Coming Home? (Part 3)

Part 3!!!! There's gonna be an epilogue-type thing that shows what happens after, cuz I think that this is gonna be the last part (Finally!!)

     The weeks ahead were hard. But the weeks turned to months quickly. Before I knew it, December had rolled around. Mid terms were starting soon, and we still hadn’t heard anything more about Nate. In my mind, images flashed, first with his smiling face, and then next, to him lying in a road, covered in blood. I still cried every night, praying for his safe return, but I was starting to lose hope, more and more every day.

     Everyday on announcements, they had a picture of Nate, telling everyone to keep him in their thoughts. I’d learned to figure out how to avoid watching announcements, by going to the bathroom, or finding some excuse to go to the front office, just so I didn’t have to see it. But I couldn’t avoid thoughts of him all day long. Random people continued to come up to me, asking why he was always featured on the announcements, and asking how he was. I told them as best I could about his situation, and how we were unsure where he was or how he was. And then there were the rumors.

     It was started 2 days after the first time he was featured on announcements. Someone told me that it was started by a sophomore who’d had a crush on Nate back when he was still in school. She (or whoever had started the rumor) has told everyone she could that Nate wasn’t really missing. And that he’d never really gone into the army. Only that he’d pretended to, getting on a flight, and flying half way around the world to meet his “lover.” He’d faked the official letter to his family telling them he was MIA, including a fake address. And that he was using me all along, to keep him busy until he could leave and be with his “true love.”

     Thankfully, the rumor was squashed by my friends. I’d be creating a space between us all, starting the days after I’d heard the news. But they were still there for me, thankfully.

     Mid terms started without fail. I had a chemistry and an English exam on the first day. I got through them without a problem, and rushed home that morning, with a headache. (that’s one good thing about exams: Half days of school) I wasn’t expecting to see a package in the mail box, addressed to me. It looked oddly familiar, but I could think of where I’d seen it before. I put it aside in my room until later that afternoon, putting my studies ahead of it. When I finally opened it, I was shocked at what I found.

     Inside the box were 28 envelopes, addressed to me, all in Nate’s handwriting. Before I could open the first one, my cell phone rang. I recognized the number immediately. It was Nate’s… 

Author's Note

I know, it ends kinda...strangely. & I know, it's probably terrible. But I need to post it. I'll be writing an "after" part soon probably (:
Please review!!! Tell me what you think?? Thankies!!! <3

Reviews

[M Garcia]

Interesting. I can't wait to read more.

[Short.Nerd]

Awesome!

[kaylynnmelody♥]

this was a very interesting part. it hooked me in, and i want to know how Nate is doing, please let me know?!?! :)

[Ian Faraway]

A lot and a lot and A LOT of grammar errors, BUT in my professional opinion the story has a great plot. (Keep in mind I'm not THAT professional) :D But in my writer's opinion it's interesting.

[Calypso]

Weird. I can't wait to read more.