Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman

Author:Sarah Darer Littman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780545151467
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Published: 2011-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

FAITH DECEMBER 7 11:30 P.M.

OMG, Abby, where are you?

I was just finishing my homework after getting home from stage crew when Mom called up to me saying that Mrs. Johnston was on the phone asking about Abby. I’d wondered where she was during gym, because she was on the bus this morning. She even sat next to me, which has been a touch-and-go thing lately. Some days she just smiles at me and then goes to sit by herself in an empty seat, like sitting by herself is better than sitting next to me, which really hurts, if you want to know the truth. I don’t know what’s going on with her. Well, obviously, I don’t know what’s going on with her, if she’s disappeared without saying a word to me about it. There was a time when we didn’t do anything without telling each other. And this … this is so … so major. It’s like I don’t know Abby anymore. How could she be so thoughtless?

It’s almost midnight now and I can’t sleep. I’m trying to remember everything and anything I can think of that might help them find Abby. Mrs. Johnston called about eleven p.m. and said a policeman is coming tomorrow morning to interview me. I’m nervous because I’ve never, ever in my whole life been interviewed by the police before. I mean it’s not like I’ve done anything wrong, but still. It’s the police.

Instead of lying here tossing and turning, looking at the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling (Abby always loved those), I get out of bed and find a notebook and a pen. I’m going to make a list.

I think back to this morning when Abby got on the bus. I close my eyes and visualize her. What was she wearing? I remember thinking that she looked really pretty, like she’d made an effort. She’d put makeup on and everything, just like the first day of school. And she was wearing a cute sweater — green, I think, because it brought out that color in her eyes. Abby has those cool hazel eyes that change color depending on what she’s wearing.

1. Wearing makeup. Green sweater. Jeans.

What else? Okay, she sat next to me, which has been iffy recently, but I don’t think the police want to hear about all the ups and downs of our friendship. They’d probably get all “typical adolescent girl stuff” on me. But then I think of something else:

2. Seemed happier than she has recently.

Because she did. Abby’s been such a … well, I hate to say it about my best friend, but I have to be honest here … downer since we started high school. But this morning she was, like, all bubbly and talkative and, oh, there’s another thing:

3. She talked about her mysterious boyfriend, Church Retreat Guy.

She said that things were going “really well” and maybe sometime Teddy and I could double-date with them. I got all excited because she’s been so secretive about the guy. I said, “Oh, Abs, that would be so cool.

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