you know i'll see you again.

chapter twenty : luke's fault

After Hestia and Easdale kissed, everyone was pretty happy. I swear, I knew they were holding hands. And I thought it was weird how Hestia had Easdales mobile and almost called her Emily once. Something was fishy, and we found out. And I wasn't surprised to find out Hestia was homosexual.

I mean staff and student relationships are illegal, but Easdale is only one year older than us, and she went to school with us last year. And the year before because she is only two grades ahead of us.

After that, we played truth or dare for a bit more till about 4 am. We than realized we need sleep, so Easdale, Hestia and Vanille left to Easdales room. Now out that Hestia and Easdale were dating, we all knew Vanille would feel like a third wheel. So I feel sorry for her.

They left just Luke and I in the room. They turned the lights off on the way out. So I was laying on the bed, and Luke was laying on the floor in complete darkness.

" Hey Carter. " I heard Luke speak.

" What. " I answered.

" You guys knew I was joking when I pretend you guys were dating. Right? " Luke spoke again.

" Kinda. You kinda just made it seem real sometimes. " I answered, again.

" You guys didn't even seem like the type of girl and boy best friends to actually start dating. " Luke chuckled.

" Yeah pretty much. " I smiled.

" But I mean, you and Vanille. " Luke laughed.

" Dude I haven't even gotten to know her that much yet. When we knew each other, we didn't even have personalities. We were eight. " I chuckled.

" Still, you guys got along a lot tonight. Maybe in the future you'll get along even more. " Luke continued.

" Stop talking before I punch you in the throat. " I spoke.

" Okay. " Luke than stopped talking.

The next morning came. I woke up and light was shining through the windows. I looked at the clock in the corner of the room and it was five in the morning. Gross.

I stood up and rubbed my eyes. I saw myself in a mirror across from the bed. My hair curled, it does that when I wake up. Its not that big of a curl, but its something. I wiped the drool print off my cheek, and adjusted my shirt so it was on properly. Somehow one of my sleeves came off so I was like, half shirtless.

I looked down on the floor where Luke was, he wasn't there anymore. I looked around the bed, even under the bed. He wasn't there. If he went into either the room my mother was in, or the one the girls were in, he would be in big trouble. 

I walked out of the room and saw Takahashi cooking in the kitchen.

" You're up early Hills. " Takahashi spoke. He didn't even look up to see I was there.

" Yeah my curtains were open so the sun woke me up. " I explained.

" We live in a very sunny area. " Takahashi added. 

" Hey, do you know where Luke is by the way? " I asked.

" Is he not with you-? " Takahashi looked up at me.

" He was when we went to sleep, but when I woke up this morning I didn't see him anywhere. " I continued.

Takahashi turned off the stove and mumbled something to himself. He stomped toward Easdale's room. I followed.

Takahashi slammed open the door to Easdale's room. Easdale was sleeping on her bed, and Vanille was sleeping on the tiny couch in Easdale's window. Hestia wasn't there, so we assumed she was just invisible on the floor or something.

The slam woke Vanille up, but not Easdale or Hestia.

" Dude. " Vanille looked Takahashi up and down.

" Where is Howler. If he's in here, he's in big trouble. " Takahashi spoke.

" I don't know where he is. " Vanille gestured toward me. " Why don't you ask his boyfriend? "

" I'm not his boyfriend. " I laughed.

" I know it was joke. " Vanille smiled, she than looked back at Takahashi.

" Well we need to find him. Hills is claiming he went missing. Would you like to help us find Howler? " Takahashi asked.

" Sure. " Vanille shrugged. She stood up and walked toward us. 

Takahashi turned around and walked back into the hallway.

" Are you sure he's not in the guest room Hills? " Takahashi asked me again.

" Yes, I even checked under the bed. He's no where to be found. " I answered.

" Alright, you two just check anywhere. I'll look downstairs. " Takahashi spoke.

