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Emma, "Flora! watch what you're saying!"
Flora stumes her feet and left.
At night, In flora's house.
She was studying late at night for the exam next day
Suddenly her expression changed.
She realised some notes are missing.
"what do i do now...
Esmay may have it"
Dropping the pencil from her hand,she picked up her phone and called Esmay.
"hey", Esmay replied with a tiring voice
Flora, "do you have the notes of our last class?"
Esmay,"i need to check"
Flora,"get it ready.ill take it tomorrow"
Esmay, "Aspen said, you were about to come with me today...but you didnt show up so i-"
Flora,"not me. Astrid was about to go..she didnt-"
Esmay,"i waited but no one came. maybe i should've waited longer."
Flora,"im sure she was late"
ill call her...and maybe someome will show up tomorrow"
Esmay,"okay"
The phone hung up.
As soon as Esmay's call ended, without a second delay, Flora called Astrid.
After a few times calling, the phone was still not reachable.
Flora thought to herself, "its too late...i can see her tomorrow"
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The sun risen after that night.
Flora walked to school.
something felt strange .
the roads that used to be filled with student's chatting , seemed quiet.
with a slight chills, she quickly crossed the road and entered school.
Flora entered the class room.with a warming voice, she called out her friends,"good morning"
Some nodded while some ignored.
not caring much, she puts her bag down.
suddenly her eyes catches,
the sit beside her which belonged to Astrid, was empty.
Emmy noticed her staring and said ,"thats weird. i never saw her coming late."
Flora seemed worried.
" her phone is unreachable. i thought we can meet here "
Emma,"she was pretty down after you left yesterday-"
Flora tried to cut her words," i didnt know it will upset her. i was giving her a chance."
Emma, "with that attitude,its call spoiling a mood"
Few hours later, the class ended.
the students started walking toward the field to relax.
Aspen caught her steps with Emma and Flora.
Ignoring, Flora kept walking.
Aspen,"i told one of my friend about you and he thinks theres someone you would like"
Flora's expression changed.
with a exciting voice, "really?"
Aspen, "you should come with me today. we can have coffee together."
Flora hugged Aspen as if it's a good news.
Aspen asked her to meet at 6 o clock and left the field.
Flora was getting ready at 6.
she couldn't choose the preetiest dress.
Suddenly, her phone rings.
It was Emma.
she answered, "im a little busy. can i call you bac-"
With a shaking voice, Emma shouted, "Astrid is missing!"
Flora,"what?"
Emma,"her parents havent seen her since yesterday. they thought she slept over at us and went to school but she didnt show up in school eighter.
her parents imformed the police. we need to look for her!"
the phone disconnects.
Flora was quiet in shock.
She quickly chaged her fancy cloths to casual jacket and ran to Astrid's house.
When she reached, the house was already crowded with police and some seeking neighbours.
She kept staring and tried to find her way in.
Finally, Emma and Esmay reached her.
Three of them stood there observing.
A police came up to them,"where have you seen her last?"
Emma came forward,"we were together at one of my friends house"
The police,"did she leave with you?"
Emma,"yeah. we both went our way after leaving."
The police seemed to be in rush,
"if you know anything just tell us okay?"
Flora whispered to herself,"i will..."
Aspen shows up and stood beside them.
Emma's eyes went teary while the others were in shock.
Esmay, "i called all of our classmates. none of them saw her"
Aspen, "odviously. she has no one without us.where can she be...."
Esmay,"you were with her last. how was she behaving?"
Emma looks at Flora, "we were fine. it looked like we both were heading home. "
Aspen followed emma's staring and asked Flora, "what about you?"
Flora tried to avoid the suspicious situation, "i left way too early. i dont even know what happened between them!"
Esmay, " lets look for her. maybe somewhere we used to go. her parents can handle the relatives."
Esmay leaves with Aspen.
Flora called out Emma.
Emma looks back and walks toward her.
Flora with a sorry voice,"i want to know what happened after i left. please dont tell me its my fault-"
Emma tried to comfort her, "its nothing like that. we both were normal. we talked and left."
Flora, "what about meeting with the boy stuff..."
Emma,"we both soon agreed that you should go, so we told Aspen to imform you"
Flora, "but...Aspen didnt call..."
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A few weeks passed after the incident. there were missing posters of Astrid all over the town. some people started spreading fake rumors like she ran away and died
One day, a tired Flora recieved message from Emma saying, "Astrid's parents called us over.
Come soon if you feel better."
Flora couldn't delay since it was about Astrid.
she quickly ran to her car.
After reaching the location, some servents welcomed her and shows the way.
She quickly enters and sees the other three siting in the sofa with some serious faces..
Flora,"why do you think her parents called us?"
Emma, "i dont know-"
Astrid's mom enters the room.
They all greets her mom.
the situation went cold and quiet.
Her mother's face seemed like she is hesitating to speak up.
Aspen asked, "
"is there something you need us for?"
She replied, "we lost our hope and decided to set up a funeral for her."
They all seemed to be in shock.
