It's been a week and a day since Chloe was kidnapped, and the police haven't come across any suspects yet, over the course of the week Paige stayed with Alex who took care of her. She didn't do much but lie around in a depressed state. The only time the blonde got up was to take a shower, she only ate when it was forced upon her by her friend. She also learned by her raven-haired friend that she had a crush on her by a silent comforting kiss, and even though it brought confusion in her life she enjoyed it, finally having someone to take care of her for a change, to admire her. It felt nice, even if it was from a girl, and she couldn't help but feel the same. Alex had called Marco and informed him on what was going on, and she was pretty sure by the time school started that it would be spread around the school and she was right.
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Paige slowly walked up the steps of Degrassi and stepped inside, looking around she noticed the worried glances, the pity glances. Pushing a strand of hair out of her face she walked down the hallway towards her homeroom, over the last day she decided that none of this has happened, she fell into denial.
"Hey Paige, wait." A girl called out as she closed her locker she ran up to catch with the blonde, and then stopped when her friend stopped moving.
"Hi Ashley." Paige said fidgeting slightly with her jacket sleeve, scratching the side of her face she started to walk again this time with a quickened pace.
"I'm really sorry about what happened with Chloe, it's awful. I really do hope that she is found and if there is anything that I could do then just let--"
"Chloe? Missing? Yeah right... I don't even know what you're talking about." Paige cut Ashley off, acting like she had no idea what her friend was talking about. Opening the classroom door she took a seat in the corner.
"Paige, don't act like nothing happened.." Ashley said taking a seat next to the blonde in denial, placing her hand on her friends shoulder she gave it a light squeeze. "It'll be alright."
"Yeah, but like I said nothing happened." Paige replied shortly opening up her backpack she took out a notebook and a pen, waving her hand before Ashley can say anything. "And if you attempt to talk to me about this again, I'll move seats."
Ashley looked at Paige for awhile very concerned about what was going on, she remembered how Paige was when she was first raped. Turning in her seat to stare at the chalkboard she sighed to herself, she couldn't imagine having a kid at the age Paige had Chloe, or even now. Let alone getting the child kidnapped on Christmas, man what a wreck.
"Oh my god I heard about what happened to Chloe it's all over the news are you okay?" Hazel asked as she approached the table. "Everyone is talking about it, we are willing to do anything even the spirit squad we can hold search parties."
"Hey, I heard about your daughter, it's shocking you had one so young... but i heard on the news that she got kidnapped! I hope she's alive."
Paige slowly sunk down into her seat as ongoing people came up to her and gave her their apologies, she didn't want to talk about it. In fact it was getting harder to act like nothing happened, covering the side of her face she looked up at the clock, it was going to ring in 3..2..1, slowly everyone filed out of the classroom she left last trying to hide herself from the students.
"Oh my god Paige!" Manny closed her locker loudly and ran towards the blonde, she placed her hand slightly on Paige's shoulder. "What happened was awful, I mean all this bad stuff has happened to you... you were raped... you got pregnant, had a kid and now she got kidnapped. It must be so hard... I'm really sorry."
"Shut up! Just shut up god." Paige said throwing her book down she bolted down the hall, pushing her way through people as they watched her run off. The day had been terrible, everyone was talking about it.
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"So, you and Paige are you happening or not?" Marco curiously asked Alex as they walked down the hall, he was very open about it obviously, he knew though that there was a spark there and he was totally excited that it was finally being lit. "I'm so happy for you two you know, this will be good for Paige you could be her stability."
"We're happening I think, it's kind of hard to actually get a for sure answer... you know what Paige is going through. I'd do anything to help her, she needs someone right now and it's definitely going to be me." Alex nodded, she twirled a piece of strand in her hair. She watched as a girl tripped and fell from running so hard, trying to hold back a laugh she shook her head. "Do you think she could be any more than a klutz?"
Paige slowly stood up from tripping, her eyes were filled with tears, looking around she saw Alex and Marco staring at her. Walking quickly towards her two friends mainly Alex she hugged her tightly and cried silently.
"Paige?" Alex lightly rubbed the blonde's upper back trying to get her to calm down, looking towards Marco she gave him an apologetic look and mouthed that Paige has these minor breakdowns frequently. "What's the matter baby?" she whispered into her ear.
"Everyone's talking about it, no one's leaving me alone. I want to go home, now." Paige whispered, clinging to her friend, "I just don't want to be here please can you just take me home." she begged.
