Few Days Later...
Naia's POV
I was really starting to hate school. It was only Tuesday and I've already been knocked over seven times, but you know, who's counting anyways.
"Hey!" I said as Olivia knocked me down moments after Spencer had bumped into me, spilling all of my books everywhere. "Watch where you're going."
Olivia gave me a dirty look and kept walking. I sighed and continued picking up my stuff.
"This better not make me late for class." I muttered as I picked up the last book and hurried off to History. I don't think I've ever walked so fast but it paid off because I made it before the period bell went.
"Gabby!" I said happily as I ran to her and Matt after school.
Gabby gave me my usual after school hug and then asked the usual after school questions. "How was school today?"
"Good." I said. It was good, besides being knocked down twice.
"Do you have any homework?" Matt asked me and I shook my head. We weren't staying with Kelly and Shay anymore since they lived a bit too far from my school. We went back to Matt and Gabby's apartment Sunday thrilled to find that no one had left any notes behind while we were away.
While we walked down our usual route, I couldn't help but let my curiosity get the better of me. "Did Antonio find anything?"
"Well, they got some fingerprints but none of them match any of the fingerprints that they already have. They think the person might be either a friend of family of the Samuals." Matt informed me.
I nodded, "That would make sense."
"Do you know who it might be?" Gabby asked me but I shook my head.
"Whenever they had people over, they would always lock the kids in the basement." I said, remembering how hungry we would get down there in the dark.
On either side of me, I could feel Gabby and Matt tense up and I immediately apologized without even thinking. "Sorry." I mumbled.
"You didn't do anything wrong. You don't have to apologize." Matt said.
I nodded, biting my tongue before I could apologize for saying sorry. That was something I guess I needed to work on. We walked the rest of the way home in silence. When we got to the apartment, Gabby unlocked the door and we walked in still not saying anything.
"What do you feel like doing tonight?" Gabby asked us as we all collapsed on the couch.
I shook my head, "Nothing, absolutely nothing."
"I second that." Matt said from beside me.
Gabby nodded, "I don't feel like doing anything either, I was just asking."
"Gabby?" I asked.
Gabby sat up, "Is something wrong?"
"I miss Ellie, and Shane, and Thomas. I miss them all." I said, sighing.
Matt put a hand on my shoulder. "That's completely normal. I would miss them too if I was you."
I nodded, "Yeah, but that doesn't make me miss them any less."
Gabby took my hand into hers and held it. "You don't have to miss them any less, it's okay to miss them."
"Did Dr. Manning and Dr. Choi say they can come to my birthday?" I asked, trying to take my mind off Ellie and the boys.
Gabby nodded, "They both said that they didn't have a shift and would be happy to come."
"That's good." The news cheered me up a little bit. "Can we play a board game?" I asked when I spotted the pile of games in the T.V. stand.
Matt got up and walked over to the stand. "That's a good idea, which one do you wanna play?" He asked us.
"It doesn't matter, unless you guys have one you want to play." I said, shrugging.
Matt picked the top one and brought it over. He placed it down on the coffee table for us to see what it was.
"Monopoly." I said, reading the cover of the game. "I've never played Monopoly before."
"It's the longest game ever." Gabby said, "The last time we played, took Matt and I almost five hours."
Matt laughed, "That was a while ago. Here, I'll explain the rules."