I spy with my little eye (Sequel to 'Invisible')

Chapter 18: Ally or enemy?

Luke's POV

"Morning, Luke."

"Morning, Rach." I yawned as I let her in my house.

Rachel looked at me, she looked worried. "Did you sleep alright?"

I huffed before passing by her to sit down at the dining table. "Not really. In fact, I didn't sleep at all."

She raised her eyebrows. "How come?"

I shrugged.

"You know, Luke," She placed her hand on mine, smiling reassuringly at me. "I'm here for you."

"I know." I looked down.

"We see something's wrong."

I raised my eyebrows. "We?"

She nodded. "Nick and I," She paused. "We thought you acted strange yesterday."

I shook my head. "I need to find Willow again," I looked down. "And I think she's teasing me."

"How?"

I sighed. "Last night, someone kept bothering me before bed. But when I looked around my room, there was no one." I buried my face in my hands. "She's making me suffer, just like she did with Blair."

"Hey," Rachel pulled away my hands so my face would be visible again. "We won't let her get to you, ok?"

I remained silent, for once I couldn't believe her... And that scared me.

"If only there was a way to communicate with her."

I looked away, but then... I stood up, going to a certain drawer.

"Luke," Rachel hurried to me, looking at what I was doing. "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking for something." I went through the stuff in the drawer, shoving some things aside. "Where is it?"

"What are you looking for?"

Before I could answer her, I found it. I took it out. "This," I showed her, smiling. "Blair's phone."

Rachel looked from the phone to me. "I didn't know you kept it."

I nodded and then turned the phone on. "Thankfully we did, it could lead us to Willow."

Rachel looked away.

I glanced at her for a brief moment. "What's up?" I then looked down as the phone was turned on.

"This doesn't feel right, to go through her phone." She sighed, taking a pause before looking at me. "We shouldn't, Luke."

"This is the only way we can contact Willow, Rach." I went to Blair's contacts, then I went through the list.

"But it doesn't feel right." She looked away.

"It'll help." I went through it all, but... "Willow's not in here..." I placed the phone on the table, burying my face in my hands, sighing deeply. "I don't know what to do..."

"Luke," Rachel placed her hand on my shoulder. "Tina said Willow doesn't exist, and right after you see her. Can't it be that your brain played a trick on you?"

I blinked a few times. Was she saying what I think she's saying? "What?"

"Maybe it was nothing..." She carefully said.

"You think I'm imagining things..." I looked away, thinking it over. "Fine," I got up. "Willow doesn't exist." I walked to the front door.

"Luke," She hurried after me. "Where are you going?"

I locked my front door. "School." I then walked to the car and got in, Rachel did as well.

"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." She looked down, fidgeting with her fingers. "It's just that I think we're trying to hold on to something that's not there. Blair's gone," She gulped. "And Willow was her imaginary friend."

I sighed, I looked outside. For once, I felt misunderstood. I can't believe Rachel, the girl who so desperately wanted me to believe her, was letting this go. 

We drove to school. On the way there, Rachel tried making small talk. But I wasn't up for that. I was thinking. About Willow, about Blair. About how this all is connected. Who is Willow, and why does she seem so unreal?

When we arrived at school, I got out immediately. I hurried inside, I wasn't even waiting for Rachel to catch up to me. Part of me was disappointed that she wasn't trying to understand the situation.

I went to my locker and took the stuff I needed for the day.

"Hey Luke."

I looked at my left and saw Nick there, Rachel next to him. They both shared the same worried expression. They must think I'm going crazy. "Hey." I then looked back at my locker.

"So Rachel told me you saw Willow," Nick said which made me look at him. Since when does Rachel tell Nick all of these things? "Dude, that's impossible."

I sighed before looking away. I wasn't going to talk to them.

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Rachel's POV

I would never tell Nick these things: about Willow, about Blair, about the problems... But Luke was changing, for the worst. And I knew that he'd always listen to Nick. That's what I thought until I saw him practically ignore Nick. Why didn't he do that when Blair was still here?

When Luke walked away, Nick and I stayed behind. He looked at me. "You're right," He sighed. "He has changed."

I nodded. "I don't know why though."

"Well if he saw Willow..." He then looked at his right, his friends were coming our way. He then looked at me. "We'll talk later, about how we'll deal with this." He started walking away to his friends, but I stopped him.

"Nick," I pretty much released him immediately. "I know you don't think this is an issue, but I've seen this behavior before. It'll get worse real fast. We can't dismiss this."

He then turned around and gave me his full attention. "What are you saying, Rachel?"

I gulped. "I don't want him to end up like Blair."

And with that line, Nick knew what I meant. He nodded. "Ok," He then looked at his friends. "I want all of you to watch Luke, he can't be alone."

They all nodded and left.

He then looked at me. "We have to figure out who or what he saw, it clearly changed him."

"Well, he said he saw Willow..." I looked down, shaking my head. "But that's impossible."

"Maybe it runs in the family..."

I looked back up at Nick. "What?"

He looked away. "Mental issues."

I gasped. "Excuse me?"

He looked at me. "They both saw the same girl, and right then they both changed. That's no coincidence."

I shook my head. "And for that reason, I know that there is something else going on." I crossed my arms and looked away, trying to cool down. Then I thought about something. I looked back at him. "How much do you know about hacking a phone?"

He raised his eyebrow. "Why?"

I gulped, I can't believe I'm doing this... "I need you to hack Blair's phone, I want to find the signal of Willow's phone."