By Malice Through Agony

UCLA/College/University/California

Riley watched as Charlie took the life of her friend's away, she struggled, kicked, scratched, but that didn't stop the fury in his eyes. Katherine collapsed on the floor with the bag on her head, she stared blankly into Riley's brown eyes. The only real friend she made in UCLA now...dead.

She cried into her arms, until Charlie pulled her up from the floor into a hostile embrace. "She wasn't you." he whispered into her ear.

"Charlie..." she quavered. "Just stop."

"I don't know why Riley, but you got me in the middle of the night masturbating thinking about you..." he placed his lips on her ear and took in the scent of her conditioner, "know...i'm gonna make us happen."

She cried in vain, but he didn't care. He started kissing her neck and unzipping her pants.

"This isn't what you want Charlie-"

"This is exactly what i've wanted for years...to be your first." his eyes faced her's as he pulled her in, "I've seen how scared you get when Lucas tries to have sex with you-"

"Seen?"

"You always stop when he takes of his shirt..." he wrapped his hands around her back, fingers touching fidgeting to take off her bra.

"Please stop." she whispered, staring at her dead friend.

He didn't stop, he couldn't take off her bra and she was getting angry. She cupped his cheeks with her hands and smiled, looking into his eyes. She pressed her two thumbs against his eyes and kicked him.

He fell to the ground as she stayed there watching him, in tears. Her body froze and she couldn't run away, he laughed angrily into the ground and stood up. "You owe me!"

Riley's vision blurred as she was being dragged by Missy. Blood ran down from the scalp of her head into her forehead and down to her temples, her brown hair was plastered all over her forehead. Her head and body ached, it would be so easy to just close her eyes and let Missy drag her away. How could a pregnant woman have this much strength? She stopped moving as Missy appeared into her view..."Lucas and I are a happy family, i'm having his child...and no one is going to jeopardize that."

"Your crazy."

"I prefer desperate." she said as she placed her foot on her throat, "I find it funny how you and Lucas have stayed together this whole time." she pressed her foot against Riley's neck, making her gasp. "I went to college with you guys, did you know that?" Riley just groaned in pain as she felt her throat close, "I don't think you do. I was a blonde...with glasses and always wore mini skirts with a button up shirt and a tie."

Riley tried to get her foot out of her throat as her ankle pressed against her collarbone, but it wasn't working.

"Lucas bumped into me one day and he helped me up, his hand wrapped around my waist. His cologne was intoxicating. I would take pictures of him in the gym, dorm room...showers at night, but he never noticed. Then you had to come in and take him away from me, HE WAS MINE!"

She shook her head and said, "He...was...never...yours."

"I spent the whole four years watching you guys hold hands and kiss. I hated you more than I hated anyone else."

Riley groaned as gasped for air, but she wasn't going to let her win. "It's not hatred, Missy. You envied me. I had Lucas when you had no one. Don't say I didn't notice you, you were the girl that sat in the bleachers all alone, and watched Lucas play. I might've felt sorry for you, but now...look at you. You're a psychotic bitch."

Missy pressed harder into her neck as Riley screamed in pain, "He had an affair-"

"Cut the crap!" Riley choked out, "You drugged him."

"He peeked..."

Riley managed to let out a forced laugh, "Let men be men."

Missy took her foot off of Riley's neck and kicked her stomach, pulling her by the hairs she dragged her towards the pool. "He always said he couldn't be with me because he was married," she said pulling Riley's hair. "But now...he won't."

Before Riley could say something, she found her head in the pool.

UCLA/College/University/California

Charlie slipped off his shirt as he tied Riley to the nightstand right by the couch, she screamed and refused to be touched. He wrapped a string of rope around her mouth and tied it. He ran his hands down her stomach to her legs, he finally rested his hands on her panties and rubbed. "Like that."

Riley cried and wriggled around trying to get him off of her, but his waist was in between her two legs. "STOP! HELP!"

He reached into his pockets and took out a silver pocket knife, "Scream one more time..." he threatened as he placed the knife on the curve of her neck.

As he kissed her neck, lips, and body, Riley thought about Lucas. If this really was the last day she would ever live, he would never know how much she cared about him. She focused on the rope that was tied around her hands, she started sweating which helped her out of them.

He was about to slide of her panties when Lucas opened the door, he looked up the stairs waiting for her. When his eyes landed on Charlie's, his demeanor changed. It went from happiness to pure anger, he ran over to him and pulled him from her. He landed on the ground, but before he could get up Lucas punched him. He didn't stop, even when Charlie was no longer awake. As much as Riley wanted him to keep going, half of her knew he would regret it.

"That's enough." Riley said as she watched him give Charlie another punch, but he didn't stop. "Lucas."

She walked towards Lucas. Charlie's body was on the ground, blood covered his head and nose. "Lucas-" she stopped his hand before it made contact with Charlie's face.

He quickly stood up and hugged her, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"No, you're not." he said as he touched the blood running from her neck. "Son of a bitch."

Riley couldn't breathe, her head was in the pool and Missy sat on top of her back grabbing her hands. She barely had enough strength to move, her whole body wanted her to give up, to just lie there letting Missy end her life. Her fingers scratched Missy's palm and pulled on her hair, but that didn't stop her. Riley's life was ending and no one was there to help her, her daughter would grow up without a mother. Katherine was killed by someone who was crazy about Riley and that was the guilt she stored up inside her, it was only Lucas who made her feel right again...he made her feel human.

Riley's life was hanging by a thread when Charlie tried to rape her, it was Lucas who made that thread into a thick strand of hope. He lifted her up when no one else could, and that was her desire in living. As Riley closed her eyes to let Missy end her life, she thought about how Katherine would grow up into a beautiful woman and always see the good in people. Lucas would find love with someone else. He wouldn't have to carry the burden of living with a wife that can barely say the three most important words back to him. Life without Riley was a life, yet to exist.

Water entered her mouth and her eyelids were about to close, she felt Missy's weight decrease. Riley twisted her body sending them both down the pool. She tried to swim back up, knowing she only had seconds before she died, but Missy grabbed onto her leg. She kicked her shoulder and pushed herself out of the pool, breathing every inch of oxygen she could find. She faced the twinkling stars and smiled, she was going to live. She sighed and rested on the cold stone floor, before she could get up Missy grabbed her foot and pulled her.

She sat upright and tried to get her hands off of her foot, but nothing was working.

"If I die...you die with me." she threatened.

"No...if you die...you die!" Riley kicked the side of her Missy's bony jaw. She heard it crack as Missy fell back into the pool, leaving Riley covered in water and blood. Riley watched her lifeless body float on the pool, she cried resting her forehead on the floor.

She walked back to the front door and opened it, police cars parked on the sidewalk of her house and Detective Williams ran towards her. "Where is she?"

"Backyard," Riley whispered.

Lucas got out of his car and ran towards Riley, pulling her into a quick peck on the lips. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine..." she said as he kissed her forehead, he moved her face around wanting to see the scratches and blood on her face and head, she let out a deep sigh and looked at the ground, "...but Missy isn't."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, Lucas."

She moved his hands that were placed on her cheeks as the group of paramedics walked towards her. Lucas watched his wife go, he looked towards the door and back to his wife. He didn't know where to go, or who to see first. The woman who he was in love with, or the crazy woman that carried his child. He found himself running inside the house and into the backyard, preparing himself for what he was about to see.

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