J is Missing by By Sara Alafeefi & Shaikha Msaiqer

"Are you ready?" Zachary shouted while fixing his tie.

Jack replied, "Are you seriously wearing that?!?", "How do you feel about it?"

Zach answered composedly, "ugh, fine, I'll change''.

After Jack got frustrated with his twin brother for wearing the same suit, he changed. Around 6 p.m., they left the house and got into their car. Nate and Gabrial joined the twins in the car minutes later to drive to the biggest party of the year. Gabriel and Nathanial had been friends since middle school, and throughout their freshman year of high school, they met Zach and Jack.

"Are you guys ready for the party?" Gabrial yelled excitedly when he entered the car. They arrived at the borderline of the forest, where they planned to walk the rest of the way to the party. The three students were led by their classmate and friend, Nate, using his phone. The party, which included all teachers, staff, and students, was scheduled at 7:30 p.m. to commemorate the Philadelphia High School's 30th anniversary.

Somewhere along the way, Nate noticed Jack wasn't talking much while guiding the group and conversing with Gabriel about a new video game that had just come out the day before. Meanwhile, Jack was approaching a potentially familiar stranger. At the instant Nate turned his head, he noticed Jack wasn't there. "Guys, where is Jack?". The duo kept wandering in circles in the same spot they found out that Jack wasn't with them. Zach was freaking out because Jack had been just beside him. Even though Zach finds his brother annoying, he still loves him. Growing up, the brothers were mostly known as 'The JZ Twins', they were inseparable. The great duo. Zach, 'The popular, introverted brain' and Jack, 'The sociable athlete'. The second he heard Nate’s question ‘where was his brother’, he looked around and said "Jack, don't waste your energy and dumb puns now", Gabrial added " Yeah, Z here is right, you'll need those 'dumb puns' of yours to impress the girls at the party". Nate then went a few steps around the tree a little into the woods calling for Jack, then shouted "Gabe, here are the keys," while throwing the keys to Gabriel and continued "you go check if he went back to the car and get the flashlight at the same time, Zach you call him." After no replies or calls from Jack, Nate was trying to calm Zach down, telling him that they'll find him in no time, in between Nate got updated by a call from Gabriel that he'll take ten minutes till he comes back to the place they split up at, hoping they found his 'lost' friend. Thereafter, Zach relaxed, he and Nate were searching for his 'missing' brother.

It was 6:48 p.m. when a hand was reaching to grab Zach's shoulder saying "hey, I thought-", however, instinct kicked in and with his fast reflex and sole strength, Zach punched the mysterious person right on his face. “Ow, what the heck, man?!?” Jack commented, while holding the right side of his face. “So, the rumor is true, you do have some power in your smashes''.

In the ensuing moment, Zack recognized the voice, afterwards the two boys looked up and saw Jack confused. “Where have you been, you idiot?” Zach secretly feels relieved. “I was just helping a friend of our old man.”

“Okay let’s go back on our track to celebrate, Gabrial’s waiting”.