(REED)
It's been six days since the funeral. Josh looks like a disaster, his lips are chapped, his eyes are red rimmed, his hair is greasy, and I think he's worn the same shirt in the past 4 days, I'm trying to help him, but it's hard watching him grieve over someone who stole him from me. We've been trying to find out what exactly happened to Ivy, we knew all the Billings girls had been downstairs, but no-one else believed us, now everyone was looking suspiciously at us, thinking we didn't notice. And as if I wasn't a nightmare already, detective Haur was lurking around on campus again, and worse, he wanted to talk to me, tonight…
I sat in the uncomfortable chair, across from the desk in Detective Haur's shabby office, I knew I was out of place in these surroundings with my Gucci bag and Prada shoes, Calvin Klein jeans, and black scoop neck sweater. I stared into his tired brown eyes and answered his question for the fourth time, "I do not know why Ivy was in Billings!" I told him again, he just sighed exasperatedly, "well you were in billings downstairs, how could you not know?" "you just said, I was downstairs, and I came in at like 5 o'clock, and left for classes at 7:30 so that leaves about ten hours where she could have entered without my knowing." I said simply. "but how could she have gotten in?" he asked again, "by sealing a key card, following someone oblivious inside, windows, she could even have climbed a tree and entered the door on the roof" I told him with a shrug, "and why do you always question me first, I have an alibi that at least ten people will confirm! So why are you bothering?" he looked away, "what did you find?" I asked "we found a note on the back of the photograph that said, and I quote, 'I am going to make you pay for what you took from me Reed, I am going to destroy you.'" He looked to the floor disconcerted, "what!?" I half yelled, "she wrote it not me, we think she was going to leave it in your room, but somebody stopped her…" he trailed off ominously. "May I go then?" I asked. He looked confused, but nodded, and I dashed out the door, intending to find Josh and tell him…
(JOSH)
I was walking out of Ketlar when Reed dashed up to me threw herself into my arms, and started crying. I was confused, so all I did was wrap my arms around her and wait for an explanation. She quieted after a few minutes, but I didn't loosen my hold on her, I wanted to make sure she knew how much I loved her, "Reed, what's wrong?" I asked after another long pause. "everything." She answered, burying her face in my neck. "What specifically?" I asked nervously, I hoped she didn't mean our relationship. She looked up into my eyes, "Ivy left a message on the back of the photo, she said she was going to make me pay, accused me of stealing you, then she threatened to destroy me. I think she was going to leave the picture on my bed…I think she was going to stalk me!" she started sobbing again, and I realized going through this all for a third time was probably killing her, so I held her tighter and kissed her hair, "I love you Reed, and no matter what it takes I'm going to keep you safe, I would die for you." I whispered she kissed my neck lightly, then backed away about a foot, "I love you too, and you know I'd die for you too, Josh don't ever leave me." She sobbed and threw herself at me again, I carried her into Ketlar, slunk around the back way so no one else would see her, and brought her to my room. I lay her on the bed, and held her close breathing in her sweet smell, I touched her face and neck lovingly, and brushed her perfect hair out of her oceanic blue eyes." Reed, will you stay here with me tonight?" I asked her, she nodded and snuggled into my chest. I felt her shiver and realized how cold my room was, "wait a second okay?"I asked she just nodded. I went and took off my shirt, then climbed back into bed pulling the covers over us both, and she cuddled close again, we both knew there would be no sex tonight, just love. Trey came in about an hour later, then promptly turned and left, probably to go sneak into Billings and sleep with Astrid. Reed and I both slept naked that night, but only for the comfort of our warm skin touching. I rubbed her back, and neck, and caressed her stomach and thighs, she fell asleep quickly. Later as the first dawn light filtered through my window splashing onto her peaceful face, I knew what beauty was, I slipped out of bed, and got dressed, I pulled out the brushes she had given me, and took a canvas, placed it on my easel, and let the paint flow as I captured her sleeping face forever.
(REED)
I woke up to the thick acrid scent of acrylic paint, I glanced around the room, and found Josh next to me in his narrow bed, I leaned into his warm body, held myself tightly to his muscular chest. He wrapped his bare arms around me and smiled at me, "good morning gorgeous " he whispered, he looked so much better, so awake, his eyes were bright, and his bare chest smelled fresh as if he'd just showered, his hair was clean too. I snuggled against him even closer, and lifted my face to his, running my lips across his, then over his jaw line, resting my cheek against his. Josh laughed, "someone's lovey today" he murmured. I leaned back and pulled him gently on top of me, entangling my fingers in his hair, he rolled me so I was on top of him, his arms were on the small of my back, his lips on my neck, I stared at his face as it was lit by the sun, his eyes and hair appearing to glow, and kissed him hungrily, wanting contact, wanting to feel him, feel that he was mine. I pulled him on top of my once more, he got the idea, and caressed my breast while he kissed me and gently entered my body, I let it happen, again tangling my fingers in his hair and wrapping my legs around him.
