Mind Games

Chapter 7

"Bishop!" I fling myself off the bed and retrieve my gun from the loose board under the bed and aim it in the direction of the voice.
"Woah! Oh my goodness please don't shoot me!" Buzz Stephenini's pale face screamed in fear.
"BUZZ?! What the hell are you doing here in my apartment?!" I barked. "Look I'm sorry it's just that I found some more information about Mackenzie Mattews, the sister of Mallory Mathews." He whispered, still frightened and eyeing my gun. I lowered it.
"She went to the camp and snuck out on the 21st - "The same night as the campus party" I interject. "How did she sneak out?" I ask.
"She had been flirting with the tech crew and found out that they leave camp everyday at 12:30pm to grab lunch since they didn't like the cafeteria food" Buzz replied. "She snuck off with Richie Murd and they were caught on camera kissing behind a dumpster." "She needed to befriend an idiot so she could go to the party" I was slowly getting it. He nods. "The only catch is that Richie ends up coming back hours after and all the techs were back at 1:30pm. He swiped his tech card around 3:55pm and no one seemed to know he was missing." I stared at Buzz. "We need to find him and find out where he was for hours." I thanked Buzz and walked him to the door. "You need to tell him." Buzz says staring hard at me. "Tell WHO what?"
"You need to tell Marks that you still love him and that you have cancer." Buzz swings the door shut behind himself. Almost snacking me in the face as I just stand their gasping.

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"I heard you spoke with her last night" a weak voice squeaked from behind me. I ignored her and kept walking towards Mackenzie waving me over to her table. "Rumor has it you talked to Renézmae Archer last night, is it true?" I stopped walking and she slams into me from behind. I spin around and stare at her hard. "What happened to everyone keeping to themselves? Why the change all of a sudden? Everyone use to be able to trust each other but clearly you all weren't capable and ruined that." Her smile drops at my icy tone. "So next time you think you can just come up to me and talk -"Stop!" -you actually believe I'm going to trust any of you?! When your so quick to put the other down? To stab each other in the back? -"STOP PLEASE!" -it's honestly no wonder your all trapped here, your all cowards, every last one of you, you were so willing to be a team before Renèzmae ended up punished and now you think it's just as easy as 1, 2, 3 to be forgiven and trusted again?" I stared at the girls snot covered face with no feeling of regret or remorse for what I had done. "I-III-I'm s-ss-sssorry." She stutters before running away from me and past the tables full of wide eyes and mouths agape in shock. I continue my route to Mackenzie and sit down. "What was that about?" She asks staring at me in concern. "I don't really know, after talking with Renèzmae last night...I kinda lost it...I mean how could they turn on each other?!"
She stares down at her plate, fiddling with the fork. "They were scared, everyone reacts differently don't worry Hannah will be fine tomorrow...you'll see." I just nod but inside I couldn't help but feel happy that I hurt Hannah's feelings, and that I secretly hoped she WOULDNT be fine tomorrow. I was starting to scare myself.

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"Marks...its me...we need to talk, meet me by the pear tree...if you still remember." (Click) The phone hits the wall going 80 miles an hour and breaks into pieces. "Damn it" now why did I just do that?! Why couldn't I have just ignored Buzz when he told me to tell Richard that I still loved him? Why couldn't I have said "No your wrong, I don't love him, he has a family now, I can't do that to him." Aughhhhhh I don't THINK things out at all!!!
I guess I better get dressed in case he does show. I grab some black jeans and a cream sweater before haunting for my favorite black combat boots. 

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