Hello everyone! I have written a new story. I'm actually really excited for you guys to read this. I worked so hard on this. I'm planning on making the chapters longer then my other story. There's also going to be a lot more family bonding and a lot more action. Hopefully you'll like this story as much as my first one. Enjoy the first chapter to my new story!
Bree's POV
I can't believe it's been a year. A full year without him. I don't know where he is or what happen to him. I don't even know if he's alive for god sake! But one thing I do know: I really miss him.
My family hasn't really been the same without him. Everyone's grown apart. No one really hangs out together anymore. No more family movies, no more family dinners and no more walking to school together.
We've all changed since Chase went missing last year. Adam's no longer this loud and goofy dummy. He barley even talks and completely isolates himself in his room, blasting Chase's IPod. I guess that's how he stays close to him.
Leo no longer asks to be part of the team or come on missions with us, mostly because we don't go on missions anymore. Without our mission leader, we've failed every single mission. Leo never plays videogames anymore. He's actually never around. He's always gone somewhere, anywhere. I never see him anymore. It kind of feels like he went missing as well...
Mr. Davenport is no longer this cocky, stressed yet happy go lucky kind of guy. He spends all of his time in the lab trying to find him. Every day, he looks for Chase's GPS signal, to see if it comes back on. But every day, he has no such luck.
Tasha really isn't that happy wife that has her beautiful smile that just lights up the room anymore. She cooks an amazing meal every night, hoping the family will all sit down and eat together like old times but Tasha and I are always there, sitting by ourselves, in complete silence.
Tonight on the menu, Lasagna with Cesar salad and garlic bread on the side. As usual, everyone comes into the kitchen, grabs a plate of food and leave without saying a single word. Tasha and I sigh and sit down at the dinner table to enjoy the delicious meal that she prepared. I look at her. I see a tear slip down her cheek and onto the glass dining table. I frown.
"Tasha, are you ok?" She looks up at me, wiping her wet cheek with her sleeve.
"Yes, I'm fine sweetie. Just eat your dinner." I look down at my meal. Suddenly, I'm not so hungry anymore...
"Do you think he's ok?" I ask, unsure whether or not it was a good topic to talk about. She freezes. I suck in a breath. She puts her fork down and gently grabs my hand.
"I don't know sweetheart." She says sympathetically. "But he's a tough fifteen year old. If anyone can get through this, it's him." I smile. She had a point... But a thought accurse to me and I frown. I feel a lump in my throat and my eyes start to water.
"D... Do you think he's still... Alive?" I ask. I choke back a sob. I can see more tears fall down Tasha's cheeks. I can see the uncertainty in her face as she struggles to answer the question. I couldn't let her answer this. It's not fair.
"You know what, never mind. I don't really want to know the answer anyways." I said, wiping the tears off my cheeks. I push the plate of food away from me.
"I'm not very hungry. May I be excused?" I ask. She nods sadly. I get up, pushing the chair back under the table afterwards and walk up to my room. I enter and close the door behind me. I slowly walk up to my bed and plop down on my back. I close my eyes. Thoughts and images race through my mind. I grab my hair and squeeze my eyes shut even more.
'It's all my fault. It's all my fault' I repeat to myself over and over again. As the memory flows back, I couldn't help but unwillingly watch the last glimpse of my brother.
Flashback
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CHASE!" I scream at him. "STOP WALKING AWAY FROM ME!"
He stops abruptly. He slowly turns around to face me. His face was red with anger, his fists were balled and his teeth were clenched. I could already tell this was about to get ugly.
"I did absolutely nothing wrong! Why are you mad at me for!?" He snaps at me.
"You completely embarrassed me! No one at school is ever going to talk to me again!" I snapped back at him.
"It wasn't even me! It was Spike! I have no control over what he does!"
"Well maybe if you learned how to control your emotions, you wouldn't glitch and you wouldn't have to worry about Spike coming out!"
"Are you seriously blaming me for this!? How many times do I have to tell you? IT'S NOT MY FAULT!"
I chuckle. You have got to be kidding me.
"THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT CHASE? ANSWER ME THAT! YOU ARE SPIKE! JUST APOLOGIZE!"
"I am not apologizing for something I didn't do."
That's when he walked out the front door, slamming it shut.
That's the last time I saw him.
End of flashback
I open my eyes and stare at the ceiling. How could I? How could I be so cruel to my little brother? Because of me, he gets kidnapped and probably tortured. Maybe even killed! I mean who knows! The police have been searching for him for over a year! How could they not find him? Even Mr. Davenport's friends from the FBI couldn't even find him! Not knowing where he is or what happen to him is probably the worst part about this entire thing...
