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Break it apart her heart

Chapter 48: Break it apart her heart

It was the fifth day of spring break and a relaxing morning was interrupted by a ruckus. Toni and Jade lazily opened their eyes to see a shuffling figure walking around in their shared room. Jade rubbed her eyes to make sure her vision was straight as she looked up at the culprit for her early awakening. Jenn was the cause for all the noise. She had a open suitcase on the floor and was dumping her belongings into the suit case.

"Jenn, what are you doing?" Jade asked as she got out of bed.

Jenn looked up at Jade, clearly distressed. "Ok, I know you guys said to ignore this feeling but it won't away."

"Jenn, you're working yourself up over nothing," Toni said tiredly as she flopped back down in bed. "Now unpack and go back to bed."

"No," said Jenn stubbornly as she stood up. "I know that Wally is in trouble and I have to help him."

"Jenn -" began Jade but she was cut off.

"Come on, Jade," Jade said quietly, trying to convince her friend to believe in her. "You out of all people should know what I'm going through."

Jade sighed deeply. Jenn had a point, Jade did know what 'the feeling' felt like when it came to Roy and his overdose.

"If something bad happened to Wally and I just sat around enjoying myself while I could of been doing something to help him I could never forgive myself."

"Well then...," Jade smiled. "What's your plan?"

Jenn smiled for the first time in days. "We go and look for them."

"B-b-but... that would mean leaving the spa!" Toni cried, suddenly becoming fully awake.

"Toni..." Jade scolded.

"What? Who's to say they're not at Alain's uncle's place."

"Because I already called Alain's uncle," Jenn answered. "He said that Alain and Wally cancelled."

"Why would they cancel?" Jade asked.

"I don't know but maybe they are still in Jump City," said Jenn. "If we leave here now we could be in Jump City by tomorrow."

"Sounds good to me," Jade said. "I'll start packing."

"Wait just a minute," Toni said, jumping out of bed. "How can you be so sure about this feeling? It could be hormones... or something like that..."

Jenn shook her head and a small chuckle escaped her lips. "You explain it to her."

Jade nodded and slung an arm around Toni's shoulders. "You'll understand one day once you've gotten to know Alain better."

Jade walked away to go pack leaving Toni with a baffled expression on her face.

"That's explaining it?"

It was the fifth day of spring break and the forth day of traveling in the forest for Wally and Alain. They had no idea what time it was nor did they care. They were to tired and frustrated to worry about the time. On top of all that their bodies were sore, their clothes were a complete mess and their spirits were low. But worst of all, they had no food. Not even Wally.

His secret stash of treats had long ago since finished by yesterday's events. After the Skittles incident, Wally had no choice but to share any food he had on him with Alain. Unfortunately for the two of them that was only a small pack of breath mints. The two of them had gotten into a fight about the breath mints just like they did with the Skittles but unlike the Skittles incident, Alain was able to win against Wally.