Jamie awakened in Jack's arms to the sound of rustling and thrashing coming from downstairs. Jamie bolted up.
"Jack! Jack wake up!" Jamie shook Jack awake.
"What!" Jack screamed.
"Where is everyone?" Jamie asked observing the way the bunkroom looked like a battle field of bed linens.
"They came home a while after you fell asleep. They hid the slingshots in one of the downstairs closets. Then everyone went to bed."
"Well where are they now!" Jamie asked hysterically.
"Calm down! I don't know. Let's check on Race and then go downstairs and see what happened." Jamie swung her legs over the bed to see a note scrawled on a battered piece of paper.
Jamie-
We left you guys to sleep. Looks like you two had a late night too! Anyways, we're out looking for Crutchy. He was with us when we came back last night. But we realized he was missing around 9:30, when we all got up. Sorry about the bunkroom, we kind of panicked.
-Kid
"Jesus." Jack muttered under his breath.
"You know who did this. I know my brother and so do you. I blame this on you. You and your stupid war with Brooklyn." Jack raised an eyebrow at her and half smiled. Jamie sighed. She thought about how Jack always had made her feel safe and important, and beautiful. Like last night. At that very moment she realized that what she always denied was true. She loved Jack Kelley with her whole heart.