When I answered the door no one was there all I found was a note.

Dear Zoey,

I'm sorry that I have been a jerk for the last year. I was jealous of what you and tom have because I wanted it to be that you love. But I know that will never be. It's easier to write that you've been wrong than it is to say it. It is also easier to writ this than it is to say it I love you Zoey and I always will. I just hope that we can still be friends.

Love, Chase

All I new was that he hadn't hated me just didn't like the fact that I was with Tom and not him. But he didn't know the truth about how I really felt about him. I knew I had to tell him I couldn't just let him go around thinking that he should just drop his crush cause I don't feel the same way when I do. So I went to do see him it was the first time in a long time that I visited Chase but I had to it was so important that I saw him. But when I got there the only person that was there was Michael.

"Hey, have you seen Chase?"

"No, why?"

"Because he hasn't come home from his walk and he has been gone for two hours."

"I haven't seen him but I think he sent me this note." I showed the note to Michael. He read it than said.

"How long has it been since you got this?"

"Fifteen twenty minutes ago why?"

"He could be anywhere by now we have to go find him."

"This is why."

Then Michael showed me twenty or so what looked like acceptance letters but were all saying that they had rejected him. Than I found a badly opened letter, it had Chase's home address on it. It shocked me when I read it.

Dear Son,

You really need to come home I know that it's hard, but you have to visit your mother before she dies. She would love if only she saw the face of all her children one last time. Chase I know how much you hated seeing your mother on her death bed the last time you came home, but the doctors say that she only has a couple months left. So please will you come and see your mother before she dies.

Love Always, Your Father

Michael must have been reading over my shoulder because the next thing he said was.

"Did you know any thing about his mother dieing?"

"No, Michael he has only been not talking to me for the last year."

"All I know is that I have never seen him break down like the way he did when he read that letter. I mean one minute he's crying the next he running out the door screaming he'll be back when he gets back. I don't know maybe he just needs to be alone for awhile, but this has been a long while and I'm starting to get worried. Can you help me look for him?"

"Yeah you take the basketball courts, and any place else he might be I'll take the beach and the roof."

Then we left, first I look at the beach I looked up and down that beach and I still didn't find. Then I looked on the roof hoping that he would be there and he was. Sitting alone huddled a little ball.

"Chase, I'm so sorry."

That was all I needed to say because at that moment I walked over to him and just held him for what seemed like forever, until he spoke.

"I guess you know."

"Yeah, I came to see you after I got your note and you weren't there then Michael showed me the letter and then I came here."

"Zoey I- ." But he didn't get to finish his sentence because that's when Michael showed up.