CHAPTER FOUR

Coffee aroma filled the air and the steam from the coffee maker made Indie's hair frizz and sweat to form on her brow. Not matter how much Indie wanted to smash this rude customer in the face, she reminded herself that in ten minutes, Indie would be sleeping over Stu's house. They would be watching horror movies all night and everything would be fine.

"Well, off you go. Go make my Frappuccino." The customer demanded.

Biting her tongue so as to not let out a mean response, Indie stormed back to behind the counter, glaring as she made the coffee flavoured drink. She hadn't realised she'd put too much cream on the drink until her colleague had pulled the canister away from her.

"Just go give them their order and then you can go home." Indie's boss informed her, noticing the agitated look on her face. "In fact, take the rest of the week off."

"I'm fine." Indie protested.

"I wasn't saying you're not. I'm not asking, I'm ordering. You're off the schedule for the rest of the week."

Letting out a huff, Indie walked over to the snotty customer and placed the glass on the table. As she entered the staff room, she pulled off her apron and collected her bag. Pulling out her phone, she noticed she had 5 missed calls from Sydney and a message from Stu telling her to meet him outside. Deciding she'd ring Sydney back once she was at Stu's, Indie walked outside and looked for her goofy best friend.

"Do you wanna stay in my room or the guest room?" Stu asked as he and Indie entered the Macher.

"Stu.." Indie sighed. "Stop worrying about me. I know tomorrow will be difficult but I'm fine. Casey and my mom are gone. I just need to accept that."

"So.. my room?"

"Yes please." Indie smiled weakly.

As Stu ran upstairs to place Indie's bag in her room, the girl sat on the sofa and listened to the voicemails from her twin sister.

'Indie, please pick up the phone. There's someone in the house.'

'Hey, Indie. It's Tatum. Don't worry about Syd, she's at mine and safe. Call back when you can.'

Panicking, Indie frantically dialled the Tatum's house phone and tried to focus her breathing as the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"It's Indie. Can I speak to Syd please, Dewey?"

"Of course. Sydney!"

Indie heard some muffled noises before Sydney answered the phone.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry I didn't answer my phone. I was at work. Are you okay? What happened?" Indie rambled on. By that time, Stu had made his way back into the living room and was looking at Indie with a confused look on his face.

"It's okay. I'm okay. I was at home waiting for Tatum to come pick me up when the phone rang. The guy on the phone told me he could see me so I went to the front door but no one was there, then he appeared behind me. Eventually the police turned up and the guy ran away." Sydney explained.

"But, you're okay? You're not hurt, are you?"

"No I'm fine." Indie let out a breath of relief. "But there's more?"

"What else happened, Syd?"

"They arrested Billy."

"They did what?! Why the hell would they arrest Billy?!" Indie screeched.

"I think he did it. I think he killed Casey and he was going to kill me." Sydney sobbed.

"Do you have any evidence?"

"I know he did it, Indie. You have to believe me." Sydney cried.

"I have to go, Sydney. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm glad you're safe." Indie said, her tone devoid of any emotion.

Stu stared at his best friend before him, giving her a moment to herself before sitting beside her and wrapping an arm around her.

"What was that about?" He asked cautiously.

"Someone broke into the house and attacked Sydney. She's okay though."

"And Billy?"

"Sydney blamed Billy and now he's been arrested. They're accusing him of killing Casey as well."

"You don't think he's actually capable of doing something like that though, do you?" Stu asked shocked.

"Of course not. It's Billy. I just think Sydney is on edge this week and her head is all over the place. I'll be grateful when this is all over."
"We all will." Stu admitted. "Popcorn, beer and Nightmare on Elm Street?" He asked, trying to get Indie's mind off of the events that had happened.

"You complete me." Indie half-joked.