Chapter 11

When they arrived at Jeff's house the door was standing wide open. Jeff frowned.

"Gran wouldn't leave the door open." he thought out loud.

"I'll go check it out first." Nick said. He got out of the car, before he left he looked Jeff straight in the eyes and said, "If anything happens to me. You get in the drivers seat and you drive as far as you can from here do you understand me?"

Jeff nodded tears in his eyes. Nick went up the steps, and peeked into the house. He stepped tentatively into the house. Jeff watched him disappear into the house, a pit of dread in his stomach.

"He'll be fine." Sebastian said, putting a hand on Jeff's shoulder. Nick appeared a minute later, completely unharmed. He opened the door.

"Everything's fine. They went through some stuff, but other than that. There's nothing wrong except..."

"Gran!" Jeff said, climbing out and running toward the house.

"Jeff, the..." Nick started to yell, but Sebastian put a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Sebastian shaking his head.

"Let him figure it out for himself." Sebastian said.

"I'm not even sure what happened to her." Nick said. "There's no sign of a struggle."

"At least she's not in there dead." Sebastian said, as they climbed the front steps, "I think that would crush him."

"Yeah." Nick agreed.

Jeff ran upstairs as they got there. "Gran!" he called. He ran through every room in the house. His grandma was no where to be found. He went back down to the kitchen where Sebastian was making tea, and Nick was sitting at the table.

"She's not here." he said, starting to freak out. "Where is she?! Did they take her? Is she..." His breathing started to become harder. Nick got up and walked over to him.

"Jeffy, calm down, honey. It's not good for the babies. We'll find your grandma." Jeff broke down crying at that point. Nick hugged him to his chest.

"She has to be okay Nicky. She's all I have left of my dads. She's all I've ever had of them actually. She just can't be gone."

"Shh...Jeffy...shh." Nick said, not really knowing what else to say. He couldn't promise Jeff that his grandma was alive. He couldn't promise to get her back if the government had taken her.

"Hey, guys." Sebastian called from the living room. "Come here."

They went into the living room.

"Yeah, Seb?" Nick asked.

"Look what I found under the remote." he said. It was a paper. On the outside it had T.V channels. Jeff frowned.

"Gran never watched normal tv." he said.

"I know. That's why I picked it up." Sebastian said. He turned it over. It was an envelope. "Open it." he said holding the card out to Jeff. Jeff hesitantly took the card, and opened it. His jaw dropped open.

"What is it Jeffy?" Nick asked.

"My gran got away. She left us a check. Look how much." He showed Nick the check.

"That's amazing Jeff!" Nick said.

"My mom wired some money into my account." Sebastian said. "So, you don't have to worry about me."

"Where ever we go your coming with us Seb." Jeff said.

Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Of course Jeffy. I know that. I'm just saying I can pay for myself." Jeff nodded.

Just then Sebastian's phone rang. Jeff watched as Sebastian looked at the screen his face paled.

"Sebby?" Jeff asked, carefully.

Sebastian shook his head, and walked away, putting the phone to his ear as he did. Jeff frowned.

"What do you think that's about?" he asked Nick.

"I don't know, but he'll tell us if he wants too." Nick replied.

Jeff nodded, with a sigh. "I guess so."

"I love you." Nick said.

"I love you too." Jeff said. They shared a quick peck on the lips. Sebastian walked back into the room, his face as white as a ghost.

"What's wrong, Seb?" Jeff asked, helping Sebastian sit down on the couch.

"I know who turned us in." Sebastian said.