Jackie began pacing in the front room. She didn't know who she should send the letter to. Being stuck in here made her remember the importance of self-doubt. She had been here for three years and as far as she knew, no one was looking for her anymore. The anticipation of freedom came with the acceptance of despair. She had waited three long years to apologize to him; but with every year she began to break down. She couldn't die in here; it wouldn't be fair or maybe it would be. Maybe it would be fair to everyone else; after all she was the bitch that everyone hated. She critized everyone no matter who they were. No one was pretty, rich, or skinny enough for her liking. She remembered when she was in high school and how she would ridicule people. Mandy was girl who had braces and was a bit plump. She was very new to Point Place and was desperate to make friends. Jackie had ruined that for Mandy. Jackie made sure to remind Mandy about how ugly and how poor she was. She would look at her when she came up to talk to Jackie, and then flip her hair in Mandy's face and then turn back to talk to the other cheerleaders. Mandy was so depressed that she finally decided to move back to California.
Jackie didn't know that Mandy's mother had had a heart attack and had passed away the last year. She wished that she hadn't been so selfish towards Mandy; but what did Mandy expect from her. She was a cheerleader; but not just any cheerleader. She was the rich prominent captain of the cheerleading squad. But what was she now? She was nothing; she was locked up and away from the world of people that she had so abused. She, like Dianna, had to face herself everyday and she as beginning to see that it wasn't pretty. The fact was everything on the outside as well as on the inside was beginning to look black as charcoal to her.
If she could be so mean towards Mandy, she wondered how mean she had been towards her friends. She began to remember how she used to call Donna a lumber jack and a moose and cried. She cried because she was uncertain if she would every be able to see her friend again. Her only true friend; and how did she treat only true friend, she called her names and made snide remarks behind her back. Donna probably just ignored the remarks because she didn't want to think that her friend would do something like that to her. To bad she didn't know what Jackie was really like.
How was she going to be rescued if she was this mean. How could she expect anyone to give a damn about her when she never really gave a damn about anyone else but her self. If she was destined to get out of here she would change. She would change for the better; she had to do it; no, she must do it. It was the only right thing for her to do. At the age of 21 she was a changed person she knew that to be true deep down. The old Jackie would not care about other people; the old Jackie only cared about going to the mall and cheerleading. Not anymore; she wanted nothing to do with the mall and she certainly didn't give a damn about cheerleading. It was time to be realistic. She was a more mature Jackie; she had to be. There was no more idealist 18 year old unicorn loving girl left. Instead there was a 21 year old unhappy unidealistic depressed Jackie.
Dianne had finally awoken. She came out to the main entrance and found Jackie sitting against the wall with her knees up to her chin. She was crying; just like Dianne had been doing for the past few nights. They were both anxious to get out of here. It had been too long since either one of them had felt the warmth of the sun. They had written a letter about a week ago and there had been no response. Why had no one answered them? Were they hated that much?
"Jackie this isn't going to help us get out of here." Dianne said to Jackie.
"Well what is going to help us get out of here?" Jackie said to her.
"I don't know we just got to be positive. We'll be out of here before you know it.
"How can we be positive when we really don't have any hope at this point? It's been a week and we have heard nothing yet. I can't be hopeful when in the past three years I have had nothing but despair. It's not worth getting your hopes up, Dianne. Just face it, there not coming for us. They've moved on with their lives." Jackie cried.
"If they didn't care then how come we saw that news report that said they were still looking for us?" Dianne asked.
"That was put on to get our hopes up." Jackie replied.
Dianne didn't know what to do. Jackie was getting worse by the second. Dianne had to find away out of here and she had to do it quickly before she went insane like Jackie. Jackie was about to crack she knew it. Dianne remembered her mom talking about people cracking in prison. She didn't want this to happen to Jackie she wouldn't let this happen to either one of them. If no one was going to rescue them, then she would have to do it all by herself it was the only way.
"Jackie, why don't you go lay down for a bit. It's six in the morning and you must be tired." Dianne said to her.
"I am tired but it's not from a lack of sleep it's from being bottled up in this hell of a prison." Jackie yelled.
Jackie got up and then started to throw things all over the room. She through the food that was brought in for them, she even went as far as to throw the T.V. Dianne took a hold of Jackie and she crumpled down to the floor in tears. Dianne helped Jackie into her room where she cried herself to sleep. Dianne than began to pace back and forth. She went up to the door and for some odd reason turned the knob.
She couldn't believe it. The door was open this whole entire time; someone was messing with their minds. Their kidnapper knew that they would never try the door. How could they have been so stupid as to not try the door. Dianne was afraid that she would be next to have a mental breakdown. She ran back into the room and reluctantly woke Jackie up.
"Dianne what is it?" Jackie asked her.
"We've go to go come on." Dianne said to her.
