𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙄𝙑

chapter 6 - old faces & old lies.

as daria was sitting on her bed scrolling through her phone, she heard some noise coming from outside her door. it sounded like her parents opening the door and letting someone in, she got very confused since they were so closed off with people. she got up out of her bed and opened her door, she looked out in the hallway to see both her parents talking with someone. she walked closer and saw that it was her parents close friend as she spoke up,

"..maia?"

kym and xander turned as maia looked over at daria, "hey daria, you've grown since the last time i saw you." daria smiled as she walked up to maia and hugged her, she hadn't seen her in a couple years. maia spoke up, "i heard some stuffs been happening with you..?" daria nods, "yeah, yeah more than i'd like. that's for sure." maia chuckles, "well, me and your parents are very familiar with that..unfortunately." daria chuckles, "i'm really glad you're here." maia smiled, "me too." daria sat down as her parents and maia all caught up, she saw as they all looked at a photo of them and a girl she didn't know a lot about..she heard them bringing up the name "elizabeth" a lot, so she figured that was her name. maia then looked at daria, "you wanna know something?" daria replied, "yeah, what?" maia chuckles before continuing, "do you wanna know how me and your moms first interaction went?" kym rolled her eyes, "mai, she does not have to know." maia laughed, "ohh, but i just have to tell her.." daria chuckled before asking, "what happened?" maia replied, "well..not gonna lie, i wasn't the biggest fan of your parents before we got close, and i was talking about them one day with someone who shall not be named..and your mom just so happened to hear me." xander chuckled to himself remembering, as kym nudged his shoulder. maia continued, "she came up to me and literally slapped me across the face." darias jaw dropped, "dang mom, i didn't know you were that upfront." kym chuckled, "yeah well..that day was interesting to say that least." the three all laughed with eachother.

that night, daria was getting into bed when she heard her phone ringing..she ran her hands through her hair, clearly stressed out just from hearing the ring. she just figured she would let it ring..until they continued calling back, again, and again. she finally picked up her phone and looked, the same unknown number appeared on the screen. she answered, "what." the voice responds, "oh don't sound so disappointed daria, i just was calling for a favor from you.." daria asked, "what is it..?" the voice continued, "all you would need to do is..tell your parents what you did last year." daria stopped, "no. no way i'm doing that, absolutely not." the voice chuckled, "oh you're going to, or else the police can get a quick call right about now.." daria scoffed, "you keep bringing up how i'm guilty..everyone in that group is just as guilty as me, if not more." the voice replied, "oh but are they? you knew your family's past, yet you still took part in it." daria responded, "it was just supposed to be a joke!" the voice replied, "well..unless you want that "joke" to get to the police, i'd get to confessing right about now if i were you." the caller hung up, leaving daria stunned. "fuck.."

she slowly walked into her parents room as they both were laying in bed, about to fall asleep as she begins, "um..can i tell you guys something?" they both sit up as xander replies, "anything, sweetheart."
daria continues, "so..um, you know how my friend john like..committed suicide last year..?" they both nodded, clearly confused. daria continued, "he um..he didn't jump." they both look at eachother before kym asks, "what do you mean daria?" daria sighs and takes a deep breath, "um..me and my friends kinda thought it'd be funny just to freak out john and..kinda..put on ghostface costumes." kym and xander both look at daria, with concerned looks on their faces. daria kept going, "so we chased him in them and just were going to scare him, but then he got ontop of a roof.." xander and kym both gave eachother a look, seeing where this is going..
"and we like all kind of cornered him..and..he fell."

kym had her hand cupped over her mouth as xander looked at daria, stunned. "and someones been texting us using his number, taunting us..so someone knows." kym speaks up, "daria..you just left him there..?" daria replied, "we didn't know what to do, mom." kym responded, raising her voice a bit, "well clearly not leave him there and act like you didn't do anything." daria responds, "mom we were scared, we weren't thinking straight.." xander chimes in, "daria, do you realize how serious this is?" daria replies, "of course i do, i just..i don't wanna go to jail, and i don't want any of my friends going to jail either." xander then asks, "..daria, you do realize that the person taunting you guys has his phone?" daria asks, "yeah?" xander replies, "the only people that could've gotten his phone off of him is someone in your friend group." daria stops and thinks, "..holy shit." kym and xander both sit there, absolutely stunned.

daria turns around to walk out of their room when she sees maia standing in the doorway, it causes her to jump a bit. "jeez..you scared me." maia looks at daria, "you should be the least scared one here, daria.." daria sighs, "so you heard the whole thing?" maia nods her head, "uh, yeah." daria shakes her head and walks past maia, walking straight into her room. maia looks at kym and xander, "..you guys aren't about to send her to an insane asylum or something now are you?"

daria walks into her room and slams her door, she grabs her phone and begins texting the group chat. "i just told my parents about last year." renae texts back, "are you actually out of your mind??" rio then texts, "why the hell would you do that?" daria texts back, "the killer told me to or they would've told the police" steven texts, "dude what if your parents do tell the police anyways?" daria thinks before texting back, "they wouldn't do that" maisie then chimes in, "how can you be so certain?" daria texts back, "i just know they wouldn't" the group chat is silent before daria texts again, "they did tell me something though" ryan texts, "what?" daria continues, "they told me that since the killer is texting from johns phone and all" she continues, "that the only person that could have his phone is someone in this group."
brandon texts, "that's insane why would someone in here do that?" serenity backs it up, "yeah would someone in here really have attacked me and daria?" the group chat is silent..nobody has any idea what to say, what if it is true.