The Killer's Girl (Watty Awards 2013)

Chapter 22- Brothers

Iris's P.O.V.

I screamed as a man with a black sweater held a knife to my neck. His light brown hair was combed perfectly, and the scarf wrapped around his neck was in a black, gray, black, gray pattern. He might've seemed very attractive if he wasn't TRYING TO KILL ME!!!

Jeff stared at him for a long time. "Jeffrey... Long time, no see!" Jeff stared at him. "... Liu... What are you doing?" Jeff's eyes were filled with anger and sadness. "Oh, you know. Just meeting your lovely little girl over here. Yeah, getting her in this position was a bit rough, wasn't it, Iris?" How did he know my name? "Yeah. I kicked you in the dick and bit your hand. So what?" Jeff stood up. "I'll do anything. Just... Please... Let her go. Liu, I love her." Liu just held on to me.

"You... Killed our parents." A few drops of something warm fell on my neck. The Liu guy was crying on me, I guess. "And you know what? I began to forgive you. I actually began to forgive you. We were twins, for god's sake! I thought that I could never hate you." Jeff nodded. "But you want to know why? Why I began to forgive you? Because I fell in love. Her name... Her name was Gwen. She stole my heart, and I later learned that I stole hers." Jeff smiled a bit. "That's great, Liu. Now, could you mind letting Iris go? Because if you don't, I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you." I chuckled at Jeff's comment. "Let me finish, Jeffrey. You never let me finish! ... A few weeks ago, I came to her house. You want to know what I was doing? I was planning on proposing. I wanted her to be mine forever... I wanted to raise a family with her..." He began to cry a bit more. "When I got to her house, police tape was around it. I went up to a cop, asked him what happened. I'd never been so panicked in my whole life... He told me that she was the newest victim of the "Go to Sleep" serial killer. That's what they call you.... You killed the only person who had ever truly loved me like that. The only one. You took my love... And something else. Maybe you didn't notice, but when you killed her, she was in a bathroom. She was holding a pregnancy tester. Jeff, I was going to be a father... You took that from me, too. You took EVERYTHING!!!"

Jeff stated in disbelief. "Liu... I'm... If I'd known who it was, I would've never-" Liu looked up. "BULLSHIT! You would've killed her, even then." Liu had lost it. He wasn't as calm as I thought he was. "Hey, douche bag!" I snapped. He turned to me. "You seem to have morales. Won't killing me be just as bad as Jeff killing your girlfriend?" I asked. He thought for a minute. "You... You're..." He dropped me I tumbled down and Jeff rushed forward, helping me up and pulling me close to his chest. "Iris is right. I'm no monster... NOT LIKE SOME PEOPLE!!!"

He just stared at us. "... Iris. You seem to be a great girl. Smart, independent, tough. That brother of mine isn't any good for you. You're too good for him. I stepped forward and spit on him. "You don't know me. And you clearly don't know Jeff. He kills because of bullies. I saw the video. He's not the bad guy. I have a feeling you aren't either." He stared at me for a minute before getting up and walking away. "Oh... And this won't be the last time we meet."

We watched as he walked off. As soon as we weren't able to see him anymore, Jeff was looking all over me. "Jeff, he didn't hurt me too bad. Don't worry." lifted my face up gently and kissed me softly. "Good. I don't want my Iris to be in pain." He kissed my neck where Liu had caused me to bleed. He continued to leave kisses all the way down my neck, until he came to my shirt. He looked up at me with his best puppy dog look, which honestly looked more terrifying than pitiful. "Jeff, I will not have my first time on grass." He looked at me sadly. "Jeff... You're the one I want to have it with... I just want to have it on a bed."

Then, I began to go through a weird thought process. Bed... Bed... Ben... BEN. Where the hell was BEN? "Jeff... Where is BEN?" I asked. We looked around. "I... I don't know..." We searched for a bit, not being able to find the short boy anywhere. "Jeff... I'm kinda worried." He wrapped his arms around me. "It'll be fine... Well be fine. I swear." We walked a bit more until we finally found him. He was staring at something that we couldn't see. 'What is it, BEN?" I asked. "Look..." he whispered. There was a large river across from us, with a house at the end. "Oh my god! A house! Perfect!" I laughed. "Thank fucking god!" Jeff laughed. He put an arm around me. "Not all houses are safe though... We need to be careful..." BEN still stood staring. "What is it?! This is perfect! Why do you seem so sad?" I asked. "Because I can't swim."