Vanished

Part two

I woke up early that morning and walked into the kitchen to make myself coffee. As the kettle boiled furiously, I saw my dad on the sofa watching a football match, by the look on his face, he hadn't been to sleep at all. I couldn't blame him.
"Would you like some coffee?" I asked him from the kitchen, he just grunted as a response, I wasn't entirely sure if this meant yes or no so I just made him one anyway. Once I had finished my coffee, I walked to the door and said goodbye to dad. When I stepped outside, hot air swarmed around me. It was early and already it was about 4o degrees. I decided that I'd walk to school so I wasn't in too early, I didn't know why I was bothering to attended school, I hardly ever went so why was I going today, the day after my sisters disappearance. I was actually enjoying my walk to school, the sound of the sea calmed my nerves, then suddenly someone shouted my name. Making me jump. I spun round to see it was Jacob, a boy in my chemistry class. The kind of idiot that makes rude jokes just to make girls feel uncomfortable, he was a dickhead and I hated him.
"Oh go away!" I exclaimed, I really couldn't deal with his shit right now.
"Hey, hey I was only trying to be polite for fucks sake!" He said, smirking. He always found it amusing whenever I retaliated.
"Cool. I'm not in the mood," I said, glad that we were at school so I didn't have to speak with him.
"Oh don't be silly! Your always in the mood! I know you loved the party didn't you!" He said, nudging me playfully. I tried to move away, but he just starting playfully punching me. What was his deal?
"Yeah didn't we all? Now leave me alone." I said wilfully. He started laughing and I just looked at him. He was such a weirdo.
"But we....really enjoyed it didn't we?" He said in a menacing tone that freaked me out a little.
"To be honest I don't really remember and I don't care too!" I snapped. I didn't even wait for his reply, I just walked straight into school.
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First thing was double maths, I really couldn't be bothered so I just stared at the mass of green trees outside the window. Where was my sister right now? Was she alive? Was she in pain? Why couldn't I know, I just wished that I was with her or that I knew for certain where she was. I suddenly felt a sharp pen nib jab into my arm, I cried out in protest to see Will Hardy with a note in his hand, looking apologetic. Rubbing my arm, I snatched the note and instantly smiled.
Melanie,
Meet me at McDonalds at lunch xx
Tom
I smiled. The note was from Tom, my boyfriend of two months. I loved him more than anything. He was so kind and understanding, plus he had an excellent jawline. At the bottom of the piece of paper I wrote,
I love you xxx
I knew that didn't seem like a valid answer but he knew what it meant, he knew I wanted more than anything to sit with him and talk to him. The lesson dragged on and on, it was honestly so tiresome but I couldn't do anything else. My sister was gone and my dad said I was worthless, all I could do was just sit in school, trying not to cry.
After Maths, it was break time and I just sat on my own whilst I saw some year sevens mucking about, I smirked, they were in Janie's year but they were so different to her. She would happily go to the library to read the hunger games whilst nibbling on a ham sandwich, she had friends but she was happy to be alone. I wondered if she was reading at that moment, highly unlikely but not impossible. Maybe she wasn't even alive anymore. The thought of her frail dead body made tears sting my eyes, I knew I shouldn't be so morbid but I mean I needed to prepare for the worst, right?
"MELANIE!!" I heard someone shout, I spun round to see two of my friends rushing towards me.
"Are you ok?" asked Holly, embracing me in a hug. I nodded, pulling away. I couldn't stand hugs, especially not pity ones.
"I'm fine," I said, maybe a bit too abruptly.
"You don't look fine sweetie," my other friend Hanna said, she sat other side of me and looked at me with a concerned expression on her face.
"Guys look,I'm seriously fine," I said, it was a lie but I didn't really feeling like opening my heart out to them.
"Ok ok, fine," sighed Holly, getting out her watermelon babylips lip gloss. She always got her lip gloss out in awkward situations, she hated arguments.
"So how was the party?" asked Hanna, nudging me and smirking.
"I don't remember," I said timidly, feeling so embarrassed about getting so drunk I couldn't even remember what I did, who I spoke too. I only remembered at that moment that Holly and Hanna didn't come because they had other things on. I remembered the argument we had because I still really wanted to go because it was one of my closest friends eighteenth birthday and I knew some hot boys would be there, I never meant to hurt Holly or Hanna but they don't own me, do they?
"Right," said Hanna looking bummed. Then her eyes sparkled. "Ohhhh, oh my god!!!! How wasted did you get!" she exclaimed nudging me and laughing. I knew they meant to be funny, but it really wasn't the right time and they were getting on my fucking nerves.
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When lunchtime occurred, I walked down to McDonalds, I felt really insensitive to this situation. I felt like I should be mourning, not going to lunch to meet my boyfriend. I stood in front of the restaurant and thought, maybe I should go home? I should apologise to my dad, tell him I love him. Then I stopped myself, why would would I talk to that bastard! He told me I was fucking worthless and he made me feel like shit. I suddenly felt so angry, I just wanted to go home and scream at my dad.
