𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 : Robin Arellano

SEVEN

Robin felt at peace. He had just gotten home after walking Carmen to her house and he was on top of the world.

To him, their relationship was the definition of perfect. He hoped she felt the same. Even though he had just been with her, he missed her already. He felt empty. So he did what any boyfriend who missed his girlfriend would do. He rang her.

He had been standing by the phone for a good minute as he dialled in her number, placing it next to his ear with a small smile on his face.

"Hello?" He heard from the other end.
"Carmen! It's Robin."
"Robin what's wrong? Did something happen?"
"Hey no I'm fine. I just missed you."
"Already? It's been like 10 minutes." She stated, smiling with relief on the other end on the phone.
"If I miss you, I miss you there's nothing you can do."
"I guess not. This gonna happen often?"
"Maybe maybe not. You can't back out now."
"Like I ever would." She laughed, twirling the phone cord between her fingers as she leant against the wall. They had continued their small talk for a few minutes until the sound of keys in the door was heard.

"Robin? I should get going."
"Yeah, yeah I'll see you tomorrow?"
"You know it. Bye Robin."
"Bye Carmen." He places the phone back in its place on the wall and walked away, smiling to himself. He said a quick goodnight to his mom who was currently sat on the couch catching up on her tv show and went up to his bedroom, closing the door softly behind him and collapses on his bed.

~

"Did you guys hear?" Gwen said, placing down her lunch tray before sitting down opposite Carmen who was next to Robin.
"Hear what?" Robin asked, genuinely curious.
"Another kid went missing last night. Billy Showalter I think?"
"The paperboy?" Finney said, slowly putting his food down.
"Yup." Carmen felt shivers run through out her body as she slowly pushed her food away, losing her appetite.

Her mind immediately went to the magician in the van. The man, who for so long, she had been attempting to get out of her mind. The man who had most likely taken that poor boy.

Her trance was broken once she felt Robin's hand on her knee, rubbing his thumb gently across the side.
"Carmen?" She glanced up quickly, looking at each of them before muttering a quick huh?
"What were you thinking about?"
"I met Billy when I first moved here." She says, deciding to change the subject as she reminisced on the memory.

"What do you mean?" Finney asks, tilting his head.
"When I was helping move boxes from the van when I first moved here he was handing out papers on his bike. He was really sweet to me, said he would come check on us in a few weeks." She mutters, looking down at her hands on her lap.

"They'll find him Carmen." Robin says, moving his hand from her knee to where her hands lay shakily on her lap where somehow the others didn't notice.
She only looks up with a small smile instead of replying, wanting the conversation to steer away as she begins to feel more nervous the more she thinks.

~

Carmen didn't want to have to walk home tonight. Robin had mentioned that he was at Finney's that evening to and she quotes 'learn about letters that shouldn't be in maths in the first place" which meant she would be walking alone.

Of course Robin tried to convince her to let him walk her home but what kind of girlfriend would she be if she made him walk all the way back by himself? So she settled for a quick kiss on the cheek and a wave over her shoulder as she walked in the direction of her house.

She was scared. That man was constantly plaguing her mind and she hated every second of it all. Just the thought of her being in Billy's place made her want to cry. It was bad enough that Billy was there let alone if she was. Or worse if Robin was taken because she didn't stop the grabber when she had the chance.

Pulling her bag further up her shoulder, she took a deep breath and quickened her walking, not wanting to waste another second overthinking.
She took one glance over her shoulder as she swung open her front gate, being greeted by her home as she locked the door behind her. Alex was out all night working and who knows where her dad was which meant she had the whole house to herself.

Now usually she wouldn't mind this but when you've come face to face with a kidnapper you don't quite enjoy the loneliness. Without even thinking she walked over to where the phone hung on the wall, using her piece of paper with any number she'll need, to dial the Blake's house phone.

It had only rung around 4 times before Gwen had picked it up, expecting a call from one of her friends instead.

"Sorry Gwen it's Carmen. Is Robin there?" There was a muffled sound and she heard a faint shout for Robin before Gwen had placed the phone back against her ear.
"So you want Robin huh? What's going on there?" Carmen froze, not being able to find the words on how to reply. But luckily Robin had come running to her, eagerly holding out his hand for the phone.

"What's up, amor?" He states with a large smile on his face.
"How did you know it was me?"
"Only you would want to call me at this time."
"Makes sense," she smiles, "so my whole family's out tonight and I don't really want to be alone. Do you think it'll be okay with your mom if you stayed round here with me?" She asks, biting her lip as she awaits an answer.

Robin on the other hand is bursting with joy, not being able to hide his excitement as he answers a quick,
"I'm sure she'll say yes." Before swiftly calling his mom to double check and then calling her back to make plans.

"I'll be round in like 2 hours ok? Finney wants to teach me something about x to the power of something." He heard her laugh on the other end before ultimately ending the call, placing the phone back on the wall.

~

guys i'm so sorry i've been gone for like 4 months 😭

at first i just couldn't be bothered and then i forgot i even had wattpad and it became this whole thing but i have now returned and i have edited a few chapters if you've seen.

the next chapter will be all about their sleepover and there will no mature content at all as they are still young.

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the only question i have is do you think she should tell robin about the grabber or not? like i have no clue i'm just writing as i go at this point.

~emilia