"Hey, has anyone heard from JC lately?" Justin asks.

"Nope," Joey says.

"Me either. Did you check with Lance?" Chris suggests.

"No. Good idea. Where is he?"

"Beats me. Try his phone." Joey says.

"Wow. I woulda never thought of that. Thanks Joey."

"No problem man."

Ring, ring

"Hello. Hey Lance give me a call when you get this. It’s Justin, like you didn’t know."

Click

"He’s not..." he trails off when Lance walks in the door.

"Hey, Lance. You heard from JC lately?"

"No, haven’t seen or heard from him in (looks at watch) three days. Why?"

"Well, none of us have heard from him and he’s not answering his cell. I’m starting to get a bit worried." Justin says.

"Really? I just thought he hadn’t called me. I didn’t realize he wasn't talking to anybody. That’s not good. It’s not like him at all.

This is like the third time this has happened."

"Yeah. You see why I’m starting to get a bit worried?"

"Yes. Have you gone over there yet?"

"No, I wanted to see if any of you had talked to him before I did."

"Come on, let’s go. It can’t be a good thing. He’s usually way more responsible than this."

"Yeah, let’s take my car. You two coming?"

"You bet. Let’s go." Chris says, jumping into the back seat.

"Man, use the door. Keep your feet off my seats."

"Sorry Justin. Won’t do it again." Chris apologizes.

"Better not. I’ll kick your ass, old man."

"Yeah, you and what army, child?"

"I don’t need an army old man. I could kick your ass on my own."

"You wish."

"Would you too shut up? I can’t think straight." Lance snaps.

"Whoa, chill Lance. We’re just playing." Chris states. "I know but do you have to do it now. Wait until we find out where JC is.

I’m really starting to worry now. The more I think about it the worse it gets. Don’t you guys even care that he’s missing?"

"Yeah, we care." Joey says.

"Well, why aren’t they acting like it? I swear those two are worse than a couple of little kids."

"I know man, but you gotta calm down. You can’t be all pissed off when we get there." Joey warns.

"Sorry guys but you really need to stop the bickering for a bit ok? Til we find out if JC’s ok."

"Sorry, Lance. We didn’t mean anything. We’ll be good. I promise." Chris states.

"Yeah, we’ll be good." Justin agrees.

"Good. Now start the damn car so we can get over there." Lance states.

"You got it man." Justin starts the car and they drive in worried silence. They get to JC’s house and all pile out of the car.

Lance knocks on the door and it slips open. "What the hell? JC? You here? JC!!!!!"

The guys walk into the house, "Holy shit! What happened!" Justin freaks out.