Missing Piece [COMPLETED]

Chapter Three

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I woke up to a white ceiling with a pounding in the side of my head.

The blurry fog left my eyes to focus on where I was. The nurses office, and beside me on another bed was Cody, awake with switches in his puffy lip.

"You were knocked unconscious you poor thing," the nurse cooed, then narrowed her eyes in Cody's direction.

I carefully sat up, groaning as I could feel how sore my temple was, I looked at Cody who smiled weakly,

"What happened Cody?"

Cody smirked, causing his puffy lip to twitch. "Someone was calling me out, I couldn't back down from a challenge."

I rolled my eyes. "So the principle didn't find out?"

"Oh he did, I'm suspended from the soccer team and have detention for four weeks."

I sighed, Cody's habits never changed. Yet I had this gut feeling that he was better than that. I shrugged the feeling off and got up.

"I'm sorry about knocking you out," He mumbled, making his swollen mouth twitch again.

I gave a quick half-smile and skedaddled my way out the door towards my car.

As soon as I had opened the door to my house my mother greeted my lateness with a stern look, 'Not telling me where you are young lady isn't a good idea, especially when all the news talks about are kidnapping in this area."

I sighed, although realizing my mother was right. Our class had already lost one girl to these mysterious kidnappers. Her name was Jean Myers. She was beautiful, talented, and obvious the perfect target because she would hang around the school very late due to her tutoring. I silently thanked God that that wasn't what happened to me.

I breathed slowly, and came to my mom's side and side-hugged her.

"I'm fine mom, just a tiring day." Lying about where I had been. Telling my mother I had been knocked unconscious was saving her from unnecessary strife. And to think it was only the beginning of school.

The next few weeks of school however, breezed past, and having Alyssa to talk to at lunch made school a lot more bearable. Every so often after school I would peak my nose in the gymnasium or library to see Cody hard at work doing laborious chores for the various teachers.

I could see how bored he looked so I decided to go cheer him up one afternoon.

"Hey," my timid voice broke the silence of the library. His olive eyes caught my eyes and our gaze was locked. "Hey long time no see tiger," he smiled, the mark on his lip still visible.

He was rummaging through the books, trying to organize them by alphabetical order. Although knowing our school, he would just end up having to do it all over again tomorrow. The air was musty, and there was a silence growing between us until Cody's eyes met mine again.

"So there's a bonfire tonight, around the old Farmwald barn."

My hands became clammy, realizing I hadn't been invited to go anywhere in a very long time. I shifted uneasily and Cody noticed, "If you're nervous I'll show up with you." He grinned, showing the utmost of pleading in his eyes.

How could I say no? His warm smile, and his inviting eyes were hard to deny.

"Be at my place around 8," I said shyly, then I pulled a sharpie out of my bag.

"Give me your hand," I implored Cody, and Cody's eyebrow's furrowed, I started writing my number out on his palm.

"So you can contact me then." I smiled, lowering my eyes so he wouldn't notice my faint blush.

He gave me another beautiful smile and replied, "See ya then."

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I looked at my reflection in the tall mirror in front of me. My hair was naturally wavy so I gave it a quick spritz of hairspray to keep the waves in place. I had on a pair of ripped jeans, a lace top, a leather jacket, and boots.

I wasn't much for fashionista but I knew what looked good and what didn't. I spent a few extra minutes painting my fingernails black until my phone buzzed.

Hey. I'm here, can you hurry up? ;)

I glanced at my reflection one last time and then hurried downstairs to meet Cody.

I felt silly dressing up to impress but I felt I deserved at least a little attention.

The fall air was chilly and crisp, and I could feel how hot my cheeks were compared to the temperature outside.

Why did Cody make me feel so nervous?

As we drove along the dark road, my mind floated off and remembered just how hurt I was. I remembered after that summer night I spent in my bathroom scratching my arms, waiting for the pain to just stop, even though it never did. I almost passed out, until my Mom walked in, and called an ambulance. It was stupid, I was upset, but I knew my heart was guarded now, a wall built so high and thick no one could penetrate my shell.

But yet I wanted to know Cody. I wanted to be near him, and as I glanced at him singing along to a Guns N Roses song on the radio I smiled. Maybe... But I shook the thought out of my head as we pulled up to the bunches of cars in the field.

The air was filled with the smell of marijuana and beer, mixed with the woody smell of the fire. The woods let out into a clearing with the old barn directly off-center. It's wood so old, no one dared enter it unless they really couldn't control their hormones.

The crackle of the fire sent shivers down my back, and I suddenly felt out of place. My usual gang of older friends weren't here to mingle me in with the rest of the crowd so as Cody left my side to go to his friends, I decided to go sit by the fire. Music blared from a couple closely parked vehicles, and I couldn't really see the faces of people, everyone was turned away from the fire either smoking, or dancing.

I didn't like feeling like a loner, and just as I picked up my cell phone, the fire illuminated a face. My eyes widened.

My stomach dropped, and my skin prickled at the face I recognized.

Oh crap.

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