𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙄𝙑

chapter 10 - remember his name.

the day after ryans death, steven began to text the group. "guys johns parents are hosting a little memorial thing for him, since it's been a year?"
daria looks at the screen and texts, "um do we really wanna go to that?" rio texts back, "it could be nice, just to pay our respects?" serenity chimes in, "but we kinda are the reason for it even happening.." maisie then texts, "we should go, it just sounds like a nice thing to do" carmen speaks up, "after whats been happening lately?" maisie replies, "there will be a lot of people there" brandon then chimes in, "only if you guys promise not to kill anyone, like one you killed renae." daria sighs before texting back, "brandon it could be fun, just take your mind off of it" the chat is silent for a minute before brandon texts back, "fine" daria smiles before texting, "good, this will be good for us"

that evening, maisie and daria were at darias house getting ready for the memorial in darias room. daria was getting her makeup finished up when she looked in her mirror to see maisie texting someone, daria asked, "who you texting?" maisie looked up, "this guy from out of city, his names darren." daria responded, "ooh, show me what he looks like." maisie gives daria her phone as daria clicks on his photo, "wow, not too bad." maisie nods, "right?" maisie takes her phone back and puts it back in her pocket, "you ready?" she asked. daria replied, "yeah, let me get my bag..and i'll be completely ready." daria walked into her closet and grabbed her bag, she put it over her shoulder and looked at maisie, "i'm ready." maisie stood up as she smiled, "this will be fun, i know it." daria smiled slightly as her and maisie walked out of her room and went to walk out the front door when xander stopped her, "hey, where are you going?" daria turned, "oh, that memorial thingy for john." kym looked at daria, "remember that thing i said..about not going anywhere?" daria rolled her eyes, "mom, it's a memorial..it's not like it's a party or anything." maia chuckled and muttered under her breath, "yeah, because that excuse worked every time." daria rolled her eyes, "look, i'll be very safe..okay?" kym, xander, and maia all looked at eachother hesitantly as daria asked, "pplleeaassee?" kym sighed, "alright, just text us every hour please daria." daria nodded, "i will, thanks." daria and maisie both smiled at eachother as they walked out the front door, "i can't believe that worked." maisie said. daria chuckled, "i know, that was easier than i thought." maisie and daria both walked to maisies car as they both got in. daria asked, "do we need to pick anyone up?" maisie replied, "yep, carmen and rio." daria nodded.

maisie pulled into carmens driveway and immediately started honking. after a little bit, carmen rushed out of her house. she opened the backseat and hopped in, "did you really have to honk?" maisie laughed, "you were taking really long." carmen rolled her eyes with a chuckle, "you had just pulled up, i saw you." maisie sighed, "i'm really impatient, carmen..you know me." carmen chuckled as she shut the door. maisie then drove up to rios house and went to honk but daria stopped her, "just let him take his time." maisie rolled her eyes, "he better be quick." after a minute or so, rio came walking out of his house and got into the backseat with carmen, "thanks for the ride, i would've had no way to get there without it." maisie smiled slightly, "of course, i would've picked you up later if you needed me to." rio shook his head, "it's all good, my parents were keeping me anyways."
the girls all chuckled as maisie began to drive to johns house, on their way to the memorial. as they got closer..daria began to get worried, "guys..what if the killer like shows up there?" maisie looked at daria, "i don't think they would, especially with everyone being there..including johns parents." rio continued, "yeah, stop worrying so much daria." daria chuckled, feeling a bit better about the situation now.

maisie pulled up her car to the road and saw a bunch of cars pulled over on the side of the street. daria spoke up, "looks like there really is a lot of people here.." maisie sighed, "it's fine, that means we really are okay here." daria sighed before taking her seatbelt off and getting out of the car as the others did the same, maisie locked her car as they all began to walk up to the house. they saw the door was wide open, they all walked in to see lots of people inside. music was blaring as many people were dancing and jumping around. carmen yelled over the music, "what kind of memorial even is this?!" rio laughed, "my kind of memorial, that's all i know!" as he walked into the crowd and began to talk with people he knew. the girls all looked around as a guy came up to maisie. slurring his words he spoke, "hey..you wanna-" maisie cuts him off, "no, and just accept it or i'll actually murder you." daria and carmen chuckle as the guy rolls his eyes and walks off back into the crowd. maisie looks back at them, "great..not even two steps in and already getting hit on." the girls talk for awhile before someone comes up to them, "hey guys." they all look up to see brandon. they all hug him, knowing he's still hurting about renae. daria asks, "you having fun?" brandon holds his drink cup, "yeah, more than i expected." daria smiles, "that's good, you deserve it." brandon smiles slightly as he takes a drink from his cup.
they then hear a high pitched voice coming up to them, they all turn to see serenity running up to them, "finally you guys made it!" daria replies, "isn't this more like a..party rather than a memorial?" serenity responds, "uhh..no. yes. kind of..?" carmen responds, "what a supposed "memorial"..really seems like one." serenity rolls her eyes, "look, john would want us to be having fun..we're celebrating him." carmen responds, "..would he?..didn't we kinda-" maisie cuts her off, "..let's not talk about that..!"

daria walks off into the crowd, having a couple drinks at this point. she bumps into someone and quickly turns to see it was steven. she speaks up, "oh hey! sorry about that." steven shakes his head, "it's all good, are you having fun?" daria nods her head, "um..are you kidding? i'm having so much fun." steven laughs, "that's good that we're getting our minds off everything." daria replies, "i know, it's nice not to be worrying about getting butchered at every turn." steven chuckles before responding, "how did you even get your parents to let you go?" daria laughed, "it was called a "memorial"..we're just celebrating john, aren't we?" steven laughed, "that's pretty smart." daria smiled before taking a sip from her cup, glad to be happy. and not worrying about anything at that moment.