JD spent all Sunday asleep, catching up on all he missed and the next time he saw Shane, Lynn, or Reese was at school the following Monday. Shane was waiting for him, for he had new information on their plan. Lynn had been working nonstop on Sunday figuring out details for their trip and everything. JD walked up and looked at them, without him even saying a word Lynn started talking.
"Okay, JD, we are going to travel by bus because I doubt any of us can come up with enough money for a plane or train ride, and we are going to go this weekend and spend a night in Ohio then move on to California. Kyle lives in a little town called Salinas, it's by the bay about a hour away from Gilroy and I'm afraid that we can't make such a fast exit on Kyle like Veronica."
"Why is that?" JD asked.
"Well because I couldn't get a house address. I got a number though, and a city, but beyond that nothing. But you need not to worry because I got a friend who goes to UC Santa Cruz and he said we could spend a night at his dorm if we chose to."
"Really?" Shane looked at her; glad she was helping them out.
"Yeah, he was a friend of my older brother's. His name is Cliff; he's been my best friend for years. He's willing to help us out if we need it." She smiled, it might had been they way Shane looked at her with approval, or it might be the fact that she is visiting Cliff, either way JD looked at her beauty and wished she belonged to him.
'What am I thinking?' He thought. 'I love Bonnie, not Lyric. Lyric is Shane's, he'd kill you if you went after her.' He snapped out of this and back into the conversation. "Lyric, how is this all going to work?"
"Well," she started, she had a determined look on her face, and she knew what she was saying and thought long and hard about it. "If we make plans in advance we get a two for one deal with Greyhound, $49, so you, Shane, Fairy and myself. That means everyone must come up with $24.50. Is that a problem with anyone?" They all shook their heads and she continued. "Good, well I thought I'd leave the murders up to you. You guys ARE the masterminds after all." She smiled, and waited for them to talk, maybe to congratulate her, maybe to say good job, whatever the reason, she stood there waiting.
"Well, then," Shane started, "Looks like its up to me and JD now. Lynn walked up to Shane and kissed him goodbye, she was going to go out to lunch with her friend Jade, who was waiting for her in her car in the parking lot.
"See yas, boys!" She said as scampered off.
Then Shane looked at JD. "Well, how do want Veronica to die?" He was very blunt, and forward. JD just stood there for a second before he put himself together enough to answer him.
"I haven't really thought about it that much." Which was a total lie, he knew he wanted her shot in the woods on a night that she thought would be magical. Shane gave JD a cocky grin.
"You lie. Now c'mon, tell me."
JD took a big breath and started. "Well, I want to scare her a bit. Make it look like I am alive when she 'knows' I'm dead. Then get her somewhere dark, like in the woods, exactly in the place where I shot 2 of her friends, and kill her." Shane smiled, JD knew this plan would work, he needed to work out a few details but in the long run, yeah it would work. "What about you and, Kyle was it?" Shane sighed.
"Yeah, Kyle man. I don't know, just stab him I guess." He tone was different when he spoke just then, like he was sad.
"Shane, you ok?" JD asked. Shane looked at JD and faked a smile.
"Yeah, just gimme a sec."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Just the fact that it had to come down to this. Kyle, he was just like my brother Ronnie. I mean, I let him in, and all this shit that happened, why?" JD didn't know what was happing to Shane; he remembered the talk in the woods. He stood there quietly as Shane stared at nothing in the grass at his feet, JD waited for him to come back. "You wouldn't betray me, JD, right?"
"Yeah, sure. Is something wrong?" Shane perked up just then.
"No" he answered.