The Art of Love and War

Chapter 16 - Same day

-Kiki's POV-

My breath picked up once I saw Andrew, I ran to him, he squeezed me tightly. I pressed my face into his chest, breathing him in. He whispered everything was going to be OK in my ear multiple times, and I actually started to believe that.

"Are you OK baby boo?" Alex asks sheepishly.

I nod, "yeah I'm okay..."

I watch the officers walk around and whisper to each other. Eternity and Angel stay quiet while Alex left to answer a phone call.

"It was a bad idea to send you in by yourself like that," Andrew growls.

"It was the only way, she would of noticed something was off if one of us went in." Angel rolled her eyes, "not that, that matters. She knew why Kiki was there before anything was exchanged. Almost like she was waiting."

I involuntarily shudder. "Yeah..."

"Where is she now?" Eternity asked looking around.

"Being questioned. They're not getting anything out of her though. She won't admit anything." I sigh.

"What happens if they don't get her to confess?"

"Nothing I guess, she still pulled a gun on me," Andrew stiffened beside me. "So she's gonna be charged for attempted assault."

"That's it? She has issues, she literally pretended to be Coleen for a long time, shes crazy." Angel pushed.

"She was scared..." I said in a small voice.

"Really? You're defending her? She could of killed you, and she helped a murderer." Andrew scolded.

I stay quiet. Eternity frowned, Alex walked back over with a small smile on her face.

"What are you happy right now?" Angelina asked angrily.

"No reason." That wiped the look off her face. "I was just waiting for that phone call for a while."

I look at her, she looks at me for a brief moment and looks away. Eternity breaks the silence. "I guess we can leave now, there's nothing else that can happen."

"Yeah, let's go." Andrew agreed.

We all walked out, into the parking lot a car swerves in front of me, and the car door opens revealing a angry boy. Dominic.

"What the hell Kiki! How dare you do this to Marissa!" He snaps.

"I did what I had to do. Its her fault shes here where she is." I say simply.

"No, shes here because you weren't there for her when she needed you. Shes sick, she needed a friend to help her. She would stay up talking about you, how much she loved you, how much of an amazing friend you were to her." Disgust evident in his voice, "I wonder how she feels that her best friend, the only person she actually called that, the person who helped her so much, provoked bad things of her and got her arrested."

At that moment I noticed how worried and tired he looked, I felt for him. Guilt sat in my stomach, he stares at me, waiting for a response, but I have nothing to say. Andrew steps in between us.

"Leave her alone, she did what she had to do, do you know your angelic Marissa pulled a gun on her?" Andrew spat.

Dominic looked at him without much interest, it's when he turned back to me, I saw something. Hatred.

"She would never do that, if you hadn't neglected her. You could of prevented all of this. You could of helped her choose right from wrong. With her illness, those two things are blurred together." He said, got back in his car, and drove away.

"Come on Kiki, baby come on, let's go home." Andrew grabbed hold of my hand, dragging me towards his car.

-Alex's POV-

I got back to my dorm and rubbed my eyes hard. Sydney wasn't here, she normally isn't. For such a nerd she definitely has a social life...a better one than me at least.

I was glad she wasn't here, I needed time to myself after all that's happened. I go into the small bathroom and step into the shower. Scrubbing the days off I stand under the water, thoughts racing in my mind.

I thought of John's body stuffed in the dumpster, Coleen's body impaled on the tree like a art piece, Cami stuck in jail, and Marissa being interrogated.

Tears mix with the water, I will myself to think about anything else. I didn't want to think of the sorrow. I should be enjoying the shower, I haven't been able to have a non-quick non-interrupted shower, in a couple of days.

I thought of Eric. He called me, hoping to hang out today, I told him I would see if I had time, there's nothing more I wanted to do then hang out with him, but I was weak and tired. I should sleep and recharge, who knows when the next fan hitting thing will happen.

I stay in the shower til the water runs cold, I grab my towel, wrap it around me, and walk back into my dorm room. Grabbing fuzzy pajama pants and a sweatshirt, I lay on my bed, searching for a movie on Netflix.

I turn my phone on vibrate, and slowly start to nod off.

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6 hours later I wake up, my clock reads 11:37PM, I slept for a long time, I must of really been tired. I picked up my phone and turned on the ringer. I had missed calls from all of my friends. And not just one, more than 10 each.

Eternity calls at that moment, I swiftly answer.

"Where the fuck have you been!? We are at Andrews, we've been trying to call you for hours!" She snaps.

"My bad, I was asleep." I roll my eyes. "What's going on?"

"It's all over the news, Camelia's dead." She tells me.

My heart stops. "How is she dead? Shes in jail."

"Obviously whoever killed her didn't care where she was. Or she was put in jail for a reason."

Shit...