Sweet Sweet Murder

Chapter Five

Haven's POV

     "No fucking way.." I nearly shouted.

     The few people left in Tim Hortons looked curiously at me. Some of them gave me a dirty look, but I don't care. I could feel the tears nearly pouring from my eyes now. I know I look like a mess, but all I care about right now is Imogen. There's just no way that she's...dead..

     "Haven.." Rudy said quietly as he moved in to hug me. I wanted to push him away but there's always something about Rudy. I let him wrap his arm around me and I slumped into him and sobbed.

     Rudy led us outside of Tim Hortons. The people inside were watching us as we left. I could hear some of them whispering to each other but I couldn't make out what they said. Hazel followed us as we left. The cloudy and gloomy afternoon had turned into an equally gloomy evening. Small droplets of rain dropped from the sky. It would most likely turn into another downpour. The smell of summer rain on the previously dry pavement drifted into my nose. I always hated that smell. I wanted to go home and just sleep, sleep forever.

     As we walked to Rudy's car I looked up to him. He was still holding me. I couldn't tell if he was crying. Maybe it was just the steady rain falling, but it looked like it. Rudy usually can hold his composure when it comes to things like this. However, there are times he'll cry over the stupidest things. Like a cute movie or TV show.

     "Come on." He said as he opened the door and led me in.

     "Let's go home."

     Hazel went back to her own house as Rudy and I headed to mine. My parents were out of town for the next few days visiting old friends. Good, I wanted to just be alone with Rudy. I've always preferred solitude over being with others. It's not like I hated everyone, I just liked being alone. Rudy was that exception though. As he drove I looked out the window. I couldn't help but get lost in the rain. In the short few minutes we had been driving the rain had picked up a lot. Just as I figured, it had become another downpour. My thoughts were all over the place. I just wanted to sleep, but Imogen's face was burning in my head.

     "She can't be...She just can't." I quietly said to Rudy.

     "We had so many plans for the summer. So many things we were going to do"

     "I know" Rudy replied in an equally quiet voice.

     "Is this even real?" He said looking over to me. He moved his hand to my leg and gripped tightly.

     "I feel like I'll fall asleep and wake up and none of this would have happened. I...I really hope that's what will happen."

     "You're right" I said trying not to sob again.

     "This is just a dream..A really, really, bad dream."

     We were silent the rest of the car ride home. Even for it not being too late no one was out. The drive home was easy. Once we got to my house we slowly made our way inside. My house wasn't too big, but it wasn't small. It was cozy inside and a nice cool temperature. I had left the air conditioning on when Rudy picked me up earlier. We went straight to my room and sat on my bed. We stared at the posters on my wall for awhile before either of us said anything.

     "I'm staying the night." Rudy proclaimed.

     "What if my parents come home early after hearing the news?" I asked him