Into the Night A MidNight Series

uickly as that moment passed, she had a smile on her face again. ”Okay Jae! Follow me! ”

She quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me with her as she began running towards my house.

”Where are we going?! ” I was in shock. A random, pretty girl falls out of the sky and now shes grabbing my hand, telling me to follow her? I couldn tell if I should be scared or if I was the luckiest boy alive.

”On an adventure! ” She said, smiling towards me. ”Don you want to see a real star? ”

I think she mustve noticed then, but my eyes lit up by the sound of those words. A real star. Ive always wanted to see a real star. An object only in fairy tales, to see one in person has always been a dream. But something still seemed off to me though, for instance, why is she searching through my house?!

”Um miss? Why are you so interested in my house? ” I was confused by the sudden turn of events. She said we were going to go see a real life star, but why is she searching through my house?

”Obviously because something is amiss here, my dear Jaeson ” She continued her search through some cabinets in the kitchen.

”Thats not my name… ” I pointed out awkwardly.

”I wasn supposed to land here this early, but something about this house drew me towards it. ” As she explained her attention turned towards a picture frame. She picked up the picture and looked at it. The picture inside the frame was one of my family and I. We had a stranger take it for us at a picnic a couple of years ago. She placed the picture frame back to where she found it, and stood there silently for a moment before speaking.

”Hey kid, that reminds me… ” She said, ”Where are your parents? ”

”Huh? My parents? ” Her question took me aback.

”Yes. Your parents. ” She responded. ”A random object falls from the sky and lands in your backyard but where are your parents? If they were here they surely would have woken up… ”

My parents? Where were they? Im pretty sure I have parents. I still have memories and pictures of them, but why is it so hard to remember all of a sudden? Why? My head was starting to hurt trying to remember. A piercing pain on my right temple. I could see something in my memories from a week ago, but what? What was it?

A bus… I remember now.

”Oh my parents? They
e on a business trip right now. They left last week. ” No, thats not right. Even if it was, it still wasn right.

”Thats not right. ” She spoke softly, interrupting my thoughts. ”Why would two caring parents leave their child unattended for over a whole week? ”

She was right. Our family never had any internal problems before, at least none that were major. We were the normal, traditional kinds of families you would see on TV. Dad would work Mondays through Fridays and bring home enough bread for the table. Mom didn even work, just took care of the house and me. So why would she go on a business trip with dad? What changed?

The bus… but what about the bus?

”So… where did they go? ” Her face was right in front of mine now, her eyes staring into mine. I was too busy thinking that I didn realize she got so close to me.

”I don know! ” Startled, I stumbled backwards falling to the ground.

Where did they go? A mysterious business trip that made my parents leave in the middle of the night. And my head… my head. Why is there a sharp pain everytime I try to remember?

”Hmm… strange. ” Backing away now, she starts walking towards the front door. Looking out the window she says, ”Both their cars still seem to be here. If they didn take the cars, how did they go on a trip? ”

Both their cars were still parked in the front driveway. Thats right. If both their cars were still here, how did they leave? The answer was so close, right at the tip of my tongue. It was so obvious but why couldn I think of it? Why couldn I remember?

The sharp pain continued getting worse the more I thought. My head feeling like it could explode any second now. I let out a sharp scream as my hands were on my head trying to stop the pain.

THINK!

”Jae! ” worried she ran towards me, placing a hand on my back.

”The bus…they took the bus. ” I was finally able to remember. ”They went to the bus stop. ”

Thats right. There never was a business trip. They went to the bus stop that night. The only bus stop in the whole town.

And they never came back.