Chapter Thirty-Four
Will Everything Stay The Same?
"Simone!!!!!!! Were did you put my Pick Love T-shirt. You know, the one with the two purple picks with Pick and Love written on each. You borrowed it last week and never returned it!!!" I stuck my head out of the door and saw Simone walk out of the bathroom with the toothbrush in her mouth and her hair up in curlers.
It's in my room, under my bed, next to my...math book and under your...blue Tension T-shirt." I rolled my eyes and glared at her as I walked down the hall to her room. "Why does it mean so much to you anyways?" I stood up and brushed the dust off of my PJ pants.
"You really need to clean under there. And Travis bought me this T-shirt and I want to wear it since today is his first day back since the attack." Simone spit out her toothpaste and rinsed her mouth before she spoke again.
"Speaking of that, do they know who did it?" I pulled my PJ top off and threw on my T-shirt.
"Not yet, but Travis has a meeting with the police today after school. He thinks he knows something that has to do with his attack and Audrey's murder." Simone walked out of the bathroom and I walked in and turned on the curling iron.
"Wow, can't wait to see what happens." I nodded and flipped the edges of my layers out. I then applied my make-up and left for school. The entire time one thought ran through my mind: please let them find whoever did this to Travis and Audrey.
When I got to school I spotted Travis and immediately brushed off my faded denim jeans and ran up to him. I walked up behind him and covered his eyes.
"Guess who?" He chuckled and pretended to go into deep thought.
"Well, with that angelic voice it can only be my Lily." He removed my hands and spun me around so I was facing him.
He cupped my face in his hands and pressed his lips to mine. I giggled and wrapped my arms around his neck. When we broke apart I pressed my forehead to his and we both stared in each other's eyes and laughed. After a few more baby kisses we headed off to our homeroom. He wrapped his arm around my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt silly but I didn't care. I was happy and that's all that mattered. We sat down at our table and entwined our fingers under the table.
"So, you ready for your police meeting?"
"Not really. But I know that this guy had to be found. What he said was so..." Travis looked away in anger and I noticed that the grip on my hand had tightened.
"Travis, what happened, what did he say? And how does he have a connection to Audrey? Did he...did he kill Audrey?" Travis looked at me with a sad look upon his face. Tears gleamed in his eyes as he nodded his head.
"Yah, he did."