Missing

The day it happened

A hot summer's day, Keith could feel the sweat on the back of his neck run down his lose shirt. He looked down at the white trash bad with red draw strings. Keith let out a small sigh. He never liked taking out the trash but it had to be done. He had only been outside a few minutes. But the 103degress fahrenheit. Flipping oklahoma. One day it be around 76 the next 100. But in saying that keith didn’t mind. It being hot was better than it being cold. Though a moderate 72 was his idle temp during all year. Keiths father however liked it extremely cold in the house around 69. Not above or below. So keiths small stachur was always to cold or to hot. 

Keith heard a somewhat high pitched yelp. He looked over to see his best friend Lance ruffly a year or two younger than he playing with three kids. Two boys and one girl. Hunk, Matt, and katie. Keith had always gotten along with Katie better than the others. But he still called lance his best friend. He didn’t really know why. Shouldn’t katie be his best friend seeing as they share the same interests. Lance saw keith he waves to him. “Hey! Keef!” Lance had a bit of a lisp. So he found it hard to say the ith in Keiths name. 

Lance runs over to him. Lance was in one of his older siblings shirts a hand me down obviously it was to big on him and almost looked like a dress. It wasn’t the shirt was an old button down only the first two buttons were buttoned. He didn’t need the others to be. Under the shirt were grey shorts not a hand me down. “Ooo taking out the trash i see. Need some help?” Lance asks rocking on his heals. 

Keith looked lance up and down. He didn’t want to ask lance for help. Keith was old enough and didn’t need help from no baby. He must have said that out loud cause Lance went from a sweet and helpful attitude to almost crying. “I’m not a baby! I just turned nine. Just cause your ten doesn't make you any better than me.” Lance ran back to Katie, Hunk, and matt. 

Keith sighed he always messed things up with lance. Honestly he messed things up with everyone.  The only person he didn’t mess things up with was his dog. And that wasn't even a person. He went to the trash cans he looked at it for a second. He was seeing if any bugs where on the lid. When he saw none it was safe enough to open. He placed the trash in the bin and closed the lid. He looked at the lid though unmoving. He heard a sound. It sounded like a cars engine. But it didn’t sound like his fathers truck. It also didn’t sound like Hunks moms car. Or the holts vehicle. It didn’t even sound like lances families beat up old van. It sounded new? 

The door on this vehicle opened, well slid open so a van. He still didn’t move he just thought the mcclains got a new van. Lances dad did get that new job maybe they could afford it now. But he wouldn’t have gotten payed for another few days. Keiths eyes go wide when he feels arms around him. He looked down. The arms where pale extremely pale. The person with the pale arms put there hand over keiths mouth. They pull him into the van. And shut the door. 

End of part one.