scream ↠ 5sos (WATTYS 2017)

02

chapter two:

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[ e v e l y n ]

it's been a few hours since i found out about jessie max. as much as i hated to admit it was real, it was. jessie max and her boyfriend jack draper were murdered thursday night.

the police were at the school and questioned anyone who knew jessie, and of course they questioned me because even though the police hated to admit it, the thought of my mom's murder of course came to mind. how could they possibly imagine the two murders were related? i witnessed my mom's murder, i put her killer in jail. there's no way they're on the same page.

i had just gotten off the bus and i decided to get my mind off everything and watch something on tv. the house was eerily quiet without dad gone.

i sat on the couch and grabbed the remote, flipping through the channels until one caught my eye. a reporter lady that had recently grown on my bad side, was reporting live. i grimaced as she spoke of my mother's murder. i turned the tv off and stood up, sighing. i decided to just go up to my room and find something else to entertain myself with.

i was currently laying down, waiting for danielle to get some movies and pick me up for our sleep-over at her house since she knew i hated to be home alone.

me and dani always had movie nights on the friday's we were able to. i always let her pick the movies because i had bad judgement in that area.

next thing i know, i wake up from what seemed like a five minute nap. but i looked at the time and it had been three to four hours. the large windows in my living room that once led rays of the beaming sun through, were replaced with the darkness of the night. i shivered slightly.

it was around eight o'clock and i remember dani saying something about volleyball practice getting over around seven. she joined the volleyball team shortly after she punched a girl in the face for the first time. it was a harmless way of letting out all her strength and anger. it also led to the state championship.

the phone began to ring and i quickly picked it up, knowing it was probably her.

"hey, i'm getting that new movie with channing taytum. what's it called luke?" i heard luke say something i couldn't quite hear on the other end of the phone. danielle's voice shot me back to reality. "oh yeah, magic mike. i heard that if you pause it just right, you can see his penis."

"it's past seven," i told her, clear annoyance laced through my tone.

"yeah, practice ran late. but that's okay jessie and jack didn't bite it till at least ten," she chuckled.

"oh, that's comforting," i reply in sarcasm as i look out my large window. "just hurry up dani."

"ta-ta eve." she hung up the phone.

i lay back down, closing my eyes, trying not to think of everything going on. the whole situation just gets to me. after my mother's death i had been more emotional and sensitive. with the anniversary only days away, jessie gets murdered. it all seems eerie and planned out.

not even minutes later, the phone rang again, and i quickly picked it up and brought it to my ear, "danielle ross just get in the car-"

"hello evelyn," a deep voice rang through the telephone, cutting me off.

"uh, hi? who am i speaking to?" i tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.