Thumbtack

Chapter Six

As Casey ran away from me, I felt a tear trail down my cheek. I wasn't the murderer. Sighing and running my fingers through my blue hair, I turn around and walk away. I finger the other thumbtack in my pocket.

Thumbtacks were curious things, weren't they? Used to keep things on a board made of corks and they didn't even look like thumbs. Now, they seem to be picking out murder victims, but I refuse to believe that the cork board has anything to do with the murders at school. They just can't! It's illogical. 

The next day, I pass by the board to see a thumbtack, not the new one I used to put up a picture of me, sticking in the janitor's face. Alright, good results for my experiment, I'm not dead, but I'm not sure that anyone would kill the darn janitor. He's the nicest guy on the planet! Maybe this could prove something....

Shrugging it off, I turn to go to my next class, but I hear a faint noise in the SUPER DELUXE MEGA JANITOR CLOSET or the humongous closet next to the bathrooms. I slowly open the door and walk in. There are two separate rooms in this. Closing the door behind me, I walk over and open the other door. 

Sadly, this closet is mostly soundproof, so no one could hear my terrifying shriek. Standing over the janitor's dead body, was someone I knew so very well. The turn around to look at me. Smirking, they start to walk over. I try to run out of the closet, but the door had locked behind me. I try pounding on the door, but the person swirls me around and pins me to the door, holding the collar of my shirt. 

"Hey Martha~" They say, grinning. I'm too afraid to respond.

"You won't tell anyone," They say, leaning in closer. "what you just saw," They are right by my ear. "right, my friend?~" Swallowing, I shakily nod.

"Good girl~" They say, dropping me on the ground. "Now go find your friend and say that you found a dead body in the closet. Don't mention me sweetie~"

At a loss for anything to say, I bolt out of the closet, running away from the school. I don't want to die. I'm not going to die. 

I am NOT going to tell anyone.

(OOOOOOOOH Will Martha's suspicious behavior lead Casey to believe she's the murderer more? @marshmallo824! KEEP WRITING M8!!!)