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I finally get to Sam and Tara's after a while.I knock on the door, the tears still trickling down my face.When Tara finally opens the door she takes one look at my face and pulls me in a hug closing the door.I sob into her shoulder while Sam hugs both of us .Tara leads me onto the couch where the two sandwich me.When I finally calm down i wipe the tears of my face ashamed I just had a whole breakdown in front of them

Tara-What happened
Luna-Me and Chad got into it...It's fine
Sam-It's obviously not fine Luna.Go and chill in Tara's room
I nod and walk to Tara's room laying down on her bed.As soon as I know it I'm fast asleep.I wake up to Mindy sitting on my bed staring at me
Luna-Personal space?
Mindy-How are you
I get up and head to the bathroom.
Luna-I'm fine why?
Mindy-Your fight with Chad?
I scoff at the statement
Luna-Who snitched
Mindy-Chad told me he's pretty messed up about it
I roll my eyes and step out of the bathroom studying Mindy
Luna-Did Sam send you in here?
Mindy-No Chad...Loon I really think he's sorry
Luna-If he is then he can tell me himself Now if you'll excuse me
I open the door for emphasis
Luna-I haven't eaten all day
I walk out and Mindy follows me to the kitchen where Chad's on his phone
Mindy-Great!You and Chad are on food duty. We're having a sleepover
Luna-I hate you
Mindy-Love you too girl
Mindy walks out with a huge smirk on her face as I walk to the pantry and find pasta and sauce.I start boiling the water while he starts making the sauce.We sit in silence for a while we cook the food.When the water is finally boiling I gently dump the pasta in.I'm about to go back on my phone when I feel a gentle tap on my shoulder .I don't even turn around knowing exactly who it is .
Luna-Yes?
Chad-Can we talk?
I quickly send off the text to my mom for tomorrow and sit down on a stool motioning for him to sit and he does so.
Chad-I'm sorry I shouldn't have brought that up I was being a dick
I keep quiet waiting for him to finish
Chad-And I know you ok even if you won't admit it but I do and I know when you're about to go into a spiral and shut everything down and everybody out and it's not healthy to just bottle up your feelings like that.Im just worried. But it still doesn't excuse what I said
He takes a breath in and out because he said it all in a handful.
Luna-You done now?
He takes another deep breath and hangs his head
Chad-Yeah done you can start shouting
I chuckle a little and hop off my stool and cup his face
Luna-I'm not going into a spiral Chad im scared there's a difference
Chad-Of?
Luna-Everything.Im scared that this time one of us won't make it.Im scared of me not seeing you everyday.Im scared of realizing everyone is gone.I can't lose you guys
Chad-We can't lose you either Moon .I can't lose you.
I smile at my golden boy when Mindy just has to interrupt us
Mindy-Oh just make up and kiss already!
Chad-Mindy that is so inappropriate
Mindy-Oh whatever just get it over with!
I smile and turn back to face my golden boy
Luna-I love you
Chad-I love you too Luna Marie Jordan
"You know I hate that middle name" I say in a joking manner after I give him a gentle kiss, turning back to the pasta while Mindy walks in calling Sam.
Mindy-We do not have to stay here
Sam-Well too bad I insist safety in numbers
Chad-This'll be so fun a little sleepover with the Thrive Five!
Sam-Thrive 5?
Luna-Excuse me?
Tara-Did you just give us a nickname?
Chad-I sure did I mean we've been through a lot together and it's a pretty cool nickname
Luna-Agree to disagree
Sam-It's debatable
Tara-Extremely debatable
Mindy-You can't just give yourself a nickname dingus
Chad-Of course I can dingus because I just did.Thrive 5 up top!
Mindy-No
Chad-Down low!
Tara-Get that thing away from me
Chad-Please for the love of God!
Mindy-Dont do it
Luna-Baby just put it down please
I say this while gently lowering his hand
Chad-You know I would like a little more respect and support from my fellow members of the Thrive 5 especially my girlfriend!
I start to laugh when Anika calls out for us.We make our way over to see a news reporter talking about Sam and how she's the killer and all this other bull about how she pinned it on Richie and Amber.Sam snatches the remote out of Anika's hands and turns off the news she walks out and after a minute we all follow her back to the dining room except for Anika 
Sam-It's just sucks being this hated
Chad-Hey just a reminder not a single person in this room hates you
Luna-And everybody else hasn't gone through what we have.They're just assuming
Chad-Yeah we've all been through some fucked up stuff and we are coping with it differently.But I mean we moved here together for one very specific reason
Luna-We're a team
We all take a intermission at the last statement I uttered out.We are a team.We're the-
Mindy-We are the Thrive fucking five
Chad-Thank you very much
Mindy-Ah I hate myself
Luna-Mindy has joined the dark side
Chad-You mean the superior side
Luna-You have to admit it's a horrible Nickname
Mindy-Come on say it
Luna-No Tare we stick as one.
Sam-I've been sleeping with cute boy from across the hall
The whole room freezes as we stare at one another.After a second the whole room erupts into "I told you so's" and "I knew it's".We all start laughing harder when 'Cute Boy' calls Sam.Tara grabs the phone from off the table
Tara-What are your intentions!
Sam-Oh stop I'll call him back later
We all burst out laughing once more but stop when we hear moaning from the other room
Tara-Hmm Quinn and her gentleman caller are at it again
Mindy-Man she gettin it too okay!
We all chuckle when our phones ding.

