Beep...Beep...Beep....Beep... "Skye I swear to god if you don't turn that obnoxious machine off in the next five seconds I'm throwing it out the window along with you!" In came a rushing Claire with her hair in an incredibly messy, messy bun.

They have been staying with me for a little over 2 weeks now and have been helping me with coping with the fact that my dad might not be coming home this time.

I turned it off and got dressed into my jeans, light gray sweater and just let my reddish brown hair flow down my back in its waves. I put on a small amount of mascara and headed downstairs.

" Skye I swear you are going to be late on the first day!" She Yelled practically shoving me towards the door with a bag of fruit loops in my hand.

" Thanks Marcus!" I called.

" No problem Kid!" He called back. We didn't live that far from school so I usually just walked. The sun was shining down on me without a cloud in sight.

Once I got to the school I went to my locker and dropped off stuff I'm not going to need today. Since we have a rotating block schedule we didn't have every class everyday.

" Skye!" Yelled Clint running down the hallway.

" Hey Clint." I said giving him a hug. He has been one of my best friends since kindergarten, he was practically a brother to me. Soon Myra came running over her bouncy brown curls bouncing as she ran down the hallway engulfing me and Clint in a hug.
         
" I missed you guys so much! I actually wanted to die, and I mean die an extremely painful death.Who knew spending my entire summer at my grandmas barn in the middle of Idaho would do that. Oh wait I did!" She screamed. Causing me and Clint to laugh our asses off at her and we decided headed to our first period classes. I couldn't help but think of my dad. He's usually always home for my first days of school every year it hurts knowing this is my senior year and he's missing.

" You ok?" Asked Clint.

I just nodded and smiled at them. We sat down and started writing our notes when the class phone rang. Ms. Waters hurried to the phone, her long grey skirt flowing behind her as she ran to the phone she answered it before saying,

" Skye the main office wants you." I just nodded before packing up my stuff and walking out the door.

I slowly walked down the hallway breathing heavily I've never been called to the main office. Never in middle school and never In all 3 years of highschool until now. I closed my eyes for a second and crashed into something causing me to topple backwards landing with a thud.

I opened my eyes and saw Cole Black.

" I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention." I mumbled before walking around him.

" You should be." He grumbled.

" Idiot." I mumbled in no mood to have to deal with his cocky attitude. " What was that red head." He said through gritted teeth.

" I called you an idiot and if you will excuse me I have to go somewhere. Can your idiot brain process what I just said?" I laughed and turned around at his dumbstruck face.

He grabbed my wrist and turned me back around. He had dark hair and really light blue eyes and was like 6 something at least. " No one talks to me that way and gets away with it." he growled.

" That sucks doesn't it." I said and got out of his grip and walked towards the office. The secretary Mr. Wald greeted me.

" Hello dear, you can head right to principal Ivories office." He smiled. I walked in and she gestured for me to sit down.

" Hi Skye, how are you?" She smiled.

"I'm good thanks is everything ok?" I asked confused as to why I was here.

" I heard about what happened to your father and I just wanted to tell you that I'm here if you ever need anything." She said smiling.

" Thanks Mrs. Ivories. I would really like it if you wouldn't tell anyone else I don't want too many people knowing." I told her knowing that if the school found out I would be treated differently. Out of pity. Or some of the not so nice kids in this school would probably push my buttons.

" Of course." She smiled and that concluded our little talk. I still had 5 minutes left of class and by the time I'd get there we'd be dismissed so I walked the halls for a little while.

"Ditching class is not a good idea especially when you know who could be roaming the hall." Said a slurred voice behind me. Some people in this school concern me. Like how can the school not realize that there are people here who probably should be in prison instead.

He reeked of I don't know what that was. I backed away from him and then I remembered what my dad told me on self defense when I asked him about it during my Sams Scary Scouts time. Yes I know Sams Scary Scouts. He was able to get 3 uniforms for Clint, Myra and I because he knew that I wanted to be out camping and learning to tie knots not selling different flavored cookies. He roasted marshmallows with us and taught us all the things we could use in life. But the major reason was because Clint wouldn't have been with Myra and I.  The three of us were inseparable.

