Chapter 6 - The Killer.
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
AN: This chapter will start with when Dana left to talk to Logan, and go past when they meet up at the beach. This is what Sara did during their talk. Hope you like it. Review!
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(Sara's Point Of View)
Once Dana left, the girls started gushing about how sweet Logan was. I didn't really listen to them, and I zoned out. I started thinking about things.
I thought about Jake, and mom, and dad, and Amanda. I thought about Aleigh, my best friend back in France. They all, minus Jake, thought that Sara was dead. I needed to tell them, and hope they forgive me. I know Mom will be more than happy, even if I did lie. Dad won't think much of it, because he never met me before. Amanda hadn't met me either, so I knew she wouldn't have any thoughts about it. The only person I was worried about was Aleigh.
Aleigh Brittanson used to be the only person that understood me, until I met Dana. Aleigh and I used to do everything together. Since I told everyone I was Dana, I had to sit through my own funeral. Aleigh sat by Mom and I, and she cried the whole time. Aleigh was the best friend anyone could ever ask for. She understood everything I told her, even if she couldn't really relate.
I looked at my phone. I'd call Aleigh later and explain. Maybe, with a little luck and a lot of apologizing, she'd forgive me. Then I'd call Mom and tell her the truth.
I started thinking about the night that caused all of this. It was hard to remember everything that was said at the party, but I do remember when Dana came up to talk to me about the boy she was going off with.
She had been so easygoing when it came to boys, but she didn't flirt with them. Now I knew why. She and Logan had a promise, and she hadn't broken it. The boy, whoever he was, had just been talking to her.
I wonder who that boy was. I need to know. It'll scare me forever if I don't know who it is. Just then, my phone vibrated and I had a new text. I looked at the number, and immediately knew it was from Paris.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
I know that your sister is okay. I know that I didn't do a good job. I will get her, and you. Neither of you will live to turn 18, if I have to die trying. Have a great day.
I read the screen again and again. Who was this? Why did they want to hurt me? From the sounds of it, this was the person that tried to kill Dana. I text back and asked who it was. Minutes later, I had a new text.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
Like I'm going to tell you who I am. I tried to kill your sister, but I failed. I was planning on getting you next, but you fled back to the USA. I will get you, no matter what. Sara and Dana Cruz will not be celebrating any more birthdays. Enjoy you last months at Pacific Coast Academy.
Crap! He knows where we are. How could he know? I don't-. I was cut off from my thoughts by another text.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
I have inside sources where you are. They will tell me everything you two do, right when you do it. Look at this attachment, and see what I mean. I got this right as it was happening. Nobody else was around to see it, so how did it get back to me? Only I know the answer.
I opened the attachment and gasped. It was a little video thing. It showed me running down the beach, and falling to the sand. It showed Logan running up too, and falling on top of me. It showed him covering my mouth, and kissing me. It stopped there.
PS: If you don't help me get your sister, I'll send her this attachment. I bet she'd love to know you were flirting AND making out with Logan huh? Either way, you're hurting her. Have fun, and if you don't answer any questions I ask you, Dana will be receiving this picture very soon.
I didn't know what to think. I couldn't help this guy get Dana, but I didn't want her to see that clip either. She forgave me once, but she won't do it again. Right then, my phone rang. It was Dana.
"Hello?"
"Uh…sure, I can meet you there…okay…later."
I hung up and started toward the beach. On the walk down there I tried to think of a way to find out who this guy was. I had no idea who could possibly want to kill Dana and I.
When I got to the beach, I sat down in the sand and looked out at the water, as if the answer would appear on the horizon. I heard Dana and Logan come up and sit on opposite sides of me, but I didn't move. Dana waved her hand in front of my face, but I still didn't move. I was thinking back to Dana's funeral.
I was sitting by Aleigh, who was sobbing. I looked up and looked over toward the doors. A guy was standing there, dressed in black, of course. He just had this…mysterious look about him.
I watched him as he looked over at the front, where Mom was talking about how great of a daughter 'Sara' was. I was thinking about how she wasn't even talking about the right person.
I looked back at that guy at the same minute he looked at me. He gave me this look, daring me to break eye contact. I didn't, and neither did he. He put his hand down to his side, and I followed his hand. He made a gun out of his thumb and index finger. He pulled his thumb down slowly like he was pulling a trigger.
My eyes got wide and he smirked. He pointed to a picture of me, that was hanging on the wall. It was used as a picture of Dana, but it wasn't. He pointed his fingers at it, and did the thumb thing again.
It was like he was trying to tell me he had killed her.
The last sentence ran through my head over and over again, as I came back to reality. Why hadn't I thought of this before? How could I forget about that important thing? How could I be so stupid?
I closed my eyes, and laid down on the sand. I opened my eyes and both Dana and Logan were looking at me.
"What?"
"What are you thinking about? You look so zoned out?" Dana asks, a little unsure of what she means.
"I was thinking about…" I drift off as my eyes go from Dana to Logan and back to Dana. "The funeral we had for you."
"What about it?" Logan asks.
"There was this guy there…" I told them all about it, and Dana looked freaked out. Right then, I got a text.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
Good job, you cracked the code. Now that you all three know about it, it shouldn't be that hard for you when I kill your sister. First her, then you, then Logan. Why Logan you ask? Because now he knows about it too. See, that's what you get for telling him.
