*Eight Years Later, Present Day, Jack's POV*

"Where's our next concert?" I asked Alex.

"Albuquerque, New Mexico." Alex said. The bus was on the road and we were some in the back while Zack and Rian slept.

"We're playing there on her birthday." I said. Asked knew I was talking about Zjael. She didn't keep her promise. She said she'd come back once she was 18 and she never did. But I promised I'd wait for her for as long as I had to till she returned to me.

"You think she'll be there tomorrow?" Alex asked. I decided to not lie to him.

"I don't know. Part of me really hopes she's there, but deep inside I'm pretty sure she won't be there. She hasn't come back yet." I said defeated. Alex hugged me comfortingly.

"She'll come back one day." Alex said and I sighed.

"It's like she's testing my patience and pushing me to see how long I can keep our promise then show up when I'm ready to just give up." I said and remembered her dad's funeral. She wasn't even there. She just disappeared.

"What's wrong? You look sad." Alex said to me.

"I just remembered her dad's funeral. Her mom said she was there, but she wasn't. Then my parents and I were staying at her house for the night before going back home. She was nowhere to be found." I said quietly.

"I'm sorry Jack." Alex said sympathetically.

"I think I'm gonna go see if I can find her at her mom's house." I said then stood up and headed towards my bunk. "But I'm gonna go to sleep." I said then walked all the way to my bunk, got in, and fell asleep.

*The Next Day*

I woke up and the bus want moving. I assumed we were in Albuquerque. "Jack, do you want to come get breakfast with us?" Alex asked pulling the curtain to my bunk away so he could see me.

"Only if I can shower first." I said quietly.

"Go ahead, you have 20 minutes though." Alex said. I nodded and grabbed clean clothes then headed to the bathroom. I quickly showered and got out in time to go to breakfast with my band. We went to a nearby Denny's.

"You look a little dressed up compared to what you normally wear." Rian said to me as we waited for our food.

"Yeah, what's up with that?" Zack asked. I looked down and pretended to play on my phone.

"Jack?" Rian asked pushing for an answer.

"I uh....." I said trying to gather up the right words.

"He's find visit some family friends he hasn't seen in a while." Alex said for me.

"Oh, okay." Zack said, but Rian wasn't about to abandon the topic.

"Is it a girl? Is that why you're dressed up? Why haven't you seen her in a while? How long has it been?" Rian asked.

"Can we not get into this......please?" I asked quietly as our food was placed in front of us.

"Jack, you can't hold everything in forever. You have to talk to someone." Rian said. I didn't look up at all.

"I do talk to someone." I said.

"Oh yeah, who?" Rian asked not believing me.

"Alex." I said then stood up and found our waitress. "Hey, could I please get a to go box and pay right now? I just feel sick and don't want to waste my food." I said and fake coughed and made it seem like I was sick.

"Sure." She said with a smile, I paid, and she gave me a to go box. I walked back to the table and started putting my food in the to go box.

"You don't have to leave Jack. You just don't talk to me about this kind of stuff." Rian said.

"Not everyone goes to you, Rian I said then left and headed to the bus to eat. After I finished eating I walked off the bus, as the guys were coming back, to find the house, but Alex stopped me.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Alex asked.

"I have to see her if she's there." I need to know what's kept her away. " I said then kept walking. As I waked I thought about trying to talk to her on Facebook, but she deactivated it a few days after her dad's funeral. I finally found the house and knocked. The site opened to reveal her mom.

"Who the hell are you and why are you here?" She asked clearly not remembering me.

"Kim, it's me. Jack? Jack Barakat?" I she'd trying to jog her memory. She looked high on something.

"Oh yeah, Jack. What are you doing here?" She asked.

"My band is playing in town tonight. I was going to stop by and say hi, maybe see Zjael. Does she still love here?" I asked.

"No, she uh, she ran away the last time you were here for Marshall's funeral." Kim said. I nodded, but didn't believe her.

"Thanks Rich, I really needed that." Said a random guys voice.

"Well, you can sheets come back for more. Just schedule a time with us." Richard said. I was kind of confused with the conversation in the house.

"So you don't know where she is?" I asked skeptical.

"No, now I think you should leave." Kim said and I nodded.

"Okay, I'll go." I said. A random guy came out of the door as I walked away. I only walked far enough from the house and sneak into their backyard by the window I know is to Zjael's room, or old room if Kim is telling the truth. The curtains were open enough for me to see a crying person sitting against the need wearing a big sweatshirt. Could it be?

I carefully tried to open the window and it worked. The person didn't seem to notice as I opened it all the way and crawled in the room. I waked over and saw long black and green hair. "Zjael?"

Notes

So, Rian was trying to get Jack to talk to him, but got rejected. Then Jack went to Zjael's house. Do you think the person crying is her? 'Cause it might not be, but you never know. What do you think that random guy was doing there? Why do you think Zjael didn't go back to Jack like she said she would.

Hope you guys like this chapter. If there's anything you'd like to see in this story, just tell me. I like adding suggestions into my stories. Also, I'm gonna be trying to update this story every 2-3 days. If you liked this comment, subscribe and rate it please :)

-Rose