Not Alone

Part 12

I look at the figure but it wasn't the same one I wished it was. I was confused. The rooftop was Shawn's. Maybe they moved or something? Or maybe it was a friend?

He waves to me and I wave back. He was tall with short blonde hair and had blue eyes. He holds a finger up to show me to wait a second. I nod to show I understood. He comes back with a piece of paper. This was reminding me so much of Shawn.

He wrote on the paper:
Hey.

I look around and see that I still had some papers from talking to Shawn sometimes lying on the ground. I take one and write:
Hi.

He writes:
What's your name?

I write:
Destiny, what's yours?

He writes:
Nick.

I write:
Did you move to that house?

He writes:
No. It's my friend's house.

I never felt so happy. Shawn was still there. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and write:
So Shawn's still there right?

He writes:
Oh you know Shawn? Yeah he's still here.

I smile. It was good to know he was still here:
Yeah he's a close friend of mine.

He writes:
Cool. Well it was nice to meet you but I gotta go. They're probably worried about where I disappeared. Hope we can talk later.

I write:
Okay cool. Bye. Have fun.

He writes:
Bye.

I rip up the posters I used and take them down to the trashcan.

"You okay? That took a bit," Isla says when she sees me.

"Yeah I'm fine," I say.

"What are those?" she asks motioning to the rips of the poster.

"Just random stuff I was writing. Don't worry about it," I say.

"Okay," she says.

I put the papers in the trash then say, "I'm kind of tired so I'm going to go to bed okay?"

"Okay. I know you've had a hard day and you're probably really exhausted so I'm not going to take too much of your time but I just want you to know that I love you so much and if you ever need anything you could just call me okay? I'll be here for you whenever you need it. If you want to talk about anything or need any help with anything just ask okay?" she says.

"Okay thank you so much Isla. I'm really glad your back. I've missed you so much," I say.

"I'm glad I'm back and I've missed you too," she says.

"Isla?" I ask.

"Yes?" she asks.

"What happened to the guy you ran away with?" I ask.

"Oh. We both realized that we were tired of running and we missed our families so we decided that it was best that we just go back. We were young and in love but it was hard having to worry every second that somebody might come after you or you might die any second so we decided it was best to come back," she says.

"Do you think you're ever going to see him again?" I ask.

"I think we might meet in secret some more times but less because it's getting more dangerous," she says.

"Just be careful okay?" I say.

"Don't worry I will," she says.
"You should go to bed now."

"Aren't you going to sleep?" I ask.

"Yeah but I'm going to stay out a little longer," she says.

"Okay," I say. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," she says.

I give her a hug before going to my bathroom. I do my night routine and change then go to bed.