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I went over some rules with Katelyn knowing she knew them but still I have to go over them,
“Yesterday when you told me you saw Carter, he wasn’t there we left him back in England, it’s like when we moved around back then you thought you did but you didn’t. Still as a precaution I want you to always stay with someone, ok? Never go out by yourself, if mum and dad tell you to go out and get something you don’t, if you want to go out you don’t meet up, they pick you up or I’ll take you. We’ve been over this before back home but I’m going over them again ok?” she nodded at me, whenever I went over this I would be calmer knowing that he couldn’t do anything but a another country was different and I couldn’t look weak otherwise she’s know that he really is here.
“If he really is here and he talks to you I want you to run, you see him come near you or walk towards you, you run straight home or to someone’s house. Even if you think you’re imagining I want you to run, you’re safe in school since he won’t be able to come in but otherwise home and public areas are best.” She nodded again knowing this was a serious matter but before either one of us could talk the bell ring for the front door I ran and opened it to see Becky and Jake.
“I hope you don’t mind but I had to bring Becky,” he said,
“Naah don’t mind, do you want anything?” he shook his head,
“Are you ok?” he asked,
“Yeah I’m fine I just need to tell you a few things and ask you something” I told him, we went up to my room and sat on the couch in front of the TV.
“So what do you have to tell and ask me?” he started off,
“Ok, so you know I moved to Denver from England right?” he nodded,
“So in England I lived in a place called Dorset, I was born there and so was Katelyn. We met Emily and her brother in Secondary…” “Wait Emily as in Emily Campbell in our grade, the one that we hang out with?” I nodded at his question.
“Secondary is grade 7 to grade 11, we never had grade 12. Aaron he’s two years older than me and you guys, well Em for sure is a year younger than me, I was in grade 9 so 14 years old when I met Aaron, he said he’d seen me in a garage working on cars with his friend. After than he used to come to the garage where I used to work with a guy called Brendon and our boss Harry, Ron used to come to the garage and help us out sometimes as well so we became good friends more like the best. Em well she was a good friend as well, but she didn’t work on cars with us, she used to come round to hand out with Kate, like how Becky does now. When it was summer Ron and Em’s parents passed away in a car crash and that’s when they moved here but the thing is Ron graduated secondary from then so he goes to college here and Em hates me. Like you saw today she would give me death glares and yesterday she told me to stay away from you guys, today she told me to leave like how I did to them back home. The thing was when they had the funeral, me and Katelyn couldn’t go because we moved away and when we heard we asked our parents if we could go. Neither of our parents could take us because there was this huge business meeting that day and even though Ron and Em’s parents were like parents to us. Mum and dad didn’t like them because they weren’t as high standard as us. You see my mum is a fashion designer and my dad is a lawyer but he only helps out those who can afford his help so he helps Business owners, directors, producers and celebrities. When my parents are out in public they used a different surname compared to us and we make sure we don’t get involved in the press since my dad’s a lawyer he works that bit out easily. Anyways, Emily won’t tell me why she’s upset with me but I want to talk to Ron, Em was more of a friend and sister to Kate than me, sure she was like another younger sister but if she won’t talk to me then I don’t see her talking to Katelyn anytime soon. Yesterday I found out where Aaron is but it’s like a 6 hour drive from here and he lives on a campus and his numbers changed so I can’t phone him at all. Can you help me get his number please?” Jake just sat there shocked from everything I told him and I sighed, maybe this was a bad idea. “Look if you don’t want to help me, it’s fine and you probably don’t believe me. I guess it was stupid to ask,”
“It wasn’t stupid but I do need proof that you’re not lying to me, you started on Monday and I’ve known Emily for 2 years. I’ve heard about Aaron and I’ve met him a few times but I just need proof,” I nodded at him.
“So how do you want me to prove it to you?” I asked,
“Well I can tell your family’s rich but do you have anything that shows me that you knew Aaron and Emily before now?” he asked. I went to my desk got my laptop and turned it on, I had pictures of us when we back in Dorset, my family made me get rid of the actual pictures, because they believed that I shouldn’t have anything pulling me back and they said I would always meet new people. Once my laptop started up and was loaded, I went to my pictures file, then to the Dorset file. I had pictures of a lot of things on here. I had another file for my secret, so this file was safe, I passed it onto him and he started flicking through them.
“How can I be so sure that you never photo shopped these?” I gave him a dead pan look and we both shrugged, so I logged onto my Facebook and went to my pictures and showed his some of Aaron with Brendon and then I went onto Brendon’s profile and showed him some pictures of us.
“Is that proof for you?” I asked and he nodded.
“So how we going to get Aaron’s number?” Jake asked,
“As I told you when they left, they shut everyone out including Brendon so he’s got no clue either or I would’ve asked him but then I came up with a plan if you said yes to helping me. You are going to help me right?” he nodded in reply,
“Ok tomorrow you going to ask Emily if you could use her phone, obviously she wouldn’t give it to me so you’re going to do it, I want you to send Ron’s number to yourself and then delete the message so she doesn’t know. Once you’ve done that you have to come to my house after school tomorrow but you have to wait half an hour because of my detention, but once it’s over I’ll come straight home and we’ll give him a call so we could meet up but the other thing is that you have to talk to him if I do he’s going to cut off and change his number as well as make Em change hers. Just tell him we’ll meet him there and that Em can’t know and luckily for us Emily’s birthday is next week so tell him we’re organising a surprise, he should agree to that,” I explained,
“Where did you say Aaron lives?” Jake asked,
“In Durango so we have to drive there, it’s going to be 6 hours and I’ll pay for anything we need. I have to take Katelyn so it’d be best if you bring Becky along that’s if you don’t mind telling her,” I said, Jake sighed but nodded. I jumped out of my seat and hugged Jake.
“Thank you, thank you, and thank you. You don’t know how much you’re helping me!” I exclaimed happily.
“I’ll tell my mum and dad that we’re going Durango to organise Emily’s birthday and I’ll say us two are going because we don’t think the whole lot of us should go since it’d be suspicious and to tell anyone even the guys that me and Becky are visiting my cousins who live there.”
“I’ll tell my parents the same thing, but we have to tell our parents tomorrow because we have to arrange where we’ll meet up with Aaron.”
So that’s chapter 7 done, they’re going to Durango, I am truly sorry if I have offended anyone who lives in Colorado, Dorset or goes to Mullen, East High or Fort Lewis College.