"What are you talking about?" Jackie asked her.
"The door is unlocked now hurry before someone comes to check on us." Dianne said to her.
"Dianne just let me go back to sleep I need my..."
Dianne didn't wait to here the end of Jackie's plea she pulled Jackie out of the bed and immediately put her shoes on her feet.
"Wow these feel weird." Jackie said.
"That's because you haven't worn them in three years. Now come on." Dianne said to Jackie.
She pulled Jackie to her feet and dragged her out the door and into the dark hallway. They were definately down in some type of cellar. Man Jackie picked a great time to totally loose it. She was acting like a little girl. This wasn't good; Dianne had to find help and she had to find it quickly. When they got halfway down the hallway Dianne heard foot steps coming down the hallway. She threw Jackie to the floor and then got on the floor her self. Jackie and Dianne hid under a table with Dianne covering Jackie's mouth with her hands. The footsteps continued down the hall to the storage where the whine was kept.
As soon as it was clear Dianne got up and helped Jackie back up. Jackie was acting more insane. She started kicking Dianne as Dianne continued to drag her down the hall until they had reached an elevator. They got into the elevator and Dianne hit the button to the top floor. When they got out of the elevator Dianne was surprised. They were in a hotel; they were being held hostage in a hotel. Dianne dragged Jackie back into the elevator and this time hit the button to go to the lobby. Jackie was starting to regain normality and when she realized that she was in an elevator she freaked.
"What the hell is going on? Where are we? Have we been saved?" Jackie began to blurt out.
The elevator stopped and a young couple got on. It was obvious that she was pregnant and not in the best mood at the moment. They paid no attention to Jackie and Dianne as the two managed to stay in background of the elevator. The elevator stopped at the lobby and they all got off.
"Eric I'm not naming the kid Luke so forget about it." Donna said to him.
"Fine but if it's a girl we've got to name her Leia." Eric said to her.
"Eric I'm not naming her..."
"Oh will you two idiots cut the crap out." Red yelled at them
"Red there's no need to get mad at them." Kitty insisted.
"Yes there is I'm on vacation." Red said to her.
"So it is true. You were never looking for us; how could you leave us stuck down there. How could you?" Jackie yelled after being surprised to see that the young married couple was Donna and Eric.
Red, Kitty, Eric, and Donna turned around in horror. Standing in front of them was the frail young girl that they had been looking for; for three years. Kitty started to cry while Red, Eric, and Donna stood there in total shock. She looked so different she was so weak and pale looking.
"How could you leave us down there? You must think it's funny to leave us suffering in a cell that had no windows. I hate you all. I never want to see you again." Jackie said before darting to the nearest exit. Dianne followed right behind her.
"Jackie I know..."
"No Dianne you don't know they abandoned us. I don't want to stay here anymore. Please come with me Dianne." Jackie said to her.
Dianne took her hand and they began to run as fast as they could into the cold streets of London.
Jackie didn't know that Mandy's mother had had a heart attack and had passed away the last year. She wished that she hadn't been so selfish towards Mandy; but what did Mandy expect from her. She was a cheerleader; but not just any cheerleader. She was the rich prominent captain of the cheerleading squad. But what was she now? She was nothing; she was locked up and away from the world of people that she had so abused. She, like Dianna, had to face herself everyday and she as beginning to see that it wasn't pretty. The fact was everything on the outside as well as on the inside was beginning to look black as charcoal to her.
If she could be so mean towards Mandy, she wondered how mean she had been towards her friends. She began to remember how she used to call Donna a lumber jack and a moose and cried. She cried because she was uncertain if she would every be able to see her friend again. Her only true friend; and how did she treat only true friend, she called her names and made snide remarks behind her back. Donna probably just ignored the remarks because she didn't want to think that her friend would do something like that to her. To bad she didn't know what Jackie was really like.
How was she going to be rescued if she was this mean. How could she expect anyone to give a damn about her when she never really gave a damn about anyone else but her self. If she was destined to get out of here she would change. She would change for the better; she had to do it; no, she must do it. It was the only right thing for her to do. At the age of 21 she was a changed person she knew that to be true deep down. The old Jackie would not care about other people; the old Jackie only cared about going to the mall and cheerleading. Not anymore; she wanted nothing to do with the mall and she certainly didn't give a damn about cheerleading. It was time to be realistic. She was a more mature Jackie; she had to be. There was no more idealist 18 year old unicorn loving girl left. Instead there was a 21 year old unhappy unidealistic depressed Jackie.
Dianne had finally awoken. She came out to the main entrance and found Jackie sitting against the wall with her knees up to her chin. She was crying; just like Dianne had been doing for the past few nights. They were both anxious to get out of here. It had been too long since either one of them had felt the warmth of the sun. They had written a letter about a week ago and there had been no response. Why had no one answered them? Were they hated that much?