So we did. Vanille, Takahashi and I searched the whole place. Bathrooms, offices, basement, etc. Luke was no where. We even checked the backyard. And the roof.

" LUKE WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU. " Vanille screamed outside. This caused birds to scream and fly out of a near by tree.

" Great, now birds hate you. " I chuckled.

Vanille looked over at me.

" Oh shut up. " Vanille chuckled. She looked back at the sky.

" Wait- I think I know where Luke is. " I spoke again.

" Where-? " Vanille looked at me.

" Luke can fly, so when he's in a negative mood he flies into the clouds. " I answered.

" Do we have a way up there-? " Vanille crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

" Yep. This might feel a little weird. But its our only way up. " I kept looking at the sky.

I picked up myself and Vanille up with my telekinesis, and I shot us up into the clouds.

Vanille kinda panicked.

" THIS FEELS WEIRD- " Vanille looked a little scared.

" Don't worry we're almost there. " I chuckled.

We flew up into the clouds. I let us go, Vanille fell on her butt and I landed on my feet. Vanille stood up properly and gave me an angry pout.

" Luke we know you're up here. " I yelled out.

" Emily's uncle is mad at you, I hope you know that. " Vanille chuckled.

I saw red droplets on a near by cloud. I put my finger on my lips and turned to Vanille, telling her to be quiet. We crouched down and slowly walked toward it.

We followed the blood trail. Thinking we'd find Luke, we found something we we're expecting. A note. In a pool of blood. It couldn't have been Luke's blood, could it?

" What in the actual Tsuki is going on. " Vanille raised on eyebrow.

" Language. " I looked at her, than back at the note.

Vanille rolled her eyes and walked to the note, she picked it up. The paper still dripping with blood. It was soaked. Yet you could still read it.

" It's either Lukey Boy or Kat. You only get one. " Vanille read.

" Wolfe. " I sighed.

" Would make sense if we were to tell Takahashi and the others that Howler died. " Vanille looked at the note in disgust.

" He's not dead Vanny. " I spoke, than I quickly realize what I did and I fixed my wording. " Vanille! I meant Vanille. "

" Yeah of course you did. " Vanille looked at me and chuckled. " You can call me Vanny or Van. I don't really care. "

" Alright. " I smiled. It was nice having her back.

Vanille stood up. She just laid the note onto her palm so it didn't rip or fold. Her hands were covered in what we're assuming to be Luke's blood. 

" Okay. Lets go down. " Vanille looked at me.

" I'll keep hold of the paper so it doesn't fly from your hand. " I smiled. I picked up myself with telekinesis, than Vanille, and then the note. 

Honestly, I got butterflies in my stomach just thinking about what could happen with Luke. We already went through so much just to get Vanille on our team. And now we have to get Luke. At least he's going to be more willing to be on our team.

I flew us down to the ground. Takahashi was ran out of the door the second we touched the ground and I let go of the telekinesis.

" You find him? " Takahashi asked as he walked up to us.

" No. But we found his death note. " Vanille gave Takahashi the blood soaked note. Takahashi took it in disgust.

" Ah, Amelia. " Takahashi spoke well reading the note.

" Does she always call Howler 'Lukey-Boy'? " Vanille asked.

" Yep. I remember when he found it hot. " I chuckled.

" PFFTT- " Vanille burst out in laughter. Her smile made me smile. Same with Takahashi. " HE WHAT!? OH MY GOD I CAN'T- "

Vanille kept laughing.

" We should go in and inform the others. Looks like we have a new mission to retrieve a different person. " Takahashi looked at Vanille. " Are you in? Hero Kat? " 

" Hm what? " Vanille stopped laughing and looked at Takahashi.

" You seemed like you had fun with us and it looks like you can trust us. You think you wanna join Taiyo and get Luke back working on our side? " I asked Vanille.

Vanille contemplated the answer for a good few seconds. And she finally gave us an answer. Not one we were expecting...