He Appears Out Of Nowhere

Raven's sitting inside Circa's house speechless and nervous. She has no idea who this hunk of a man is. Her eyes are glued to him and his muscular body. She can't even open her mouth to say one word, this man has her mesmerized by his looks. The man finally spoke in an awkward voice, "Ummm..So, who are you? And what are you here for?" He asked.

Raven's so nervous that she can't say anything, not even a hi. The man spoke softly and said, "It's okay. Don't be nervous, you can tell me your name at least." Raven stuttered and said, "M-My name is Raven and I'm a friend of Circa. Is she here?" "My name is Caleb," he replied. Caleb didn't answer Raven's question just yet, so she asked him again if Circa is home. He stutters and says, "I don't know who that is. I just moved in here." Raven becomes shocked at the news. She sits at the table in so much confusion.

"Wait, What? My friend Circa lives here!" Raven said.

"Not anymore. I just bought this house," Caleb replied.

"Are you serious?" Raven asked shockingly.

"Ahhh. Yes! This is my house now," Caleb said.

"I gotta go!" Raven said quickly.

"Wait, Why? I'd like to get to know you!" Caleb said.

"Some other time!" Raven said while she hurried out of the house.

She has no idea where she is going, all she knows is something is definitely suspicious about all of this. She runs to the garden, sits on the bench, closes her eyes, and falls asleep.

When she woke up, Caleb was standing in front of her, her eyes bulged, and she sat up quickly and became frightened because Caleb was standing by her. She thought to herself, "How did he know where I was? Did he follow me here?"

"What are you doing here? How did you know I was here?" Raven asked.

"I followed you. I want to get to know you! I find you very attractive!" Caleb replied.

Raven calms down a bit and tries to take all of this in. So much has happened in a day that she becomes frustrated, and now, Circa is missing. Caleb sits with her on the bench, he wants to help her figure out what happened to Circa. Caleb mentions to Raven that he wants to help her, Raven saints her eyes, she doesn't even know this dude and he wants to help her. She becomes a bit suspicious of him because he followed her and now he wants to help her. Why would he when he doesn't even know her?

Raven doesn't even know what to say to Caleb at this point, so she stands up and leaves abruptly. Caleb starts following her, when she turns around she yells out loudly, "Stop following me! Leave me alone. Geez." Caleb stops instantly, turns around, and walks in the other direction. Raven runs home and calls Melissa and Allison, she asks them to come to her house, she needs to talk to them.

Melissa and Allison arrive at her house five minutes later. They all live close to each other, and they hear Raven's voice over the phone that something is wrong. Melissa and Allison head up to Raven's bedroom, they find her laying on her bed, turned away towards the window. Melissa taps on her shoulder, Raven jumps out of bed and says, "OMG. you'll scare me. Melissa and Allison ask her what she wants to tell them. They all sit on her bed and Raven begins to say, "Early this morning I decided to go to Circas house to search for her, when I got there and knocked on the door a man answered it. I'd never seen him before, but I will say he is a hunk! Anyway, I asked who he was, he told me his name is Caleb, then I asked him where Circa was and he had no idea who I meant. I told him that she is a friend of mine that lives here. He said that he just bought the house and he's the only one that lives there. Then I went to the garden, sat on the bench, and fell asleep for some reason, the next thing I knew was he was standing right in front of me. He followed me to the garden. I asked him why he followed me and all he said was that he wants to help me find my friend and he wants to get to know me."

"Wait, you mean Circa does not live in her house anymore?" Melissa said.

"Yep. that's what Caleb said," Raven replied.

"Oh my gosh! Then where could she be?" Melissa asked.

"Yeah. What happened to her," Allison asks.

"Hell. I don't know. That's what I'm trying to find out!" Raven replied.

"So what are we going to do? What is our next step in finding Circa?" Allison asks.

"I'm not sure. I don't even know where to begin. All I know is this isn't like her," Raven said.

"No. It's not," Melissa replied.

"And why must I make all the decisions? I'm getting tired of this! You two could help too, ya know!" Raven said.

Melissa and Allison look at each other and shrug their shoulders, Raven sees that they shrugged their shoulders and she becomes angry. She yelled out, "WHAT! WHAT? All this isn't up to just me to find her. You two are her friends also."

They all start to argue and suddenly Allison speaks up, "HEY, HEY. Just stop. Let's stop this, we have to find Circa and stop this arguing. If we keep this up, we will never focus on finding her,"

"Yeah. You're right. Let's just stop and think about how we are going to find her," Raven said.

"Do you have any idea as to where she may be?" Allison said.

"I don't," Raven replied.

"Hmmm… Maybe I do," Melissa said.