A/N: i forgot the disclamiar before, so here it is now: I don't own any of these characters except for Chrissy, Pete, and Joe.
Rick's POV
"Why do I let them do this to me?" I thought dismally as I stared at the mountain of work on my desk.
"I should have been at Chrissy's play instead of doing this crap."
I sighed as I thought of how upset and disappointed she must be.
"How am I ever going to make this up to her?"
I glanced at my watch, and upon seeing how late it was getting, came to the conclusion that I would do better work if I were to quit for the night and finish up tomorrow.
As I walked into my small apartment, I decided to check in on Chrissy before going to bed myself.
I looked into her room and was surprised to find that she was not there.
Higgins had called a couple of hours earlier to inform me that Chrissy had run out, but at the time I wasn't too concerned. Chrissy had always been a responsible girl, and I trusted her to use good judgement.
But now worry overcame me. She should be home by now.
"Maybe she's staying at a friend's house tonight."
I tried to convince myself, but deep down I knew that no matter how upset she was with me, Chrissy would never do something like that. If she was safe right now, she would have called.
Something was definitely wrong.
I didn't know what to do. The police couldn't do much until she'd been gone a full twenty-four hours, so calling them wouldn't do much good at this point in time.
As much as I wanted to go out and look for her myself, I realized that there wasn't much I could do until morning.
So, I went to bed. I didn't get much sleep though. Visions of what could have possibly happened to Chrissy kept running through my head.
Finally, at 4:30 in the morning, realizing that sleep was impossible now, I got up, went to the phone, and started dialing.
Before he could get in any complaints regarding the time, I said, "Thomas, I need your help."
A/N: sorry this wasn't as long as i'd previously thought it was going to be, hope you enjoyed it anyway. i should have another chapter up soon. :)
