| ~Test of Your Sanity 17~ |
| JC hung up, feeling dazed. �What just happened?� �You hung up moron,� Chris said, flipping pages in his magazine. �Shut up Chris. You know AJ?� �The psycho nut?� �Uh yeah him,� JC said. �What about him?� Justin asked. �He�he loves Heather.� �What?� they chorused, staring. �I know. My reaction too.� �Wow,� Chris said. �He isn�t a psycho nut after all.� *** �Where the hell can she be?� Nick asked angrily. �She wouldn�t go home. Would she?� AJ called again. �Hey Mrs. G it�s AJ. Yeah. Um, Heather wouldn�t happen to be over there would she? Uh huh. No, no. She�s probably just out sightseeing. Yeah. Bye.� He looked at us. �Not there.� �Oh my god.� Nick pulled at his hair. �Where could she be?� �Guys,� Kevin said. �We�re leaving tomorrow.� �For all we know, she could be in California,� Brian said. �Or out of the country,� Nick said miserably. �Or on a spaceship that�s headed toward Mars,� AJ said sarcastically. �Right. I know she�s still nearby. I mean, this is New York. People talk.� �What if she�s on a plane?� Howie asked. �She couldn�t get very far. She doesn�t have the money,� AJ said. �That�s true.� �See? We�ll find her.� *** (Meanwhile in California�) �Where are we headed now?� Jessie whined, waking up. �We�re going to San Diego,� Lance said. �We�re stopping for 2 radio shows and an interview.� �Thank you Mr. Walking Agenda,� she grumbled. Then she looked around. �Where�s JC?� �JC is right here thank you,� JC announced, wrapping his arms around her from behind. �Good morning.� �Good morning,� she said, kissing him. �Where�s Heather?� �She�s starin� out the window,� JC said, pointing to the living room. �Oh man. Has she eaten anything?� Jessie asked. �No.� �Oh no.� �What?� Chris asked. �She�s turning to me,� she groaned. �You don�t stare out the window and starve,� JC said, confused. �I DID,� she said sheepishly. �That was before AJ said something about it.� �What did he say?� Justin asked. �Nothing.� �Why�d you starve?� JC asked. �No reason,� she said quickly. �Why?� Chris asked. �It was after that party.� �AH�� �Don�t worry about it,� Lance said. �JC went through the same thing.� JC glared at Lance, who smiled. �I�m gonna talk to her,� Jessie said, getting up. She kissed him one last time and went out into the living room. Heather was sitting on the couch, just as JC said. She was staring blankly out the window, listening to her Walkman. �Heather?� she called out. She was mute. She kept staring out the window, oblivious to her surroundings. �Ok. Let�s try a different approach� �Heather?� �Hmm.� �Are you hungry?� she asked, walking closer. �No,� Heather replied with no emotion at all. �C�mon. Don�t turn into to me Heather,� she pleaded. �You need food.� She stared at Jessie as if her eyes were empty. �I don�t need it. There�s only some things you need.� �Heather, snap out of it. I know Nick loves you.� Her face twitched, but turned back again. �It didn�t seem like it.� �AJ must be so worried about you.� �Hmm.� �C�mon Heather. Call him.� Heather thought about it. �Why?� �Because he�s worried sick.� �How do you know?� Heather asked. �He called,� JC said, stepping in the room. �He called YOU?� JC nodded. �He�s killing himself trying to find you.� She looked down at her lap, something she did when she cried. �He loves you Heather.� �I know.� �Then why don�t you DO anything about it?� Jessie demanded. This was even worse than she had been. Ok, maybe not WORSE. Almost. �I love Nick,� she said simply, but sadly. �But�� Jessie tried to find some words to make her to call, but came up with nothing. �You want AJ to feel the way you do right now?� JC asked, amazing Jessie with his thought. Heather thought about it. She didn�t want them to find her, find her and cause her any more grief. She found out the hard way, so she at least deserved the easy way out. But AJ meant so much to her. She wouldn�t want him to die over her. Heather slowly agreed. JC handed her his cell phone and she dialed painstakingly slow. Finally, she put the phone up to her ear. Jessie and JC watched, taking in every move she made. �Hello?� someone answered with much irritancy. �AJ?� AJ did a double take. �Heather?� �Um, yeah. It�s me,� she said softly. �Where the hell are you?� he demanded. �We�ve been looking EVERYWHERE for you!� �I-I� I�m not gonna tell you,� she said finally. Jessie and JC�s mouths dropped. �WHY?� he demanded. �Please. I wanna be alone for a while,� she pleaded. He sighed loudly. �Can�t you come back home?� �What is home AJ?� she asked. �Is a home something on wheels? Could be. Is it some place where there�s loud noise? Could be. But please understand. No matter what that home you�re talking about, I can�t go back.� �Why not?� �I just don�t understand,� she sighed. �What don�t you understand? I want you to come back HOME.� �Why did Nick break up with me?� Heather asked softly. AJ paused. �I don�t know,� he lied. �This is what I don�t understand,� she said. �I thought he loved me.� �He does.� �UGH! There�s something I�m missing here!� she cried. �This is why I can�t go back AJ. You know I love you, but I can�t go back when there�s a wall stopping me.� Without even a goodbye, she hung up, on the verge of tears. *** AJ stared at the cell phone in his hands, the dial tone echoing throughout the room. �What happened?� Nick asked, seeing his frozen friend. �Heather just called.� Nick�s eyes widened. �What�d she say? Is she coming back? Where is she? Why�d she hang up on you?� �Whoa. One question at a time here,� AJ said. �Um�she said she can�t come back.� Nick�s face turned white. �Why?� �She won�t tell me where she is, and she said she doesn�t WANT to come back.� �This is all my fault.� Nick banged his head against the wall. �Just think. Where could she be?� AJ asked, trying to think logically. �Where else is there?� Nick asked miserably. �I know!� AJ cried out, making Nick jump on the hotel bed. �What?� �The police!� �What�re you gonna do? Alert all the police of America?� Nick asked sarcastically. �Yeah,� he replied seriously. �Are you kidding me?� Nick asked his crazy friend. �No. This is the only way we can find her Nick,� AJ sighed. �If she�s out there on the streets�I don�t even want to THINK about that.� Nick nodded. �Ok. Fine. Call the police. At least we have some hope.� AJ took a breath and dialed the number to the local police. �Hello? Yes this is AJ McLean�YES him�no not now, I have an emergency here! Yes my friend is missing�Yes I�ve been in contact with her�no�I want you to find her you dolt! She could be out there on the streets for all I know!� AJ�s nostrils flared as the next response came. �I don�t care about the magazines! I want my best friend back�yes�she�s 5� 6�� with long red hair to her shoulders, 120 lbs, blue eyes, fair skin color and freckles�got that? I want EVERYONE looking for her�you call the other police! Duh!� AJ muttered, �Where�d they get THIS idiot from?� �Ok�ok thank you.� He hung up, feeling better than he had in the past 2 days. �That�s settled�with difficulty.� �They know now?� Nick asked, making sure. �Yeah. Let�s just hope they find her.� |
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