I haven't written in while. Sorry about that. Here's the next chapter.
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It's been a week. A whole week since Embry's disappearance. It's Tuesday and he's still not at school. His mom keeps saying he has 'A Bad Fever'. I'm extremely worried about him. Jake and Quil are starting to get a bit paranoid too.
Also, my parents are continuing to fight. But now, the screaming falls during the night as well. Sometimes, when it's really bad, I quietly go into my brothers' room and sleep next to Cole.
Jason has been acting very distant lately. I've asked him about it. But he just yelled at me and told me to mind my own business. He's even keeping out his own twin. Cole is getting depressed.
Right now, me and Jake are walking to school. In silence, as usual. When we reached school, something felt different, out of place. I looked around the school. My Eyes landed on something, someone in the parking lot. My stomach flipped.
Embry was back. But, he wasn't alone. Paul Lahote and Jared Cameron. They were both a part of 'Sam's Gang'. Was Embry a part of them now? I thought he had hated them as much as the rest of us do. I was sure of it. When had they started hanging out? Hadn't Embry been sick for the past week? He had been so sick that even we couldn't see him. But he had time to hang out with them?
Jake had seen the same thing I had. "Isn't that..?"
"Yeah," I said, "What's he doing?"
"I don't know, but we'll talk to in class." he said, taking hold of my wrist as I had started to walk toward him, them. "He's busy right now."
"Okay," I said. I started walking toward the school doors. Where, surely Quil would be waiting. As we walked to our first class, we filled Quil in with what we had just seen. He was just as surprised as we were. Which made we wonder, was Embry really ever sick?
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"Hey, Em, you okay?" I asked quietly as he sat next to me. He was late for class, which was unlike him.
"Fine." He replied. He didn't say anything else. I looked back at Jake and Quil who just shrugged.
Embry looked different. Definitely more muscular. He also looked older, like he was a least 20 or so. He could probably get into a club without getting ID - ed. He had slight wrinkles around his mouth and between his eyebrows, like he had been scowling the entire week. And he might have, I wouldn't have any way of knowing. He seemed like a whole new person. And I didn't like it.
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At lunch, he had left, gone. Jared and Paul weren't anywhere to be seen either. Probably going back to Sam as usual and they brought Embry with them. Nobody said anything during lunch, everyone was sad. It was obvious Embry had changed. And we all knew it. I missed the old Embry. The one who would laugh so loud he couldn't stop snorting afterwards. The one could work on the rabbit for hours without getting tired. The who would get shy every time he met someone new. The Embry that was our friend. We were all mourning over a lost friend.
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When I reached home I found my father silently crying on the couch. I instantly knew what had happened. My mom had left. She had packed up and left when no one else was home. Leaving my dad, my brothers and me. First I had lost my best friend, and now my mother. Who's going to be next?
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That's it for now. Comment and let me know what you think.