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*Ally James*

It has been a week since Eva went missing, no one has been able to find her yet, not even the police.

I have never imagined a life without Eva but now that I am living it I realise how difficult it is. There is this big hole now that no matter what cannot be filled up.

Its hard to go to school knowing she wouldn't be there. That I won't jump up to her. The school seems so sad now, its quiter. No one talks at the cafetaria table, no one laughs in the class. Everyone misses her. I miss her.

I brushed away a tear that escaped. Its hard not to cry when I think about Eva. I wonder where she is. I hope she is okay, she's not hurt. It would kill me if something happens to her.

There was a knock at the door. I sat up straight, blinking my eyes to get rid of the tears.

"Come in" I said.

The door opened and Mason walked in. He closed the door behind him.

"Hey" he said walking over and sitting next to me on the bed.

"Hi" I replied surprised to see him here.

"I....you weren't in school for two days so I came to check on you" he said.

"I don't want to go to school, I feel lonely there now" I replied, my voice cracking.

"I know, there was a prayer for her today as if she's dead" said Mason bitterly.

I looked at him, he was beautiful, every inch of him. Looking at his eyes, I could tell he had cried.

"She'll come back, right Mason?" I said as tears started to fall.

"Of course she's going to come back" said Mason moving forward and hugging me.

I cried on his shoulder for a while as he rubbed his hand on my back trying to calm me down. It was nice to have him here, even after everything that happened, he was still my friend. We have spend years together, we find comfort in each other and no one can take that away from us.

"What bothers me most is that our last time with her we were fighting. We were so busy in ourselves that we ignored her" said Mason.

"We stop paying attention to her, how could we?" I said sniffing.

Mason pulled back, tilting my face up so I was looking at him.

"We are going to find her, she has to come back"

I nodded, giving him a faint smile.

"And lets not fight anymore" he said smilling back.

After Mason left I went down to get something to eat. As I walked inside the kitchen I saw my mom sitting on a stool, crying.

She cleaned her tears after seeing me come in.

"Ally, honey you can't keep on missing school like this"

I walked over to her and hugged her.

"I'm sorry I know I should be strong for you but everytime I think of Eva I can't help it" she said crying again.

"Its okay mom Eva is going to come back" I said tears falling from my eyes too now.

She nodded and hugged me back and as I watched my mother cry I realised there was another mother who would be crying right now too. Who would need a hug and an assurity that everything will be okay just like this.

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I knocked at the door waiting for Eva's  mother to open the door. After a few moments the door opened and revealed Miss Baker.

I tried to keep my shock as I looked at her. There were bags under her eyes from not sleeping, her eyes were red too from all the crying I guess. Her hair were pulled back in a bun. She still looked beautiful but sad.

"Hello Miss Baker" I said with a smile trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

"Hello Ally" she replied without a smile.

"I just came to see you"

"I'm actually busy right now" she said.

My smile fell a little, I am so stupid to come here and disturb her, of course she wouldn't want to see anyone. When you're grieving you just want to be alone.

"Oh I'm sorry for disturbing you, I'll get going" I said and turned to leave.

"Wait-"

I turned back to see her sighing. She was struggling with what to do.

"Its okay, you can come in" she said finally, stepping back to give me way to enter.

We walked to the living room where I sat on the couch. The house felt ignored, it wasn't as clean as it used to be.

"I'll bring something for you to drink and eat" she said.

"Oh no no no, I don't need anything believe me, I just came to spend time with you" I said standing up.

She nodded and returned back from the door, sitting beside me. I didn't know what to say, how to make her feel better.

"You know you don't really have to do this" she said in a feeble voice that I could have missed.

"I'm not doing this for you only, I am doing this for me too. I want someone who can understand, it hurts me so much to know Eva isn't here" I said my eyes filling up with tears again.

These stupid tears of mine, I came herr to give Miss Baker strengh but instead I am the one who wants it.

"I know Ally, it must be really hard for you to lose a friend" she said placing her hand on my shoulder. A small smile on her face to help me.

I was amazed at her, she has lost a daughter and was absolutely broken inside but still tried to make me feel better.

"I have not lost a friend, Eva is going to come back, I just know that. She is a very faithful person, she will never leave the people she loves" I said tears falling from my eyes now.

Miss Baker's also started to fill up as she blinked furiously to get rid of them.

"Ally do you think Eva hates me?" She asked after a moment.

"No of course not. Your her mother, she loves you beyond description" I replied surprised as to why she would think such a thing.

"I know, its just I have given her a lot of pain in the last two years. She needed me and I left her, its always going to be a painful memory for her"

"She was mad at you but that's a teenager thing? She would never hate you Miss Baker, belive me she loves you"

Miss Baker started to cry now, her tears not stopping as they finally found a way out. Her shattered breaths were so powerful that I could feel her pain in them.

"Okay, you know what Eva would hate? You reacting like this, giving up on her and yourself. Your acting like she's dead when she's not. The police is looking for her and soon she will be back here with us" I said angrily, standing up.

I am sick of people just sitting and crying for her, not having any hope.

"I know, I just, it kills me everytime I think I won't be able to see her" she replied crying.

I sat down back next to her, hugging her cause I feared she would collapse.

"You need to be brave for Eva, she would want that from you" I said in a light whisper as she calmed down a bit.

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*Drake Richards*

I turned in my bed again, trying to sleep. Its the fourth day now, ever since Eva went missing I have been having problem sleeping. Everytime I come close to dozing off, her thought comes to my mind. Where is she? How is she? Is she even alive? And BAM! The sleep is gone as if it never came.

