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At Lunch the next day

Mariah, Tala and Mariam sat at another table a little ways away from where all their other friends sat. Tala sat beside Mariah, and Mariam was on the other side of the table. They were all staring at a piece of paper Ray slipped to Mariah in first period.

After last night, they all agreed to go home instead of Ray's house. When they got there his parents were still up and they wouldn't exactly be happy if their son brought company in at one something in the morning. The raven-haired boy just wrote something up that night.

The note read:

Dear Mariah,

I'm so sorry about the heartache I caused you these past few months, but I'm so glad to finally be able to tell you my true feelings. Like I said before, when you first asked me out I declined because I was gay.

When Mario came, I liked him, but when I found out it was you… I was kind of disappointed. In a way you lied to me. That day I saw 'Mario' and Tala in the bathroom stall together, I was really hurt. When I found out it was you, I felt even more hurt and embarrassed. Not because you saw me changing clothes, but because I had already said I didn't like you as Mariah, but here I am being hurt because I saw you with another guy. Sure you were in 'Mario' form, but nothing about you had changed…

Anyway, when Mario came Kai's girlfriend, Siren, found out something about me. Something I did… something terrible. I can't tell anyone, it's so bad. Siren already doesn't like you for some unknown reason, but she told me that if I went out with you, she'd tell everyone my secret. She told me this about three days after we found out you were Mario.

I don't even know how she found out my secret. The only people that knew were Kai, Tala, Max and I. I know Kai, he wouldn't tell, girlfriend or no girlfriend. Max was in on it too, he'd just be blackmailing himself. And the tape, I don't even know how Siren got that. It was in my house! I kept it just in case the cops did find out and just maybe I could get off the hook because of some new evidence… I'm sleepy now. Can't wait to see you tomorrow.

P.s. The person that told everybody you were Mario was Kenny. I can't stand him now.

Love Always,

Ray

Mariah just stared intensely at the note, trying to think of a way to get Ray out of this. Then, after a few more minutes of thinking she said, "Remind me to hurt Kenny later on."

"Alright." Mariam said not taking her gaze off of Tala. The redhead had been acting weird all day. His mind seemed to be on something else… something serious. He wasn't his usual crazy and annoying self, not since last night. He kept looking at Mariah with a sad expression, almost longing…

Could he have…he wouldn't… or would he… Mariam questioned herself. She narrowed her eyes. I have a few questions for Mr. Ivanov.

Mariah put her hand on her forehead. "Maybe we could find some dirt on Siren and blackmail her." She suggested. "Like, we could threaten to tell Kai she's cheating on him." Mariam nodded in agreement.

"No." both girls looked at Tala. "I'm pretty sure if she's cheating on him she doesn't care that much about him and if she doesn't care, we'd just be getting Ray into more trouble." He resolved keeping that same concentrated look.

"What's wrong with you?" Mariah questioned. Tala looked at her with a question on his mind. "I mean, you've been acting weird. Usually you'd be all energetic and happy now… you look like you just spent a summer in Biovolt."

The redhead just put on a fake smile. "I'm fine, I'm just trying to find a way to get Ray out of this mess is all." He lied.

"Ray said you knew the secret. Tell me." The pinkette commanded with a serious expression. Tala was now contemplating whether he should or not. Taking a deep breath he looked at Mariah.

"He… him and Max… they might have killed somebody. O.k. all of us. Ray, Max, Kai and me." Mariam and Mariah gasped. Their minds were racing. The thought that they might be dating murders was breath taking… in a bad way. "Here's what happened… At our old school, back in Russia…

Flashback

One Year Ago

Ray had been going to the school in Russia for quite some time now. His parents had always lived there while he stayed in China for some training. This was his first year living with his parents. Him, Tala, Kai, and Max had all agreed to get detention that day.

They wanted to prank the principal of the school for always picking on them, even though he didn't, they were just always getting in trouble. They only had to stay for an hour, but that was plenty of time for them to set up. It was their last week of school and their last chance to get the principal back.

"O.k. it's all done." Ray announced stepping back away from his little invention, more like trap. "Kai, you got the camera right?"

"Yep." The slate haired teen answered, turning it on.

