Writers Note: YOU GUYS ARE SO EXTREMELY CLOSE TO FINDING OUT WHO KILLED NINA! I haven't chosen exactly how long this story will go on a hiatus but maybe it will be enough for me to finish up the story - or most of it. I don't think you guys know how ahead I am in these chapters than you guys are. I think I'm probably like at least three months ahead. Right now I think - I THINK - I am on the eighteenth chapter. End Game is also just starting off too so if you guys haven't checked it out I suggest you guys do so.

End Game is updated every Wednesdays.

A Bullet in Time is updated every Thursdays.

Before you guys read I also wanted to let you guys know that I respect your guy's ships. You can ship whoever you want in GMW and that wouldn't stop me from reading your stories, I don't understand why some people would stop reading but that doesn't change my opinion of you whatsoever. Understand that this is MY story and what I think, I like Joshaya but I don't ship it. I have something envisioned for them and Maya and Josh will have a friendship in the next part and they will question if they truly stopped having feelings for each other. That's a major hint!

I just thought I needed to add that.

Sometimes in the writing I like to add song lyrics just to set the mood. The song used in this chapter is called Add it Up by Shawn Mendes. It's a cover he made and I really liked it. At the time I wrote the chapter I was obsessed with the song.

ENJOY!

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Sophomore Year

"That was your dad," Matías grandmother told him. She sat next to him on the dining table and set the phone down. She had talked to his parents for ten minutes and when they shared their goodbye's, she had good news to tell him. "They'll be back next week."

"That's good news," he said to his grandma but he didn't really mean it. He sauntered towards the refrigerator in the kitchen which was in the other room and when he returned she was still sitting down. "I should be leaving. The ceremony starts in ten minutes."

"Okay, mijo."

"Your medication is on the counter," he informed and pointed to it. "Don't forget to take it."

"I won't," she told him and felt his warm kiss on her forehead. "Have fun and don't come home late."

He told her he'd be back on time just like he's always been and walked towards the living room where his younger sister sat. She was about to place her fingers on the piano keys but stopped, "Any recommendations?"

"Can't," he informed and opened the front door. "I need to get going."

"Really? Where?" she asked.

"Graduation ceremony," he replied. He had a couple of friends that he wanted to see on the stage. "I thought you left a couple minutes ago," he informed. She had announced it earlier, but he figured she never left.

"Kaden's running late but he said he was on his way."

"Be safe," he told her. Kaden was a good looking young boy who had liked Acacia since they were young. Matías had only met him once and there was nothing to hate about him.

"Always am," she replied and her phone vibrated. A smile framed her lips and she began typing on her phone.

He grabbed his coat and ignored her smile before he walked out of the room.

"Welcome parents, family, and friends. Thank you for joining us on this very special day. Today students who have shown how smart they are, how their intelligence will open doors for the career they desire, and how they've excelled in school will be celebrated today..." Mr. Hyde spoke to the people and students in front of him.

Matías entered the football field in the middle of his introduction speech. His eyes examined the green field that was now filled with an abundant amount of people, there was a row that was decorated with red and gold balloons that corresponded with their school colors. The graduating students sat just in front and their parents and families sat on the chairs a few yards away. He started to walk again, but his walk fell short when his phone vibrated. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out, it was a text message from Anthony:

Anthony Jimenez (1):

I'm sitting in the student section. Where are you?

He replied telling him that he was had just arrived and when he continued to walk, his phone vibrated again. This time it wasn't Anthony, it was an unknown person.

The message had an attachment to it and when his eyes landed on the picture, they widened. A doll with blonde hair and a pink dress hung from a metal pipe on the ceiling. He looked at the picture and then questioned why someone would send him this.

The picture had horrible quality and seemed like it was taken in a rush, but it was enough for Matías to know where it was taken from.

The school's basement.

He searched around the bleachers where Anthony told him he sat and when he spotted him, he smiled. He was interested in what the graduating student was saying and he would clap when everyone else would.

He turned his gaze from him to the school and giving a loud but soothing sigh, he walked towards it. When he made it past the parking lot and reached the main door, he breathed. Anxiety rose within him and he tried his best to conceal it. Going down there alone was a risk and he didn't know if he would find something he didn't want to find in the first place.

He opened the main door with a pull and walked down the empty hall alone. It was so quiet you could hear his breathing and his footsteps. He reached the basement door in two minutes and took in its appearance. The door was old and rusty and he had never bothered to touch it, but this time he would have to.

