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stranger turned around. Not Holly.
    â€œDid you find her?” Chris asked, stepping up beside Tina. His warm smile made her feel a little better. But only a little.
    Tina shook her head. “No, not yet.”
    â€œI’ll go check in the kitchen,” Chris offered. “You go down the hall.”
    Tina made her way down the narrow hallway. She opened the door to a bedroom. Then slammed it shut after getting angry looks from the couple having an argument inside.
    â€œSorry,” Tina mumbled. But she was only sorry she’d come to the party.
    On her way back to the living room Tina heard a girl scream. A loud, piercing shriek.
    That’s Holly! she thought. I know it is!
    She pushed her way to the front door.
    She reached the porch as several motorcycles zoomed away. One of the riders was holding a girl with curly brown hair.
    â€œHolly!” Tina screamed. “Come back!” she began, running down the sidewalk. She didn’t stop until she reached the corner.
    A cold wind picked up, howling through the trees. An empty can rattled down the sidewalk.
    Where are they taking Holly?
    Stay calm, Tina told herself. Stay calm. Maybe Holly
wanted
to go with them.
    But then, why did she scream?
    Maybe it wasn’t Holly.
    There are lots of girls with curly brown hair.
    I have to find Chris, she thought. He’ll know what to do.
    As she started back to the party, Tina spotted something shiny on the sidewalk. It glinted in the moonlight.
    What’s that? she thought, reaching down.
    She picked it up and examined it.
    And gasped.
    No.
    Holly’s beaded earring.

chapter 6
    T ina clutched Holly’s earring in her hand. They took her, she realized. They took her away.
    Her entire body trembling, she ran up the porch steps and bumped into Carla.
    â€œThere you are!” Carla exclaimed. “I’ve been searching all over for you.”
    â€œThey took her!” Tina shrieked. “Some guys on motorcycles—they dragged Holly away!”
    â€œHuh?” Carla cried. “What are you talking about?”
    â€œHolly’s in trouble!” Tina screamed. “We have to find Chris and go after them.”
    â€œWhoa,” Carla said, putting a hand on Tina’s shoulder. “Calm down. Holly is with a girl named Alyssa Pryor. That’s why I was looking for you. To tell you. She’s fine.”
    â€œAlyssa Pryor?” Tina repeated. “From Shadyside?”
    Carla nodded. “Yeah. She said she knew Alyssa from home. And Alyssa’s in the drama department, so she took Holly to see the drama building.”
    â€œThat makes sense,” Tina told her. “Holly and Alyssa were in some plays together back home. I forgot Alyssa decided to go to school here.”
    Tina felt relieved. She could imagine how horrified her parents would be—and Holly’s—if they found out she’d lost her cousin.
    â€œBut it’s after midnight. Why would they go to the drama building now?” Tina asked.
    â€œThe drama kids at this school are so weird,” Carla replied, rolling her eyes. “I mean they are way strange. Sometimes they hang out at the stage all night.”
    Tina yawned and sat down next to Carla on the steps. “Are we supposed to wait here for her?”
    â€œNo way,” Carla answered. “I’m tired. Let’s get Chris to take us home.”
    â€œBut what about Holly?” Tina insisted.
    â€œShe’ll be with a whole bunch of kids. Don’tworry. Someone will give her a ride,” Carla reassured her.
    Tina sighed. She gazed up at the sky. Clouds had moved in, but Tina spotted a few stars. She picked out the brightest one. This time she wished that Josh was waiting for her back in the dorm. And that she had never, never kissed Chris.
    â€œListen,” she said to Carla. “About what you saw before.”
    Carla’s eyes grew wide. “You’re the first girl Chris has been with since the