2 months later at 12:55am...
Cecelia's POV:
My phone dinged and woke me up. A text message from an unknown number displayed on my screen.
Unknown: come to the corner of Pinewood and Maine street now.
Worry filled my body. Who could that possibly be and why those streets? Those were the streets that me and Luke always met at after school. Once worry left it was filled with wonder. I slipped on some leggings and my vans and a long sleeve sweater and headed out of Lukes house. I've been staying here because my family are kind of upset with me right now. I walked down the dark street that was dimly lit by the street light. My phone went off again. This time from Luke.
Lukey: Can't wait to see you tomorrow :-)
I stopped in my tracks as I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and nobody was there. I was always told I had a wild imagination. I shrugged and kept going. As I began to walk onto Pinewood street another message came through. This time from the group chat but it was from unknown.
Unknown: you wouldn't want your precious best friends getting hurt would you?
And attached to it was a picture of the boys. I began sprinting down the street until I got to the corner of Pinewood and Maine. I looked around desperately for a sign of anyone but all there was for me to see were street lights. I fell to the ground in tears next to a bush. "Please don't hurt them, please don't hurt them." I whispered over and over again to myself. I was terrified of whoever that was and what he was going to do. My phone buzzed another 3 times and as I slowly began to grab it, it ran. It read unknown. So I answered.
"Hel-hello?" I stuttered terrified. "Hello Cecelia." A low and mysterious voice spoke. "Wh-who is this?" I asked. "Someone. Now listen to me, if you follow all of my rules that I give you, nobody will get hurt. If you don't, well, you'll have to find out then." It said. "But-" "No buts, now your first task is to go the nearest corner store and by all of your best friends favourite treats." And with those final words, the phone hung up. I ran and ran until I found the nearest open corner store. When I got inside I looked for anyone who could be the one texting me. Nobody was there besides the store owner. I quickly grabbed their favourites, payed the guy, and left. The second I stepped outside my phone buzzed.
Unknown: good. Now go get a large pepperoni pizza.
I began to question what the hell was going on. Candy, pizza, what next? I walked until the pizza shop that was all of our favourites and ordered a large pepperoni pizza. I was seriously lost and confused at this point. After waiting 10 minutes for the pizza I headed out and another text message came through.
Unknown: now with your last $20, go and rent the last movie you watched before you left. You know the one.
I thought for a LONG time. It's been 4 years give me a break. Oh! Wait, I remember. Finding nemo. I finally connected the dots. The candy, the pizza, the movie. This person was recreating the night before I left which I spent with Luke. Now all I am missing is Luke. Sadness kicked in from all the memories of all the past years and the numbness from that phone call 2 months ago was back. But I had to do it so nobody got hurt. As I got to the movie store I saw finding nemo movies all lined up at the cash. I sighed landing it to the cashier and payed for it with my last $20 I had left. I began walking home guessing this person was gonna make me recreate this night by myself. The whole time walking home all I could think about was Luke. It's like whenever I start to forget about him, he comes back and I don't know how.
Once I got back to Lukes house I entered and sighed. The house was pitch black and all I could see were the windows. I walked into the kitchen and turned on the light. I put everything down onto the counter and noticed a piece of paper there too. I picked it up and read it out loud. "Now you're just missing one thing. Luke Hemmings." I put down the paper. "You could say that again." I added opening the box of pizza. "Not anymore." I familiar voice came from behind me. I turned around and there stood Luke in the kitchen doorway with open arms. I began to cry and ran into his arms. It felt like the first time all over again like at the concert. It felt like we were hugging for ever until a coughing sound from behind us startled me. I looked and saw Mikey, Cal, and Ash. I sprinted towards them and hugged them too. My phone began to ring and a scared look came to my face. Like I thought it was unknown.
"And now you know me." It said. I turned towards Luke who was on the other end. My face was shocked. I hung up. "You bitch! You had me terrified." I said to him. "Good. We had to make a dramatic entrance." He said pulling me into his chest for a hug again. I looked up at him and he looked down at me.
"We're home again." He whispered as he kissed me forehead.
