Chapter 19 - "Ecstasy..."

Clara's PoV

'Please. I don't know what's happened. All we were drinking was alcohol. I know we're under age but it was just beer' Lilly whined.

Miss Lindsey was tutting every third breath in the corner of the room, disgusted that Lilly had allowed this to happen again.

It wasn't the first time Lilly had gotten herself into trouble like this, and alcohol on campus was just a stupid idea all together really.

'Lilly. We just need to know what the drugs were and how much she took? Please?' The police woman asked carefully, looking over at the teacher to leave them alone for a moment.

'I don't know'

'And do you know who does know?'

'No' she lied looking at the floor.

The inspector wasn't stupid. She had been interviewing people for 16 years. She knows full well when a person is hiding something. 'Ask Clara. She'll tell you. She didn't take anything. I promise' Lilly said.

'Listen Lilly. If it was that simple then we wouldn't be here. We simply can't ask Clara because whatever it is that she has overdosed on - it has caused some horrible side effects to her. The longer you keep this information the more chance of her dying. I don't want to frighten you but that's the point were at'

'Clara not going to die is she?' Lilly said widening her eyes. She didn't consider Clara a friend, but she didn't want her to die.

'Not if we know what she's taken. Or if you know who gave them to her?'

'It was ecstasy. Everyone was given one pill and I thought she'd taken it but she told me later that she hadn't swallowed it. She spat it out. All she had yesterday was alcohol I swear'

She raised an eyebrow. 'So if she didn't take it? How did she overdose?'

'I don't understand how it can be in her system? She didn't swallow the pill. She's not like that. I haven't known her all that long but it's not her thing and I dragged her up there and got her into this mess' Lilly says suddenly letting the tears flow.

'And she was completely normal this morning? She woke up and had breakfast as normal?'

'Umm. No, she had a headache so I gave her two paracetamol which she did swallow. And she drank like a litter of water before bed last night' she mumbled.

'So we have our answer' she said standing up. 'Just stay here. I'm going to need to know more' she said leaving the room to inform the hospital. 'Paracetamol, Ecstasy and alcohol. Great combo'

- - -

'Richard. Please open up' Lilly begged, slamming on the door repeatedly wanting so desperately to fall into his arms.

The day had been shit and to top it all off she had to be up at 8am for lessons and for the entire school to have heard the rumours and blame her.

'Richard please open the damn door' Lilly yelled in a whisper, as someone next door stumbled out.

'Your boyfriends not here. I don't know where he's gone. Now Fuck off. It's half past 11 at night' he scoffed, slamming the door making Lilly want to cry.

She trudged back to her room, where it had been complete destroyed of hers and Clara's stuff where the police had done a full search only to find nothing, making Lilly break even more and collapse on the sofa.

- - -

Lilly kept her head down the following morning on her way to the canteen, but having her massive hoodie over her head to hide her but it didn't do a very good job.

She sat down at the table in the corner with her porridge, devouring it quickly on hope to escape, when she felt two hands slam down on the table in front of her making her gasp and freak out before looking up and making eye contact with Matt.

She looked down, before he growled at her.

'What. The hell. Did you do?' Matt gritted through his teeth with a spit, and growled once more.

'I don't know. I really don't know what happened' she mumbled.

'You've been at the Fucking police station all night. What have they concluded? That someone the new girl trusted had Fucking drugged her?'

'It wasn't me Matt. I wouldn't do that. I don't know what happened' Lilly mumbled, trying not to look at him as the bell went.

'This conversation is not over' he scoffed, picking up his bag and following Richard out of the canteen.

- - -

'Come on then. We're all listening' Matt snapped, as Lilly sat pathetically on the sofa, with the three guys cowering over her like she was some kind of 5 year old kid being told off.

She had already had a beating from the police - with one from the school still to come. Why does she need this too?

'Please. I told you I don't know. She said she didn't swallow it. I can't work it out either' Lilly begged, in tears once again.

'Taken what? You gave her drugs? You took the new girl and you gave her drugs?'

It was safe to say that at this point Matt was indeed seething with her. He always considered Lilly one of his best friends no matter what stupid things she did, but this was just drawing the line.

'She didn't take them because she's smart. So how did she overdose?' Matt scoffed, as Richard stopped him.

'Your hands were splintered. You said yourself that you took one of those pills so you obviously got high. What was she doing while you was climbing the tree?' Richard asked.

'I don't know. I don't remember' Lilly mumbled.

'Were not getting anywhere here dude' Matt snapped.

'I told the police all that I know. But I gave Clara the first drink. I didn't give her the ones after that. Yet she was drinking all night? You don't think that someone crushed the pill and gave it to her?'

'Huh? No she's smart. She would have stopped when it tasted different' Douglas said, appealed that he was even related to Lilly right now.

He had done some awful things, drugs and weed, but nothing that had ended this bad.

'It's my fault. It was her first ever drink. I told her the taste would get better - so she must have trusted my judgement'

'You told her to keep drinking it and then those scumbags you call friends spiked it? Do you have any idea what the Fuck you've done?' Matt sighed, flopping down on the bed.