Gone Girl 3

Chapter 5

Nicole's POV

Before Veronica's accident

It's been thirty minutes and Veronica didn't come back, maybe she tripped over the bed and fell asleep.

Sure she did.

"I'll go check on Veronica," I say to Shanice but she is already snoring.

Oh, she falls asleep so fast.

I grab my phone and I quietly close Shanice's door as I leave towards the stairs.

What can take her so long?

We won't go back to Shanice anyway, that girl won't wake up until afternoon.

And we didn't even finish the movie. I'll die without rewatching 'She's all that' for the hundredth time.

When I get to our dormitory, I notice the door is wide open.

I slowly step inside the room and I gasp when I see the disordered dorm. Veronica's bed is a mess but so is her closet.

"Veronica?" I call out her name but nothing, she isn't here.

What happened in here?!

I quickly search her number on my phone and I dial.

She doesn't reply. Perfect, more people on the list who just won't reply and they might be in danger.

I run back to Shanice's dorm as I try to call Veronica again. The call goes through but she doesn't answer it.

Something horrible must have happened. I need to call Cyprian right now and tell him to come here. I don't feel safe.

I burst into Shanice's room and I wake her up.

"Get up!" I yell and her roommate throws a pillow at me.

"Bitch, shut the fuck up," her roommate yells.

"What happened?" Shanice stands up hurriedly and confused.

"Our room is a mess and Veronica isn't there. She isn't answering the phone!" I explain frantically and she seems worried too.

I know Felix is in prison but we are just never safe. Anything could have happened. Maybe even Alexander or Nathaniel.

Shanice puts on her jacket and closes the door as her roommate screams at her inaudible insults.

Most of us have class tomorrow.

"Call Dominic!" Shanice yells and I do as she says because she scares me when she is mad.

What can Dominic even do? I'd rather call Cyprian.

Dominic answers fast this time. He is only this active at night and it's already 1 AM.

Before he asks what happened, I yell. "Veronica is gone! Our room is a mess and she won't answer the phone."

"Hold on, calm down, what? I was just playing a video game, fuck, nevermind, I lost. He killed me," he says and I want to hit him, if only he was here.

"Are you stupid?!" I ask annoyed and Shanice tells me to stop screaming because the guards will come to us.

"What happened?" he asks.

We go to Shanice's car and we sit inside as I keep screaming at the phone.

Shanice grabs the phone from my ear and she talks to Dominic, "something happened to Veronica. Her dorm was trashed and she said she would be back in five minutes," she explains clearly.