CHAPTER 3
"WHAAAAAAAT?" Ava snatched the pink note from my hand.
" 'Hey lover, meet me in the Cave Of Mysteries tonight at seven. Let's discover true love.' " Ava's jaw dropped, and her eyes widened so far that her eyeballs looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets.
"Uhh, why don't you just, uhh, come in and get your stuff settled—"
"What are you talking about? We have to go save Bradin! What if Sara hurts him? You know he's pretty defenseless! He'd lose to me in a boxing a match!" I was breathing incredibly heavily out of nervousness. I loved Bradin; we were the best of friends. I would bungee jump off the Empire State Building for him if I had to.
"You're right- throw your junk in my trunk and let's drive off to Swan Swamp." Ava drove with a speed of two hundred and twenty miles per hour, and when the dark and murky swamp came into view, the car screeched to a halt. By the speed that Ava jumped out of her car and ran towards the dock, I was beginning to think that she had gotten the 'we need to rescue Bradin now' vibe.
"Ava, I'll go with you," I whispered. It was exceptionally foggy; we could barely see each other.
"Why are you whispering?" Ava asked with a puzzled expression.
"B-b-because I want to see Bradin and I-I-I... love him." I barely managed to get that last part out. Everyone was looking at me funny, and I began to comprehend what they were thinking.
"You know what I mean by love, you idiots! I care about him; I want to talk to him; I—"
"Turn around!" Mark, Ella, and Ann pointed behind me.
"I can't believe she—"
"Ava!" Mark, Ella, Ann, Sophia, David, Marina and I screamed her name at the top of our lungs. SWISH! The wind was picking up and everybody's hair flowed in the windy air.
"I'm not turning around! I am running until I find Bradin!" Ava lifted her feet high as she ran towards Murky Island- it faced the Cave.
"Daphna, I can't let you go after Bradin with Ava. First of all, it's too late-Ava is already almost into—"
"Nooooooooooooo!" Ava's deafening cry made all of us jump.
"What on earth—"
"What the hell?" All of us turned to the island on which Ava was standing.
"Bradin is...is..," Ava fell to the ground and started sobbing uncontrollably.
