Black: Queen's Rook's Pawn a7 > a6

"Come on Julie, pick up the damn phone..." Cassie muttered into her device as it continued to ring, then once again go to voicemail.

"Heya! You've reached Julie! I can't come to the phone ri-*beep*" Julie's voice was heard over the speaker as Cassie ended the call. She had already left 3 voicemails and had yet to get a hold of her friend.

"Guys? I can't reach Julie, I'm going to go out for a bit and see if I can find her. Call me if she comes back, alright?" Cassie called back into the house to her two teammates as she walked out onto the front porch.

"You shouldn't worry so much, it's been what... 40 minutes? She's probably enjoying the scenery and working off some steam. You know she's basically related to that Energizer bunny, just so damn much energy!" One of the girls called out, weakly trying to reassure her.

"Yeah, well, if she didn't want me running after her she would have come back on time. If she comes back hungry like she usually does, her plate is in the fridge... though I didn't see a microwave so she'll just have to figure it out. We have practice tomorrow and I'm going to make sure she makes it even if I have to drag her back through the forest to do it," Cassie started to make her way out into the gravel that led to the paved road, "Alright, call me in 15 minutes if she doesn't come back!"

And with that, Cassie was off into the growing darkness of the woods, her footsteps on the paved surface a steady beat as the cheerleader made off at a slow jog to find her friend.

When she rounded a bend further down the road, she heard what sounded like a wolf howling in the distance...

'God dammit, Julie... you better be alright...'

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