The Mediator-Forgive and Forget
Prologue:
"Josh please don't do this. No matter what your brother did, he doesn't deserve to die. You can't kill your very own brother Joshua! You can't. Just listen to me for once...please!"
"You don't understand Suze. He does deserve to die. I promise I will tell you everything after I kill him".
"Joshua listen to yourself! Do you think you will get away by killing your brother? The polices will get you and you are going to have to spend the rest of your life in jail".
"They won't know. I have it all planned out. The cops won't know unless...unless..." he looked at Susannah with a crazy look in his eyes, "you won't tell them anything will you Susannah? You have to promise me not to tell them anything".
"Yes I will Joshua. In fact, I'm going to the police station right now and I'm going to tell the cops what you are up to. Maybe that will stop you from going through with this crazy plan", she turned around to go.
"NO!!YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!! I have to do this. And you can't stop me. I trusted you Suze but obviously I shouldn't have," Josh walked over to Susannah and pushed her into the lake, "you really should've taken those swimming lessons".
CHAPTER 1
I looked around the hallway full of chattering students. They actually sounded like they were happy to be back at school. Girls were catching up on the soap operas and guys were bragging about their summer vacations. I looked around for Adam and Cici, my two best friends but they weren't anywhere to be seen. Great. Now who's going to ask me how my summer went? I looked down at my hand where I had written my new locker number. A234. At least my locker was on the first floor. I walked around a couple who were making goo goo eyes at each other and headed towards my locker.
"It's so nice to see you again Susannah", a voice said from behind me.
I stopped walking. No. No. It couldn't be. It was probably just someone else who sounded exactly like him.
"Well aren't you going to say hello?"
My blood ran cold. It was him. My first impulse was to start running but I just couldn't. I had to make sure. Slowly I turned around and saw the face that haunted me so many times before. "What the hell are you doing here Josh?" my voice came out all squeaky which is so not what I needed right now. I wanted to sound scary and angry but no....I had to sound like a mouse.
"Now, is that anyway to greet an old friend?" Josh asked smiling. I once fell in love with that smile but now I couldn't stand it.
My fear was replaced by anger. "Friend? FRIEND?? You freakin' tried to kill me Joshua!! Last time I checked, friends don't do that to each other!" I didn't sound like a mouse anymore which was good... but everyone was looking at us now. Josh noticed it too.
"Meet me after school at the Kool House Cafe. I think we have some catching up to do", with that he turned around and walked towards the office.
My head was filled with questions. What was he doing here? What did he want? Was he back to finish what he started one year ago? And finally the million dollar question: did I have the guts to meet him after school?
The school bell rang out and brought me back to reality. Everyone was rushing to get to their first class. No one wanted to sit on the front row, least of all me. My new locker would have to wait. I picked up my bag and headed towards American History, hoping I wasn't stuck with Mr.Kapowski again.
Prologue:
"Josh please don't do this. No matter what your brother did, he doesn't deserve to die. You can't kill your very own brother Joshua! You can't. Just listen to me for once...please!"
"You don't understand Suze. He does deserve to die. I promise I will tell you everything after I kill him".
"Joshua listen to yourself! Do you think you will get away by killing your brother? The polices will get you and you are going to have to spend the rest of your life in jail".
"They won't know. I have it all planned out. The cops won't know unless...unless..." he looked at Susannah with a crazy look in his eyes, "you won't tell them anything will you Susannah? You have to promise me not to tell them anything".
"Yes I will Joshua. In fact, I'm going to the police station right now and I'm going to tell the cops what you are up to. Maybe that will stop you from going through with this crazy plan", she turned around to go.
"NO!!YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!! I have to do this. And you can't stop me. I trusted you Suze but obviously I shouldn't have," Josh walked over to Susannah and pushed her into the lake, "you really should've taken those swimming lessons".
CHAPTER 1
I looked around the hallway full of chattering students. They actually sounded like they were happy to be back at school. Girls were catching up on the soap operas and guys were bragging about their summer vacations. I looked around for Adam and Cici, my two best friends but they weren't anywhere to be seen. Great. Now who's going to ask me how my summer went? I looked down at my hand where I had written my new locker number. A234. At least my locker was on the first floor. I walked around a couple who were making goo goo eyes at each other and headed towards my locker.
"It's so nice to see you again Susannah", a voice said from behind me.
I stopped walking. No. No. It couldn't be. It was probably just someone else who sounded exactly like him.
"Well aren't you going to say hello?"
My blood ran cold. It was him. My first impulse was to start running but I just couldn't. I had to make sure. Slowly I turned around and saw the face that haunted me so many times before. "What the hell are you doing here Josh?" my voice came out all squeaky which is so not what I needed right now. I wanted to sound scary and angry but no....I had to sound like a mouse.
"Now, is that anyway to greet an old friend?" Josh asked smiling. I once fell in love with that smile but now I couldn't stand it.
My fear was replaced by anger. "Friend? FRIEND?? You freakin' tried to kill me Joshua!! Last time I checked, friends don't do that to each other!" I didn't sound like a mouse anymore which was good... but everyone was looking at us now. Josh noticed it too.
"Meet me after school at the Kool House Cafe. I think we have some catching up to do", with that he turned around and walked towards the office.
My head was filled with questions. What was he doing here? What did he want? Was he back to finish what he started one year ago? And finally the million dollar question: did I have the guts to meet him after school?
The school bell rang out and brought me back to reality. Everyone was rushing to get to their first class. No one wanted to sit on the front row, least of all me. My new locker would have to wait. I picked up my bag and headed towards American History, hoping I wasn't stuck with Mr.Kapowski again.