(Hey, thanks for the great reviews! Sorry it took so long, but I've been busy, and fanfiction.net has obviously had some problems. Just so you know, I picture Tommy with a Mexican accent, sort of like Cheech Marin. But you don't have to. Unless you want to.)
Sam sat quietly on the living room couch, listening to the rain beat down outside. He was awaiting a phone call from the police station. He'd told all the on duty police officers to be on the lookout for his eldest daughter. If they saw her, they were to bring her in as soon as possible, and then call him right after. It had been almost twelve hours since any of them had seen her last. Both Grace and himself had been worried sick once they finally took in what had happened.
'I forced my own daughter onto the streets,' he thought to himself,' What a horrible father I am. Who could do that to their own child?'
Slowly he began to lay down on the couch, but was startled by the slamming of the door.
His attention immediately turned to who walked in.
"It's just us Daddy."
"Oh. Jess. I thought maybe you were-"
"Kay? Nope. Just me and Charity."
Jessica threw her coat down on the floor and walked over to the couch, sitting next to her father.
"Jessica, you really shouldn't throw your coat on the floor. Aunt Grace might get mad," said Charity as she picked it up and slowly placed it on the chair next to her.
"Charity, who cares? Right now I'm more concerned about finding my sister. Any news yet?"
"No," he sighed," None."
"Where could she be? I mean, we checked everywhere, and still we found nothing. Reese started to cry, so Miguel decided to bring him home. He said he'd come back here when he was done."
"I see. Listen, why don't you girls go upstairs and get some rest? You look tired."
"I don't want to sleep by myself. I'm so used to Kay being in the bed next to me."
"Jessica, if it makes you feel any better, I'll sleep in Kay's bed."
"Really? Charity that would be like, so nice of you. But are you sure you don't want to wait for Miguel to come back?"
"No, I don't mind. I'm sure we'll see Miguel again tomorrow. Now come on. Let's get you to sleep."
Sam smiled as Charity and Jessica made their way up the stairs. Then he laid back down, thinking about the events that occurred earlier in the day.
'There has to be something. Kay wouldn't just run off like that even if we did have an argument that horrible. She would have come back by now, that I'm sure of. I'm missing something. Something small... But what? Nothing unusual happened today, except the fight, of course. Come on Sam, use your cop instinct, and try and figure out what made her explode.'
'RING!'
Sam rushed over to the phone and picked up the receiver, bracing himself for any bad news.
"Hello? Who is it?"
"Chief Bennett? It's Officer Jenkins."
"Jenkins... What is it? Have you found something?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you at home Chief, but you asked to be called?"
"Yes. What have you found?"
"Well, a few high school kids told us they thought they saw your daughter walking down the street with an older man earlier this evening."
"Are they sure it was her?"
"Pretty sure sir."
"Well, did they see where she was headed?"
"Unfortunately they weren't really paying attention. But they did give us a description of the man she was with."
"Is it anyone we know?"
"I'm afraid not. It doesn't match any of the records in the police data base. Nobody here seems to know him either."
Sam sighed.
'Where could she have gone?'
"Thanks for calling. Keep me informed if you find out anything new."
"Sure thing Chief. I'll make it the number one priority."
"I'd appreciate that. See you Jenkins."
"Goodnight sir."
~
"Okay people, listen up please!"
"What is it now Jenkins? Can't you leave us alone for more than five minutes? We got papers that need fillin' out you know."
"I know, I know, and I'm sorry. I want you all to radio your guys and tell them to keep a look out for Chief Bennett's daughter. Tell them to make it their number one priority. Got it?"
A chorus of yes's was heard throughout the tiny building.
"Good. Now, don't you people have some paper's that need filling out?"
"Arghh!"
A tiny paper ball went flying past his head as he sat down laughing.
'Don't worry Chief,' he thought,' If your daughter's out there, we'll find her.'
~
Kay woke up in a cold sweat about fifteen minutes after she'd fallen back asleep. Placing one of her hands over her eyes, she used her free one to feel around next to her. He wasn't there.
