"Rriinnnggg!" Mick jumped as his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID, Beth.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Hey I have a lead on a little girl who was kidnapped. She was outside playing in the yard, the parents went inside just for a second, and when they came back outside, she was gone and a black van was driving away," Beth said.
"Well did they get the license plate?" Mick asked.
"They got most of the numbers but not all of them."
"Okay, well I have a friend who can figure it out," Mick said
"Okay, I'm on my way there," Beth said as she hung up.
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Mick opened the door just as Beth lifted her hand to knock on the door.
"How'd you open it so fast?" Beth said surprisingly.
"Beth, I'm a vampire," Mick said.
"Oh right, well vampires are so confusing, you guys have so much stuff you can do,"Beth said as she walked in and sat on the couch.
Mick smiled,"Yeah, it's kind of fun sometimes, but I'd rather be human."
He walked over to the couch and sat next to Beth. She pulled out papers and a picture of the little girl who was kidnapped.
"Here's the girl, she's 5 years old and her names Paige," Beth said as she handed Mick the picture. Mick stared at the picture for a minute, and handed it back to Beth. Mick couldn't bare it anymore, thinking that little girl was once Beth. He couldn't bare thinking how scared Beth was when she saw Coralline's face in her bedroom. Little kids are supposed to think that home was the safest place. And to be taken from your home? That's probably the worst thing that could happen.
"Mick are you alright?" Beth asked worriedly seeing Mick's eyes start to water.
"Yeah I'm fine," Mick said. Come on suck it up He thought.
"Umm.. do you have the license plate numbers?" Mick asked. "Yeah here they are," Beth said as she handed Mick the paper. "Ok well I'll have my friend figure it out," Mick said. He turned and looked at Beth and couldn't help but to smile. She smiled back at him, looking deep into his eyes. Finally they realized they had been staring at each other.
"Well I guess I better be going," Beth said as she grabbed her purse and headed for the door.
"Yeah," Mick said as walked toward the door behind Beth. Then they both reached toward the door and touched hands. Beth looked up at Mick, and realized she had been staring at his lips. Slowly, they leaned in for a kiss, and right as their lips were about to touch, Beth's phone rang. Beth sighed in anger, "Hello? Oh hey Josh," Beth said as she looked at Mick. "Yeah I'll be there soon, I'm on my way, ok, love you too. Bye!"
Beth put her phone in her purse, smiled at Mick, and walked out the door. Mick shut the door, and put his head on it. Slow close He thought. Then he went up stairs and got ready for bed.