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Luke's POV

I stare out the window of my room as I have been doing for the past few days. Thoughts of never seeing Linda again, remembering the weird faces she used to make, hearing her voice in my head, her laughter which had me smiling, getting lost in those chocolate eyes of hers that had a never ending depth, all of these flashed through my mind. But she said she never wanted to see me again. She even left her phone with me. I've tried calling at her house but she's just up and disappeared. Her dad won't tell me where she went. God I'm so lost, I don't even know what to do. I sigh deeply as more thoughts of Linda run through my mind.

I hear my door open and I suspect my guest to be Jack. I'm proven right when I hear him start his daily mantra. " you know you're a fool right? I mean you're not even trying hard enough to find her. "

" what do you want me to do she doesn't want to be found. I've tried everything, her dad wouldn't even tell me where she is! " I say to him yelling and standing up from my position at the window. " and before you're all up in my case about Linda, how's your search for Esperanza going? " I ask giving him attitude.

I see Jack's eyes burn with anger for only a second and then it's like he's so broken. " not so well. I don't know where she is or how she is? She's got me worried out of my freaking mind. I feel so helpless and I hate it. I hate the fact that I might never see her again. "

I immediately feel bad for bringing it up, I've never seen Jack like this before. Since Linda's birthday he's been acting cool and calm, never letting his emotions come to play but now he just looks lost almost like looking at myself in a mirror.

" but you know something really weird, the girls just up and disappeared at the same time. It could only mean that they left together. what's the probability that they are possibly be together? " Jack says as if he just realized something new.

" I already figured out the fact that they'd probably be together. So there's nothing new you're telling me. " I tell him taking my sit back at the window.

" but what if they never come back? " he asks quietly.

I swallow deeply and try to push back any panic I might be feeling. But I can't help but feel that he is right. Jack is right I need to find Linda, I haven't tried hard enough. It's time I gave it my all.

***

" do you think he's home? " Dave asks poking his head out of our hiding spot for the tenth time and placing his ass right in front of my face.

I feel like pushing him into the bushes so he can understand the true definition of annoying. Those thorns would be very annoying.

I choose to ignore him and focus all my attention on the door, willing Linda to walk out here. But then again if horses were wishes...

The lights in Mr Gail's room goes off and within a couple of seconds interval other lights go off gradually.

I feel so frustrated. I checked Linda's cars and none of them have been used for a while, though someone has obviously been making sure they're in good condition. And her bed hasn't been slept in for while or someone has been quite meticulous in making sure it's been kept in the same state. But considering the fact that her room seems to be gathering dust I guess I have to go with the first option.

Why does all of this sound like stalking in my head? It isn't stalking. I'm just trying to make sure she's okay.

I mean I get that it's wrong to watch someone's house secretly or go in to their house without their consent but it's not a criminal activity or stalking when you're doing it with good intentions right?

Fine maybe it's a tiny itsy bit of a criminal activity but I guess I'll have to add one more thing to that list of my so called criminal activities but I don't really have a choice. I have to find her.

" how are we doing this again? " Russ asks looking quite scared.

" calm down you look like you're about to pass out. " I tell him praying he doesn't ruin everything we have planned. Just to be sure that they know just how everything is meant to go. I go through the plan with them once more.

We sneak in without letting him know, tie him up and then find out what we need from him. What could possibly go wrong?

" let's go. " Jack whispers next to me. As we try to move swiftly, we hear something land with a loud thud on the ground.

" sorry! " Dave says almost yelling.

I really should have pushed him into those thorns.

When we finally get to the door, Jack squats and tries to unlock the door but in the next second we find ourselves staring at an open door and into Mr Gail's face.

" Welcome boys. I was wondering when you'd come in. " he says with a cup in his hands.

None of us utter a word quite shocked.

" you know you should really know to be quiet when trying to sneak up on someone. You were so loud I couldn't even hear myself think. Why are you still standing there? " he asks moving away from the door. " come in. "

We step into the house quite embarrassed that we'd been caught. He leads us into the the living room where we all sit in awkward silence.

Mr Gail breaks the silence by going straight to the matter on ground. " now why should I tell you where they are? "

Linda's POV

We walk down the streets quietly, not flowing with the hustle and bustle that is New York, ignoring the stores we are meant to be gawking at. It seems like life has slowed down for us while the whole world ran ahead and left us behind.

Leah is dressed in a chic gown, with glasses covering her swollen eyes. I know she still cries because of Dave, after all she really likes him.

Esperanza dressed in blue jeans and a yellow crop top is her normal self just a bit more quiet. She never mentions anything about Jack and she usually brushes any topic related to him off. She told me that she had actually already started dating him, I guess that makes me the lucky one. I never dated Luke and for some reason it makes my heart clench.

We never realized how much our lives had pretty much started revolving around them, until this feeling of emptiness in our group, at least now we can pretend it never happened. We never happened.

" this is stupid. " I hear Leah mutter angrily. We all stop and stare at her, hoping she'd make us understand what she was trying to say. " I'm tired of letting this control my life. I want a change. Let's stop moping about and actually do something fun. I mean that's why we came here. " she says letting out a teary laugh which makes us laugh as well. " and we really should cause your grandparents to go bankrupt while they're trying to make it up to you. " she says making us laugh more.

She pulls I and Esperanza closer together, forgetting that we're wearing heels and could possibly fall and crack our heads open. But then again that's Leah for you. " first of all we need to ditch those body guards. " she whispers to us, pointing to the body guards trying to inconspicuously follow us.

" how " we mouth to her.

" here's how we're gonna do this. " she says telling us her plan in details.

" Bruno! " I call out waiting for the bald guy leading the other four body guards who all look like heavy weight champions.

" yes ma'am "

I look at him with a sour look on my face and tell him boldly, " I am not ma'am, I am Linda. Now do you know where I can find a really good restaurant? "

He nods and shows us several until we see one that fits our requirements.

We all head in to dine and before we order, we three decide to touch up our make up in the restroom which conveniently, happens to have a backdoor right next to it. But of course we don't really touch up our make up but instead make our way out the door, outsmarting our dear old body guards. We head to the mall and several other shops in New York city. We have the time of our lives shopping for expensive clothes which we want as well as shoes, bags and jewelries. We then head out to some wonderful sites and watch street artistes perform their arts.

When all our activities takes its toll on us, we decide to eat something to quench our hunger.

While sitting out side a little cafe, we talk about all the things girls our age do, hot movie stars, musicians and nonsensical things. As we stand up to go we notice the guards heading toward us from a particular direction and decide to head the opposite way when we notice the four idiots headed our way. Luke, Jack, Dave and Russ.

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