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Noelle came into my room, without even bothering to knock.
"Ryle, you and I are switching beds for tonight.," Noelle announced
"Why?" Alana asked.
"Never mind why. You're rooming with Reed for tonight,"
"Um…okay…" and for a moment, I saw a flash of delight in Alana's eyes.
"Good," was Noelle's only reply as she sat on Alana's bed.
Oh God. She knows. She's come to destroy me now. I took a quick glance at my shelf. Cheyenne's perfume was gone again! As Alana walked by I detected Cheyenne's scent; perhaps I was mistaken. But then, I saw something that confirmed my suspicions. Alana's fingers were different; they had a purplish hue to them. I worked it all out. I had solved the mystery. SHE was Reed's stalker! She had access to everything. The perfume, the necklace, everything! Her fingers must've gone purple from that perfume bottle. And she probably drugged me the other night and used the perfume to frame me.
"Here. Your watch. Found it in our room on Friday," Noelle said, giving me Sabine's watch.
I cautiously strapped it on. And Alana took the watch too? How could she betray me like this? I thought we were friends. I waited for Noelle to pounce, but she didn't. She merely lay on Alana's bed and sighed. I knew Noelle's twisted ways better than anyone else. This was some kind of psychological torment. Pretending to be calm I lay on my bed and closed my eyes. I could feel my chest heaving up and down, faster and faster. In a split second, I felt a weight slamming against my body.
I opened my eyes and there Noelle was, sitting right on top of me, hands around my neck. Obviously she turned from Reed's loving 'big sister' to a murderous psychopath.
Summoning all the energy I had left, I punched her hard in the stomach and she plummeted off the bed.
"What is up with you?" I asked.
"Admit it. You're working for Ariana," Noelle said.
"I'm not Who said that?"
"You didn't? Then how did that watch get into my room? And the perfume? The Billings necklace? Even Alana noticed," Noelle said as she kicked me. I must admit, she's got a powerful kick.
"You don't get it!" I said, returning a kick to Noelle. "Alana…"
I was cut off by a sharp slap from Noelle. Damn her. Can't I even finish a sentence? I responded by picking up a chair and throwing it at her.
"And I thought you could be trusted. I was wrong. Again," Noelle said. Her nose was bleeding and she possibly broke a nail or two. I paused for a moment. I can't do this. I can't kill Noelle. I'll just threaten her off. Hm… Maybe I do have the heart to kill Noelle. I raced to my bag and delved into its contents. Oh God. Where was my knife? Alana. She was going to kill Reed. Tonight. But why? What did she have against Reed?
I had to stop Noelle. I had to tell her. I swept her from under her feet. Then doing something I learned from a fellow inmate at the asylum, I leapt onto Noelle. I held her limbs down. She struggled like a fish on dry land.
"You have to listen to me! Alana is the one who's stalking Reed!"
"How can Alana be working for Ariana? Explain that. You had all the equipment,"
"Give me a chance, Noelle! You have to believe me!" I begged.
"I already gave you a chance," she said
"Then give me a second chance," I said. "Alana is going to kill Reed! She's framing me,"
Noelle sent another kick flying towards me but this time I caught her foot and twisted it around. Not enough to break it though.
"Yeah right," Noelle said as she, in a swift kicking motion slammed me onto the corner of the cupboard. Ow. But suddenly, in the dead of the night, there was a muffled scream. The type that from experience, I knew could only be heard by the closest dorm to it.
"That's Reed," I told Noelle and ran to Reed's room. Wait. That makes no sense. Why do I care about Reed? Oh, thank goodness. I don't It's just that I'm so angry with Alana. I opened the door, and instantly, a flush of air came towards me, heavy with the scent of Cheyenne's perfume. I saw Alana, sitting on the bed, and Reed, a gold chain pressing into her neck. Alana was strangling her. Great. First she framed me, now she kills the enemy I wanted to personally slaughter. Damn her. Without realizing it myself, I jumped at her and began attacking her savagely. Noelle rushed into the room and tended to Reed who had passed out. Both Noelle and I were bruised and bloody from our last fight. Noelle's pretty strong.
"Alana… I though we were friends. Why did you do it?" I asked, seething with anger.
"Look, Ariana, I've known it was you from the start. Sabine went to jail avenging you. She was my best friend. I HAD to avenge her. I used you, but you just kept having to get in the way, didn't you?" Alana said, each word dripping with venomous hate.
"Too bad you couldn't make an original plan," I mocked. Alana took out my knife. Damn her. Attacking poor, defenseless me. Come to think of it, I wasn't all that defenseless. Noelle saw the knife all right. She sneaked up behind her and grabbed both her arms. I grabbed a standing lamp and Noelle and I heard a disgusting crunch. Oops, I broke it. Ah, who cares. But Alana had one last trick up her sleeve. She thrust the knife into my side, Groaning, I immediately clutched it. Damn her.
"If I can't have Reed, none of us can. And at least I've killed one pest," she said. "Maybe I can even kill Reed,"
She was just about to throw it at Reed but the knife slowly slipped out of her grip. And like Reed, she too passed out. Oh well. Too bad. I was starting to think that her killing Reed won't be such a bad idea. I wouldn't go to jail for it. But she would frame me, wouldn't she? Noelle took out her phone.
"Hang in there, Ariana," she said Great. Now she knows it's me and she's not killing me for it. All that worrying for nothing. I asked for a second chance. And I got it. Now look what's happened.
My black hair mingled with the blood that was escaping my body. Reed was still lying unconscious on the bed with a red line around her neck. Alana's body lay limp and Noelle was shouting into her new iPhone. Slowly, the world around me grew darker and darker, until darkness completely engulfed my vision.
Ch.7 The Second Chance * A Second Chance * A Private Fanfiction
I woke up in a cold grey room. What was this place? Noelle definitely did not take me to the Hamptons. I looked to my left and saw Reed. On my right was Alana and she was
Handcuffed to the bed. Her other arm was in a cast and had been let alone. Alana was awake, but Reed was asleep. Alana's eyes stared at me with bitterness and anger.
Well, in short, we made a quick recovery. Alana went to jail, and Reed and I went to Easton.
They held a celebratory party at Pemberley. But somehow, I felt Reed just didn't belong in here. I glanced at Reed's drink, then at the five pills I had in my hand. White with blue dots in the middle. I realized that tonight, I would have to make the ultimate decision. To kill or not to kill?
