Hey all, Kinda a Prelog for Chloe, (It's short) But don't fret the next chapter is READY to roll out, (And the two after are very close) Bunch of feels but I feel (no pun intended) its needed mostly for expositional stuff.

Also a big thank you to those that have left reviews, You have no idea how nice it is to wake up to that kind of thing, (Got weird looks from work colleagues all day but meh)

Fair warning, It's possible someone is chopping onions nearby (Or I'm far to soft...it's possible)

Guilt train

"Get out go on, Just fuck off and leave me alone," Chloe stood on the outside looking in as she watched an angry younger blonde version of herself lash out at the teary eyed brunette, "Chlo I don't..," "Your dead to me, go on just fuck off I don't need you," Max had tried to reason with her but Chloe's younger self just shouted her down, seeing Max's expression at those words, hurt wasn't close enough, The girl was crushed and her younger self, didn't even seem to care, Watching as Max turned and ran out the door Chloe felt a tear rolling down her cheek as regret filled her, "I'm sorry..I didn't mean it,...Max come back,...please," she sobbed as the door slammed shut, A few moments later the door opened again and Joyce walked in her expression troubled, Chloe was laid huddled under her duvet now, Her posters, and pictures torn down leaving only bits of blue tack as the only tale, tale signs that something had once hung there, All torn down in a fit of rage and stuffed in a box in the bottom of her closet. "Chloe have you heard from Max," she asked gently, The young blonde didn't move, "Not since she left for Seattle, since I told her too...go," The blonde mumbled from under her duvet bubble, Joyce walked over and sat on the foot of the bed stroking the lump under the duvet that was the blonde's head.

"She knows you didn't mean it, Chloe," Joyce said with a sigh, "Look if you hear from her let me know ok," she added with a worried tone, Chloe pulled her head out from under the duvet, her face red and blotchy as she tucked some of her hair that had stuck to her face behind her ear looking at her mom with a frown, "mom what's going on?" The blonde questioned sniffing loudly, Joyce looked at her with a pained expression, "Chloe...Max is missing,"

April 2008

Chloe woke with a start as fresh tears rolled down her cheeks, Her pillow with a large wet patch from where she had been crying, Sitting up she wiped her face trying to compose herself, The drizzly cloudy morning perfectly reflected the young blonde's mood as she dragged herself out of bed and got dressed, Not giving her hair much thought after hacking it off in anger a few days prior she made her way downstairs to get something to eat. Finding the house empty Chloe grabbed a pop tart and shoved it in the toaster, as she waited for her breakfast she spotted a sticky note attached to the fridge saying her mom had been called into work early.

Walking into town Chloe nibbled on her pop tart breakfast as she made her way to the bus station, It had been a month since Max had gone missing, according to her mom, Venessa and Max had a major argument about two weeks after moving up to Seattle, The result was that Ryan had moved out and the next day Max had disappeared, ever since then the young blonde had spent the best part of every day at the bus station with her friends picture trying to see if anyone had seen her, And each day she would go home disappointed, frustrated and angry, And today was looking no different, After spending most of the day watching a sea of faces Chloe started slowly making her way back home.

Walking down an alley, a short cut she had taken every day without much mind, she played the last time she saw her friend over and over in her head, "How..could..I..be..so..stupid," she screamed through gritted teeth as she kicked a nearby trashcan relentlessly with each word, "I think you got it," A male voice claimed from behind her, Turning slightly Chloe saw a middle-aged man, wearing blue jeans, blue shirt with trimmed black hair and a trimmed moustache, "Sorry," she mumbled picking the trashcan up and placing it upright, wiping her face, "I'm sure I can convince it not to sue you," the man chuckled, Chloe let herself crack a smile, "Ya know, bottling everything up isn't healthy, If you need somin to wail on I might have just the thing," the man said as he turned and went in the door he was standing at, Curiously Chloe looked at the door before her gaze drifted above it to the sign 'Arcadia Gym', she almost turned around and walked away until she caught a glimpse of the battered trashcan, It had felt kinda nice to lash out at something, It hadn't kerbed her anger any, not really, but it had helped, shrugging she turned back around and went inside the gym.

Inside the gym was almost deserted, only one other person working out on the treadmill, The man that invited her introduced himself as David, as it turned out he ran the gym and showed Chloe around finishing the quick tour at a large brown punchbag hanging from the ceiling, David went to do some stuff in the office leaving Chloe alone with her emotions and a willing target, Cautiously she gave the bag a kick and watched as it swung gently away and then back to her before kicking it harder making it swing away further, each kick she could feel a well of guilt and anger building inside her as eyes began to well, the dam on her emotions began to crumble as she started adding punches letting the last two months of guilt and pain erupt into a barrage of fury, "Give her back, Give her back, Give her back to me," the blonde screamed as she crumpled onto the crash mat, exhausted, sobbing to herself, "Come back, Max,"

Well, that's one distraught teenager, But ya had to have guessed how Chloe felt when Max disappeared, just thought I'd actually write it down to save guessing, plus it's a little background on some future stuff...too obvious.

As promised the one after WILL be up within a few hours and I'm gonna be cruel right now, There's a cliffhanger, and the chapter after next IS ready...but ima make you wait, muahaha

As always reviews and comments are welcome.

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