"I love her! I won't let her go!" shouted Matt as he stormed out of his house, ignoring his mom, ignoring his brother, ignoring the deafening thunderclap that he heard as he jumped into his truck. All that he cared about in the world right now was getting his girlfriend back.
As his truck sped down the slick highway, Matt ran through the list of places that Kris could possibly be. Bobbys? No, too obvious. Davis Farms? Ditto, plus the fact that Pablo and the Davis's all hated her. Rays? No, they hadn't been there in years. Where in the world could she possibly go? Anywhere. Matt's heart dropped when he realized that. Kris could be anywhere in the whole entire world.
Suddenly, it occured to Matt that Wildfire was at Davis Farms and that it made sense that Kris would stop there just one more time to see her. If she wasn't there, maybe she was at the bus station. Wherever she is, thought Matt. I am going to find her and bring her home to Raintree if it kills me.
As the lightning flashed outside and the raindrops tapped the windows of the truck faster and harder, Matt pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and quickly dialed Junior's number, which he had memorized by heart. He hoped that Junior would tell him if Kris had stopped by to see Wildfire. That would get him to the bus station faster than if he had to go look himself. He sighed with relief when his best friend's voice crackled through the line, "Hello?"
"Hey Junior, it's Matt," said Matt.
"Matt, is that you?" said Junior.
"I'm sorry, I just need to know. Have you seen Kris?"
"Huh?" said Junior. "I can't hear you!"
"No, she's not near me," yelled Matt. "That's why I'm asking you."
"That's just what I said!" said Junior. "I can't hear you."
Matt's heart was racing now. Why wasn't Junior telling him where Kris was? Did that mean that she was at Davis Farms or not? Matt wanted to know where she was so badly it hurt. No, he needed to know where she was. He wasn't paying much attention to the fact that he was going about ten miles per hour faster than the speeding limit. He also wasn't thinking about the fact that there was so much water on the road that he was almost hydroplaning. And the last thing on his mind was the fact that he had forgotten to get the emergency brake on the truck fixed last week.
"Matt?" said Junior. "Are you still there?"
"Yeah," said Matt. "Where's Kris?"
That time Junior understood. "I don't know. Do you know where she is?" There was no answer. "Matt?" said Junior. "MATT?"
Then came the deafening sound of the crash.