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Chapter 44
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"An ineffable phenomenon, love is, nothing but heart reads the coaxing."
-unknown
"he said yes?" my eyes widen as Techno reads out the message,
"indeed he did" techno grinned, and I physically relaxed, my shoulders untensed, and the grip on my mug wasn't as tight anymore.
"when are we leaving?" I didn't know how I felt about this so far, I was obviously excited to see my friends, but I had no idea how this was going to work. It depended on the circumstances and timing most of all.
"tomorrow morning around 7 I believe" Karl said as he texted Jimmy to confirm.
"okay then" I took a deep breath.
"hey ollie, its gonna be fine, there's no need to worry" Techno reassured me.
"yeah, I know that—its just—I don't know..." I trailed off.
"I'm going to be there, so what could go wrong" techno held out his hands and shrugged. Which made me smile,
"why don't you sleep some more before we leave, just so your well rested" Karl suggested, I hummed in agreement and went back to the room I was staying in.
I wasn't going to sleep; it would be a miracle if I did. This was similar to the night before leaving for vacation,
except it was more like leaving the vacation,
and the vacation was a horrible nightmare.
I still didn't have a phone; I didn't really mind since I couldn't do anything on social media anyway. So I continued reading my books.
I grabbed the last of Karl's books off the bookshelf, the only one was thin and didn't have a title. I was confused until I opened it to just see sketch paper.
"a notebook" I sighed, unless I wanted to re-read the same books on the same day, I was hopeless.
I tossed the notebook on the other side of the bed, which was littered with the rest of the books.
I was overthinking this too much, it was supposed to be simple. But things weren't simple. Ever. I had too many thoughts floating in my head, yet they weren't floating, more like bouncing of the walls. I had to get them out somehow, and I didn't want to talk. I loved Techno and Karl; I just couldn't bear talk any more.
I glanced at the stupid notebook.
"I don't even have a pencil" I muttered. I glanced around the room, and to my belief. A pen was sitting on the opposite bedside table.
"you've got to be kidding" I groaned. And leaned over to get the pen and notebook,
"I hate you" I locked eyes with the pen before pushing it against the paper.
a/n: Cloud 9, By: beach Bunny
I don't wanna seem the way I do
But I'm confident when I'm with you
Lately, all I feel is bad and bruised
Tired of tripping on my shoes
"that's all I got" I sneered at the paper before closing the notebook rather roughly.
"I'm not a poet" I mumbled as if the book was going to talk back to me. I pulled the hood of tommy's sweatshirt up, and pulled at the strings, making the hood close around my head. The darkness made my eyes droop, and eventually close, leaving me to sleep.
Golden hour was what woke me up, the orange rays shined through the semi closed blinds. I checked the bedside clock to see the time
5:56 PM
"14 hours" I sighed, knowing that I was practically an owl from my messed-up sleep schedule. Quickly opening the notebook from my side and picking up the pen, I was ready to spill my thoughts, though there was one I couldn't release through pen and paper that really bugged me, it almost made me want to scream.
I missed Tommy.
But when he loves me, I feel like I'm floating
When he calls me pretty, I feel like somebody
Even when we fade eventually, I'm nothing
You will always be my favorite form of loving
There wasn't anything wrong with missing tommy. Right? Many hours were spent with me staring at the piece of paper. The two paragraphs that were written made me the angriest. I didn't notice it was nearly 10 at night until I was pacing the room and caught a glimpse of the night sky.
After countless thinking, I flopped onto the bed lightly. Within seconds my sleep deprivation had gotten to me.
The morning had been quiet, I woke up, ate a banana, and had some tea, said goodbye to Karl, and headed for the airport. The only thing in my hand was the notebook and pen.
Techno noticed my anxiousness the second we got into the car,
"no need to fear, the blade is here" he pointed to himself, which made my worries lower slightly.
"y'know, Ariadne was the lover of Theseus, and helped him escape the labyrinth after he slew the minotaur" techno wiggled his eyebrows,
"oh really?" I set my head in my palm, leaning my elbow against the side of the car,
"indeed, she gifted him a sword and spindle of thread"
"why a spindle of thread?"
"so he could retrace his way back"
I blushed slightly at the connections techno was making, and slowly turned the volume up at the song playing on the radio.
a/n: Choke, by: I don't know how but they found me
Stop
Drop
And drag me into place
And lock the fire escapes
I'll break your pretty face
Techno mumbled the words along with me,
Oh, you
Clever little things
The sycophantic teens
What a precious basket case
Now shut your dirty mouth
If I could burn this town
I wouldn't hesitate
To smile while you suffocate and die
And that would be just fine
And what a lovely time, that it would surely be
So bite your tongue
And choke yourself to sleep
"techno knows angsty music?" I asked surprised,
You get everything you want
And money always talks
To the idiot savants
"techno knows all" he smirked,
Now shut your dirty mouth
If I could burn this town
I wouldn't hesitate
To smile while you suffocate and die
And that would be just fine
And what a lovely time, that it would surely be
So bite your tongue
And choke yourself to sleep
"well I just expected your entire music taste to be like classical music or something" I chuckled,
Now shut your dirty mouth
If I could burn this town
I wouldn't hesitate
To smile while you suffocate and die
And that would be just fine (oh!)