"Jackie this isn't going to help us get out of here." Dianne said to Jackie.
"Well what is going to help us get out of here?" Jackie said to her.
"I don't know we just got to be positive. We'll be out of here before you know it.
"How can we be positive when we really don't have any hope at this point? It's been a week and we have heard nothing yet. I can't be hopeful when in the past three years I have had nothing but despair. It's not worth getting your hopes up, Dianne. Just face it, there not coming for us. They've moved on with their lives." Jackie cried.
"If they didn't care then how come we saw that news report that said they were still looking for us?" Dianne asked.
"That was put on to get our hopes up." Jackie replied.
Dianne didn't know what to do. Jackie was getting worse by the second. Dianne had to find away out of here and she had to do it quickly before she went insane like Jackie. Jackie was about to crack she knew it. Dianne remembered her mom talking about people cracking in prison. She didn't want this to happen to Jackie she wouldn't let this happen to either one of them. If no one was going to rescue them, then she would have to do it all by herself it was the only way.
"Jackie, why don't you go lay down for a bit. It's six in the morning and you must be tired." Dianne said to her.
"I am tired but it's not from a lack of sleep it's from being bottled up in this hell of a prison." Jackie yelled.
Jackie got up and then started to throw things all over the room. She through the food that was brought in for them, she even went as far as to throw the T.V. Dianne took a hold of Jackie and she crumpled down to the floor in tears. Dianne helped Jackie into her room where she cried herself to sleep. Dianne than began to pace back and forth. She went up to the door and for some odd reason turned the knob.
She couldn't believe it. The door was open this whole entire time; someone was messing with their minds. Their kidnapper knew that they would never try the door. How could they have been so stupid as to not try the door. Dianne was afraid that she would be next to have a mental breakdown. She ran back into the room and reluctantly woke Jackie up.
"Dianne what is it?" Jackie asked her.
"We've go to go come on." Dianne said to her.
"What are you talking about?" Jackie asked her.
"The door is unlocked now hurry before someone comes to check on us." Dianne said to her.
"Dianne just let me go back to sleep I need my..."
Dianne didn't wait to here the end of Jackie's plea she pulled Jackie out of the bed and immediately put her shoes on her feet.
"Wow these feel weird." Jackie said.
"That's because you haven't worn them in three years. Now come on." Dianne said to Jackie.
She pulled Jackie to her feet and dragged her out the door and into the dark hallway. They were definately down in some type of cellar. Man Jackie picked a great time to totally loose it. She was acting like a little girl. This wasn't good; Dianne had to find help and she had to find it quickly. When they got halfway down the hallway Dianne heard foot steps coming down the hallway. She threw Jackie to the floor and then got on the floor her self. Jackie and Dianne hid under a table with Dianne covering Jackie's mouth with her hands. The footsteps continued down the hall to the storage where the whine was kept.
As soon as it was clear Dianne got up and helped Jackie back up. Jackie was acting more insane. She started kicking Dianne as Dianne continued to drag her down the hall until they had reached an elevator. They got into the elevator and Dianne hit the button to the top floor. When they got out of the elevator Dianne was surprised. They were in a hotel; they were being held hostage in a hotel. Dianne dragged Jackie back into the elevator and this time hit the button to go to the lobby. Jackie was starting to regain normality and when she realized that she was in an elevator she freaked.
"What the hell is going on? Where are we? Have we been saved?" Jackie began to blurt out.
The elevator stopped and a young couple got on. It was obvious that she was pregnant and not in the best mood at the moment. They paid no attention to Jackie and Dianne as the two managed to stay in background of the elevator. The elevator stopped at the lobby and they all got off.
"Eric I'm not naming the kid Luke so forget about it." Donna said to him.
"Fine but if it's a girl we've got to name her Leia." Eric said to her.
"Eric I'm not naming her..."
"Oh will you two idiots cut the crap out." Red yelled at them
"Red there's no need to get mad at them." Kitty insisted.
"Yes there is I'm on vacation." Red said to her.
"So it is true. You were never looking for us; how could you leave us stuck down there. How could you?" Jackie yelled after being surprised to see that the young married couple was Donna and Eric.
Red, Kitty, Eric, and Donna turned around in horror. Standing in front of them was the frail young girl that they had been looking for; for three years. Kitty started to cry while Red, Eric, and Donna stood there in total shock. She looked so different she was so weak and pale looking.
"How could you leave us down there? You must think it's funny to leave us suffering in a cell that had no windows. I hate you all. I never want to see you again." Jackie said before darting to the nearest exit. Dianne followed right behind her.
"Jackie I know..."
"No Dianne you don't know they abandoned us. I don't want to stay here anymore. Please come with me Dianne." Jackie said to her.
Dianne took her hand and they began to run as fast as they could into the cold streets of London.