*Patrick's P.O.V.*

"5 tickets for the next flight to Chicago." I said to the attendant.

The moment Elaine and I hung up, I didn't expect that I will be running and moving this fast just to go to the airport. The others were confused and furious...well , you know why.

"I'm sorry sir, that flight is already fully booked. The next available flight is tomorr--

"No! I need to leave now." I insisted.

"Patrick, will you please calm do--

"No! I will not calm down, I need to go...now!" I said and I saw that the attendant was  startled and I honeslty felt guilty because of that, but my frustration is too much right now.

"Actually there's one more seat on tge VIP section of that plane, sir." She said.

"I'll take it! Consider it done."

"Wait, whoah there. You're going to leave us here?" C asked me ans I stared at her.

"You'll just follow tomorrow, there's no problem with that." I explained. I bought the ticket and before I can even react, I was being dragged away from the scene by Pete. "Hey, let go!"

"Look, Patrick! We don't want you to go alone there. Look at you now! You've already believed something that an insane person had been screaming! You're better than that." Pete said to me and he looked so pissed.

"What if he's telling the truth?!" I reasoned. To be honest here, I'm making no sense at all.

"Dude! We saw her body! We were there when her corpse was properly buried? How can...how can you give yourself a hope that she's still alive?!" Joe told me.

"Have you also gone insane?!" Andy shouted.

Maybe. Maybe I am insane now. They were right, but why do I feel like I need to do something about this. Like, I feel that Matthew is telling the truth even if it is impossible...even if I myself saw her dead body?

"No! There's still a possibility and I'm not fucking letting it go. This is the only chance that I can be with her again, that I'll be able to find her again!" I said and they all laughed at me with sarcasm.

"Yup, he lost it." Pete said and moved out of my way.

"Patrick...how? Just how? I want to understand you...but this is too much. I know this Matthew wants you all to be broken. What if he's not done with you? Patrick, how can you believe this pathetic thing. As the other said, you saw her corpse. Are you really going to let this fool you just to make yourself believe that you'll be with her again?!" C suddenly said and we all stared at her. Her tone was rising too and I understood that, but currently my drive is too powerful and she wasn't able to stop me...unfortunately.
 
"You shut up! You know nothing C. For all I know you should never be with us when we're talking about this! I'm going back to Chicago whether you like it or not. I've lost enough chance...I've lost enough opportunity to be with her that I'll take WHATEVER chance even how stupid or how pathetic it is I have now and that's that." I said after that I just walked awat from them.

Looks like I'm back on this track again.

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"Patrick!" Elaine greeted me the moment we saw each other at the airport in Chicago.

Elaine was so in panic and she didn't seem to get enough sleep last night because her eyes are puffy. I hugged the girl and she gave me a small smile.

"Where are the others and C?" She asked.

"They...they'll follow tomorrow." I answered. "So, tell me everything that happened." I asked.

Elaine said everything while we're on our way to the asylum. She said that she decided to go visit her step-brother and in some weird coincidence, the moment she arrived there...Matthew had been worse.

"His cell walls are literally covered with his writings...reading 'she's alive' and 'hide and seek'. Those were the only words there, but on the most corner part of the room...we found a name, and it's Chasity's name." She explained.

"Do you...believe it?" I found myself asking her.

"I don't know, Patrick, but something seemed a little odd. And we're about to find out what because they are doing something to him. Like, hypnotizing him or something to get him to tell the truth." She told me and I gave out a sigh.

There's a 99% that Matthew is just doing this to torture me and unfortunately, he is doing a good job. Only 1% is allotted to the fact that maybe Chasity is alive...ams that really seems so stupid right now.

After several moments we arrived at the asylum and we were led in the examination room where we found Matthew unconscious there with some other doctors.

"Good timing, Ms. Willows and Mr. Stump. We will start the session now. Please be reminded that everything he will say while we are doing this are most likely the truth but can also be a lie. Please do not try to stop or react too loudly too. Shall we begin?" The doctor said.

Elaine and I nodded at him and we just sat in front of them. I foubd myself looking at Matthew and I suddenly had the urge to strangle him to death, but I know that will give me no good. What I have to do now is just listen and find out the truth.

The sound of the metronome, the soft voice of the doctor and the silence that surrounds the room are the only things that can be heard now. Several minutes later, I myself feel like being hypnotize, but fortunately, something happened before I could even doze off.

