Cracked Up.

Day 3

Chloe's POV.

Mollie and I are currently laughing our arses off. I can't even remember why.

Aaron had a classic mantrum. He hates the way he used to be. We were all friends and were super into ghosts and the paranormal. Something happened in 8th grade that made him drastically change and the only person in this group he could tolerate was Charlotte. He became so disconnected with Mollie, Maddi and I that he even acts like he never knew us.

"Did you hear that?" Mollie says, with a serious look on her face. My smile goes down quickly "Hear what?" I bite my lip and my heart beats faster. "A scream, coming from over there I think" Mollie points to a direction. "Uh, no, I didn't" I state. We hear footsteps heading our way. "I think Aaron and the girls are back, they must have been messing around when you heard the scream" I laugh.
Maddi comes into view, she does not look happy, what has happened now? "Where is Charlotte?" She asks angrily, "With you?" Mollie says. Maddi's angry expression turns into a worried one. "She ditched me! I thought she came here!" She frantically states. The alcohol seems to have less of an effect now and my careless mind is becoming overwhelmed. "Let's go look for her, she is probably still looking for Aaron" Mollie says. She grabs a torch and a jumper for herself and me, and we begin to search.

"What's the time?" Maddi asks. I glance at my watch, it reads 1:27am. "1:27" I say.
My eyes are really starting to feel heavy. "We'll head over to the lake, this is really stupid, it is so easy to get lost in this forest. Why would anyone run off?" Mollie asks, "I don't know, but I hope we find them soon cause I am getting really tired" I yawn.

When we get to the lake we see Aaron there, throwing small pebbles into the water. "Aaron!!" we all exclaim. I look around for Charlotte, she is no where to be seen. "Um, where is Charlotte?" I ask. "How am I supposed to know?" He grumbles. Oh no, oh no, oh no. This is bad.

Aaron's POV.

I am so mad. Charlotte is lost somewhere in this stupid forest where there are dead people's bones and ghost sightings. Not that I believe that they are true or anything but Charlotte does. She's probably so scared right now, and getting herself even deeper into the woods. Maybe we should call the police. She is probably closer than we think though, and it would just be a false alarm.

"Well, I don't think we should split up. So let's get into groups. I'll go with Chloe and Maddi can go with Mollie, I don't trust Mollie and Chloe together, they are too mischievous" I say. Chloe sticks her tongue out at me.

Chloe and I go to the left and the other two go to the right. It seems pointless walking around out here, it is so quiet and looks un-touched. "CHARLOTTE?! ARE YOU OUT HERE??" I yell. We hear nothing. "Maybe we should just call the police to find her, they could come in big groups and they have special equipment to find people. What if we leave it too long? I would hate for anything bad to happen to her." Chloe says. "Nothing is going to happen to her! She is just lost" I explain, "How the hell do you even know that?" Chloe asks. I didn't know that. I hoped that.

Mollie's POV.

"It's been 3 hours of searching, she must be somewhere else, cause I really don't think she is over here." I say. The sky is starting to light up, and morning dew is beginning to form on the leaves of flowers and trees. "Hm..Maybe the others found her over on their side of the forest, because I don't see any evidence of her even stepping over on this side." Maddi says. We agree to walk back to the camp and start the fire up again before making breakfast for the others. They probably have Charlotte with them, I can't wait to laugh about how silly she is for getting lost and joking around about this whole thing with everyone later on. I hate being worried like this, it feels horrible.