How can a parents give up so easily looking over for their child.
Emma was the one most confused and shocked. "you cant do this!"
Flora joined, "yeah! dont lose hope. we'll find her."
She replied," if she died...we shouldnt waste time and give her soul peace."
Esmay, "we need to stay strong. we can find her. stop with this set ups."
( funeral arrangements )
Her mothers didnt seemed to talk anymore further.
she leaves the room .
They all walked outside.
Aspen, "we can't stop her."
Emma," barely cares cause Astrid isnt her real daughter."
Esmay replied with a tiring voice
"we looked everywhere..."
Emma,"wherever she is,im sure she wants us to find her"
After a few discussion, they all headed to their home.
Flora's headache got worse.
She lays down in her bed trying to sleep.
For some reason, the night seemed longer than ever.
suddenly , a loud sound breaks out.
Her mind went blank and some moments starts flashing infront of her eyes.
Again with blurry scenery with no clear faces, A guy and a women running away as fast as they can.
suddenly the girl was stabbed and faint herself to falling of the cliff. the boy holds her hand and trying to save the women from falling. tears coming down from both of their face. extreme pain of losing eachother.
A girl walks toward them. cunning words from her mouth came out,
"Let go !
you cant have her anyway!"
the boy listened to her words. after a long staring, He took back his hand.
Flora wakes up with a scream.
she starts breathing heavily.
she started touching herself as if she can feel the pain of the girl who was stabbed
Flora checks the time. [3:31 AM]
Her throat was dry.
She stood up and walks toward the kitchen to drink water.
Suddebly, the windows beside her starts hutting the wall in the heavy wind. it looked like, a big storm is about to arrive.
Flora took one look at the sky and closed the window. As soon as she closed it, A loud noise went through her head.
A crying voice was heard, "help...me~"
"wh...o..who is...it!", Flora replies in a shaking voice.
"get me out of here", the crying girl replies with more creepy tone.
Flora tried to stay strong, "who are you!"
"help~", the last thing the girl said.
The voice stopped.
Flora thought its because of the headache and the wind.
She quickly went to bed to pass away the night.
The sun risen up.
Four of them gethers in a field.
Aspen,"its happening"
Flora,"what?"
Esmay,"Astrid' mother fixed the
funeral "
Emma, "why is she doing it!"
Aspen, "to stop the rumors...."
Flora, " we need to stop her!"
Aspen,"It's too late..."
Flora, "the police will stop looking for her if this funeral happens. then only three of us can never find her."
Esmay, "lets just accept whats happening. "
Even against their will, they had to attend the funeral.
They sat down in different banches.
Emma's eyes went teary thinking it might be the last moments of Astrid.
She kept staring at the bracelete Astrid gave her. Thinking all the moments they spent together.
Happy moments starts appearing in front of her teary eyes.Back in their daily life, when Emma couldnt choose her birthday dress.
Astrid," how's this one?"
emma,"it's too colourful
a minute later.
i cant do it! im so useless. "
Bangs her head in the table
Astrid sat beside her, "why dont you listen to ur heart...just do what you think is right."
Emma, "how do i know if im right...."
Astrid,"you wont. just dont be hopeless"
Suddenly, someone sat beside her.
It was Flora.
quietly grabs Emma's hand.
"she gave it to you?"
Emma nods and breaks in to tears,
" i miss her...missing her laugh,her all the annoying dialogues."
Asking her more question would have been painful.
After a moment of silence, Emma spoke up
"no one believes us but three of us know that Astrid was never that type of girl who would run away. it cant be kidnapping cause they would have called us by now."
Flora though sharing the voice stuff may help. after changing the topic, "not Astrid related but...im having these weird dreams and hearing things-"
Emma looked up to her eyes, "what kind of dream?"
Flora hesitated yet spoke,
" thats not important...it can be because of my thougths but...the voice...it wakes me up everynight..."
it keeps saying "help me"."
Emma's face lighted up, "it can be a sign! we need to tell Aspen and Esmay.
Flora stops her, "
"stop! they wont believe us.
they seems to have accepted that...we lost her...forever"
Emma, "but theres still hope. "
Flora, "i want only two of us to know about it "
Emma, "ok...."
Flora ,"so where should we start from?"
Few Days passed.
Esmay was in her room spending time with Nathan.
Nathan,
" why are you so busy these
days?
we dont even spend time together"
Esmay, "im sorry...its just that we all are worried-"
Nathan got annoyed, "stop it already.
ive been hearing this excuse for weeks now.
why is her dissapearence affecting us."
Esmay couldn't hear anything against her friend. she yelled back "stop saying this on repeat.
I dont want you to care.
Im trying my best to give us time."
Nathan, "it feels like ...we are not meant for eachother anymore."
Esmay, "stop talking nonsense"
Nathan, "i saw something!
it's not you."
Esmay gives him a annoyed look and tries to leave.
Nathan grabs her hand tightly.
staring at her he asked,
"you wanna leave?" fine. remember, one step out of this room and ill forget you ever exsited."
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