And what a lovely time
That it would surely be
So bite your tongue
And choke yourself...
Soon after the song ended, we pulled up to the airport, we got on "jimmy's plane" (as Karl called it as if it was ordinary)
The first hour of the plane ride, I looked out the window, admiring the world from above. When I got bored of that I took out my notebook,
When I start to tumble from the sky
You remind me how to fly
Lately, I've been feeling not alive
But you bring me back to life
I tailed behind Techno closely, the bustling airport made me anxious, but I reassured myself by remembering I'd be reunited with my friends again. The morning had been mellow so far, but now it was hitting me like a ton of bricks.
As we approached the baggage claim, my steps quickened. Whenever I saw another person with around the same shade of hair as Tommy, it left a slight pang in my heart.
"are you sure this is ok—" I whispered to Techno before he cut me off,
"its fine, everything is going to be fi—" I instantly stopped in my tracks in the middle of Techno's pep talk.
I saw him.
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"that was the most awkward conversation I've ever heard, and I've spoken to Ranboo" Alex said as soon as I hung up.
"well what are we supposed to do? Just explain to them that Molly was kidnapped, and we still have yet to find her?" I held out my hands as I spoke.
"I don't know—lets go to the store because I've had enough of this takeout crap"
"ok" I rubbed the palms of my hands against my jeans as Quackity pulled up to a small gas station.
"why are we at a gas station?" I asked.
"it's the closest store in like 45 minutes" Alex sighed as we walked in.
a/n: this may or may not be the same gas-station that Molly nearly died at el em ayo
Alex quickly grabbed a basket at the front door, and I followed as he picked multiple food items off the shelves.
"what else should we get?" He asked as we took a final loop around the store,
"cheerios, tubbo likes them" I gestured towards the cereal section, once we grabbed a box, we head for check out.
"Techno texted me" Wilbur said as soon as we had walked through the door of the cabin.
"huh?" I wasn't necessarily listening to Wilbur until he looked towards me,
"I said Techno texted me" He repeated.
"what was it about" I took the bags over to the kitchen area.
"he wanted to come earlier"
"ok, how earlier"
"tomorrow"
I stopped unloading the groceries and looked at Wilbur to make sure I heard him right,
"tomorrow?"
"yes" Wilbur rubbed his neck.
"well what did you say?" I asked slowly,
"I said—yes" he said wincing.
"so he's coming—tomorrow" I raised my eyebrows,
"y-yes" Will stammered.
"ok then" I tapped, my fingers lightly against the counter.
"so we're going to tell him" I looked around at the group sitting in various spots.
"we have to" Niki spoke.
"ok" I breathed before pulling out more groceries. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the group give quizzical looks towards each other.
"Tommy—" Alex broke the eerie silence,
"I'm going to go wash some dishes" I cut him off before he could try and lecture me,
"the dishes are already clean tommy—"
"you guys don't have to baby me" I cut him off and locked eyes with everyone, who stood silent.
"because I'm fine, I'm just dandy y'know, life is fabulous, because the one person that might actually help me with this whole thing, is the reason were all still here! Maybe—maybe she is dead alright? Then what are we doing! What are we doing!" I raised my voice slightly, and the group had cautious looks set upon them.
"because im sitting over here, f*cking cleaning! Who'd of thunk?! Tommyinnit cleaning away his stress! Yeah, I can read all of you like a font size fifty book" I pointed to the group.
"is this all for nothing?" I held out my hands, "has this all just gone to sh*t for no good reason!" my voice broke at the end of the sentence.
"oh tommy—" Wilbur rushed out of his chair and took me in his arms, hugging me. while I silently sobbed into his chest,
"it's ok to cry" he whispered as he stroked my hair slightly,
"you alright?" Wilbur turned to me slightly as he kept his eyes on the road. After yesterday's events, Wilbur gave me heavy amounts of melatonin to knock me out, which lasted until around 4 am this morning. I silently lay in bed for hours, until around 7 when Wilbur basically dragged me out of the house to pick up techno. Now we were on our way to the airport,
"I don't know" I muttered,
"I know you've heard this—numerous times—but it will be ok—one day—it might not seem like it now though..." he trailed off, and I nodded numbly.
"usually this is the time I'd crack a joke about you being too loud but you're awfully quiet" Wilbur grinned, which made me chuckle. "I didn't think I'd see the day Tommyinnit wasn't spewing curses at me"
"im so very out of character" i scolded myself sarcastically,
"Wilbur why are you making me tag along again? I really don't want to be here right now" I whined as me and Wilbur walked towards baggage claim.
"Techno specifically said to bring you. I have no clue why, but you don't disregard the blades request," Wilbur mentioned, "plus your cleaning thing is annoying all of us"
"I don't understand what is wrong with me just tidying up a little bit" I held out my hands describing my case.
"never mind that, let's go over the plan, we see techno, act all nice and happy, bring him to the car—"
"—and then we bomb him with information about Molly yada yada yada" I pinched my hands together to represent blabbing.
"Tommy this is serious" Wilbur reprimanded.
"I really don't care Wil—" I saw Techno walking towards us, but my thoughts were instantly stopped by something else.
I saw her.
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