Chapter 7: Runaway
"Hurry up Veronica," Cloe said. "We're gonna be late for the fashion show, Yasmin's opening up by putting on a totally cool performance." There was no answer. Cloe went upstairs and checked all of the rooms. Veronica wasn't in any of them. She went to her room and saw the window open. She knew she had closed it, then that's when it hit her. Veronica had runaway. "Mommy!" Cloe called. She picked up a note that Veronica had left. "What's wrong sweetheart?" her mother asked once she appeared at the door. "Veronica's run away, look." Cloe said holding up the note. Her mother took the note and read it. "We gotta go look," her mother said. "I'll tell your father to get the car." "Okay." Cloe said. She pulled on her boots and ran back downstairs. She called the girls and boys and told them what was happening. They were over in five minutes. "We'll help you look." Yasmin said. "What about the fashion show?" Eitan asked. "Bump that," Sasha said. "This is way more important." "We'll take my car." Cloe said. "And me, your father, aunt, and uncle will take my car." her mom said. "Awesome." Cloe said. "Let's go." her dad said. Everyone ran out of the house.
"I'm sleepy." Yasmin said. The girls were still riding around Stilesville in Cloe's car, looking for Veronica. "Me too Yasmin." Jade said. "Guys, this is all my fault." Cloe said. "How Cloe," Sasha said. "You didn't do anything." "Instead of listening to her trying to talk to her, I was just a total snob to her." Cloe said. "It's not your fault Cloe," Yasmin said. "Like Nevra said when Miranda went missing, it's quite common for anyone to runaway in a huge city like this." "Yeah," Cloe said. "But, I don't know, I just feel totally responsible." "Calm down girl," Jade said. "What time is it?" Yasmin looked at the radio. "11:00." she answered. "Let's just go you house Angel," Sasha said. "Maybe she's there." "That's why we left the boys there," Cloe said. "And I told them to call if she came back." "Look over there, that looks like her." Jade said pointing. The girls drove up to the girl and Cloe said, "Excuse me." The girl turned around and Cloe saw that it wasn't Veronica. "Sorry." Yasmin said. Cloe drove off. After another hour, Cloe's cell rang. She answered, "Hello?" "Hey Cloe," her mom said. "We found her and we're on our way home, see ya in a few." "Bye mom." Cloe said. She snapped her phone shut. "Anything?" "They found her and now they're on their way home." Cloe said making a U-turn. "That girl has had us driving around the city for 5, freakin' hours." Sasha said. "Bump that," Jade said. "Yasmin couldn't do her performance, and I know Stilesville hates us now." "We'll be back at my house in a few." Cloe said. "Whatever." Yasmin said. The girls went back to Cloe's house.
"You had those girls out around the city, knowing that they had a project to finish!" Cloe's aunt shouted at Veronica. The girls had just gotten into the house. The boys were gone so the girls went into the living room. Cloe put her keys on the key rack. "I'm sorry mom." Veronica said. "You better be," Cloe said. "Because of you, we couldn't do our group performance and Yasmin couldn't do her solo performance." (Yasmin's a solo artist now too.) "Now Stilesville probably hates us." Jade added. "I'm out." Yasmin said heading toward the door. "So am I." Sasha said. "Wait up for me." Jade said. The girls waved bye and then left. "I'm sorry Cloe, I didn't mean to ruin your night, I didn't know you had a project." Veronica said. "We're not gonna be able to finish that," Cloe said. "So thanks to you Veronica, we're gonna get an F, a big, fat F." Cloe stormed up the stairs. She was stomping up the steps so loud, the you could hear her heals hitting every step. "Veronica," Cloe's aunt and uncle said. "You're grounded, a month." Veronica nodded then she and her parents left. Cloe crawled into bed and went to sleep.
Chapter 7 done. Chapter 8 coming soon. Hope you like this. Read and Review.
