If She Stayed

Chapter 42

Aria

"Is this happening again?" Spencer asked.
"I don't think it ever stopped. It just...paused," I responded.
We stood in silence for a few seconds.
"Caleb said that he called the police and told them what happened," Spencer said.
"Did he mention that two of her close friends have gone missing along with one of their brothers too?"
"No, I don't think he did."
"Aria? Spencer? It's been a while!" Mona said. I don't trust her yet.
"Why the sad faces?"
"Didn't you hear? Emily has gone missing, and you wouldn't know about this, but Hanna has, too," Spencer said. "Or maybe you did know about it," she continued suspiciously.
"What are you implying, Spencer?"
"Uhh, nothing. Never mind, I'm...I have to go, see you later, Aria. Bye Mona," Spencer said as she picked up her bag and left the brew, leaving Mona confused.
"I have to go too," I said, trying to get out of the situation. I got my stuff and began to walk towards the door. As I opened it, I ran into someone.

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Emily

I woke up in a dark room, once again, but this time it felt smaller. My head was aching and the air smelled like dirt, which I found out that floor was made of it, but not the walls, which were made of something that felt like an air duct. I couldn't find a ceiling.
I was sitting there for what felt like an hour until the walls started going down, or was the floor going up? It's the floor.
A light turned on above, and I felt the dirt around me fall off of the metal that was actually holding me up. All around me was a white room, the floor, walls, and ceiling. Beside me was Ali. I whispered her name. She didn't hear.
"Ali?" I reached my hand out to touch her, but instead I touched glass. Ali turned around. She said my name, but I didn't hear her. Then she pointed behind me.
It was Hanna.
I looked around. There were two more glass panels separating the three of us from other rooms.
A is planning to get Aria and Spencer, too.

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I'm sorry, this chapter is even shorter than the last one. I was just riding in a car for 10 hours and I tried to write but I kept on getting distracted (we drove through West Virginia and Virginia, there are a lot of mountainy areas that can be distracting). Anyway I'm here at the beach in North Carolina. Our rented house is basically on the beach. I've been here before but that was either 2011 or 2012. I haven't been to the beach since 2014, so this is fun.
My birthday is next week and I'll be at camp, but I'll have a while to write then I'm going to a beach in Maryland with my friend for 4 days, so I'll be pretty busy.
The song is called Be Concerned by twenty one pilots.