Authors Note: So I decided to make Whisper to A Scream into separate series. If you want to read the prequel, it's called Whisper To A Scream Part 1 (It explains what Sean did, with the help of Rick Murray. You might get confused if you don't read that one first)
(maryiln manson- Sweet Dreams)
Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
It's been two years since that blood bath massacre with Sean that everybody called the 'Killer Party'. . Emma laid sound asleep in her bed now, and she sunk deeper in her covers. This was her senior year, and this was supposed to be the best year of a teenagers life before they became an adult.
This coming week was the second anniversary of the murders. She was doing okay, well, way better than last year at least. Emma started to whimper in her sleep, and began having a nightmare. .
..she had really thought they had stopped. The nightmare were more like flashbacks that haunted her dreams....
Sean aimed his gun up at JT, aiming for his head and the bullet went right through JT's forehead. Emma bent over the kitchen counter, blood splattering all over her as she screamed and cried, falling down to the floor.
Emma tossed and turned, not being able to take this memory in her sleep very well. She started sobbing in her sleep. Emma jolted from her nightmare, sitting up straight with a loud gasp and sweat all over. She panicked, looking around and caught her breath.
Another nightmare, just another nightmare. Calm down. It's over.
Emma caught her breath and groaned, closing her eyes and ran a hand through her hair. It's been two years, she was getting better, slowly moving on, but when it came near the anniversary of it, she had these nightmares again. Emma looked at her alarm clock, well, at least it was time to get up for school anyways.
She got up, showered and as she blow dried her hair, she stared at the white scar on her upper arm. It was only a few inches length but it always would remind her of that awful night. Of Sean. When she stepped back into her room, she pulled on a blue jean skirt and long sleeve black shirt that she rolled up her tanned arms. After curling her long blonde hair, she put on little make up. She didn't need much.. Emma Nelson had grown into a young and very strong beautiful woman.
She hadn't dated a lot since what happened. Peter Stone was around and always eyeing her and she went on one date with her neighbor Chester last year for a school dance..but that was it. Dating wasn't in her books since her last boyfriend was, well, a murderer.
..Well..there was one guy on her mind all the time now. For a while actually.. but things were so complicated and Sean had messed Emma up bad.
Emma grabbed her little leather backpack and tossed it over her shoulders to then stop at the mirror again. She swallowed hard, and prepared herself for school before opening the door.
Emma looked up to notice an orange civic in her driveway as usual. Ok yes, the world almost ended and now her and Jay were amazing friends. AKA, amazing friends who still bickered at another.. and yes, if you needed to know, he was the one guy always on her mind. What Emma felt for Jay scared her shitless. It was powerful, passionate and overwhelming and with her trust issues since Sean, Emma had no idea how to face it and didn't think she'd ever be able to tell Jay her feelings.
Besides, why would he want her? The damaged girl, the psycho killers ex. That's what people said about her, she wasn't deaf. The worst one she had ever heard came from Jay's ex girlfriends very lips. Alex called her the Angel of Death. Yeah, you heard right, Jay had dumped Alex for some reason unknowing to Emma right after the murder spree.
When the first year went by, Jay was really there for Emma. He didn't treat her like fragile glass like everyone else did but did keep a close eye on her. Emma confused his pity with caring sometimes, but he couldn't, right? I mean, he was Jay Hogart.
But come this second year, he had actually stuck around even when Emma's own therapist had said she was doing fine and ready to move on. Yet, here Jay stood, smirking while leaning against his classic ol' civic and lighting a cigarette in her driveway so he could drive her to school.
Emma rolled her eyes, smiling but shaking her head. God she hated when he smoked yet made it look so sexy.
He was different too, and not just from maturing into the man he was now. He was 18 years old this year, and had gotten more lean and dressed in fitted jeans and shirts that clung around his strong arms and don't forget about his backwards black hat that was still on his head . He took off the hat to run his hands through his messy short brown hair and put it back on before he glanced back at her.
"Ready for school, GP?" he asked and then opened her door before she got in and taunted playfully as they stepped in front of another, "Wait, who am I kidding? I'm talking to Mrs Kwans favorite pet."
