I was beginning to get very, very worried. It was Jer, I hadn't seen him in two weeks. I knew we weren't friends anymore but I still cared. A lot.
"Hey, Derrick!"I said walking up to him. He smiled when he saw me and gave me a hug.
"Hey, Babe, what's up?"
I sat beside him on a stool. "Not much. I looked around the small diner. "Do you just hang around here all day?"
He nodded with a shrug.
"Pretty much, after I quit drug dealing, I also quit my job at the bar so I really have nowhere else to go but here."
"While we're on that topic, I haven't seen Jer in while, do you know where he might be?"I asked.
"What do you mean? How long has he been missing?" he asked.
"About two weeks."
"Two weeks? Jer missed two weeks worth of school? Damn, something's definitely up."Derrick shook his hea
