Chapter 6: Searching

Ruthie hesitantly reached out for the door. 'I shouldn't be doing this, this is an invasion of privacy!' she thought. 'Just shut up and open the door!' her mind countered.

She pulled the attic door open and rushed up the stairs. Ruthie had eavesdropped after Lucy had kicked her out, so she knew what was going on. Simon had convinced her to help Matt and Mary with their "situation". But Lucy wanted solid proof.

"If we're wrong, we'll look like gross little perverts!" she had said.

So they were going through each of their sibling's rooms in an attempt find anything that proved their older siblings had crossed the ultimate taboo.

Ruthie was mostly looking for a diary that could tell of Mary's hidden feelings. 'Unless she has a statue of Matt in her closet' she giggled, but then frowned for thinking such a thought.

She checked under the mattress, in the drawers, and yes, in the closet, but found nothing. She stomped downstairs and met with Simon.

"I found nothing." Ruthie pouted.

"Look what I came across in the bathroom." Simon said grimly. He showed her a razor blade with blood smeared on it.

She winced, "You don't mean Mary…"

"She was taking a long time in the bathroom before she got hit."

"And the scars on her arm…"

"Isn't this enough evidence for Lucy?"

"No, we should look around Matt's apartment."

He sighed. "We'll have to pick the lock or break the window to get in." Simon hoped all this snooping was

going to be worth it.

Matt sat beside his beloved sister, studying her. It had been three days since she was hit and she still wasn't conscious. He was starting to wonder what would happen if she died. The doctors said she'd be fine, but what if they were wrong? He had tried living without her and he had wanted to die. If Mary was gone forever, he'd never survive.

He started feeling this way about her when she ran away. It began with wondering where she was and what she was doing, which he thought was normal older brother behavior. Soon he became obsessed. Nothing else seemed to matter and days went by slowly. Every night he wished she would come back. When she finally did, it was the happiest day of his life.

"Sir, visiting hours are over" a buxom nurse said.

Matt got up and slowly moved toward the door.

"Are you her boyfriend?"

He jumped. "What? No, no, I'm her brother."

"Oh, it's just that you spent all day with her, so I thought…"

"It's okay."

Without another word, Matt left.

"How are we going to get in?" Ruthie asked, "I really don't want to break a window."

Simon opened the door. "It wasn't even locked."

They stepped into the apartment.

"Uh, what are we looking for?"

"There are a lot of beer bottles here." Simon pointed at the overflowing trash bin.

"Maybe if Matt comes home drunk, we can ask him if he's in love with Mary." She said sarcastically.

They heard heavy footsteps coming.

"Hide!" Simon and Ruthie ran into the closet as the door swung open.

The oldest Camden slouched as he made his way to the fridge and pulled out a six-pack of beer.

"He going to drink it all at once!" she whispered.

Matt looked up and started toward the closet.

'Good job Ruthie' Simon scowled.

How were they supposed to get out of this?

anonymous-I didn't really want Lucy to know butit's better all the siblings know. She's not going to get very involved though.

Slo Motion-Your welcome!

Norwegianchick101-Yeah, actually, sometimes I creep myself out for writing this

Libby-Thanks for the review!

ELM-Tree10- I forgot to add the lines, but I remembered this time:)

Mary is going to wake up in the next chapter so the story will be told her POV again.