Taylor is dead. Time of death: 2:34am. She was impaled on a pole outside after being stabbed and shot out of a window. Hope is fucking traumatized, so is Ryan. Miles is a fucking mess, he just lost his best friend. The next time I see Ethan, I won't have a second thought before killing him. I won't let him murder everyone that matters to me.
I must kill Ethan Landry.
"Hey Miles." I say, sitting next to him in the hospital waiting room.
"Summer, why am I alive?" He asks. His eyes are still full of tears. He's been crying over Taylor for 5 hours, he's in pain. I wish I could take all off his pain and give it to myself.
"What?" I ask.
"Taylor deserved to live, not me. She was nicer than me, more forgiving, funnier, had more friends, had more followers for sure." He says, he almost chuckles at the last part.
"Miles, you are an amazing person. Neither of you deserved to die." I say.
"That's not true, I beat up Ethan. That's the reason he came back and killed Taylor. So why didn't he come for me?" He asks.
"I don't know, he's fucking crazy." I say. If you told me two months ago that Ethan would come back and kill Taylor, I would've said you were fucking insane.
"Unless." He starts.
"Unless what?"
"Unless Ethan wasn't the person under the mask." Miles says, looking into my eyes. Shit.
"Oh my god, you're right." I say. It all makes sense now, Ethan didn't come back to murder us.
"That means it's either Peter or Evan." Miles says.
"What is us?" Peter says, I didn't even realize him and Evan were right there.
"You aren't saying WE carved up anyone, are you?" Evan adds.
"Yeah, why would WE kill Taylor?" Peter says. They look at each other and give a wicked smile. Like a predator targeting it's prey.
"We aren't saying you did-" I start, but Evan cuts me off.
"Yes you are. You said, it's either me or Peter. So which is it Sunshine?" Evan says.
"DONT call me that." I say.
"Or what, you'll sick your murderer boyfriend on us?" Peter adds.
"Face it Summer, it's your crazy murderer boyfriend who killed Taylor and Hannah and Bella." Evan says.
"Fuck off." I say.
"I'm down if you are, we can do it in the bathroom." Peter says with a wink. IS HE SAYING HE WANTS TO FUCK ME?
"DONT TALK TO GER LIKE THAT!" Miles screams, getting out of his seat.
"Why? What are you gonna do, kill me like ghostface killer Taylor?" Peter asks as he shoves Miles.
"No, I'd rather just do this." Miles swings and punches, making Peter's nose bleed.
"You're gonna regret that." Peter says, wiping the blood off his face. "Just wait." Peter and Evan walk away, leaving the hospital.
"We should visit Allie." I say.
"Yeah, you're right." Miles replies, holding his bruised fist. We walk to Allie's room where Hope is asleep in a chair. "Hey Allie."
Allie wakes up and looks at us, she smiles. "Hey guys."
"Your parents should be here tomorrow, they miss you." I say.
"Thank god, do you know when I will get released from this hospital. I just want to be home." Allie says.
"Doctors said by the end of tomorrow you should be able to leave." Hope says, smiles gives her a weird look. "What? I heard the doctors say it when I was half asleep."
"Where's Taylor?" Allie asks. Miles turns away, hiding his eyes.
"Taylor is gone." I say. A look comes across Allie's face, it's a look I could only describe as despair. Her eyes fill with tears as she looks at me.
"Like, not at the hospital?" She says hopefully.
"I'm so sorry, there was nothing anyone could do." I say. I watch as Allie breaks down, tears streaming down her face.
"My two best friends are dead." Allie says, she can't stop crying. Miles walks out of the room.
"One second." Hope says, getting up and following Miles. She walks out of the room and hugs him tight. "I know you're hurting Miles, but I need you to know that I'm always here for you."
"Hope, I think you should go live with aunt Penny." Miles says.
"What?" Hope says, confusion crosses her face.
"I think it'll be safer for you with Aunt Penny and Uncle George. With everything happening, there's just too much danger. I can't lose you." He says. Tears fill in Hope's eyes.
"I'm not going anywhere, and you can't make me." She says, "I understand that you are going through a lot, but I make my own decisions. I'm not leaving. After Mom, I realized I'm not safe anywhere. So I won't be safer with Aunt Penny, the truth is that I'll just be more scared."
"Hope, I let you make your own decisions, but when it can lead to you dying, I won't let it happen. As your legal guardian, I make the best decisions for your safety. You are moving to Uncle George and Aunt Penny's." Miles walks away from her.
I walk out of the hotel room and see Hope crying in a chair outside of the hotel room. I rush over and sit next to her. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Miles is making me move in with my aunt and uncle, Summer I don't want to leave." Hope says, crying.
"I won't let him move you, if you don't want to go, you aren't going." I say. I really don't want Hope to leave, but I know Miles is right. It's safer at her aunt and uncles.
"Summer, please don't leave me. Promise me you'll never leave me alone." Hope says. I want to not promise, I know that's a promise that I can't keep. As I look in her eyes I see all the pain I put her through and I know I can't say no to her.
"Yes." I say. A notification pops up on my phone, it's a text message from an unknown number. It's a picture of Ethan, tied up with blood on his face and tape covering his mouth. I read the text that is paired with the image:
Come to this location in the next 30 minutes or I kill Ethan and leave his heart in your bed.
My eyes fill with fear as I see Hope check her phone, she got the same text. Miles runs down the hall to us.
"DID YOU JUST GET A TEXT?" He asks, landing in front of me.
"Yes." Hope says. OH SHIT.
"Wait, Hope?" He asks looking at his sister.
"Looks like I'm in this with you guys now too." She says.
"No." Miles says.
"She has to come, they could have someone at the hospital to kill whoever stays behind." I say.
"No, we can't bring her. Way too dangerous." Miles says.
"Stop talking about me like I'm not right here. They could come here and kill me right this second, I don't want to come, but I HAVE to." She says.
"Fuck, yeah fine." Miles says.
"Did you guys get the text?" Ryan asks, catching up to us.
"Yeah, we all did." Miles responds.
"We need to go, NOW." I say.