'I thought he said he was coming to bed soon. Wonder what's keeping him... I guess I'd better check it out. Lord knows what he could be doing.'
~
"Ryan?" she asked, looking around," Are you here? Where are you? This isn't funny you know."
"Kay? Is that you?"
Kay whirled around just in time to see Ryan's head pop out from the doorway that lead to the kitchen, a look of happiness etched on his face.
"I was wondering when you were going to wake up! C'mon, let's get outta here and see if there's any parties going on."
"What? No, I don't want to go to any parties right now... besides, it's raining. Ryan, you said you were coming to bed soon. What are you doing out here?"
"Just getting something to drink. You know, a little pick me up. So uh, c'mon baby doll, let's get out of here. You know you want to."
"No... I don't. I just want to go to sleep. With you next to me. Please, just come to bed?"
"Kay, you know I hate it when you lie to me. It's so obvious that you aren't tired, and that you're just itchin' to get out and uh, do somethin' exciting."
As much as she hated to admit it, he was right. For some reason she felt like going out and letting loose. She felt like partying until the sun came up, and that nothing, or nobody would be able to stop her.
"I'm not lying. But... I'll go. For you. Not because I want to."
"Oh, of course. I would never assume."
"Good. So what are we waiting for? I'd like to go sometime before the sun comes up you know."
"Ummm, are you sure you uh, don't want to change first?"
"Wha- Oh yeah. I forgot," she laughed," Just give me a few minutes, okay?"
"Sure. I'll uh, phone Tommy and ask him where the action's at tonight. If anyone knows where we can find a kick ass party this time of night, it'll be him."
"All right. I'll be right back."
"Don't take too long. I want to be out of here before the sun comes up you know."
She smiled as she walked out of the kitchen and made her way towards the bedroom.
'Leave it up to him to be ready to go to bed, then want to run out and party. It's probably that stupid Rage he took. Now he'll be up until next week I bet.'
She stopped halfway, when she saw it lying there; mocking her.
'That stupid needle,' she thought, as she walked over towards the small present lying on the coffee table,' This is all your fault. Why do you have to be so addictive and influencing? Now all Ryan's gonna want to do is party, and I'll be asleep on the floor of the ladies room. He's going to have all the fun and I'm just going to slow him down. That sucks. No way is that happening. It's just a needle Kay. You've had needles before. Ryan's taken it, and he's okay. Suck it up Kay. It's just one tiny needle. What's it going to do, kill you?"
~
"Tommy! Hey man, it's Ryan."
"Ryan! Did you get it okay? Anything go wrong?"
"Nah. Everything went peachy."
"Peachy? What are you man, a chick? Guys don't use words like peachy."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say."
"So?"
"So what?"
"Did you take any of it? Did you use any yet?"
"Yeah actually I did. I uh, didn't think you'd mind. Is that a problem?"
"Nope. No problem. Just don't take too much at one time. Man, you'd need a doctor or something."
"I know how dangerous taking to much Rage can be Tommy, we already had this class."
"Just making sure you remember. So listen, I'm kind of busy right now, what do you want?"
"I was wondering if you knew where I could find a good party around here tonight."
"A party? I don't think there's any parties going on tonight. What do you want to go to a party for anyways man? Don't you have that girl staying with you? What's her name... Kitty? Candy? Oh wait, I got it- it's Sandra right? Am I right?"
"It's Kay. And she's not like that. Besides, I like this one, so I have to treat her good for awhile. You know how it is."
"Yeah I know."
"So, you're sure there's none? At all?"
"Yeah man! How many times do I have to tell you? No parties, no nothing. Harmony is dead tonight. "
"You're certain."
"DEAD certain. If you ask me that one more time Ryan, I swear I'll-"
"Wait a minute. If there's no parties, then what are you doing? All you do is party."
"I have my own little private party tonight man. DeLilah is over, heh heh."
