Sydney.

It's six.

Six.

Forty five.

And I was still sitting at home.

Alone.

In my room.

Waiting for Iggy to crash land through my window.

But no…

Instead I was sprawled out on my unmade bed, Magnus running all over the place in my room.

Maybe he's still fixing the food. Like last time… We could be having dinner.

I thought optimistically.

And maybe he stood you up.

A voice slithered in my head.

"No!" I barked out loud.

No, no. There was no way he could have stood me up. We're in love. Right? Plus, he would never have told me about his wings if this was just some summer squall right? Right.

So, why is he not here?

I sat there thinking about it before snatching my brothers antique blue Chevrolet truck keys off my desk and shouting "Oh! Screw!"

I drove like mad till I got to the small forest-y area. I parked the car in the dirt got out and ran to the house.

When I got there I jumped back

It looked abandoned.

Dark.

That didn't stop me. I raced up to the house and tugged on the door.

Locked.

I knocked calmly at first.

"Iggy?" I called.

No response…

I beat my fists on the door and slowly it began to heavily drizzle. I banged on the doorbell nonstop for at least ten minutes.

"IGGY!" I screamed, smacking my palm hard against the green painted door.

"IGGY! IGGY! PLEASE OPEN! JAMES!"

No response.

I got down on all fours and dug around the steps.

"Spare key, spare key, spare key." I repeated. Ripping up rocks and dirt and the welcome mat.

Eventually I gave up looking and kicked the door in.

All those days of coming in for lunch when Duncan was interning for the local police station.

I ran in. It was deserted. Covers were on furniture and the lights were off.

I quickly bit my nails.

No.

I ran to Iggy's room.

This can't be real. This can't be real. It just CAN'T.

I flung the door open.

"IGGY!" I screamed, praying he'd jump from nowhere and just kiss me.

The room was deserted and all his things we're no longer there, the metal scraps on his floor we're still scattered over his floor, but everything else was gone.

My breaths heaved out and my eyes began to heat up and water began to fill in them.

I leaned in the doorway and slipped down to the floor. I curled up in fetal position and just wept my eyes out, when something on the properly made bed caught my eye.

I wiped my eyes and focused on what seemed to be a piece of paper.

I got up, wiped my nose and headed to the note.

Sydney: I read.

This pains me so much more than it pains you. The flock and I left to save the world from the regrouping Itex members. I didn't want to leave because I had just met you and fell in love so fast, but I could never live with myself if an Eraser got you if they caught me and you out in public together. Though it hurts like hell, I'm doing this for the both of us. For you mostly, though. I refuse to let you get hurt. So be careful Stay where you are, when I come back, I'll find you. I wish I could've come and told you to your face, but Erasers were already destroying parts of the world. If you are captured by them, I'll come and save you, even if it means leaving the rest of the world to parish in doom.

Though I desperately want to, I can't tell you we're it is were going. Don't forget me.

I promise not to blow anything to important up.

Keep Beautiful and don't forget me-

James Griffith.

P.S. I love you so much it hurts.

P.P.S. I'm actually allergic to gum.

My eyes scanned the words over and over until I had pretty much memorized them.

I tried my best not to crinkle the crisp clean paper as I fell down in a sobbing heap.