Institute steps, night of the rescue, attn: Adelaide
The grown ups had left what felt like days before, but really had only been a few hours. Jamie had sneaked into the hanger to watch the jet take off, but once it was gone he was at loose ends.
He'd tried to shoot some hoops, but hadn't been able to get into it. Reading and drawing had the same result. Even if he shifted, which usually made him very happy, he didn't feel anything but sadness and fear.
After a while he'd gone to the girls dorms and sat on Millie's bed for a while. It'd started to smell less like her and more like him the more he went there, but he couldn't help it. It made it feel like she was there or would be all right. He knew he was breaking the rules by sleeping in the girls dorm, but no one cared right now.
Jamie took her Cookie doll down with him and went to wait out on the front steps. He toyed with the doll's red skirt as he looked out at the dark sky. He wanted Millie back and ok. What was the point of God letting him find her if He was just going to take her away again? He wished that there was someone he could talk to, but everyone was so busy with everything else and he didn't want to be a bother. It was more important to get their friends and family back than it was to listen to him whine and cry like a baby. He knew that.
But that didn't make it easier to sit here and wait now that they knew where they were and had gone to get them.