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november 3rd, 1978

during 5th period, we all got called down to the gym for an assembly. i sat with gwen, finney and robin and we talked about stuff until the principal began speaking.

"....as you may of heard, two of our fellow students, bruce yamada and daniel o'neil have gone missing."

everyone and i mean, everyone turned around and looked right at me. even the fucking teachers looked at me. i laid my head on robins shoulder as i began to silently cry.

the assembly soon ended and we all were allowed to leave. i have no idea what the woman talked about but i know it was something to do with bruce and danny.

i just had this feeling that if the grabber kidnapped danny, that meant bruce was dead.

i said goodbye to the trio and headed for class.

"allison wait." i stopped walking when i heard his voice and turned around.

"you're still coming to that party with me tomorrow night, right?" he asked once he reached me.

i nodded, "yeah i'll be there." i smiled.

"i'll pick you up at 6. is that good?" vance asked.

"yeah just if my dad sees you, run. he would probably kill you if he saw i was going somewhere with a boy." i said.

he laughed and nodded, "okay."

"okay."

well, it just got awkward.

"allison, get to class." ms. ricci yelled at me as she approached the two of us.

i rolled my eyes and began walking. i turned to see what was happening and saw that vance was arguing with ms. ricci. i laughed and shook my head as i walked into class.




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school ended, yay. i walked to my locker and grabbed my bag then headed outside. i met up with gwen and finney but no robin.

"hey, where's robin?" i asked finney.

suddenly, we heard yelling. we all turned and saw a huge crowd of people. the three of us ran over and saw robin beating mooses ass.

the crowd was cheering robin on.

"YEAH ROBIN BEAT HIS ASS!" i screamed.

mooses face was covered in blood. robin was clearly winning this fight. gwen and i were screaming while finney stood there shocked. (🧍🏼‍♀️)

the fight was eventually broken up when mr. christensen ran outside, yelling. everyone ran away while robin was still punching moose. i grabbed robins arm and dragged him while the four of us ran.

"do you need help getting cleaned up robin?" i asked him as we approached our neighborhood.

he shook his head, "it's okay, mi amor. i need to get home anyway. bye guys."

"bye robin." we all waved at him before we walked inside our house.




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it was later that night and finney, gwen and i were watching a movie on the tv in the living room while eating some popcorn.

it was friday so no homework and no school tomorrow. but there was that party tomorrow. i know i told vance i would go but now, i'm not sure if i really want to go.

the phone rang and dad answered it.

"finney." dad said, making all of us look at him.

"do you know a boy named robin are-aria" dad stuttered, trying to pronounce his last name.

"arellano?" finney corrected.

dad nodded, "yeah that's it."

"uhm yes, i know him, he's a friend from school, why?"

dad looked at finney sadly and sighed, then walked away. the three of us immediately knew what that meant.

"oh my god." i said, realizing something.

if the grabber kidnapped robin just today, that meant danny was already dead.

"im so sorry finney." i said to my brother as gwen and i hugged him, seeing how upset he was.

"we're really sorry."

the three of us went up to dad and he told us how robin was just declared missing. i wrapped an arm around finney, seeing how he was so close to crying.

finney didn't say anything. he just nodded and walked up to his room, slamming his door shut. gwen and i followed him.

we knocked on his door and it opened a bit, "we're sorry finney. we know he was your friend."

"don't say was. he is my friend."

"sorry finney." gwen frowned.

gwen said goodnight to both of us then walked to her room and closed the door. i stood in front of finneys room, unsure if he wanted someone there for him.

i just decided to leave him alone for a while.

i was about to close the door but finney cleared his throat and turned to look at me, "can you have one of your dreams?"

"that's not how it works, finney...."

"can you just try for me? for robin...."

i nodded and said goodnight as i saw a tear roll down his cheek. i frowned and walked to my room, going straight to bed.

i really hope jesus let's me have a dream tonight.
for finney and for robin.

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