Red Rose

Chapter Three

             The next morning I wake up and I feel lost like always. I wash I get dressed and I head out the door. But this particular day was just dreadful. I look dreadful and I felt it. I get to school and there she is. I don't know what to say to her honestly I just want to crawl in a hole and just stay there forever. "Hey Milly". She rolled her eyes at me and slammed her locker shut. "What do you want?". "Listen I'm sorry about yesterday and I didn't mean to do that to you". She didn't say anything so I just walked off. She really is a tough one. Every day since then Ive been feeling off about everything. as if i knew something was going down just didn't know what. the next morning i wake up and its gloomy outside and the wind is tapping at my window. "I don't know what your trying to tell me lord but i hope its something good I could really use it". I said to myself as i opened my door. today i decided to be cute i had on my white shirt, black skirt, and red heels. I like to go all out if i do say so myself. As soon as i stepped out the door i looked over at her. "Why are you still here?". "Listen I'm still your mother". "Yet i still don't have one ". "Erin". My dad shouted. "Not today". i turned and walked away. "One day your gonna wish you had me as your mother". she said as she approached me. "IVE BEEN WISHING I HAD A MOTHER AND YET I STILL DON'T HAVE ONE". After that she slapped me in my face and i slapped her back and tackled her to the ground. "YOU WERE NEVER THERE SO DON'T ACT LIKE I OWE YOU SOMETHING BECAUSE I DON'T". I got off of her and just walked away. I'm not wrong to feel how i feel and shes not right to come back into my life as if i owe her some love or respect. I get to school and for some reason the put in my stomach opened back up. As I walk the halls everyone is starring at me whispering to their friends. I get to my locker and put my things inside and than Javi came and he was upset. "What happened?". I asked as if I knew something happened already. "She..she..she". He kept stuttering and eventually the tears formed in his eyes. "Javarious?". I said. The pit in my stomach just kept getting worse and worse. He grabbed me and we ran down the hall. The hallways started to turn and everyone else disappeared and all I could hear was the clacking of my heels as they stomped the floor. We finally buss through the doors of the building and hit the corner and there she was laying in the grass. Blood was everywhere, on the grass, the wall, the tree. "Tanya". I said. I kneeled down beside her still body. "Tanya please wake up, I need you to wake up". "What do I do". Javi said as the tears fall down his checks and his voice cracks every time he tried to talk. "Call the police NOW". I ran into the building and found the nurse and tried to explain but I couldn't get the words out I just kept stuttering. "Breathe...what happened". "I don't know she's just bleeding everywhere and I can't...I can't...stop it..it just won't stop". "Can you take me to her". "Yes". I grabbed her and ran back down the hall and outside to Tanya. When I got there her and javi was gone. "JAVI....TANYA". I yelled out. "Omg there gone". I couldn't breathe anymore. The world started turning and I couldn't stand up. "Erin?". The nurse called out to me but I couldn't even answer her. "Erin can you hear me?". I can't believe there gone. Who would want to take them?. I thought to myself. When I wake up I'm in the hospital bed and everyone is standing over me. "Erin? Are you ok?". "Yeah I'm fine". I answered. "Where are they? Did anyone find them". I asked my dad. "No they haven't found them". "What are they waiting for? They need to be found". "Erin they are trying there best". "No there not. You said the same thing when Shawn died, that they were doing their best and still haven't found the person. IM NOT WAITING TWO YEARS FOR THEM TO FIND TANYA AND JAVI DEAD SOMEWHERE". I get up and walk out of them room. "Erin wait your not ok to be out fighting". "I have been FIGHTING MY WHOLE LIFE, so don't tell me what I can and can't do". I said to the nurse. She didn't say anything she just let me go. "So what's the master plan". I swear I dread that voice. "Leave me alone. Why do you care?". "Well I am still your mother". "Your a funny women you know that". "I'm an honest women". "You are an honest pain in my ass and for you to even approach me like you give a damn about me is profoundly stupid, I will never trust you ever again in my life, to me your just a sperm donor". I turn on my heels and leave her behind.Hurt.Sad.Broken just like she left me. The next few hours I try and think about how I'm gonna get my friends back but every time I try I draw a blank. I don't understand who would just take them. I couldn't think I was so scared and nervous. I don't even know where to start because Javi and Tanya don't even have enemies they are the sweeties things. That's when a thought occurred to me, Tanya was bleeding. What if they are letting her bleed out? What if they are killing javi too? What am I gonna do?. I'm pulled out of my thoughts when I get a text from a random number. The texted read:
I have some information about your missing friends, come to 110 W Main St parking garage level 3 come alone or dont.
