His Girl

22 ~ Blu Capelli

James' POV

After lots and lots of complaints by Megan I was finally able to leave the hospital. Where are you Courtney? Megan really, really misses you. Why did this happen? Are you really in Sydney?

I arrive home, to see a police car out the front. What are the police doing here? I quickly get out of the car, leaving Sammy to lock it and run inside.

Inside I find Detective Cartwright inside talking to Nikki. Thank God, Nikki was here. Did they find Courtney? Did they find anything that could help us?

I walk into the kitchen to fix another cup of coffee. I swear this is the twenty-third cup I've had today. I begin sipping it as I went back into the lounge room.

"Hello James. As I was just telling Nicole, we have found a bit more information on Courtney's case." Detective Cartwright begins.

I nod and walk across to sit next to Nikki on the couch.

"Before Courtney's phone was turned off, we did find some information on her location. We couldn't find an exact location, but we did find the state she was in. Do you know why she would be in New South Wales?"

I stare at him for a while. New South Wales? What the hell is Courtney doing in New South Wales?

"I don't know. No family, friends or colleagues live in anywhere in New South Wales. I'm clueless."

"Alright. I'm going to start informing the interstate police and I'll keep you posted."

"Alright, thank you." I stand up as he left. As soon as he walk out the door, I broke down. I pull Nikki into my chest and started crying. Why did this have to happen? Why to Courtney? Why to our family?

Courtney's POV

A few times, I heard someone come in but I pretended I was asleep. I did eventually fall into a light, restless sleep for a while.

I wake up to people's voice. I slowly get up and walk towards the door. I peak out and didn't see anybody around. I walk over to the couch and sit down. Why do I feel like I've been hit by a bus?

I hear more voices coming from the room next to the bedroom. Obviously Luca's got some company. I reach across and grab the remote. As soon as I turned the television on, I turn the volume all the way down. There better be subtitles. I silently pray to myself as I search the remote buttons. I finally find it and switch them on.

I flick onto a news channel and started to read the headlines. Suddenly breaking news appeared about Melbourne's missing teen. I learn forward, with my hands massaging my temples and kept reading. No, no, no. I'm not in New South Wales! I'm not in New South Wales! This is just some dream. I can't be in New South Wales. I'll be back in Melbourne with my siblings soon. This is all just a terrible, realistic nightmare. But I don't think it is. I tried remembering the street signs I looked at while I was in the car. Why didn't I pay better attention to them? I kept reading. Suddenly my brother comes on the television and starts talking about me coming home. The waterworks slowly start as I read what my brother was saying. I couldn't hold it back any longer. Why did this happen to me? Why me? Why me out of all the girls in the world? Why the fuck me?

I turn off the television and sink back into the couch. This isn't happening! Poor Megan! And Hanna! I can't even be there for her! How Adam's coping? What's Sammy doing with this news? And James. My crying gets louder and louder. I hear running footsteps but I just continued sobbing my heart out.

"Courtney! Courtney, where are you?" I hear Luca yell.

"Courtney! You still better be in this fucking house!"