Emma raised an eyebrow up at him, laughing a little, "That's all you got, Jay? Must be too early for you..."
Jay smiled knowingly. He knew it was a lame shot. Insulting her nowadays got harder and harder when he too felt the same for Emma.
Did he think he had a chance? Hell no. She was Emma Nelson. Going places that he couldn't. The girl who deserved the world while he was some juvenile deliquint who was barely passing senior year that he had already failed once, and was working in an auto shop to feed himself since his dead beat father barely could. Plus, Emma had too much to deal with then to have to put up with his 'feelings'.
Ugh, he had feelings. He still couldn't believe it.
He shook his head still grinning as he went to the drivers side and got in as she did too. She snuck a glance at him and put on her seat belt.
Jay's radio blasted as his car pulled into a spot in the parking lot of school. He turned off the engine and the musice stopped. Emma played with her fingers as she glanced at a group of cheerleaders who stared at his car now and then because they saw Emma through the window. They started whispering to another.
"Ignore them." Jay said, not even looking at them and just lighting his cigarette up again to finish it before classes.
Emma leaned back in her seat, putting her head back on the head rest, "Wasn't bugging me." She mumbled. He answered with a snicker like he could see right through her.
He exhaled his smoke and finally looked at her, softening, then glared at the group staring as he put down Emma's window with his car buttons.
"Piss off!" Jay simply hollered, leaning over Emma to shout at the girls who gasped and couldn't believe he had the nerve! They scoffed and stormed off, Jay glaring after them. Emma was stiff until Jay leaned back and he was smirking- proud of himself. Emma looked at him and finally relaxed, rolling her eyes and smiled.
When people stopped staring at Emma for what she had been through, it would all come rushing back near the anniversary. It didn't help that every year Degrassi did a memorial video for the ones who didn't make it. Jimmy, Hazel, Marco, Liberty, Paige, Ellie, Jt and Toby. Speaking of Rick and Sean, they had graves but somebody always tried destroying them.
"HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS!" Came a loud screech out from Jay's window and Emma jumped and glared. Jay turned his head to look at the noise intruder and did the same. It was Spinner.
The two finally got out of the car. Jay shoved Spinner back a bit from his side and snapped, "Don't do that again."
Spinner raised his hands up in defense. He didn't mean to scare them. He knew what Jay meant though; Emma hated when people snuck up on her now.
"Have you seen Manny?" Emma asked, looking around for her friend.
"Probably with Craig." Spinner said Craig's name ever so bitterly. Manny had dumped him a few months after the tragedy, she had taken up nursing on Craig Mannings and 'fell' for him again but they all kinda thought it was just her thinking he needed somebody til he recovered. Craig was finally walking on his own again and Manny was STILL with him. Maybe it was love, who knew, but Spinner was still upset over it..
...though, there was this new girl this year named Jane. Spinner was really starting to like her, even going on some dates with another. Even though Jane's brother, Lucas, didn't like him much. They had come from Lakehurst, a school that had burned down and joined Degrassi.
Speaking of Jane, his face lit up when she saw her crossing the yard to meet up with them. She smiled and greeted, "Hey."
Spinner bashfully grinned, shoving his hands into his jean pockets, "Hey." he nervously leaned in, and kissed her cheek. Jane was pretty rad. A bit punkish, but super cool and pretty.
"Hey Emma." Jane greeted the blonde, waving to her too.
Emma smiled politely before she waved and she walked off when she saw Manny and Jay watched her go with a sore look in his eyes. Jane smiled next to Spinner who also caught Jay's burned look at Emma's departure.
"Are you in La La land?" Spin teased and then asked, "Or should I say Em Em Land?"
Both him and Jane laughed as Jay tossed a glare at them and rolled his eyes. Spinner was actually shocked to how badly Jay was getting at hiding it now (His feelings for Emma).
