I Thought You Loved Me

Chapter Six- More Than This

She was silent. I mean, the line didn't go dead, but there was no noise on the other end of the line.

"Ari? Ari, please! Ari say something!" I practically yelled into the phone."Ari!" I cried, going limp.

Then I remembered the tape. I grabbed my carry on, and furiously dug through it.

"Harry? What was that all about?" Lou asked me.

"I, Ari, she.. I DONT KNOW!!" I screamed.

"Paul!" I yelled yanking the tape out of my carry on. "Listen to the tape! Now!!" I yelled, jumping out of my seat and throwing the tape and the earphones at him.

"Harry, I'm busy. It'll have to wait." He said, setting the tape aside.

"No! Paul! Listen to it now! Please?!" I begged, sinking to my knees in the aisle. "Please." I whispered.

"Why are you so keen on me listening to this right now?" Paul asked, sounding irritated.

"That phone call I just got, that was Ari. Something bad happened to her, and I need to get to her. i want her with me, where I can keep her safe." I said.

"Fine." Said Paul, sighing.

Once he had listened to it, he took the earphones out, and looked at me.

"She's in." He said.

"Yes!" I yelled, jumping up. Now, please, can we go back to Florida? Please! I need to make sure Ari's okay." I begged.

"I don't think so. But doesn't she have someone to help her? A parent?"

"No! Her dad is out of town, she doesn't have a mom, and all of her friends were going to some big party tonight so they can't come. And I think her boyfriend was the one that did this to her." I cried.

Paul sighed, and looked over at the other boys.

"Fine. Go see if you can get the pilot to turn around."

"Paul, thank you!" I cried, jumping up and running to the cabin.

I burst in and started begging the captain to turn around.

"Please, sir, please, I need you to turn around and go back!" I cried.

"Sir, I can't do that."

"Please!" I yelled, throwing a handful of American bills into his lap.

"We'll be there in an hour." He said.

"Is there any way you can get us there quicker than that?"

He raised his eyebrows and I chucked another handful of bills into his lap.

"Fifteen minutes." He said.

"Thank you." I said, bursting out into the rest of the plane.

Fifteen minutes later the plane had touched down and I jumped up, and ran out of the plane.

I jumped into a cab and chucked the driver my money.

"4522 Club Street." I told him. "Please, can you get me there in less than ten minutes?" I asked.

"Sure, if you pay my eighty more." He said.

I chucked him the bills and seven minutes later he was pulling up to Ari's house.

"Ari!" I yelled bursting into her house. "Ari please!"

I ran up the stairs to Ari's room and busted through the door, even though it was locked.

"Ari..." She was laying on the floor, limp.

I ran over to her, and scooped her up in my arms, bridal style, and carried her back to where I had left the cab. It was gone.