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Blythe
i woke up on zion's chest. i cant believe i could even sleep. i sat up and looked at the time. i sighed as a tear rushed down my cheek. i got up and went to the bathroom to calm myself down.

"it's 5am, blythe. just go back to sleep." i told myself, but all i could think about was alanna and where she could be.

what if she's dead already? somewhere in the woods? what if she's hungry? or cold? what if she's being tortured?

all the possibilities started running through my head and i couldn't take it.

"should've never gone to the park." i mumbled.

i sat in the bathroom, trying to calm myself before going back to the bed.

"i miss her..." i mumbled.

i took a couple of deep breaths and finally left the bathroom.

"z? what are you doing awake?" i asked with red puffy eyes.

"i was waiting for you."

i sniffed.

"well, i'm back, so we can go back to sleep." i said getting in the bed.

"don't be ashamed to cry or show me that you're crying, blythe."

"i'm not...i just..." i tried not hold back the tears.

"it's okay, come here."

"no, you always comfort me. i think i'll be okay."

"of course, i will always comfort you when you need it. especially during a time like this."

"but you're hurting too, zion."

"it doesn't matter. just come here."

i fell right back on zion's chest again.

"i don't think i can sleep again." i said.

"it's fine. i don't think i can either."

"wanna get up? maybe......?"

"try to look for alanna ourselves?" he finished my sentence.

"come on, z. the cops won't do crap!"

"but that's dangerous. we could get in serious trouble involving ourselves in a police investigation."

"they don't even have her filed. we can just look around at the playground and the woods just to see if we can find anything."

"i don't know...."

"zion, this is our child we are talking about. i don't care if it's dangerous. it's worth it if it means finding my kid." he sighed.

"all right, let's do it."

"wait really?"

"yeah, i can see you really wanna do it and trust me i wanna find her too. so, yeah, we can go searching."

i jumped into his arms.

"thank you thank you thank you!"

"you're welcome, hun. let's go before i change my mind."

we got up and stared getting ready. brushed our teeth, got dressed and went down to eat something.

"ready?" i asked.

"yeah..." he said.

we got in our car and drove to the playground.

"okay, where do you wanna start?" he asked.

"let's go in the woods behind."

".....okay..." i could tell that he still wasn't sure if this was a good idea.

"come on, zion. i know you don't wanna do this, but this is our child."

"i care just as much as you do, but i don't wanna-"

"everything is gonna be okay."

"don't ever say that." he said walking into the woods.

we started searching and searching for any signs.

"uhh...babe?" zion called.

"yeah?" i said walking towards him.

he held up her teddy bear. the one that she loves the most. i could see tears starting to form in zion's eyes and felt some forming in mine.

"oh no no..." i said putting my hands on my mouth.

"we came for a sign and we got one. she is or was in these woods."

"we have to take it to the police."

as we arrived at the police station, we finally were able to file a missing person's report. we dropped off the evidence and headed back home.

"so progress?" zion asked. i nodded.

"yes, we did something useful today." i walked upstairs, expecting zion to be right behind me, but he didn't follow.

"blythe...i'm so scared." he said almost in a whisper.

i went back down the stairs and hugged him. he cried in my shoulder.

"awh, zion. we'll find her. it's okay, let it out."

we stood there for about two mins.

he finally looked up.

"you okay now?" i asked rubbing his arm. he nodded.

"we're gonna have to tell my mom and the others." he said. i completely forgot about that.

"we'll tell them soon. right now, i need to focus on you."

"what? no, we need to focus on alanna."

"that's in the police's hands now."

"did we switch characters? because you sound like me now." he said and i smiled.

"i know, but we need to get our minds off of things." i said.

"that's gonna be extremely hard."

"i know, but we can try."

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nick's been hittin harder than usual. pls someone make him stop😭