"Ray, I don't know how you and Max did it, but it's tight(slang for cool)!" Tala exclaimed walking up beside Ray. The neko-jin bowed as if taking applause from an audience. "Now… how does it work?" he questioned.

"I'm glad you asked." Max said stepping up sounding like a professor or something. After clearing his throat he started. "When the principal comes in he will glare at us intensely and then sit down. When he sits, a farting sound will come from this whippy cushion. He will, of course, know that one of us did it. Getting up to lecture us, he will tell us that he wants to have a parent/teacher conference with each and every one of our parents. But he won't get to say the whole sentence, for when he steps out from behind his desk he will step in this rope." Max said pointing down at a rope on the left side of the desk. "Ray will pull it and the weight on the other side with do the rest, leaving our very enraged principal hanging upside-down by one of his ankles." He finished.

"Man, ya'll went all out on this! Where'd you get the weight?" Tala asked staring at the trap. Before Ray or Max could answer, the door began to open. They all rushed to their seats. The principal walked in and, like Max said, glared at them. Then he sat down and the boys enjoyed a laugh over the noise of the whippy cushion.

The man, well in his late 40's, was sick of children, but use to their childish pranks. He boringly got up with the whippy cushion in his hand. Tala snickered behind his hands. "Who- ohf" the man did get to finish his sentence when Ray pulled the rope. The boys burst out laughing. The principal hung helplessly upside-down swinging back and forward. The boys laughed even louder, but their laughter was silenced when the weight on the other side came and hit the man in the head.

He stopped moving. They all stared in horror. Kai was still video taping. Their hands stared to shake and their hearts quickened. They stayed like this for about 2 minutes, but it felt like an hour. "Is he… dead?" Max asked.

"Go check." Kai commanded pushing Tala forward. The redhead looked back scared, but walked forward. He stepped up to the unconscious man. Slowly, he placed two fingers on the man's wrist and put his thumb on the back. He waited for a couple seconds before whispering. "I can't feel a pulse."

"What?" Ray asked unsure hoping and praying Tala didn't just say what he thought he said. "I can't feel a fucking pulse!" Tala screamed then ran his hands through his hair.

"Oh my God. We killed him." Max backed up to the wall, fear and tears in his eyes.

"We have to hide the body." Kai said, trying to keep calm. (A/N: Warning, this next sentence has a few curse words in it.)

"Where are we going to fucking hide a fucking body in fucking broad daylight?!" the redhead freaked, breathing deeply. "Told you! I fucking told you we shouldn't have done this! You told me to come!"

"And you came! We are in this together! We're in this and we can't get out. Now help us hide the body!"

End Flashback

"And that's what happened. We never hid the body. Instead we did the unthinkable and called Kai's grandfather for help. He got his people to come get the body. We don't know what happened after that. I wasn't really sure he was dead. He could have had a pulse. I think I panicked and was pressing to hard. I don't know…"

Mariah and Mariam were still at a loss of words. Ray, Kai, Max and Tala had murdered somebody? This was just too much. Tala put his head on Mariah shoulder, feeling the shame and guilt.

"Why didn't you just ask Voltaire if he was dead or not?" Mariah suggested rubbing his back like a comforting friend.

"I… I was scared." Tala admitted. Then the bell rang. "After school, my house. This conversation is not over." Mariah told him. Then all the kids went to their classes.

In Tala's Sixth Period

The redhead was still in deep thought. His thought track had changed though. Now he was thinking about the accident. That's when Hilary came by with Tyson on her arm. They were now going out, Max had talked Tyson into it.

"So, Tala, you and Mariah finally hooked up!" the brunette said loud enough for the whole class to hear.

Tala snapped out of his thoughts. It took him a while to realize what she said though. "No, it's not like that."

"Sure it's not," she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Everybody saw you with you head on her shoulder at lunch today." She smiled widely. Ray was over in another desk, listening to the conversation. He was not liking it either.

"Yeah, I saw you too Tala, way-to-go!" Julia yelled happily. A couple of other congratulations came from others in the class.

"It's great that you got her mind of Ray. I thought she was going to sulk forever. Good job, Tal." Ming Ming whispered so Ray would hear. Then, before Tala could protest the bell rang.

All he could think was, Great! (Note that that was sarcastic)

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