“10 Bucks! She won’t do it.” Brad slapped a wad of money at Jex, both of the boys emerging into the foyer and looking up at me. Brad’s hair was disheveled, and jex’s sleeves were rolled up, his biceps rippling as he folded his arms. 
                          
“You hear that Nina? I got 10 bucks riding on you!” He grinned, taking a step towards the bottom of the stairs. His eyes kept traveling to the banister, to the floor, as if judging the distance he had to catch me. Bless him. I wasn’t actually gonna do it, like bloody hell the staircase is steep! It was an urge, not a desire to do it. But now 10 bucks of Jex’s money that could be spent on me was at stake, so I couldn’t not do it....
                          

                          
My eyes felt heavy as they slowly opened to a glaringly bright light. I could hear a steady beeping noise in the distance and there was an aching feeling in the back of my head. Suddenly someone was grabbing my hand and shaking it frantically and I sat straight up on high alert. “Aah head rush!” I groaned, clasping my free hand to my forehead. 
                          
“Nina are you ok?! Can you hear me?” Jex exclaimed his voice worried as he grabbed my face with both hands. Chuckling came from behind Jex and I saw Brad shaking his head with an exasperated look on his face.
                          
“Calm down dude, she didn’t even do it!” He said sounding amused.
                          
Jex shot him a dirty look before turning his attention back to me.
                          
“What happened?” I asked, confused. I mean, the last thing I remember was getting ready to show off some mad skills down the bannister and then zippo... nothing. 
                          
Jex stared at me worriedly.”You hit your hea-”
                          
“You fainted!” Brad shouted before laughing hysterically.
                          
“What!?” Awh man that’s so lame!
                          
“You’re face- it- so determined- HA- and then-” Brad stood stock still with wide eyes and then flopped to the floor. Catching himself just at the last minute, he jumped back up, laughing. Jex however, was definitely not laughing. 
                          
“Honey, don’t worry, you didn’t have to prove anythi-”
                          
“Wait, I only fainted? Then why am I in a freaking doctor’s office?” I interrupted, throwing my legs over the side of the cot. 
                          
“Well, when you went down, you kind of hit your head and we thought it was best to bring you in just in case there were any problems.” Jex spoke as he ran his hand through my hair, down my arm and re-grasped my hand.Talk about an overreaction! Man, if I went to the hospital every time I did something clumsy, I would... urm... ok I don’t know how to finish that, but lets just say I would be there a lot. Brad snorted again, but was interrupted by his phone. Reaching into his pocket, I watched his face immediately sober as he frowned down at the screen. Worried, I looked at Jex to see if he knew what had gotten Brad so tense, but Jex was looking at Brad, his eyes tight.
                          
“Hey, guys-?” I started, but Brad shoved his phone back into his pocket and turned to face Jex. “Everything’s fine here, so I’m gonna go help back at the house man.” And with a terse nod from Jex, Brad stalked from the room, his strides long and shoulders hunched. 
                          
“What’s going on?” I asked, squeezing Jex’s hand. It took a moment, but Jex grabbed a chair from behind him and straddled it in front of me while managing to maintain his grip on my hand. 
                          
“I don’t want you to be worried, but something’s happened back at the house.” He was trying hard to sound calm, but I could tell Jex was worried. Pained even. As if he was torn between staying with me, and seeing to whatever was happening back home. 
                          
“What? What happened?” My heart was beginning to beat harder, squeezing tighter in preparation for what was about to be said. I seriously pray that the house hadn’t been set on fire or something. And that it wasn’t somehow my fault. It probably would be as well.
                          
“It’s Rosie...” Jex squeezed his eyes and a broken sigh shuttered from his chest. “She’s missing.”
                          

                          

                          

                          

                          
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A/N:
                          
 Ha Ha Hey guuuys! Long time no see! *Peeks from behind curtain*
                          
 I can't believe how long it's been since I updated this story. I'm sure most of you probably gave up and got bored of it, but whoever is still reading it and wanting to read on, Thankyou! I love you, and for you- i'm gonna promise pinky swear cross my heart to do an update ateast once a week! Im so excited about what happens next in this story! Golly i've missed writing! 
                          
(ps Rosie is Jex's sister, for those who have forgotten :P)
                          
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