Chapter 2

October 2nd 2010

Dear diary,

Mum hasn't come back yet and I am getting slightly worried. I know that I said that 'I hate her' but I was anger. What makes matters worse is that extents of last night are stuck on repeat in my mind.

Last night Karl came into my room.

He said "Don't you ever forget that I loved you and no matter what happens be brave." Then he hugged me. That was the 1st time I had seen him in 7 days. He was acting odd. Odder than usually.

"What's going on why are acting weird?" I asked.

He replied with "Nothing is going on I'm just going out with friends and I will be late home."

"Nothing new there than." I said. He faked a laugh, but I could see he was trying to fight the tears from falling down his face. "Why are you crying?" I asked.

"I will miss you!" He said. But there was something wrong he was using future tense but I just let it go.

"You never usually miss me when you go out." I said questioning his answer.

"That's not true you're my little sister and I will miss you." He said. He did it again, he used future tense, but before I could question them, he was out my door and down the stairs.

Little did I know he wasn't going to see his friends.

Karl, he's gone! Where, no one knows. I'm at school but I know Karl has runaway. Home is swarming with police officers. Ryan and I are only at school because if we are at home we could get in the way and maybe slow down the investigation and Karl being returned home safely. I'm scared. Ryan keeps saying to me "everything is going to be fine and when we get home Karl will be there waiting for us." But I could tell in his voice that he didn't believe it either. I started to cry and Ryan got up and went to talk to his friends. Sara probable in detention, as always.

I don't know what to do. I don't know what to say. Karl, I didn't trust him, he reminded me to much of mum, but he was always the one helping me and making me laugh, mum never did that, she was the one hurt me inside. Well Ryan was never the kind and caring type of person, but if someone hurt me he would hurt them twice or three times as hard, but when your upset just leaves you alone.

Everyone at school expects me to keep working and be happy, but how can I when I might not see my older brother again. The tears were streaming down my face, than I saw Rachelle, she was coming over, but I couldn't take her nasty remarks, today of all days. She started calling me names. This when on for what seemed like forever, but it could have only been a few seconds, half a minute at the most. I take the names that she called me until I couldn't take it anymore and that's when I almost hit her and if it wasn't for Ryan I would have. Ryan stopped me. Ryan cares. But he hit her. He hurt her because she hurt me.

When Ryan and I got home the police were still there and they still had no idea where to start the search on Karl's disappears. Dads believe that they will find him, but I know they will not find him. As much as I want them to find him and return him home safely, I know that no matter what he isn't coming back. I wonder where he is all the time. Sometimes I wonder where he is going to stay. I'm also wondering what if he is dead? What if he is dying alone and scarred? Then I say to myself the he is going to be back in the morning and he will be just fine. But I don't believe it. I believe it as much as much as I believe in vampires.

My Auntie Valerie, but everyone calls her Val, keeps saying that vampires are real, but nobody believes her, they just think she is mad. But sometimes I think she not the only one who believe that, sometime I wonder I dad believe it to. But I don't know what to believe, I just want my older brother back.

Erin Noble