Murderer

21

After talking to Liv, I decided I needed to go back to bed, but soon enough my alarm went off and I had to get up.  

I rubbed my eyes as I sat up in bed.  One thing I didn't miss when I was with Luke was that I didn't have to go to school.  

I mean yea, I was a good student; all my averages were in the 90s and I never got into trouble, but it was the people that bugged me.  Everyone has such bad attitudes and I can't wait until the day I graduate highschool which is in about a month and it couldn't come fast enough.  Liv is going to the same college as me; The University of Illinois.  

I got up out of bed and made my way over to my closet to pick out something to wear.  I decided on ripped skinny jeans and a black with white striped short sleeve shirt.  After I put it on, I put mascara on and a little eyeliner.  Then I brushed through my hair leaving it naturally wavy. 

I heard a beep from my phone and ran over to check it; finding two text messages.  

4:09 am - Unknown Number 

I miss you so much Rayne 

6:37 am- Liv 

B there in 15 min xx

I quickly responded to Liv 

To Liv - I'll b ready :) 

But then, I returned to my attention to the Unknown Number.  Who was it?  I didn't have time to think about it or respond so I just shook it from my mind, grabbed my converse, and walked downstairs to go get breakfast.  

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I was eating my bowl of cereal as fast as I could when I heard a car horn.  

"Ugh," I moaned trying to swallow all the food I had shoved in my mouth at once.  

I grabbed my bag, phone and soccer bag and headed out the door finding Liv sitting in her car waiting.  I threw my bags in the trunk and got in.  

"Morning," She said smiling; she was way too happy for school.  

"Hi," I said pretty plainly as I pulled my seat belt over my chest.  

"Someones not in a good mood," She laughed as we drove away from my house.  

I laughed, "Well lets see, I didn't sleep well last night and we are on our way to school.  What the hell is happy about that."  

She shook her head, "Something else is bothering you.  I can tell." 

"What?  No.  Nothing is bothering me."  

 "Rayne," She said raising her eyebrows but never taking her eyes off the road.  "What's going on?"  

I sighed, "It's just I- I got a text at like 4 in the morning last night from a random number."  

"What did it say?"  

I took out my phone and read her the text.  After she absorbed the words, her facial expression changed to something between a mix of happy and suspicious.

"What if it's him?"  

"Who?"  I asked not understanding the question.  

"Luke.  What if it's Luke."  She said turning to face me for a split second before returning her eyes to the road.  

"What? No it can't be.  I never gave him my number," I said shaking my head, "My phone was at home."  

"Are you sure?  Rayne, you don't have your whole memory back."  

"I- I don't know." I stammered.  

"Text it.  Text the number back.  Ask who it is."  

"No," I said shaking my head.  

She turned to me with a questioning face after she parked the car at the school.  

"What if- If it is Luke.  I don't want him back in my life."  The words hurt as they escaped my mouth.  

"Just think about it," She said giving me a small smile.  

Liv shut the car off and we got out.  After we got our bags, we began to walk through all the hundreds of high school kids standing in the hallways just trying to get to our home room.  

People kept saying hi and yelling after me but I wasn't in the mood to talk and explain everything even though my story was already on the news.  I heard people whispering about me and usually I would have stopped and told them off, but I didn't care today.  

Suddenly, I felt someone tug at my wrist and turn me around.  I was staring straight into the eyes of Jake; the hottest guy in the school.  All the girls go crazy over him but personally I didn't think he was anything special.  

"Hey Rayne," He said showing off he brilliantly white teeth.

"Hi Jake,"  I said back with a small smile.  

"Listen, I'm glad you're safe and back home.  I'm sorry about what happened.  Anyways, I was wondering if you wanted to go to this party with me Friday?"  

A party?  I didn't want to go; it was the last thing I wanted to do, but I needed to get to enjoy these next fews weeks before I would graduate and maybe it would help me get my mind off Luke.  

"Sure," I smiled; I needed to move on.  

"Great, I'll pick you up at 8:30."  He smiled as he leaned in and gave me a kiss on my right cheek.  The feeling was familiar but yet different.  I ached for a different feeling that I can vaguely remember. When Luke would kiss me; even just a kiss on the cheek, it would feel different.  The feeling Jake gave was not the same.  

I smiled back at him and he walked off as fast as he had come up to me.  I missed Luke, but I didn't want him in my life.  I kept telling myself, but the truth was I needed to be with him; I wanted his warm lips on mine and to feel his strong arms wrap around me and pull me close; making me feel safer than ever.  I want him to tell me how much he loves me and for me to tell him how much I love him.  Those simple words made me feel so special; Luke himself made me feel like I was the only girl in the world.  I wanted that feeling again.  I wanted Luke again.  I want him more than ever.  

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