Disappeared

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I didn't go to school that week at all. Kiki wasn't found and August stayed off as well. Summer visited a few times after school but she wasn't allowed to stay off. Amelia still hadn't come out of hospital and she was just getting worse and I cried almost everyday.

A week later there was still no sign of Kiki. Annabelle still hadn't gone home. Calum cried a lot and she needed to be there for him.  She had told her parents that she was doing a quick course and would be home in two weeks. She was nineteen so they couldn't say much.

On the Friday two weeks after Kiki's disappearance I had a panic attack. I still hadn't gone back to school at all. August had though. His Dad finally took notice of him staying off and made him go back.

I was sitting on the armchair while Calum and Annabelle sat on the couch. Thoughts of Kiki came into my mind. She had been gone for two weeks now. Then images from all my horrible nightmares about her flooded my brain, and then May's death.
I started panicking. I couldn't go through loosing another sister. My throat tightened, I lost feeling in my hands and I couldn't hear the anymore. Then I realised that my breathing had sped right up. I panicked more and I started crying. I felt as though I was being pulled underwater.

"July? JULY?" Calum roared but all I could hear was a whisper.
"Calm down," he said but I could see him panicking himself.
"July, breathe," Annabelle said, gently.
"What's wrong with her?" Calum asked.
"She's having a panic attack. I'm sure it will pass in a minute," Annabelle replied.
But it didn't pass. I had constant panic attacks. One after another. An hour later I was still having them and Annabelle was beginning to look worried.
"Cal, I don't know what to do!" She exclaimed.
"Wait, remember she had one of these at Starbucks right?"
"Yeah, she did."
"And August calmed her down!" He said.
"Oh yes, quickly phone August!" Annabelle ordered.

I had no idea what they were saying. I was breathing too fast and the feeling of being pulled underwater hadn't disappeared.

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