I quickly grab my jacket and ran out the door oh my way down the stairs I see him looking at me from the corner of my eye. "What is it?". I asked as I turn around. "You seem to be in a rush why?". "I have something to take care of I shouldn't be long". "Can I ask what this something is?". "Someone texted me about having information on Tanya and javi and I need to go". "......". He just stands there and look at me. "Eric don't look at me like that I'm not letting them die". "Ok let's go". "Excuse me who said you where coming?". "A stranger texted you to meet them somewhere and your quick to do it why? How did they even get your number?". "I don't know I didn't think about that". "And how do you know they are not trying to kill you?". "Didn't think about that either". "To save someone you have to be alive to do it". "In what world is that statement true". "Every world". "Not mine he was gone I tried to save him and I was alive but now I'm not sure if I'm really living". I head out the door with him following close behind me. I can't think of anything else except Javi and Tanya, I honestly don't know what I would do if there really gone. The thought of them just dying and I'm here wasting time. When does it end, when does all the pain and hurt for me stop? When will the pit in my stomach finally close?. We get to the parking garage and head up the elevator. Eric said it would be best since we don't know who this person is that we just not let him see the car. The elevator ride seemed like forever even tho it only took 5 mins but still. The thought of me finding my babies is one I will not give up on. We step out the elevator onto the cold solid concrete. All I hear is the sound of my heels stomping against the floor just like I did when I first found out Tanya was dying. I feel it again. I feel the emptiness. As we walk even future the figure in the corner slowly approaches me. He's a tall, had dark brown eyes, skin the color of the night sky, a low cut fade, he's on the buff side, he's just a perfect picture. "Hello". I said not sure how to start this conversation without jumping out my skin. "I see you didn't come alone". "Why would I?". "Touché, but here are the files you need to find your friends". He hands me a long yellow envelope with papers in it. "Why are you helping me?". "Little did you know Tanya was my girl she was cool and she was understanding she was a good person. I know what it's like to lose someone and feel their presents even tho they are not there. Just find your friends". He said as he begins to walk off. "HEY WAIT....WHATS YOUR NAME?". He didn't turn around he just kept walking away. My phone buzzed in my pocket. He sent me a text:
Reed...Jackson Reed
Me and Eric head back home and try to connect faces to the pictures. "So as usual they use a black van just perfect". "Don't give up just yet...we can do this because if we don't they might be gone forever and I refuse to let that happen". "What if it already has". "Don't say that". "Let's face the facts what's the point of them taking them and keeping them alive". "That's enough....I will not let my friends die, not this way, if you have anything else to say I suggest you choose your words carefully". "I'm sorry but you can't be this naive". "I'm not naive I am hopeful and you will not destroy what little fate I do have". The next few minutes that go by seem like hours and I haven't find anything. I got a licenses plate number that I can show the cops hopefully they take this serious cause if they think for one second that I'm giving up their wrong. "Erin you need to get some rest it's like 4 in the morning". I look up and see my dad looking back at me. "I can't rest now dad I gotta keep looking and searching, I can't stop now, I just can't". He comes and sit on my bed next to me. "Honey it's time to give it a break, your gonna go crazy if you don't stop worrying so much". "I can't help it dad they are my Bestfriends seriously what is a world without them in it". "It's still gonna be a world". "Not to me". He kisses me on the forehead and tells me to get some rest. I do as I'm told but it still hurts to know that they are out there with some psycho. I got to find them. When I wake up it feels like I'm sleeping on the hard ground covered in leaves. I open my eyes slowly and I see I'm in the woods on the ground in my clothes I had on yesterday. I get on my feet quickly trying to think how I got here. I start to walk around knowing good and well I don't know where I'm going. "Don't even think about trying to escape". I heard someone say. I look around and I see no one. I just stand where I am frozen. I hear foot steps but I still don't see no one. They sound like they are coming from everywhere. I just stay standing in one spot as I wait for the person to show themselves. "Hello Honey". The voice said it approached me from behind. Before I turned around I already knew who I was speaking too. "Honey". "Come on...when are you gonna start calling me mom". She said sarcastically. "When bitches like you don't exist.....so around the corner to never". "Now now...let's not get rude". "If your not here to help please leave me alone"