Right Where You Are
Chapter 4: What Now?
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Andie worked out that if she wanted to get to MSA in time for practice she'd need to get the 3.50pm bus. What she hadn't planned on was that the bus might not turn up. Deciding that it was best to just sit and wait for the bus, Andie pulled out her MP3 and sat in the bus stop. At 4.20pm she began to fret. Even if the bus turned up now, there was no way she'd get to MSA in time. She waited 20 more minutes until she gave up hope. She went to grab her phone to call Moose to tell him what was going on, but she realised she'd left it at home. Feeling pretty pissed at the situation, Andie felt the only thing to do now, was go home and contact her friends telling them she couldn't make today's practice. As she walked back home, Andie felt a stab of bitter disappointment. Andie hadn't realised how much she'd wanted to make today's practice.
Meanwhile; back at MSA, Chase and the rest of the crew were anxiously waiting for Andie's arrival. Not one of them could ever remember Andie being late for a practice. Making it worse was the fact that they couldn't get hold of her.
Chase was pacing up and down the studio, thinking of all the reasons as to where Andie was and what was keeping her. Chase was starting to panic. It was so unlike Andie.
The rest of the crew were starting to feel Chase's panic. None of them could figure out where Andie could be. Everyone had been calling her mobile and home phone for around half an hour, without any reply.
Sophie had been standing quietly to one side as the group of friends debated about what to do. She'd barely made herself known apart from a few polite hellos. Sophie felt intimidated by the group of people she was in the room with.
She so badly wanted to be accepted into their group. Sophie had seen how they were with each other. She was envious of it. Before; she'd never seen any need for it. All that had mattered was reaching her goals. But now, now she'd met Moose everything had changed. Sophie had seen something in him, she'd never seen in anyone else.
He made her laugh. He didn't think highly of himself. Friends came first. And he was an amazing dancer. If Sophie had paid more attention to the rules of being popular, Moose would be strictly out of bounds. Not good enough, some would say.
But Sophie couldn't care less. Watching him talking animatedly about what could have happened to Andie made her smile.
Sophie couldn't help but hope that one day, Moose would show her the amount of care and attention.
It had taken Andie about 25 minutes to walk back home from the bus stop. Usually; Sarah would drop Andie off and pick her up from the bus stop. But due to the absence of a mobile, Andie couldn't contact Sarah. Knocking on the front door, Andie waited for Sarah to answer. When no one came after a couple of minutes, Andie moved to look through the window. She could just make out a note on the table:
'Andie, I've taken Charlie out
for the afternoon.
We'll be back about 7.00pm.
Sarah x'
Sighing Andie reached in to her bag. After fumbling around for a good few minutes Andie had to come to terms with the situation she now found herself in. She was locked out.
For Andie, that was the final straw. Anger started bubbling up from the pit of stomach. The whole situation with Chase; missing the bus; forgetting her phone then getting locked out. It was beyond a joke.
Taking off her bag, Andie sat on the porch. Glancing at her watch she saw it was 5.20pm. Closing her eyes and leant on the wooden beam of the porch.
Andie was broken out of her revive by the sound of foot steps. Looking up she saw Chase standing in front of her.
Half an Hour ago at MSA
Chase was starting to get really frantic about where Andie was. He'd spent the day preparing for their meeting. Chase had so desperately wanted to see her. He couldn't help but think that she wasn't here because she was avoiding him. The thought that Andie might not want to see him; felt like ice washing over his heart.
Chase couldn't carry on sitting here doing nothing. Standing up, he grabbed his bag and left the studio. Shouting out to the crew as he went.
'I'm gunna go find her. I'll ring you.'
Chase put his foot down and sped the entire drive to Andie's house. Thoughts were racing through his head about what was going to happen when he got there. If Andie was even there.
But when he pulled up in front of her house he could see her sat, eyes closed, on the porch.
Chase sat quietly in his car for about a minute, just staring at her. He felt almost reluctant to disturb her. She looked so peaceful.
Gathering his nerve, he got out his car and walked towards her.
'Hey.'
'Hey.' Hesitantly Andie looked up at Chase and returned the greeting.
'Are you alright Andie? You didn't show up for practice. What are you doing?'
'I'm meditating.'
'Oh. Right. Okay. Can I join you?' Andie stared at Chase. What was he playing at?
'If you want.'
'Or I could give you a lift to practice.' Andie thought for a minute. Did she really want to get in a car on her own with him? What was worse? The uncertainty of what would happen if she didn't? or what would happen in a car with him?
Grabbing her bags she stood up.
'Okay let's go.'
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