It took all of Matt's will to not start crying right there and then. He had been holding it back all day, telling himself that everything would be okay, but everything wasn't okay. His little boy was missing. Darkness had taken over a little while ago and he was staring out the window into the darkness.

Matt wasn't surprised when the first tear fell. He had left Lita's house almost an hour ago; she had told him to leave. She had said that she just needed to be alone but he knew that wasn't the truth. He knew Glenn would be home soon and Matt knew Glenn got mad when he was there. He hated Glenn. He didn't deserve Lita. He had never deserved her.

More tears fell and it was blurring Matt's vision. Everything was wrong. He wanted to believe that Lucas was safe, but he wasn't. He was somewhere out there alone, in the dark. Who would do this to them? Who would take Lucas away from them?

"Where are you Lucas?" he whispered aloud and he jumped when a voice actually answered him.

"He's going to be okay, Matt," said a voice from behind and Matt turned around to find Jeff staring in from the doorway.

"You don't know that," said Matt sullenly and Jeff nodded, walking over to the couch and sitting down.

"No, I don't. Although I know if he's anything like his mom and dad then he's a fighter and he's going to be okay no matter what," said Jeff and Matt managed a weak smile for his brother.

"Yeah, he is," whispered Matt, wiping away the tears from his face.

The two brothers were silent for a moment, neither knowing exactly what to say.

"How's Lita handling it?" asked Jeff after a moment and Matt shrugged.

"She's doing the best she can. She's just so quiet and she wears this blank expression. She misses him just like I do, if not more," said Matt quietly and Jeff nodded.

Lita's house

Lita stood silently in the doorway to Lucas's room. She hadn't even realized the tears that were streaming down her face. Why was this happening to her? What had she done to deserve this? It was all her fault. It was her fault Lucas was missing. She should have listened to him when he said he didn't like Glenn. She should have watched him walk over to Mrs. Callahan's like she had always done...but not today.

She tore her eyes away from the bedroom knowing that it wasn't helping the pain she felt. Nothing could help the pain she was feeling. The stupid officers told her and Matt not to look. They said to stay here so that if they called or something like that, she would be there to talk. She wanted to look though. She wanted to look everywhere in this whole town until she found her son...but they wouldn't let her.

The phone rang and she sighed, quickly going into her room to grab it.

"Hello," she said softly and she recognized the voice on the other end as Stephanie's.

"Hey Lita. I heard about what happened to Lucas. How you doing," asked the brunette and Lita frowned.

She knew by now everybody must have known about Lucas. The police had said something about wanting to put his case on the news to have people look for him.

"I'm okay I guess. I just don't know what to do anymore Steph. I, I miss him so much," said Lita, tears coming to her eyes once more.

"Oh, sweetie. It'll be ok. There are a lot of people looking for him and I promise he's going to be okay, and so are you," said Stephanie and Lita chewed on her lip. Everybody was saying that today.

"Yeah, maybe," she said, not really paying any attention.

"Hey, I have to go now but I'll call you later, okay?" said Steph and Lita nodded.

"Yeah, see you," she said quietly before hanging up the phone.

Finally, she had made up her mind. She couldn't take this anymore. Since when did she listen to what people told her to do anyway? She thought. She smiled at herself and quickly grabbed her coat. She was going to find Lucas.

A/n: There's the next chapter. Hope you like it!