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Allie slowly opened her eyes and instantly groaned, feeling Blaze licking her face. Her head was pounding as the sunlight peeked through the window. After leaving Jerry's porch the previous night, Allie had gone back home, finishing out the party; her annoyance towards Sarah fueling her drinking. She was definitely regretting it this morning.
Sitting up from the couch which she had fell asleep on, she looked around the living room. Everyone had gone home, leaving empty beer cans and potato chip crumbs in their wake.
Allie groaned again. The last thing she wanted to do at the moment was get up, so instead, she closed her eyes once more. It wasn't but a few minutes later when her cellphone started ringing.
Sighing, she rolled over, reaching her hand out onto the coffee table, feeling around until she found it. Without looking, she put the phone to her ear.
"Hello?" She asked groggily into her phone.
"Allie? You awake?" Her dad's voice asked as Allie rubbed her eyes.
"I am now..." She mumbled, not in the mood to talk to anyone, especially her parental.
"So I guess I'm going to be done a few days early. They're sending me home this afternoon." He said as Allie'e eyes widened, immediately sitting up as she looked around the trashed living room.
"Wait, you're coming home today?" She asked, a little bit of panic in her voice as her dad replied, "Yeah, I'll be home sometime tonight. Why? You don't want me back or something?" He chuckled.
"No, it's not that...I uh...yeah, I guess I'll see ya then..." She trailed off, looking out the window, which gave her a direct view of Jerry's house. Maybe her dad coming home early would be a good thing. The events of last night came back to her as she thought of Jerry and Sarah. It reminded her that she would have to check up on her friend to make sure she really was ok...
"Alright, well I'll see you when I get home then. Love ya." Her dad told her before the two got off the phone.
As soon as she had hung up, Allie got off the couch, slipping on her shoes and heading out the door, Blaze following close behind. Deciding to leave the party mess momentarily, Allie made her way to Jerry's house. Without hesitation, she knocked loudly on the door. She listened, but didn't hear any movement inside, so she rang the doorbell before knocking some more. Pulling out her phone, Allie tried to call Sarah, only having it go straight to voicemail.
Waiting a few minutes with the same result, Allie sighed in frustration before stepping off the porch. Sarah was probably just fine...right?
"Morning Allie!" A voice called as Allie was making her way back to her house.
"Morning Mrs. B." Allie replied, stopping as Jane Brewster pulled up in her car beside her, probably on her way to work.
"Rough night?" Jane asked knowingly, eyeing Allie's lack of make-up and messed up hair.
"No, not really...just woke up. Had to take the dog out is all." Allie shrugged, figuring that a lie was probably the smartest answer to give. "Have you talked to Charley at all today?" Allie asked. She was still a little peeved at him, but had wondered if he had heard anything from Sarah...or Adam...or Ed for that matter. Maybe she should try calling them as well...Jane's voice snapped Allie out of her troubling thoughts,
"He actually left kinda early. Probably hanging out with Amy." Jane answered. "You know how that goes..." The two women shared a friendly laugh before Allie nodded, "Well, just let him know I wanted to talk to him about...something."
Nodding in agreement, Jane responded, "Yeah, I will. But I should probably get to work now. Nice talking to you Allison."
After saying their goodbyes, Jane drove off and Allie called for the dog before making her way back inside to start cleaning the mess.
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A few hours later, the house was thankfully back to normal. She had tried to call both Adam and Ed, and then Sarah once more, but she had gotten their voicemails each time. Sighing in frustration, Allie plopped down on the couch, trying to figure out what to do next. Every so often, she would look out the window, watching Jerry's house as it remained still. No one had gone in or out. She narrowed it down to one of two things: either Jerry had left long before she had woken up this morning, or he was still sleeping.
She would be lying if she said she didn't want to go investigate. But really, what was there to investigate? It's not like she was going to break into the guy's house or anything...the thought was tempting and the suspense killing her. Where the hell was he...and more importantly, where the hell was Sarah? Had he dropped her off at her house last night? Or had she stayed over, meaning he had brought her back to her house this morning? What if he hadn't taken her back at all and Sarah was still in there?
The thought of those two cozy in bed with one another made Allie sick to her stomach.
Looking at the clock, it was already almost 5:00 pm. There was no way they were still sleeping. Sighing in frustration, Allie got up from the couch before her thoughts brought her to the brink of insanity. "I'll just check to see if his truck is in the garage...that's all." Allie spoke, looking over to Blaze for confirmation. He lay bored on the floor, not even acknowledging her words.
"Fine, I'll do it myself." She huffed, leaving the room before she could fully accept that she was about to have an argument with a dog.
Making her way back outside, Allie stealthly crept next door, looking behind her every so often to make sure none of the neighbors, especially Jerry, was watching her. Seeing that the garage door was shut, Allie went into Jerry's backyard, going to the only other entrance and peeking through the window on the door. Inside, the garage was pitch black, not even being able to see anything but darkness.
Letting out a sigh, Allie moved her face away from the window to look around the yard. No one was in sight. Slowing, she brought her hand to the door handle, turning the knob. To her surprise, it was unlocked. Opening it just a crack, Allie peered inside but still couldn't see anything. She was about to push the door completely open when a car horn interuppted her.
Jumping back away from the door, Allie slowly looked around the side of the house to see her dad's car pulling into their driveway. "Crap..." She mumbled, before heading back into Jerry's backyard, knowing the only way she could make it back into her own yard without her dad noticing was if she went over the fence. She eyed the barrier that separated the two houses momentarily as she heard her dad open and close his car door.
The fence it is.
Without waiting another moment, Allie took a running jump at the fence before hoisting herself over and then landing back in her own yard, forgetting that she had left Jerry's back garage door still open. Going through her back door, Allie entered the kitchen just as her dad made it through the front door.
"Hey dad!" Allie called, an innocent smile on her face as she entered the living room.
"Hey Allison." Her dad smiled, embracing her in a hug, "I missed you kid." He said before ruffling up her hair as Allie broke the embrace with a roll of her eyes, fixing her hair. "Jerk." She mumbled as her dad chuckled and Allie cracked a smile of her own.
"Hey Blazester." Her dad greeted the dog as Blaze excitedly wagged his tail. "How were things when I was gone?" He asked his daughter as he continued to pet Blaze. Allie shrugged, "It was fine...boring...uneventful...you know, the usual." She kept things short and sweet, not planning to go into depth about anything that may have happened. The least he knew, the better.
Her dad gave her an unconvinced look, but decided not to get into it right now. "I'll be back inside in a minute, I need to get my suitcase from the car." Her dad told her as he watched Allie go to the couch, flipping on the TV as she propped her legs up on the table. She nodded in acknowledgment as she watched him walk outside. When the front door was closed, she looked to Blaze and winked, "He doesn't suspect a thing." She whispered, referring to the party before letting out a laugh as the dog went to look out the front window, curiously watching.
A few moments passed by before Blaze let out a low growl, watching out the window. Allie turned to look, getting off the couch to see what he had spotted. Much to her disliking, she saw her dad in the driveway, talking to none other than Jerry. Scowling, she watched as the two seemed to share a chuckle before going on to talk about god knows what. Seconds later, Jerry broke his eye contact with her dad to look over towards the house, locking his gaze with Allie.
Jerry gave her a quick wink, a sadistic grin on his face before focusing his attention back onto her dad. Allie couldn't help the small shiver that went down her spine, a bad feeling now sitting in the pit of her stomach...
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