Lance ran all over the city looking for Will, but there was no sign of him. Finally, Lance thought of the place in the park where he and Will would hide when they didn't' want to go home. It was a little hole in the ground out behind the swings. Of course he and Will would never fit in that hole, but maybe Will went and sat by that hole in order to think. Lance ran as fast as he could and got there just in time to stop Will from doing something stupid.
Will had the sword that Ellie had used to save him last spring, in his hands. He just stared at it, as if he were planning to do something with it.
Lance ran up to Will and snatched the sword right out of his hands. "What did you do that for, man?"
"I did it to protect you. I didn't like the way you were staring at it. I thought you were going to do something crazy."
"I wasn't going o do anything crazy. I was just thinking about how Ellie risked her life in order to save mine. Now, when she needs me by her side, I can't even enter the hospital. How bad of a boyfriend am I?"
"Dude, listen, you're not a bad boyfriend. Ellie did what she needed to do at that time. Maybe what is actually best for Ellie is for you to wait until you're ready to see her. I mean she is pretty banged up."
"I know. That's why I need to go see her. My being there will help her improve."
"You're not going to help anybody if you're not READY!"
"Thanks for saying that for like the hundredth time today. You're not really helping anything." Will just broke down and cried. This was the first time that Lance had ever seen Will cry. "Sorry, man. There's just been a lot going on lately. You know I'm not normally like this."
"I know. That's why I am here for you. Don't you worry about Ellie; everybody's watching over her. The second she wakes up she'll be so covered in love that she won't care that much."
"Yeah, but I want to be the source of that love at that moment not just hear about it afterwards."
"I know man; I know." Will and Lance got up and walked away from the park towards Will's house.
Suddenly, Will sprinted across the road, and Lance was unable to follow him because some cars drove in between them. When the cars were finally gone, there was no sign of Will. "Not again!" Lance was furious with Will. He was so mad that he just stood in the middle of the road for five minutes. When he began to walk, he was so exhausted that he just collapsed in the middle of the road.
He woke up five hours later on a bench. "How did I get here," he mumbled to himself. He sat up and remembered that he had been with Will. His cell phone was still in his pocket, so it obviously wasn't a robbery. He picked up his cell phone and called Will's cell. It rang four times and went to his voice mail. "What the hell!" Everybody stopped and stared at him. He got up and walked away not knowing where he was going.
"Lance!" He turned around and saw somebody running at him with her arms high in the air. She ran right up to him and gave him a big hug.
"I'm sorry. Do I know you?"
"Of course you know me. I'm your sister, Chelsea." Lance was in complete and total shock. This girl could be Chelsea, but so could half the girls that were walking around. He hadn't seen her for ten years, since she left for college and never came back. He wanted to just walk away, but he knew that he couldn't.
"How do I know you're really Chelsea? If you are, how do you know what I look like?"
"How could I ever forget my little brother and what he looks like? You look just like you did when you were little."
"Okay, now you're starting to creep me out. There is no way you are Chelsea. I'm going to leave, and if you follow me, I will call the cops." Lance turned around and ran as fast as he could. He just kept running, and when he stopped, he had no idea where he was. Lance went to grab his phone, but he must have dropped because he couldn't find it. He tried to run back the way he had come, but as he turned everything looked exactly the same.