Emmett's POV

I rolled over in bed. I look over and see the clock says 2. I could be considered an insomniac at this point. All I could think about was Bay. How she ran away with tears in her eyes. How she wouldn't talk. How she was just sitting there, crying. What the hell could have happened? Was everything with Kyle weighing down on her and she finally just left? Or did something new happen? What happened while I was in class? When she left she looked happy. She was even smiling. Then the next time I see her she is crying? It was all too weird and confusing. I stand up and pull the first notebook I found out of my bag. I should have kept the second one too. I open to see it is actually a sketchbook. All her art over the last 3 weeks. I look at the first page with a bunch of abstract swirls and lines and in the middle it says in her handwriting, If found, please return to Bay Kennish. I flip through the first few that resemble the cover page. There is some that have a girl, like she usually draws. After about 10 though, they change. They are full of pain and hurt. One is a big bleeding heart that has scars and stitches all over it. It has wings that are drooped and cut with jagged edges. Another is two curved lines that go from the top left corner to the middle of the edge of the right side of the page. The shape has cracks and the background is all blacks and blues and purple. I look at it before I finally see it's a broken rib on top of a bruise background. It's her injuries. I look at it and I get mad all over again. I throw the book to the ground and reach into my back pocket. I feel the glossy picture before I take it out. She must have stolen it off my wall. We are both smiling and I'm holding her arm wrapped over mine. I turn it over and look at her handwriting. Me and Emmett. July 11th, 2011. Most fun I've had in a while. I smile and turn it over and look back at the picture. We had come a long way since then. I go over and hang it up on my wall of Bay. I look at the ones from the other day. How had she been so happy then but be crying today? What could have happened? I walk around my room frustrated. I go over and push my book off the desk and kick my desk. Why did this have to happen? Why did he have to go after the person I care about most? I fall back onto my bed. Nothing is helping. I am so mad I can't even sleep. I get up and throw on my jacket and slam my door shut and make my way to the front door. I open it and leave. I jump on my bike and I just leave.

Melody's POV

I can tell Emmett is still up. My room is next to his and I can feel small vibrations from him pacing back and forth. Part of me wants to go and comfort him. To find out what was wrong. I knew this had something to do with Bay. Worrying about Bay was the only thing that would make him stay up. I get up and walk down the hall and look in his room. I see him throw the book of his desk and kick it in anger. I see him fall back on his bed mad. I walk back to my room and go back to bed. I knew he was ditching a lot. And I knew Bay was too. And I knew they would always ditch together. I smile at this. But I never thought it could be something bad that made them leave school. I knew Bay ditched today, but then I saw Emmett's bike, so I was confused. Why would she leave alone? Suddenly I feel the door slam. Then I see Emmett storming down the stairs and out the door. Part of me wants to go after him. But he was almost 19. He needed to figure things out for himself. So instead I shut out my light and try to go back to sleep.

Emmett's POV

I ride around until almost 4. This was driving me nuts. Bay almost always told me what was going on. And now she doesn't? What was so big she couldn't even tell me? I look around at where I ended up after almost 2 hours of aimless driving. I look around and see no people. Anywhere. I see some small stores and some houses. I see a sign that says Atchison, Kansas. Did I seriously drive all the way to some town in Kansas just to run away from my anger? That has to be a new record. I take out my phone and look at the map on the GPS. I read it for a little bit, then I put on the buzzer so that when I have to turn it goes off. I turn around and drive back home, down the same path I had originally taken by accident. It hadn't helped at all though. I was still pissed off. But maybe another hour of driving could help.

Bay's POV

I feel my phone buzz and I take it out. I look around and see I had fallen asleep on my studio floor. It's a text from Toby. "Where are you?" I open my mailbox to answer, that's when I noticed it. 31 messages from Emmett. All yesterday. I send Toby a quick text that said I was in my studio, then I looked at the ones from Emmett. All asking where I was. Begging for me to answer. I throw my phone to the ground and stand up. I go out and see Toby standing there.

"Are you okay? You look like hell."

"Yeah I'm fine, what time is it?"

"You have like, 15 minutes to get ready for school."

"K, thanks." I saw him walk away back to the house and I walked back too and escaped to my room. I brush my hair but I leave it plain. Then I throw on a pair of old jeans and a black hoodie. I put a small amount of make up on and grab my bag. I leave and get in my car. I drive slow and get to Carlton right as the bell is flashing. I see Emmett just getting there too. He has bags under his eyes, like he didn't sleep. I walk away from him, because I know it will be a day of questions. I walk fast and get to class early for once. I watch the teacher and leave the second the bell flashes. I walk out the door and I feel someone grab my arm. I instantly get scared and quickly turn around and try to shake their grasp. They let go immediately and I see it's only Melody.

"Sorry."

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I'm just worried. You seem to be ditching a lot. And I'm not yelling at you, I just want to know why." I need to think of a lie. And fast.

"I just, haven't been feeling well lately." She looked at me skeptically and mouthed okay before walking off. I turn around and see Kyle looking at me smirking. My stomach starts to turn and I walk away fast in the other direction and go into the bathroom. I'm thankful it's empty. I go into a stall and throw up. I shut my eyes and sit against the wall for a few minutes. My side is screaming at me again. I know I shouldn't be doing half of what I was, or had a doctor check it after a few days or something, but I was scared. What if I had down something to make it worse. And what if someone found out? I shake my head and finally get up and flush the toilet and leave the stall. I wash out my mouth with water and grab my bag and leave. The halls are for the most part empty so I just walk to my next class fast and shut the door behind me. Noah smiles at me. I fake one back at him. I go and sit in the back corner away from everyone else. Thankful that I'm at a deaf school and I can sit in silence and let my mind wander and escape from everything.

End of chapter 21

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