Beautiful Secrets

Cassie

This weekend had been the longest weekend of my life. No calls or texts from anyone. We we're all taken from the scene that played out at Lia's apartment, Friday. It was Monday now, the day I dreaded the most. The last thing I planned on doing today was dragging myself to school, but I had an idea.

George Whitaker, the school nerd, has had the biggest crush on me since grade school , and luckily for me he's into technology. My hope in all of this was getting him to be able to track down Lia's phone.

I need your help. I wait a minute, but Landen doesn't reply.

It wasn't hard to find George, he was always in the computer lab.

"George, can I talk to you?" George turns his attention away from the computer screen. "I'm sorry if I'm bothering you."

"No, of course you aren't." he said eagerly, like I had been the first girl he had ever talked to.

"Do you know how track down someone's phone?" I hesitantly say, blurting everything out at once.

"I'll I see what I can do."He doesn't even look the slightest bit curious.

"Thank you, I owe you one." I bend down planting him a kiss on the cheek, his face going bright red.

Thirty minutes or so passed by and I was growing impatient, I start to head out. I check my phone to make sure George hasn't texted me yet. No text from George but I had a message from an unknown number.

I don't think your nerdy friend will be able to help a dead girl.
- XOXO

Lia could be a pain but the last thing I wanted was for her to be dead. The bell for class rings. I'm always tarty so I didn't mind walking as slow as my mind was working. The bell rang as I opened the door to my AP biology class taking a set next to Tate. I pull out a sheet of paper to take notes on the power point up on the board, blanking out as soon as I looked up. I could breath. I couldn't think. Everything was blurry. I couldn't feel anything at all.

I could tell others were looking at me but I couldn't stop the feeling. Mrs. Klein walks over to to my desk putting her hand over my shoulder, ushering me to the nurse or get a drink.

Landen is at his locker, drifting his sight over to me as I pass him walking with guidance. All I could hear is the slam of a locker and quick footsteps following behind.

"Go back to class I can take her." I hear the faint sound of Landen as I dizzy stand by trying to figure out what is going on now, with Lia, with the texts. In an instant everything goes dark.