When he left I was tempted to take out my phone and text Nessa about the cute boy I just met... but then I remembered... Nessa's gone.

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Linda returned from the bathroom looking as pale as a ghost,

"Linda are you ok?" I questioned worriedly,

She slowly nodded but she had an uneasy look on her face as if she'd seen something horrific!

The cute waiter returned to our table with my food! I was so starving it was ridiculous!

"Good luck with trying to eat all that" He playfully giggled.

"I'm so hungry you don't even know, I could eat a pig!!" I chuckled. Damet Veronica! Seriously! Don't tell a hot guy you could literally devour a PIG!

He laughed and walked away, I gazed dreamily at him while I stuffed french fries into my mouth, making a mess of myself.

"You know it's SO obvious!" Linda snickered distracting me from all lost thoughts,

"What is!?" I asked embarrassed,

"Give him your number!" she urged,

"ME!" I practically shouted,

"YES! You both keep dazing off into each other's eyes!" she admitted.

Was I really being that obvious? I don't know if I should give him my number... How would I give him my number!?

I hadn't realized I had chuffed down all the the nachos, fries and my massive burger in the time of creating a master plan to give this guy my number.

WAIT! I don't even know his name. I looked over at Linda who was again extremely pale staring off into the distance. I guess I had to figure this one out on my own!

I slowly approached the serving counter where mystery boy was cleaning, I hopped up on the stool trying to act casual but being me I of course had to muck things up and tumble backwards!

"Oh My God!, Are You Ok!?" The cute boy shouted, running over to me, He carefully picked me up and placed me on the countertop in a sitting position.

"Sorry, I'm really clumsy!" I clambered, feeling my face turn bright red.

"Are You Ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine thanks...?"

"Oh I'm Mason" He stammered... Once again we got lost in each other's eyes, his glistened like the stars of the night sky,

"I'm Veronica..." I stuttered... Wow, he is gorgeous!

I averted my eyes for several seconds in search for a napkin, I grabbed one from behind the counter and a pen from Mason's uniform, I quickly scribbled down my number and did the typical highschool girl movie action.

Stealthily handing him the napkin brushing our hands together and the whispering "Call Me!" into his ear and swiftly walking away!

I did it! I can't believe I actually gave him my number!

I returned back to our booth daydreaming, gazing into nothingness.

"We have to go!" Linda urged.

"Wait what!? Why?!" I asked annoyed,

"I have to bring you somewhere" she said sternly, I wasn't gonna be asked twice! Linda is the kind of person that you wouldn't want to get on your bad side!

She grabbed my wrist and yanked me out the door, I was freaking out! Why was she acting like this?!

I glanced around quickly in search for something, something that could show me a sign to why Linda was acting like this! I focused my eyes on a dodgy looking man, dressed in black staring at me, I suddenly stopped attempting to escape from Linda's grasp and let her lead me to her car.

She practically shoved me into the passenger seat, hopped into the driver's seat and began to drive aggressively.

"Linda! Calm Down! Where are you taking me!" I asked worried but mostly scared.

"Be quite! You'll see when we get there!" She shouted.

I sat in silence while Linda drove, I was petrified! Did I get the wrong impression of Linda?!

We stopped at a cemetery, "What are we doing here!?" I questioned nervous,

"Get Out!" She ordered.

She dragged me through the gates and along the pathways of graves,

"Linda please you're scaring me!"

"OH I'm scaring You!?" She answered sarcastically.

We halted next to a moderately new grave stone, It was white marble. It looked as if someone hadn't been to visit here in years, there were dead flowers scattered above the grass, weeds growing from the headstone.

"What's this?" I asked confused,

"Read It!" she urged angrily.

I slowly read the first line on the headstone, it read:

In Loving Memory Of Vanessa Jo Merrell

6 August 1996 - 27 August 2016

A Loving Daughter And Sister

Her Life A Beautiful Memory.

I could feel my whole body tense, tears stung my eyes as I collapsed to my knees.

"Th-Th-They had her funeral without me?" I whispered

Tears fell off my cheeks rapidly, I sobbed covering my face with my hands.

"Oh Nessa! I'm Sorry! I don't know how this happened!" I cried.

"So when were you planning on telling me!" Linda asked angrily,

"What that my sister is dead!? Newsflash I already told you! Thanks for the quick reminder!" I grieved.

"No Veronica, not that your sister is dead! When were you planning on telling me about this!?" She shouted,

I turned my head to see her holding up an old crumbled up page with a picture of me on it, I looked closer reading the header which said in big read letters MISSING!

"What's that" I questioned

"Oh I dunno? Maybe it's your acting headshot!" She stated sarcastically, "Why didn't you tell me Veronica!?"

I stood up and grabbed the page to take a closer look, it read:

MISSING!

VERONICA JO MERRELL

Long black hair

5'2

Pale skin

Please contact police if any possible sightings!

I studied the page even closer to see a printed date on the top left corner 16/September/2016.

"I'm not lost!?" I stated confused.

"VERONICA LOOK AT THE DATE ON THE PAGE! YOU'VE BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST THREE AND A HALF YEARS!" she shouted.

I crumbled down to my knees again... how the hell have I been missing for almost three and a half years!? I could barely breath, the shock had overwhelmed me.

"What's with this dramatic scene!?" Linda said disgustedly

"You don't think I would've noticed if I had been missing for that long! Cause trust me I'm as confused as you are! One minute I'm being abducted by an evil man who was out to kill my dead sister, the next minute I'm lying dying in my sister's arms, I then wake up on the highway my sister lost her life on! And now you're telling me I've been missing for three years! So you can see why I'm making a 'dramatic scene!'" I shrieked.

Linda grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet, "You're coming with me!" she whispered.

She dragged me back through the graves and out the gates before I could say goodbye to Nessa, but something caught the corner of my eye, it was that man again, the man who was standing outside the diner who was dressed in black! Was he following us?!

I was reluctantly shoved into the back seat of her range rover, she slammed the door and sat into the driver's seat and began to drive aggressively.

(A/N: Hey guys I can't believe I'm almost at 3k reads! It blows my mind that people actually want to read my book! THANK YOU! Anyway I uploaded a youtube video the other day please go check it out its a Merrell Twins edit)