(Cat pov)
"So how long are you staying?" I asked Justin that night as I changed into my pajama's.
"Just for a day or two. Hey, where's Ryan?" Justin asked suddenly, looking around the room frantically.
"Oh, he's probably just in his room or something." I said with a dismissive wave of my hand.
"Are you sure? I didn't see him go up there." Justin said worry etched onto his face. I think he was the only person who loved my brother as much as me. "I'm going to go check on him." Justin said as he walked quickly towards the stairs and into Ryan's room. I sighed, sitting back down on the couch and flipping through the channels.
"Cat! He's not there! He's not anywhere upstairs!" Justin screamed frantically as he charged down the steps.
"What do you mean?" I asked standing up, the realization that my brother was outside in the dark night hitting me like a piano.
"Ryan's not in the house!" Justin screamed throwing open the front door and screaming out his name. I could feel tears starting to burn my eyes. I grabbed out my phone, dialing Leah's number. Quill picked up on the second ring, sounding worried.
"Ryan's missing!" I nearly screamed through my tears, and I wondered how he even heard me.
"I'll look in the forest, you check around your house okay? What ever you do, don't go into the forest." Quill warned before the line went dead. I quickly threw the phone on the couch and ran into the backyard. Justin was outfront, screaming his name frantically and running around the perimeter of the house.
"Cat!" I heard Quill call from the front of the house. I ran over there, hugging Ryan as Quill put him down.
"Don't you ever do that! Do you hear me! You tell me before you leave the house!" I shouted at him, wiping the tears away from my face. That's when I saw how shaken Ryan looked.
"Cat! You'll never believe what I saw! I was walking in the woods and then-" He suddenly cut himself off, getting a weird look on his face. "I-uh, saw this weird yellow snail thing." He finished lamely. I could tell he was lying, maybe he ate the snail?
"Oh, well, that's nice…" I said, sighing as Seth emerged from the trees.
"Hey." Seth said quietly as he came to stand near Ryan.
"Seth? What happened? I thought you were going to go find Paul?" I asked, kind of glad he didn't bring that little brother bullying, giant of a guy back here.
"Yeah, well, I did….but he said he was…just going home." Seth said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh…well, okay." I said as I shifted from one foot to another.
"Well, I should be going." Quill said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, well, I'll see you guys tomorrow." I said, looking from Seth to Quill, before slowly backing up towards my house, Ryan's hand in mine.
"Hey Cat?" Seth asked, coming to stand in front of me.
"Yeah?" I asked curiously.
"Jared and Kim are going to go out tomorrow…to this little restaurant thing, and I was just wondering, maybe we could go with them?" He asked, sounding completely awkward and shy.
"Like a date?" I asked with a smug smile when he nodded yes. "Okay." I said simply, turning around quickly and walking into the house where Justin and Ryan were waiting for me.
"No far. I called dibs." Justin huffed stubbornly as I sat down next to him on the couch.
"Oh you love me." I said smiling as I popped a piece of popcorn in my mouth, trying to ignore the wolf's howl that sounded way too close to the house.