"You can never love people as much as you miss them"
Playlist for today (listen for better reading experience!): Promises (feat. Sam Smith) - Calvin Harris
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I park my car in front of Jay's house and climb out of the car as fast as my legs could go, rushing towards the front door. Adrenaline and fear take over my body as I steady myself to ring the doorbell.
Why I was being so antsy, I didn't know. Jay's probably just busy and me, his loser best friend, is worrying herself to death over nothing. I sigh for the hundredth time today. Since I'm already here, might as well say hello.
I press the bell softly but receive no response. I press it again, harder this time, and I hear some shuffling of feet and nose sniffing. Is someone crying?
The door creaks open and I see Jay's mom's tearful eyed expression and I immediately start to panic
"Mrs. Adams, are you okay?" I ask calmly, successfully concealing my fear.
With another blow of her nose, she says quietly "Jay, he-e's missing"
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"Kirana calm down. I'm sure Jay is alright, he probably just wanted some alone time for a bit and didn't want to be bothered" My mum unsuccessfully tries to calm me down. Oh sure, Jay just went out for a walk in the middle of the night and decided not to answer any of his phone calls since then. Yeah, no fucking way.
"Jay would never do that Mum, and you know that" I say, choking back sobs.
"He's afraid of the dark, he hates being alone and he tells his mum and I where he is at all times. He's like some kind of responsible wuss who tries to act tough all the time even though he's not. So why would he just vanish in the middle of the freaking night? It's so unlike him." I ramble on, trying so desperately to piece things together.
Mum stays mute through out my rant until I'm finished. She sighs "So what do we do now?" Mum asks gently, as if I was going to break as soon as she raises her voice at me.
"I-I don't know" I say, feeling helpless and dejected.
"But all I know is that I can't stay put doing nothing while my friend is potentially kidnapped" I say with new found confidence, appearing out of no where.
I get up from the couch I was sitting on and reach for my car keys.
"Where are you going?" Mum asks as I rush of to the front door.
"To find the truth. Don't wait up for me" I say victoriously as I reach for the door knob and leave the house without looking back.
As I enter the car, my balloon of confidence deflates a little. What am I doing?Where do I think I'm going? And where do I even begin to search for him?
The only thing I was so sure of right now, was the fact that Dad's death and Jay's disappearance was not coincidental, rather they have a connection, and I will definitely get to the bottom of it. For Dad and Jay.
I turn up the volume of the radio as I drive on ...
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November 15th, 2017
"So like, there's this new movie on Netflix that I've been dying to watch and I was wondering if you wanted to come over to watch it with me" I say coolly to Jay as we listen to back to back songs from Beyonce.
Beyonce has been Jay's childhood crush for years. He's mostly over it now but he still likes to break into a silly dance once in a while when her songs are played.
"Uh, can't tonight. I have this thing with my mum that I totally can't miss" he replies coolly, repeatedly taping the steering wheel.
"You are a really shitty liar Adams, do you know that?" I shoot back coolly, but I was slowly getting pissed .
"No, you're just pretty damn good at fishing out liars" he says with a wink and a grin.
"Why do you keep lying to me then, when you know I can tell when you do? " I say, the annoyance visible in my voice. "You keep cancelling our nights out and rescheduling even though you know you wouldn't show up, and later just try to apologize with ice-cream!"
He runs his free hand through his hair and sighs softly.
"I can't tell you yet Kira. It's just too complicated and I'm a little bit confused, but you have to trust me on this one, please?" he says softly, his eyes pleading to me to understand and not to push it.
Now it was my turn to sigh. "I want to trust you and I will trust you, but you have to promise me you would tell me everything as soon as it's okay for you to talk. And don't you dare miss any details." I say with a genuine smile. He smiles back, happy that he's won the case, yet again.
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January 28th, 2018 - Today
I find myself in the Park, settling down to think. This was the place where Jay and I met each other as dorky 5 year olds back then. The Park will soon be closing but I don't care. The breeze and warmth it was radiating was too good for me to leave behind. I watch as people start to leave in bits and I look at their facial expressions and their body movement, wondering if they were happy and content with their lives. I make a mental note to come here more often. Even though it sounds a little bit creepy, I always did enjoy observing people. There was always a story to tell behind those different faces.
After some time, almost everyone leaves the Park except some dude in a navy blue hoodie and matching sweatpants. I stare at him, wondering if he's aware that the Park is closing. He doesn't seem to notice me staring, or anything for that matter except his phone. He just looks at it with a blank stare, his expression completely blank and unreadable.
Some time passes, then he tears his gaze away from the phone and begins to walk away until he's completely out of sight. I take that as my queue to leave and get up from the soft grass, heading over to the exit. I didn't really get any leads today, but my mind was too preoccupied on the boy's hard stare.
There was something about him, and I was interested to know what.
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