"What the hell are you doing here?" came Kayla's voice which startled him. He never thought the day would come when he would enjoy the sassiness her voice always seemed to project.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, the relief clearly evident in his face.

Kayla faced her phone in his direction and while his eyes adjusted to the camera, he heard her sigh. The same picture that was sent to him was also sent to her.

"When did you get this?"

"Ten minutes ago," she responded. "I realized it was taken in the basement and when I came here the door was locked..."

"I see that," he said as he pulled on the handle once more. The door didn't open and there wasn't any other entrance. "How do we get in?"

Kayla handed him the flashlight that was in her hands and then reached into her own pocket. She pulled out a pair of rusty keys and dangled them in front of him, "Don't ask me how I know."

Matías didn't want to know. He was anxious to see what was down there because he was certain the picture came from Nina's killer. Kayla inserted the keys on the keyhole and he pulled the door back. A set of stairs stood before them as a cold gust of wind blew on them and gave him goosebumps.

He looked at Kayla and saw that she had no intentions of going in first.

"Let's just hope we don't get killed," he said hoping it would lighten the fear inside them.

Riley looked around the bleachers for the tenth time and found no sign of Geb. She returned her gaze to her phone and scrolled through the previous messages she had sent him. He hadn't replied to her and she was worried.

She was brought back to the time they spent in the janitors closet and when he had kissed her. He told her that he wasn't going home and that he'd like it if they went somewhere together. Riley, being her usual self, wasn't sure at first and it took some convincing, but she had agreed. She figured that was enough for him and that he should be sitting right next to her but he wasn't.

She didn't even know where he was at the moment, she just hoped she was okay.

Riley texted him again asking him the same thing:

Are you okay?

She bit her nails and stared tentatively at her phone which annoyed Maya.

"You're doing it again," she informed her and Riley apologized. "Is something wrong?"

Riley sighed, "I don't know where he's at."

It didn't take Maya long to realize she was talking about Geb, "He's probably fine, Riles. He knows how to take care of himself."

"Yeah, I know that but this is different. His own dad doesn't even know where he's at." Her gaze went to Anthony who was sitting two rows below her with his group of friends. When he turned around to look at her, she mouthed the words "Where's Geb?" and he replied by shrugging his shoulders.

He didn't know either.

She was scared that he might've left and gone somewhere far or he didn't get far because he crashed.

She was thinking the worst.

Riley watched as her screen turned off and she held it close. Her attention went to the ceremony, but something told her that something was going to happen.

...

Junior Year

"Here she is," Riley turned around as soon as she heard the familiar voice. When her eyes landed on the person, she sighed. It was Geb. He was smiling from ear to ear and when she sauntered over towards him, his smiled flattened. "Are you okay?"

"I was," she let that hang for a second, "...up until you got here," her tone showed no sign of interest whatsoever.

"Ouch."

"What do you want?" she questioned. Riley figured it was the perfect time to finally find out why he didn't like Lucas and why he still wanted to be with her. She saw the hint of retraction and then he finally spoke.

"Because..." he said and struggled to continue. His eyes met hers and he took a deep breath, "I messed up, okay a-and I ruined the most important thing to me. I still believe we can be together."

She chuckled at his words and brought her water bottle closer to her.

He wished it didn't hurt him to see her laugh at him, but it did. He stepped back and stared down at the ground. "I mean it," he added.

"Why?" she asked with a soft tone. "You know you messed up. You know this is all your fault. What makes you think I could forgive you?"

He didn't know what to say. He knew he messed up and he didn't really know how she would forgive him. He just knew he wanted her too. "I know you, Riley. That's why."

That wasn't enough for her.

For a moment there was a silence and when he saw that Riley wanted this to end, he continued to speak, "C'mon," his words hung for a few seconds. "There hasn't been at least any moment we shared that you miss?"

"You want to know why I can't forgive you?" she questioned, her eyes glistening. Geb gulped when he noticed. "You knew Nina's killer and never did you once bother to tell anyone, especially, especially," she added the word for emphasis. "...When you knew my friends were targets."

"I was threatened, Riley. That's - that's different."

"Is it?" she asked. "'Cause what did you have to lose? You told me you had nothing left - "

"I had you," he interrupted her, his voice just as low as Riley's was before. "That - that was enough."

She blinked but then looked away. "I don't think I could ever forgive you until you apologize to him...that's just how it's going to be."

Riley left the argument at that. She ignored what else he said partially because she never heard him and turned her back on him. She waited a couple seconds and when she turned around he was gone.

She let out a breath of relief and sighed.

