I walked over with Hallie. I couldn't really see what was happening, but I heard someone say something about a stabbing and Randy and I shared a look. Just then I saw someone who I knew could tell me something.
"Gale!" I called grabbing her by the arm
"Taelyn, how are you?"
"Fine, what's going on?" I asked her
"Sorority girl she was stabbed then thrown over the balcony."
"Do you know who it is?" I asked her and she nodded
"Cici something." She said and I felt sick
"Did you know her?" Gale asked me and I nodded
"Yeah thanks Gale." I turned to leave and ran into Chris
"Hey are you alright?" He asked me and I nodded
"You look sick." He said
"I-I knew her." I told him
"That's rough I'm sorry, are you going to be okay?" He asked I was about to answer when we heard some noise coming from Delta Lamda Zeta. Then I saw Dewey rushing over to the house
"Sid!" I called looking around for her, then I ran after Dewey. The front door was locked, so we ran around to the back.
"DEWEY THE KILLER IS IN THE HOUSE WITH DEREK!" She screamed.
"Stay here!" He told us
"Are you alright?" I asked her and she shook her head. I pulled her in for a hug
"IT"S CLEAR!" Dewey called then Sid and I went inside where Derek was on the floor and his arm is bleeding profusely
"Derek!" Sidney said going to his side.
I felt like I was going to cry, as much as I wanted to deny it. It was happening again.
We had to go to the hospital for Derek to get stitches and while we were there we were questioned by police. It was like déjà vu like we were back in high school and Casey Becker and Steve Orth had just been killed. Except this time I wasn't worried about me I was worried about Sofia, if this is supposed to be Woodsboro all over again, what if they wanted to finish the job on me. Any one that knows me knows the best way to hurt me is to hurt Sofia.
"Hey Tae I'm going to get some coffee you want some?" Hallie asked and I shook my head no. I started pacing, when I noticed Mickey was talking to Sid I couldn't hear what he was saying but Sid looked a little upset. I was about to go over to her when Dewey came out, he was in back with Derek while he talked to the police.
"Are your girls ready to go?" He asked us
"We got to wait for Hallie." I said and she showed up on cue.
"All set?" He asked her and she nodded.
Dewey dropped Hallie and Sid at their dorm then drove to my apartment.
"Hey does that spare room still have my name on it?" He asked and I laughed
"Yes doofus come on." I said as he parked then grabbed his bag out of the trunk
"Oh so you knew I'd just let you stay?" I asked
"Yep." He said as we walked up stairs.
When we got inside Alyssa was on the couch, she told me that Sofia was sleeping. Thanked her, I paid her and then she left. I told Dewey where everything was then I headed to bed.
The next morning at breakfast Dewey was feeding Sofia and I was getting ready for class. Dewey wanted to drop off Soph.
"So what do you think about Derek?" He asked suddenly
"He's nice I like him…..why?" I asked eyeing him
"It's just last night, his story seems sort of off."
"Dewey he's a good guy. I know you want to protect Sid but you can't brand every guy she dates as the next Billy Loomis."
"Just listen, it doesn't seem weird to you that killer just cut his arm and ran? And he just happened to miss every nerve? And let's not forget he's Pre-Med." Dewey said and it did start to seem weird. I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down the name of the café on campus.
"Here meet me and Randy here around 12 alright?"
"Alright."
"And stop talking about killers and stabbings around my kid." I said and he laughed.
"Bye baby, I love you." I said giving Sofia a kiss then I waved to Dewey then I was off to class
At lunch I pulled a fast one on Sid and went to meet up with Dewey and Randy. Dewey had my mind racing with his ideas about Derek, but I knew Randy was the horror movie expert so I thought his opinion would be useful. We had just got our orders and were looking for a table
"I don't get it they cast Tori Spelling to play Sid! And they cast Joe-blow nobody to play me." Randy said making me laugh at him
"I'm serious at least you got Alyssa Milano Taelyn, and Dewey got David Schwimmer." He kept going as we sat down. I looked at the T.V were they were interviewing Tori Spelling about the movie.
"I'll wait for the video." Randy said after the interview was over
"Okay let's get down to business." I said
"Right okay the way I see it someone is out to make a sequel. They want to cash in on the movie-murder hoopla. So it's our job to observe the rules of a sequel. Number one the body count is always bigger. Number two the death scenes are much more elaborate, more blood, more gore. Number three and if you want your sequel to become a franchise never ever-" Dewey cut him off in the middle of his rant.
"How can we use this to find the killer?" He asked
"Oh let's look at the suspects: Derek the boyfriend, hello Billy Loomis! The guy is pre-med and his pity me service wound conveniently missed every nerve and major artery!" Randy said
"So you think it's Derek?" Dewey asked excitedly
"No our killer or ers wants to break some new ground so forget the boyfriend it's tired. Who else?"
