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Previously on Love and Loss

Anonymous/Gary's POV

"No, this is not the Jake I knew. That Jake died when Gary was born." He said as he walked away, he was always the one for dramatic exits, so here I sit, but eventually someone is going to come in and save me. Don't worry. Maybe I should Shake It Up?

Gunther's POV

"So what did he say?" Deuce just looked around nervously and said;

"He said, if we didn't go back into the party, he would kill us."

"Okay, now I am scared."

About half an hour later

Nobody's POV

"I mean Candy Cho: A person with the spotlight dance every week!"

"I like the sound of that. Here you go." She said untying him, as he rubbed his wrist from the rope burns.

"Later, loser." He said as he walked out to the party, enjoying the fun he was about to have.

End of Recap.

Title: The Truth Will Set You Free

Rocky's POV

Now, I was getting really worried.

"What should we do? Oh god, this is entirely my fault. You guys are all in danger because of me. And I am so stupid that I don't even know what to do?" I said smuggling up the courage to look at my group of friends and they looked back at me with their whole lives ahead of them, but road blocked by me and my drama.

"Rocky this is not your fault that this person is obsessed. We are going to get out of this scratch free. I promise you." Ty said really using the big brother card to his full benefit. It worked. He hugged me and at the moment it was the most comforting thing I have felt in a long time.

"Thanks big bro." I said into his shoulder.

"Dude, you shouldn't keep promises that you can't keep." Gunther said looking at us with a tiny scratch under his right eye from his little outburst. I hope he knows that I do love him, but it is too much. He could die because of me and I know that if that ever happen I could not live with myself, so why should even try to go through all this struggle to be with his when he could just as easily be taken away from me.

"Dude, why would you say that?" Deuce asked confused as he grabbed Cece's hand. She was probably taking it the worst out of all of us, I wonder why, but we kind of have bigger fish to fry.

"I know these are terrible circumstances that we are in, but we can't deny the inevitable. And…"Gunther said trying to state a fact, but then Mr. LaFȗe stepped in and said something.

"Look guys, I know you guys are just a bunch of kids who just found out about all of this, but you guys need to stop acting…for lack of a better word, childish. We should be trying to figure out a way to stop what's happening, not just arguing about it! Geez!" He said as he pulled down his sweater vest, gosh, he is such a dork, but I feel like I know him from somewhere…

"Guys, I don't think this is completely Rocky's fault. It might be mine also." Cece said stepping forward gripping Deuce's hand tighter.

"What? That's impossible, Cece! Wait, but maybe not, maybe you really were the one writing the notes. And you just lied to us when you said you didn't." Tinka said finally putting two and two together.

"No, no, no! You guys have got it all wrong. Jake is the one who wrote Rocky all these notes." Mr. LaFȗe said obviously getting frustrated that he was the only one who knew the truth.

"WHO IS JAKE?" We all screamed in unison at Mr. LaFȗe, getting the unwanted crowd's attention. Then three different boys from around the room stood up and said;

"I'm Jake."

"What? No, not you." We all said in annoyed, but I couldn't take it anymore all of these secrets and hateful people…All this badness directed towards me, my eyes were cloudy and so was my judgment. I looked at the frustrated group and said;

"I…I…I can't take this anymore. You guys don't deserve this, I don't deserve you guys. I'm gonna find who this Jake person is and I am going to take care of this myself. I have to." I said as I turned around and walked away.

A single tear slid down from my warm, brown eyes, followed by another one, and another one, until soon, a steady stream of salty tears flowed its way down my now cold cheek.

I walked faster, ignoring Gunther and Mr. LaFȗe's calls after me. My friends shouldn't have to go through this. Maybe it would be better if, I was just gone. Better yet, dead.

I was uncontrollably releasing the sadness and sorrow that has been held inside of me for all this time but still I did not make a sound. I saw all these people who I have never seen before just look at me as I passed the crowd. At the same time, I could hear a girl let out a heart wrenching wail, which was followed by a series of blatant tears. My heart stopped as I ran back to find out whom it was, but all I found was Gunther's chest ready to comfort me.

