Note: sorry this took so long, I have had the week from hell. This one will be rather short. I promise sometime I will sit down and write a long one. And y'all will just have to wait on the file. Because I hadn't planned on it being the most important part of the story so I have to think some more. However, I think that you'll understand what's in the file anyway without actually me actually writing about it. Y'all just inspire me to expand on some of my ideas. Thanks. And sorry for the wait.
Peter: You two. In my office now.
(Lizard and Shelby meekly walk into his office. Sophie is sitting with her head in her hands. The file is sitting beside her. Peter is standing, glaring at the girls.)
Peter: I am very disappointed in both of you. Especially you, Shelby. You've been here for a while. You know better than to fight.
Lizard: Hey. Don't get mad at her. She didn't do anything. Besides it wasn't a fight.
Peter: Shelby could have stopped you and she didn't. and why isn't consider a fight?
Lizard: For it to be a fight, there have to be two people fighting. I whooped his ass.
Shelby: (stifled a giggle.)
Peter: Fighting is wrong. Beating someone up is wrong. Hitting someone is wrong. Period.
Lizard: Whatever. It's either hit or be hit. And personally I don't enjoy being hit.
Peter: that's not how it is at all. People don't live like that.
Lizard: Is that so? (with an eyebrow raised)
Peter: Yes it is.
Lizard: (sarcastic) Well. I'll have to try that sometime.
Shelby: (stifled another giggle.)
Peter: What was the fight about?
Shelby: Matt insulted her family. So she whooped his ass. ::smiles::
Lizard: Damn straight.
Peter: watch your language.
(Shelby and Lizard rolled their eyes.)
Sophie: Stop laughing Lizard. This is a very serious matter.
Lizard: (stops laughing) what's the matter, Sophie? Scared of me?
Peter: Lizard, stop now.
Lizard: Why are you so scared of me? What did I ever do to you?
Sophie: You know why! You know who you are!
Peter: Sophie!
(Shelby is looking thoroughly confused)
Lizard: No. go on. Please explain to Shelby why you despise me so much.
Sophie: You knew what he did! And you did nothing!
Shelby: What is she talking about, Lizard?
Lizard: go on, Sophie. What did I know?
Sophie: He killed all those people! And you knew!
Shelby: WHO?
Sophie: Her father. Her father, the serial killer.
Shelby: what?
Sophie: Her father was Beck Sorpher.
Shelby: Oh my god.
Sophie: And Lizard knew! And so did her mother! But they did nothing!
Peter: That's enough, Sophie.
Sophie: All those people.
Lizard: (she's crying) Oh I knew. I knew the minute my mom had her little accident and left me her diary. I knew the minute that I walked down into that basement and saw that body. And you know what?
Peter: what Lizard?
Lizard: I was seven years old. I adored my father. I loved my mother. And I couldn't understand why my mom would kill herself and leave me all alone with him. And then suddenly I didn't remember finding the body. Or the knife. Or watching my mother put on the wrong equipment for our weekly rock climb. My grandmother came and put me in a boarding school. And at first I was ok. And then one night it came back to me. And I remembered.
Sophie: You should have told someone.
Lizard: Oh yeah. I should have. I was eight. It was my father. I was so scared and so alone. You try going up to someone and telling them that you witnessed your father killing a young girl. That you watched him slit her throat and then watched as he cut her up. (Puts her face in her hands) I was so afraid. I couldn't sleep because I would have nightmares. You try living like that, Sophie.
Shelby: Lizard. (gives her a hug.)
Lizard: Oh but I'm not done yet. After I got kicked out of three boarding schools, I had to go back and live with him. At night, I would listen to him whistle as he got ready to go out. And he would come back early in the morning. And I could tell. He had killed someone. I was so afraid for my life.
Peter: (Shakes his head)
Lizard: I put my headphones on and everything was so much better. I was numb. I would drift off to my happy place. Away from all the evil that was drowning me. And one night I went to get a drink of water. And I ran into him. And a girl. And he told me to go to bed or he would kill me too. And I went to my room and I threw up. A week later he killed himself. I called the cops. I told them what he had done. I showed them the basement. I was ten years old.
Shelby: (crying)
Lizard: (stands up, wipes her eyes.) So go ahead and hate me Sophie. But I hate myself more than you ever could. You'll never have to make the decision to choose to live and let someone else die. (walks out of the office.)
