(Today I made Chloe and Max in The Sims. They got married. It was fucking awesome. Anyway, in the next week, aka until school starts, I'm going to write as much as possible so I can try not to get behind on my uploads. So yeah. Anyway, read on and enjoy, leave reviews, all that jazzy-jazz.)
I lead Kate into my room and make her sit down at my desk chair. "Do you want something? Tea or anything?" I ask, hoping to make her feel better from... Whatever had happened.
Kate shakes her head slowly, looking down at the ground. I kneel in front of her, taking her hands in mine. Kate looks up at me, sniffling softly.
"What happened to you, Kate? What's wrong?" I ask, glancing behind my shoulder at Chloe, who's sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Max? Babe, what's up?" Chloe mutters, still apparently half-asleep. "Shit, Kate? You look terrible. What the hell happened?"
The shy girl in front of me closes her eyes slowly, seeming to collect her thoughts before speaking. "I-I don't know..."
I glance at Chloe again, who looks worried. "Kate, you can tell us what's wrong. It's okay." Chloe says in a soothing voice, coming to stand behind me.
"All I remember is stepping outside from the party. I just wanted to get some fresh air, and then I felt really woozy all of a sudden... And then I thought that I heard Nathan Prescott. He said that he was going to take me to the hospital, and then I was in a room with big, bright lights... And then I woke up in front of my dorm."
Woah, what the fuck? Nathan Prescott? Oh my god, it sounds like he drugged Kate. What happened to you, Kate? This is so creepy...
I cough softly. "Kate... Do you think that Nathan could have drugged you with something? Did you see him around the party anywhere?" I rub the back of her hand with my thumb slowly.
Kate's eyes widen. "N-no. I didn't see him at all... Oh my God, Max, what if he did drug me?" Tears start to form in her eyes.
"Maybe he didn't, Kate. Do you remember anything else that happened? Did anyone talk to you when you were getting your drink?"
Kate thinks for a moment, pulling one hand away from mine to wipe at her eyes. She nods slowly. "Yeah... I talked to Mr. Jefferson about the homework for a few minutes. But what does he have to do with Nathan?"
"Did you turn away or stop looking at him, Kate? Like, to talk to someone else or look at something?" Chloe asks.
"I-I said hi to Stella. Do you guys think that Nathan and Mr. Jefferson did something to me?" Kate looks between Chloe and I.
I shake my head, grabbing a tissue off of my desk and handing it to Kate. She takes it, wiping a few tears away.
"No, Kate. We don't know what happened. I doubt that anyone hurt you though. Maybe this is just some screwed up prank that Nathan pulled or something." I lie, trying to reassure Kate.
"Yeah. The Vortex assholes do stupid shit like this all the time. No one hurt you, Kate. He probably just did this to get a laugh." Chloe goes along with my lie, smiling reassuringly at the quiet girl.
"M-maybe. That's messed up, though. Even for Nathan Prescott." She sighs, reaching up to grab the cross necklace that she usually wears. Her eyebrows furrow as she finds nothing. "Have either of you seen my necklace...?"
I look behind my shoulder at Chloe. She shakes her head and shrugs. I turn back to Kate, rubbing her leg. "No. Chloe and I will go look for it in the hall. You stay here, okay?"
She nods, rubbing the skin where the necklace chain would be resting. I grab my phone and turn the flashlight on after glancing at the time.
Wowzers, it's three in the morning. If this really had been a prank, she wouldn't have shown up hours and hours after being... Taken.
Chloe and I step into the hall. She takes my hand and leans down to kiss my cheek. "It's okay, Max. Kate's fine."
I nod, smiling softly at Chloe. Thanks for being so sweet, Che. I shine the flashlight down the hall. I walk down the length of it, scouring the floor for any trace of Kate's cross.
Shit, I can't find it anywhere. What if Nathan took it as some sort of fucked-up trophy? What if Kate isn't the first girl that he's hurt...?
The part about Mr. Jefferson is still bugging me. What if he actually did have something to do with this? I mean, he had the perfect opportunity to slip something into Kate's drink. And she did say that she felt woozy after going outside.
"Max. Baby, please don't worry. Kate is fine, okay? Tomorrow we can go look outside of the gym for her necklace. Alright? Until then, everything is fine." Chloe stops in front of me, placing her hands on my shoulders. "Don't worry. We'll keep an eye on Kate for a while. I know how much you care about her."
I nod, slowly wrapping my arms around Chloe's waist. She hugs me back, rubbing my back and kissing my forehead. "Thank you, Che. I'm lucky to have you." I press my face into her neck, taking comfort in the smell of smoke and vanilla.
Chloe pulls away slowly, kissing my forehead again. "Let's go back into your room now, baby. Okay?" I nod, grabbing her hand and lacing my fingers with hers. We walk back into my room together.
Kate looks up at us, a hopeful look on her face. It crushes my heart to have to tell poor Kate that we didn't find it.
