Invisible String

A Mess

Joe and Taylor rush out of the restaurant to go to the place where Tom currently is. Apparently Patrick didn't go to his friend's house either. They went to celebrate the birthday at a club. Why the hell he lied to him? Joe hits his knuckles on the steering wheel in anger as the traffic light turns red. He's scared.

"We shouldn't have let him go. I was scared of this. Mom and dad aren't in the town and now this happened. What am I going to tell them?" He frowns looking at Taylor who looks equally terrified.

"D-did Tom check properly? Ask him to check again," She says with a thin voice.

"He did. All of his friends are there except for him. His friends are trying to find him too." The light turns green and he starts the car again.

"I hope he's not in any kind of danger."

"I'm just so pissed right now," Joe sighs trying to hide his vulnerable side. He's fucking scared.

"Joe I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have taken the decision. You said it was a bad idea but I took his side. I though that-"

"Stop saying sorry it's not your fault that he'd be such a careless person."

"No no this is all my fault. I shouldn't have taken your family decisions in my hands," She says letting out a sigh and Joe immediately places his hand over hers.

"My family sees you as a family member too. So don't say things like that. It's not your fault so stop crying."

"I'm still sorry."

"Babe it's fine," He says wiping off her tears with his thumb.

"I'm going to have words with him once we find him," She frowns and Joe faints a smile at her.

"Alright, same."

When they finally reach the club, Tom comes running towards them with a tensed face. This old man looks much older in the span of three hours.

"Have you checked everywhere?" Joe asks him.

"Yes sir, I have. He's not here," He says looking equally tensed.

Joe goes to his friends to ask them about Patrick, so Taylor steps behind to check out the other areas beside the club. She just hopes he's alright. All the bad thoughts come creeping inside her head and she whimpers feeling so scared. God knows if he's okay or not. She would've never insisted Joe if she knew they were going to party at a club. She checks the other areas with Tom but there is no glimpse of Patrick. So they go back to the club.

"Did you find him?" Joe breathes out seeing them but Taylor mouths a 'no'. She can tell that Joe is as much scared as her if not more. He's just hiding it with his angry words. She goes near him to hold his arms.

"It's going to be alright I promise," She whispers softly.

"You said the same thing while letting him go," Joe says removing her hand from his arms. Taylor looks down feeling insulted by his words. But he's right though, isn't he? Plus he's at a vulnerable state right now so she needs to be understanding instead of making this turn into an ego fight.

Suddenly from the corner of her eyes she notices Patrick coming towards them with a girl. "Joe," She breathes out pointing towards Patrick. Joe notices Patrick and runs towards him. Taylor notices that the girl is none other than Karlie. What the hell is she doing here?

"Where the hell were you?" Joe snaps at Patrick with a loud voice and the boy winces. The wrapped gifts fall on the ground from his hands.

"Who bought you this?" Joe shouts again not noticing Karlie beside him.