Adobe Illustrator Icon

I only dragged the Illustrator icon out of the dock because it had a question mark in front of it. It was in illustrator, but I didn't loose my Ai. Files. Only my Illustrator icon is gone, and I can't use Illustrator!!! Someone please help!!!

How do I reinstall it? Also whenever I go to the Creative Cloud, and then Apps, Illustrator is not on Your Apps, it's on Find New Apps. Also I see Illustrator on Find New Apps, but it says Try, I am paying for Creative Cloud.

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