"Jessica Moore was found stabbed by her fence pole late this morning when one of her neighbors, Markus Dustrov found her on his morning run. Here we are at the scene." The reported walked to Markus, my heart beating rapidly as I look at her blurred out in the distance. "Mr.Dustrov, how did you find the body?"

"I was on my daily run when my dog Rufus ran ahead and barked at the body and eh, I walked closer and there she was. Little Jessie, hanging onto the side of her white picket fence with eh, a piece of the fence torn out and put through her."

"Thank you, Mr.Dustrov." She goes on, walking to. Police officer as he stands above other who are dusting off the wood for finger prints as other bag up David's body. "What can you tell us about the murderer?"

"That's classified–and get that camera out of here!" He presses his hand against the lens and pushes the camera away. I turn off the TV, listening to Mom force Father outside again and slam the door. She walks into the living room, smiling at me and takin the remote.

"What's on?" I run up the stairs and to my room before I can hear the news again on another channel. I get to my computer opening it and to the chat with whoever is killing everyone.

Sachj87: did you like what you saw?

MaeDa:You killed Jessie! Why would I like it!

Sachj87: She pushed you down in the halls repeatedly. I thought you'd want revenge

MaeDa: She just pushed me! There's nothing I'd want revenge on

MaeDa: What the fuck is wrong with you! I'm calling the cops!

Before I can even reach for my phone he starts typing.

Sachj87 is typing...

Sachj87: If you tell anyone of this chat, you'll be the next one to meet my blade

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My hands shake as I walk into school. It could be anyone. Anyone could have killed my boyfriend, his two girl best friends. Anyone could have killed them and that terrifies me. I undo my lock slowly, shakily and open my locker. The pictures still hang in their usual places and my textbooks remain where I throw them.

I'm frozen and can't move. It could be anyone in this school that's killing my friends and...and they weren't really my friends. They were just people I was always around. "Hey Mae." I turn my head around so fast I hear a pop. Alex steps back from me. "I-I need to talk to you."

I turn back into my locker, grabbing my textbook and closing and locking the door. He walks next to me as I bite down on my lip as Alex walks, pushing his dyed purple hair out of his grey eyes, his headphones lingering on his neck. I start to walk into Mr.Henrys room when he pulls my arm and pulls me into a broom closet, slamming the door and locking it as the bell rang.

"Nows not the time for you to go silent on me Mae. I know you can talk so talk to me." He grabs my shoulders squeezing them. I wince as his nails dig into my shoulders. "I need to talk to you."

"S-So talk." I keep my head down and move away from him, slapping his hands away.

He goes silent. "I-I think the murderer is after me next."

"Why?"

"Tyler, Lindsay, Jessie," he names off. "Its either going to be me or David next and h-he got so drunk last night he got thrown into the slammer just to stay protected! It's going to be me!" He grips my shoulders again.

"What if it's me!" I glare at him. "I'm his girlfriend and I was with I'm through everything! Through every fight and football game and-"

"Because he sent me a message saying this." Alex pushes his phone into my hand and I look down to the message.

Sachj87:Twinkle twinkle little star, I can see where you are. Coddled up all in your room, a knife going right through you. Twinkle twinkle little star, that'll leave a massive scar

AlPal: Who the fuck are you!

Sachj87: Only a fool would think to look, when they're are no answers in a mystery book

I look at Alex, him taking his phone. "I need to tell the cops."

"No!" I yell, lowering my voice. "Don't."

"He's going to kill me! Why holding I tell them!"

"I-It might just be a rues. That this is just bait and if you show the cops then he'll really..kill you." I bite my lip and look down.

"Mae," his voice is soft but hard. "If he's talked to you-"

"He hasn't."

"If he has, you should talk to the police. Tyler wouldn't want you to get hurt." Alex unlocks the door and walks out into the empty hall and to his class. I go to mine, Mr.Henry yelling at me as I sit. Tyler...he would want me to tell the police, wouldn't he? He would want me to be safe, and to be healthy and not to be talkin to anyone. That's why it took me so long to answer him...because I didn't know how.

The bell rings and I go off to all my classes, walking home alone at the end of the day because I can't take the bus anymore. People ask me how I feel about my boyfriend and friends deaths. "Mae," they laugh. I turn my head around, feeling something warm drip onto my head and draining down my body. I watch as red drops down my head and onto my cheek. I wipe my cheek, no scream coming from me as my eyes widening at sight and smell...of blood. Laughter comes form surrounding classmates as a bucket clacks on the concrete.

Their laughter fills my ears and starts to ring as I look at my hands covered in the red substance. "What the fuck is wrong with you!" I look up, River pushing the people aside and walking to me. "What the fuck is this!" River screams as he stares at me, everyone else laughing.

"Cool it dude it was a joke. It's just pigs blood."

"Where the fuck can you find pigs blood!"

"Shawn's farm," David laughs, coming from behind him as River growls, taking my hand and dragging me to his car. He puts me inside and drives to his apartment, helping me inside and to his apartment. Sam looks at me as he sits on the couch. I keep my head down.

"Woah what the fuck happened." He stands up and walks to River and I.

"People thought it would be funny to drench her in pigs blood–don't ask. Just let her take a shower and then I'll driver her home." Sam groans, nodding and showing me to the bathroom. River stands at the door. "I'll be at the door and knock when you're unclothed so I can wash your clothes. When you're done in the shower yell for me so I can give you some clean clothes. I nod and he closes the door. I swing my shirt off and over my head, then pulling my shoes and socks off;the blood leaking into my socks. I knock on the door and slightly open it, folding my clothes in on each other and handing them to River.

I close the door and look t the shower. It's decorated with white tiles and nothing else. They just moved here...I shouldn't judge. I turn on the faucet and let the water run, taking off my bra and underwear and putting it on my bag, getting into the shower and closing the curtain.

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I walk out of the bathroom in Rivers oversized sweater that drapes off of one of my shoulders and is basically a dress on me. He gave me a pair of sweatpants too, but the waist was way bigger then mine so I gave them back. While I was in the shower it started to snow hard again, so I'm stuck in Rivers apartment building until my Mom can come and get me.

So I'm here, sitting in his room, on his bed, as he looks for a movie we could watch on his TV that was pinned to the wall across his bed. I hold my knees to my chest as he looks. "I sent Sammy down to wash your clothes, along with ours. we haven't done laundry in three weeks. Gross right?" He laughs and takes out a movie, putting it into the DVD player and Sitting next to me. "How you holding up?"

"With blood getting dunked on me? Oh yeah I'm fine." I roll my eyes, glaring at him as he laughs, pulling his arm around in a side hug.

"I'm here for you, alright? Just know that." I bite my lip and nod my head, River smiling and hugging me closer as he starts the movie.