PSYCHO KILLER [SCREAM]

05

Iris stepped softly into the hospital room. Tara was engrossed in her phone, headphones on, seemingly unaware of her presence.

The room was quiet except for the soft
beeping of monitoring equipment that kept
track of her vital signs. A small, wheeled
bedside table sat within arm's reach, holding a bottle of water and a stack of magazines. As Iris slowly moved into Tara's line of sight, Tara jumped, clutching her chest in surprise.

"Jesus christ, you scared me".

"Sorry, I didn't mean to spook you". Iris stared down at her feet not really knowing what to say.

"What are you doing here?" Tara made herself comfortable in her bed.

"Sam asked me to keep you company".

"Well I'm not going anywhere as you can see". The carpenter girl jokingly gestured at her broken leg.

"She's worried about you, we all are". Iris looked up to Tara, already finding the girl staring at her.

"Even you?" She whispered.

"Of course, I can't wait for all this to be over so you can be safe". She then quickly added. "So we can all be safe".

"So... what are you watching?". The girls continued to make small talk trying to ignore the last conversation they had but it wasn't too long before Tara just couldn't take it anymore.

"Iris" Tara carefully called out to her. The other girl nodded at her to continue. "About the other day..."

"Tara, I think it's better if we just let it be". Iris turned her head away unable to mantain eye contact. "Maybe it's time to forget and start over, it had been a long time and I'm tired of fighting". Iris was being honest, what happened with Tara hurt her but with everything that was going on it just seemed so minuscule. They could die at any moment and here she was, being petty at something that happened when they were 15.

"What letter?" It's like Tara didn't even hear what the other girl said, she just needed to ask the one thing that had plagued her mind for the past two days.

"What?"

"You said you wish you never gave me a letter". Tara threaded carefully into her next words. "Iris you never gave me a letter".

What
What
What the fuck

"Tara please, I'm trying to forget and be nice, don't make it hard".

The carpenter girl incorporated herself as best as she could while mantaining eye contact. "Iris you need to believe me, I have no idea about that letter and I know for a fact that I never sent you that text you talked about". Iris went to stand up but Tara was faster and gripped her hand forbiding her from leaving.

Tara was basically desperate at this point, she needed Iris to believe her. "Please, I would never lie to you".

Iris felt her mind shatter into million pieces as she realized that everything she had believed for the past two years might had all been wrong.