|| Theo ||

From the moment Ara left this morning, I had been on edge. There was a churning feeling in my stomach that told me something would go wrong today, and I couldn't stop fidgeting as I worried about her.

"—Theo? Theo!"

I snapped out of my trance and looked up to see my friends staring at me. "Ah, I'm sorry."

"Where are you lost, bro?" Jeremy asked.

I shook my head and said, "Nowhere."

"I bet he just misses Annabelle," Taylor commented and laughed by himself.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna check up on her for a bit," I said and got up from the living room floor.

"Hey,...