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A/N: I haven't really done any review responses, but I think I am going to start now. Just a heads up, There are going to be 14 chapters.
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Chapter 11: Ms. Dawes
I jumped as my door opened. I forgot to put the lock on it. My mom's head peaked through.
"Hey, Dad's going to be working late, so I was just going to order some Chinese food. What do you want?" she asked.
"Um, I'll just go to the Dot," I answered.
"Okay, here's fifteen," she handed me the money and closed the door behind her. As she left I could see she had a smile on her face.
I grabbed my backpack and emptied my school work and put in the tapes. I walked out to my hearse. I haven't driven in my hearse for a while. I took the bus to school and I never went out. I shook my head realizing that I was just standing randomly in front of my house. I grabbed my keys from my pocket and entered my abandoned old car which was very cold inside. I shivered realizing that Clare was carried in a vehicle probably identical to this one. I shook my head again trying to get the frightful thoughts out of my head. If I ever was going to get through this, I had to stop making her haunt me like this. I had to finish the tapes, and then I have to send the tapes to the next person right away. I popped the next tape into the tape player in my car. I started the ignition and drove off with Clare's voice ringing in my ear.
This tape might be the hardest for me to do because this person's actions were not intentionally to ruin my life, but started a relationship with another that will convince myself that my life is not worth being lived. Poor Ms. Dawes, I am sorry to drag you into this mess. You truly meant no harm by partnering me with Eli.
I stopped the car in the middle of the road. Was I really the huge reason why she killed herself? Was our partnership the beginning of the end of her life? Was I the cause of her death?
I heard the cars behind me honk as Morty stood still. I started to drive again and listened to my dead girlfriend explain why our poor English teacher was involved in her suicide.
I went to you when I felt as though everyone else was too messed up to deal with my problems. You were my secret-keeper and my adviser. You always knew the right thing to say. I must thank you for keeping my emotional teenage problems between us. So I must bring up again that you ignited a spark which would blow up into greater proportion than anyone could imagine.
I paused the tape as I parked in front of the Dot. I grabbed the tape and put it in my backpack. I entered the café seeing shocked faces around me. My peers hadn't seen me out of school all of senior year. I had my head down trying not to be the center of attention. I placed a five dollars on the counter and spoke, "one coffee please." I could hear whispers disperse across the room as I ordered my drink.
Peter looked at me, "here you go, have a nice day." He handed me the coffee and I sat in the table near the window.
I stirred my coffee slowly not wanting to hear what Clare was going to say next. I pressed play anyways.
I am truly sorry, Ms. Dawes that I brought you into this mess. You really don't deserve it. But I must say you were right all along. How did you know that I would soon end up like Sylvia Plath?
I sipped my coffee and stared out the window. I was destined to be next. I was the Ted Hughes to her Sylvia Plath.