𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 - 𝐵.𝐸

6 - 𝘎𝘰 𝘛𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭

"She's not coming home.....because we killed her."

My panicked hands shot up between my trembling lips as I bit my fingernails causing the corner of my index finger to turn red. I looked at the two of them standing in front of me staring at us like we had just ripped their hearts out and speared them on spikes.

My eyebrows tilted upwards , my fingers still near my mouth and my heart sat in the pit of my stomach while we waited for them to say something, anything.

"You..." Zoe managed to get out as she pointed to me confused and gave me a look I couldn't explain besides pure confusion and sadness.

"Why would you joke about that...?" Zoe holds her hand against her chest shaking her head.

"Zoe...I'm so sorry." I said before I started to feel salty drops of water dip down my face , onto my lips and stung the fresh cut on my finger I had just bit.

"No stop saying that. Tell me where she is right now!" Her voice raised, not believing that we had killed someone she has known since childhood.

"We can't Zoe." Billie says quietly. "You have to listen to us-"

"NO! TELL ME!" Zoe yells loudly, cutting Billie off. "Tell me... right now." She lowers her voice still holding her finger up at us about to snap.

"She's gone...?" Jason murmurs to himself as he sits down softly on the couch behind him. I looked at his face suddenly relaxing as his mouth dropped. He didn't try to fight reality like his girlfriend was. More tears ran down my face causing my shirt to get wet, he lost his friend Scarlett and now Robin all because of me.

"Please just let us explain." Ali looks up to Zoe from the floor and reaches her pale hand out to Zoe before she pushes Ali's off aggressively.

"No.....no Ali. You wouldn't have hurt her. I know you....you're best friends she loves you, you mean everything to her so don't sit there and joke about this shit!" Zoes voice raises with each word spitting from her mouth.

"Jason?....What? Do you really believe them right now? They are obviously playing some sick fucking stupid prank right now." She says turning to Jason who already sees in my eyes that we aren't playing any sort of prank on them.

"Please...just explain. Tell us the truth." A tear falls from his eye as he looks up at us. Zoe throws her hands up in disbelief.

"Billie...? You wouldn't lie to me about this....would you?" She turns to Bil as tears form in her eyes and her chest feels heavier.

"I-I...I-" I look at Billie who can barely get one word out of her mouth. She couldn't face her best friend.

Zoes eyes travel to the carpet underneath us after seeing Billie distraught. Her pupils move back and forth trying to figure out what happened. Her weak knees hit the ground as her mouth hangs open and tears flood her face. She holds her chest as she begins to hyperventilate.

"Zoe, I'm so sorry..." I hear Billie say in a voice so fragile like a hollow glass hitting the floor.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Zoe crawls backwards in fear as Billie bends down and takes a step towards her.

"It's my fault, not theirs." I say as my breath hitched looking at Zoe on the floor in front of Jason who was also crying. I could hear his sniffles from here.

"What...." Zoe slowly stands up trying to regain her disoriented balance.

"You have to believe us....we didn't mean to but she killed Sc-" Zoe cuts me off before I can even try to explain.