After a bad break up, Jay and Alex were fine now. Actually it turns out she's a lesbian but wasn't dating right now. She was focusing on actually graduating this year, for once her and Jay weren't going to fuck around and fail, she cared to get into college. Guess she had a lot to live for now...she knew Sean had planned to come for her and Jay next. Jay knew too.. Emma had kept it away from him but cops found Rick and Sean's 'list'. He figured she didn't know or just didn't know how to tell him. His own best friend wanted to kill him. It was something Jay sort of struggled with.
...well, if Sean was alive Jay would honestly want to kill him too. The things Emma had been through that past two years were horrible. Jay hated Sean now for what he did and how he scarred Emma. In and out.
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Meanwhile inside Degrassi, Emma was being cornered at her locker by Peter Stone before class. Down a few lockers, Manny gave her a look.
Manny by the way had been okay after everything, she was a strong girl, a fighter and always bubbly. She put all her focus onto Craig and tried not to think of the past.
"So if you wanted..I-I'd love to take you out on a date." Peter said with a side grin, snapping Emma out of it.
Wait. What? Emma shifted uncomfortably, "Sorry Peter.. No." She had already said no twice to him before, and he wasn't getting the hint.
Peter stepped closer to her, Emma noticed that and stepped back. She always did it, like a reflex.. (Trust issues).
"Come on, Emma. I thought we... kinda had something?" he asked. He tried to put his hand on hers and it was like fire, she yanked her hand back giving him a weird look.
Couldn't he take the hint!? She didn't-
"She's NOT interested, Peter!" Manny taunted loudly behind him, shoving her books into her locker now.
He cornered his eyes, knowing who was speaking behind him and watching him with Emma. "Shut up M-" he glared over his shoulder at her but someone stepped in his way and Peter ended up glaring at Jay Hogart, the one and only.
Jay squinted his eyes at Peter, and Peter stammered.
"I-I wasn't talking to you." Peter swore, trying to point around Jay.
Jay simply noted to Peter while fixing Peter's collars off his obnoxious pink shirt. "You're going to walk away and take a hint now."
Peter nodded and swallowed his fear down. "Okay.
Emma hid her smile with a tight smirk as Manny walked up beside her, both watching the little show between Jay and Peter. Manny rolled her eyes smiling and wished Emma could see Jay wasn't just a protective 'friend'. . he was jealous.
Manny also knew of Emma's 'crush' but promised to never say a thing.
The school bell rang and Manny pulled Emma along, "Come on!" she teased in Emma's ear as she dragged her to class, "Jay can handle Peter."
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When the lunch bell rang, the students gathered into the cafeteria and into the halls. Emma sat at the lunch table first, alone, waiting for Manny. Jay and Spinner usually ran to the dot to get food, since Spin worked there and Jane liked to tag along too.
Emma stared numbly at the table while alone, tilting her head slowly as ghost like figures started appearing around the table in the other seats around her. All her friends... Liberty (she was studying as usual) , JT (he was probably making some stupid joke), And Toby, he was laughing..
Emma shook her head and they disappeared and she now stared at empty seats. She frowned deeply. They weren't here, they were dead. She still couldn't believe they were gone.
"Got you an ice tea!" Manny happily exclaimed, popping up from over her shoulder.
Emma jumped and glared as Manny sat down, "Manny you know I hate it when you do that!" she sighed.
"sorry."
Emma smiled uneasily, she was glad Manny was finally back to her old self but.. why couldn't she be? Guess Manny wasn't the one who had an exboyfriend go all crazy and murderous on you.
Suddenly an announcement came over the speakers:
"Good afternoon Degrassi, As we all know the tragic events that happened two years ago tomorrow is approaching. If anyone needs to talk to someone or anything, please go see Mrs Suave. We are here to help anyone" The announcement stopped.
Emma and Manny glanced at another and then avoided everyone now looking at them. Emma knew some of them blamed her for the deaths of their friends, she was after all the reason Sean said why he killed.
"I went into line early and got my special cheeseburger!" Craig happily said, biting into his lunch as he sat with the girls.
Just then, Jane's brother, Lucas Vaughn, walked by the table. He slowed down as he neared Emma and bent down behind her.
"You think you're going to need a bit of therapy this week, Angel of Death?" he asked.
