports shirt. Haden would walk past me in the halls, holding his treasured basketball. I would stare at Haden while he walked with his group of popular kids. I never would have imagined he was a criminal. According to his files, he trespassed, stole, and graffitied everywhere. It was so hard to believe because he was the nicest popular person there. 

"Hey, Alecas. We're taking a pit stop. Are you coming?"I opened my eyes to see my stepmom, Gina, turned around. I nodded and grabbed my wallet. I hopped out of my dad's van and walked into the gas station. I kept my head down while i was walking through the door.  As soon as I opened the door, I kept getting weird stares from everyone in there. I walked to the drink aisle and reached into the fridge to grab my favorite drink. As my fingers wrapped around the drink, I felt someone bump into me, causing me to slip over. "Woahhh," I said. As I fell, the person that knocked me over turned to the fridge and take the drink I was going to have. 'Rude.' I thought. "Hey, do you need help?" I looked up to find a person around my age, maybe older, looking down at me with bright eyes. They swept their curly dyed pink hair out of their eyes and looked at me, holding their hand out. As I looked at them, their face slowly turned a deep red. They looked down at my shoes and said, "Nice Demonias, where'd you get them?"

 "I..uh..got them from Hot Topic," I said as I clumsily grabbed their hand. They pulled me up with a laugh and said " I'm Olive, by the way. Your hair is beautiful, How'd you get your parents to let you do that?" I looked at them with a completely straight face and said " I'm Alecas, and I didn't. I got hit by my sister's ice powers when we were six." They giggled and said, " Were you best buddies, but now you're not, and you wish she would tell you why?" I laughed and said "Yup, that's about what happened. What about your hair? How did you persuade your parents?" They smiled and said " I'll tell you after I get your number." said with a sly grin.

 I stared at them and said with a completely straight face and replied: "Well if I can make you blush in five seconds, I'll give it to you ." They laughed for a second then their smile dropped quickly as they stared behind me. I turned around to find a sleazy-looking teenager with a black hood on. He was making it obvious he was checking us out. As soon as he saw me staring he looked at me with a creepy grin. I snapped back around to Olive and they whispered: " I don't trust that guy. Also, did you come here by yourself? I didn't see you with anyone when you walked in." I mumbled back " I came with my parents, what about you?"

 Olive looked at me and said, "Can I get a ride? I'll message my parents and let them know where I'm going." I hesitated but agreed. We walked towards my dad quickly, because the sleazbag was following us. "Hey dad, can we give my friend a ride? Her parents aren't here. " As soon as I said "her" their face dropped. I grabbed their arm to let them know I knew. My dad glanced at us both and smiled. "Well, I think we can squeeze you two in the back, just no kissing please." When those words left his mouth I thought Olive was going to die of embarrassment. An old woman shopping with her husband stared at my dad with a blazing fire in her eyes. I looked at her and when I did I thought she was going to slap me and my dad, but her husband touched her arm and said something to calm her down. I turned my head back to Olive. Their face was still red, while my dad was laughing his guts out. I looked him in the eye and said "Yea ok, we'll keep it quiet."