I checked the time, it was three in the morning. I groaned slaming my head on the pillow. I can't help myself. I have never dealt with grief before, it has always been alien to me. But now that it was here I didn't know how to handle it.

What's worse is the condition my girlfriend and best friend are in right now. I have to give them strength, be there with them. Its easy with Ally, all I have to do is hold her when she cries and tell her everything is going to be okay until she calms down.

With Carter though its a completely different story. He doesn't know how to express his feelings, he has no idea how to deal with them. Its an art I guess, understanding your feelings. An art that Eva has but Carter doesn't, maybe that's why he was curious about her at the beginning.

He is like a crazy mad man now, out all day searching for her. He doesn't eat or sleep. I know he thinks its his fault that Eva is kidnapped, that he should have never gotten close to her, he shouldn't have invited her in his world.

But its actually my fault. I was the one who brought Carter into this, I messed up and like always he had to save me and since then we are part of this hidden dangerous world.

I would be never able to fogive myself if he loses someone he cares deeply about.

My phone started to ring at the bedside table, I reached for it and saw it was Carter's mom. Why is she calling me?

"Hello" I said answering her call.

"Hello Drake I am so sorry to disturb you at this time but we just came back home and Carter is not here, he is not picking up his phone either so I was wondering if he's with you" she said, her voice laced with worry.

"No, Mrs William he's not here but don't worry I'll go search for him" I replied.

"Thankyou so much Drake" she said a little relieved.

After hanging up I started calling Carter but he didn't pick up. Where the hell is he? As I was in the middle of my sixth call there was a tapping on my window. I got up and went to open it knowing who it was.

Carter jumped in and sat on the bed.

"Where the hell have you been?" I asked taking in his appearence.

There were bags under his eyes, the same shirt he had two days ago. He was covered in sweat, his hair sticking to his face.

"You really need to take a shower" I said sitting down next to him.

He closed his eyes and fall right back, I could literally feel his tired.

"Your parents are back, your mom called asking where you were"

He opened his eyes to look at me.

"Why are they back?" He asked.

"How would I know? Anyways I think you should go back home, take a shower, eat something, listen to your parents scolding and go to sleep"

He sat right back up, taking a deep breath.

"They haven't called me yet. Why aren't they calling me? They took Eva to blackmail me didn't they? I have the druga ready, they just need to call and I will deliver it to them-"

"Carter-" I began.

"Would she be okay? Do you think they would have done something to her? Where do you think they are keeping her? If only I know where they are hiding her-"

"Carter-"

"I am so stupid, the last time that we met I fought with her, why would I just go and fight with her when I only want to spend time with her? Why am I like this?-"

"CARTER" I shouted now.

He looked at me.

"I didn't even got to tell her-" he said and then looked away.

"Tell her what?"

"You know she told me she liked me"

"What!? And? What did you say?" I said sitting up a little, shocked at this new news.

"Nothing, I just left"

"Oh what a JERK" I replied all my hopes going down the drain.

He got up, running his hands through his hair.

"I was wondering we should go visit her dad" he said walking over to the window.

"Yea we should do that" I replied.

"Tomorrow then" he said and jumped out the window.

I wish I could help him.

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Eva's father opened the door on the second knock. I have to admit I always thought he is a fine man, there were a few wrinkles on his face but other than that he was a fit one.

Today however he looked like a ghost. His skin pale and his eyes containing no light.

"Hello" I said realising Carter hasn't said anything beside me.

"Hi, Carter and...." he said looking from Carter to me.

"Drake, Drake Richards" I said holding out my hand that he shaked with a small smile.

"Come on in" he said stepping away to give us way.

Carter entered first and I followed behind him. He finally took a shower, was wearing good clothes, had slept and eaten. Not because of me but because of his mom who threatened to lock him up.

We sat in the living room.

"Thankyou for coming" said Mr Evans.

"Oh no no, we just came to see how you were doing" I said sitting a little forward.

Why isn't Carter saying anything? It was his idea to come here in the first place. I glanced a look at him, he was staring at Mr evans with sadness and guilt on his face.

"We're just hanging in there" replied Mr Evans.

"We all miss Eva alot"

He nodded closing his eyes.

"Did the police find something?" I asked.

"Not yet, say they are trying their best"

"She is going to come back" said Carter finally.

Mr Evans looked up at him, staring at his eyes.

"I know" he replied and for a moment I thought Carter William and Mr Evans were the same person. They had so much belief in Eva returning.

"If you need help with anything we're here" I said.

He thought for a moment before saying.

"I need to go grocery shopping, there's nothing left in the house to eat but I can't leave the kids alone so if you could stay with them for a littlr while I'll go grab the things we need. I won't take long"

"Sure, sure" I replied.

After he left I turned towards Carter.

"What the hell Carter? You didn't say anything"

"What should have I said?" He asked looking at me.

"That you hope he's doing okay and that everything is going to be okay and that you miss Eva" I said.

"He has heard all that before by many different people, he doesn't need to hear it from me"

Before I could say something, I heard someone running down the stairs. A small kid with jet black hair stepped in. He looked from me to Carter.

"ALEX, CARTER'S HERE" he shouted and then ran towards Carter.

"Grabbing his both hands he said:

"We need to go save Eva, dad doesn't let us go cause he thinks we're small but I know if me and Alex go look for her we're going to find her. The police is dumb and so are most of the adults. So it has to be us, we need to go save her Carter, we need to go now-"

Carter didn't say anything, he just moved forward and hugged him, his eyes closed. The child hugged him back. Soon they were joined by the second one.

As I watched the three of them from afar I found a lump being formed in my throat.

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