Roadtrip

Jimmy’s POV
“Alright I guess I told you everything now... I mean... what is that guy thinking? Showing up here in our hotel... How do you guys think he found us?!”I asked and looked at the others.
“Well, we gave a concert, maybe he heard from it?” Johnny shrugged.
Matt showed us his phone with pictures of Mia and me at the signing.
“Here, the fans made pictures of you with Mia. When you announced her officially as your girlfriend, remember... it’s all over the internet, it shouldn’t have been too hard to find out.”
“Ah fuck... you are right. He must have seen that...” Mia had been right when we fought after my announcement, I sighed and looked around for her.
She went to the bathroom a couple of minutes ago, maybe she wasn’t feeling too well after all the action and needed a moment.

“Maybe we should double our protection of her.” Zack asked.
“What do you mean?” I looked at him quizzically.
“I mean, whenever we go out, at least two of us should be with her... and when we have another show or something, maybe we have to ask Matt or Jason to come over... I mean.. guys this is serious.. that guy...” Zack shook his head and I nodded.
“Yeah, you are right. She definitely shouldn’t be alone anywhere, I will always keep my eyes open but what if I am not there, or we really have a job going on?”
“Good, so at least two people are going with her. And I will call the Berrys, they are also still here, so wouldn’t be too hard for them to extend their stay with us if we need them.” Matt announced.
“Where is Mia? She is taking quiet long, even for a girl?” Zack asked and frowned.
I turned around as well, looking down the foyer where Mia had vanished to the restroom.
“I will have a look.” I got up and Brian stood up as well “I’m coming with you.”
I nodded at him and we walked to the restrooms.
“MIA? Are you okay?” I yelled to the closed door.
Nothing.
“Maybe she is not feeling well after the all the earlier commotion... I mean she was so scared when she knocked on our door telling us he was back.” Brian looked a little helpless and the bad feeling in my stomach got worse when I didn’t hear any noise from the bathroom.
“MIA?? ARE YOU THERE?” I yelled again.
Brian pushed the door open “SORRY GUYS COMING IN!”
We walked together into the girls restrooms and looking at the empty stalls.
All were empty, my heart stopped and when it started beating again it began to race.
I began to sweat, fear was making me motionless.... this couldn’t be true.... she couldn’t be gone.“JIMMY!” Brian shook my shoulder and I gazed at him.
“Come on, we ask at the reception if she went back upstairs...” Brian said softly and I nodded but knew that something was wrong.
She wouldn’t have gone without telling us...
I ran from the restrooms. “Go tell the others, I will go to the reception.”
I nodded ran back to our table. “She is gone!”
“What?” Matt stood up immediately.
“You went to the restrooms?” Johnny asked also standing up together with Zack.
Alright, I was near panic now.
“I will call the police... he took her I know it. He must have took her, what if he hurts her?!” I nearly yelled looking wildly around.
“Calm down, Jimmy. We will find her. He can’t be far. Johnny, Zack, go outside, look if you might see them outside...”
Brian came walking back “They didn’t see her... he must have come to the back entrance or something, sorry.”
“Alright, I will call the police. Jimmy you check upstairs in your room. Brian call Izzie, tell her what happened, tell her... she needs to come back... we need to watch out for her as well... and maybe... maybe Olly can help to search for Mia, he knows about Josh, maybe he can help.”
Brian pulled his phone out already dialling.

I watched everybody moving around but couldn’t move. The fear for Mia froze me in place, my heart squeezing painfully in my chest, couldn’t breathe couldn’t think...
God knows what was happening to her right now.
Suddenly Matt’s face was close before me, he was staring in my eyes.
“Jimmy, nothing will happen to her, we won’t let her get hurt. I promise... We will get the guy and we won’t let him get away with it... I fucking won’t let anything happen! Do you hear me? JIMMY? We need you, think... Mia needs you!”
“Matt... I can’t stand it... what if...” I swallowed thickly “What if he hurts her again? What if...” I started but Matt shook my shoulders.
“We won’t let him! She is strong, she will fight for you... She loves you, Jimmy. Now be strong for her.”
“She didn’t even tell me... she wanted to... but then he showed up...” I shook my head.
“She does, Jimmy. Everyone can see it... Now, come on. I’ll call the police, you check your room again, look if she got her phone with her and if yes, try to call her.”
I nodded “Yes, you are right, I need to focus. We need to get her back, right now or I will go crazy!”

Izzie´s POV
The flight over to LA had been hard, Mia´s crying face had been on my mind the whole time and Brian´s last words “... you have to believe me”. Why was it so important to him? He didn’t like me, I was just sex and I was leaving, why was he pushing so hard for me to believe him. Olly had been sweet with me, he comforted me when I cried over leaving Mia and listened to me when I complained about Brian. He was so patient I almost felt guilty, but I was going to try, I was definitely going to try my best with him, I needed this to work.

