How to lie ✔️

Chapter 10

*** death ***

   Death.

   It greets you like an old friend.

   It takes you by surprise, and then kills you.

   At least that's what it did to Jake.

*

   Jake ran off towards the parking lot, as I began to walk back to the party. I figured Katy or someone would be able to take me home. My costume was full of tears, as Jake and I just broke up.

   Actually, I didn't know at the time but Jake and the world broke up too.

   "Hey Ellie! Where's Jake? What's wrong?" Ryan asked me as I waked up the wooden steps alone.

   "I dunno. We just..." I bit my lips trying not to cry. "We just broke up." I felt the tear trickle down my face.

   "Ellie..." he whispered as he gave me a friendly hug. I cried into his shoulder, which was weird since I hardly knew him.

   But he was okay with it. That's what makes Ryan so special.

   "Where's Jake now?" Ryan asked.

   "He went to the parking lot. He ran off, but it was blurry. I was too busy c-c-crying." I whimpered.

   "Okay. I'm gonna go stop him. Got it Ellie?" Ryan held my hands and looked me in the eyes, knowing I must have been drunk or something.

   I nodded my head and walked to the side as Ryan ran towards the parking lot yelling Jake's name.

*

   "ELLIE! ELLIE!" Someone was screaming my name. I looked over and saw Ryan in tears looking as if he just saw a ghost, running towards me.

   "ELLIE CALL THE COPS!" He screamed. I laughed, thinking this was part of the Halloween party.

   "ELLIOT!" He screamed as he finally ran over to me. He tried to grab and find my phone.

   "Ryan! Stop it!" I giggled. "Your scaring me!"

   "He's dead...he's dead..." Ryan mumbled, still searching for my phone.

   "Ooh scary, Ryan!" I joked.

   "ELLIOT RAMBLE HES DEAD! JAKES DEAD!" He yelled, shaking me and slapping me.

   "I knew you always liked me Ryan." I whispered, kissing him.

   Ryan shoved me away.

   "Ellie I'm going to act like that D-didn't happen." Ryan whispered, tense.

   "Why? So we can do it again?" I asked, moving closer to him.

   "ELLIOT RAMBLE WAKE UP!" He yelled.

   Wait...was he telling the truth?

   "What." I whispered.

   "He's dead. Ellie come here." Ryan whispered as he grabbed my hand and pulled me as we ran towards the parking lot.