Unexpected

7) Double Date

I frightendly looked around searching for signs of her. With all the chaos that was happening lately, it was hard to not be worrying about everyone all the time.

I found her in the bathroom of the gas station tied from the waist up with a gash on her forehead.

"What happened!" I screeched

"Shhhhhh" She said.

I felt a man reach for me from behind. His hands forced me down, I threw my hands up forcing myself up. He pushed me down covering my eyes. He opened the stall door and I heard him whisper to her, "Remember our deal."

I heard rustling as I heard both my sister and the man leave.

I got up pushing the stall door opening seeing no evidence left of Jess.

I got out of the gas station and went outside. Harry ran up to me.

"You okay?"

"Ya I'm fine, but my sister..."

"What happened?" he asked.

I took a few minutes explaining to him what happened in the gas station.

"That's horrible," he took his hand and rest it upon my shoulder. "I have sorta good news for you."

"What is it!" I pleaded.

"I took that note with the 7 numbers and letters off your desk, and put it I'm my wallet a little while back. I just happened to see that man take away your sister, but I couldn't act fast enough. I pulled out the note and it matched up with his license plate."

I gasped in shock.

"We can go to the nearest police station and report him." Matt spoke up, sliding into the front seat.

I nodded my head.

We got to the station and Harry told them everything about how I was drugged by the man who was matched up to the license, and how my sister had been taken by him.

The police went out on a search for him, and told us they'd contact us when they find him.

Matt took me home, and by then I'd contacted Skyler and told my mom about Jess getting taken away by that man, and how the police were out looking for him.

Skyler called and asked if I wanted her to come over to help with anything. I told her that I'd love for her to come over and be there so I wouldn't be so scared of my own house, and we could turn it in to a Mani Pedi night.

She got to my house and the first question I bombed her with was this hottie she was locking lips with earlier today.

"Who is he?" I blurted out.

"Who?"

"Don't pretend you weren't snogging with blondie earlier." I teased her chuckling.

"I think you're thinking of someone else." She blushed.

"What's the name?" I smiled.

"Dallas."

"Wow interesting name, how'd you two meet?"

"I met him at camp this summer."

"So a summer romance?" I winked at her.

She didn't say anything, she just smiled.

"Ooooo, more than a summer romance?" I added.

Her smile grew bigger.

"Can I meet him sometime? We should have like a double date, Me, Harry, You, and Dallas. Well I take that back Harry and I aren't dating," I laughed a little nervously. "We're really just friends, but come on it'd still be fun!"

Skyler nodded.

"Really?!" I said shocked.

"Yes! I'll call Harry, you text Dallas and ask him!" I instructed.

I went into the other room to talk to Harry privately on the phone. "Hey, I know we're friends, but I really wanna get Skyler and this new guy together, and I think the only way I can get this to work out is by setting up a double date." I heard silence through the phone. "You think of me as a friend," Harry asked. "well um, are you in?" I asked. "Uh, why not." "Okay, talk to you later!"

I abruptly ended the call and ran into the room where Skyler was.

I squealed as I told her Harry could go.

The fumes of perfume filled the air as Skyler squirted some on her wrist the next evening as we got ready for the date. I twirled my hair around the barrel of my curler making the finishing touches of my hairstyle.

Skyler threw on a white lace skirt and a teal shear top to go with it. She picked out some sparky sandals and a simple necklace to top it off.

"You're wearing something under your shirt right?" I asked

"Oh ya duh, I wasn't really gonna- haha I was going to put something under this." she blushed.

"Uhhuh sure you were, after Dallas had seen your bra through your shirt." I said shaking my head laughing.

"Ugh Jen you're impossible, I'm sure you've done the same around Harry or what's his face."

I blushed, "I don't like Harry Sky." I said convincingly.

But it wasn't convincing enough to convince Skyler, because she just shook her head rolling her eyes. But truth is I sort of thought he was cute, but I can't see us going anywhere. I sort of see him as a brother in a weird way.

We got to the restaurant and Sky tried to introduce me to Dallas, but I could tell her palms were sweaty and her voice trembled out of nervousness.

I tried breaking the ice, many times with new conversations, but I found myself the only one talking. I thought to myself if I let them sit together alone for a bit that'd push them to talk.

I nudged Harry and stood up to say that we were going to take a look a the dessert menu, and winked at Sky.

Harry smiled as I dragged him outside.

"Where you taking me love?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Since when have I been you love? I said sacastically.

"You know I've always had a crush on you, so to me, you've always been my love."he said smiling as if he didn't care how I responded to his words.

He always seemed to feel to comfortable with saying anything, which bothered me.

"You know what, you're smug, and full of yourself. Just go find someone else to mess with."

"But I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because I like you."

"No you don't."

"You're right" he said

"What!"

"You're right. I don't like you, Jen. You know everything about me now. it scares me that you know mostly everything because I'm not a good person, or influence on you. so it'd just be better to leave you and go to this audition next week. You won't even ever have to see me again." he sighed and slid into the next taxi lined up out of the restaurant."

"Harry, what audition?"

"The X-Factor, Jen." he said slamming the car door shut.