Emma closed her eyes, shifting away from him and ran a hand through her hair. She tried not to feel the goosebumps on her arms. Meanwhile, Manny narrowed her eyes and Craig glared up at him angrily.
"Get lost." Craig said.
"I'm just saying," Lucas raised his hands, "Maybe she needs it." he told Emma with a simple shrug, and with that, he left with a wink.
"Em, don't listen to that jerk." hissed Manny, glaring the way Lucas left. How can someone so good looking be so ugly on the inside? How was Jane related to that jerk?!
Emma picked up her fork for her lunch and mumbled, "Why? He's right. Maybe I do need more help."
I mean, she still jumped from any little loud noise. She was still having nightmares, and almost seeing ghosts..
Holly J turned from the table behind them and noticed Emma. She leaned back more and said, "Hey! My moms a reporter, she's dying to talk to you if you wanna vent." she said to Emma, poking her on the back
"Please don't touch me right now, Holly J." Emma warned, she knew it was mean but she was feeling uneasy right now.
Holly J snickered giving her friends odd looks before rolling her eyes."Alright, Angel." She mocked.
Emma got up, she couldn't take it anymore. She listened to Holly J whisper to her friends thinking Emma actually couldn't hear her.
"..What a freak. Can't be touched without freaking out? Drama Queen."
When Emma heard that, she grabbed the ice tea from beside her food. She didn't know where it came from but she happily dumped it on Holly J before she threw the cup to the ground and walked out. Some of the cafeteria cheered and Holly J shrieked in madness, her hair drenched and make up running.
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Emma breathed in and out shakily, running out and closing the cafe door behind her. She put a hand on her head, feeling dizzy for a second before she took one more deep breath. When she lifted her eyes, there it was.. the memorial. All their pictures with candles and 'Rest in peace' signs over by the lockers. Emma had to look at Jts and Tobys faces on pictures, flowers laying beside it against their old lockers. She went to run to the bathroom, feeling tears threatening her eyes but before she went in, she paused.
Down the hallway was Jay. He was surrounded by three girls at his locker, one of them being a cheerleader. Heather Sinclaire had her hands all over his one arm, probably flirting with him. As much as Jay was 'casted out' for his misfit and bad behavior, lots of girls still couldn't help but want him. He had that 'bad boy' charm.
Emma looked away a bit sadly and just shook her head at herself. What'd she think could ever happen? That her and Jay could ever date? HAH!
Emma knew that wasn't true. She stared at herself in the mirror now inside the girls bathroom with an unsure look upon her face.
How could anybody love her? She was damaged now.. right?
Emma had noted after everything that happened that she wasn't some dumb naive girl anymore. She was smart, and she had grown up. She had blossomed into a beautiful young woman and she wasn't flattered anymore by the needy looks boys gave her. She wanted someone real, mature.
Emma gasped a little hearing girls coming in and went to one of the stall and slammed it shut behind her. She leaned on the wall and didn't want it to known she was in her. Not after her little scene with HollyJ in the cafeteria. A pile of girls came into bathroom, and started gossiping..
"I can't believe she did that to Holly J!" one girl said in disgust.
Okay. Clearly talking about her. Not unusual..
One girl laughed, "I thought it was hilarious!" she declared.
"As if." Another girl said, and Emma noticed it was Heathers voice. "Girl has major issues since her ex boyfriend went psycho on her ass. She shouldn't of taken her issues out on my sister."
The bell for the end of lunch rang. Emma swallowed a lump in her throat and looked down while they continued . Maybe Heathers sister shouldn't of started it.
"It's all her fault our best cheer captain was cheer-killed." Some dumb blonde said, bringing Paige up.
"Please." Heather snorted and rolled her eyes, "Paige I hope rests in peace, but our cheer squad is as best as it's ever been. All thanks to Moi."
It was silent for a moment, until a giggle was heard, "Did you ever see a picture of him though? The killer?" one girl asked.
The friend replied, giggling, "Sean Cameron? He was a hottie. I remember him in the halls when I was a freshmen."
