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BELLA

I felt very welcomed in Milford. Suddenly the weather changed from a clear blue sky to one of the worst storms I've seen in my life. On the radio they were saying that they hadn't seen a storm like it in Milford for 10 years. As I had just received my license it was scary to drive in this weather. You could see people running to cover but we weren't able to yet. My speed changed from 70km to 50km to 10km in an hour. I could hardly see a thing, but stopping would be asking for problems since I was not the only one on the road and there was no way that the people behind would be able to stop in time. I did my best to see the road but mostly I drove on my instincts. I wanted to pull over, but I had no idea where it would be safe to stop so I decided to keep driving, praying that the people before me would do the same. I watched as the fuel gauge and slightly panicked when I realized there was no way I could get home with what was left in the tank.

It was only another 10 minutes before I finally reached a station. The storm was not as fierce as before, but I knew that was temporary. I took Nathan out the car-seat to go inside and pay. Once inside I was surprised by how crowded it was. I took a Red Bull for me and strawberry flavored milk for Nathan. We stood in the line to pay as a mother and daughter came to stand after us. The girl must have been around Nathan's age. She was nagging to have a cookie as the mother kept saying no. It was finally my time to pay. After gathering all my stuff in my purse I turned around and smiled at the mother after me… it was more an automatic smile.
"You are lucky." She smiled. I met her gaze and looked confused at her. "Your son does not seem to whine all day." she smiled weakly and rolled her eyes. I just smiled back as we then continued our way to the car. Nathan actually wasn't my son but my brother. He held my hand and narrowed his eyes before we ran back to the car. I placed him back in the car seat and he took his blanket to dry his face. He stared at me without emotion even after I smiled and kissed his forehead.

It was still raining lightly and the weather was not dangerous yet. But I did have the feeling that the weather was going to catch up with us. Now was the time to pull up the speed in the hope to be home before it can get any worse. I looked at Nathan in the mirror. He was staring out the window while he sipped on his strawberry drink. Nathan was mummy's darling, he was a typical child, he laughed, cried, screamed, whined to get what he wanted. That was until a month ago when our parents were killed in a car accident. Since that day Nathan acted different. He became scared of new people he refuses to answer anybody else's questions. He only answers when I ask him something. The doctors said it was temporary, that I just had to help him over this trauma. But after a week or three, I became more concerned… Nathan did not cry or yell for mum or dad, he was just quiet, and his facial expressions always stayed blank. So because of his way of dealing with our parents' loss I was not able to find time to deal with it myself. Taking care of him was one thing. But then the running to doctors and child therapists was just too much to handle. Not to mention that in the first week I also had to deal with the whole funeral. Mum and dad had no siblings and dads parents died at a young age. Mum was raised by only her mother who passed away about two years ago. I looked again in the mirror.
"What are you thinking about, honey?" I asked. He looked quickly my way.
"Nothing." He said shrugging and looked back outside the window.

As I predicted the weather caught up with us. I concentrated on the road again but now I couldn't see more than the lights of the car in front of us. That was the only way to get home, since I wasn't sure of my way around Milford. I somehow wished I stayed at the station even I knew that was not a real solution. I looked very quick at my GPS and saw it was only 15 minutes to go.

Suddenly the lights of the car behind me destroyed my concentration and I was too late to notice that we were in a corner. I lost control of my wheel but somehow still held it tightly as we slid off the road. I was unable to stop the car and looked in the mirror to see Nathan's face. His eyes were closed and he held on as tight as possible to the car seat. I could see how his milk was all over his sweater and then the only thing I could think was that there was no way we could have the same destiny as Mum and Dad. The car stopped as we drove against a tree. My head bumped against the wheel and then everything went blank.

"Miss, are you ok?" I slowly opened my eyes. There was a burning pain on my head. As one hand automatically went to my forehead the other went straight over my stomach.
"Don't move. I called an ambulance." I looked at the guy but only saw a blur. Little by little I realized what happened. I looked through the broken mirror and saw that the car seat was empty.
"Nathan!" I screamed as loud as I could, but my voice seemed to give up.
"Listen, Its better if you don't speak, you've got some serious injuries." The guy said. I looked around and then back at guy.
"You do have my little brother, right?" I asked almost begging and I could feel the panic flowing throughout my whole body. He looked at me and needed some extra time to answer that question.
"No, I just got here. There was no little boy just you." He said concerned. I closed my eyes to calm myself down. Dad always told me that calmness was the only thing that could help you. But the thought that something horrible had happened to him was playing on my mind heavily. I could not feel the pain anymore and almost jumped out of the car. I looked around in panic but refused to cry. He was all I had left and there was no way that they could take him away from me. I had to find him, even if I had to go and search for him now... on my own. Suddenly the pain caught up with me again and I fell down on the floor. If it was not for the guy before me I would have cried.
"We need to go and search for him." I said weakly as he helped me up and sat me back in the car. He placed his jacket around me. He kneeled down before me and looked me in the eyes.
"We will find him." He said as the ambulance arrived.
"What is your name, Miss?" They asked as the guy made room for them.
"Bella." I answered as I saw the guy walking away. I wanted to go after him but the paramedics stopped me. I did not have the time for medical care, I had to find Nathan.

