Cassie awoke with a scream. She looked around the darkened room in fear. Her breath grew heavy as thoughts ran through her mind. Where am I? She wondered. Her mind began to clear, as she became more awake. I'm in my room. She realized. It was just a dream.
It wasn't just a dream, A little voice in the back of her mind told her. It was real. You killed someone. That person was dead because of you.
It was then when her memory returned to her. He broke in. John's friend, Bobby broke in. She hadn't realized it was he though. She had no idea it was Bobby, she didn't even know John invited Bobby. She didn't know the door was open. It was so dark. She didn't know what she was doing.
Cassie remembered the look on Luna and Logan's face. The looks of fear. Logan had just stood there, unable to move from shock. Luna had begun screaming. Cassie had done the same.
It had all happened so fast. Next thing Cassie knew, the three where sitting before a cop, telling him all that had happened. Cassie didn't even remember coming home and getting into bed that night.
Hard to believe that it was only a few hours ago. It felt like an eternity.
Cassie laid her head back on her pillow, trying to push that night away as far as she could, however it was no use. That night kept coming back. Everytime she shut her eyes she just saw Bobby's face, frozen in fear. She saw the bloody knife in her hands.
Her eyes shop back open. Cassie sat up, and looked at the time. 2:56AM. She wonder what Luna or Logan were doing.
Or John. Cassie just realized he didn't even know his friend was dead! What will he think when he hears I'm the one who killed him? Cassie wondered. Maybe he'll understand, She hoped. Maybe he'll understand it was self-defense. That I thought someone was breaking in!
Cassie sat there in the dark silently for a few minutes before deciding she needed human contact with someone. She quickly picked up her phone and called the one person who would be up and three in the morning.
"Hello?" Luna said from the other line. Cassie could hear music blasting from the background.
"Hey, Luna," Cassie said, trying to hide her fear from that night. "It's Cassie."
"Hi, Cassie, what's up?" Luna said. Something in her voice seemed different. She almost seemed distracted. "You okay?" Cassie asked.
"Could be asking you the same thing," Luna told her. "You're never up this late."
"What's up?" Cassie asked her.
"It's just…" Cassie found her friend begin to trail off.
"Your upset about what happened today?" Cassie guessed.
"Yeah," Luna said. "Yeah, that's it. Same with you?"
"Luna, I killed a person!" Cassie said a little louder then she had meant, but for some reason, she couldn't stop. "If not for me, Bobby would still be okay! I mean Bobby never even did anything wrong! How could I have done that!"
"Cassie. Cassie! CASSIE!" Luna yelled into the phone. "Calm down! Listen, it wasn't your fault about Bobby! It was dark! You couldn't see!"
"I know. It's just. I donno…" Cassie muttered.
"Look. I know it's bad, now, but everything will be fine. Listen. I gotta go. Bye."
"Bye," Cassie said just before the music in the background ended. Suddenly, she was alone again. Cassie hung up the phone and sighed.
She looked around the small room. She had never realized how oddly the shadows bounced off the walls. How loud the small creaks where. She suddenly felt fear surround herself again.
I'll go back to bed, she told herself. When I wake up everything will be fine.
Cassie carried herself back to her bed. She reached over her small nightstand to turn off her lamp when she saw a small envelope sitting on it. In big, bold, black letters it said Cassie
Who put this here? Cassie wondered as she slowly opened it and read the letter. She felt her hands begin to tremble as she read the letter. Her eyes widened as the paper fell from her shaking hands. The words on the paper ran through her mind over and over. Why did you hurt me?