"There-" I started but Randy cut me off
"Mickey! The freaky Tarantino film student!" He said making me laugh
"But if he's a suspect so am I so let's move on."
"Wait how do we know you aren't a suspect?"
"Dewey!" I said and hit his arm I can't believe he just said that.
"Well if I'm a suspect, you're a suspect, and too Taelyn."
"What?! Okay we're not going there let's just move on." I said
"We have to look at all the options." Dewey said
"Which could lead us into a divide, and that is something the killer wants."
"Right, now Hallie." Randy said
"What!? Ok now you're both losing it." I said
"I'm with Tae that's a little out there don't you think? Serial killers are typically white males." Dewey said
"That's why it perfect it's against the rules but not really. Mrs. Voorhees was a terrific serial killer, and there's always room for Candyman's daughter. She's sweet. She's deadly. She's bad for your teeth"
"Okay now I think you're just trying to make your own movie." I said with a laugh
"Come on Randy these kids are your friends. Who else?"
"What about Gale Weathers?" I said
"That's brilliant!" Randy exclaimed
"Gale? Taelyn I know you don't like her but come on. Gale a killer?" Dewey said with a laugh
"Why not?" Randy asked
"Well she is vicious enough." He said
"She's an opportunist." I said
"And isn't it conceivable that she's planning her next book? That what reporters do Dewey they stage the news." Randy said
"No Gale's a lot of things but Gale's not a killer." Dewey said shaking his head
"Please you still have a crush on her." I said
"No I don't." He said and Randy and I shared a look
"This is Taelyn you're talking to, and I've only been your sister for I don't know all my life. I know you Dewey." I said
"Yeah and I'm the unrequited love slave of Sidney Prescott! I know all about obsession…..and pain." He pouted while showing us his scar from where Billy shot him.
"And you have your love scar to prove it." I said with smile
"Stop! Look Gale no killer." Dewey said getting angry I was about to reply when I heard someone call my name.
"Taelyn?" I turned and I saw Chris smiling at me as he walked over
"Hey."
"So how are you? I mean you were pretty upset last night."
"I'm fine thanks." I said smiling back at him we stayed like that until someone clear their throat. That's when I remembered Randy and Dewey were here.
"Oh Chris this is my friend Randy and my brother Dewey." I introduced
"Hi." He said with a wave, Randy waved back but Dewey just glared then stood up
"That's former cop Dwight Riley." He said holding out his hand
"Dewey." I glared as he and Chris shook hands. I could see Chris moved to pull back but Dewey held on
"Did I tell you I still carry a gun?"
"Dewey!" I snapped and stepped in between them
"Excuse us." I said and took Chris by the hand and led him outside.
"I am so sorry about brother, he's a little protective."
"A little?" He asked with a smile
"I've never seen him like this before honest." I said feeling so embarrassed by Dewey
"It's cool."
"I'm still sorry." I said
"Don't be." He said as he tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear, I looked down with a small smile.
"Don't hide your beautiful smile." He said making me blush, he was making me feel things I haven't felt in a long time. I liked it.
"So um you were right!" I said changing the subject
"About what?" He asked
"That band totally sucked last night." I said making him laugh
"Told you did you get a chance to meet the drummer?"
"Oh yeah complete asshole like you said."
"I know he likes to go around dumping drinks on beautiful girls, and doesn't even apologize."
"What an ass!" I joked
"Yeah and he'd like to take you out some time." He said making me freeze
"I don't know." I said thinking about Sofia, Chris doesn't know I'm a mom. He might know something about Woodsboro but everything. I don't know if this would be the right time, I wouldn't want him to get hurt by someone trying to get me. Then I still fear that my next boyfriend might be like Stu.
"Hey don't think so hard about it. If you don't want to we can just be friends hopefully?" He asked
"It's just I have a lot going on right now and my last relationship ended pretty badly in case you didn't know."
"It's okay." He said
"How about a rain-check?" I offered and he nodded with a smile
"Of course." He said with a smile. I didn't want him to leave just yet
"How about we go for a walk? Are you free?" I asked
"Um y-yeah, yes." He stuttered making me laugh
"Alright let me go get my bag." I told him
"Cool I'll be here." He said and I smiled then walked back inside
"Who is he?" Dewey asked
"That guy that ran into me yesterday."
"So why are talking to him?"
"He said he was sorry calm down we're just friends." I told him
"Drummer boy looks like he wants to be more than friends." Randy said with a smirk, and I hit the back of his head.
"Shut up! I'll see you guys later."
"I don't know if that's a good idea. We don't know anything about this guy." Dewey said
"I'll be fine we're just going for a walk in the quad, a very public place."
"Taelyn."
"I'll see you later." I said as gave him a kiss on the cheek.
