I'm A Way

chapter 5

Mom drove us to a tattoo parlor. We got tattoos on our feet mine says 'her daughter' and mom's says "her mother'. After that mom took us to a salon and we got out nails done. After that we went to the movie theater and watched a movie and then went to the mall. We came home with about ten bags each.

We walked through the front door laughing at the joke I had just made. Dad looked at us like we were crazy and Bandit was sitting on the living room floor coloring.

"So how was your day out?" dad asked.

"It was great we got matching tattoos." mom said.

"What where?" dad asked with wide eyes.

"On our feet." I said.

Me and mom walked into the kitchen.

"Why?" dad asked following us.

"Because I thought it would be cool." mom said with a little laugh at the end.

"And I went along with it." I said.

"You guys are crazy." dad said.

"Yeah I know but that's why you love me." mom said walking really close to dad and by close I mean there was no space between the two they were pressed together.

"Okay don't do anything while I'm in the room please." I said opening the refrigerator door.

"Okay Lady L." mom said walking away from dad and taking off her shoes.

I closed the refrigerator door seeing nothing I wanted to eat. I opened the freezer door and took out my ice cream. I closed the door and grabbed a spoon. I walked into the living room to see Bandit gone and the front door open.

"No no no no NO!" I repeated.

"BANDIT!" I yelled.

Mom and dad walked into the room.

"What'd she do?" dad asked.

"I think you are asking the wrong question." I said.

"Why do you say..." mom trailed off once she seen Bandit was not in the room and the front door was open.

"BANDIT!" mom screamed at the top of her lungs.

Dad's eyes widened and he walked off. I put my ice cream away and ran out of the front door in search for my little sister.

We looked all day with help from Frank, Ray, Jimmy, Chantal, Mary, Josh, Peter, uncle Mikey, Jamia, Steve, and Jennifer/Kitty but no one found her.

We were back at the live. Peter was hugging me as I cried on his shoulder. Chantal was hugging mom as mom cried and dad was bawling his brother hugging him. Everyone was staying over so we could look for Bandit again tomorrow but tomorrow is Monday. Cherry, Lilly, and Miles were staying over seeing as their parents are staying.

"Where could she have gone?" Ray asked.

"I don't know." mom said wiping a tear from her face.

"She couldn't have gone far." Frank said.

"Oh you don't know how fast that girl can run." I said.

"Why'd she just run off tho?" Mary asked.

"We don't know." Dad said.

"Who was the first one to see she was gone?" Jimmy asked.

"Me." I said.

"Mommy I'm tired." Lilly said with a yawn.

"Okay baby girl lets put you to sleep." Jamia said picking Lilly up and walking to the room the kids were staying in.

Lilly, Cherry, and Miles were staying in Bandits room. Peter, Mary, and Josh were staying in my room with me. Chantal and Jimmy got the room they have when the stay over. Frank and Jamia have the guest room. Mikey and Ray would be sleeping in the living room.

"She could have gone to a friends house." I said.

"Really?" Chantal asked as if that was a dumb suggestion.

"If I were to run away I would go to a friends house." I said.

"Really?" Dad asked.

"Come on I'm trying to be helpful." I said.

"I don't see Bandit going to a friends house." Mom said.

"Maybe someone kidnapped her." Mary said.

"MARY!" Chantal yelled.

"Sorry but I'm just saying she's been out there for a while." Mary said.

"Maybe someone killed her." Josh said.

"JOSHUA BEIRSACK!" Mary and Peter yelled.

Mom, dad, and I started crying harder than we were before.

"Let's just think happy thoughts like she did go to friends house." Mikey said.

"Lola, Gerard, Lyn-z for this problem go outside and smoke a cigarette." Frank said handing dad a half full pack.

Dad, mom, and I walked outside.

We all took one cigarette and light ours.

We stomped out the cigarettes once we were done. I turned around facing the door. Mom and dad already walked when I heard Bandit's voice.

"Lola when are going come find me. It's hide and seek you know." Bandit's voice said.

I spun around but she wasn't there. I walked around the house no where. Why must Bandit run off.

I walked inside the house. I sat on the couch and put my head in my hands.

I heard Bandit's voice again.

"Sis come on where do I hide?" her voice asked.

I stood up and grabbed my phone. I walked outside. I walked out back. I turned on my flashlight on my phone and went to the tree house dad, uncle Mikey, Frank, and Ray built when I was 4. I climbed the ladder up. I sat in the tree house and cried. Bandit was gone but she was in my head.

"Lola turn around you found me stop crying." Bandit's voice said.

I turned around but she wasn't there. I was going crazy. I cried harder and just sat in the tree house. Maybe I really miss her.

"Sisy you aren't looking hard enough. I tricked you again. I'm with..." her voice it's in my head.

Who would she be with?

"Lily." I heard her voice again.

I jumped out of tree house not giving a shit how high up I was. I ran back into the house. I looked around the living room Jamia was with Frank. Cherry and Miles weren't in the room. I ran to Bandit's room. Bandit and Lily weren't in the room, but Cherry was sitting awake in the corner talking to someone.

"Lily where did you go?" Cherry asked.

Shit. Lily is gone now too and me and Cherry are going crazy without our sisters.

"Lola I can hear Lily but she is not here. Where did she go?" Cherry asked looking at me.

"Lola the man brought me to a different room it has a big bed." Bandit's voice said in my head.

I picked up Cherry and walked out of the room and into the living room.

"What are you doing with Cherry Lola?" Frank asked.

"I'm finding my sister and your daughter." I said to Frank.

"You are holding my daughter." Frank said.

"Wrong daughter." I said.

"But I put her sleep. She should in be that room." Jamia said.

"Go check she's not there." I said.

"Lola Lilly is scared." Cherry said.

"What does she mean?" Frank asked.

"Lola the man is scaring me." Bandit's voice said.

"It's hard to explain." I said.