Waiting For You (Tree Bros)

Chapter Three: Evan Hansen Protection Squad

Zoe and Alana sat on the bed in Zoe's room, waiting for everyone to arrive.

Zoe had called an emergency meeting after receiving a few messages from Evan about Connor.

They needed to find them, and they needed to find them fast.

Alana was braiding Zoe's hair when Jared walked in.

"Hey," he said, seeming sombre.

"Hey, Jared," Alana and Zoe said in unison.

"Where's Isaac?" Zoe asked.

"He had to study for a test," he replied, sitting on the bed.

"Hey guys." Jeremy and Michael walked in, holding hands.

They sat cross legged on the floor.

"Sorry I'm late," Isabel rushed in, putting her bag down.

"It's okay Izzy, you're not late," Zoe assured her, smiling.

Isabel smiled back and sat in a pink desk chair.

"We all saw Evan's latest text, right?" Zoe asked everyone.

"About how he and Connor wanted to escape?" Michael asked.

"Yep," Zoe confirmed.

"Could you add me to that chat, by the way? Jeremy had to tell me," Michael said.

"Oh, of course," Alana said, grabbing her phone to add Michael to the chat.

"Thanks, Alana," Michael smiled.

"Okay, so I called this meeting thingy to discuss something," Zoe continued. "We need to help Evan and Connor."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"How do we do it, though?" Isabel asked. "I mean, we don't even know where they are."

"No clue," Zoe sighed.

"That's great," Jared mumbled. "We're never going to see them again."

"We're going to find them, Jared!" Zoe said, tears beginning to well in her eyes. "We're... going to find them."

"Isabel, aren't you good with computers?" Jeremy asked. "Could you track Evan's phone?"

Isabel shook her head. "Unfortunately, no. I'm good, but I'm not that good with computers."

"Yet you can hack into a bank?" Zoe asked, confused.

"And change text messages on someone's phone?" Jared said.

"James helped me," Isabel said. "He has a degree in computer science and showed me how to hack in the bank. Programming's my forte."

"Aren't you also good with computers, Jared?" Alana asked. "You used to brag about it all the time."

Jared shook his head. "Not really."

Zoe sighed. "So, what now?"

"We could ask Heidi for help," Alana suggested.

"Is Heidi good with computers?" Zoe asked.

"No, but like, she's Evan's mother, and..." she paused. "I don't know where I'm going with this."

"We could still ask Heidi," Jeremy said.

"True," Zoe said.

"Wait," Isabel said. "Does Heidi even know that Evan is missing?"

Zoe's eyes widened. "I don't think so. Jeremy, has she mentioned anything to you at home?"

"No."

"Shit," Zoe cursed.

"Well, what the fuck do we do now?" Jared asked.

"Okay, um, we go see Heidi, tell her, and see if she can help us," Zoe said.

"Anyone else have any ideas?" Jared asked.

No one said anything.

"No? Well, we're going with Zoe's idea," Jared said. "Although I'm not going to be the one who tells her."

"Jeremy?" Isabel turned to him. "Could you? You are her step son."

"So?" Jeremy exclaimed. "I'm not good with these things!"

"Please, Jeremy?" Zoe asked.

"I don't know..." Jeremy said.

Michael looked at him, pouting. "C'mon, Jer..."

Jeremy sighed in defeat. "Fine. But don't say I didn't warn you."

***

"Heidi... I have something to tell you," Jeremy said, sitting on the couch. Heidi, Zoe, Alana, Jared, Isabel and Michael stood.

"Yes, Jeremy?" She said kindly.

"I think you should sit down," he said.

Heidi slowly sat down, one hand on her stomach.

"What's wrong, dear?" She asked. "Is everything okay?"

"Well..." Jeremy took a deep breath. "We got a message from Evan this morning."

Heidi's eyes widened. "Is he okay?"

"Well, um, not exactly."

"What happened? Where is he?" Heidi was growing frantic.

"He... he texted us this morning. He found Connor."

Heidi grinned. "Oh my god, that's great! Where are they?"

"That's the thing. We don't know."

"What do you mean?" Heidi's face fell.

"Connor was kidnapped the night of the bombing. Evan was kidnapped last night at the memorial site. We don't know where they are," Jeremy sighed. "We were wondering if you could help."

"Well, okay," Heidi said. "They must be somewhere in California, right?"

Jeremy shrugged. "We don't even know that much."

Suddenly, Zoe got an idea. She didn't know how she didn't think of it before.

"Heidi, what type of phone does Evan have?" She asked.

"He got an iPhone last month," she told her. "Why?"

Zoe pulled out her iPhone. "I have an idea."

"Which is...?" Jared asked.

Zoe smiled. "Let's just say it involves Apple's stalking technology."

Isabel was catching on. "You mean..."

"Yep. We're going to find them using Find My Friends."

Jared almost laughed. "Oh my god."

Zoe sent Evan a message.

Zoe: Accept my Find My Friends request.

Evan: Why?

Zoe: We're coming to find you.