I sigh, holding my arm with my free hand. "Kate, I'm really sorry. But we didn't find it. But tomorrow Chloe and I are going to look around outside the gym for it."
Kate's hopeful expression is replaced with one of disappointment. "Oh... It's okay, Max. It's not your fault." She smiles weakly.
Oh, Kate. You're so sweet, even with all of this stuff happening to you. I really want to be able to help you... We're going to find out what happened, Kate. I make a silent promise to her.
Chloe clears her throat. "Do you want to stay in here tonight? Cuz we would be fine with that. You could take the bed." She gestures to my bed. "Me and Max can take the couch."
"I-I would like to, but... I don't want to be a burden on you two. I've already bugged you enough, I should just go back to my room." She starts to stand from the chair.
"No, Kate, you're not a burden at all. If it makes you feel better, you can definitely stay. You should try to get some sleep anyway, you look pretty tired." I grab a pillow and a blanket from my closet, creating a makeshift bed for Chloe and I.
Kate sighs softly. "Alright, if you don't mind... But you guys can sleep on the bed, I can have the couch."
Chloe sighs. "Kate, stop being so selfless. Sleep on the bed. It's impossible for you to be a burden on us, really." While Chloe is speaking I find some pajamas for Kate to wear.
"Here, Kate. Put these on and then please try to get some sleep. We can talk about this more in the morning." I hand her the clothes.
She nods, changing into the sleep clothes from her ruined angel costume. I take the costume and hang it up in my closet so it doesn't suffer any further damage.
Kate lays down on my bed, pulling the covers tight around her body. I switch the lights off, walking over to the couch where my girlfriend is already laying down.
I lay in front of her, pressing my back against her chest. Chloe wraps her arm around my waist, and gently kisses the back of my neck.
"Tomorrow we can grab dinner at Two Whales, okay? It can kinda be a date night." I nod, lacing my fingers with Chloe's.
I close my eyes, listening to Chloe's soft breathing. Chloe makes me feel calm when everything else makes me feel like I'm about to suffocate.
"Chloe?" I whisper softly, looking behind my shoulder at my blue-haired angel. She opens her eyes, smiling at me.
"Yeah, Max?" She pulls my body closer to hers.
"Thank you."
"For what, sweetie?" Chloe tucks a stray strand of my hair behind my ear.
"For everything. For being here when I need you and being a huge dork when I'm feeling sad and just for loving me. Thank you."
Chloe kisses my cheek sweetly. "Anytime, Max. Go back to bed now, you little dork."
I nod, cuddling closer into her warm body. After about half an hour, I finally slip into a light sleep.
In the morning Kate goes back to her own room, leaving Chloe and I. We go and look outside of the gymnasium for Kate's cross necklace, to no avail. Chloe sighs softly, wrapping her arm around my waist.
"I have to go to the tattoo shop soon, babe. Work and all that shit. But I am hella not missing Two Whales. Meet me there at six, okay?"
I whine softly, leaning my head against Chloe's shoulder. "You have to go already? I'm gonna miss you. A ton."
"Yeah, Maxy. After dinner we can go to my house and hang. Maybe have an actual movie night instead of watching half of a movie, falling asleep, and then being woken up by some hella crazy shit?" She smiles, poking my side.
"Okay. You're awesome, Che." I stop walking once we get to the parking lot. "I'm still gonna miss you. If you have any time than you should totally text me." I hug Chloe, resting my head on her chest.
Chloe kisses the top of my head. "I'll miss you too. And I promise that if I have even a second of free time, I'll text you. Try not to worry too much, okay? Everything is gonna be fine."
I nod, clinging onto Chloe for a few more minutes before she says that she really has to go. She gets into her truck and blows a kiss at me before starting the engine and driving away. I wave halfheartedly and start trudging back to the dorms.
The Prescott dorms. Ugh, now the fact that they own Blackwell makes me double shudder. Nathan always gave me a bad feeling, but I never imagined that something like this would happen.
I walk down the hall to my room, staring at Kate's door for a minute. I really hope that poor Kate is okay... Whatever happened to her, she really didn't deserve it. I sigh softly and walk back into my room, grabbing my guitar.
I sit on my bed and softly strum the strings, just wanting to do something distracting to take my mind off of all this stuff. After a while I get up to go take a shower. I return to my room and mess around on my laptop, finishing up a few assignments and looking af pictures of old cameras. I do things to occupy my mind and soon, it's almost time to go to Two Whales.
I walk into the hall, looking at Kate's door again. Weird, there's some sort of link written on her slate. Curiosity gets the better of me, and I pull out my phone. I type the link into Google, and it brings me to some sort of video.
Why would someone write a video link on Kate's slate? I play the video.
And I nearly drop my phone when I see what's going on. Holy shit.
(Haha it's cliffhanger time again. Y'know, I say 'all that jazz' in the top AN a lot. I'm actually in my school's jazz band. It's hella awesome, tbh. I love band. Any fellow band kids among my readers? Thanks, please leave reviews and peace out.)