A liars truth

Part 19

Noas PoV

My body aches! I woke up this morning feeling like I had gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson. My legs were and still are in agony. The girls want to meet for lunch again today so I'm on my way to the canteen right now. Hayden was moaning all morning about how she was getting and I quote "the cockblocking shit" back today. Honestly I need that baby back because I definitely need a small breather from sex with Hayden. Last night was ... incredible but I paid for it this morning. I look like shit because I barely slept and to top it off I had to cover two huge hickeys Hayden proudly gave me on my neck. Thank god for make up.

"So A is officially back?" I place a hand on mouse's shoulder hoping to comfort her in any way. "So what happened after a chased you out of the mirror maze?" Tabby looked at mouse full of worry. "My mom finally, finally told me the truth about ... this deep, dark family secret. And then my other mom, basically, kicked her out for being such a basket case" I look at mouse feeling so sorry for her. Feeling slightly guilty that while she was going through this I was .... Yeh we know. I drop my hand to hold mouse's whilst Faran leans in to give her a hug. Tabby and Imogen look at each other again before tabby takes a breath "uh you guys, there's something else Imogen and I want to tell you a-about this thing that .... Happened to us". Imogen looks like she's about to cry when all our phones start beeping. Please be Hayden please be Hayden. I reach out along with the girls to pick up our phones "it's from A" "oh shit" "oh no". "What are we looking at here?" I ask turning my phone on its side to get a better look. Wait is that Tyler? "Oh shit I think it's Tyler" tabby beats me to it. "A killed him?" Imogen looks up at me trembling with fear. "Bathroom now" tabby orders as we all stand up and march to the bathroom.

"Check the stalls" tabby marches in throwing open some of the cubicals to make sure we are alone. "It's just us" i turn round seeing everyone freaking out. Why would A kill Tyler? It doesn't make any sense. What if ? What if he hurts Hayden? What if he hurts my mom? I can feel myself panicking ... my heart rate is definitely picking up and my breathing has become heavier. "A killed Tyler. A killed Tyler" tabby repeats over and over again like it's helping us at all. "Ok, now can we please go to the police?" Mouse begs as I pace back and forth. "No" Imogen and tabby shout together. "A warned us not to say anything. Fine. But can't we just send that pic of dead Tyler to the sheriff anonymously?" Has Faran fucking lost it? "A texted it to us. You don't think he'll know how the cops got it?" Tabby frustrates back to Faran. "What the fuck can we do?" I snap hearing them bicker. "We take ... deep breaths... and don't freak out" ok Imogen yeh that'll fucking work. "As killed two people probably more" mouse trembles. Faran then shocks us all "two horrible people" we all look at her shocked "just saying". "To paraphrase 'heathers' our teen angst now has a body count" tabby glares at Faran. "A is tied to Angela waters. We figure out what happened to her, we figure out who A is and how to stop him. Back to the basics" Imogen mothers us all attempting to calm everyone down. "The sixth signature from the radley, who does that belong to?" She looks round us all as mouse answers "you think it might be A?". "It's a definite possibility. And then there's Angela's mother, rose. She's out there somewhere" Imogen looks round us all as she speaks slowly and calmly. "Then there was the assault that happened to Angela" tabby looks to Imogen like she's asking if she can proceed. I cross my arms hating every minute of all this. Imogen nods sadly and the feeling that we are about to be told something awful settles in. "You guys...Imogen and I need to tell you about something else, that happened to us. That may or may not be related to A" Imogen still looks like she could burst into tears any second and Tabby looks a little more put together but not much. "Guys can we maybe take this outside?" Imogen asks before we all move to the benches outside.

We sat in silence for a second once Imogen and tabby had told us their stories. I feel physically sick thinking about what they are going through. Looking down at Imogen's baby bump, I just don't know how she's kept herself together. "Imogen, tabby, I'm so so sorry that happened to you" Faran reached out placing her hand on tabby and Farans. "We all are, and ... we got you" I feel myself tearing up looking at them both as I place my hand on the pile. "Whatever you need" mouse finishes as she places her hand on top. "It happened to both of us after parties...jock-centric parties" Imogen looks away from us as the tears well in her eyes again. "You think it was one of the football players?" I ask catching tabby's eye "maybe?". Mouse then asks the question I had already assumed "is that how you got pregnant?". Imogen nods, a tear falling from her eye as she quickly wipes it away. I nod absolutely heartbroken for the two as tears begin to roll down my own face. "We don't know if this is something that connects us to Angela. But tabby has a plan. To catch whoever did this to us, to stop him from doing it again" Imogen strongly states whilst looking at us now angry and determined. "Nurse Simmons is having a blood drive ... next Wednesday. If we can collect blood samples from the boys in school, we can compare it to DNA from Imogen's baby" this doesn't feel real as I'm listening to tabby. Imogen then looks to me "Noa, your mom's a nurse right? We're hoping she can help us figure out the DNA part.". "I can talk to her for sure" I reply reaching out to hold Imogen's hand. "And if we can get proof, real proof, then we can go to the authorities and they wouldn't be able to ignore or dismiss us" I looked down at my hands the whole time tabby explained the plan to us when a thought comes into my head. "Does Hayden know? How you got pregnant?" I look up to Imogen hoping she says yes so this isn't another thing I'm keeping from her. She shakes her head no "my mom knew but Hayden ... Hayden wouldn't stop until she found out who it was and ... I worry about what she would do to that person so no ... Hayden thinks I got pregnant from a one night stand and it was consensual" she smiles sadly at me as I nod. Imogen takes a large breath composing herself again "So the plan is me and tabby are going to go back to the train car and see Joe, he's the one who sent us to the radley in the first place. He's the clearest line we have to the sixth signature".