One would ask. Is it better to rack your body with noisy sobs and let the world know of your pain, or to slowly release your emotion within yourself with silent tears?

I did both and he just held me. I shouldn't do this to him. I need to leave!

I noticed a hand on my shoulder and it wasn't Gunther because one of his hands was protectively striking my hair and the other was gripping me tightly at the waist. Even though I didn't want to leave Gunther's arms, my impulse won and I turned around to see Mr. LaFȗe.

"Rocky, you need to get out of here. Jake is too dangerous and irrational right now." Mr. LaFȗe said sternly and I took a second to try and rack my brain, trying to figure out how he was involved in all of this. I couldn't come up with anything.

"Mr. LaFȗr, I mean Mr. LaFȗe, who is Jake?" Gunther asked, he was so close, I could feel his warm breath play will the tiny hairs on my back. Then, just as Mr. LaFȗe was about to say something, the music stopped.

"Yo,yo,yo! What's happening my peeps! Okay, so I would like to bring up a special guest. Mr. LaFȗe! Give him some room to come up." The DJ said looking at us as if knowing that Mr. LaFȗe was about to tell us the truth.

"No, I am not going! I have to tell you who the person is!" Mr. LaFȗe said and then the security guards came and started to drag him through the crowd, I wanted to help but Gunther held me back knowing that I shouldn't interfere.

Once he got on stage, Mr. LaFȗe tried to run towards the microphone and before he could be pulled back, he yelled into the microphone.

"IT'S GARY! IT'S GARY!"

Wait, what would Gary have to do with this? Could he- Shortly afterward the DJ came back to the microphone.

"IT'S GARY! IT'S GARY! HAHA! Actually no that's not Gary, that's just our Gary Wilde impersonator! Say hi Steve!" The DJ said as the spotlight landed on a guy who actually looked Gary.

"Hdbohui" I am guessing Steve was trying to say hi, but he had a lot of shrimp in his mouth. It was gross.

"Anyways, looks like someone had a few too many margaritas before the party." The DJ said making the whole crowd laugh. He's good at his job. And he was probably right. But I still want to know who Mr. LaFȗe thinks anonymous is.

"It's just a few hours till midnight and Rocky's big present! I hope you guys are enjoying yourselves and hopefully you enjoy the free taco bar coming your way!" The DJ said before turning on the music again and walking away with Mr. LaFȗe and a few guards.

Nobody's POV

Once Mr. LaFȗe, the DJ and a few guards were in the hallway behind the stage, Mr. LaFȗe hollered. The DJ just looked at him and drew a line across his neck with his finger. 'The Kill Sign.'

"You're not going to get away with this!" Mr. LaFȗe spat back and then the DJ's whole demeanor changed.

"Look, seeing as you are the only person who knows the truth and you are in my custody. I think I will." The DJ said will an evil smirk.

"You can't kill me! There are too many witnesses here." Mr. LaFȗe said feeling quite smart.

"Well, what you don't understand is I can. Don't you get it? Everyone in this crowd are poor people who needed a job so bad that they are space fillers at this party. I am paying them $30 each on the hour, so I could go and kill in the middle of the dance floor if I wanted and all I would have to do is pay them a few extra dollars and they will act like they didn't see a thing. Yeah, there are people like that. Look, you and the whole Scooby Gang or whatever think that you've got it figured out… But you don't and you can't escape. So, I'm thinking let's go back up on stage kill your reputation and then kill you. How does that sound?" The DJ sounding so dark that he even scared himself.

"You can't do this…Please…" Mr. LaFȗe pleaded but there was no use.

"Aww, well just because you said please…No. It's too late. You guys never realized it, but me and 'Jake' have always been twelve steps ahead. Why do you think the doors are locked…Because, you all are going die tonight." The DJ said with a laugh as he pushed Mr. LaFȗe back on the stage.

"Yo,yo,yo! One more announcement from my main man. Mr. I don't know his first name LaFȗe! He is going to tell us about his relationship with Rocky." The DJ said the end in a monotone.

