Gone

Hello fellow bloggers of the world. My name is John Smith. My friends call me Johnny, Johnny-Boy, and Johnathon, but I like John better. I am a Junior in high school in central Florida and plan on getting a major in information technology.

Well, I think I've given enough information about me. Now for the real reason for this blog. I am making this blog  to commemorate the memory of one of my closest friends, Zach Timbs. He went missing on May 5th, 2009... my 14th birthday. Just earlier this week he was presumed dead. Today is his birthday. He was supposed to be 16 today, if he is still alive.

Zach was very close to me ever since the 5th grade when our teacher, Mr. Gutenberg, put us in the same time-out zone during recess one day as punishment for filling a fellow classmate's desk with crickets that we collected the day before. That day, we talked through the entirety of recess. Later on, we started hanging out after school, coming over to each others' houses, and more. Although, when 7th grade started, we started hanging out a little less than we normally do. He gave me various excuses why we couldn't hang out: sick, family down from up-state, etc. He also became very quiet and shy. I though nothing of it. Later on, everything was okay between me and him and our friendship grew strong again.

Then just a few days before my 14th birthday, we lost contact with each other. On my birthday, I called him to invite him over to my house for my party. His mom picked up the phone and told me, in tears: "I'm sorry, John, but Zach hasn't come home for days. We have been looking for him ever since, but we just can't find him. I'm so sorry".
My heart fell into my stomach and I answered saying, "Do you know where he might have went?"
She replied, "I don't know. I have no clue, but two days after he had left I found a note in his room saying--"

Then audio distortion filled her voice until the phone call ended without warning. I tried calling back several times, but the voicemail just kept telling me that the number was disconnected.

This had to be the worst day of my life.

I will let you know when I have more information about what happened to Zach, but for now, this is all I know.

R.I.P. Zach Timbs
God bless you.


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