I gasped without meaning to, and they both looked at me. I started to close my phone, but Dana made a grab for it. She was quick, but I was better. I pulled it away from her, toward Logan, and he started to grab it too. I laid back into the sand, which is as far away as I could get.
Dana moved up behind me, and pinned my arms behind my head. She smiled a little, and asked for the phone. I shook my head and Logan moved to sit on my legs. He made a grab for the phone, but I moved as best I could and he missed it.
"Give it." Dana said, and I shook my head again.
She finally got it from me, and ran. Logan followed her, and I just laid there. Not to far away, they were reading the text. They came back over, faces white, laughter gone.
"Who…who sent this?"
"The guy I just told you about." I closed my eyes, and my face turned red from shame.
She handed my phone back right as I got yet another text.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
Well, now I have another picture of you and Logan to work with. Just cut Dana out of it, and there you go. Here's my first question: What is your and Dana's roommate's name? I'll have to keep an eye on her too.
I looked up and Dana and Logan were watching me. Dana held out her hand to see it, but I told her no. I thought about if I should actually text back with Zoey's name. I decided not to, and closed my phone. Within seconds, both mine and Dana's phones vibrated. We both had texts, and she looked up at me.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
To: Sara Cruz; Dana Cruz.
Sara - here's your punishment.
Dana - here's what Sara was doing while you were in the hospital in France.
I looked up and Dana's eyes got big. Logan was reading over her shoulder. I clicked the first attachment and it was the clip. I watched their faces as they watched it, and Logan looked up at me. He gave me a look that said how-did-he-get-that. I shrugged as Dana looked up.
She looked between Logan and I, then back at her phone. Logan started to look, but she pushed him away. He came over and looked over my shoulder instead. I opened the second attachment, and it was from when Logan told me and Dana to kiss him. However, Dana was cut out of it to make it look like Logan and I were making out. Dana's eyes got wide and I knew she thought what the guy had wanted her too. The last attachment was from just now, with Logan sitting on my legs. Of course, you couldn't see Dana.
"I hate you." She looked right at me, and the words stung. "I thought I could trust you."
"Dana those pictures…" Logan started, but he trailed off with nothing to say. "You were there when those pictures were taken. The first day you got here…and then just now. Dana, they cut you out of the picture to make you think exactly what they wanted, and you are."
"What about the clip, then?"
"That…that actually happened. But, they stopped the clip early. Right after what you saw, I pushed him off and told him I couldn't do that. I didn't want to kiss him if he thought I was you."
"That was the only time you kissed him?"
"Yes. Until that first day when you were here, and he wanted both of us to kiss him. That…was the second time."
"Logan, is that true?" I could see the hurt in her eyes, and I'm pretty sure Logan could too. He nodded, and she looked back at me. "I can't believe you though, because I don't know who is telling me the truth and who's not."
I had the same hurt in my eyes, and she must have seen it, because her face softened a little. How could she not believe me? I'm her twin! This guy that is texting her this stuff, is the guy that tried to kill her.
"Why would you want to believe the guy that almost killed you?" I asked, and she looked down at her feet.
"Because…I don't know. I don't know who to trust, if anyone." My phone vibrated and she looked up.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
Well, this is going better than I expected. As long as she keeps on believing me, I can get her to trust anything I tell her. And then, when I come to that little boarding school of yours, she will trust me. Maybe I'll be there sooner than I planned.
My face went white, and Logan was reading over my shoulder now. Dana looked at us, but I didn't want her to see this text. Logan looked at me with wide eyes, and took in a shaky breath. Logan's phone vibrated next.
1-655-213-2056. Unknown Name.
Well, Mr. Reese. Your turn will be coming soon too. But first…I have some other things to take care of. Have a good day.
I looked at Logan's text, and my phone rang. My eyes went wide, hoping it wasn't him. I looked at the caller ID. It was him. I clicked speaker phone, and we all sat down in the sand.
"Hello?" I said in a shaky voice.
"I know that I'm on speaker phone, so I won't have to make this call more than once. But this first call doesn't really concern Logan and Dana. It's more of something that will mess with little miss Sara's head."
"What is it?"
"You know your friend, Aleigh Brittanson?"
"Don't you hurt Aleigh. She has nothing to do with this."
"Oh but she does. She's been going around talking about who could have killed her best friend. She is more involved that you know. But of course you wouldn't know, because you fled right after the funeral. She doesn't even know that Dana is okay, because nobody told her."
"Leave Aleigh alone."
"I'm afraid that's not an option. But since I'm in Paris, and she's in Paris, that means I can get her first."
"NO! Leave her alone!"
"Watch it. You better not talk to me like that. So, soon Aleigh Brittanson won't be okay either. That's four of you. Have a good day, little miss Sara, because you never know which will be your last."
He hung up, and I looked around at Dana and Logan. We have to warn Aleigh.
AN: Wow, tough chapter. I had no idea what I was going to make of this chapter, but now that it's finished, I think it fits in perfectly. Next chapter coming soon! Reviews make better updates come faster.
New Summary: She didn't die that night, like we thought she had. But now that she's okay, her killer is coming back for more. And this time, he's after me, her, her crush, and my best friend. Dana/Logan, Sara/Logan, Aleigh/Michael, Lola/OC, Nicole/OC, Zoey/Chase, Zoey/OC, Chase/Aleigh, Sara/OC. Some slight Lola/Michael, Nicole/Michael, and Aleigh/Chase. Possible Aleigh/Logan and Sara/Chase eventually.
-Breanna