A/N: Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! Each one means a lot so thank you very very much! I know I just posted chapter 3 yesterday, but I had some free time and I finished this chapter earlier than expected, and I just couldn't wait to share it! Oh and the new character IS NOT in this chapter, they will be in the next one, to give you guys more time to vote on who you want it to be. (Either Cat, Tori or Sikowitz) So I'll stop talking now and let you read
Disclaimer: once again I own nothing. All this belongs to an evil man named Dan who broke up my beloved Bade! (But they shall live on in my heart!) Oh and Jason Mraz owns the song.
March 11th
You know sometimes I wonder whether life is actually worth living without Jade. Without her, our group of friends is broken. A lot of people thought she was the scissors, the thing that tore us apart, and caused all the fights and arguments. But she wasn't. Jade was the rock. She balanced us out, made us even. She never let anyone feel superior to another, never let anyone take charge. She was the rock our friendship survived on, and without our rock, our base, our friendship is falling.
"Robbie?" Cat asked tensely at lunch. "Can you pass the ketchup to me...please?" Robbie didn't respond, his eyes were glazed over and he was staring at a patch just over Cat's left shoulder.
"Dude!" yelled Andre, giving Robbie a hard punch in the shoulder as he spoke.
"Hey what was that for?" Robbie glared defensively.
"She asked you a question, next time answer her."
"Well clearly I didn't hear her or I would have."
"Guys it's okay, I can just grab it..." Cat tried to interject.
"Well maybe you should actually listen," Andre shot back completely ignoring Cat.
"Fine, why don't you listen this?" With that Robbie let loose a string of swear words and obscenities that would have made even Jade proud. Chills ran up and down my arms as my mouth fell open in shock. Cat burst into tears and buried her face in her arms as Andre sat looking completely dumbfounded. Even Tori looked up from the salad that she had been pushing around on her plate.
"I- I'm- I don't," Robbie stammered looking horrified at what he had said. "I'm sorry, I should go." With that he picked up his bags and left the table. Tori closed the lid on her un-touched salad and threw it in the garbage
"I should get going too,'' she whispered. I could see the tears forming in her eyes and knew she didn't want us to see her cry. Even Andre's eyes looked watery as he took off the opposite way that Tori and Robbie went leaving me to comfort the still sobbing Cat. As I rubbed the red-head's shoulder comfortingly, I understood why everyone had been so upset. It was because the absence had been noticed. If Jade was here she would have stopped the fight before it had happened. Probably done something completely Jade-like and squirted ketchup in the boy's eyes, before passing the bottle to her friend and telling her that maybe they used this to dye her hair seeing as it was the same colour.
I almost laughed out loud at that thought, and then quickly wiped the smile from my face. I couldn't be happy. Not when Jade wasn't here. With that I quickly left the table leaving Cat sitting alone. I didn't want to, but if I hadn't hurried, I felt for sure someone would have noticed the tears starting to splash down my cheeks.
March 12th
This morning I drove 4 hours to the next city over and posted photos of Jade all around. Maybe someone there has seen her. I think my mom wants me to stop searching for Jade. It's been 3 weeks. I think people are giving up hope. But I'm not. And mom, I'm telling you this now, I NEVER will. As long as I love Jade, I will never give up.
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
March 12th
I found it. My way out. It was easy, almost too easy. I can't believe it took me so long to notice.
"Now little girl," he spoke venomously after he had finished beating me and I lay unable to move on the ground. I was slowly dripping in and out of consciousness, fighting to stay awake and not let him have the satisfaction of a knockout.
"You be a good girl and stay in this room, we can't have you running away now can we?" grinning evilly he went back to the door and left walking up the creaky stairs. Spitting blood out of my mouth I glanced around the room. Balling up my fists I punched the ground with as much strength as I could muster and then fell to the ground where I laid until the pounding in my head had subsided enough so that I could think straight. I had to find a way out, that much was obvious. But how? The room looked pretty solid to me, hard stone floor, dirt walls...wait a minute. Dirt floors! Quickly I scrambled to my feet, ignoring the intense head rush that came with the sudden motion. I all but ran to the other side of the room that I usually avoid because of the cool draft of air that always seems to blow in. Crawling back down to my knees I used my hands to explore the base of the wall, looking for the hole I was sure was there. Sure enough when my hands felt that tiny gap at the very bottom ridge of the wall I almost squealed with glee. But I'm not Cat and I'm not Vega, so I didn't.
In the opposite corner of the room sat a small pail which Fred (that's what I named my kidnapper. I think he kind of looks like a Fred) had given me when I had been puking up my food. He said the puke was making his "dungeon" (okay he called it a basement, but seriously, who does he think he's kidding?) smell bad. I reached down and pulled off one of my combat boots crossing my fingers as I did so. This had to work. With one strong arm movement I slammed the boot off the dirt floor and watched as the dirt loosened slightly. I did it again and again until I could pick up the dust in my hands. Grinning to myself I slipped the boot back on as I felt the pounding in my head start up again. I hid the bucket under the small rotted tarp I had been sleeping under and laid back down as the pounding got worse. Grinning to myself I had one more thought before I let the blackness overcome me and i fainted away.
Jade West has a plan, and Jade West is getting out.
March 12th (later)
Someone has spotted Jade. There's been a sighting! Apparently an anonymous call was made this afternoon. The man or woman said they saw a girl fitting Jade's exact description in a house about 2 hours from here. The woman (or man) said she appeared very frightened and a stern looking man had came and pulled the blinds down as soon as soon as he noticed them glancing in. This is it, Jade could be found. Tomorrow morning she could be back. My mom told me not to get my hopes up, but I can't help it. I feel so sure it's her. Cat, Tori, Robbie and Andre are all here waiting with me. We're not saying anything to one another. Robbie is playing a game on his phone, Andre and Tori have been playing a game of solitaire against one another, but if don't think they're really paying attention seeing as neither one has noticed that they have forgotten to put the aces back in the deck before dealing. Cat has her ipod in her stuffed giraffe by her side and has been bouncing a rubber ball for the last half hour. I can tell everyone is getting annoyed, but no one's said anything. We're waiting. We're all waiting for the news that will make us cry. The only question is, will they be happy tears? Or the tears of broken hearts?
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~Kat