Slasher | Scream 5

Chapter Two

Carmen and Chad arrived at the hospital, 15 minutes from the park. The ride was uncomfortably quiet. And when they arrived she saw, Sam. She had a worried look on her face, she was frantically talking to the doctors, and then when she looked back, she locked eyes with a familiar face.

"Carmen?" Carmen stared at her, her heart started to race, but then her legs took hold of her and she ran to her. Sam was running to, and they collided within seconds. "I'm so sorry I left, this is my fault". Sam's tears soaked through Carmen's shirt, but she didn't mind it, she felt absolutely terrible. "How would it ever be your fault? You've been my Best friend since 1st grade, I could never hate you". Sam's words made Carmen's heart lift. "No reason, I just feel horrible about this". That was, obviously a lie.

They finally pulled away, Sam grabbed her hand and squeezed it tight. They both walked towards Tara's room, Chad and Richie following behind. Richie was Sam's boyfriend, they met shortly after leaving woodsboro.

Sam was squeezing tight, to tight. But Carmen didn't mind, she hadn't felt sadness in a few years. After a walk that felt like an hour, they arrived at the door. Carmen looked at Sam and sighed. She reached for the door handle and opened it.

Tara was laying there, staring at the TV. "Oh my god, you look terrible" Sam said, she put her hand to her chest and ran her other through her hair. "Gee thanks" Tara remarked sarcastically. Then she caught a glimpse of Carmen "oh, wow. I never would of expected this", she opened her arms and Carmen walked towards her, smiling. They hugged for a few seconds but released soon after.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Carmen walked towards the door and opened it. Wes, Liv, Amber and Mindy. They walked in the room and immediately broke into conversation with Tara. Sam looked so hurt.
"Hey are you, ok?" Carmen had to check on her friend. Sam looked at her with puffy red eyes.
"No, this is my fault. I shouldn't have left her here, I should have taken her with me." She stuttered in between words, Carmen couldn't say anything, she felt just as guilty, she was the sister and daughter of 2 serial killers. She wished that she nor her brother were ever born.
After about half an hour of questions, Sam reached her limit. "I need to talk to Tara, alone, please". Everyone looked her, but Carmen knew the feeling, so she stood up, gave Sam and Tara huge, then walked out. She slumped back onto the chair outside the room. She couldn't stand, her legs felt like they were made of noodles, wobbly and flimsy.
"I can't believe Tara went through that" Mindy said. Carmen had her head down, refusing to look up. But then someone sat down next to her, putting his harm around her neck and pulling her in. He smelt of cologne and sweat, mixed together it smelt salty, not Wes. Chad.

He was sweet, she remembered last summer, the 6 of them at the beach, but it wasn't 6, it was 7. Sam was there too, happy, smiling, even Amber. What changed?

Carmen silenced out the talking, and every other sound. All she focused on was Chad's breathing, it was tensed, calm with a twist. Soon she fell asleep to the smell of salt and her body relaxed as she melted against him.
The relaxation didn't last long once she heard a scream. She jumped up "what the hell was that" she looked around and her eyes landed on Mindy. "It's Tara and Sam, they've been in there for an hour, now they're arguing. Tara's the one yelling and screaming".

"GET OUT". Tara screamed from inside the closed door. "God, you're all so annoying" Carmen said and rolled her eyes, she walked to the door and pushed it open. Her eyes first landed on Tara, anger in her eyes, but she walked in and grabbed Sam's hand. "Come on, let's go".

"Chad, you wanna come?" Carmen asked, since she was his ride. "Yeah, of course". He grabbed his sweater, checked his phone and jogged to catch up with the 2 heading down the hall.