I slowly sit up and sigh. I get off my bed and go to the dresser to get some tissues. I take one out of the box and blow my nose into it. Then, I throw out the used tissue in the garbage that's beside my window. I hear a knock at the door. Before I can even answer, the opens revealing a worried Adam. He walks in and closes the door behind him. You know what's funny? I never gave him permission to enter my room... He slowly walks up to me. He stops in front of me and just looks right into my eyes.
He completely surprises me with a big hug. Adam hasn't hugged me, or anyone is forever! I immediately melt into the hug, gripping onto his shirt as tightly as possible while sobbing into his shirt. The hug lasted way longer than I thought it would. But I really didn't mind. I missed him so much. Once he let go, he looked at again.
"What's wrong Bree?" I stay silent. "Bree please. You can talk to me. I'm your big brother. I'm here for you."
I sigh. It wouldn't hurt to finally talk to someone about this, right? I take a deep breath and then excel all the nervous energy I have accumulated.
"I just really miss Chase." He looks at me expectantly. "I just really wish we never had that stupid fight. If we didn't, he would have never left the house and he would have never gone missing..."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... Wait a minute. You're not actually blaming yourself for this are you?" I nod. Of course it's my fault. It's basically a fact!
"Oh my god Bree. None of this is your fault! How could this possibly be your fault! So you guys had a fight, big deal? Him leaving the house to cool off doesn't make this your fault. And it doesn't make it his either. The only person who's at fault here is the kidnapper himself."
I finally take my eyes off the ground and look at him.
"When did you become so smart?" He smiles.
"Well someone had to take his place, right?" I giggle. My brother is finally acting like his old self.
He hugs me again. This time, I hang on to him for dear life. Who knows if a moment like this will ever happen again.
"I'm sorry for being so distant" He whispers, still hugging me.
"No, Adam, don't be sorry. It was just your way of coping. It's ok." He hugs me even tighter, if that's even possible.
We let go of each other and we both smile at each other. All of a sudden, his smile gets even wider. He grabs my hand and drags me out of my bedroom.
"What are you doing? And where are we going?" I ask completely confused and slightly curious.
"We are going down to the living room to watch a movie as a family, like old times.
We get into the living room and see Tasha in the kitchen, cleaning the dishes. Adam looks back at me.
"Alright, go get Leo and Mr. Davenport and bring them here now."
I nod and super speed to Leo's room. I grab his wrist and bring his to the living room. I then super speed down to the lab and grab Mr. Davenport's wrist and drag him upstairs to the living room as well. Everyone had confused looks. Tasha had walked over to the living room as well, wondering what was going on. Leo and Mr. Davenport looked a little upset. I don't think they enjoyed the little surprised ride I gave them.
"Why did Bree just drag me here?" Leo asked annoyed.
"We" Adam said, pointing to all of us, "are going to watch a movie. Together." A smile crept up my lips. Everyone looked surprised.
"Are you serious?" Mr. Davenport asked.
"Yep. Ever since Chase... left... This family has completely split up." Everyone smiled.
"Alright then, Leo, pick a movie. Tasha, make some popcorn. I'll get some blankets and pillows. Let's have ourselves a family movie night!" Mr. Davenport said enthusiastically.
Everyone did as they were told. Adam puts his arm around me. Finally, the family is back. I just can't believe it. I just wish Chase was back as well...
About ten minutes later, everyone was sitting on the couch. Everyone was snuggling together on the big L shaped couch. We were all covered in warm and cozy blankets; Leo had picked this movie called Divergent. I have heard about it. Apparently it's supposed to be really good. I can't wait to watch it. Well all snacked on our popcorn as the movie began playing.
About half way through the movie, there was a knock on the door. Me, being the one closest to the door, took the blankets off me and got up to go answer it. I open the door to reveal two police officers. What is going on?
"Is this the Davenport residence?" One of the policemen asks me. By now, everyone had gotten up and was watching intently the door.
"Yes..." I answer uncertainly.
"Then I believe this belongs to you."
The two police officers move to reveal a teenage boy. He looked familiar. He gives me a small smile. That's when I put the pieces together.
"Chase?"
And there you have it. Liked it? Hated it? Review and let me know. Also, read my first story that I wrote. It's almost finished. Just a couple more chapters. Hopefully you'll like it. And hopefully you liked the first chapter of my new story. I've had a lot of inspiration recently so... I wrote a new story, as you can tell. Favourite, follow and review my story. I love reading what you guys think. I'm most likely going to update next week though. Got lots going on. Anyways. Hope you enjoyed it. Bye guys!