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SAL AND ANDIE WERE JUST THE BLUEPRINT
PIP WON'T BE ABLE TO SOLVE YOUR MURDER, SLUT
WHORES LIKE YOU AND ANDIE DESERVE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM
Slogans like this were spray painted on almost every face hidden from security cameras. The town hadn't seen peace in years, its crime rate spiking drastically, it being named the Smallest Little Town with the Highest Crime Rates. Really, it was just a fancy title for "shithole". At least, that's what the kids who had been raised here said.
Most people said that, actually.
The roads, endlessly full of potholes and bumps shook the van-non stop. An automatic voice rang through the interior of the car, reading off a text message from Cole's phone.
" One new message. Say "yes" if you'd like to hear it" It chimed, static enhancing the already questionable quality of the soundsystem.
Cole just stared right ahead, ignoring this and his sister as much as he could, until the latter grumbled under her breath ; " Aren't you gonna listen to the message? "
" Nah, I already know what it says, eh?"
" Of course you do. " Amery said, maintaining her gaze out the window.
He just huffed at this, refusing to dive deeper into the subtext. Sometimes, it was better to leave things ( and in this case, his highly dramatic sister ) unprovoked.
It had always been this way between them. He'd do something perfectly normal, and she'd get pissed off at him. The dynamic worked fine, because although sometimes annoyed, Cole always understood that the anger was almost 98% of the time not directed towards him and Amery knew that he understood this. The problems came when Cole tried to figure out the issue, and then all of Amery's fiery fury would be angled towards him. The worst part is, he did know what the message was. A few weeks ago, a random account had followed him, and had started messaging him on instagram. Nothing crazy, just a few flirty texts. He had responded, but they then got quickly out of hand, asking for personal information and stuff. Coleson had immediately blocked them, but the account somehow got a hold of his number, and had repeatedly messaged him from multiple phone numbers.
" So. Who's coming with us? " Amery said, her gaze not wavering from the window.
" I have no idea. Mum gave me a list of people and addresses, it's in my backpack." He answered, nodding towards the backseat.
His sister leaned backwards, yanking his bag towards herself. A few seconds after he heard the zipper open, she stopped moving, her hands no longer searching for the paper.
" Yo, you good, Amery? " Coleson said, glancing towards her. He immediately did a double take, his mouth dropping open as he stared at the mountain of liquor on full display inside his backpack.
" Shit, Aimes, I totally forgot those were in there, I swear..." He trailed off as she sharply pulled out a crumpled piece of paper.
" Number 1 ; Keith Lundsford. Number 2 ; Kyle Greenly. Number 3 ; Adam Slander " She rattled off, adjusting herself in her seat. Amery was about to continue when Cole turned to look at her, his pupils shrinking as he grabbed the paper in his sister's hand.
He quickly skimmed through it, his eyes screeching to a halt at the last name Aimes had mentioned.
" Fuck me, Adam's going to be here? " He said, still reading the list. " And who's Kyle? Man, Mum's got us in some real deep shit this time. "
Now, this might not be a well known fact, but reading while driving isn't the most brilliant idea, and yet here Coleson was, doing this exact thing. At least Amerie snapped him back to reality after he almost hit a reporter with the car.
" Mate, what the fuck? It's not that big of a deal." She said, punching him in the shoulder while taking back the list. Her eyes quickly went back to where she had left off, but this time, she was the one to act crazy. "How in the living hell did Mum get the Clarissa Thomson on the list? That girl is quite literally queen of the school, there's no way she'll spend her whole summer with you wankers."
" She's proper hot, though."
" Yeah, and rich. I heard they have three showers in their house. Three, Cole."
" Yeah , I heard you."
" Fuck."
" What? "
" Check it, police vans. Best they don't find your pot of gold in your backpack, eh?" Amery said, reaching back to zip it up.
Cole just muttered, his attention towards the scene in front of them.
" Alright, well, this is the only way through, so don't act suspicious."
" Are you taking the piss? How on Earth would I be acting suspicious?"
" Just, play it low-key."
His sister just huffed, crossing her arms while staring straight in front of her.
" I hate this bloody town."
" You said it, not me."
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a/n sorry for the wait <3, this took me a while, i had no motivation but i cranked it out last night