A lot of people arrived and I could see that they were making plans. They wanted to bring me to the hospital, but there was not a hair on my head that thought about leaving this place… not until Nathan was safe and with me. The guy from earlier walked to the ambulance, together with an older man. They sat down before me and smiled briefly. My view was still blurry and I had to concentrate to see their faces.
"How are you feeling?" The older man asked. I looked at him and smiled briefly back while in my mind I was screaming how would you feel if your brother was lost?
"I'm Hugh and this is Edward, We need to ask a few basic questions about your brother."
"He is three and a half, has blonde hair and brown eyes." I shook my head trying to think of what else I had to say.
"Do you think you will be able to find him in time, considering the weather?" I managed to whisper out.

EDWARD

"We will do our best." Hugh said. She looked helpless and we knew perfectly well that there was nothing that will help her now unless we found her little boy.
"Do you perhaps have a picture of him?" I asked as she took her purse and searched her wallet she was shaking as she handed us his picture. I placed it in our plastic map and smiled again briefly at her.
"Do you remember what he was wearing?" I continued as I saw her thinking about it.
"Dark blue jeans and a red sweater." she almost whispered.
"Can I ask you why you were on the road in this weather?" Hugh asked. She looked a bit surprised and looked down. I looked at Hugh and back at her. I knew he had to ask that question but she seemed even more torn apart now. "We just arrived here. We were on the way to our new place." she whispered. Hugh nodded while he wrote everything down.
"Anything special we need to know." he asked as she shook her head. Hugh placed his hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"We will find him." Hugh said and left the ambulance.

"How are you doing?" I asked as she shrugged. She suddenly looked up as her eyes got teary. It was as if panic was suddenly overwhelming her.
"I forgot to say that he won't be answering if you would be calling out for him. He has been refusing to speak for a month now to anyone. He only seems to answer my questions and that hardly ever happens." she said as her voice broke. She placed her hands over her face and cried heartbrokenly. I think she thought that the whole situation was hopeless. I tried to make eye contact with her and smiled weakly.
"We will find him, I promise you that." I tried to reassure her.

I walked back to Hugh and he could tell from my facial expressions that something was wrong.
"What is it?" he asked as everyone gathered together.
"He does not speak." I said carefully
"What? He is three and a half." he said confused. I nodded and placed my hand in my pockets against the cold.
"She said that he refused to speak since about a month ago. That he only answers to her questions" I shook my head trying to understand it myself.
"Did you ask why?" I looked at him and shook my head.
"She is losing it right now, and besides that isn't really our business."
"We have to find that little boy, Edward. Everything about him is now our business." He said annoyed.

An hour and a half had gone by since the car accident. We had been walking around the forest for about 40 minutes now. And believe me walking in the forest was a hell right now. I couldn't see a thing and everything was soaked. I preferred to sit home in the coach watching T.V or hanging out with Emmett and Jasper. After every ten steps I flashed my light in all the different possible directions, but there was nothing to see and I was losing it. I was losing the hope to find him and was getting annoyed by the fact that I was walking in soaked shoes. Let's be fair we were searching with about 30 people and no one had spotted Nathan yet.

Three hours since the car accident and there was still no sign of Nathan. The storm was over as it only rained lightly now. I stopped walking and flashed my light back to the place where the accident happened. I walked back to the place and tried to think like a three year old. I decided to walk just straight before me looking for something that might catch the attention of a three year old.

BELLA

After a hopeless argument with the paramedics I was now stranded on this hospital bed. The only sound in the room was the clock, which I kept staring at. I saw the hands of the clock making each movement excruciatingly slowly. Three hours passed by already and there was no news of Nathan. They told me that about 30 people were searching for him, and in this weather I was surprised by how many people that showed up. A nurse walked in the room to check my status. She couldn't bring me any news about Nathan but made it clear that they would tell me immediately if there was. I sighed deeply and looked at the ceiling, these were the moments I missed Mum and Dad the most. It just wasn't fair that I had to go through this alone. No one should! I sighed deeply again and looked at the phone. Why didn't they call? Even if it was just to let me now they were still searching. Now I didn't know if I should be happy or not that there wasn't news yet because they always say that no news is good news. If they called to say they stopped searching I would rather they don't call. I actually only want this phone to ring when they find him. I want this phone to ring now and say they found him. I needed someone, just anyone who could give me some hope, because I was not able to deal with this on my own any longer.

