Her Last Wish

Chapter 7

Hey! Sorry it took longer than usual =P I've been studying for exams and I have IGCSE Cambridge exams to study for as well. Why? Because my school likes to torture 14-year-olds ! ;) Nah, just kidding but really, it's pure evil. Anyways, here's chapter 7. Enjoy!

Oh yeah. . . Thanks for putting up with my eeeermm. . Tardiness x) I'm a fail at punctuality T.T

Love,

Sandra =P

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-Chapter 7-

He was not there. It had been a week yet Drew had not returned. It made me feel as though it had been my fault; I began to think I may have been the reason for his absence, yet I knew it was foolish of me to ever think so. After all, who was I to have caused his absence? Was I not but some girl that he had met by coincidence right before he had left?

No matter what I had said to myself, I had not been convinced. I had truly looked everywhere; there had never been a day when I would not return to where we had met in the forest on the day before he had disappeared, yet to my greatest dismay my efforts had always resulted in nothing but vain. Everywhere I went, I had found myself searching, in attempt to lay my eyes upon him. No matter where I was, it was none other than the thought of his absence that had filled me. I was now certain that I had began to turn -not to mention look-insane; however the unpleasant guilt that had filled me was too much for me to bear.

Yet despite whatever attempts I had made in hopes to find that he was not after all gone, I never found him.

"What---or should I say, who--- are you looking for Alice?" Bianca had finally asked, on what must have been the third day of my endless, yet fruitless search. I had not been paying her any attention whatsoever, which may have resulted in her annoyance.

I had only blinked, for I was not quite certain how to respond. I felt my brows furrow together, as I tried to understand whatever she had asked me. "Nobody," I responded as soon as her question had made sense, though I did not even bother to turn towards her for my gaze had been focused elsewhere. I was far too occupied, to be truly honest.

I heard Bianca scoff with great irritation as realization had dawned upon her. "Forget it, Alice. He's not here," she informed me, with a hint of what may have been amusement. Though I had only known her for a little while, I was almost certain her lips had held a smirk.

That had caused me to stop walking completely. A few people bumped onto my temporarily frozen body, and I quickly murmured a quiet apology. "I'm sorry, what? Who are you talking about?" It was not possible for her to have known whoever it was I had been looking for as I had never talked with Drew inside the doors of the school, nor have I ever talked about him.

"Yeah, play dumb all you want. Don't even try lying to me and telling me youaren't looking for Drew. I mean come on, all the girls are after him." She scoffed loudly, causing my head to turn towards her.

I eyed her with great disbelief and astonishment, my face heating up immediately. "W-why. . ." I trailed off, my gaze moving towards Stefani with great helplessness.

Stefani had not given any reaction to my pleading gaze whatsoever, nor had she even commented about my ongoing conversation with Bianca. Her face wore a greatly unreadable expression that had frightened me. Her gaze was distant, and her eyes seemed to be on the verge of spilling tears.

That was strange in ways I could not explain. "Stefani, is there somethingwrong?" I asked, though my voice had sounded unsure. I was not certain if I

should have asked her that question, for the mask her face had worn had frightened me. I had felt the atmosphere turning tense, and I did not dare cause it to become worse.