Title: Caribbean Nights
Part: 9/15
Author: Wendy
Category: 98º
Rating: PG-13
Copyright: 1999
For the next few days, everyone was living under precautions. None of the guys would let the girls out of their sight at any given moment. They were all scared for their lives too, but didn’t have the guts to admit it to each other, much less admitting it to the girls.
"You guys, I’d hate to bring this up, but does anyone know what’s happening in the whole investigation with Pete?" Sarah asked one night.
"No. I don’t think that they’ve caught him just yet. I would hope that Officer McCormick would notify us if anything new happened," Nick answered.
"I hope that you’re right because it’s been about three days and there’s nothing yet. He can be anywhere by now," Drew stated.
"No kidding! For all we know, he can be stalking us right this minute," Pamela added.
Right after that statement, just about everyone felt a chill down their spines. They were definitely scared, it was nothing like having to watch their backs every second while they were supposed to be relaxing in New York.
"You know what? I think that I’ll give Officer McCormick a call," Jeff finally said.
Everyone nodded their heads in silence. Jeff walked over to the phone and dialed the number from a piece of paper next to the phone.
"Hello?" a male voice answered.
"Hi, I’m Jeff Timmons and I need to talk to Officer McCormick."
"Hang on please."
A moment later, Officer McCormick went on the phone. "This is Officer McCormick speaking. How can I help you?"
"Hi, this is Jeff Timmons. My friends and I were wondering if there’s any news about Pete."
"No, unfortunately, there isn’t. And we’ve stopped looking for him," he paused. "It’s been a few days and we think that he’s definitely out of Puerto Rico by now. No point to keep looking around here. We’ve contacted officials in the US, where we think he’s gone off to."
"Uh, okay. Thank you," Jeff replied with uncertainty in his voice.
"I will definitely contact you if we find out anything. Have a good night."
"You too."
They hung up the phone.
"Well?" Sarah asked as Jeff returned to his seat on the couch.
"Nothing. They stopped looking for him too," Jeff said quietly.
"So…what now?" Drew said.
"We hope that he’s not after us," Justin answered.
Everyone just sat there in silence for a few moments. Wendy got the strangest feeling about everything that had been going on around there for the past couple of days. She had never not wanted to be alone as much as she did then and there.
"Why don’t we just call it a night?" Wendy finally suggested after just looking from person to person.
"Yeah, I guess so," Drew replied and grabbed Wendy’s hand and led her upstairs.
Everyone stayed downstairs for a little while longer, just sitting there in silence, not knowing what to say to one another.
~*~*~In Wendy’s room~*~*~
"Are you okay?" Drew said as Wendy sat down on her bed.
"Yeah, I’m just a little shaken up with this whole thing," she answered quietly.
He went over to hug her. "Everything is going to be okay. We’ll be okay."
"I hope that you’re right Drew, because I don’t know what I would do if–" she stopped herself mid-sentence.
"If what?"
"If anything happened to any of us," she answered with a lie.
It was true that she didn’t want anything to happen to any of them, but she was beginning to feel more than just lust for Drew. He had been a sweetheart to her for the past few days. She had been pretty freaked out with everything that was going on.
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
Drew was hoping that she was going to say his name because he didn’t know what he would do if anything were to happen to her either.
Wendy released herself from Drew’s hug and lied down on her bed. Drew went down to lie beside her. His arm was around her waist and the other hand was stroking her long dark brown hair. Slowly, she drifted off to sleep.
He decided to go change into more comfortable clothing, so carefully, he took out his arm from under her, and tiptoed to his bedroom.
~*~*~In Drew’s room~*~*~
Drew took out a pair of plaid boxers and a simple oversized white T-shirt from his closest and threw them on his bed. He pulled off the shirt that he had been wearing for the day over his head.
~*~*~In Wendy’s room~*~*~
Wendy turned onto her back and all of a sudden, her eyes shot opened like something hit her. Her eyes didn’t stay open for long, as a piece of cloth covered her mouth and darkness went over her world.
~*~*~In Drew’s room~*~*~
Drew finished putting on his boxers and then headed back to Wendy’s room down the dark hallway.
He was about to get into the bed, but he didn’t feel Wendy’s body there under the covers. A wave of panic went over him as he ran out of then room to the bathroom.
She wasn’t there.
Then he ran downstairs and into the kitchen.
No one there either.
He ran back up to Wendy’s room once again.
She wasn’t there.
He ran to Nick’s room, where he found Jen cozy is Nick’s arms.
"We have a problem!" he yelled and Nick shot up from his sleep.
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