I know the ending is a little abrupt but I gotta go to sleep. And I know that the whole serial killer story line was a little sudden but what the hell. Give me reviews! What do you think should happen next? Until next time. :P
Peter: You two. In my office now.
(Lizard and Shelby meekly walk into his office. Sophie is sitting with her head in her hands. The file is sitting beside her. Peter is standing, glaring at the girls.)
Peter: I am very disappointed in both of you. Especially you, Shelby. You've been here for a while. You know better than to fight.
Lizard: Hey. Don't get mad at her. She didn't do anything. Besides it wasn't a fight.
Peter: Shelby could have stopped you and she didn't. and why isn't consider a fight?
Lizard: For it to be a fight, there have to be two people fighting. I whooped his ass.
Shelby: (stifled a giggle.)
Peter: Fighting is wrong. Beating someone up is wrong. Hitting someone is wrong. Period.
Lizard: Whatever. It's either hit or be hit. And personally I don't enjoy being hit.
Peter: that's not how it is at all. People don't live like that.
Lizard: Is that so? (with an eyebrow raised)
Peter: Yes it is.
Lizard: (sarcastic) Well. I'll have to try that sometime.
Shelby: (stifled another giggle.)
Peter: What was the fight about?
Shelby: Matt insulted her family. So she whooped his ass. ::smiles::
Lizard: Damn straight.
Peter: watch your language.
(Shelby and Lizard rolled their eyes.)
Sophie: Stop laughing Lizard. This is a very serious matter.
Lizard: (stops laughing) what's the matter, Sophie? Scared of me?
Peter: Lizard, stop now.
Lizard: Why are you so scared of me? What did I ever do to you?
Sophie: You know why! You know who you are!
Peter: Sophie!
(Shelby is looking thoroughly confused)
Lizard: No. go on. Please explain to Shelby why you despise me so much.
Sophie: You knew what he did! And you did nothing!
Shelby: What is she talking about, Lizard?
Lizard: go on, Sophie. What did I know?
Sophie: He killed all those people! And you knew!
Shelby: WHO?
Sophie: Her father. Her father, the serial killer.
Shelby: what?
Sophie: Her father was Beck Sorpher.
Shelby: Oh my god.
Sophie: And Lizard knew! And so did her mother! But they did nothing!
Peter: That's enough, Sophie.
Sophie: All those people.
Lizard: (she's crying) Oh I knew. I knew the minute my mom had her little accident and left me her diary. I knew the minute that I walked down into that basement and saw that body. And you know what?
Peter: what Lizard?
Lizard: I was seven years old. I adored my father. I loved my mother. And I couldn't understand why my mom would kill herself and leave me all alone with him. And then suddenly I didn't remember finding the body. Or the knife. Or watching my mother put on the wrong equipment for our weekly rock climb. My grandmother came and put me in a boarding school. And at first I was ok. And then one night it came back to me. And I remembered.
Sophie: You should have told someone.
Lizard: Oh yeah. I should have. I was eight. It was my father. I was so scared and so alone. You try going up to someone and telling them that you witnessed your father killing a young girl. That you watched him slit her throat and then watched as he cut her up. (Puts her face in her hands) I was so afraid. I couldn't sleep because I would have nightmares. You try living like that, Sophie.
Shelby: Lizard. (gives her a hug.)
Lizard: Oh but I'm not done yet. After I got kicked out of three boarding schools, I had to go back and live with him. At night, I would listen to him whistle as he got ready to go out. And he would come back early in the morning. And I could tell. He had killed someone. I was so afraid for my life.
Peter: (Shakes his head)
Lizard: I put my headphones on and everything was so much better. I was numb. I would drift off to my happy place. Away from all the evil that was drowning me. And one night I went to get a drink of water. And I ran into him. And a girl. And he told me to go to bed or he would kill me too. And I went to my room and I threw up. A week later he killed himself. I called the cops. I told them what he had done. I showed them the basement. I was ten years old.
Shelby: (crying)
Lizard: (stands up, wipes her eyes.) So go ahead and hate me Sophie. But I hate myself more than you ever could. You'll never have to make the decision to choose to live and let someone else die. (walks out of the office.)
I know the ending is a little abrupt but I gotta go to sleep. And I know that the whole serial killer story line was a little sudden but what the hell. Give me reviews! What do you think should happen next? Until next time. :P