The Watching

Chapter 3

Noelle ran into Liz's room with Analyse and Amber.

"I got your text," she said breathlessly. "What's the emergency?"

Liz pointed shakily at her bed.

"Well? What is it?!" Analyse demanded.

"Oh no."

Noelle couldn't believe her eyes.

On the bed was a quilt. And it wasn't just any quilt. It was the quilt that...

"Meredith..." Noelle subconsciously whispered.

"No shit, Sherlock!" Liz said sarcastically. "What do we do?!"

Kayla walked into the room now.

"You texted me?"

"Yes, yes, get in," Liz replied impatiently. "Look at this."

Kayla gasped.

"I bet you HEIDI did this, that devil spawn-" Liz started but Analyse cut her off.

"-now hold on there. Are you ALWAYS gonna use Heidi as an excuse? The girl's not bothering us anymore for God's sake! How do we know YOU didn't put the quilt there yourself?"

"Do you hear yourselves right now?!" Liz yelled impatiently. "You're accusing ME?!"

"Well you DID like to play jokes, Liz," Kayla said slowly. "And some pranks have gone wrong before. For all we know, you could have killed Meredith with one of your-"

Noelle saw Liz turn on Kayla with deadly eyes.

"And what about YOU, Kayla? How do we know YOU didn't kill Meredith? You obviously got scared to death that one night when we played that prank on you. How do we know YOU didn't get back at Meredith for scaring you, and you made sure she was dead for real?"

Kayla laughed at the audacity of it all. "You really believe I was the one who-"

Buzz! Buzz!

Noelle gulped as her phone vibrated. She reluctantly pulled it out and closed her eyes, hoping and praying to God it wasn't from that mysterious M. She hadn't received a text from M in a month.

All eyes were on her as she took her phone out. After Noelle saw what she just received, she cried out and dropped her iPhone.

"What is it?!" they all yelled.

Noelle shook her head in horror as she showed the other girls. It was the video of the prank they played on Kayla.

Except it didn't seem like a prank. Meredith seemed like she was really dying in this video as she shook with convulsions.

Then the video was cut. It never got to the part where Meredith laughed.

"It was the video you took the night of the prank," Kayla said eyeing Noelle.

"I swear, I never sent it to anyone!" she cried. "I deleted it right after the party when we got back!"

"She did, I remember," Liz nodded.

"It's a 676 phone number area code," Noelle said. "Where's that?"

"Westbrooke," Analyse whispered in revelation. "Daniel lives in Westbrooke. Is it possible HE was the one who texted this?"

"I don't know," Noelle replied.

Suddenly the Sorority House's front French doors opened.

"Hello? Vanessa, you there?"

A deep male voice called out.

The girls ran out to the indoor balcony to see who it was.

Speak of the devil. It was Daniel.