Another woman appeared in my room she was not a nurse and smiled briefly at me. She placed her jacket and purse on the table and sat down next to me. I looked at her and back at the door. I was the only one in this room what was she doing here?
"How are you doing, Bella." she placed her hand on mine and looked me in the eyes. It was weird how she reminded me of Mum. Maybe that was because she did her hair the same way.
"I'm fine. Do I know you?" I blurted out as she shook her head and smiled.
"No, you don't. But your parents did. I'm Esme" she winked as I smiled at her. It was weird, because even if I didn't know her, I was so happy that she was here.
"Your mum used to be my best friend. I helped your Dad to seduce your Mum. But I will tell you that story when you come on a visit. So is there any news about Nathan already?" She asked her voice full of concern. I shook my head and looked straight ahead.
"Nothing?" She asked surprised as I shook my head again. She walked back to the table and took out her cell phone. I think she called number three times before looking annoyed at me.
"He doesn't answer his phone." She sighed and sat down next to me again. "My son is one of the people who is searching for him." she said proudly as I smiled again at her.
"Thank him from me." I said weakly as she nodded.
"Maybe you can do that yourself when you come to visit me. Well only if you want to visit me of course." She rattled. I just smiled not able to pay a lot of attention to the conversation. I still saw the hands of the clock moving on. Every second that passed by made me scared.

"You should lay down a bit. Try to sleep." she said full of concern.
"I'm not able to sleep." I answered while at the same time I did as she said and lay down. My eyes got teary as she placed her hand on my shoulder.
"They will find him." She assured me as I looked at her. A tear rolled from my face and I searched for the strength to speak.
"But what if they don't?" I whispered.
She stroked my hair and smiled. 'They will.'

EDWARD

If I had to describe my own thoughts I would have to put them in two parts. The first I would describe as the more realistic part but also the quitter, while the other part was the believer. I kept having this rare conversation with myself saying "we won't find him." Then I automatically answer myself replying "Of course we will." Four and a half hours has passed since the accident. And still there was no sign. I still followed the way that I thought a boy of three would follow. But I couldn't believe that a boy from three would walk for more than an hour so I turned around and walked back repeating my first strategy ten steps and then flashing my light in all the directions. Five hours passed by and I was giving in to my first thoughts. I kneeled down and placed my hands on my head. I couldn't help but think about the girl's reaction. I sighed deeply trying to accept my thoughts. I stood up as my flashlight fell out of my hand. It spun a few times before it landed on the ground. I picked it up and automatically looked to the place where my flashlight landed. I sighed relieved and walked closer to the tree. I kneeled down as a little boy looked at me. He was shivering and his lips were turning blue. I took my walkie-talkie to let the others know that I found him. I took my jacket off and placed it over the boy even though it was soaked through.

"Come on, Nathan. Let's get you back." I held him close against me as I walked with him to the ambulance that was waiting for him. I handed him to the paramedics as Hugh walked my way.
"Great job Edward!" He smiled satisfied patting my shoulder. I smiled and sighed deeply, relieved to have a happy ending here.
"Be careful on the road!" I yelled as he made his way to his car. He turned around and lifted his hand up making the right-sir sign. People congratulated me before they left and soon enough the whole place was empty. I walked to my car and took a last look at this scene. I checked my phone and saw I had a few missed calls. I rolled my eyes at seeing my mum's number and called her back.

"Hey son!" I heard my Mum say, she hadn't even let the phone ring out once.
"Hey mom, so why did you call?" I asked smiling.
"I am at the hospital with Bella, and we wanted to know how it was going, Hugh just called her saying that he was found… there was a bad connection so he hang up fast. Anyway are you coming?" Typical Mum trying to bother her, I knew she meant well, but some people really don't like it.
"I think I'm going straight home, I assume you will tell me how he is doing when I come by tomorrow?" I said tiredly.
"Of course I will. And be on time for lunch now." she said seriously as I laughed briefly.
"I will do my best. So how is she doing?" I asked concerned
"Better now, relieved." My Mum replied.
"I was talking about her injuries." I said confused.
"Oh, it's not that bad, she can leave the hospital tomorrow." My Mum told me reassuringly.
"That's good to hear. Well I'll see you tomorrow." I said warily
"I'll see you tomorrow" My Mum said before hanging up.