Missing: Rachel Amber

Chapter 1

Jenna woke up in her bed and expected to see a "Good morning text" from Rachel, but there was nothing. She went online to see if Rachel posted anything, but there was nothing to see. As Jenna looked out her window, it was a dreary and foggy day outside, she picked up her phone, and dialed Rachel's number. She waited and waited, but she heard no answer from her. As Jenna walked downstairs, she saw her mom, Cathleen, cooking breakfast in the kitchen. "Hey sweetie." She said with a smile as she was holding a calendar. "What's the calendar for?" Jenna asked. "Today marks 3 years your father died, I can't believe it's been that long." Cathleen replied with a sad tone in her voice. "Wow, three years already." Jenna said as she tried to hold the tears back as hard as she could. "It's so unbelievable. I miss him." Cathleen said as she stared at the picture of her and John holding hands at their wedding. "Mom, have you heard from Rachel?" Jenna asked. "No, I heard nothing from her for awhile, I haven't even seen you two hanging out lately." Cathleen said. "Well she hasn't been answering me, and she hasn't been on any social medias at all, it's weird and strange." Jenna replied as she checked her phone again and again. "I wouldn't worry about it, maybe she just needed a break that's all." Cathleen replied, as Jenna quickly walked out of the house in a rush.

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As Jenna quickly made her way to Rachel's house, nobody was home at all. As she approached the porch, she saw a girl standing their staring at the house. "Stella?" Jenna asked in confusion. "I was just looking for Rachel." Stella replied as she was chewing her gum and twirling her hair. "So am I, I can't find her anywhere, I'm so worried." Jenna said. "So am I, her parents aren't even home." Stella replied. "Then we need to break into her house, fast, before her parents come home, come on follow me." Jenna said as they both snuck into Rachel's back yard. "So what now?" Stella asked as she began to text someone on her phone. "Rachel has a key hidden under this vase." Jenna said as she lifted up the vase and grabbed the key. She opened the door up, and they both walked inside. "Maybe her phone is just broke." Stella said as they looked all around her house for her. "She's not down here, let's check in her room." Jenna said as they both ran upstairs into Rachel's room. "Where could she be? This is getting kinda creepy." Stella said as they looked around at the empty room. "All her stuff is gone, all of it." Jenna said in disbelief as they heard Rachel's dad downstairs pulling a shotgun out of his gun cabinet. "Whoever is in this house, is gonna be very sorry when I find them." He yelled as loud as he could. "Hide!" Jenna said.

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Cathleen was trying to get a hold of Jenna by calling and texting her numerous of times. "Jesus Christ, Jenna, why don't you answer." Cathleen said to herself as she finally gave up. She turned on the TV and saw breaking news, from the news reporter. "Rachel Amber has just been reported missing, and could possibly be in danger, we will keep you up to date with this case in the next hour." Cathleen shut off the TV in shock and stared off into space, not knowing what to do. "Oh my god." She said as she grabbed her keys and purse and stormed straight out of the house as fast as she possibly could.

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Jenna and Stella both hid inside Rachel's closet under a ton of clothes. "Stay quiet, and he won't find us." Jenna whispered as he busted into Rachel's room. "Come out now, and I won't blow your head off, maybe." Rachel's dad said as he gripped the gun as hard as he could. "Stay quiet." Jenna whispered in Stella's ear again. "I know, stop telling me." Stella snapped as a box fell over in the closet and made a loud noise. "What the hell?" Rachael's dad said as he opened the closet door, and began to move the clothes, but Cathleen walked into the room. "What the hell are you doing?" Cathleen asked. "Woah, sorry for the gun, I heard noises up here." Rachel's dad replied as he put the gun on Rachel's bed. "What's going on with Rachel?" Cathleen asked. "She's gone, she's missing, and I don't think she's coming back." Rachel's dad said with a sad tone. "Come on, let's go downstairs." Cathleen said with pity as they both left the room. "We're clear." Jenna said as they both climbed out of the giant pile of clothes. "Jenna?" Stella asked. "Yes?" Jenna replied as Stella has a revolver in her hand. "I found this." She said. "I'll take it, I feel like we're gonna need this." Jenna said as she grabbed the revolver out of her hand.

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"So tell me, what do you think happened to her?" Cathleen asked as she stared at Rachel's dad, Scott. "No idea, she never listened to me anyways." Scott replied as he took a sip of his whiskey. "You don't seem like you care." Cathleen said as she gave him a sharp stair. "Of course I do, she's my daughter for Christ sake." Scott snapped with anger. "Well you should be doing something about it, instead of just sitting around drinking alcohol all day, she could be dead!" Cathleen said. "I know that! I'm not dumb! The police are doing their job, and I'm not gonna intervene with it, I'll worry about it when the time comes." Scott said. "Well you need to worry about it now, and man the hell up, I probably care more about her than you do, have a good day." Cathleen said in anger as she grabbed her purse and left Scott's house.

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Jenna and Stella still both remained in Rachel's room quietly searching around for clues. "He could've killed us! I wanna get out of here." Stella said in fear as she began to wave out someone out the window. "Who are you waving too?" Jenna asked as she looked out the window and saw two of Stella's friends standing on the street looking at Rachel's house. "Don't mind them." Stella said with a laugh. "Why is Juliet and Dana watching us from outside?" Jenna asked in confusion. "I texted them that were here, no biggie, they can help us get out of here without Rachel's dad hearing or seeing us." Stella said with a smile as she opened up Rachel's bedroom window. "Let's go girls!" Dana yelled with a happy tone as Jenna motioned her to be quiet. Jenna and Stella both climbed out on the roof, and slide down onto the ground on the metal pole on the side of the house. "Well Jenna, looks like we're your new pals now. I never thought you would actually hang out with us." Juliet said with a laugh as she pulled out her phone and snapped a quick selfie with Jenna. "Yeah, whatever, I guess." Jenna said with an annoyed tone in her voice. "You're just gonna have to get used to us now! Let's go!" Stella said with a smile as the four of them piled into Dana's car and drove off.

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As Dana pulled up into Jenna's drive way, she quickly turned their blasting music down. "Well, today's been real Jenna." Stella said. "Yeah, it definitely has." Jenna said with a small laugh. "I know you don't wanna hang out with us preppy cheerleaders, but we understand you miss Rachel, we're here for you." Juliet said with a smile. "It means a lot, of course I wanna hang out with you guys, this is just a hard time for me right now. Thank you guys for everything today." Jenna said. "If you need anything, here's my number." Dana said as she handed Jenna a piece of paper. "Thanks." Jenna replied with a smile as she got out of the car, and walked onto her porch. She opened up her front door, and she saw her mom with a bunch of papers in her hands. "Mom, what are all these papers for?" Jenna asked in confusion. "Their missing flyers for Rachel, were gonna post these all around town if it's that last thing we do, we're gonna find Rachel, the both of us, together." Krystal said with a smile as she handed Jenna a stack of flyers, and as she looked down at them, the flyer has a beautiful picture of Rachel on there reading, "Missing: Rachel Amber."

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