BITTERSWEET ➥ ETHAN LANDRY

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30 minutes before

   Sophia was pouring soap into the tub, when she heard a loud bang. Frantically turning around, making her way to the living room.

   "Lee?" She called out.

   "Rein?" She hollers.

   It was dead silent. Nothing to be heard except the water running. Sophia takes a few steps when a stack of books fall off the dresser, making her jump, seeing Hayley's cat run past.

   She sighs, "Geezus! Goddamn cat."

   Sophia reached down picking up the books, placing them back right where they fell from. Her phone vibrating in her pocket, as she reaches for it, it begins to ring.

   "Private number?" She said aloud. Placing it to her ear.

   "Hello?" She says.

   "Hello, Sophia."'said an eerie voice.

   "Who is this?" She questioned, not recognizing the voice.

   "Someone who wants to play a game." Sophia felt amused. Was someone trying to play a prank on her?

Sophia walks over to the restroom, turning off the faucet. "What kind of game?"

"It's called "Truth or Dare"." They reply.

"Truth or Dare, Sophia?"

"Dare." She laughs, playing along.

"I dare you to sleep with Chad." The smile on the girls face, slowly fades. "Oh wait...you already did."

"How do you think your roommate would feel if she found out? One of her closest friends and her boyfriend fucking."

Nobody knew about that, except Rein. It was a drunkenly one night stand. "Stop fucking with me Rein. You know that's not true." She hangs up.

The phone rings almost immediately.

"I'm serious Rei-" she shouts angrily, getting cut off. "Don't hang up the phone. Or you'll die just like your aunty!" The sentence making the girls heart drop. Fear flowing through her body.

"What did you just say?" Sophia asks, shakily. Tears threatening at her water line.

"You heard me bitch!" The voice growing angrier.

Sophia rushes to lock the front door.

"What do you want?" She shouts. "What the fuck do you want, you fucking asshole."

"To play a game." They say.

"Now. Truth or Dare?"

"You wanna play? Fine! Let's fucking play. Truth." She quickly responds.

"Is it true that you killed your mom?"

She fell silent, tears roll down her check and her lips stuck in a frown. Remembering the day her mother died. Sophia had been the one driving.

"Answer the question."

She breathes in. "No."

   "You're breaking the rules of the game, Sophia. If you choose truth, you need to tell the truth. Is it true that you killed your mom? Were you angry at her cause she didn't want you to see that douchebag anymore? Did it drive you mad? Wanting your own mother to die! Oh. That's sick."

"I'm telling the truth, asshole!" She yells into the speakerphone.

  "You didn't answer my question truthfully. I guess that means, you're out of the game!"

She cries, turning around becoming face to face with someone wearing a ghostface costume. Sophia had no time to run, before they plunge the knife into her stomach. She lets out a high pitched scream, as they retrieved the knife and slammed the blade into her chest repeatedly. Causing her to fall to the floor, blood pooling in her mouth.

Using the last bit of strength the girl had, she grabbed ahold of the killers hand, holding it back with all of her force. The strength was only weakening, as she used the other hand to pull the mask off. Revealing the killers true identity.

"Rein?" She whispers.

"Why?" The knife comes down one more time into her throat. Sophia's body slumps to the floor completely. Rein looks down at the lifeless body, earning a chuckle from Jason, who stood on the other side of the room.

"Impressive. I didn't think you had it in you." Rein turns, rolling her eyes at Jason.

"She was a bitch." Giving one more glance at the dead girl. "She had it coming."

Jason walks over to Rein, placing his hands on face, planting his lips on hers. Jason starts moving down to her neck, when he randomly stops.

"You know who else has it coming?" He whispers, pulling the knife out, stabbing Rein in her side.

The girl cries out in pain, Jason only adding to it. Twisting it inside of her, and then pulling it out. Rein stumbles backwards.

"You." He says.

   Jason leans down staring at the girl. All of a sudden, Rein headbutts Jason.

"You motherfucking fuck!" She yells.

He hits the ground, Rein gets up and tries to make a run for it.

   Jason pulls the girls leg making her trip.

   "Get off me!" Rein kicks Jason in the face, trying to get free from his grip.

   Jason huffs in frustration and quickly recovers, grabbing the weapon before she could.

   Rein, who had not made it very far, still holding onto her stomach.

   "You dumb bitch." He spits.

   Jason runs over to her wrapping his arm around her neck, stabbing her right in the chest, letting go of her now defenseless body.

   He towered over here. Observing how fast the blood flowed out from her. Fascinated. She stared back at him. Tears spilling and blood dripping from her mouth. "Jason." She whispers.

   She was pathetic. He thought to himself. Grabbing the mask and knife, before making his way back to his apartment.

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Love made her blind. She joined for Jason, and got betrayed by him, the person she thought, would never hurt her.

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