"Oh. Are you still with her? I thought you got rid of her a few weeks ago."
"Ryan, DeLilah and I have what you call a love/hate relationship. She makes the love, and I do most of the hating... C'mon baby, you know it's true. Don't be getting all mad on me now! Okay, okay, I was only kidding! Listen, can you whine about this when I'm off the phone? I'm in the middle of a business transaction here."
" Tommy?"
"Yeah, I'm still here."
"What's going on?"
"Women."
"Right. Women. Okay, I guess I better call you back then. You have issues to deal with."
"Nah, don't worry about it. It's nothing important.... No! Of course you're important! That's not what I meant baby, I- Oh you want it that way do you? Well fine then! Leave for all I care! DeLilah... I'm only kidding! Don't go... I ,uh... I ... love you. Of course I do. Yeah baby! Okay, I'll be right there."
"You're one sick guy, you know that Tommy?"
"Look who's talkin' man. Women are putty in my hands. The way I figure it; if they're dumb enough to believe what I tell them, then HEY! They deserve what they got coming to them. Anyways I have to go. She's not gonna wait forever. Talk to you later man."
"Yeah. Bye."
~
Ryan walked into his bedroom only to find Kay applying the final touches to her make-up.
"You're not done yet? "
"Not yet. Beauty takes time you know. It doesn't just happen over night."
"Well, will you hurry up? I want to get out of here and go party!"
"Oh, good. You found a party?"
"Uhh," he hesitated," Not exactly. There aren't to many parties going on tonight."
" How many is that?"
"Ummm... none."
"Great. So what are we going to do now?"
"Just walk around I guess. Bug some people, hang out where ever. Sound good to you?"
Kay sighed as she threw down her mascara in distress. It's frustrating not to have anything to do when you have so much energy to burn off.
'What if people see me?'
"Sure," she replied," Whatever."
"Good. I'll be in the living room."
"I'll be out in a sec. Just one more thing I have to do," she shouted , as she watched him walk away.
'Just one more thing I have to do!' Ryan mimicked her voice in his head,' Sometimes I wonder why I even bother with that child. What good is she to me anyway?'
He sat down on the couch and made himself more comfortable. Tapping his fingers on his jeans, his eyes began to wander around. He admired what a great job he'd done on his place, and what an awesome sense of style he had.
'Yup,' he thought,' I'm the best. Who has a better life than me? That's right Alex, nobody. Great place, lots of money, free drugs. Hey, speaking of which...'
"Who left the lid off?"
The lid he was referring to was the lid on his "present". It was casually lying next to the box, and the remains of a freshly used needle.
'Oh no! She didn't!'
"Kay!" he shouted.
"What? Okay, I'm here, I'm done, we can leave now."
"Did you use this?!"
She looked in the direction of his eyes and saw that he was holding what was left of the needle she had used earlier.
"Well," she replied," I couldn't let you have all the fun, now could I?"
"Do you know how stupid that was of you?! Now you'll get hooked for sure! Who knows what could happen!"
"Take it easy! I only used one. You used one, and you're fine. Besides, it was my decision."
"Yeah. You're right. It was your decision. Your actions."
"Hey!"
"What? What's wrong?"
"Look!" she pointed to the light.
"I don't see anything."
"Me neither! It's just a light! That's all it is!" she giggled as she opened the door to the hall and walked out.
Ryan stood there for a few more seconds, his gaze still fixated on the light.
"Hey, yeah! It is just a light! Heh, heh. What do you know."
Walking over to the door, he quickly grabbed his coat and followed after her.
"Don't you want your coat? It's raining out there."
"Nope. Water is good for you."
"Oh yeah. But I'll where mine just in case there's lightning."
"Whatever, just hurry up! I want to get out of this dump."
"I'll take that personally," he laughed," This is going to be quite a night."
(I've never been high, so unfortunately I don't know what it's like. Hope I was close though. Anywayz, please review and tell me what you thought!) :)
