I had only gotten about 30 minutes of sleep when the shouting started.

"We found it!" I heard numerous people shrieking. I looked at my watch, 11:34 am. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and rolled out of my bunk to see what all the fuss was about.

"Jack! Finally, you're awake! We found our bus!" Rian exclaimed. Everyone was buzzing around in joy that we found our precious bus. I wasn't quite satisfied. The bus was a little bit lower on my list of priorities at the moment.

"Where is it?" I asked, noticing we were moving.

"We're going to get it right now." Danny answered. He was lounged on the couch in his shorts and flip flops. Oh yeah, we were still in Florida.

"Do you know if shes there?" I asked nervously.

"No idea." Rian answered, some of his happiness vanishing.

"It's a start." Alex said , putting his hand on my shoulder. He was only wearing boxers, socks, and a very large grin. Typical Alex.

My mind went hectic. There was a possibility that Grace was only minutes away. My nerves went haywire and my entire body was anxious and tight from the thought. I had to sit down before my light head had spun out of control.

The few simple minutes Danny had spoken about, seemed like hours. The road I could see ahead just seemed to get longer as we drove. I could hardly stand this feeling that I had to wait.

Once the bus was in sight, my nerves began to warm and subside. But the fear of what we would find still attacked the back of my mind. I couldn't even imagine the possibilities.

"Wait?" I stopped, realizing I was missing a large amount of information. "Where are we?"

"Highway 10." Danny answered simply.

"Where? I need specifics." I stammered.

"We're west of Jacksonville, east of Baldwin." Danny clarified.

So we were still in this damn state of Florida. I sighed heavily.

I was staring at my feet when the bus came to an abrupt halt. My head jerked up as the people around me were exiting the bus to excavate the one we just found. My heart skipped a beat. My mind couldn't handle the thought of what we would find on our bus.

I wasn't exactly sure if I was relieved or even more helpless when we found nothing. The bus was completely empty, only a few of our useless personal items remaining. The pounding in the side of my head only got worse.

"We need to fucking find her!" I yelled, trying not to punch a hole in the wall. Everything was crashing in on me and I had no way to stop it from crushing me. My friends could only look at me and try to understand this feeling of nothing.

I couldn't take the sorrowful stares pointed at me, so I dashed to my bunk. After closing the curtain, I let out a couple of tears. I wasn't one to show off emotion in front of my coworkers. I just felt this ribbing pain in my stomach, laughing at me for being stupid.

If I had only stayed on the bus.

Suddenly, all the pain and stupidity rushed out in a flood of anger. I hadn't lost Grace just yet. I knew we had to find her. I jerked the curtain out of the way and wiped away my frustrated tears. This was not the time to be sobbing and feeling sorry for myself.

[A/N sorry it's a short chapter, I'll post another one in a sec :) ~Gabby]