3 Weeks Later
Alex looked out the window of the ship as she docked back in New York. Alex had a cartoon of milk in his hands, as he could see his brother and dad waiting for him, his stomach was filled with dread.
"You ready to go Alex?" Tony asked please that Alex was back on the non-destructive milk.
"Can I have a minute alone?" Alex asked quietly.
"Yeah sure… I'll just be out the door" Tony said slowly.
Alex looked around the room, he'd faced one problem, he didn't know if he could face the other… not yet.
Silently Alex opened the window and jumped on the deck, and using the gangway farthest from Nat and his dad, left the ship and disappeared alone into the city.
"Alex are you ready?" Tony said opening the door and finding an empty room and an open window. Tony rushed over to it and looked out both ways and couldn't catch a glimpse of Alex. Tony rushed of the ship and ran into Nat and Mr Wolff.
"Hey Tony… where's Alex?" Nat asked
"He's gone" Tony said breathlessly
"What do you mean gone?" Nat said worried.
"I think he has run away," Tony said catching his breath.
"Alex can't have run away, he wouldn't," Mr Wolff said adamantly.
"Dad, I think he is trying to avoid me," Nat said sadly.
"Avoid you, why would he do that?" Mr Wolff asked reeling.
"Let's just say I haven't been the best of brothers to Alex," Nat said looking down.
"Nat!" Mr Wolff said kneeling down and looking into Nat's eyes, "You have been the best brother anyone could ask for, I don't care what you did you were always looking out for Alex… and I think he knows that"
"Thanks dad," Nat said smiling and hugging his father.
"Now what do you say, we go find your brother?" Mr Wolff asked.
A few hours later Alex was wondering down the road, when he stopped out side an appliance store, with TV's in the window.
A large manhunt is underway today, for Alex Wolff, the former Naked Brothers Band drummer, who has recently been at sea fighting his lemon lime soda addiction. Alex slipped of the ship as she docked in New York and Alex is believed to be somewhere in the city. The band have offered a large reward to anyone who finds Alex or to any information to help find him. Nat Wolff released this statement today.
"Alex If your watching, I don't care what's between us, I just want you to come home" Nat said his voice full of concern.
The statement seems to confirm suspicions of a rift between the two brothers.
Alex felt guilty, but still didn't feel as though he could go back home.
Alex walked through the streets as the sun started to go down. Alex walked the streets, he wasn't entirely sure where he was, and didn't know where he was going to sleep, eventually with the sun having fully set and the streets only illuminated by the street lamps, Alex found himself outside a vaguely familiar skatepark. Walking through the gate Alex slowly crawled into the bowl, and sat down in a small tunnel feeling sorry and unsure."
Nat and the band sat around the Wolff's apartment, hoping that the phone would ring and it would be Alex, or better yet Alex walking in through the door.