Before You Were Mine

Chapter Thirteen

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Before You Were Mine- Chapter Thirteen

-Jeremy-

"I haven't heard from my sister in a while. She just picked up and left for a few days, without telling anyone. Except, for you. I usually talk to her almost every other day. But, I haven't heard from her in a week. So, that's why I'm here." I comment, walking up behind him as I watch Luke throw out the trash in a dumpster behind Rosie's diner. I haven't talked to Elena in a few days and I haven't seen my mom either. So, I'm feeling fairly out of the loop with my whole family at the moment. I guess that's why I ended up at the diner, hoping to see her at work and talk with her.

"Jer!" Luke exclaims, jumping back a bit as the trash bag in his hands drops to the ground and he gives me this scared shitless look.

"Where is she Luke?" I ask in a demanding tone, my irritation about Elena clearly wanting to leave without a word to anyone, is pissing me off.

"She, um...Do you want to come in for a cup of coffee and we can talk about it?" He asks with hesitation in his voice, glancing down at my uniform. I'm supposed to be on patrols with a new training officer that just transferred over to our unit to help solve a couple cases. But, I haven't been able to focus on my new job very well when I keep thinking about my sister and her whereabouts.

"Yeah, sure. Let me just go get my partner. I'm pretty positive that we could both use a cup of coffee." I comment, turning back on my heels and hollering out to my temporary new partner who has her hand sticking out and the windows of our patrol car rolled all the way down.

Luke watches her step out of the car, smiling as she walks towards us and extends out her hand to him. "Alexia Branson. But, everyone calls me Lexi." She says proudly, placing her hand against her holstered gun and shaking Luke's hand with her other free hand.

"Luke Slater. I'm a co worker of Jeremy's sister, Elena." He tells her, opening the back door to the diner and holding it open until we're both inside.

"So, when's the last time you heard from Elena?" He asks me, watching as Lexi and I take a seat next to each other and Rosie nods at us, smiling.

"It's been a few days. Since, last Monday." I comment, watching Luke's eyebrows furrow, nearly gasping.

"So, you don't know about them, do you?" He questions as he pours the hot coffee into two white colored mugs placed in front of Lexi and I.

"About who?" I ask, watching as he places the hot and steaming thermal carafe beside him on his left side.

"About her new group of friends?" He asks as I purse my lips together, taking two packets of sugar from the small holder in front of me. "I know about the firemen. About, Stefan. The guy who saved her life." Luke watches me stopping to open the packet of sugar in my hand as I listen to Luke explain.

"Stefan's in the hospital, Jeremy. In the intensive care unit. He got into an accident last week on the job and your sister's been up there all week long, with him. I thought you knew." Luke says, seeing me shake my head.

"I knew about him. I just didn't realize how close they'd already gotten." I comment, feeling Lexi nudge my shoulder. "That's really sweet, you know. Her going up there to be with her friend."