When we were finished (sorry folks this is rated T lol) I went down the hall and took a shower, only to run into Gage, who, trying to be funny pulled on the towel I had wrapped around my body, what neither of us expected was for it to actually fall. He stared, a huge grin spreading across his face, "wow, Josh is one lucky guy!" he said, then brushed by me. I gaped after him, then scooped up the towel and wrapped it around me again, I ran on my way to Josh's room, only to slam into his very tired and confused looking dorm advisor, I hurriedly dashed the other way, hoping he would think he'd gone crazy, or was so tired he didn't notice my long hair and boobs evident beneath my towel. I zipped through the first door I found, it was Walt's room, it was dark, he was in his desk chair with his back to me, "hey Walt, can I hide in here?" I asked, he didn't reply, when I walked up to him, and touched his shoulder, it was ice cold, I realized that the floor was wet, but I thought I must be dripping, I turned the chair around, and screamed.
Walt was leaned back in the chair, in the pale light filtering through the blinds I took in his pale skin, his empty open blue eyes, and the dark blood staining his white collared shirt, then I noticed its source a long thin cut at the base of his throat and when I looked to the floor, it was stained red, and in his hand there was a hunting knife, when I looked closer, I noticed the slashes on his wrists.
"oh god" I choked out, backing away, I turned and ran down the hall, into Josh's room, he was dabbing his brush against a painting when I entered, he turned smiling but when he caught sight of my face he froze "Reed?" I couldn't speak I stood still, paralyzed for a long moment, but finally I managed to force out the words "Walt's- Walt's dead!" I felt myself shaking, and as Josh moved towards me, collapsed into his arms, "I was running away from your dorm advisor, when I opened a door to hide, there he was, there's blood everywhere and a knife, and, and, and, oh what will I tell Constance?" I wailed, sobbing into his shoulder, Josh pulled me into him, "come let's look at this, maybe he's playing a joke, or something." But I could see in his eyes that he knew it was an empty hope.
Josh called the police as soon as I left, not telling them it was me who found Walt, but that he'd came in to ask Walt to lend him his cell phone because his was dead (which was true, josh had accidentally left it on last night). I crept back to Billings, then I did what I knew I had to, I woke Constance.
"Constance?" I whispered shaking he shoulders lightly, she looked up into my eyes, dazed and tired, "what is it? I need to sleep, I'm meeting Walt for breakfast later and I need my beauty sleep…" I felt a pang of anguish for her, "Constance, Walt's, well he, I , in his room…" she looked stunned, "''''omigod YOU DIDN'T" she shrieked. "NO" I shook my head, "it's worse, much, much worse; he's dead!" I blurted, instantly regretting it. "WHAT?!?!?!!?" she yelled, "I'm so sorry, I found him when I was hiding from Josh's DA and then I happened to run into his room and… I'm so sorry Constance." She burst into tears, her room-mate Natasha was at her side instantly, soothing her, brushing back her hair, and whispering calming words. I didn't know what to do, I knew nothing I could say would calm her down, and nothing I did would help, so I quietly retreated while Constance's Grief fill cries filled the house, I knelt by the door, rubbing my temples, while I repeated what I knew to everyone over and over. God how could this be happening two murders in one month, and something tells me they're not the last.
(JOSH)
Walt Whittiker? It's hard to believe he's dead, I mean, I didn't really know him all that well, but he was a fellow Ketlar, it was so weird, before this year there'd never been a murder at Easton academy, scandals sure, but never murders, now there were two inside a month. I didn't understand, why walt? He was annoying, sure, but he was also stupid enough that he didn't attract attention to himself or make enemies, so why him? In all respects he was reminiscent of a rat, with oily blond hair, a pointy nose, and a dweebish little mustache like whiskers. I was really uncomfortable now, two unsolved murders, getting closer and closer to Billings, to Reed, first a Billings ex-member, now a Billings boyfriend, what if they went after the president? What if they killed Reed, what if…
God I can't stop worrying, what if I lose her again, for real… if she dies, I'm going to follow her.
Hello, I'm sorry it took so long, but here it is, I know it still doesn't make much sense, but pay close attention to the way they die, there will be connections, read it really carefully or it will make no sense, thanks again for the reviews, I enjoy hearing from you, even if you don't like my work.
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J.W.