Chapter 14: Worried or Jealous?

  Tap, tap, tap. Kelsey subconsciously tapped her foot on the white tile floor of the police station. She didn't realize she was doing it until the lady at the desk shot her a dirty look. She quickly stopped and put her hand on her knee. The blue plastic chairs, white walls and floor, and musky smell of the police station had become all to familiar in the past few weeks. Just like the strange feeling in her stomach that she had as she waited for Ryan and Drew to come back out. They had been in the back with the detectives that were working on Lauren's case for almost two hours, and Kelsey was getting anxious. What would they do if they didn't believe drew? Would that convince her that he wasn't telling the truth or would she stick by his side? Kesey really wasn't sure what she woud do or what she should believe anymore.

    Then she heard the squeaking of the door and footsteps approaching her. She raised her head to see Drew smiling and Ryan straggling behind him not looking too happy. "What did they say?" Kelsey questioned, standing up from her seat.

    "They believed me! They're going to talk to Quentin and Will, and if they're convinced that they were really the ones who did it then I'll no longer be a suspect. Isn't that great?"

   "Oh yeah, it's wonderful," Ryan muttered from behind him, sarcasm lacing his words, "Can we please just go now?" Before anyone could say anything Ryan was already heading out the door.

    Kelsey sighed and looked back to Drew. "Don't worry about what he says. He'll come around eventually. Anyways, I think thats awesome," she said, and without really thinking about it she gave Drew a hug. What am I doing? Oh well, I guess he isn't such a bad guy after all.

   When she pulled away she noticed that Drew had a look of surprise on his face. I guess he wasn't expecting that, either.

      Kelsey turned around to head to the car, and found that Ryan was standing in the entrance and had seen the hug. He didn't look happy, and when Kelsey tried to say something to him he just walked away and got into his car. Not that that would help much since he had to drive both of them home. Kelsey rolled her eyes and climbed into the backseat as Drew slid into the passenger seat cautiously. Ryan couldn't tell Kelsey who she could be friends with. In her opinion, that was none of his business.

    He dropped Drew off first, and when Drew tried to say bye Ryan merely grunted and looked straight ahead. Kelsey waved at him, and gave him a sympathetic look. The poor kid had to feel extremely uncomfortable. Kelsey didn't even bother to get into the passenger seat.

  "What is wrong with you?" Kelsey spoke up once they pulled away from Drew's house.

    Ryan glanced at her through the rearview mirror and shook his head. "You need to be more careful about him."

 More careful? What was he talking about?

   "Drew is a good person, okay. Why can't you just accept that? He didn't do it, and hes obviously just trying to be freinds with us. Why can't you just give him a break and stop acting like such a jerk?"

   The car skid to a stop, and Kelsey's head hit the back of the seat. Ryan turned around in his seat and looked back at her. "First of all, I am not being a jerk. I'm trying to keep you from getting hurt. You need to be less trusting of people. Yeah, he acts pretty nice now, but you can't forget the way he threatened you before. Normal poeple don't do that."

    "He was scared, Ryan! He did it because he didn't want to get in trouble. He wouldn't have actually done anything to me. And I don't need you to protect me. I'm a big girl. I think I can take care of my own self," she fired back. How could he know what Drew was thinking. He wasn't in his brain and he never would be.

   "Fine. You don't want my help then I won't give it to you. Next time you need someone to talk to call your new best friend, Drew." He turned around in his seat and started the car back up.

    Kelsey folded her arms, and pressed her lips together. Her face was red with anger, and it was taking all she had to not say something that she would later regret. The car was silent all the way to her house.

  Once they got there Kelsey got out and slammed the door behind her. She walked straight into her house without looking back, but once she got in she peeked out her window to see if he had left, yet. She saw that Ryan was still sitting in the driveway. He had his head leaned back and his eyes closed, running his hand through his hair. She bit at her lip, and closed the curtains not wanting to look at him anymore.

Author's Note

So, what would you guys think if for now I start writing this in first person instead of third person. Like Kelsey is the narrator, y'know. I think I could describe her feelings and things like that better that way. I was just wondering if you guys think that would be a good idea or not?

Reviews

[Adam]

Even though if he didnt kill Lauren, if he was there when they killed her, he would still be an accessory and would still go to prison. :)

Overall, good story.

[Pugsly]

Honestly I went into this thinking it was going to be cheesy or something but I'm addicted and I think it might work in first person too, but it's fine in this perspective as well. Also Hisself is supposed to be Himself... that's about the only thing I've noticed that's odd spelling wise. I'm terrible with grammar basically if I can read the sentence and it makes sense your grammar is good... I was able to read it without difficulty so you're good for grammar in my book.

[Tsukin Archangel]

hmmmm first person? You could give it a shot :o though u might want to just write the first chap in first and post it cause if u do switch it then everything will have to be switched too...and it would b better to do one you have already done instead if it doesnt go well then you'd still have teh original version of teh chapter. I think its great in 3rd person but still give it a shot and good job i see the love triangle lol