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Where is he

I had no idea what I was going to do or say to Miles when I got to his house. I was so determined to get there that I had been walking faster than I realised. I was soon standing right outside his house. I took slow steps until I was faced with his front door. It towered above me. 2 double doors with a large knocker on each one. I reached out and clasped the cold metal knocker, pulling it back and releasing it from my finger tips. I stood silently, listening for any sounds of movement inside the house. I waited about a minute but there was no answer. Just as I was about to give up and walk away, the door swung open. Stood in front of me was Libby, Miles' older sister; only by a few years. She was about the same height as me. All the Iero children were quite small. I guess they all inherited it from Frank. She had short green hair with a full fringe that reached just about her eye brows. Libby was a pretty girl, she had a cool fashion sense. Although it was very different to Miles'.
"err hey Effie"
"hi Libby"
"what are you doing here?"
"well erm I came to see Miles. He's been ignoring me and I just wanted to speak to him and ask why"
"He's not here"
"do you know where I can find him"
"no. look I think you should leave"
I couldn't understand why she was being rude to me. Had I done something to offend this whole family. Just then someone called Libby asking who was at the door. To my surprise it was Frank. I didn't expect him to be home.
"Effie"
"oh hi Frank, I was just looking for Miles but it's fine, I will go now"
"don't be silly, come inside. I think we need to talk about Miles. There is probably something you should know"
"dad you can't be serious" Libby interrupted.
"stay out of this Libby, she has a right to know"
"okay whatever" she walked off.
I walked into their house. I had only been there once before, very shortly. It was just so my Mum could drop off something Jamia had left round after the party. I only went so I could see Miles.
Their house was massive. Frank guided me into the front room and gestured me to sit onto the sofa.
"Do you want something to drink effie" Frank was polite but I just wanted him to get this over with.
"no I'm fine thank you. Look Frank what is this about have I done something wrong?"
"no no, of course not. why would you think that"
"well I'm not really sure. I mean, I thought Miles liked me but he's been ignoring me. I just wanted to know why. I wasn't expecting anything from him"
Frank sat down next to me looking slightly worried.
"Effie, the thing about Miles is that sometimes he has the tendency to just leave. We don't know why he does it, and usually after a few days when he's cooled off a bit he will come home. He's been through a lot that kid. He told me that he told you about the drugs and the depression. He has quite serious anger issues as well. We are not really sure where all started but we want him to get help. Every time we bring it up he just gets more mad and leaves."
"I feel like such a shit person. All this time I was thinking about me. I didn't even consider the fact that he had lied to me about being over his depression. Do you know where he's gone?"
"it's not your fault Effie, you don't need to feel bad. It's just something he does. He probably wasn't thinking straight and I'm sure he feels guilty about lying to you. When he comes home he will probably want to explain to you what happened. But maybe you should just leave it after that. I know your dad thinks that Miles will be bad for you and he's probably right. Miles is a troubled kid and he doesn't need anyone else getting wrapped up in all of it.
"but, it's not like that. Miles makes me happy, and I think I make him happy too. What if I am good for him. What if I can help him out of it all. I know it's a long shot but please let us make the mistake. If it's not ment to me then we will find out."
"okay Effie, to be honest that kid doesn't listen to a fucking thing I say anyway so if he does want to be with you then he will do it regardless to what I tell him. You just better hope that you can convince your dad."
"Thanks Frank. If you hear from Miles please tell him I came looking for him"
"Yeah I will."
"let's just hope he comes home soon"
"he will. He always does"
I felt so guilty about not thinking about what's Miles might have been feeling through all of this. I knew he had problems, but I thought he was recovered now. Maybe he didn't even want to be with me. I decided that if he didn't, then that was okay. He had a lot to deal with at the moment and he deserved to make his own choices about something like this.
I thought about where he might have gone. Where was the one place he could have that was all his own, away from everything. The one place where he had his thoughts and nothing else. Then suddenly it hit me.