"Jackie!" He said and ran down the big white hallway.
"Carlos.." She said quietly, tears streaming down her face. "They won't tell me what happened!" He wrapped her in a hug. "Are they gonna be okay?" She looked up at him with big grey eyes.
"I don't know…" He muttered, his parents and siblings coming down to hall.
**Jackie**
It was about 11:30 and Scarlett and I decided it was time to head home. We were at the car when I looked and noticed something odd about my wrist…
"My bracelet!" I exclaimed. Scarlett jumped and looked over her tiny bug at me.
"What about it?"
"It's gone!" She sighed and looked at me. "We have to go find it!"
"Jackie, it's just a bracelet. You can get another one." She said quietly.
"Scar, I can't lose that bracelet!" I started walking back where I came from, and I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Jackie, this is crazy! We're gonna be late, and it's just a bracelet!" I sat down on the curb, tears in my eyes. She looked at me and sighed. "Okay, we can look for a little bit, but we have to go soon." She turned around, and then went and picked something up off the ground. "Is this it?" She looked at me. I looked at it, and there it was, red bead and all.
"Yes." I breathed, and she walked over, and sat next to me, handing me the bracelet. We sat for a little bit in silence. Then she spoke.
"Can I ask you something? You don't have to answer if you don't want to." I nodded. "Why is that bracelet so important to you?" I sighed.
"Because, and you can't laugh!" She put up two fingers and did a boy scout salute. That was our way of a promise between me, her, and Sophia, since elementary school when we didn't have enough girls to form a girl scout group, but the guys could have a boy scout group. "It's just, I feel like as long as I have this, there's still a slight chance I'll meet him again someday. I know it kinda sounds stupid…"
"It really doesn't." She smiled. "If you really think about it, it's kinda sweet."
"What kind of sweet?" I looked at her, almost nervous about the answer.
"The kind of sweet you see in those teen movies… Like something Nicholas Sparks would've written or something. Not something that would happen in real life."
"Yeah, still waiting for it to happen in real life…" I muttered. She patted my head.
"He'll come someday, and you'll be BFF's again!" She laughed.
"Sure he will." I looked at my watch. "Crap, we gotta go…" She nodded, and we both got up and climbed into her car. We drove, listening to BTR on her iPod, and I was playing with my bracelet.
As I looked at it, I thought about the day I got it, and how he bought for me and it would be friendship bracelets, and how we would be friends forever and the sharpie…
And that's when it hit me.
Everything started flashing in my brain, the bracelet, his smile, the sharpie, the staring, the name…
"Oh my God…" I muttered. Scar looked at me.
"What?" I couldn't speak. "Jackie, you okay? You have a weird look on your face…" I turned and looked at her.
"It's Carlos."
"What? What about Carlos?" She looked at me, confused.
"The guy, it's Carlos!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes!"
"How do you know?"
"Okay, last night, when Carlos and I were talking, I pointed out how we had the same bracelet, and he asked where I got mine. I told him I got it about 8 years ago from a friend, and he said he got his about 8 years ago with a friend. Then tonight when I ran into him at the store, he asked for my number-"
"He asked for your number?" She smiled. I rolled my eyes. "Sorry.. Continue?"
"Anyway, I took out a sharpie and wrote my number on his hand, and he got a really weird look on his face." I already told her the story. "And you know how since we got into them, I always had this feeling that Carlos looked like someone I knew?" She nodded.
"It's Carlos…" She muttered and smiled. "Dude! You were best friends with Carlos Pena!"
"I know…" I smiled. As if on cue, my phone buzzed.
"And who is that at midnight? You need new friends." She laughed. I shook my head and opened the phone. It wasn't a contact already listed.
"I don't know." I read the message.
Hey, this is Carlos :)
"It's Carlos." I smiled, and saved him as a contact.
"Text him back!" Scar laughed. I laughed and texted him back.
Hey! How's it goin?
"Oh my God, what if you two started dating?"
"Scar, that's insane." I laughed.
"How is it insane?" My phone buzzed again.
Great, chillin on the beach :) Yourself?
On my way home with Scar. Great show tonight, btw!
"It doesn't make sense! Why would we date?"
"You mean besides the fact that you used to be best friends, he's absolutely adorable, you've had a crush on him for the past what, 2 years, and he's been staring at you so much!"
"That could be anything! He could've recognized me somewhere and that's the staring."
"Or, he thinks you're pretty. He asked for your number for pete's sake!"
"Maybe because he recognized me."
"Do you think he's figured it out yet?" She looked at me. My phone buzzed again.
Well thanks. It was rather fun!
:D wheres your next show?
"I don't know… He may have…" I said and looked out the window. Before I knew it, I was home.
"Okay, well text me tomorrow. I feel like we gotta do something with Sophia. I miss her!" She smiled.
"Yes, we do! We'll find something to do." I laughed. "See ya!" She waved and pulled out of the driveway. I walked up to the front door of my (technically my aunt and uncle's house…) house, and unlocked the door. All the lights were off, which was usual. As I walked into the kitchen, I could see a light on down the hall. I set my bag on the table and walked down the hall to my uncles art studio. He was an art teacher, so we had a lot of weird stuff around the house.
"Hey, what are you doing up?" I asked, and walked into the room. He looked up, and smiled.
"Oh nothing, just finishing this… What are you doing home? Weren't you at a concert?" He asked, examining what looked like a clay armadillo.
"Well, it's midnight." I smiled. He looked up and then looked at his watch.
"So it is… Well, I suppose this can wait til morning." He smiled and got up from the chair. I nodded and exited from the room.
"Night." I said, not too loud, because I'm sure Jenny was asleep.
"Night." He said back, dropping something on the ground. I shook my head and walked up to my room. My room was technically in the attic, since it was a one bedroom house, and my aunt and uncle couldn't afford to move. We painted it each wall a different color, put in white carpet, and it was filled with black and white furniture. I loved it up here, it was like my little area. I changed into blue PJ pants, and a white tank top, and noticed I had a message on my phone. Both from Carlos, which made me smile.
Actually were on vacation now, so im here for a bit. ;)
I'm assuming u fell asleep, or u don't feel like talking, so I'll talk to you later. Night
I smiled and set my phone on the table next to my bed. I'd respond in the morning.
