Chapter 2
" HELP!!!" Gabe screamed, banging on the door of her bedroom. Jack looked around, noticing he was in Gabe's home.
" Gabe!! Hold on, I'm coming!!" Jack shouted, running towards her door. He heard her coughing and screaming, but no matter how fast he ran, the door was always the same distance away from him.
" JACK!!"
" Gabe hang on." Jack shouted, continuing to run. His lungs burned and his feet ached, but he continued, hearing his girlfriend's screams and coughs growing quieter. " Gabe!!" He shouted, finally reaching the door. He tried to open it, but screamed as the doorknob burnt his hand. " Hold on, I'm kicking the door down." He shouted. Gabe was no longer screaming and coughing, and Jack began to try to knock the door down. Finally, he succeeded, and ran into his girlfriends' bedroom, greeted by fired, surrounding him. " GABE!! GABE WHERE ARE YOU??" He shouted, coughing. " GABE!!!" He screamed, seeing his girlfriend, on the ground, on fire.
Jack woke up with a start, tears streaming down his face. " Gabe…" He whispered, grabbing his cell phone. He quickly dialed his girlfriend's phone number, waiting for her to pick up.
" I'm sorry, but the number you are calling is currently not available. Please hang up and try again." Greeted him, instead of his girlfriend's voice.
" Oh fuck." Jack mumbled, standing up. He began to pace around the room, trying to think who to call. He began to dial Gabe's best friend's phone number, but then hung up, calling Annie instead.
" Hello?" Annie answered.
" Hey, Annie? It's me, Jack." He said, thankful she had picked up. " Gabe's not with you, is she?"
" No… Jack, it's like midnight, what's wrong?"
" I have this bad feeling… could you please check on Gabe? I tried to call her, and no one answered." Jack said, his fear growing.
" Jack…"
" Annie please… I really- I'll owe you big time." Jack pleaded, hearing Annie sigh.
" I'll call you back when I get there." Annie said and Jack sighed thankfully.
" Thanks Annie… I owe you."
" Yeah, you do." Annie sighed, hanging up. Jack placed his cell phone down, and sitting, stared at it, praying that what he was feeling was wrong.
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Annie placed her tennis shoes on her feet, sleepily walking out of her hotel room. She threw her sweatshirt over her head, walking quietly out of her home, so not to wake her bodyguard. She began the short walk to Gabe's, shivering. Something was wrong, she had this bad feeling about what she would find. She began to smell something burning, and screams coming from Gabe's home. She quickened her pace, now running towards her friend's house.
" GABE!!" She screamed knowing it was her screaming. She quickly dialed 911. " Hello? Yes, I'd like to report a fire… please, it's really bad, there's a girl trapped in her room, and I'm pretty sure her father's stuck in there too… 811 Pine Road… please, hurry!!" Annie shouted. " GABE HOLD ON!!" She screamed. She ran towards the home, and what she saw horrified her, Gabe's home was on fire, and she saw Gabe trapped in her room, banging on the window.
Gabe dissappeered from Annie's sight, and the girl bit her lip, hearing sirens on the way already. " Please make it Gabe…" She prayed, seeing the fire department pull up, pushing her out of the way as they attempted to put out the fire.
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" Carey, could you go tell Jack that we're here?" Molly asked, looking at the teen. The group had fallen asleep in the 'rec' part of the bus, talking until they had arrived.
" Sure." Carey laughed, standing up. " Jack, we're here… dude what are you doing?" Carey asked, walking into the room the two shared. He had walked in a second ago, and saw his friend, tear stained face and all, staring at his cell phone blankly.
" I'm waiting for a phone call."
" Really? Whose calling at ten in the morning?"
" Annie."
" Why?"
" Because-" Jack began, but was interrupted when his cell phone began to ring. He pounced on the phone, quickly answering it. " Annie?"
" No, this is Irene." Irene said, laughing.
" Oh."
" Don't sound so happy to hear from me Jack. Anyways, just tell your mom we're already here, waiting for you guys to show up."
" Oh. Ok. Bye." Jack said quickly, hanging up.
" Who was it?" Carey asked, watching Jack stand, trying to fix his tearstained face.
" Your mom. She said they're waiting for us."
" Oh."
" Well, you ready?"
" Me? I've been waiting for you man."
" Then let's go." Jack said grinning, he hadn't heard from Annie, and he was going to take that as a good sign.