I Knew You Were Trouble
Chapter 3
Should this be surprising?
It’s my first day midyear at a new school and 10 people have asked me if I need help finding something or need help on the homework. This is nuts. Ive never had more than one friend all my life and I had ten chances to make a new friend. The only person here that I had no choice but to allow his help was Jack. So that’s how I find myself sitting in between him and my brother at lunch. “And remember that one time Jack had shaving cream and…” I found out that all anyone does at this table is talk about old times and discuss the happenings of new ones. I never really listened to them talk. I sat and drowned them out while I read my novel. Every once in a while both Jack and Alex would look at me from the corner of their eye and possibly wonder why I was being anti-social. “That sounds like fun right El?” my head popped up at the nickname. My dad called me that when I was little. Encouraging me to walk, getting my through a nightmare, fixing a scraped knee. All the soothing words always ended in “You’re doing it El”. Or “It’ll be alright El”. I couldn’t help but believe him. I’m shaken out of my thoughts when the question is asked again. “Oh. Um… I’m sorry I wasn’t listening” I simply said before bowing down to my book again. “There’s a party this weekend. We wanted to know if you would come with us”. Jack. Jack was the one who suggested it.” I’m sorry but parties aren’t my thing” I mumbled so Jack could just barely hear my response. “Besides I’ve got a date… with my book” I said to lighten the mood after I turned down Jack’s offer. Parties and I just do not mix. Not that anything bad happened to me. Something happened to someone else and knowing that could happen to me really scared me. Jack laughed and smiled before going back to whatever conversation they were having.
As I was leaving lunch Jack caught up to me. Oh yeah. We share the rest of today’s classes. “Hey. So what’s the real reason you don’t like parties?” how did I know he was going to catch on. Looks can definitely be deceiving. I decide to spare the details and say “It’s something that happened to a friend of mine and I don’t want it happening to me”. He takes a second to digest my words and says “I’ll protect you. Alex will, Rian will. Alex will make sure nothing happens to you”. I almost believed it, but I can’t. The night my best friend disappeared was the night we decided to go to a party. How stupid I was to even give in to the idea of a party haunts me to this day. “It’s nothing you can really stop from happening. One moment I could be in your sight. The next thing you know, gone. Maybe another time” I said before strutting off towards my locker. Jack didn’t say anything after that. He simply followed considering our lockers are right next to each other.
After we got through our next class I had to suffer Jack and his girlfriend Holly trading spit as I gathered my books for my last class. Jack is a nice person. Why he decided to be with someone like her is beyond me. I’m not jealous at all. I just think he could do better.
As I drove home from school it seemed like my phone wouldn’t stop blowing up. Text message, voicemail, it was all too much. Before I got in an accident I pulled over and shut off my car. As I picked up my phone it would not stop flashing with alerts until it all of a sudden stopped. That was weird. I started checking the text messages. All of the 25 text messages were from an unknown number. They all said the same thing just about.
-Help!
-MAYDAY
-Send help please
-You’ve got to help me I need you right now.
-Elaina you’re my only hope and best friend please
-I don’t know the address but I know it’s somewhere in southeast of Illinois
-You have to help me Elaina please
It absolutely tore my heart to shreds seeing these messages. It’s someone I know and it’s the only someone I’ve ever known.
Kaitlyn was captured.
It’s my first day midyear at a new school and 10 people have asked me if I need help finding something or need help on the homework. This is nuts. Ive never had more than one friend all my life and I had ten chances to make a new friend. The only person here that I had no choice but to allow his help was Jack. So that’s how I find myself sitting in between him and my brother at lunch. “And remember that one time Jack had shaving cream and…” I found out that all anyone does at this table is talk about old times and discuss the happenings of new ones. I never really listened to them talk. I sat and drowned them out while I read my novel. Every once in a while both Jack and Alex would look at me from the corner of their eye and possibly wonder why I was being anti-social. “That sounds like fun right El?” my head popped up at the nickname. My dad called me that when I was little. Encouraging me to walk, getting my through a nightmare, fixing a scraped knee. All the soothing words always ended in “You’re doing it El”. Or “It’ll be alright El”. I couldn’t help but believe him. I’m shaken out of my thoughts when the question is asked again. “Oh. Um… I’m sorry I wasn’t listening” I simply said before bowing down to my book again. “There’s a party this weekend. We wanted to know if you would come with us”. Jack. Jack was the one who suggested it.” I’m sorry but parties aren’t my thing” I mumbled so Jack could just barely hear my response. “Besides I’ve got a date… with my book” I said to lighten the mood after I turned down Jack’s offer. Parties and I just do not mix. Not that anything bad happened to me. Something happened to someone else and knowing that could happen to me really scared me. Jack laughed and smiled before going back to whatever conversation they were having.
As I was leaving lunch Jack caught up to me. Oh yeah. We share the rest of today’s classes. “Hey. So what’s the real reason you don’t like parties?” how did I know he was going to catch on. Looks can definitely be deceiving. I decide to spare the details and say “It’s something that happened to a friend of mine and I don’t want it happening to me”. He takes a second to digest my words and says “I’ll protect you. Alex will, Rian will. Alex will make sure nothing happens to you”. I almost believed it, but I can’t. The night my best friend disappeared was the night we decided to go to a party. How stupid I was to even give in to the idea of a party haunts me to this day. “It’s nothing you can really stop from happening. One moment I could be in your sight. The next thing you know, gone. Maybe another time” I said before strutting off towards my locker. Jack didn’t say anything after that. He simply followed considering our lockers are right next to each other.
After we got through our next class I had to suffer Jack and his girlfriend Holly trading spit as I gathered my books for my last class. Jack is a nice person. Why he decided to be with someone like her is beyond me. I’m not jealous at all. I just think he could do better.
As I drove home from school it seemed like my phone wouldn’t stop blowing up. Text message, voicemail, it was all too much. Before I got in an accident I pulled over and shut off my car. As I picked up my phone it would not stop flashing with alerts until it all of a sudden stopped. That was weird. I started checking the text messages. All of the 25 text messages were from an unknown number. They all said the same thing just about.
-Help!
-MAYDAY
-Send help please
-You’ve got to help me I need you right now.
-Elaina you’re my only hope and best friend please
-I don’t know the address but I know it’s somewhere in southeast of Illinois
-You have to help me Elaina please
It absolutely tore my heart to shreds seeing these messages. It’s someone I know and it’s the only someone I’ve ever known.
Kaitlyn was captured.
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