A/N: Welcome back. This takes place the very next day from where chapter 6 left off. Jade's notes will be in bold. Love You My Liz,

-Your Matt.

I awake in a cold sweat before grabbing my phone and checking the time.

" 7:42 AM, ugh." I say as I roll on my back and instinctively go to wake up Rex. But I notice that his spot is empty and I immediately remember that I didn't take Rex or my Bag with me before fleeing a murderous Jade.

I start getting dressed when I get a phone call from Jade, so I answer.

"Hey Jade" I say.

"You missing something, Shapiro?" Says Jade's voice from the other end.

"Jade, You didn't…" I say not wanting it to be true.

"Oh but I did, little Robbie. I did." She says in a super villainess tone of voice. "The question is how badly do you want your doll and belongings back?" She asks.

"Please don't hurt Rex, Jade." I beg and hear a sigh.

"It's a fucking puppet Shapiro I can't hurt it." She says annoyed. "Go to the coffee joint on Murphy street, and tell the barista with purple dreads who you are, she'll give you one of your belongings along with further instructions." She tells me. "Oh, and Shapiro...You better hurry." She hangs up.

I shove my phone in my pocket and run out of my room and through the house ignoring my parents and little sister as I exit the house and hop on my 10 speed bike. I begin to peddle as fast as I could, thankful that the coffee place isn't all too far from my house, just a few miles.

The whole time I'm peddling I think about what Jade might be doing to Rex, and wondering why she always has to pick on me. Why she has to make everyone miserable just because she is.

I make it to the coffee shop and lock up my bike, before going in and walking up to the side of the counter the girl with the purple dreads is at.

"Excuse me miss, I'm Robbie Shapiro, I was told you have something for me." I say as I catch my breath. She looks at me with a slight look of amusement and hands me a cup of coffee and my creative writing notebook.

"I don't know what happened, but you really ticked the girl off dude." She tells me. "What you need to know is on the coffee cup, good luck." She adds, before helping another customer.

I look at the cup and read the note,

"Go to the Poetry Joint on Joyner Blvd. and perform. You've already been signed up for a spot today, don't miss it."

"This might take longer than I thought." I say to myself and run out of the door and head that way.

I take my bike and and begin racing towards The Poetry Joint, almost running over a few pedestrians along the way. Nothing was on my mind, other than the single mission I had: Save Rex. Nothing was more important, he was my best friend after all. Tears flying from my face as I sped through the city streets, thoughts of the only person who ever cared about me in my head.

"I'm coming Rex, don't you worry." I whisper in a raw voice. I stop in front of what I'm hoping is my last destination before getting back to Rex, and in my adrenaline fueled state I throw my bike to the ground and run in.

Just as I enter the building, I see Jade on the stage and it seems like she's either in the middle or near the end of her poem. I'm actually quite confused, because I wasn't expecting her to be here let alone performing.

"I guess this is the final test." I say to myself as I glance I my sweaty, shaky palms. I take a seat and look back to the stage and start listening just in time to hear the last few lines of Jade's poem.

"...And though you dream of brightly colored houses, and white picket fences, you'll never go anywhere seeing the world through your shattered lenses.

For the world is vast and filled with joy,but it's also dark, and gritty, and senseless."

Jades says, before getting a generous amount of applause. She gives a small smile, a wave or two and a wink to someone Robbie couldn't see backstage, which he thought was very odd of Jade. He watches as she walks off stage and directly towards him,

"Hey Shapiro, what brings you here?" She asks feigning innocence, her arms in their natural crossed position. Her stare is enough to send shivers down my spine.

"WHere's Rex? Is he safe!?" I ask desperately not knowing if he was dead or alive, if he was scared and alone.

"Calm your pants, puppet boy." She said. "IT is just fine...For now." She told me emphasizing the word 'It.' smirking as she said that last part.

I rubbed the back of my head looking off to the side, "So uh...Who's backstage?" I ask not knowing what to say.

"Oh, I didn't mention it in the note? The whole gang's here, we're really excited to see you perform." SHe arched her eyebrow, in a challenging way. "Better get up there, if you know what's good for you and your...Little wooden friend." She added.

I gulped swallowing the lump in my throat, or at least I think it's a lump, but to be honest it felt more like a boulder. I walk past her, not making eye contact as I do. Each step leading up to the stage feels like climbing a mountain. As I get to the center of the stage where the microphone stands I look behind me, at my group of friends, who I'm sure don't have any idea what Jade is up to.

"Woo! Go Robbie!" Cat cheered as she jumped up and down clapping her hands.

"Get him Rob!" Beck encouraged.

"You got this!" Andre said using cupped hands in a megaphone like method.

I look back to the crowd, after giving an awkward wave to my friends and clear my throat. "Um...hi, I'm Robbie Shapiro and this is a poem I wrote." I say stuttering slightly. From the moment I read Jade's note I already knew the poem I was going to read. The only one that would be quote un quote 'Real' enough for Jade. I begin to my poem, as I stare down Jade.

"I stare at the wall, the broken glass

I search for your soul, just an empty mass

I need someone to pull me through

I need someone who isn't you

We never did the things we were supposed to do

I don't recall one happy time, do you?

How could you be so dumb, so very obtuse

To not understand the power you abuse…"

As I was speaking I stared Jade down, and before I knew it I had started crying without realizing. I run off stage not finishing the poem, as I run past Jade and out the door I faintly hear Jade's voice call out, "Shapiro, wait!"

But I don't stop, I just keep running and I don't stop.

A/N: So yeah...Sorry for the long wait. I was going to resolve this in this chapter, but I decided to start having longer story arcs so that I can go day to day when it comes to the timeline. I couldn't have done this without CrazySerena13, my Liz.