THE BOY NEXT DOOR

SHAWN & UNKNOWN TEXT

ONE WEEK LATER
Aimee's POV
It's been one week and the Lynch's just got home from tour 2 days ago. I kept my distance from them. Rydel or Riker would always ask me to hang with them but I always make up an excuse because I don't wanna face Ross.

I guess I'm going to have to face him sooner or later, right?

I just shrugged it off and grabbed my phone. I was in the kitchen and everyone else was still sleeping. I looked to see I had notifications from Ross on Instagram.

I open the Instagram app to see Ross commented on a picture that me and Shawn posted last week at April's birthday. I guess he's just seeing it right now.

"I see you moved on with that ugly bastard already! Woooooow! 😂😂"

That really pissed me off. My face was full of anger. I was trying not to fight back but that's when my phone went off. Shawn was calling me.

I widened my eyes but answered.

"Uhhhh....hey Shawn!"

"Hey baby! Did you see that comment Ross posted on our picture?" He asked, sounding more pissed off about it than I was. Also, before you ask, we are NOT dating. We're just best friends that call each other baby and stuff.

"Oh uhhh yea. Listen, I'm so sorry Shawn. I was hoping you weren't going to see that comment"

"Of course I did! You did tag me in it after all!" He giggled. "But don't worry. I'm not pissed at you. I'm pissed at Ross. He shouldn't be talking to you that way!"

"Thanks Shawn but it's fine!"

"What even happened?"

"Last week someone sent Ross a picture of me kissing some guy which was photoshopped. I would never cheat on anyone. Well Ross didn't believe me so we broke up and he's been saying and posting mean stuff about me"

"Aimee, you deserve someone better than that asshole. You're beautiful, kind, cute, and funny and any guy would be lucky to be with you. I believe you. You would never cheat on anyone. If I was with you, I'd never break up with you over some stupid incident. And I'd trust you!" He says. I couldn't stop smiling.

"Thanks Shawn!"

"No problem. I gotta go. I'll talk to you later. Love you!" He says, hanging up. I'm so lucky to have a friend like him. He's so amazing.

I went to put my phone down on the table until my phone went off signaling that I got a text. I looked down to see that the text was from a unknown number.

I read the text which says, "I know who killed Leanna. Go ask Riker!"

I was so confused. How would Riker know? They didn't even know each other. I decided to text back, "who are you? And how do you know Riker? Riker wouldn't even know because he didn't even know Leanna!"

"Just go ask him. You'll be surprised who your real friends are and are not! 😂"

I slipped my phone into my pocket and just sat there for a minute. There is no way Riker knows who killed Leanna. They don't even know each other. Besides, I already know who did. Leanna's boyfriend did.

I then started thinking about the time Riker was acting really strange when we were talking about Leanna. That's when I decided to text Riker.

"Meet me outside of my house. We gotta talk!"

I slipped my phone into my pocket and got up. "Hey Aimee!" Connor says. "Hey. I'll be outside for a minute. I'm going to talk to Riker!" I say, running outside, to see Riker already here waiting for me.

"I missed you Aimee!" He says, hugging me. "So what's up?" He added, pulling away. "I got a weird text this morning. Do you know anything about Leanna's murder?" I asked. That's when he started acting strange.

"Uhhh, no. Why? Who texted you?" He asked, with a lot of curiosity. "Um...it was from a blocked number. Riker, I mean it. If you know something about Leanna's murder than you need to tell me Riker!" I say.

"I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" He snapping, scaring me. "I-I'm sorry" I say. "No. I'm sorry!" He says, running back to his house. I look up to see Ross in the window looking straight down at me. My eyes widened and I just sighed walking back inside.
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Question of the chapter: who do you think texted Aimee and why do you think they texted her to ask Riker about her best friends death?!