With You [Sequel to Alone]

1.9

Park: "That was Ari?!!!"- V nodded. "B-But she looked so different! Her hair- Her clothes- Even the way she held herself seemed so different... Maybe she's better without me?"- Tears welled up in his eyes before he set down $10 and left the Starbucks, following me.

Park: "ARI!!! WAIT FOR ME!!!"- I heard him screaming after me, so I walked faster, trying to avoid him. I failed and felt a hand around my wrist. "Are you trying to avoid me?"

Arianna: "Was it that obvious?"- He took off V's sunglasses to see my eyes.

Park: "How did you change so much in just 1 month...?"

Arianna: "Me change? What about you! You were flirting with me, and you didn't even know who I was! Your hair is different, you're buffer, and you're a playboy now! I changed for the better! I'm more confident and comfortable in my own skin. I stopped starving myself, I stopped cutting, I am wearing comfortable clothes, and have my hair a pretty color. You just look like a hotter version of all the other guys at our school!"- I covered my mouth as soon as I finished. Shoot.

Park: "Did you just call me hot?"

Arianna: "NO! See, you need hearing aids now as well!"- I walked quickly away, but he caught up with me. "OhMyGod can you not be annoying for 2 seconds?!"

Park: "Woah, sorry Miss I Have 350 Followers on Instagram But My Account Is Still Private. At least I'm not basic now."- I scoffed.

Arianna: "Please. Even if I was basic, you know that you would be considered a f-"

Park: "Don't continue that sentence, or it will be your last."

Arianna: "Sure. Whatever, Park. I'm going home, tell Luke I said hi."- I could see his throat clench and his eyes full of sadness.

Park: "So I guess you didn't hear?"

Arianna: "Hear what?"

Park: "He ran away about 3 days ago. We've been looking for him ever since."- I dropped my bag on the ground and grabbed Park's arms. He tensed at my touch.

Arianna: "HE DID WHAT??? OH MY GOD WE HAVE TO FIND HIM!!! COME ON!!"- I picked up my purse and started running to his favorite hideout. An abandoned cottage in the woods by a stream. We looked around there, staying quiet so he wouldn't see us, but he wasn't there.

Arianna: "OK, UMMM CHECK HIS FRIENDS' HOUSES I WILL CHECK ALL THE HIDING SPOTS HE HID FROM YOU IN!"- Park nodded and we split up. I ran immediately to a peaceful meadow the the middle of the forest that the abandoned cottage was. I searched up and down, even in the old treehouse he built. There was only one more place I could find him. He had a way with making things out of nothing. One day when he was 10 and I was 12, we made a fort just past a cliff. The same cliff from my nightmare from months ago.

I ran to it to hear sobs coming from the fort.