Hopeless Devotion |Jason McCann Fanfic|

Chapter 4

Ariana's P.O.V.

I stood staring down at my cup of water, completely in my own world when the calls of my mom pulled me out of my train of thoughts.

"Ari, were you ever listening to me?" She asked as she pulled on her heels.

"Yeah I um... No, sorry mom, what were you saying?" I tried lying. But I sucked at it and they would of known I was lying too so there was no use.

"Is everything alright sweetheart? You seem kinda outta it" my dad chuckled as he stood up from his chair.

"Yeah, everything's fine" I smiled, well more of a forced smile.

"Okay well I was just wondering if you wanted to go to school, I know what happened was kind of a shock" Mom spoke, smiling at me.

I hadn't gone to school yesterday, just because my parents didn't want me to go thinking I was in shock, but I guess I kinda was, and still am.

"No its okay, spending a day at home just got me even more stressed, I'll be fine" I answered, remembering how I just stayed in my room, dwelling on everything that had happened. I hadn't told anyone about me seeing Jason, all they know is that I got separated from the girls but I didn't tell them I saw him or what happened, I didn't want him coming after me.

After finishing my breakfast, I left the house and drove to school. Parking in the school car park, I got out before I made my way across the car park, keeping my gaze down at my feet as I walked.

"Ari!" I slightly jumped, looking up I saw Taylor coming towards me "Are you okay...?" She asked, probably because of the way I got scared.

"Yeah, sorry you just made me jump" I answered tucking my hair behind my ear as I held on to my notebook against my chest tightly.

"Okay... But Principal Tomlinson wants to speak to you" She told me as we walked in to the school. I looked at her in confusion, "Why?" I asked frowning.

"I'm not sure, I think about yesterday, since you were in the school when everything was going on, maybe he wants to know if you know anything?" She said, almost in a question. I nodded at her "I'll see you in class" I muttered.

As I walked closer to the office, my heart pounded slightly, and I felt my hands go sweaty as I got to the door, I knocked before walking in.

"Good morning Ariana, take a seat" He greeted with a smile. I looked to the side to see two cops leaning against the window, giving me a smile I nervously sat down.

"Now, I've been told that you were separated from your friends and ended up in the school, we just want to ask some questions because this is a serious matter" he explained, little did he know, I was terrified to even say his name. The principal left the room leaving me with the two cops.

"Hi Ariana, I'm Officer Blake and this is Officer Jordan, we just want to ask some simple questions if that's okay with you" He said, giving me a warm smile, I slowly nodded not wanting to look suspicious.

"So unfortunately, the person- I mean the suspect behind what happened the other day, managed to get a hold of the schools camera security system and therefore we have no option but to ask you what actually happened in that school" Officer Blake said as the other pulled out his notepad.

I opened my mouth, taking a deep breath "I don't know... I just came inside and went straight to the bathrooms, I didn't hear anything apart from the gunshots" I told them trying to make it seem like I was telling the truth.

They looked at one another, before back at me "Miss Mirabella, this investigation includes a very dangerous person and without any evidence, we cannot put that person behind bars... You understand right?" He spoke, trying to be as nice as possible.

"I know... But I really don't know anything, I wish I could help but all I heard were the gun shots before I ran out to my car again" I answered, shaking my head as the school bell rang.

"Okay, thank you for your time... But we ask politly for you to not discuss any of this, to anyone, this is a serious investigation and we can't risk having it so open" He said as I stood up.

"Okay" I simply said, he went over to the door and opened it for me, "We may have to speak to you again if anything comes up... Have a good day" he said before I left.

I sighed deeply, running a hand through my hair as I walked back to class, comprehending what had just happened, I lied to a police officer... What if because of me, Liam got hurt, because I didn't tell them it was Jason McCann, and they were after Liam, Liam ended up getting hurt... Oh God what had I gotten myself in to.

And how do I get out of it.