Missing (YouTube FanFic)

[Chapter 14] Seeing Him

-Anthony’s POV-

I woke up leaning against a cold, steel wall, with Toby dabbing me with some sort of wet cloth.

“What the fuck just happened?” I groaned as I closed my eyes in pain, moving my hand towards my head.

“Stop moving,” He ordered, “You’ll just start bleeding again.”

“Bleeding again?” I repeated before I noticed someone pacing back and forth behind Toby. I leaned a little to the right and saw that that person was Rachael. She was scratching at her wrists which were a bright red color, “Is she okay?”

“She’s fine,” Toby remarked, continuing to dab whatever wound I had on my head, “Now stop moving!” I pushed him to the side and rose to my feet. “Hey!” He exclaimed as I approached to Rachael and pulled her into a kiss.

She pulled out of the kiss and slapped me across the face. She stormed off and before I could chase after her Toby grabbed my arm and said “Give her space, Anthony.”

-Rachael’s POV-

I had no idea where I was going. These poorly-lit hallways just kept going and going, and so did I. Until I hit a dead end. I rolled my eyes and ran up to it, punching the wall. Which crushed my hand in return. I screamed in pain as I fell to my knees, holding my hand close to my chest. I started crying.

“Rachael?”

I turned around and saw Joey. I rose to my feet as he walked up to me and pulled me into a hug, “I’m so glad we found you.” He stepped out of the embrace and pushed something in his ear, “Hey, we found her.”

“Who is he talking to?” I mouthed to Shane, Phil, and Dan, who were standing behind him.

Before any of them could answer, Joey remarked, “You want to talk to her?” He looked over at me with a confused expression. “Okay then,” He said as he pulled the earpiece out from his ear and handed it to me. I took it into my possession and slipped it into my ear.

“Hello?” I said into the speaker.

“Hi, first off, are you okay?” Kenya said in a concerned voice.

“Not really,” I answered truthfully, turning away from the three men who stood there patiently as I talked to my best friend, “I mean, I almost died and woke up tied up to a chair. Uh...what else? Oh yeah, Kalel’s threatening to kill me, and…” I put my hand over my mouth as I whispered, “Anthony just kissed me.”

“Awesome, no great, fantastic even!?”

“No, it’s not,” I retorted in an unintentionally harsh tone.

“Well, isn't that what you always wanted?’

“Yes, but…” I sighed, “When he kissed me, I...I slapped him across the face…”

“Um, back the hell up! You slapped the so called ‘man of your dreams’ in the face?”

“Yeah, and…”

“Why the hell would you do that, Rachael?” She cut me off.

“Because he likes me back!” I exclaimed loudly. I turned around and saw that all three of them were staring at me with a look of suspicion.

“Explain to me what’s the problem?” Kenya asked me.

“He can’t like me, Kenya,” I replied softly, “It’s just not how things work…”

“But he wants to be with you! Why else would he have rejected Kalel?” She paused and said, “Just give him a chance.”

“I can’t,” I murmured under my breath.