RUN AND HIDE

<Chapter 5>

Micaiah...

I felt...nothing.
I could only feel...nothing, but a emptiness in my heart.
I grew up knowing Olivia.
But now she's gone? This can't be right.

Aria...

I think about what really happened with Trina. I think I remember her looking at something filmy and thin like paper. I just wasn't able to really determined what it was. I was far away from her. I know it looked old though, and that she put it in her wallet.
I was walking around the house when I heard some laughing and yelling.
It was the others from the kitchen.
They didn't know about Olivia.
Someone had to tell them.
But if I do it I can't do it alone. I must go get someone, someone like...Brooklyn. She helped me last time, so why can't she do it now?

I was walking toward the room stained with blood when I asked myself...
Who is going to clean this up?
Respectfully, I don't want anyone's blood on my hands. Sorry Olivia, we were close (and still are) but I'm still kinda still scarred.
If we call someone to do it for us, we'd get in trouble and accused of murdering Olivia. But if we don't, the party will still be here. They'd see it. We would still get in HUGE trouble.
Someone has to do something about this.

Brooklyn walks past me, looking straight ahead.
She's probably scarred like me. But we must tell the others.
"Brooklyn." I call her quietly. "What about the others in the kitchen? Shouldn't we tell them?"
She looks at me sickly. "Come here."
Oh no. She said that the same way when she led Micaiah and Kyle to Olivia's body! I can't go.
"Is...is it bad?" I ask curiously and nervously.
"It's a warning." She answers. Does she mean she's warning me or the thing she's showing me is a warning? I'm feeling kinda messed up right now, I can't think straight!
I just continue to follow and she leads me to the back yard.
When she stops, she looks up. I do the same.
I cupped my hands over my mouth and closed my eyes. Above me, hanging from the roof, was a bloody noose.
"I-I am just glad no one is in it." I say.
"Probably not anymore." Brooklyn says dryly. She then turns to me and says, "in the room where we found...her, I found a paw print."
"From the dog?" I ask.
"Most likely." She answers. "But we weren't able to catch it. It ran as soon as we came up to it."
"Maybe it knows...?"
"Knows what? And it's a she so we don't have to refer to it as it."
I take a deep breath and say, "maybe she knows what happened. Maybe she was friends with Olivia too?"
"That makes sense. But Kyle and I saw her burying something. It seemed shiny from my view." She tells me. "And I'm not really understanding what you mean, but I guess dogs do have relationships like that."
"What's not to understand?" I ask.
"Olivia never came around here. She said she didn't even know the place existed. The only dog that she could have a relationship like that is Jeffery, our dog." She answers.
"That makes sense."
"Now let's go in," she says. "I feel like I'm being watched."
"Me too." I agree.
We walk back in the door and I lock it for safety purposes. This is getting more and more suspicious.
I think back to the time before we left to this house. Speaking of this house, I'm surprised KLC chose a place in the middle of nowhere. Doesn't that seem a little suspicious as well?

KLC...

In the kitchen we had bake wars. I was baking a chocolate cake with Drew, and Trinity and James were making brownies.
The others were going to decide who won, but they haven't come up yet. I mean, we aren't done baking yet, but they should at least take a 5 minute break! I guess they are really committed to this party.
I really do have some crazy friends.
Micaiah...

I sat on the bench like before. And so did Kyle. I asked him what he was doing and he said looking for something. I also saw him earlier digging something up, and talking to Brooklyn. Then Brook went around the house to go get something I think, but she came back with eyes wide and showed Kyle. Then came back again to show Aria  as well. I didn't see Aria's reaction because I wasn't exactly paying attention, but whatever it was, I'm going to find out.
"Uh, Kyle?"
"Yeah?" He answers.
"What was over there?" I ask him.
"Over where?"
"You know," I say. "Behind the house."
"Oh, uh...nothing." He answers me, guiltily.
I don't believe him. I frown and get up to go see, but he rushes behind me and grabs my arm.

Kyle...

After seeing Micaiah the way she was after we found Olivia, I couldn't bear to see her upset again. I did not want her to see that noose. I cared about her to much for her to be upset again.
Yes, that may sound cheesy but I really do like Micaiah.
When I grabbed her arm, I looked into her eyes and saw...
Fear.

Brooklyn...

I took a deep breath and said, "we found...a body."
"Of who?!" Trinity yelled scared.
"Olivia." I answer.
"We found her...in a room," Aria said. "Not far from here."
And then I say what I've been saying for the past 3 hours, "come here."
"I don't want to see her!" KLC says with tears in her eyes.
"I'll stay here with her." Drew says.
Wait, Drew?
Is he falling for KLC now?
He can't be. He cannot be falling for her.
I like him.
He's mine.

Okay I'm a little frustrated but I won't act like I own him.
"You should want to see Olivia one last time." Aria says.
"I know she was one of your best friends, KLC. But we must be strong and say our final goodbyes." I say.
"Isn't that what the funeral is for?" James asks.
We glare at him.
"Well, follow if you want, but we are going back," Aria says, then she mumbles "unfortunately."
"I'm coming because I don't believe you." Trinity admits.
"Same here." James says.
Drew gets ahold of KLC's hand and
said "we'll stay here."
My. Heart. Dropped.
Not Drew!

Micaiah...

Kyle was grasping my arm, not letting go, and staring into my eyes.
"Let go!" I demand.
"No, Micaiah."
"Just tell me what it is then!" I yell.
"It's...it's a blood noose." He tells me slowly.
Was that used to...
Was Olivia in that by...
It hurts so much to know this I can't even finish my sentences...in my head!
My eyes start to water. It can't be.

Aria...

We went to the room, and only found...nothing.
The blood, the body, gone.
"I knew you were lying!" Trinity said smiling in satisfactory.
"Why isn't anyone smiling? Isn't it a joke?" She asks.
Brooklyn then said, "no. Someone moved the body."