The Neighbor
Chapter 11: Meanwhile
Brian and Sarah stayed after school to talk to Ms. Childs
Ms. Childs: Have you two seen or heard from Angel?
They shake their heads
Brian: Not since yesterday
Ms. Childs: It's not like her to miss a day of school
Sarah: I'll call her
She goes to the other side of the room and calls Angel
Brian: I'll go over after
Ms. Childs: Did she say anything about going somewhere?
Brian: No but she always hangs out with the Mr. Burks
Ms. Childs: Whose Mr. Burks?
Brian: Her new neighbor
Ms. Childs: Oh I see. She might have
Brian: You know about him?
Ms. Childs: Yeah she told me... nevermind
Brian: Wait she told you what?
Ms. Childs gets nervous
Ms. Childs: She told me she was going to write the homework about him
Brian: What? She's only known him for a week
Sarah comes over
Sarah: No answer. What if something happened to her?
Brian: No don't think that
Sarah: Well Brian how can I not? She's not answering her phone
Ms. Childs: Don't panic I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation about all this
Brian: Come on Sarah lets go to her place
They leave
Twenty minutes later...
They arrive at Angel's place and knock on her door. No answer
Sarah: I have a spare key
She unlocks the door and opens it. They both head inside and search the whole house, no sight of Angel
Sarah starts tearing up
Sarah: Brian
He puts his hands on her shoulders
Brian: Sarah it's ok. Maybe her phone died and she went to our places. I'm going to go to mine and I'll call if she's there or not; alright?
She nods as he takes off. She stays to calm herself then leaves. As she's getting ready to head to her place she looks at Ethan's place. She takes a deep breath then walks over and knocks. Ethan answers
Ethan: Sarah what a surprise
Sarah: I'm sorry to bother you Ethan but I was wondering if you've seen Angel?
Ethan: I haven't actually; why? Is everything ok?
She starts crying
Ethan: Sarah why don't you come in and tell me everything
She nods then heads inside. He closes the door behind her then takes her to the living room. They both sit on the couch
Ethan: Alright tell me what happened
Sarah: Angel never showed to school and we've been trying to get a hold of her but she's not answering her phone, she's not home, no texts from her. Have you seen her at all?
Ethan: Well I haven't seen her since yesterday
Sarah: Oh my god
She cries more
Sarah: We all haven't seen her since yesterday; where is she?
Ethan: It's ok Sarah I'm sure she's ok
Sarah: I hope so
The tea kettle goes off in the kitchen
Ethan: Oh excuse me
He gets up
Ethan: Would you like some tea?
Sarah: Tea sounds good
He smiles and goes to the kitchen. He starts making the tea for them. Sarah takes her phone out and stares at it, waiting for Brian to call. She gets impatient then calls Angel again. The phone starts vibrating. She hears it on the side of the couch. She looks over and sees a bag so she opens it and sees Angel's clothes along with the phone
Sarah: Holy...
Ethan hits her from behind, knocking her out
Ethan: Damn kids never learn
Her phone gets a text. He picks it up and sees it's from Brian and says," She's not at place. Any luck at yours?"
Ethan smiles then texts back," She's at Mr. Burks place, come by we'll wait until you get here". Brian quickly texts back," on my way"
Ethan: Might as well
Ms. Childs: Have you two seen or heard from Angel?
They shake their heads
Brian: Not since yesterday
Ms. Childs: It's not like her to miss a day of school
Sarah: I'll call her
She goes to the other side of the room and calls Angel
Brian: I'll go over after
Ms. Childs: Did she say anything about going somewhere?
Brian: No but she always hangs out with the Mr. Burks
Ms. Childs: Whose Mr. Burks?
Brian: Her new neighbor
Ms. Childs: Oh I see. She might have
Brian: You know about him?
Ms. Childs: Yeah she told me... nevermind
Brian: Wait she told you what?
Ms. Childs gets nervous
Ms. Childs: She told me she was going to write the homework about him
Brian: What? She's only known him for a week
Sarah comes over
Sarah: No answer. What if something happened to her?
Brian: No don't think that
Sarah: Well Brian how can I not? She's not answering her phone
Ms. Childs: Don't panic I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation about all this
Brian: Come on Sarah lets go to her place
They leave
Twenty minutes later...
They arrive at Angel's place and knock on her door. No answer
Sarah: I have a spare key
She unlocks the door and opens it. They both head inside and search the whole house, no sight of Angel
Sarah starts tearing up
Sarah: Brian
He puts his hands on her shoulders
Brian: Sarah it's ok. Maybe her phone died and she went to our places. I'm going to go to mine and I'll call if she's there or not; alright?
She nods as he takes off. She stays to calm herself then leaves. As she's getting ready to head to her place she looks at Ethan's place. She takes a deep breath then walks over and knocks. Ethan answers
Ethan: Sarah what a surprise
Sarah: I'm sorry to bother you Ethan but I was wondering if you've seen Angel?
Ethan: I haven't actually; why? Is everything ok?
She starts crying
Ethan: Sarah why don't you come in and tell me everything
She nods then heads inside. He closes the door behind her then takes her to the living room. They both sit on the couch
Ethan: Alright tell me what happened
Sarah: Angel never showed to school and we've been trying to get a hold of her but she's not answering her phone, she's not home, no texts from her. Have you seen her at all?
Ethan: Well I haven't seen her since yesterday
Sarah: Oh my god
She cries more
Sarah: We all haven't seen her since yesterday; where is she?
Ethan: It's ok Sarah I'm sure she's ok
Sarah: I hope so
The tea kettle goes off in the kitchen
Ethan: Oh excuse me
He gets up
Ethan: Would you like some tea?
Sarah: Tea sounds good
He smiles and goes to the kitchen. He starts making the tea for them. Sarah takes her phone out and stares at it, waiting for Brian to call. She gets impatient then calls Angel again. The phone starts vibrating. She hears it on the side of the couch. She looks over and sees a bag so she opens it and sees Angel's clothes along with the phone
Sarah: Holy...
Ethan hits her from behind, knocking her out
Ethan: Damn kids never learn
Her phone gets a text. He picks it up and sees it's from Brian and says," She's not at place. Any luck at yours?"
Ethan smiles then texts back," She's at Mr. Burks place, come by we'll wait until you get here". Brian quickly texts back," on my way"
Ethan: Might as well