Finding a Ghost

Chapter 1

July 22 2013

"So, price, got anything special planed for us today?"

" I don't know what you're talking about, it's just another day in hell."

She rolls her eyes and pulls my arm. "Oh come on Chloe don't play dumb you know what today is."

I take a drag and puff it out, putting on a confused face. "I have no idea what you're talking about Rachel, oh!" I snap my fingers. "It's the day frank gets his shipment in right!" another eye roll comes with that.

"I'm just kidding!" I get up from the makeshift couch of our lair and walk over to her as she works on the finishing touches of her make up. She turns to me. "then what is so important about today?" I pull an envelope out from behind my back.

"Happy birthday Rachel!" she smiles and goes to grab it from me and I hold it over my head, I've always thought it was cute how Shes shorter than me, she finally gets it after a few tries. She excitedly opens the envelope, shock washing over her face as she pulls out two bus tickets.

"Were getting the fuck out of here baby!" she hugs me. "I can't believe it Chloe! Fucking finally!"

her happy face turns to confusion. "Wait how did you get the money for this?"

"Ah you know I have my ways, like the bank of step douche."

she shakes her head. " You stole this from David? Chloe he's gonna come after us."

"He won't have any idea where we are, it's not like he needs it that much anyway, he's just gonna waste it on more creepy surveillance equipment. besides" I grab her hands, their warm and soft. "we have wanted to leave this dump for years, no more stupid parents, no more lies, just us sitting on the beach with nothing and no one to stop us." her smiles back. "we leave for Cali tonight, I already packed what I need, along with some bud that I grabbed for the road."

"I can't believe were actually doing it!" she hugs me again, I love her hugs, they feel safe. "I don't know what I would do without you price."

I hug her tighter. "I don't know what i would do without you either Rachel."

Then my alarm goes off.... It was nice while it lasted, I guess.

I smack the damn alarm clock, how dare it do its job and wake me up, I should really unset the damn thing. I roll over and grab my half smoked joint and light it up.

"Wake and bake is the most important part of the day."

I rub my eyes and sigh, I hate dreams like that, it's like a cruel joke, especially today.

"Instead of getting out of here today I'll be posting your face everywhere."

It was 3 months since Rachel went missing, or left without me, depends on who you ask. I still want to believe she wouldn't leave me like that, it was our plan to leave together after all but it's hard not to believe it when I can't find any evidence of anything else. No one at that crappy school knows anything, her fake friends from the vortex club aren't any help either, I never understood why she hung out with them, but Rachel always did get along with anyone. I searched the junk yard and didn't find anything either.

her parents were the infuriating part, it's like her father didn't give a shit that his daughter was just gone. her mom well... she didn't stick around long after she came back into Rachels life. she stayed in arcadia bay for a little less than a year but then she just took off. she left Rachel a letter, telling her she just couldn't stay in one place for long and she was sorry blah blah blah, it hit Rachel hard at first but Shes always been good at handling disappointment from her parents, but also she couldn't really blame her for leaving after what her dad had done to keep them apart and how he still continued to treat her while she was in town after Rachel knew everything. but when Rachel first went missing Mrs. amber is who disappointed me the most, for a woman who raised Rachel and loved her as her own she had a very similar reaction to Rachel going missing as Mr. amber, she didn't give a fuck, it was like they were just happy to be rid of her. It's not like they treated her like a daughter after everything came out anyway. Rachel usually would stay at my place, or she would crash at one of her friend's dorms at Blackwell, she was really never home after everything. i gave up on them helping find her a week after going missing, they both were for the idea that she just ran away.