Cece's POV

"Um, um, um…" Mr. LaFȗe mumbled out nervously, the DJ then shoved Mr. LaFȗe out of the way and said;

"Ha-ha! He does have a little stage fright. Take him away boys, I tell everyone the truth." And after a little resistance, Mr. LaFȗe was gone. I felt bad for him; he looked like he was in pain. Then through my peripheral vision I saw Rocky and Gunther. She looked like she had been crying.

"You alright?" I whispered into her ear.

"I don't think so, but I will try." She said with a smile.

"See, our friend Mr. LaFȗe is actually Rocky's uncle pretending to be her shrink. And if anyone actually read the news, they would have already known about it. Ha-ha! Anyways, back in the old days, he tried to kiss her or something… her dad saw and well, Mr. LaFȗe went to a very nice prison for a few years and even through all of the counseling that he went through…he still has a crush on her and he believes that all he has to do is explain it to her and she will ultimately understand and return the affection. What a weirdo, right? Well, as one of our many presents to Rocky; we have decided to get rid of him, you know, for good. We only want the best for Rocky Blue before she meets up with 'destiny'. Anyways, have fun and I will be back shortly." The DJ said with a knowing smirk and then went off stage.

We heard a blood curdling scream, but we chose to ignore, hoping that it wasn't Mr. LaFȗe. But we all knew the truth.

"I knew that he looked familiar, but I didn't think all of that happened." I said shocked.

"Yeah Rocky, why didn't you tell us this?" Tinka said genuinely concerned.

"To be honest, I didn't even recognize him. My dad told me to forget about my uncle and I guess I did." Rocky said and I could tell that she was telling the truth.

"Rocky, what else did he do to you?" Ty said balling up his and I could see it his eyes…Even though there was no reason to, he obviously blames himself.

"I honestly don't remember. I mean I always knew something happened, but I really don't remember. All I know is that I really need to get out of here. At first, this was just a weird game, but now it's getting really scary Ty." Rocky said as she intertwined her hand with Gunther's.

Then all of a sudden a girl came up and knocked into me. Someone was obviously drunk.

"Maybe you should watch on the drinks." Tinka said as kind as possibly.

"And maybe you shouldn't be such a freak." The girl said harshly which I know hit a hard spot for Tinka. I mean now that we are friends; I learned a lot of things about her and Gunther. For example, the only reason they would criticize people is because they were afraid that if they weren't mean to people, others would beat them to it.

Ty unclenched his fist and wrapped his arm around Tinka's waist and whispered something into her ear and I knew it was something sweet because she smiled.

Can I say Tyinka! Or Tnka? Or Tyka? Oh, how about Tynka? I like that one better.

And I know I should be worried about all of this drama, but can I just have a little time to be a girl? Yes, all this news is detrimental, but I can't stop thinking about Deuce. I know its Deuce, but I am really starting to like like him again. I hope that doesn't make me crazy. Anyways, where was I?

Oh yeah, so the girl just said;

"Whatever, some dude wanted me to give this to Roaquel and Cecsylia." She said looking down at the envelopes while butchering our names. It was obvious that she didn't even know us, but then why is she at the party?

"What does yours say, Cece?" Rocky asked awaking me from my thoughts as I opened up the note with my name on it. The note looked like it was recently scribbled on to.

Dear Cecilia Jones,

Did you know in the urban dictionary a snitch is someone who gives up incriminating evidence to people they have no business talking to in the first place. Some snitch because they need attention others snitch because they are scared. It's funny because that absolutely describes you. But tonight I will let you do it, only because it will benefit me. I want you to go to Gary Wilde's dressing room and then tell everyone the truth about you and your mom. It's a risky move on my part, but as they say in chess…A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middle-game without necessarily obtaining a lost position.

Tick Tock, Cece. You only have an hour to tell the truth.

Loath Always

Anonymous

"Is it bad?" Deuce asks and I just simply respond with…

"No, it's not bad. It's actually good." I said feeling like a weight is going to be lifted off my shoulders.

"How can any note be good?" Rocky asked confused.

