them had heard from him. They were at his door and knocking the day he arrived. Noelle, was a little unsure they should be com

e with wide eyes. "Wade." Noelle spoke first. Moving past Otto and for the first tim

thing to make it all go away. Sorry just wasn't enough. Noelle drew back, giving Otto the space to hug his friend. It st

id you

railed of. "I went looking for you but Noelle said she sa

to get me. T

ppened." Noelle confessed. "We do. But we agreed to wait until you want to talk about it so, you don't

saw break their hearts when he m

lp unpacking?

ve." Noelle thou

aside for them to enter. "I didn't leave with anything but my laptop so.

oelle offered the information. "

have to call her

's question was to Noelle.

d want to." She but her bottom lip. "I m

yer asked, needin

Otto and sighed. He would have called Peggy today. To let her know he was safe in school and that would have begun the three day rule. A rule he can no longer keep. The thought of not being able to hear her voice again. He heard her laugh in his head. Could h

ppened, and even more so, he found himself unable to leave his room. The same thought that came to him the day of the funeral after opening the front door attacked him every time. He also found himself locking his friends out of his room and just not

nd and there was a knock on the door. He chose to ignore it like every other time before. Then it turned into banging, "Sawyer!" His fa

o it. "Is ev

son. He looked worse than ever. Messy hair, slimmer, beard and sunken

I-

o ones heard from you in weeks. You just left and

relieved nothing was wrong, hi

rtains shut , not a single ray of sunshine in the room, the air in the room pungent

es. "I don't feel

et dressed and s

hem to a building twenty minutes away from the school. Sawyer had question. His father hasn't really been here so how did he know of th

ng, clearly waiting for them with a smile on his face. "Good afternoon Mister Wade. You're right on time." The man stretched out his hand, Tr

e didn't even want to know what the ma

. "Sit." he gestured to a

him. "You look like you barely sleep, or go out. And I understand why. I've brought you

y." Sawyer sat down. Would i

you and Tom is alone back there going

ther's sake

r father told me you lost

d it to anyone. He was supposed to tell Laura but he didn't. He hasn't even seen her and No

Travis a

Sawyer. Waiting for an answer that never came.

s not communicating with anyone. He could only hope this would h

the car stopped, Sawyer faced his father, hand at the ready to open the door. "I'm doing this

e knew the car was still there. It didn't really matter. It was possible h

he hasn't made contact with any of them in weeks. As she's suddenly planned, he didn't notice her till she was close enough. Mission a

you want

on you. You're shutting yourself

o tell me somethi

d stopped him. "You hav

you say my mother wouldn't want me doing this you will hate the n

a shiver ran through her. He'd never been like this before. "We're here for

rough his hair, sig