I walked into the cafe and scanned the tiny restaurant for Nev and Max. I remembered that they said they weren't far from here so I decided to choose a table and wait for them. Fear crept over me and got worse and worse after every step I took, every time my boot made a sound hitting the wood floor it seemed as if my fear and anxiousness grew.
I sat down at a booth and began to shake my leg nervously. I looked at my phone and saw the time read 10:22, I saw two guys walking into the cafe at the corner of my eye. I took a deep breath before turning to see Nev and Max 10 feet from me. I stood up to welcome them in and introduce myself. "hey guys" I said sitting down. "hey Lena, how's it going" Nev asked. "uh it's going good I'm a little nervous. have you told luke? does how know what's going on? I haven't talked to him all day" I asked nervously. by the looks on their faces I could tell they were overwhelmed by my amount of questions. "uh we told luke but the last time we talked to him was before he got on the plane to come here" Nev explained.
"alright so he should be on his way, right?" I asked
"should be. I don't know he hasn't responded to us lately I can't promise anything" Max replied
"but don't worry he could have missed his flight or something. no need to stress" Nev reassured
"I'm gonna text him to see what's going on" I said taking my phone out of my bag and opening up my messages.
"hey babe, just wanted to see where you were or if you got on your flight."
The minutes seemed like years as I waited for the text to say read.
"luke??"
no response again.
is he ignoring me? did I freak him out? did I do something wrong? I panicked and begin thinking it had been my fault he's not answering. Unless the reason he wasn't answering wasn't my fault. I began thinking of the worst case scenario. Did he get jumped? Did his plane crash? Did we forget to pick him up and lost his luggage? Nev and max saw the worried look on my face and proceeded to tell me not to worry and that they would handle it all. "I'll try to call luke and go to the airport to see if he's there, don't worry everything will be alright. Why don't you go home for a bit and we'll tell you when we get a hold of him" Nev said patting my back and walking me to my car. "Alright call me soon as tell me what's happening. Thank you guys" I said buckling my seat belt and reversing out of the parking lot. I began driving and thinking about what could happen. I don't know what to think, I don't wanna guess what happened then worry myself. I just need to get home. I need to get home.
