Undying - A Patrick Hockstetter Fanfic

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   Lily sat sole and center in a stuffy chair in sheriff Burton's office, his office walls waited a weird beige color, the room had no personality and lacked color. Her forearms digging into the hard polished wood armrest of the stuffy chair . Sheriff  Burton sat at his desk , his left leg resting over his other, he sighed and looked Lily dead on. 

"Ok kid, just give it to me straight. How about we start from the day Alexandra Quinn supposedly went missing . " He spoke. Lily thought and nodded unsurely, she could hear her heart beating in her ears.

"Well, my brother said he was going to a party that night, and well we went along" Lily said

" Who's ? Who's party " Burton quickly asked, Lily furrowed her eye brows trying to remember . . . Susan k

"Susan K's " she answered

" Susan K who. Just saying Susan K doesn't give me an answer"

"Susan Kimball , she's a senior at Derry high school. " Lily explained, 

"Kimball , yeah I've heard of them. I'll have a chat with them ." Burton spoke, his voice gravely form the amount of cigarettes he had smoked before, outside in the parking lot . He cleared his throat and uncapped his blue ball-point pen . He wrote down information in the messy neatness of his handwriting .

"Go on and spare all details" he spoke, his pen close to his note pad ready to write down any needed information. 

"Well, me, Xandra, Reginald , Victor , Henry , and  . . . Patrick arrived at Susan's house. Me and Xandra went in first"

"Last names" Burton egged on ,  Lily sighed.  Lily knew damn well he knew the names of the three other delinquents , he just needed confirmation .

" Henry Bowers, Victor Criss and Patrick Hockstetter" she said , Burton jotted down the names, most likely not going to go or talk to them unless it was important for the case. He was in fact going to have a chat with officer Bowers though. Henry Bowers was a pain in Burton's ass, he loved watching the punk get a mouthful from his father. 

" Xandra and I were hanging out in the back yard, and then ummm. . .  well , " she nervously spook. She was hesitant and looked around the room trying to find something to distract her. Which with Burton's office was difficult . It was being at a doctor's office, expect there was no framed photographs of nature or abstract art . just blank walls, with framed newspaper stories of Burton's highlights 'cadet saves the day!' , all that jazz, there was a also a dead shriveled up plant. 

" Patrick decided to join us , but then Xandra went inside with some guy. I didn't see her so on " she blurted out, she couldn't hold it in anymore. it was like the words were rising up her throat and just pushing out of her mouth. 

"Were you with Patrick Hockstetter all night?" he asked, 

"Yes" Lily nodded , blushing .

" You know this ' Guy'  you mentioned , the one Alexandra left with" sheriff Burton asked. Lily shook her head 'no'

" Well that's no help " he mumbled . 

" So what were you doing for the rest of the night?" he asked

" I was just with Patrick , I was to afraid to leave by myself, you know. I don't really like crowds" she spoke . 

Figures, sheriff Burton thought. He stood from his wheely office chair and nodded towards Lily

" Ok, I'm giving you the get go. If you remember anything important about that night it would be useful to speak out . But thanks to your friend's mom,  we already got ourselves a little community of concerned parents and such." Burton explained, Lily nodded and awkwardly sat there