Chapter 2

A Chapter by Stacey

The only thing I heard was my heavy breathing. My eyes were shut tightly and I waited. Finally, when nothing happened, I slowly looked up and I opened my eyes. I saw Arielle, standing there with the steak knife in her hand and she just stared at me with a blank expression on her face.

I tried to calm my breathing and finally spoke. "A-Arielle?"

"You just haven't figured it out yet, have you, Sierra?" She fiddled around with the steak knife in her hand.

"Arielle, what are you talking about?" She didn't answer. She just continued to stare. "Who was that downstairs?"

"Oh, so now you're eavesdropping on me?!" She started moving closer and I tried to stay as close to the wall as possible.

"No, no! I woke up and you weren't there! I went to see where you went and I didn't want to disturb who you were talking to!"

"I don't have to tell you anything." She said quietly. "You don't have to try hard at all. You just have to sit there and people will drool over you. Sierra, you're just so pretty aren't you?" Arielle walked even closer and my heartbeat got faster.

"Arielle! Tell me the hell you're talking about!"

"Arielle!" Another voice wandered into the room. I looked behind Arielle to see Adam in the doorway. My eyes widened. His blonde hair fell over his face, almost covering both of his bright , blue eyes. "Arielle. You won't hurt your best friend. Come on, drop the knife."

"You're not involved in this, Adam. Leave."

"Actually, I am." Adam grabbed Arielle and spun her around. She freed her arm and slapped him acorss the face. Just like she did downstairs.

"I can't believe you. We've known each other a lot longer than you have known her!" She pointed to me with the knife.

"Arielle! Listen to me, you're insane."

"Arielle this! Arielle that! That's all I ever hear out of your mouths." She stuck the knife into her porcelain sink. "Kill her for me or I will." She walked out and I was left, confused, staring at Adam.

He rubbed his hand over his whole face. "Adam...what's going on?" I asked, looking down at my knees.

He walked over and sat on the edge of the tub, sticking the knife in his back pocket. "Arielle claims to be your best friend. Honestly, she's lying about everything." He smiled awkwardly at me.

I looked down and nodded. "So...I really am just a freak with no friends."

"Oh you are not a freak." Adam grabbed my knee and my cheeks turned pink. "Sierra, you are the cutest, funniest, most beautiful girl I've seen in all my years of high school."

I smiled. "What about Arielle? She has the gorgeous golden hair and bright green eyes."

There was a pause. "Not even a bit close to you." I looked up and he smiled. He started leaning in close to me and I swallowed hard as his lips touched mine. Sending an electical shock through my whole body. When we parted we both had the same expression on our face.

"You. Little. W***e." Adam turned around to see Arielle's face in horror. "You just can't stay away from any of the guys I like can you?" She wheeled around and down her steps.

"What?!" I quickly sprinted out of the room and chased after Arielle but she was already in her car driving off.

"Arielle!" I screamed after her but she woudn't stop. Adam came running out a few seconds later.

"Come on, we'll follow her." He dragged me to his car and we quickly drove off. We followed her to the bridge. The bridge we just crossed. She parked her car off the side and started climbing the fence.

I bolted out of the car. "Arielle! Are you f*****g crazy?! Get down!" The strong wind blew my hair around, making it almost impossible to see where she was. I grabbed out for her leg and grabbed onto it. She looked down at me, make up running down her face. "Arielle, please. I'm here for you. No more lies, please!"

"Do you remember what I said?" She kicked my hand off and continued to climb. So I climbed up after her.

"Remember what?" I tried my best to keep up but all her years of rock climbing at camp gave her more strength. She eventually got to the top and looked at the rushing water below.

She looked down at me. "Being the last person in the town. Not having to worry about anything. It's my dream, Sierra." She swung her leg over the top and I continued to climb the high fence.

"Arielle, please!"

"Sierra, no matter what, just know this," I stopped for a moment to look at her.

"You were my best friend, but I always hated you. I envied you with everything. You are gorgeous, Sierra. I'll always hate you for everything. I just needed someone to boost my self esteem. You aren't a freak. Everyone loves you. But...I don't. Bye forever because, well, I'm going to hell for killing Vicky." With that, she let go of the fence and I can still picture watching her body break and the horrified look on her face as she was sucked through the trench underwater.

I felt tears welling up in my eyes. Suddenly, my sadness was filled with anger. I shook the fence and screamed. "B***h! You b***h! You b***h! You killed my best friend! You killed her! You killed her!" Suddenly, I felt Adam's arms grab my waist and pull me off the fence. He walked me to his car and lied me down in the backseat. He drove off and went back to his place.

He carried me inside and placed me on his bed. "Sierra, Arielle and I had a thing."

I closed my eyes and waited for the rest. "And, we had sex...a lot. Even this year when we were flirting. She never told you because she wanted to make you look like an idiot. Sierra, for the record, I stopped liking her last year. She had this way of hypnotizing me into things that I didn't even know I was doing."

I punched him, multiple times and started crying again. "She killed Vicky. She used me! She fucked the love of my life! What's next?"

Adam ran his fingers through my hair and kissed my head. "She was a total b***h to you. She just wanted popularity and she knew you had it. Secretly. Everyone does love you, Sierra."

"Right." I sniffled, pulling at the stitching in his blanket.

He sighed and put a blanket over me. "You need sleep. You went through a lot today." My eyes slowly drifted closed and Adam stayed right next to me.

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