Escape

Chapter 10

As I made for the front door I saw something but could it be. Oh my God it is! Jonathan left his cellphone home. The stupid retard. It was just there in the couch, so lonely. Oh well! I ran over to it and pressed the power button and as if luck was my best friend, his phone was not secured; meaning no password. SCORE .  I found myself scrolling through his messages until I found his conversations with Riley. When I did I was surprised to see that the last time they texted was two weeks ago. The very last was sent by Jonathan saying " Sorry Riley, we're through"

My God! Did Jonathan break up with Riley? The bastard! I could go and kick his ass right now but I need to know where Riley was. She didn't even tell me this happened and she is my best friend. Where could she be? Staying here wouldn't solve my problems. Going out there and finding her will. But wait! Riley hasn't been around for two weeks, why didn't her parents report her missing? Did they not notice that their daughter was gone? Was this a regular thing? Did she do this on a regular basis where she came from? Would I ever run away from my parents? Would I ever run away from my parents? Would my parents notice that I'm gone? I mean they're always busy but they would know when I'm gone,right? Uggghhhh!!!  RILEY WHERE ARE YOU???

I pulled out my phone and rang her number. "Pick up! Pick up! Pick up!", if only she could hear me. Like seriously, where the hell could she be? I tried again but no answer. GOD! I had to find her cause now I'm beginning to get scared. Adolescence tend to not know how to control their emotions and do stupid things. for all I know, she could be dead somewhere and I'm here like a fool ringing her cellphone waiting for her to pick up. I know it's horrible to think that but it's possible. i hate myself for thinking that she could actually be out there rotting with her eyes open on the ground. EWWWW.... gross picture right. Anyways, I ventured off on my quest for the lost and possibly dead girl. By then I felt as though I had a huge knot in my stomach and tears rolled down my eyes as I remembered all the missed calls, messages and emails I got from her and didn't bother to reply. Then I thought to myself if one of those calls was to tell me where she was going and what she was going to do. Ugghhh!!! I'm so stupid and selfish. My God, I never thought myself to be selfish until Riley made me look at myself in a different light. I am freaking self centered. "Riley, if you could hear me, I'm sorry", I said as tears rolled down my eyes as I drove down the freeway. "I was such a jerk. I should have been there to comfort you when you guys broke up but instead I wasn't.  "Riley I'm so sorry". I became a soggy mess. I wiped my eyes and tried to focus on the road. I rolled down the window to get some fresh air and turned on the radio but they just had to play depressing music huh! I turned it back off because I didn't want to feel even crappier. "Where was I going?", you ask. Somewhere. I find myself driving down an old abandoned road in the middle of nowhere when I spot something. It was a pink cellphone that someone probably lost when they were driving or walking down this deserted dirt road. Hey! Wait a minute! I recognized this phone. This is Riley's. As I looked down the path I see tyre tracks going further down the dirt road. This phone was totally destroyed though. It looked as though someone beat it with a baseball bat or something. There was no way of fixing that. I placed the phone on my dashboard and continued down the path of "doom".