My crush on the cheerleader (edited)

Chapter sixteen

I keep looking over my shoulder as I walk down the hallway, for any clue of who it could be. When I got home from Blair's house last night, all I was thinking about while laying in bed thinking about who could do this. From my lack of sleep I now look like a zombie. I guess makeup could've fixed it but I really couldn't be bothered and didn't really care.

Suddenly someone grabs my shoulder and turns me around. My heart hammered in my chest until I saw who it was. I sighed with relief. It's just Tess. A very bouncy and excited Tess. Her curls are like springs as she jumps up and down.

"Hi! I have," she exclaimed then whispered the next part like it was some big secret "gossip." The last bit did slightly intrigue me. Before she could say another word the bell rang to go to class.

"Tell me later, I'll see you at break?" I replied. She nodded in return and turned round to head to class still bubbly as her frame danced away.

***

I got into my first lesson which is Biology. Blair sat next to me in this lesson but she doesn't appear to be here yet. Sitting down in my seat I focused on the door the whole lesson wondering if Blair hadn't arrived at school yet. Maybe she's just running late?

***

The next class passed by. Still no Blair. I'm trying to stay calm as I thought maybe she is skiving. Even though I knew she didn't do that, I needed some sort of false hope.

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At break time I didn't really care for Tess's gossip anyway, although if I'd felt different today, I would've found it funny that Mr. Davis and Miss. Blackberry are supposedly dating. Miss Blackberry looks like she's nearly one hundred. The only reason Tess found this so hilarious was because people were saying they'd had sex in a science classrom, hopefully it wasn't the one I had biology in earlier.

***

When she didn't show up for art I started to get really worried. We both enjoyed art a lot, especially because we sit on the same table. In art we were doing drawings of different animals, looking at their factual structures and facts about their environmental issues and how we can help protect them. All the different artworks we looked at by a variety of artists was amazing and I know Blair would've loved it.

***

The moment I started to panic was lunch. Everyone was acting normal which is so unfair considering I'm sitting here practically shaking like a leaf. Not to mention I'm all by myself, Tess is in running lines for a drama with a friend called Noah (the guy she has a crush on). I looked around the canteen, Blair nor April were here.

But where were they?

***

The end of the day came painfully slow every bit of it laced with anxiety. Anxiety for Blair and for the photo. I didn't walk out of class. I ran. Every muscle in my body is working harder and harder to be faster, to find an answer.

The crisp Autumn turning on winter air hit me like ice. My hair is going crazy in the wind but I couldn't care. All I cared about was Blair. I carried on running around the school grounds to see if there was any clue of Blair being somewhere.

***

Then I saw her. Laying on the floor covered in blood looking lifeless. I ran over to her. Her face had blood spread all over it. Shaking, I took my phone out of my pocket. Quickly dialling 999.

"H-hello?" I said I felt sick to my stomach with dread.

"Hello, 999 what's your emergency?" The phone asked.

"Ambulance. I need an ambulance."

"Where are you?"

I just about managed to say my school name and about where we are on the grounds.