"Yes, come on." Alex said she pulled away from the blonde's grip and lightly took her hand and pulled her towards the exit, shoving the doors open she pulled her towards the green mini van. "I'll drive." she opened the passengers side, once Paige sat inside she closed the door and got into the drivers seat and drove towards the Michalchuck's residence.
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"Here just lay down, and I'll make you something to eat okay love?" Alex folded down her friend's bed sheets watched as she got in and then grabbed a few pillows and made it so she could sit up in bed, pulling up the covers to the top of Paige's legs and took a few steps back, "Just smile Paige, please, I'd do anything to see that beautiful smile of yours."
"What smile?" Paige replied quietly glancing down at her hands, she looked out the window everything that she thought was beautiful and good turned to bad and ugly. Her daughter was gone and it was all her fault, and she didn't even know who took her or anything.
Alex sighed to herself, left her girlfriends room and walked down the stairs into the kitchen, taking out some rice she placed it in a rice pot and put it on the oven. Walking over to the tea pot she placed some water in there so it could boil. Brushing a few strands of hair out of her face she leaned against the kitchen counter.
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Dean walked out of the room with a satisfied look on his face, he walked into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of orange juice and walked into the living room. Chloe was in the room he had left crying loudly, he had learned to tune her out but she was nearly shrieking gritting his teeth together he stormed down into the room.
"Chloe I swear." Dean angrily said grabbing her by the scruff of her collar, picking her up that way she stared at her for a good few seconds before dropping her on the bed again.
"But... I'm hungry and I want to go home." Chloe cried as she landed on the bed she looked around and crawled farther away from her kidnapper. "I want my mommy." she went on a trail of shrieking again, she was only two she couldn't make herself anything and she felt dirty, and needed to take a bath she hadn't taken one in a week and a day.
Dean hit Chloe hard across the face, and pinned her to the wall, glaring at her. "You need to shut up or I am going to starve you and you will get nothing to eat at all." his teeth were gritted. "You are the key to your mom's happiness, and I am about to make her world go black. I could only imagine the pain your stupid mother is in."
Chloe whimpered loudly once she got slapped, he let her go and she sat quietly down on the bed looking down at the blue carpet, closing her eyes tightly she tried to imagine her mom there rocking her to sleep.
"Excuse me, Dean, this is the police we have a few question for you." A police officer said as he knocked on the front door of the apartment, Chloe looked up from her lap a hopeful look in her eyes she opened her mouth to say something but her mouth was covered by Dean. There was a continuous nock.
"Sh." Dean said, as he picked her up and slowly climbed out of the window towards the fire escape, he quickly climbed down it, and then jumped when he knew he could land just fine. Running towards the parking lot where his friends car was he opened up the passengers side put the little blonde in and rushed to the drivers side. Putting the keys in the ignition he drove in the back alley to avoid the police cars, looking around he got onto the next active street and drove towards the freeway.
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The police slowly opened up Dean's door after talking with the landowner and slowly walked around the apartment, opening up closet doors, bedroom and bathroom doors. They entered the room where Chloe and Dean on were, one of the police officers surveyed the window, he got on one knee and noticed that it was crooked and that it had been open.
"Dean was here, he must have escaped through the window." The police officer said looking up at the chief in command.
"He obviously has Chloe, because there is a baby sock here and his landlord said that he heard a crying baby up here?" Another police officer said holding up a sock as he entered the room where all the other officers were. "I'll go to the Michalchuck's home and give them the news." he then walked out of the apartment and towards the police car.
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There was a knock at the Michalchuck's door, Alex had been laying down next to the sleeping blonde when both were startled by the knock. The blonde slowly sat up, pushed the covers off of herself and moved downstairs with the raven-haired girl behind her, opening the door she looked at the policeman that stood there.
"Did.. you find anything? Chloe? Is she okay did you find her?" Paige quickly said, a little nervous because the look on the policemen's face was a little different and it didn't show any hope. "What is it?" she reached down for Alex's hand and gripped it tightly.
"No, but we know who took her." The policeman sighed to himself when he saw the look on her face, it was slightly hopeful but very frightened.
"Who?" Alex asked wrapping an arm around the blonde's waist and brought her closer. She placed her head on Paige's shoulder, trying to give her all the comfort that she could.
"Dean.." He looked down at his notebook and then back up Paige who looked like she was going to cry.
