MISSING IV

    How does one casually say, everyone I know is missing? Because clearly, there was somebody in front of me.
“Do you want to come over to my house?” she said noticing I was confused.
“Yes, please.” I said still in a daze.
    We trotted down the road a little way, then she turned down a path leading to a huge, pink, Victorian style house. We went inside and she handed me a plate of pancakes from the counter.
“Where are your parents?” I asked suspiciously.
    She told me, while she forked down pancakes, that her parents were on Cape Cod and that it was their anniversary. What miserable weather, I thought as I bit in to my first pancake.
It was sweet and wet with maple syrup. I liked them.
“This is their 15th year together.” She went on. I heard someone on the stairs. Soon, a boy rounded the corner into the kitchen. He looked about 14 or 15.
“What’s for breakfast?” He mumbled.
“Pancakes,” Rochelle retorted sounding exasperated. “This is Taylor, he is my older brother. Taylor's 15 and I make him breakfast.”
“Watch it squirt!” snapped Taylor. Rochelle instantly stood up and took one big stride to where Taylor stood. I turned away, knowing how messy a sibling arguments can get. Instead, she walked right by him.
“Lets go, Olive.” I obediently followed her. Rather than leaving she marched straight up the steep steps. She took a right and I found myself staring at the huge room that appeared to be her office. She sat down at the computer and said plainly,“Got a Facebook?”
“Yea.” I said shocked at her calm tone. I see her type in the search bar: Olive Smith. My profile popped up. She requested to be my friend and exited out. So that was it? We were friends? I asked her if she wanted to come over for a movie. Of course, she accepted and on our adventure back down the hill I tried to think of an excuse of why my family wasn’t home. I finally had a friend and I wasn’t going to risk losing her by creeping her out.
    I opened my front door and my mother rushed to my side. I nearly passed out at the sight of my family sitting around the table.
“You scared us! Where were you?!” She scolded.
    To this day, I have no idea what happened to me. Rochelle and me are tight buddies and we live down the road from each other. My family hasn’t disappeared again.