Danny has airdropped you this picture

We all seem to have the same picture of Quinn getting attacked as we all run to the outside of her room.Chad holds me, as we all stare at the door.Mindy utters a almost silent 'run' when Quinn's dead body is sprung on Anika.She screams as Chad grabs me and Tara and runs to the door but as a sudden pain in my shoulder and back brings me to the floor letting them slip out without me.I grab my new stab wound on my shoulder and lock the door so Tara and Chad can't get back in.I run back to the scene of Anika being choked by the masked figure with a knife in her stomach.I hit him with a large book i see on the counter and he stumbles back.Sam leads us all into the now deceased Quinn's room and holds the door for dear life while Ghostface bangs on it.I hold onto Anika's stomach trying to apply pressure as it is bleeding heavily while still trying to hold onto mine.The door suddenly stops banging and we all look at each other in fear.Sam quickly realizes the bathroom door is wide open and send Mindy to go and close the door but she screams instead."Oh fuck ! That guy's dead!"She screams again and I rush over to her where Ghostface is trying to make his way into the bathroom.He gets too but we slam ourselves back into Quinn's room locking the door.Sam grabs Quinn's big drawer while I go to help Anika who's still bleeding like crazy.We hear a scream and we all look out to see.Great.Sam's lover boy.Sam quickly hurries over and opens the window.He slides a ladder over and Sam wants us all to go over first.Yeah not happening.
Mindy-Somebody needs to hold the door!
Luna-We'll send Anika next just go!
Sam nods and hurries over across the ladder.Me and Mindy both grab Anika and hoist her to the window

Luna-Anika you need to go now

Anika-No i'll be right behind you guys!I promise

Mindy looks back and kisses Anika,tears both in their eyes.My heart breaking for them.Mindy crosses on the ladder as I say a silent prayer hoping to make it out of this hell.She makes it over and Anika tries to push me on the ladder but I refuse I instead help her on the ladder and help her make the first few crawls.When I know she's steady I run back to the door that's slightly opening.I cant hold it by myself though and Ghostface knocks me over making his way in.I grab his leg but he kicks me in the shoulder that he stabbed me with before.Thinking im knocked out he makes his way to Anika still halfway on the ladder.I groan out a "No" as he starts to shake the ladder making Anika hold on to dear life.He shakes the ladder over and over and I hear Anika cry out.

"Baby I don't wanna die"

My heart breaks as I finally get close enough to him and grab his leg pulling him back he turns back to me and grabs the knife he stuck in the window pan.He stabs me in the stomach and I gasp, everything hitting me at once.He turns back and shakes the ladder one more time making Anika fall to her death.I wail for the loss of my friend and he grabs me by the neck hanging me over the ledge shutting me up.I try to grasp on to his hands that are steady intent on killing me until sirens ring out through the air.He lets me go and I somehow someway grab the edge.I hear Mindy sob at the loss of her girlfriend and I sob with her.Anika was the only one out of our new friends that I actually trusted.The blood on my hands makes it hard for me to stay on, but I hear Sam begging for me to hold on.But I can't.I let go but a hand holds hoist me up.I can't even open my eyes the pain taking me out.The only thing I mutter is-

"Im Sorry Mindy"

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