Two
By the time we'd stopped, we had both ran at least three blocks and whereas I was puffing hard, Laura could've still kept up pace for another three blocks before she would start to falter. I stumbled on the pavement and leant against a tree. Laura jogged back to me.
"Gotta...breath...water..." I gasped. "Can't...go...stop..."
Laura stopped jogging, and leant against the tree with me. "Yeah, you're right, I don't think she'll have followed us this far." We had cut through several smaller streets and a park, and come out on a main road. Cars swooshed past us without a care for two teenagers who'd just seen one of their boyfriends murdered.
I felt hysteria bubbling under the surface and suddenly I was overcome with an incredible urge to scream. But if I started screaming, I wasn't sure if I would stop.
"We have to be calm about this," I said levelly after I had gotten my breath back. It was good to know that one part of my brain was working, because my other half was completely useless, because all it could seem to do was say, 'fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck' over and over again.
"We should probably keep moving just in case," Laura said. "Amber might try to come after us."
"Yeah," I said. "Yeah." I stopped suddenly. "We have to tell the police."
Laura stopped with me. "Ok, let's think about this. We have no idea why Amber killed Brad. I'm not even sure if I actually saw it, but think about this realistically. Are the police going to believe two teenagers that have walked out of nowhere? They'd think we were stoned or something."
"Then what the fuck are we going to do?" I shouted.
"We've gotta think about-"
Laura's voice was cut out when an arm reached out from nowhere, clamped her mouth shut, and pulled her into a driveway. I tried to scream, but then I realised the someone else had their hand clamped onto my mouth as well.
"If I let go of you, will you promise not to scream or run away?" a familiar husky voice said. I managed to nod, and then I was free. I whipped around, and came face to face with Amber Cartwright and Deacin Frost.
By the time we'd stopped, we had both ran at least three blocks and whereas I was puffing hard, Laura could've still kept up pace for another three blocks before she would start to falter. I stumbled on the pavement and leant against a tree. Laura jogged back to me.
"Gotta...breath...water..." I gasped. "Can't...go...stop..."
Laura stopped jogging, and leant against the tree with me. "Yeah, you're right, I don't think she'll have followed us this far." We had cut through several smaller streets and a park, and come out on a main road. Cars swooshed past us without a care for two teenagers who'd just seen one of their boyfriends murdered.
I felt hysteria bubbling under the surface and suddenly I was overcome with an incredible urge to scream. But if I started screaming, I wasn't sure if I would stop.
"We have to be calm about this," I said levelly after I had gotten my breath back. It was good to know that one part of my brain was working, because my other half was completely useless, because all it could seem to do was say, 'fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck' over and over again.
"We should probably keep moving just in case," Laura said. "Amber might try to come after us."
"Yeah," I said. "Yeah." I stopped suddenly. "We have to tell the police."
Laura stopped with me. "Ok, let's think about this. We have no idea why Amber killed Brad. I'm not even sure if I actually saw it, but think about this realistically. Are the police going to believe two teenagers that have walked out of nowhere? They'd think we were stoned or something."
"Then what the fuck are we going to do?" I shouted.
"We've gotta think about-"
Laura's voice was cut out when an arm reached out from nowhere, clamped her mouth shut, and pulled her into a driveway. I tried to scream, but then I realised the someone else had their hand clamped onto my mouth as well.
"If I let go of you, will you promise not to scream or run away?" a familiar husky voice said. I managed to nod, and then I was free. I whipped around, and came face to face with Amber Cartwright and Deacin Frost.