"Hey," Tom said as he wrapped his arms around me. Making me instantly calmer.
"Oh hello,' I said, kissing him daintily on the lips. Hand in hand we both walked in and ordered French fries to share and I ordered a strawberry and mango smoothie for myself. We took our fries and drinks and walked down to the beach. We got out some towels out from his bag (he always came prepared) He took his shirt off showing his muscular and tanned body, I smiled and my hand reached out wanting to hold him. I took my pink sleeveless blouse off exposing my olive skin and my lilac bra, I knew I was in a public place but no one from school would see me and I wasn't shy anyway. I lead down on the towel and Tom wrapped his arms around me so we were lying down with our noses touching.
"I love you baby, whatever happens I always will ok. Is there anything I can do to help you?"he said, stroking my hair. Still holding me.
"I love you too. I'm so sorry if anything becomes awkward between us, if I drift away but no matter what, I'll try and stay as close to you as I possibly can. You are the one keeping me strong," I said, my voice breaking. Before I knew it I was crying, huge salty warm  tears streaming down my cheeks,I felt awkward because our faces were so close together that I felt I was getting tears on him. I tried to pull away, but Tom kept a hold of me. Holding me close.
"It's ok," he whispered, wiping my tears away and kissing my cheeks.
"It's my fault, I should have never left her," I sobbed into his chest. I told him what happened, I told him about the party and how I hurt my sister and how I left her swimming on her own, just to go to sleep.
"Babe it's not your fault, you thought she would be ok. You thought she was safe and that's ok. She could have been kidnapped after getting out of the water. Stop saying its your fault, it wasn't," he said sternly.
"But I left her, what if she drowned, that would be all my fault. I should have just waited for her!" I cried. Tears running down my cheeks.
"Baby I know but we all do things we regret, don't we?" said Tom. He was so caring and he tried so hard to understand, there was no way he could though. His sister had never gone missing, he hasn't even got siblings.
"But this is different," I sobbed. He tried to say something but he thought better of it. What could he say to make this better, he could try but nothing can make this right. I lead into his chest for what seemed like ages, sobbing, he was just there comforting me.
"We could get done for truancy you know," whispered Tom into my head. I giggled, catching his eyes.
"I guess we need to hide in the sea then," I said feeling stuffy and sweaty. I got up and pulled Tom's arm and we ran to the sea, I threw off my shorts and dived in.
"Shit it's freezing, oh my god oh my god!" I said trying to get out, but Tom pulled me and I fell down screaming with delight. We mucked about, splashing each other, kissing and pulling each other deeper into the sea. It was so fun and I had forgotten about everything until I saw my house gleaming in the sunlight. All the fun I was having turned to guilt and I suddenly detested having a house so close to the sea, making the real world hit me.
"Babe, don't. Just forget for now," said Tom cupping my face.
"But what if my D......." I trailed off, Tom pushed me under before I could say it. I shrieked excitedly, splashing him with armfuls of water.
"SCREAM!" shouted Tom.
"WHAT?" I shouted back. I could hardly hear him over the crashing of the sea's waves.
"SCREAM LIKE NO ONES LISTENING. GO ON, LET THAT PAIN OUT!" he said, then he swam deeper and screamed at the top of his voice. Laughing, I swam up to him and hugged him. I scanned the water for people, there were obviously loads of people swimming, but none near enough to judge us for screaming. I coughed then inhaled, followed by an almighty scream that probably shook the whole world.
"Do you feel better?" asked Tom.
"HELL YEAH!" I shouted, wrapping my legs around Tom's waist and kissing him.
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The sun was almost about to set when Tom said he had to go home. I felt disappointed, I was having such a lovely time with my him. He was so special and I loved him so much.
"Ok I love you! Might see you tomorrow," I said not sure whether I was going to attend school tomorrow, I thought he might say something but he just smiled.
"Ok sweetie ," he said kissing my forehead. We said our goodbyes and kissed each other, then he was gone. As I walked up the sandy concrete steps, I saw Tina, the girl who's birthday it was the other night.
"Melanie hey!! Are you ok?!" exclaimed Tina hugging her, her weight nearly toppling me over.
"Yeah I'm ok, how are you?" I asked, I wasn't sure if she knew about Janie, she probably did but hey I wasn't going to say anything.
"I'm good, hey what was up at the party. Was everything ok?" asked Tina. The same embarrassment came up upon me, I knew I didn't remember but it sounded strange, why would Tina ask that?
"Oh...I..I don't seem to remember, why?" I asked and Tina frowned.
"Well it's just that you were crying hysterically and then you collapsed on the beach and we couldn't wake you," said Tina. This freaked me out, ok why was I crying? Chances were that I got so over excited with being drunk that I just let my emotions out.
"Oh do you know why I was crying?" I asked, hoping she'd tell me that I got really drunk  and just collapsed but she just shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I was drunk that night too. Hey although my friend Coral said you went off with someone for like an hour or something? I'm sorry I'm really not sure," she said apologetically. I was so scared, who did I go off with and what happened that night.........