Unexpected

Chapter 30

"We'll find him, I promise." Marco cooed into my ear softly as he tried to calm me down. I felt like my heart had been ripped out and thrown into a pot of boiling water. Hunter never told me anything about even feeling unhappy, he was always laughing and smiling. It just didn't make sense! How could he hide all that from me so easily?

"Marco, we need to leave now. We don't know what time he left." Jonathan told him gently and placed a firm but loving hand on his shoulder before looking at me sadly, "Kate, I'm sorry but crying isn't going to bring him back right now. We have to go." He started to sound a little frantic near the end; I knew he had a point about crying not bring Hunter back to me, sitting around didn't do anything, we had to get up and go get him. I had to find him before I lost him for good. I nodded my head slowly and let Jono help me to my feet. After I was up, he let go of my hand and stepped towards Marco. Saying something to him softly. I looked down at my feet, biting my lip.

"I'm just going to go get my jacket..." I trailed off so that they could talk without having an emotional girl in the room. I knew they wanted to come up with a plan and that would be easier if they thought I wasn't there, cause then they wouldn't have to make sure I was okay or answer my questions, they could just talk and then we could find Hunter. They both nodded their heads slightly and Marco gave me a sad smile before turning to Jonathan again. I stepped just out of view and slid my back down the wall, leaning my head back on the cold surface. I took a few deep breaths and closed my eyes, listening to what Jonathan and Marco were talking about.

"I'm trying to not freak Kate out but I'm scared, what if he isn't there?" I heard Marco say. I turned my head so that I could see the two of them, not well, but I could. Marco had his arms wrapped around Jono's neck and his face pressed against his shoulder. Jonathan was lightly trailing his fingers up and down Marco's back, trying to comfort him. While the other arm was wrapped tightly around Marco's waist, pulling him to his body firmly.

"You know that's where he goes when he disappears, we found him there when he thought Kate wasn't going to forgive him for the fight you two got into, remember?" Jono said warmly, his voice oddly comforting at how sure he sounded, but the look I could see on his face - the look Marco couldn't see with his face against Jono's shoulder- betrayed how he really felt. He was just as scared as we were but he was trying to be strong for Marco. The thought brought a small smile to my lips. The fact that they had each other for that support. That Jono put his feelings aside so that Marco could feel a little better, have the comfort that things were going to be okay. Then my sadness came back when I realized I didn't have that anymore. Hunter was gone. I never realized that he did exactly what Jonathan was doing. He put up a front so that I could be happy, so that I would be comforted. He didn't want me to worry about him so he never gave me a reason to. I felt a few stray tears slip out my eyes. I didn't bother wiping them, I just them run down my cheeks as I watched the two boys in the other room.

"I hope you're right, I need him to be okay." Marco said weakly and it broke my heart. Despite the fact that they always fought, Marco and Hunter were really close and they really loved each other. They've always been there for each other when the other needed.

"I'm always right," Jonathan teased, trying to lighten the mood a bit and Marco let out a small laugh before gently kissing him. I got up and quickly went over to the counter to grab my jacket, feeling weird to spy in on their moment like that. They really were perfect together.  

I waited a little bit before turning the corner and going back into the room, Marco pulled away from Jonathan and looked as if he was trying to get himself together. Doing for me what Jono was doing for him. They didn't want me to stress so they wanted to act tough and like everything would be fine. Only problem was that none of knew of that was true; I didn't know if we'd even find Hunter and even if we did, what state he would be in. There were a large variety of options. I didn't want to dwell on the possibilities for too long though, I wanted to stay positive about the situation - well, as positive as I could manage.