Dissappearance

I tried my best to forget about that day but I couldn't seem to. The finals were in 2 weeks and I wasn't doing my best to prepare. I was so engrossed in my thoughts when I received a notification, bringing me back to reality

𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑎ℎ: 𝐻𝑖 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑒'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦.

"Where's Mike?" I asked them when I couldn't find him. He's been acting strange since that day you told us about that man talking to his master." Lia said

     " Lia is right he's been acting differently and he's even stopped coming to the cyber for our games." Theo chipped in.

        𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛? 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐼𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚?

  Bella ...𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑖𝑚 Bella..... 𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚... Bella?  Lia was vigorously shaking me while worry was on her face.

"Huh?" what's wrong with you? You are zoning out. Don't worry about Mike, maybe he's preparing for the finals." Lia reassured me.

      " She's right,stop worrying about him and start worrying about me *𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠* I mean the finals." He said with a wink." I can't believe Mr. Arrogant is agreeing with me today that to twice". Lia said rolling her eyes.

         "Unfortunately I'm agreeing with you today and God knows why. For your information I'm not arrogant, you little meanie dumbo".

             " My bad I called you arrogant, you're an arrogant narcissistic ungrateful and an eyesore to many", Lia argued back.

"Enough of you two before I kick you out of here." Sarah scolded them." Sorry," they said in unison.

     I chuckled at their submission and continued to read.

           Days passed and Mike was nowhere to be seen. We were worried about him. I asked around but no one had any idea.

          The finals came and I was freaking out.

𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠?𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦.𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡.𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙,ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒? *𝑆𝑖𝑔ℎ*

      Coming back to reality. I saw the two girls and Theo staring at me confusion written on their faces. "What?" I asked annoyingly. "What what? You are in the wrong room and we have been telling you that for the past 10 minutes but you seem to be lost." Sarah explained

        Theo leaned in. "Princess I'm here stop thinking about others, you naughty girl. He said with a wink. I jerked him and he stumbled back, smirk plastered on his face.

        I hurried to my exam room still hearing Theo laughing at the back. I don't know why but I felt strange when he was so close to me. As if something powerful.

"I'm glad we are done with our finals, Theo fake cried. I can't believe we are going to be graduates soon." Sarah said with a squeak.

"These past days were hella hectic, I need to reboot myself, coffee will do the trick." Theo said with a glint in his eyes.

      Sighing I went to the cafeteria. Still thinking about Mike's disappearance. "I just hope he's fine.

Who's that 'he' Bella?" Lia asked wiggling her eyebrows. 𝐷𝑖𝑑  𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑. 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑. 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡! 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.

   "Hey out from your fantasies, Lia was waving her hands at me. I'm worried about Mike to be honest. I hope he's fine" . I said worriedly.

They cleared their throat and sat beside me and looked at each other. The teasing that came after that was unbearable.

The graduation day came. The school was fully packed with students chit-chating, taking pics and some crying. I looked for my friends and finally found them near my locker.

           "Okay now that you'll graduate *ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟* do I have a chance?" Grabbing his tie, Lia jerked him away.

         "Behave yourself Theodore", came a voice we didn't hear for a long time. Turning towards the voice. There he stood with his graduation gown and cap. "Mike this is the last time I'm telling you not to call me that or else I-... Sarah slapped his arm before he could finish.

     " Sorry guys something urgent came up and had to leave as soon as possible. Stop giving me that look, there was no network there. Mike explained after we bombarded him with questions. Mike what about your fina-... Don't worry Lia I did my finals."

  "Graduates quiet and form a straight line." We heard the announcement of the Principal. We all laughed and cried at the same time after getting the certificates.

   "So any party guys hmmm? What's with the looks? We really need to celebrate. Don't give me those looks."

   "Dont worry Theodore, party at my house and don't worry I already informed your family. Mike said." MIKEEEEE" We all laughed at Theo's outburst.

   How much he hated that name and Mike never failed to call him that. I never understood why he called him by that name and they all won't tell me.

         I'm glad I met them for they filled my dull life with happiness. Lia and Theo always bickering and not getting along at all. Theo always flirting with me. Sarah and Mike being the parents of the group and always sorting things out. I can't forget the first day I met them. The four of them together....

Flirty Theo....

Where do you think Mike was??

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