Venom (Completed) ✔

Missing Mandy

<Alissa's POV> (perspective from Ch.4 to Ch8. )

"Well. See you later, I guess?" I say to Mandy after I unlock my bike.

She waves at me: 'Catch you later!'

I jump on my cycle and bike away.

"I haven't even thanked her for saving me. Instead, I just hide things from her.." I say to myself as I bike towards my house.

I let Mandy believe that I didn't remember what I saw in the mirror back in the police station. But actually I remember it, crystal clear. I saw a dark haired, blue-green eyed man where the blue color in his eyes clearly stood out, standing behind me. Or should I call 'him' an it? Because from one time to another his perfectly green-blue eyes blurred into one black substance. That's all I remember, and it's not really natural. I must have been hallucinating.

Then I think of Mandy again. Maybe I should do some quality time at Bree's bar tomorrow with her. Bree is a good female friend of Mandy's mother. Besides, Michael will be there. He is an ex-classmate from sophomore year I have a crush on. He was a good friend back then, and we still talk now and then. I just love his hair, he always dyes it in several colors. It leaves me breathless.

All this thinking made the time go faster. Because before knew, I was home already. I put my bike in the garage and walk inside through the backdoor that is unlocked.

As I walk in, my mum immediately starts talking: "Hey hon, how was your day, what did you had for dinner at Mandy's?"

I take off my shoes and look at mum. "Hey, my day was.. good, but I haven't ate yet".

She looks surprised at me "Didn't ate? It's 8 PM.".

I shrug my shoulders; "Are there leftovers?" I ask as a solution.

Mum walks to the couch "Yes, in the micro. Spaghetti".

After I ate the spaghetti, I decided to head to bed. I'm just so tired and above all confused of what happened today..

As I lie in bed, I'm wondering. Wondering about what Mandy would be doing at the moment. I guess she is watching Netflix.

I can't sleep, a lot of things I can't explain happened today that keeps me awake. After 30 minutes, I fall asleep.

*trr.. trr..* I hear my phone vibrating at my nightstand that makes the vibrating sounds all the more louder. With slit eyes I look at the screen of my phone that is way too bright. Someone is calling me.. at 3:30 AM?

I hesitate, yet I decide to press the answer button "Hello?"

"Hello, it's Veronica, Mandy's mother. Is Mandy with you?"

Why would she ask that? There must be something wrong.. "She's not here, why? Isn't she home yet?" I respond.

There's a moment of silence but I can hear soccer on the TV and I hear her talking to someone, probably Pete, Mandy's dad.

"Hello?'. I ask to check if she's still there.

"Yes, I'm sorry, we need to keep looking for Mandy. She's not home, we will appreciate if you help us by texting or calling her, maybe she will answer you". Veronica says.

"OK, I will. I hope you'll find her soon!"

"me too, bye" Veronica responds.

Why does she notices Mandy is missing at 3:30? Why not earlier?

But then I remember her parents aren't really old, and they go out like almost every Sunday night with some friends. Yes, you heard me. Sunday. Not really mature, if you ask me.

I quickly start texting Mandy. But I notice she hasn't been online for quite a while, so I call her. She answers her phone really quick, how could her parents not be able to reach her? Did they even tried?

'Hello?' I hear Mandy saying with a soft voice as if she is whispering.

I immediately start asking questions "Hello, it's Alissa. I had a call from your parents, you aren't home? Where are you, are you OK?" .

'Whoa, whoa. Relax. I'm OK, I just had to...'

There was a moment of silence. Eventually she finishes her sentence: 'I was on a.. date'.

I'm speechless. Mandy and a date.. make that the cat wise*. I figure how late it is and she being on a date at this time.. Just no.

"At midnight?" I respond, where the doubt I have is clearly uttered.

There is a moment of silence again. Then I hear a strange voice: "Yes, she was dating me, I'm sorry for not informing you. She is heading home now"

Who the hell is that? Her date?!

"Glad you're OK, Mandy. See you soon?" I say after a while.

"Bye now" I hear the guy saying. And then he hangs up on me. My first thought was that she had been raped or something because she just doesn't date and especially not without telling me.. It's just not something Alissa would do. The rape thought is probably a delusion, but still. It makes me chuckle though. Then I remember I forgot to ask her to go to Bree's tomorrow, so I text it anyway:

"Bree's bar at 3 tomorrow?". A respond of Mandy can take a while, so I decide to go back to sleep again. It's All in all, still night

At 10 in the morning I wake up. I immediately grab my phone off of my nightstand. I notice Mandy texted me back last night 20 minutes after I sent my message.

It reads: 'Yeah, cool. See you then!'.

I smile, not only because she wants to hang at Bree's today, but because Michael will be there too.

*Make that the cat wise, also a Dutch phrase.

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