Rant: Delayed until Morning
(Apologies to Techno-Dann who's already heard this)
Mmmk, let's start this story at the beginning
It's 6ish or so
and I'm on the Bus heading home from Bellevue, after spending the afternoon with my best friend (lets call her Alice), who is now heading to downtown Renton to meet her new boyfriend
We're texting and such
Finally, he arrives and I say "Ok, I'll talk to you later. Have fun. Call me if you need anything"
"Mmk"
Alrighty, so fast forward to 10 pm
I text her "Hey, how's it going?"
No response. Ok. Not surprised, she could be busy, out of coverage, phone died. Yadda yadda
Fast forward again to 11.
Scene: Nightclub, downtown Seattle
Text again: "Hey so, I haven't heard from you. I'm kinda worried. You ok? Text me back"
Half and hour goes by
I give up any hope of being discreet and text the boyfriend "Hey, how's your date going?"
Response: "What date? I'm playing WoW"
"Yeah, awesome, sure you are. How's your WoW coming?"
"I'm grinding to level 27 with my undead Warlock," etc etc
Now, I know she met him
And I know she didn't lie to me about where she was going
I try calling her
Voicemail
No ringing. Either her phones out of coverage or it's off
I call him
"Hey, whats up? Where's Alice"
"Alice? I dunno. I told you I haven't heard from her today"
"She said she was hanging out with you today, where is she?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her"
Now, I know he's lying. I can tell it in his voice and I know she met him
"Ok. You'd better not be dicking around with me. I'm actually worried about this. Now where is she?"
"I really don't know. I wish I could help you."
"..."
"I'll try calling her"
"You do that. Bye"
Scene: Me running out of the club
To the nearest, and useless police officer
I explained the situation, and they did nothing.
And offered no advice
Ok. Get to the car.
Phone rings. It's the boyfriend
I answer it
"Hey!"
It's not the boyfriend
It's Alice. She's fine, the boyfriend was fucking around with me
I was 2 minutes away from calling the Renton police and saying, "My friend is missing. She was last seen with this man, here is his full name and the schools he is on a sports team at. Find him"
"I have reason to believe she might have been assaulted and/or raped, please hurry"
...now
You do not DO that to people
Granted, he apologized
But my evening is ruined
I'm down 15 bucks
I went to Seattle for nothing
I'm probably not going to be able to sleep
I am going to punch him as hard as I can when I see him again
And he'd better fucking take it like a man
I was so fucking scared that something had happened to her. I was going to call the cops and then I was going to find the house myself
and i was going to go there
I told him in all seriousness, Never do this again
I will kill you
Because goddammit... she's like my sister. You just don't do that
*exasperated sigh * Ok... I'm done now
Mmmk, let's start this story at the beginning
It's 6ish or so
and I'm on the Bus heading home from Bellevue, after spending the afternoon with my best friend (lets call her Alice), who is now heading to downtown Renton to meet her new boyfriend
We're texting and such
Finally, he arrives and I say "Ok, I'll talk to you later. Have fun. Call me if you need anything"
"Mmk"
Alrighty, so fast forward to 10 pm
I text her "Hey, how's it going?"
No response. Ok. Not surprised, she could be busy, out of coverage, phone died. Yadda yadda
Fast forward again to 11.
Scene: Nightclub, downtown Seattle
Text again: "Hey so, I haven't heard from you. I'm kinda worried. You ok? Text me back"
Half and hour goes by
I give up any hope of being discreet and text the boyfriend "Hey, how's your date going?"
Response: "What date? I'm playing WoW"
"Yeah, awesome, sure you are. How's your WoW coming?"
"I'm grinding to level 27 with my undead Warlock," etc etc
Now, I know she met him
And I know she didn't lie to me about where she was going
I try calling her
Voicemail
No ringing. Either her phones out of coverage or it's off
I call him
"Hey, whats up? Where's Alice"
"Alice? I dunno. I told you I haven't heard from her today"
"She said she was hanging out with you today, where is she?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her"
Now, I know he's lying. I can tell it in his voice and I know she met him
"Ok. You'd better not be dicking around with me. I'm actually worried about this. Now where is she?"
"I really don't know. I wish I could help you."
"..."
"I'll try calling her"
"You do that. Bye"
Scene: Me running out of the club
To the nearest, and useless police officer
I explained the situation, and they did nothing.
And offered no advice
Ok. Get to the car.
Phone rings. It's the boyfriend
I answer it
"Hey!"
It's not the boyfriend
It's Alice. She's fine, the boyfriend was fucking around with me
I was 2 minutes away from calling the Renton police and saying, "My friend is missing. She was last seen with this man, here is his full name and the schools he is on a sports team at. Find him"
"I have reason to believe she might have been assaulted and/or raped, please hurry"
...now
You do not DO that to people
Granted, he apologized
But my evening is ruined
I'm down 15 bucks
I went to Seattle for nothing
I'm probably not going to be able to sleep
I am going to punch him as hard as I can when I see him again
And he'd better fucking take it like a man
I was so fucking scared that something had happened to her. I was going to call the cops and then I was going to find the house myself
and i was going to go there
I told him in all seriousness, Never do this again
I will kill you
Because goddammit... she's like my sister. You just don't do that
*exasperated sigh * Ok... I'm done now