"Because I can finally tell you guys the truth. But open your note first, Rocky." I said with an encouraging smile, trying to show her that she is not alone, but that is putting way too much pressure in a smile. And let's just say it wasn't even that good of a smile.

"Okay." Rocky said before opening the note.

Dear Raquel Blue,

Glad you came to the party. And sorry about the unforeseen speed bump. (Mr. LaFȗe) Any who, I wanted to make sure you still understand who is in charge here and even though you might think that you and your little group might win against me, your dead wrong. I made you Raquel and if you think that all of this started just a while ago… Your wrong again.

Who do you think told your dad to come and check on you the same time Mr. LaFȗe tried to kiss you?

Who do you think got you on Shake it Up Chicago?

Who do you think told your teacher to make a project, so two people (you and Gunther) could get to know each other better?

I created you, so don't tried and mess with me Rocky. You might think since you gotten away and slipped out of my grasp a few times that you can beat me, but you can't. Just because certain things aren't going my way doesn't mean you will win.

And as Emanuel Lasker says, "Do not permit yourself to fall in love with the end-game play to the exclusion of entire games. It is well to have the whole story of how it happened; the complete play, not the denouement only. Do not embrace the rag-time and vaudeville of chess."

Love Always

Anonymous

P.S. I am coming for you.

"Was yours good too?" Gunther asked Rocky.

"Not even close." Rocky said with a frown.

"So, what are you supposed to be telling us?" Tinka asked curiosity getting the best of her.

"The truth, but first we have to go Gary's dressing room." I said and shortly afterward we got some directions from a really scary security guard; we were on our way.

"I don't know about you guys, but aren't the creepy meat lockers usually at the end of long, dark hallways and not a famous person's dressing room?" Deuce said nervously and we reached the door with a star that had Gary's name on it.

"Deuce don't be baby. We'll be fine." Ty said as he opened up the door.

It was terrible, there looked like there had been some kind of murder here.

There were splats of blood all over all of the walls, some kind of glass item shattered everywhere, it looked like something was tied up against the radiator that was in back of the room and it broke free. And everything in the whole entire room, was messed up, broken or ripped. The worst was the blood.

I looked around and everyone looked like the blood rushed out of all their faces.

"Guys, is Gary dead?" Tinka asked and I could hear how scared she was just by her voice.

"I don't know, but guys I need to tell you something…" I said slowly.

"What?" They all asked in unison.

"About a year ago, I got some pictures in the mail. They were of my mom and her boss. There was also a video of my mom persuading her boss to rehire her after I got her fired by forcing her to take me shopping even though she had to go to work soon. And even though her shift started at one, we got home at six." I said feeling guilty but I continued.

"And I know you're thinking how could she not notice, but I made in very hard by changing her watch time, and every single time she said we should start heading back I got her one of those massages that can make you almost fall asleep. And to add more to that, there was a big bank robbery taking place right where she should have been. So she got fired, all because of me, and believe me I never heard the end of it, but after few months of mentioning it every single day, she finally let it go. And I never thought about it again. Till now." I said taking a breath to pause.

"But that's not the point, because usually I wouldn't care about my mom's boring conversation with her bald headed, beer belly boss. Except for the fact that there wasn't a lot of talking involved, more of seducing, and let's just say that the other two hours of footage, wasn't all rainbows and sunshine on the eyes. But whoever sent this message, wanted me to see what my mom did for my selfish mistake, and there was a note attached really made me understand." I closed my eyes recalling the note.

Dear Cecilia Jones,

I know that little video burned your eyes, so I will make this short. I want you to work for me, and together we will take down Raquel Blue. And if you don't want to, I totally understand, but the video will be sent to every person in Chicago. Now don't try and look for me, just wait for the instructions in my next note.

Love Always

Anonymous

P.S. This is going to be so much fun.

"And just like that all of my friendships were severely damaged but I guess it's my fault for doing all of that to Rocky, but I had no choice. I hope you guys believe me." I said as I looked at all the wide eyed teenagers in front of me.

"Wow."

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