"Now, tell me honestly, Matthew. What is the meaning of all the writings in your room?" The doctor asked.

"It means she is alive." Matthew murmured even he's unconscious.

"Who is she, Matthew?"

"Chasity Parker. Drummer of Fall Out Boy." He said and my heart beat was already racing. Elaine held my hand, signaling me to calm myself down.

"Matthew. You failed to save Chasity 7 months ago. She is de--

"No...she's not. She's alive. Time for hide and seeks is starting!!" Matthew was starting to screan again.

The doctors tried to calm him down, but it was too late. They had to inject him with a tranquilizer so he would fall asleep.

"I'm sorry, but that's all we can get from him now. We have no idea if he is telling the truth. Some people can even manipulate what they were saying even unconscious. The only thing to do now to make sure that what he's saying is true...is that you have to run a DNA test to the corpse and you have to find something that can have Chasity Parker's DNA." The doctor explained.

This information is too muh to take in now, but I think we have extracted the truth from Matthew today. I was just too shock to find out about this.

"So, what now Trick?" Elaine asked me. I just realized that my whole body was mildly shaking...I don't know if it is because of the excitement I am feeling that Chasity might be alive or from the fact that Matthew had fooled us all this time.

"Find something that can have Chasity's DNA. And I think I know where to find it." I told her with my voice cracking.

There's only one person I can aak for something like this...Chris.

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*Chasity's P.O.V.*

Patrick shouted at me again, but that's not the thing that bothers me...it's the fact that he just believed that insanse person just like that.

"I can't believe him! He shouldn't have listened to Matthew. What he's saying is totally insane!" Pete ranted when we got back to our hotel and Patrick's already on his way to Chicago.

"Things you do for love." Andy murmured.

"No! That's not love anymore, this is insanity, Shades. I mean we all saw Chasity being buried...how can she be fucking alive?" Joe reasoned and I agree with the guy.

"Matthew's not done with you...most especially Patrick. He's aiming at the weakest spot of that band ans in the mean time, that's Patrick." I calmly said while sitting down on the couch.

It was still Patrick's birthday and I can't believe it went this horrible. I took out my phone, expecting an apology message from him, but I found nothing.

"Patrick didn't mean that. He's just like that when he's confused or frustrated." Andy told me and I gave him a small smile.

"I know. I'm just disappointed on how fast he reacted with the news. He's still hoping even there's no hope anymore." I answered him.

"Well, sometimes we just make ourselves believe to the things that can never happen. It's the least we can do to satisfy the longing feeling in our hearts." Pete answered.

Silence fell after that and we all know that Patrick will do everything juat to find out the truth. I just wish he wouldn't be that broken again when he find out that he's only making himself believe with the false reality he's making.

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*the following afternoon*

"Chris? I've been calling like 20 times now. What the hell?" I said to my brother when he finally picked up.

"I'm sorry, Chas, are you in Chicago already? Don't come home yet, okay?" He said in panic.

"Um...why? Is there anything wrong?"

"No...no, not like that. It's just I'm preparing something ---

"Do you have a date? I can help you prepa---

"No! Chasity, just listen to me. Come home later, around 7 in the evening and that's that. Okay?" He said and he really seemed serious.

"Okay...okay...geez. What's the problem?"

"Nothing. I'll see you later." He said then he hung up.

My brother seemed so in panic now and I have no idea why. I wanted to go to our house, but of course, I have to follow orders.

I left the airport and decided to stay in a coffee shop till I can go home. All I did there was to play games on my phone to relax myself and not think about Patrick and the boys, but then suddenly my phone rang and it was Patrick.

"Are you going to shout at me again?" I asked him.

"I know I've been rude...and I'm sorry." He said and I just laughed lowly. "But C, there's really a possibility that Chasity is alive..."

Patrick told me everything and that the only thing they need to do is to get a DNA of Chasity and the corpse. I just found myself smiling...maybe love really makea us do things we never expected to do.

Patrick clearly loves Chasity/ for all I know he would even be Dr. Frankenstein just to bring Chasity back alive, but now he doesn't have too. He just need a miracle today and as a friend I should be beside him while hoping.

"Good luck, Patrick. I really hope you find what you want to find. I'm sorry too." I told him.

I sighed happily when we hung up and thought to myself...things we do for love.

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