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I can't believe she's here. Julia Peterson, the childhood bully, is actually here. What the heck?! I'm pretty sure she just heard of the search and flew all the way here. She is rich after all. I run to the terrace hoping that she didn't see me. The terrace is absolutely beautiful with decorations all over the place.

I take a seat at one of the benches on the side and take in the pretty scene

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I take a seat at one of the benches on the side and take in the pretty scene. The aroma of flowers runs throughout the whole terrace and soft piano music plays from the small speakers around the terrace, making me forget about Julia.

After enjoying the time alone, I head over to the pool to see how they're doing. I head outside and there are millions of girls lined up along the side of the pool. Okay, maybe I'm over exaggerating. There's probably only about 300. Then, at a small table, Josh Dun is sitting with his face in his hands. Guess he can't find her. I try to look for Brittney in the long line of giddy teens. I can't find her so I send her a text that I'd be waiting at the poolside. I walk over to an empty lounge chair under an umbrella and take a seat. I downloaded a couple of short stories onto my phone, so I start reading. Three hours later, there are about 300 girls crying and there are 3 girls left. Josh glances at the three girls left in line and slouches in his chair. Looks like he couldn't find his mystery girl. Poor Josh. I would go talk to him, but most of the girls would think that somethings up and assume a whole bunch of things. Also, if I were to go talk to him, there is an 100% chance that Julia would see me. She's been giving all the girls dirty looks and trying to catch Josh's attention for a whole 2 hours already. She's desperate. No wonder her boyfriend broke up with her.

I get up to walk back to the car to meet up with Brittney. Walking past the table, a hand grabs my wrist. I turn around hoping it's not Julia. Please, please, please don't be Julia. It's not. It's Josh.

"Hey!" He smiles.

"Umm...hi?" I say, confused. Why is talking to me again? I thought he was done with me. I'm not good enough.

He pulls me past all the girls and into the hotel. They all give my dirty glares, but they don't make any moves. I'm pretty sure their all as confused as I am.

"You came." He smiles. Woah, his smile is adorable. Wait, what?

"Uh yeah. My sister forced me to come along."

"Oh."

"Looks like you didn't find the girl. You looked pretty disappointed."

"I found her now." He giggles, in a manly way of course.

"What? Where? Who is it?" I ask.

"Right in front of me." He pulls me into a tight hug and whispers,"I thought I'd never see you again."

Julia Peterson comes storming into the hotel. She scowls when she sees what's going on and I gulp. Josh notices my discomfort and pulls me behind him. He stares, at Julia, trying to understand what she wants.

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