| Chapter Six �Did you guys know what just happened?� Josh asked sitting down with us at lunch. Trevor turned around and glared at him. �Shut up, Josh.� Amber and I looked at each other. �What happened?� Josh glared at Trevor. �Steve Webster has gone missing. The day he drove you guys to school was the last day anyone saw him. They suspect that he was murdered.� He turned to Amber. �I�m sorry Amber. I know you guys were close.� Trevor got up and left. Amber got up and went after him. �What�s with Trevor?� I asked Josh. He turned and nodded his head. That usually meant that he didn�t want to talk about it. I got up and sat beside him. He faced me and held my hand. �He�s probably mad at me. I should have let him tell Amber.� He looked down and leaned forward. I wrapped him an embrace and kissed him softly. �Don�t worry about it. He�ll get over it soon.� He leaned back and smiled at me. �Thanx. You�re a great girlfriend.� He leaned forward and gave me a peck on the lips before getting up. �Come with me. I found this great place where we can be alone.� I got up and followed him. He led me to behind the stage. The place was pitch black, and the air was kind of stale. We turned on a lamp by the left side of the stage. I sat down on the bleachers. I closed my eyes and waited for Josh to sit down beside me, but he never did. I heard him mutter to himself and I opened my eyes. There on the floor written in red was; Aren�t you glad you got the last ride? I got up and stood beside Josh. �What the hell does that mean?� I asked him. He bent down and examined the red ink. He tasted some of it then glanced up at the ceiling. His face froze in horror. I glanced up and saw Steve, strangled to death by the rope that was tightened around his neck. Josh immediately got up and stepped back. �Let�s get out of here. Now!� He turned and left through the rear exit. I glanced up at Steve one last time and left through the same exit. Josh already was heading towards the office. I quickly left and tried to find Amber and Trevor, but unlikely they were nowhere to be found. School quickly ended since the police came and took away his body. That�s the second time I found a body. Amber found out about Steve by fourth period class. She was devastated and left early due to it. Steve was one of her best friends. After school I decided to head over to her house to see if she was all right. When I reached her house I used our special knock, but no one came to the door. I tried just ringing the bell. Her mom finally came and answered the door. �Hey Abby. Amber is sleeping right now, and I don�t want to wake her. You can come over later if you want.� She said. �Actually I have a lot of homework to do, just tell her to call me when she gets up.� I looked past her and I saw Amber�s older sister sitting at the table. �Will do. Bye� I said bye back and left. Her mom was quite nice about that. I hopped in my jeep and headed home. Knowing my mom she�ll want to baby me on my finding of Steve. It was bad enough about the first lady. I pulled into my driveway, and headed in to the kitchen. My mom sat at the table and she looked up when I entered. �Hey, how are you?� she asked. �Fine thanx.� I opened the fridge and poured out a glass of orange juice. I turned around and my mom was staring at me. �What?� I asked. She quickly turned away and looked down at the newspaper infront of her. � Nothing, I just can�t believe you keep finding bodies now.� She shock her head, as if she disapproved of something. �Mom, it was just two. Not ten or something. Plus I didn�t find them on purpose it was by accident. I�ll be upstairs doing my homework.� I turned and headed up to my room. I didn�t wait for her response. I took off my clothes and changed into my PJs. Lying down on my bed, I decided I would do my homework later tonight. Brrrrriiiiiinnnnnngggggggg! I reached over and answered my phone. �Hello?� I asked. �Hey it�s me.� I recognized the voice immediately, Amber. �Hey, how are you doing?� I asked. I could tell that she just woke up. Her voice was muffled and quite. �Listen Abby, I called you because you told me to. Can I talk to you later or something? I don�t feel like talking on the phone right now.� �Sure. Call me later. Bye.� She said goodbye and hung up. I put down the phone and went to sleep. Walking down the stairs. I tried not to make a sound because everyone was sleeping right now. It was 2am in the morning, and I just woke up. I haven�t done any of my homework and I don�t plan on doing it. I poured myself a glass of orange juice and headed back upstairs. I took a sip and it seemed to be a lot thicker then usual. I turned on the overhead light on the stairs. The substance in my cup was red and thick. Dropping the cup, I began to scream. My mom and my brother rushed downstairs to see what the problem was. They stopped deep in their tracks when they saw all the blood. �What happened? Are you hurt? Let me see?� my mom was going frantic. I leaned against the wall and took a deep sigh. �I�m not hurt mom. Their was blood in the orange juice container.� I said. �Let me go see.� My mom rushed past me and headed into the kitchen. She returned with the orange juice container that contained�orange juice! �I swear mom, that there was blood in it. If there wasn�t, where did I get all this blood from?� I asked her. She stared at me and handed me the container. �You must have picked up something else in the fridge that contained blood. Go to bed.� She turned and left with my brother. I looked down and the puddle of blood increased. I looked around. Nothing. Where is all that blood coming from? I headed down the stairs and entered the pantry closet that was right under the stairs. I opened the door, and turned on the light. There on the floor was Julie Smith. Her mouth was frozen opened in a silent scream. Her arms were tied behind her body. And around her neck was a rope that tightened so much that her veins started popping out. I called for my mom to get downstairs. She reached downstairs and stared in disbelief at the body. �Call 911.� She went into the room and looked at the body. I turned and called the police. It took about 8 hours for the police to get the body and leave. I spent the night at Amber�s house. My mom and brother went to my grandmother�s house for the weekend. Amber looked at me. �What?� I stared back at her. �Tell me about the body. Who was it?� she sat down on her bed. I glanced around her room. It looked a lot smaller at night. �It was Julie Smith. She was strangled.� I looked down. � Wasn�t she your friend?� amber asked me. �Yeah.� I laid down on the mattress and looked at her ceiling.� I�m tired. Goodnight.� I turned on my side and fell a sleep. |