We were waiting for our luggage when I turned on my phone again, it seemed to go crazy as soon as I entered my entry code. I got 20 missed calls and 5 messages, all from Brian. What the hell!?
“Izzie, please pick up”
“Izzie, I need to talk to you”
“I know you are mad at me, but I need you to pick up and talk to me”
“I’m begging you Izzie, please, it’s not for me”
“Please call me back as soon as possible, it’s Mia”

That last message made my heart stop, “It’s Mia” I fumbled with my phone, trying to call Brian back, but it wouldn’t work. Choosing a number from my phonebook just seemed to hard.
“Izzie, what is wrong?” Olly stood next to me, putting his hand on my arm
“There is something wrong with Mia, I got 20 missed calls and look at these messages” Olly grabbed my phone and he read my messages, then he touched a few things and held the phone to his ear
“Brian? ... No, it’s Olly... Okay, wait a second...” He handed the phone over to me “He says he really needs to talk to you, he sounds urgent” I got the phone and put it to my ear
“Brian? I just got off the plane, what is going on with Mia?”
“Izzie! Finally! You need to come back here”
“Brian, if this is one of your sick ideas to get me back there, I’m not falling for it, leave me alone!”
“NO! It’s not!” He sighed “I didn’t want to tell you over the phone, but Josh is back”
“WHAT?!” My heart pounded, Olly looked at me with a frown
“Is Mia okay?” Silence on the other end of the line “Brian, Is Mia okay?” I raised my voice again, feeling the knot forming in my stomach even more. Still no answer, only breathing.
“BRIAN! TELL ME NOW THAT MIA IS OKAY!” I yelled, getting weird looks from the people around me, and a concerned one from Olly.
When he finally spoke up, I backed up to a chair and sat down
“She’s gone. She went to the restroom and never came back, we think Josh took her”
“.... no.... no... this is a sick joke“
Brian sighed “I wish it was Izzie, really, but you need to come back, we need you here, Mia would want to see you when we find her, you know she will”
“I will get back as soon as possible. I’ll let you know when I get a flight” I hung up and stormed to the information desk, Olly on my heels
“I need to get back to New York as soon as possible” I threw my passport on the counter
“Izzie, what is wrong?” Olly asked, looking worried.
“Josh is back, he took Mia, they don’t know where she is, I need to get back, look for her.”
“Miss, you can take the next flight out, I have a seat for you, but you will have to run, it leaves in half an hour at gate 6”
Olly looked at me and handed me my bags “Go. I will make some calls to my colleagues in New York. Keep me posted okay?” He kissed my forehead and looked at me
“This was the wrong time again, wasn’t it?” I looked at him and blushed, he was a clever guy, it wasn’t fair to fool him “Talk to Brian, Izzie, I can’t believe he doesn’t have any feelings for you. Just talk to him”
I hugged him tightly “I really wanted it to be you Olly. I’m sorry”
“I know.... Now go!” With one last hug he let me go and I rushed over to gate 6, I needed to save my best friend.

Brian’s POV
I felt bad that I had to tell Izzie over the phone what happened, she was so worried now and no one was there to soothe her… but how could we soothe her anyway?
Her friend was still missing, my best friend was out of his mind with worry.

I looked over at Jimmy, he sat on the bed staring at the floor, haven’t move since… hours I guess.
After he ran around town, showing pictures of Mia to people on the street, but no one recognized her.
“Alright, come on Jimmy, we got an appointment at the police. We will go there together, you can tell them more than I. Brian it’s time for you to pick up Izzie, best if you take Johnny with you.” Matt announced.
“And me?” Zack looked around.
“I need to do something… I can’t just… sit around.” Zack also sounded desperate.
“No, you need to stay, imagine she is coming back. Talk to the reception, tell them to inform you right away if they see Mia. Give them 100 bucks or something, to be really sure. Talk to the security again, describe them Josh again… maybe they remember anything from yesterday… and then wait in her room, that’s where she would go first. And if you hear anything, call us right away.”
Zack looked not completely convinced but nodded. “Sure, alright.”
“Keep in touch, all of you.” We all nodded and Matt dragged Jimmy with him.
I couldn’t even imagine how Jimmy would react if we couldn’t find her or something had happened to her…

Johnny parked the car in front of the airport, her plane must be landing at every second.
I stood at the gate and finally saw Izzie, she came running out of the hall towards me.
Her eyes were red, she must have cried.
“Izzie...” I held my arms open but she shook her head.
“Tell me, this is a bad joke, tell me that she is not gone… tell me you fooled me, please.” My heart broke at her sobbing words.
“I am so sorry. I didn’t want to tell you over the phone, but you left me no choice.”
“How could I believe you after everything?” Izzie demanded, her eyes full of tears.
“I.. I told you the truth…”
“Stop it. Tell me what’s going on… what really happened.” Izzie grabbed her bags and when I wanted to take it she just glared angrily at me.

When she saw Johnny sitting in the car, she opened the door fast, “Johnny… tell me she is not gone.”
“Iz, we are searching everywhere… We will find her.” Johnny replied with a sad smile and if I hadn’t stood so close behind Izzie she would have dropped down on the street.
I picked her up and held her in my arms. She turned around, her hands grabbing my shirt.
“She can’t be gone, Brian… She can’t… what if he hurts her… he is crazy!” Izzie cried and I held her close.
“We’ll find her, I promise.” I got into the backseat pulling her onto my lap kissing her temple and whispering soothing words while Johnny drove us back to the hotel.
I know it wasn’t the right time to feel like this, but the missing piece seemed to be back in place for now.

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