Chapter 6

The next day, I met Chris at lunchtime. I told him about what happened with Rose and his jaw dropped. "I...I am so sorry. Is there anything I can do for you?" He said. "No, but thanks,." I said, sounding depressed. "My girl was kidnapped too. We snuck into my bedroom and did our thing. When she left the two dudes took her into their van and drove off before I even got outside." He said. "I am so sorry man. I do not know what to do. Any ideas?" He shook his head no. We sat there for about fifteen minutes trying to brainstorm what to do. I finally said, "I heard Rose and Evan both had some secret friends they hung out with outside of their school from their choir class. Down to go and have a conversation with them?" I said. "Sure." He said.

When class was starting we ditched since the drama class was across the school from our science class (We had the same science class since I was smart enough to be put in a full grade ahead of mine). To pass the time we just talked about what to ask them and what they would possibly look like. "I know what one of Evan's and Rose's friend's are. Her nickname is Ripped jeans. I do not know why but I heard that from Michael since he had drama class with them." I said. "Alright, let's ask them what they know about the accused criminals that took Evan and Rose and killed Michael." he said. "Alright." I said. We just sat there for about ten minutes waiting for the bell to ring. "Look out! There's a teacher right there! Hide behind this." He said in a low whisper where I could almost not even hear right next to him. Luckily, the two teachers didn't see us and walked into their classroom. Once the bell rang, we looked around the colossal amphitheatre for this "Ripped Jeans." The theater had two thousand seats in it with a huge stage, approximately five thousand square feet big. The class had two teachers because there were over two hundred students in there and three different classes all with right about the same amount. Luckily, I glanced and spotted a girl with really ripped up jeans of Mexican descent talking to the teacher in the amphitheatre. We made a decision to wait for her since she was the closest person we could think of to matching that nickname. Once she exited the amphitheatre, I said, "Hey! We need to talk to you real quick this is important." "Who are you?" She said. "Name is Robby. Rose's boyfriend. This is Chris. Nice to meet you. We are both friends with Evan, Rose, and were friends with Michael until...you know." I said. "I am sorry for what has happened to you guys but I can't help you." She said while trying to walk off but we didn't let her leave. "We skipped class to come and wait for you. You are going to answer our questions truthfully with all the details. Now tell me, are you ripped Jeans? And also, what do you know on what happened and who might have possibly kidnapped Rose and Evan and murdered Michael?" She stood there with a very idiosyncratic look, not sure what she was thinking. She finally answered, "Name is Claudia. Some people call me ripped jeans. There are rules, so I can only tell you so much. Evan is alive and for Rose, I am not so sure about it. I do not have really any information about her." I had too many questions but I only asked two of them. "I got two final questions, how did you find out about this information and do you know who did this?" "There are rules. I cannot share that information otherwise I will end up in a very bad situation. But check Rose's locker, that is all I can tell you." She said and then left for the class as the bell was about to ring.