Better off without you

Liza

my squad, it's the best thing ever. there's Justin, Hannah, Sheila, Liza, Joey, and me, of course. my boyfriend mike wants to join our squad but were unsure of it. I love mike but a squad is a squad. On Tuesdays we all meet up at the mall.
"yo Jenna!" Justin shouts.
"hey" I say quickly.
"y'all seen Liza?" Justin asks.
"nah" I say.
"oh well that's..." Justin gets distracted. "hot girl. cmon Joey." and just like that Justin and Joey are off.
"hey Jenna is that Mike over there?" Hannah asks.
I look at where she's pointing. "Oh yeah, I think that is." he's waving at us. there's a blonde girl standing next to him.
"who's that girl?" asks Sheila.
"I don't know. It kinda looks like Liza."
Justin And Joey come back.
"what happened?" asks Hannah
"she's a bitch, that's what happened" Justin says. I laugh.
"what'd we miss?" asks Joey.
I shake my head "nothing. let's go"
"but what about-"
"nothing. let's go" I say anxiously.
Sheila nods her head and we walk away.

later that day I go to check on Liza with Joey.
"there's no car in the driveway. maybe she's not home." Joey says.
"I haven't seen her since 3rd period though. she has to be somewhere." we walk in.
"Liza...?" Joey shouts. no answer. "Jenna this place is creepy."
"Stop being a wuss." I tease him.
"I'm just saying." Joey turns on the light leading up the front stairs and we walk up quietly.
"Liza? it's Joey and Jenna." I say. I hear quiet music. it sounds unusual. we follow the music into her room.
"Joey. check out that big lump on the bed." I say weirdly.
"is it Liza? she's probably sleeping." he says.
"Liza usually naps on the couch after school though." I say.
"somethings not right."
"no kidding!" I shout "Liza is that you. It's Jenna." no answer.
"Liza quit playing games with us it's no longer funny." Joey says. a minute later he says "Liza's wearing sunglasses..." I turn on a light as Joey removes the glasses. Joeys speechless as we sit there staring down at Liza.
"oh my god." I say "Liza's.... dead."