A Christmas Miracle
December 19th (A few minutes later)
Sammy's POV
I walked into Marissa's room, feeling guilty. I mean, I did eavesdrop and then try to cover it up. I know that I do that a lot but Marissa is my best friend. I don't have to eavesdrop on her, she'll end up telling me sooner or later.
I stopped in my tracks, noticing that Marissa was literally out of sight.
"Marissa?" I called out.
"Give me a minute Sammy!" She called back a moment later.
"Okay..." I said slowly.
A couple of seconds later Marissa came out of her closet, red faced but dressed. I looked at her, not sure if I should comment on the fact that she's been crying or if I should start out on complimenting her outfit. Which was actually very pretty. I'll go with the outfit.
"You look beautiful Marissa," I smiled. Now the indirect approach. "What's the occasion?" I frowned a little, concern was all over my face.
"My-um.." That's the only thing that she could say before she broke down into tears. I went to her and wrapped my arms around her.
"Marissa, what is it?" I asked urgently, rubbing her back and pulling back her hair from her face.
"My father..he got into a car accident..on his way to..work." She said in between sobs. I was completely shocked. Marissa's father? Why him? Why not someone else? I felt the tears coming and I sat Marissa down on the bed, and hugged her tightly as she sobbed into my shirt. I mentally sighed in angst as I cried with her.
Ping.
I took my phone out to check the text. It was from Casey.
Are you coming over tonight? I was thinking movie night? :)
I smiled through my tears as I replied, Sure. Can I bring Marissa? She's a wreck.. :/
I sighed into Marissa's head. "Mar, Casey wants to have a movie night. Do you want to come?" I asked her reluctantly.
"I don't know." Her response was short. But it looked like she calmed down a bit. Although, she started hiccuping.
"I'll get you a glass of water." I suggested and gently moved away from her. I silently walked out. Ping.
I looked down.
Definitely. But what's up? :o
I sighed. Wow, that's a record. Her father got into a car accident.. :(
I made it to the kitchen, and grabbed a glass cup. Turning to the freezer door to get ice, my phone pinged. Eh, I'll check it when I get the water.
Then I heard another ping. I looked at my phone on the counter. Two texts? Okay..sure.
I turned back to the ice that was now overflowing from the cup. "Whoa!" I gasped and panickedly jerked my hand with the cup away, making the ice fall to the floor. Nice going butthead. 'Ugh, whatever. I'll just wait til the ice melts and then mop it up later." I shrug.
I open the freezer door and put back some of the ice. Then I close the freezer door and turn to the fridge door to get water. I fill up half of the glass, and then turn toward the stairs. Walking into Marissa's room I notice that she wasn't in here. Great, I lost her again.
"Marissa!" I called out. I looked around. Faintly, I could hear music. Where is that coming from?
I put the water glass on the nightstand and left the room. "Marissa?" I called out again.
I checked every room. And 20 minutes later, I was right back where I started. Where the heck did she go? Where did Mrs. McKenze go? Did they bail on me or something? In that case, how? I was right there in the kitchen! Surely, I would've seen or heard something. Sighing angrily, I reached into my pocket for my phone.
"Huh?" I said aloud. I checked my other pocket. Where's my phone? Great, first I lose my best friend and now my phone. Wait, I can just call it. Hehehe. I jogged back downstairs and ran to the cord phone on the table in the hall. Dialing my number, I looked around to see if I could spot it. As the phone started ringing, I put their house phone down and walked around the first floor listening closely.
As I neared the kitchen, I could hear some music, faintly. Then I realized that it was just my phone. Then the music stopped, as I got into the kitchen, but I could plainly see my phone on the counter.
Oh, I guess I forgot to grab it when I went upstairs. I laughed at my stupidness.
Grabbing it from the counter, I unlocked it. 4 text messages, and 2 missed calls. Okay then. Hm.
1 text from Casey.
1 text from L.A. Boy.
2 texts from unknown.
I started with Casey. Oh my God, that's awful! :o
I texted back, Yeah, I know. :( But she disappeared on me. -.-"
L.A. Boy; ~My girlfriend doesn't want to double date.. Sorry sis ;(
I texted back, Why? :(
Now unknown; Have you seen Marissa?
It's Billy.
Did he get a new phone or something? Why is he texting me from an unknown number?
Nah, she disappeared on me. ;o But if you see her, let me know. Me and her have unfinished business to take care of -.-"
Grabbing my jacket from the couch, I walked to Hudson's.
Author's note: Hey guys :) So..it's actually, really funny. Hehe. Um, I finished this YESTERDAY, (technically) I wanted to write more, but I kinda came to a writer's block. :/ There was this line break and then it was a few hours later starting with, 'Hey Case." But I kinda stopped after that and started watching some Pretty Little Liars. (BEST SHOW EVER)
But now, I'm just going to post this and try to think about where I want this to go. -sigh- I actually wanted to have Marissa get kidnapped, but then I was like, 'If Marissa gets kidnapped, who would be the kidnapper? Why was she kidnapped?' You know? So yeah.. uh, so how about you guys give me some ideas? You know, about where you want this to go. Its only the 19th, and the party is on the 22nd. Sammy and Casey fly to L.A. on the 23rd...But I'm not sure if I should just skip to the party after 'December 19th (night-ish) or if I should just post chapters leading up to there. Which would make the story, at least, 3-5 chapters longer, and I kinda wanna finish this story before January 1st.
7 reviews till the next chapter. ;p And trust me, you guys have alot to write in the review, so take your time. I want three things in the review, please.
1) [Optional] Ideas for upcoming chapters in the story
2) Tell me if I should skip December 20th and December 21st, or not.
3) The usual, 'Update soon' XD
So, review :) Oh and I chose the name Ryan for L.A. Boy. Credit to 'The One You Never Suspected' for giving me that name :p So she got the sneak peek. Oh! AND.. Sorry that I was really specific in this chapter. I feel like nothing really happened in this chapter because of all the specifics. Sorry :/