I pulled away quick. "Clay we can't do this."
Clay backed up a little. "I'm sorry. I know you're with justin I shouldn't have."
"No it's fine. You're just sad right now." I hugged him again and clay pulled away and kissed my forehead.
"I'm gonna go downstairs and get a snack you want one." Clay said heading out the door.
"Yea sure." Clay left the room and I started looking at his room it was cool. I backed up and knocked into a box. It was a box of tapes that fell.
The tapes had numbers on it and the cassette was on the floor I picked it up and nothing was in the cassette so I put a tape in it. I was very curious, I pressed play at first it was quiet but then I heard breathing.
"Hey it's Hannah.........Hannah baker. It's me live and In stereo , don't adjust your whatever device your hearing this on." My jaw dropped as I heard her talk.
"I'm about to give you the story of my life. More specifically why my life ended and if you're listening to this tape your one of the reasons why." I covered my mouth and tears ran down my face. Maybe I shouldn't be crying but hearing my best friends voice really hurt. Clay came in the room and dropped the snack and he widened his eyes.
"Emma." Clay said as he got closer to me.
I looked up at clay with tears running down my face.
"Clay? Why do you have this."
"Emma listen you weren't supposed to see this."
"Why do you have it?"
"You don't know?"
"Know what!?"
"Emma you're in the tapes your number 6."
"What how can that be."
"No one gave you the tapes."
"No."
"Emma I'm so sorry but-" I cut clay off.
"No I want these can I listen to them tonight."
"Fine but are you sure."
"Yes clay I'm positive." I get up grab my stuff and the tapes and the cassette. I walk out the house and get into my car I drive around the town and go to monets I sit in the back and I'm still on the first tape. Justin's name comes up and Hannah talks about how they met and how it all started. I hear laughing across the room I look and justin is sitting there with zach and his friends.
I stare at Justin while Hannah talks about him. Tears came down my face as she talked about how she loves him until that one day he betrayed her. The picture comes up and how everyone saw different of her. I turned off the cassette and saw Justin catch my eye. I quickly wiped my tears and pretended like he didn't see me.
Justin had a big smile and walked up to me.
"Hey Emma I thought you were working on your project?"
"Oh I finished for today so I decided to sit and relax."
"Well we were about to leave you coming or you gonna stay?"
"Imma stay i will call you when I get home."
"Okay I love you."
"I love you too."
Justin kisses me on my lips and and goes with his friends I stay and listen to the tapes. Monets closes and I walk around forgetting that I have a car but I walked around and listened to Jessica's, Alex's, Tyler's, Courtney's and then 6 came up.
"I've been through a lot so much I felt lonely. But then this new girl moved in to our school. She was beautiful and kind and popular. Emma grey you were my best friend and you're probably wondering why you're on these tapes, but because you need to know these reasons. I love you Emma so much and you cared but you didn't care enough. But that's my fault because i didn't tell you everything that happened in my life. You were there when something happened at Bryce's party and you helped but still didn't manage help save me. Emma I'm sorry you shouldn't deserve this but I want my best friend to know. You were there for me I don't want to leave without giving you an explanation and I hope you and Justin are still happy together you might think of him different but don't you've changed him a lot because that's the type of person you are a kind nice one and I love you for that. Bye Emma." Tape 6 stopped and I started crying I went in my car and drove home. I got in the house and texted Justin telling him I was home safe. I got in bed and listened to all the tapes. I stood up all night thinking and pacing back and forth by the time I laid down it was 6 in the morning I was too tired to go so I stood home and fell asleep.
The doorbell rang I went downstairs and answered the door. Justin was standing outside. "Hey Emma. You not going to school today."
"No I'm tired I didn't sleep all night." I went into the kitchen and made coffee for myself.
"Then I'll stay with you." Justin put his book bag down and took off his jacket. "Emma why did you stay up?"
"Uhm something was just keeping me up." I took a sip of my coffee.
"Okay well I need to use the bathroom I'll be back."Justin runs up the stairs and I sit down on the chair drinking my coffee. After a few minutes justin comes downstairs with something in his hands.
"Emma." Justin says.
I look at him and I widen my eyes as I see what's he holding , he was holding the cassette and the tapes.