Heather spoke again, "Well, hopefully she doesn't do what she did to him to Jay Hogart . Do you see her hanging around him a lot now? She probably just has a thing for the bad boys. Maybe she will drive him crazy too."
Emma bit her trembling lip.
"Oh Heather you are BAD!" the girls giggled.
"What?! I'm just sayin'."
"Weren't YOU just flirting with Jay Hogart?"
"So what?! I got a thing for bad boys too." they were all laughing and giggling, going back out the door after fixing their make up.
Now alone again, Emma tried to whip her tears away. She slowly unlocked the stall and stepped out.
Emma left the bathroom 4 minutes later, hoping everyone was in class now. When she dove out of the bathroom, whipping her eyes, she slammed into someone.
"Woah!" someone grabbed her hand and she went to yank it out until noticing it was Jay. He was shocked to see her too but then softened, "Hey. It's just me.."
He knew she got jumpy, but always was okay after she saw it was him, but this time, she still yanked her hand away and wouldn't look him in the eye. Jay almost looked hurt.
"I'm late for class." she muttered.
Jay paused and slowly lifted his fingers gently near her cheek, "Were you cryin'?" he asked, about to brush them away but she moved her head back, turning her head from him. He squinted his eyes together then, eyeing her up and down. What was wrong? What'd he do?
Emma lightly closed her eyes and then looked up at him. Why did he waste his time on a broken girl?
"No." she lied, "I'm late okay? I gotta go.." she nearly whispered and he unhappily clenched his jaw but nodded, stepping out of her way and watched her go before going to class himself.
Sometimes he didn't get her. Emma had been a mystery even when he had met her but now that he sort of..well.. fell for her, it was torture. Not knowing what was going on in her head killed him. She had him under her spell.
There was something so beautiful in the way she carried herself so strongly after going through what she went through. Jay admired it. And honestly, Emma was one gorgeous girl. He found himself day dreaming a lot in class about her. How lame was that? He was wrapped around her finger, and he damn well knew it.
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"...and did you see those shoes Alex was wearing today?" Heather Sinclair laughed harder on the phone to one of her friends that same night.
It was a school night, and instead of doing homework the young cheerleader did what she did best; gossip.
She walked around her mothers mansion, home alone on a rainy night. Her fireplace was going and she looked at it til something her friend said made her giggle. "My god I know! She actually thinks she's going to graduate this year and go to college.. It's all hilarious to me if you ask"
Click
Heather gasped a little and looked over her shoulder.
"helloooo?" her friend said on the other end, wondering where Heather went.
"Oh, sorry" she goes back to her call "Thought I heard something. Go on... I know!" she exclaims and giggles
Heather sat on one of her couches in the living room and flicked through the television looking for something to watch.. She seemed bored and not really listening to who was talking on the other side of the phone.
Smash
Heather jumped up now and huffs "God damn it" she cursed "Jen, I'm going to have to call you back. Yeah, I think my damn cat smashed a vase or something. Bye" she hung up.
As she passed her kitchen table she set the phone on it and slowly went up the stairs "Max?" she called her little cat's name.
She slowly turned the corner and screamed. A cat hissed and she laughed at herself "God, you scared the shit outta me!" she picks the cat up and goes to her room, her hips swaying back and forth.
Being Heather Sinclaire was good. She was popular, loved and rich. She set her cat down on the bed and opened her balcony doors. She got her black silk house coat and put it on as she took a step out. It was a bit chily, and behind her, a shadow was slowly coming into her room. She had no idea what so ever... and it had a scream mask just like Rick use to wear.
But who could it of been?
The killer held a knife, and crept up behind her. A knife dug into her back and Heather's eyes sent out so much emotion, pain and even more pain. The knife dug out and she gasped in sharply, eyes wide open in horror..
Heather couldn't even lean forward because of her wound and let a little groan out. "HELP!" she suddenly screamed and it echoed through the neighborhood with a chill.
A few lights around her neighbor hood went on but the killer just shoved Heather off the balcony. The killer leaned on it and looked down at her.
Her legs were bent in the wrong directions and there was a blood bath around her, her eyes still open but she was dead.
Good. Now it was just beginning.
It wasn't over.
