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Chapter 13 - The code

Sunday 8th September

Herc pov

"Are you sure you wanna try and find her, Peggs?"

She gave me a look "If Laf was missing, would you try to find him?"

"Yeah"

"If laf was missing and you knew you had to go through extreme danger and suffering just to get to him and you didn't even know if you could find him, would you try?"

I looked at Laf and smiled "Yes"

"See. I want to find her no matter what happens"

"Well, if you're sure, what are we doing here? Let's go!"

"Go where? We don't even know where she is"

"Oh" I sat down on the sofa next to Peggy.

I couldn't just sit there though. I paced around the room a few times, trying to think of a solution, before sitting down on the sofa again. I got up to check the note again, in case I'd missed anything.

I read through it again and put it down, sighing.

'Wait a minute'  I turned it over 'Jackpot!'

"Hey, Peggs, take a look at this"

"What is it?" She got up and walked over to me "What does FJ FK QEB PZELLH YXPBJBKQ mean?"

(A/N: If you've worked it out don't say in the comments cuz it will make me feel less smart)

"Uh...I dunno, sorry Peggs"

"At least we have something"

"I'll get Alex to look at it"

"Why can't I look at it?" Laf pouted from behind me.

"Uh...I mean...you can, but you might...not...want to?"

 "I shalt work it out!" Laf stood up heroically

"Hun, don't get too down if you can't work it out, ok?"

"I won't need to because I will work it out!"

"I-I'm sure you will, Laf, but can Alex look at it first?"

He pouted "Fine"

I turned to Peggy "I'll figure this out"

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Alex pov

'OMGOMG OK, SO I THINK I KISSED JOHN BUT I DON'T KNOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DOES HE LIKE ME? NO I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM. BUT WE KISSED! YEAH, I KNOW WE KISSED! BUT THAT MEANS HE LIKES ME! NOT NECESSAIRILY! SHUT UP BRAIN!'

Yeah, my brain was gonna freaking explode. I had been hiding in my room for a few hours freaking out (cuz freaking out is my ok) (A/N: I need to stop), when someone knocked at my bedroom door.

I opened it slowly. It was John. Oh shit.

"Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Johnnnnn" I rubbed the back of my neck.

"Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Alexxxxxxx" He stared at the floor.

Damn, we were awkward. At the time I had thought it was because he didn't like me.

"Umm...I-I was j-just wondering...Uh if y-you...remember...uh..." He stuttered

"You remember too?!"