Hopeless

13

Meghan's POV
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"This place is pretty nice" I say "how'd
you find it"
"It's around the corner from our house Megs?" He says laughing
"Oh, yeah" I say stupidly
You absolute idiot
"Go get a table I'll order" Eli says
"Ok I want a-"
"Large caramel frappe with cream and a berry muffin" Eli says interrupting me
"Um yeah" I say walking away.
What the hell? I didn't know if that was creepy or not.
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Eli's POV
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Was that weird? I feel like I creeped her out by knowing her order.
"Next please" the woman at the counter asks
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"So" Meghan says tapping her fingers on the table
"Sorry about before" I say
"Um yeah, that was a little weird"
"Yeah" I say looking out of the window
"Berry muffin?" The waiter asks
"That's me" Meghan says smiling
"And the chocolate muffin for the gentleman"
"Thanks" I smile
He walks away and I peel away the paper off the muffin.
He returns with our drinks and we eat in silence.
"Eli" Meghan says
I turn my head to face her
"I like you, Eli" she said
Part of me wanted to say 'I like you' back but part of me also thought of us ruining our friendship.
She saw me hesitate and immediately turned her head turned to the window.
"Hey" I said softly
I turned her head toward me. She had tears in her eyes.
"I like you too, but what if it all goes wrong? What if we end up hating each other again?" I say
Her eyes stayed glued to her drink.
I reached for her hand and held it.
"I want this as much as you do, believe me. You are the most amazing girl I've met but I just want to be careful" I explain
She nods her head slightly
"I almost lost you once I'm not gonna let that happen again." I say
She stared at me blankly and slowly said "I just think that over the next 2 weeks, we're gonna be seeing a lot of each other and maybe it would be better to just-"
"I get it" interrupting her softly
"Sorry was I rambling?" She asks smiling
"Yeah" I smile back
We sat in silence for a moment and stared at each other. Her brown hair fell onto her face as she brushed it with her hand.
"Eli" she said
"Sorry, what did you say?" I ask
She shakes her head
"You know what? Don't worry about it" she says getting up and walking away.
"Meghan!" I say as I get up and run after her
She weaves around the tables, past the till and out the door but as I reach it, she's nowhere to be seen.
My fists clench as frustration comes over me.
What'd you do that for Eli?
All she wants is to be cared for.
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I walk through the door of the house and head to her room. The door is wide open. I walk in and she's not there. Her phone sat on her bed.
I go to Stacey's room and ask her if she's seen her, but she doesn't know either.
"What do you mean she ran off" Stacey says getting out of bed.
"I fucked up" I say running my hand through my hair
"I'll help you" she says
I walk out of the room and Stacey follows.
Neither of the boys knew where she was and came to find her as well.
Now we were all on the street looking for her.
"She couldn't have gotten far? Right?" Q says
"You know her Q" I begin "she could be anywhere by now"
"Did you try her phone?" Stacey asks
"She didn't bring it with her" I reply
Where do you go
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We kept searching to no success. I was starting to really worry. It had been almost an hour since she walked out on me.
"What if she went home?" Liam suggests
"I'll try ringing her again" Stacey says bringing up her phone and dialling her number
We waited for what seemed like hours but Stacey only shook her head
"No answer" she said
"Eli" Q says.
"We want to find her as much as you do but" he says pausing
"Maybe we should just go home and wait it out" he suggests
"Besides" Liam adds "we haven't eaten all day"
I think about what they are saying and understand
"You guys can go" I say "but I'm staying out to look for her"
"Eli-" Stacey starts
"Don't worry stace" Q says "he'll be fine"
"Alright" I say "I'll call you if anything happens"
They nod and walk back to the house.
I turn and began to search frantically.
The beach. The cafe. The shops. She was no where to be seen.
I felt defeated. I was completely exhausted and I was starting to get hungry. I slowly made my way back to the house.
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I open up the door and Stacey comes running up to me.
"Eli" she says
"Is she..." she says looking behind me
I shake my head and walk past her.
I make my way up the stairs.
"There's pizza in the kitchen" Q says to me from the bottom.
I wave him off and push open my door. I just needed some sleep.
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Stacey's POV
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"There's pizza in the kitchen" I hear Q say as I shit the door behind me.
Meghan's been gone all morning.
She's run off before but we're in a different country and she doesn't even have her phone.
Suddenly there's a knock on the door
"Liam!" I yell "there's someone at the door!"
"It's my sister let her in" he yells back
I open the door with a smile and Liam's sister smiles back
"Hi" I say letting her in
"Hey, name's  Brooklyn" she says extending her hand
"Stacey" I say shaking it
She walks past me with her suitcase and greets everyone else.
"Liam? You said there were 4 guests?" She asks "where's the other two?"
"Eli's upstairs, sleeping, as for Meghan well..." Liam says "I'll let you guys explain that one"
We then tried to explain the situation but Eli hadn't even told us what happened so even we didn't know.
"I hope she's okay" Brooklyn says
"Yeah me too" I say looking out of the window.
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