The Christmas BBS Special [2016]

Secret Santa [Ohmlirious] (Part 2 of 2)

I apologise for not posting anything for the past few days but I've been very sick so I couldn't finish my stories for this, plus I had no access to a computer so I couldn't post any either. I'll try to post 3 entries today, and finish my last story for tomorrow.
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Written by: SaraPhoenix14

Jonathan sighed, leaning against the door frame of the house that belonged to one of Ryan's friends, Bryce, whom he shares several classes with. He had no idea where to look for Ryan and it could only take so long before Tyler would come looking for him and drag his ass back to his house.

Several seconds later, after he had politely knocked on the door, it opened to reveal.. Bryce. The usual everyday Bryce, because he always looked the normal without trying. He raised one questioning eyebrow at Jonathan, quickly adding in: 'Hey Jonathan, what are you doing here?'

'Bryce.. Hey. I need to know if you have any idea where Ryan went. I need to--'

'Why? You never seemed to care. Why on earth would you just suddenly need to know where he is?' He lashes out, angry at Jonathan for reasons both of them knew. Jonathan knew, and he meant to fix this, but he didn't know how to start and he needed Bryce's help.

'I feel like I owe him something.' He said, mostly to let part of his feelings out, but that was enough to let Bryce's eyes roll, for a second it seemed like they would roll into another galaxy. 'You owe him a lot, actually. From what he's told me, you didn't even acknowledge his existence for the past what.. six years? You have a lot of catching up.'

'I know, can you now tell me where he is?'

'Unfortunately, I can't. He hasn't said a word to me. But I know that there were some family issues so now he's probably off somewhere with his dad. The best you can do is hire a professional hacker and get his GPS location.' said Bryce, full of enthusiasm, before continuing: 'Or you know, you could just search the whole city of Chicago and find him. It's up to you.' Now it was Jonathan's time to roll his eyes, although it couldn't compete against the "out of this world" roll eye of Bryce's. When there was nothing to be said anymore, Jonathan left the younger boy with a: 'Alright, thanks for your help.'

'You are most certainly welcome.' Bryce said when he realised what his classmate, mostly to himself because Jonathan was already halfway down the street.

He didn't know where to look first, there were so many places in the city. He tried the underground, the bus stations, he even thought about taking a cab to the airport but he wouldn't have any money to get home.

And so, he decided to take a rest, sliding into a booth at a dinner in the centre of the city, with the street lights already on and the sun slowly disappearing behind the horizon. He read the menu, when the bell above the door rang. He didn't bother to look, the dinner was full so it would mean they would most likely leave right after ordering. But that didn't happen.

'Hey, is it okay if I sit here? All of the other booths are already full.'

'Yeah, of course.' Jonathan said, the menu still in front of his face. He couldn't decide whether to get a regular coffee or some hot chocolate. He decided on the former, since he felt pretty tired and had a lot of searching ahead of him. He thought of how funny it would be if the person in front of him just appeared to be Ryan. Although, he only had vague memories of how Ryan looked, he never paid much attention to the looks of strangers, he could only see the mans soft brown hair when he peeked an eye above the menu in his hands. That wasn't enough to assume anything, because there were a lot of people who could look like Ryan.

And most of all, if it was indeed Ryan in front of him, it would take him half an hour to figure it out. His observation skills weren't the best, okay. The last thing he'd work as for living is a detective.