ON THE CHASE
"Emotionally Drained"
Right now at the moment, Kimmy and Steve are just simply sitting around. Feeling hopeless and acting quiet and speechless, they both sip on their cans of coke.
"What else can go wrong?" Kimmy questions, "I mean, so far I feel like I've done anything and everything I could do to find DJ."
Kimmy gets up and starts pacing around the Tanner living room. Steve is still speechless and has no look on his face.
"This makes no sense!" Kimmy starts to say, "DJ is missing, yet she doesn't seem to care, or at least try to get back in contact with at least one of us!" Kimmy stops and turns to Steve, "And where the heck did Stephanie go?"
"I agree with you totally!" Steve starts to say, "Something's not quite right here. But we don't exactly know what."
"Exactly!" Kimmy agrees.
As soon as Kimmy sits down, there's a knock on the front door. Carefully, Kimmy strolls over to open the door and opens it to find…
"Oh my god!" Kimmy gasps.
It's Stephanie at the door. She's somewhat scratched up, and really dirty.
"Whoa…what…what the heck happened to you?" Kimmy asks Stephanie.
"Well, I kinda snuck away down the street to the garbage dumpster, just to see if there was anything worth looking for." Stephanie smiles.
"Steph, it's been 3 days, the trash was just taken up yesterday!" Kimmy throws her hands in the air.
"It was?" Stephanie asks surprised.
"Yeah, you we're practically standing out on the porch when the truck came by to collect it!" Kimmy says.
"Oh…yeah…how funny? That's right!" Stephanie smiles.
"So, did you at least find anything interesting?" Kimmy giggles.
"Nope…nothing at all, just a bunch of trash bags, and a pair of black, chewed-up dice!" Stephanie grins.
"When are you becoming serious?" Kimmy starts to shout as her face turns red, "Look, DJ is missing, we know nothing, and all you can do is stand around and make jokes!"
Steve finally enters the living room, unaware of the minor shouting that Kimmy just did.
"You better stop and listen too!" Stephanie points to Steve.
"To what?" Steve stops and asks.
"I really don't know this for sure…but I have a feeling." Stephanie sighs.
"What kind of feeling?" Steve asks questionably.
"Kimmy said that a guy kidnapped DJ…right?" Stephanie asks smartly.
"Yeah, his name is Ryan…yeah Ryan!" Kimmy says and then goes back to filing her nails.
"See, what are the chances of DJ falling in love with this Ryan?" Stephanie asks.
"That's funny!" Steve says and smiles.
"Yeah, I don't think that would ever happen!" Kimmy laughs.
"I don't know you guys, you would think in any other circumstance that DJ would be trying harder to get away." Stephanie shrugs her shoulders.
"It's kind of hard to break away from someone who is tied up and handcuffed!" Steve says to the ladies.
"But we simply don't know if that's the case!" Kimmy says.
"Come on guys! We all know that DJ would never cheat on anyone…especially me!" Steve says.
"We know Steve!" Stephanie says, "I just threw that possibility out there."
"Fine, whatever the case, we need to find her." Kimmy says.
"But what do we do?" Steve asks.
"That's what we need to figure out, we have some time to think…I think." Kimmy smiles.
"I think we should get some cookies, go up to my room and start talking about a plan, because we have to act soon, before any of the adults start to question about where DJ really is." Stephanie says.
"Good idea Barbie!" Kimmy jokes.
"Thanks" Stephanie smiles, "Okay, you both can go straight up to my room, while I go to get the cookies."
"Okay, thanks!" Steve smiles.
"Wait one minute!" Kimmy turns, "Those cookies better be fat free!"
"Don't worry Kimmy, I don't think they'll make you look bigger and dumber than you already are!" Stephanie grins.
"That true" Kimmy grins and runs upstairs while Stephanie sprints in the kitchen to grab some cookies.
*End Chapter 9
