Status: starting fresh...oh no

Where Did You Go?

Prologue

Ryan watched as Mara ran away from him and everyone she knew. He wanted to run after her, tackle her, and tell her she was wrong and that running away wouldn’t do anything but he couldn’t. He couldn’t move his feet, he couldn’t even really think straight. He just stood where he was until she was out of sight. He stayed there until it rained. He stayed until it stopped.

When he heard people leaving the venue, he turned around. He walked into the ballroom, dripping wet. Spencer and Pete tried talking to him but he wouldn’t reply. He just kept scanning the room for a particular person.

When he found him, he punched him and hit him until blood covered his face. Ryan kept hitting Brent until Spencer and Brendon held him back. He glared at Brent who just smirked at him before winking at him.

Ryan lurched forward about to hit Brent until someone stepped in his way and got hit instead. Gabe stumbled back seeing how he was hit in the chest since Ryan had wanted to hit Brent’s face not the air above him.

Spencer and Brendon held Ryan back again as he continued to glare at Brent. William and Hayley checked on Gabe he just shook his head, saying he was ok. Brent was currently being taken care of by Andy and Patrick.

Pete stepped in front of Ryan’s line of sight and looked at the younger boy with an angered expression. He stood there waiting for Ryan to explain, knowing that Ryan knew what he wanted but Ryan just stood there.

Ryan wanted to tell Pete what Mara told him. Brent had raped her! Brent had raped Mara. Mara.

At the thought of her, Ryan instantly went limp. All the anger in his expression faded away and his body just refused to stop standing. He would have fallen flat on the floor if it wasn’t for Brendon and Spencer. They had a hard time keeping the taller boy up seeing that despite the fact he weighed less than them, he was inches taller. Gabe and William took their places and carried him with ease.

Pete softened at the sight of Ryan looking so helpless. He took a step closer to him and lifted his head so he could look into his eyes. In them, he saw sadness, helplessness, and failure. Pete was bewildered by this, not knowing what caused it.

Pete looked around the room, looking for the person who might know what made Ryan the way he is, but he didn’t find her and that answered his question already.

“WHERE IS SHE?” Pete yelled right into Ryan’s face.

Ryan didn’t even flinch. He didn’t even hear Pete. No words were entering his mind, just the image of her.

Pete kept yelling over and over but Ryan didn’t move. He didn’t answer. He didn’t even look at him. Pete asked one more time, this time nicely. When he got no answer in return, he slumped to the floor and stared at his hands.

“Where is she?” Pete asked sadly but it seemed more like he was asking himself than Ryan.

“Where did you go?”
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So I know what you may be thinking, I am reposting the story or something. Actually I am starting all over. I've deleted all the chapters and am just reposting this one because it is technically speaking part of the prequel and not really this one.

So why am I starting all over again? I didn't know where the other one was going and with much deliberation I finally realized I was clueless and needed to start over. This version is going to be different. I don't exactly know how different it is going to be but bear with me. I am tired and confused but I really want to write this story. I understand if you want unsubscribe. I don't blame you. But if you aren't subscribing, thank you for understanding.