Until he apologized to him, could she forgive him.

Maya stopped just by the wooden fence and examined the house. It was dark and dirty. There was a mattress leaning by the door and bags of trash that were never thrown away. She brought out her phone and looked at the address.

She was in the right place.

She took in a deep breath and approached the house. Each step she took was harder and harder, as if there were rocks hanging from her. Maya reached the porch and looked both ways before she sighed. She could feel her heartbeats in her ears and they were loud which didn't help. No one was around and it was so quiet, she hadn't seen anyone in the past ten minutes it took for her to get here. She could be killed and no one would see, no one would know just who did it.

Her hand stretched for the rusty knob and the door creaked open. She pushed it slightly and the creasing grew louder. Once the door was fully opened, Maya got a clear enough view of the house.

The interior was mostly wooden and dusty. There were white pieces of cloths draped over the furniture and some recently lit candles to light the way. Maya looked to her left and saw nothing but darkness. She looked straight ahead and saw a white refrigerator and to her right were stairs and a little further back was another room, she dare not go into.

Day after day
I will walk and I will play
But the day after today
I will stop and I will start

She decided to go up the stairs since the candles lighted the way. When her foot stepped on the steps, a creak radiated all over the house. She cringed because it was loud but as soon as she heard footsteps in the room above her's, her eyes widened.

The footsteps grew. As if they were going back to the top of the stairs.

Maya didn't know what to do, she couldn't move nor could she form a single thought.

I've given you a decision to make
Things to loose and things to take
Just as she's about ready to cut it up
She says "Wait a minute, honey, I'ma add it up."
Add it up ! Add it up!
"Wait a minute honey, I'ma add it up."

When her eyes looked up, she saw someone standing above her. Her eyes widened and her grands tightened their grip on the railing, next to the candles. She stated at the figure for at least a good second but she couldn't see their face because it was dark.

Once the figure descended and the creaks increased, Maya noticed that it was a girl.

"Maya."

She didn't realize it was someone she knew. "Missy?" the words hung from her mouth. She was relieved she wasn't alone but also confused as to why she was there. "What are you doing here?"

"I got his text," she said and gave her a hug. Maya's breathing relaxed and she was a little less scared now. "Did you?"

She nodded, but was more anxious to know who she was talking about. "Who's he? You know who it is?"

"I only know it's a guy," Missy answered. "He's been making me do so many things. I don't know what he wants me to do now."

Day after day
I get angry, and I will stay
That the day...is in side
When I take a bow and say goodbye.

Maya caught glimpse of the tears in her eyes, but it wasn't the fear she caught onto. It was the feeling of relief.

They weren't in this alone.

Her gaze focused on the path behind Missy. It was lit with candles as well. The path seemed to lead to the outside.

Oh, ma-mama, mama-mo-ma-mum
Take a look now at what your boy has done
He's walking around like he's number one
Went downtown and you got him a gun

So don't you shoot that thing at me,
Don't you shoot that thing at me.
I know that you got my sympathy,
But don't you shoot that thing at me.

The outside of the house was safer than the inside, but it was also messier. The grass wasn't outgrown, but a certain area was covered in mushrooms while the opposite side had flowers. She kneeled down to get a better look but was still confused. How could one side be covered in mushrooms but the other side be covered in flowers? She turned around to see Missy, but her expression sent chills up and down her back.

Missy was frozen, she was scared and in tears.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Missy?"

She shook her head no and took a step back. Maya had never experienced so much fear all at once. "A girl around our age went missing a while back," she began and she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Maya, she was never found."

That the day...is in my side
When I take a bow, and say goodnight
Add it up, add it up,
"Wait a minute, honey, I'ma add it up"

She was confused. She didn't know why this information had anything to do with any of this. She looked at Missy clearly confused, it wasn't until she pointed to the patch of mushrooms and that she began to understand what she had been trying to say all this time. "Oh my God," she sighed and her own eyes began to glisten. She took a few steps back. "Oh my God. Is she - ?"

"...She's under there."

The words hung in the air for a few seconds, but to them it seemed like an eternity.

"He buried her here."


Writers Note: Thank you guys so much for reading. I was inspired by Pretty Little Liars for the Maya and Missy pieces. They were receiving texts and these letters by someone for some reason. This will continue on the second half of the series as well but will end soon after. Thank you guys so much for reading and I can't believe how EXTREMELY close you guys are. I wrote this months ago and now that the time has come I am super excited.

Next chapter reveals ALL. Let me know what you think.