The guy shoved me into a locker. Dang I need to stop dozing off in situations like this.
      I quickly got out of his grip and punched him in the face. He backed away and called me something I'd rather not repeat. He grabbed my arm and started dragging me towards the door in the back of the school. " Let go of me you ding dong!" I yelled and tried squirming out of his grip.

" Let go of her!" Someone said through gritted teeth. I was roughly dropped on the floor. I went to go and full on attack the guy but I see that's already been done he's on the ground clutching his bloody nose. I looked up to see Cole looking down at me smirking.

" What?" I asked getting up.

" When someone's trying to probably kidnap you, you go 'let go of me you ding dong.' I'm sure that's a way to definitely get them to let you go." He said laughing.

" You were watching that entire time and didn't think to try to at least get a teacher." I asked dumbfound.

" I was there in case something bad was going to happen." He said nonchalantly.

"  I didn't need you to help I needed a teacher to get the police to arrest him!" I said feeling like I was losing brain cells.

" Your an idiot." I said walking away.
   " What no thank you." He called and I just kept walking.

"Can you at least tell me your name then!" He called. Was he serious I've literally known his name since I was in kindergarten and he doesn't even know mine.

I just kept going. After about a billion hours school was over. I started walking home while texting Claire and Marcus to see if they were home. They never answered me so I just assumed they were out doing something. Once I got home I unlocked the door and put my bag on the floor before heading into the kitchen to get a snack. I was about to open my bag of pirate booty when there was a knock on the door.

I dropped it on the counter hoping it's my dad. I ran over opening it. There was a military officer ranked as a captain from the amount of badges he had on his uniform.

" Hello are you Skye Simmons?" He asked. I just nodded.

" I am here to inform you that Sergeant Claire and Sergeant Marcus were needed for a classified ordeal back at the base. They will not be back for about 2 weeks. I will be in the hotel on route 26. Here is my number if you need anything call, I'm supposed to look over you for the time being. I was a friend of your fathers. My name is captain John. " He spoke professionally.

" Have they found anything about my father?" I asked him hoping for good news.

" I'm sorry but you will be the first to know when there is something." I smiled and he walked towards his car. I sat down on the couch and stared working on my homework.

I'm in 3 AP classes and in Calculus A because i can't do math for my life. I checked the clock to see that it was 8 o clock. I finally finished my homework 30 minutes later. I called Myra to see if she wanted to sleepover I really just needed someone today. The pain of my father possibly not coming back is starting to feel like it's going to tear me apart.

" I can't I'm sorry My parents won't let me since it's a school night but definitely on the weekends Skye." She said and we talked for a little while before hanging up. I tried calling Clint but it was the same thing.
    
Oh well. I decided to go for a walk to clear my head. We live near a park so I decided to just go there and breath in some fresh air. To think of it we kind of live near a lot. There's the park which is about a 10 minute walk, the high school which is about a 15 minute walk. And the supermarket which was about a 20 minute walk, this is a pretty small town.

There were no kids here obviously since it was almost 9. I sat on the bench and pulled my knees to my chest. I miss him so much. He was my only family and I need him to be here. I need him to be here and not miss out on anything that parents should be proud of. I want to see him as I get my diploma from graduating high School, I want him to hold my hand and reassure me as I walk down the aisle. Helping me walk since I practically have two left feet.

I didn't realize I was crying until I felt the tears rushing down my cheeks. I quickly wiped them away.

" What are you doing here this late." I heard a voice behind me causing me to jump. I quickly jumped up and was about to attack the guy when I saw it was Cole.

" Were  you seriously about to attempt chopping off my head." He laughed.

" You don't go sneaking up on people when they are by themselves." I said getting a headache.

" Why were you crying?" He asked and now I was embarrassed. I never cry in public. Ever.

" I wasn't." I lied.

" Sure." He said walking around the bench.